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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2020July 28, 2021
Registration No. 333-249297333-258018​
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO.Amendment No. 1
to

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933​
Acies Acquisition Corp.
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
(Exact nameName of registrantRegistrant as specifiedSpecified in its charter)
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Its Charter)
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Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)​Delaware
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6770
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)​
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7372
N/A(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)​
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98-1606155
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)Number)
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1219 Morningside10150 Covington Cross Drive Suite 110
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
(310) 545-9265Tel: (725) 877-7000
(Address, including zip code,Including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code,Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
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Daniel FettersAndrew Pascal
Co-ChiefChief Executive Officer
1219 Morningside Drive, Suite 110PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
Manhattan Beach, CA 9026610150 Covington Cross Drive
(310) 545-9265Las Vegas, Nevada 89144
Tel: (725) 877-7000
(Name, address, including zip code,Address, Including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code,Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of agent for service)Agent For Service)
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Copies:
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Douglas S. Ellenoff, Esq.Copies to:
Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.Joel Agena
Benjamin S. Reichel, Esq.Vice President, Legal Counsel
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLPPLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
1345 Avenue of the Americas10150 Covington Cross Drive
New York, New York 10105
Telephone: (212) 370-1300(725) 877-7000
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Michael JohnsCopies to:
Maples and CalderAlan F. Denenberg
PO Box 309, Ugland HouseLee Hochbaum
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
Telephone: (345) 949-8066
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David J. Goldschmidt, Esq.
Gregg A. Noel, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, MeagherDavis Polk &
Flom Wardwell LLP
One Manhattan West1600 El Camino Real
New York, New York 10001Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: (212) 735-3000(650) 752-2000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.Registration Statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Formform are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: ☐box. ☒
If this Formform is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Formform is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
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If this Formform is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
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,”company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of the Exchange Act.1934:
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer ☒
​​Smaller reporting company
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​​​​​Emerging growth company
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered​​​
Amount
Being
Registered
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Security(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant(2)
​​​34,500,000 units​​​$10.00​​​$345,000,000​​​$37,639.50​
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3)
​​​34,500,000 shares​​​—​​​—​​​
—(4)
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Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)
​​​8,625,000 warrants​​​—​​​—​​​
—(4)
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Total​​​​​​​​​​​$345,000,000​​​
$37,639.50(5)
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Title Of Each Class
Of Securities To Be Registered
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Amount To
Be Registered(1)
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
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Amount Of
Registration Fee
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Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share​​​
107,495,199(2)
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$*(3)
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$702,311,543.50(3)
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$76,622.19(3)(4)
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Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share​​​
10,996,631(5)​
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$11.50(6)​
​​​$126,461,256.50​​​
$13,796.92 (7)
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Private placement warrants to purchase Class A common stock​​​3,821,667​​​—​​​—​​​
—(8)​
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Total​​​—​​​—​​​$828,772,800.00​​​$90,419.11​
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(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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(2)
Includes 4,500,000 units, consisting of 4,500,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,125,000 redeemable warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any.
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(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stockshare splits, stockshare dividends or similar transactions.
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(2)
Consists of (i) 93,164,820 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A common stock”), of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., (ii) up to 10,693,624 shares of Class A common stock that may be issued pursuant to the earnout provisions of the Merger Agreement (as defined herein) and (iii) 3,636,755 shares of Class A common stock issuable pursuant to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan. These shares are being registered for resale on this Registration Statement.
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(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is an amount equal to $702,311,543.50, calculated as follows: (a) $680,272,808.20 (calculated as follows, with respect to 103,858,444 shares of Class A Common Stock registered with the Company’s initial filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on July 19, 2021 (File No. 333-258018) (the “Initial Registration Statement”): the product of (i) 103,858,444 shares of Class A Common Stock, and (ii) $6.55, the average of the high and low trading prices of the Class A Common Stock on July 14, 2021) plus (b) $22,038,735.30 (calculated as follows, with respect to 3,636,755 additional shares of Class A Common Stock being registered herewith: the product of (i) 3,636,755 shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) $6.06, the average of the high and low trading prices of the Class A Common Stock on July 27, 2021).
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(4)
No$74,217.76 of this fee pursuant to Rule 457(g).was paid previously in connection with the filing of the Initial Registration Statement.
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(5)
Consists of (i) 7,174,964 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of 7,174,964 Public Warrants (as defined herein) and (ii) 3,821,667 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of 3,821,667 Private Placement Warrants (as defined herein).
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(6)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act based on the exercise price of the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants.
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(7)
Previously paid.paid in connection with filing of the Initial Registration Statement.
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(8)
In accordance with Rule 457(i), the entire registration fee for the Private Placement Warrants is allocated to the shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants, and no separate fee is payable for the Private Placement Warrants.
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The Registrantregistrant hereby amends this Registration Statementregistration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrantregistrant shall file a further amendment whichthat specifically states that this Registration Statementregistration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statementregistration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. WeNeither we nor the selling securityholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION — DATED OCTOBER 19, 2020JULY 28, 2021
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
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​PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
Acies Acquisition Corp.
$300,000,000Up to 107,495,199 Shares of Class A Common Stock
30,000,000 Units
Acies Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purposeUp to 10,996,631 Shares of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we referClass A Common Stock Issuable Upon Exercise of Warrants
Up to as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. We may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or geographic location (subject to certain limitations described in this prospectus).3,821,667 Warrants
This isprospectus relates to the issuance by us of up to an aggregate of 10,996,631 shares of our Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A common stock”), which consists of (i) up to 7,174,964 shares of our Class A common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of 7,174,964 warrants (the “Public Warrants”) originally issued in the initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering priceAcies Acquisition Corp. (“Acies”) by the holders thereof and (ii) up to 3,821,667 shares of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinarycommon stock that are issuable upon the exercise of 3,821,667 warrants originally issued in a private placement in connection with the initial public offering of Acies (the “Private Placement Warrants”, and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”). We will receive the proceeds from any exercise of any Warrants for cash.
This prospectus also relates to the offer and sale from time to time by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus (the “Selling Securityholders”) of (i) up to 107,495,199 shares of Class A common stock, including up to 10,693,624 shares of Class A common stock issuable as Earnout Shares (as defined herein) and 1,444,962 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of 1,444,962 options to purchase shares of Class A common stock (the “Class A Option Shares”) and (ii) 3,821,667 Private Placement Warrants. The shares of Class A common stock being registered include 21,348,205 shares issuable upon conversion of: (i) 16,130,300 shares of our Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B common stock” and, together with the Class A common stock, our “common stock”), issued to Andrew S. Pascal, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, (ii) 3,026,112 shares of Class B common stock issuable as Earnout Shares and (iii) 2,191,793 shares of Class B common stock issuable upon the exercise of 2,191,793 options to purchase shares of Class B common stock (the “Class B Option Shares”, and together with the Class A Option Shares, the “Option Shares”). We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock or Private Placement Warrants by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus.
The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to twenty votes per share and one-quarteris convertible into one share of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a pricecommon stock. Outstanding shares of $11.50 per share, subjectClass B common stock, all of which are held by Mr. Pascal and certain of his affiliates, represent approximately 74.6% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock as of June 21, 2021.
We are registering the securities for resale pursuant to adjustment, termsthe Selling Securityholders’ registration rights under certain agreements between us and limitations as described herein. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the dateSelling Securityholders. Our registration of the securities covered by this prospectus to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.
Wedoes not mean that the Selling Securityholders will provide our public shareholders withoffer or sell any of the opportunity to redeemshares of Class A common stock or Private Placement Warrants. The Selling Securityholders may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of their shares of Class A ordinarycommon stock or Private Placement Warrants publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. We provide more information about how the Selling Securityholders may sell the shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations as described herein. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering (or 27 months from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering), we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described herein.
Our sponsor has agreed to purchase 5,666,667 warrants (or 6,266,667 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a pricecommon stock or Private Placement Warrants in the section titled “Plan of $1.50 per warrant, in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of this offering. Our initial shareholders currently own 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, up to 1,125,000 of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors.
Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We intend to apply to have our units listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “ACACU.Distribution.” We expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “ACAC” and “ACACW,” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless the underwriters permit earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.
We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities lawsas defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and will beare subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. This prospectus complies with the requirements that apply to an issuer that is an emerging growth company.
Our Class A common stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “MYPS”, and our Public Warrants are currently listed on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MYPSW”. On July 27, 2021, the closing price of our Class A common stock was $5.88 and the closing price for our Public Warrants was $1.38.
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors”the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 308 for a discussion of information thatthis prospectus to read about factors you should be considered in connection with an investment inconsider before buying our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
​​​Per Unit​​Total​
Public offering price​​​$10.00​​​​$300,000,000​​
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)
​​​$0.55​​​​$16,500,000​​
Proceeds, before expenses, to us​​​$9.45​​​​$283,500,000​​
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(1)
Includes $0.35 per unit, or $10,500,000 in the aggregate (or $12,075,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriters only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters. Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $300,000,000, or $345,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S. based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
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The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about           , 2020.
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Book-Running Managers
​Morgan Stanley​​J.P. Morgan​
​Oppenheimer & Co.​
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The date of this prospectus is                 , 20202021.
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We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information, and neither we nor the underwriters take any responsibility for any other information others may give to you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
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SUMMARYAbout This Prospectus
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATACautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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RISK FACTORSSummary
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSThe Offering
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USE OF PROCEEDSRisk Factors
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DIVIDEND POLICYUse of Proceeds
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​DILUTION​​​​71​​
​CAPITALIZATION​​​​73​​
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSDetermination of Offering Price
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PROPOSED BUSINESSMarket Information for Common Stock and Dividend Policy
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MANAGEMENTUnaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERSManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONSBusiness
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIESManagement
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TAXATIONExecutive Compensation
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UNDERWRITINGDirector Compensation
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LEGAL MATTERSCertain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
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​EXPERTS​​​​160​​
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONPrincipal Securityholders
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Selling Securityholders
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Description of Our Securities
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Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
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Plan of Distribution
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Legal Matters
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Experts
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Change in Auditor
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Where You Can Find More Information
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Index to Financial Statements
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Until           , 2020,
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the SEC pursuant to which the selling stockholders named herein may, from time to time, offer and sell or otherwise dispose of the securities covered by this prospectus. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders have authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplements or free writing prospectuses we have prepared. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders take responsibility for, or can provide assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any other document or the sale of any Class A common stock or Warrants. Since the date of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, or any documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed. It is important for you to read and consider all dealers that effect transactionsinformation contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein, in making any investment decision. You should also read and consider the information in the documents to which we have referred you under the caption “Where You Can Find More Information” in this prospectus.
We are not, and the selling stockholders are not, making an offer to sell these securities whetherin any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to unsold allotments or subscriptions.permitted.
 
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
On June 21, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Acies consummated a business combination (the “Business Combination”) with PlayStudios, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old PLAYSTUDIOS”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 1, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Acies, Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acies (“First Merger Sub”), Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acies (“Second Merger Sub”), and Old PLAYSTUDIOS. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Old PLAYSTUDIOS merged with First Merger Sub with Old PLAYSTUDIOS surviving the member. Old PLAYSTUDIOS then merged with Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving the merger. As part of the Closing, Acies changed its name to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc and Second Merger Sub changed its name to PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC. PLAYSTUDIOS is continuing the existing business operations of Old PLAYSTUDIOS as a publicly traded company.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this prospectus to the “Company,” “PLAYSTUDIOS,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (f/k/a Acies Acquisition Corp.) and its consolidated subsidiaries. References to “Acies” refer to our predecessor company prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-1 that we filed with the SEC using the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, the Selling Securityholders may, from time to time, sell the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by such Selling Securityholders of the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. This prospectus also relates to the issuance by us of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of any Warrants. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock underlying the Warrants pursuant to this prospectus, except with respect to amounts received by us upon the exercise of the Warrants for cash.
This prospectus includes industry and market data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, third-party studies and surveys, filings of public companies in our industry and internal company surveys. These sources include government and industry sources. Industry publications and surveys generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Although we believe the industry and market data to be reliable as of the date of this prospectus, this information could prove to be inaccurate. Industry and market data could be wrong because of the method by which sources obtained their data and because information cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to the limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and uncertainties. In addition, we do not know all of the assumptions regarding general economic conditions or growth that were used in preparing the forecasts from the sources relied upon or cited herein.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of 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. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this prospectus, about our future financial performance, strategy, expansion plans, future operations, future operating results, estimated revenues, losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” “goal,” “project” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. 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. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus. We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.
Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example, statements about:
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our business strategy and market opportunity;
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our ability to raise financing in the future;
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our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors;
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our Warrants are accounted for as liabilities and changes in the value of our Warrants could have a material effect on our financial results;
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we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, which could adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and timely;
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factors relating to our business, operations and financial performance and our subsidiaries, including:
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changes in the competitive and regulated industries in which we operate, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting our business and changes in the combined capital structure;
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our ability to implement business plans, forecasts and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities;
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the impact of COVID-19 (including existing and possible future variants) on our business;
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costs related to the Business Combination and the failure to realize anticipated benefits of the Business Combination or to realize any financial projections or estimated pro forma results and the related underlying assumptions, including with respect to estimated Acies shareholder redemptions; and
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other risk and uncertainties detailed under the section titled “Risk Factors.”
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Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Additional cautionary statements or discussions of risks and uncertainties that could affect our results or the achievement of the expectations described in forward-looking statements may also be contained in any accompanying prospectus supplement.
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forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein can be found in the section titled “Risk Factors” and in our periodic filings with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
You should read this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement completely and with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity and performance as well as other events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

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SUMMARY
This summary only highlights the more detailedselected information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. YouBecause it is a summary, it may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. Before making your investment decision with respect to our securities, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the information set forth under the section titled “Risk Factors”Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statementsstatements.
PLAYSTUDIOS — The Power of Play
We are a developer and publisher of free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms that are powered by a differentiated playAWARDS loyalty platform. We have developed some of the related notes included elsewheremost innovative and successful free-to-play social casino games in this prospectus, before investing.the world, including the award-winning POP! Slots, myVEGAS Slots, my KONAMI Slots and myVEGAS Blackjack. Our games are based on original content, real-world slot game content, as well as third-party licensed brands and are downloadable and playable for free on multiple social and mobile-based platforms, including the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook. From social slots to casual and role-playing games (RPGs), each game has been thoughtfully crafted for the people who play it. As a result, we’ve been able to build a loyal and engaged community of players by virtue of our direct development efforts.
Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus orBackground
We were originally known as Acies Acquisition Corp. On the context otherwise requires, references to:Closing Date, Acies consummated the Business Combination with Old PLAYSTUDIOS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we changed our name from Acies to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. PLAYSTUDIOS continues the existing business operations of Old PLAYSTUDIOS as a publicly traded company.
In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Acies filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under which Acies was domesticated and continues as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (the “Domestication”).
As a result of and upon the effective time of the Domestication, among other things, (1) each then-issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of Acies (the “Acies Class A ordinary shares”), automatically converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of PLAYSTUDIOS (the “Class A common stock”); (2) each then-issued and outstanding redeemable warrant of Acies automatically converted into a redeemable warrant to acquire one share of our Class A common stock (the “Warrants”); and (3) each then-issued and outstanding unit of Acies that had not been previously separated into the underlying Acies Class A ordinary shares and underlying Acies warrants was cancelled and entitled the holder thereof to one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one Warrant. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Warrants.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Closing, among other things:
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“Companies Law” areEach outstanding share of Old PLAYSTUDIOS capital stock as well as any vested but unexercised options to purchase shares of OLD PLAYSTUDIOS capital stock also received the Companies Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from timecontingent right to time;
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“completion window” are to the period following the completion of this offering at the end of which, if we have not completed our initial business combination, we will redeem 100% of 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 then outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and certain conditions and as further described herein. The completion window ends 24 months from the closing of this offering, or 27 months from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering;
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“Founders” are to Daniel Fetters, Edward King, James Murren and Andrew Pascal;
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“founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares initially issued to our sponsor in a private placement prior to this offering and the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A ordinary shares will not be “public shares”);
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“management” or our “management team” are to our executive officers and directors (including our directors nominees that will become directors in connection with the consummation of this offering);
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“ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares;
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“public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);
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“public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor and management team to the extent our sponsor and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that our sponsor’s and each member of our management team’s status as a “public shareholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares;
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Any forfeiture of shares described in this prospectus will take effect as a surrender of shares for no consideration of such shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. Any conversion of the Class B ordinary shares described in this prospectus will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. Any share dividends described in this prospectus will take effect as share capitalizations as a matter of Cayman Islands law.
Unless we tell you otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option.
 
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General
We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands corporationreceive the applicable Earnout Pro Rata Portion (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of an aggregate of 15,000,000 additional shares of common stock (the “Earnout Shares”), payable in two equal tranches if the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $12.50 and formed$15.00 per share, respectively, for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing on or after the purpose150th day following the Closing and ending no later than the five-year anniversary of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any potential business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination target.
We are focused on identifying a business combination target within the live, location-based and mobile experiential entertainment industries. Specific sectors that weClosing (the earnout consideration will target span live events, family entertainment, casino gaming, destination hospitality, sports, sports betting and iGaming, and social and casual mobile games. We will pursue both consumer-facing operators as well as the business-to-business platforms that support them. We are predominantly focusedalso vest based on the U.S. howeverprice targets in connection with a sale of the Company) (any of the foregoing, an “Earnout Triggering Event”).
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900,000 shares (the “Unvested Sponsor Shares”) of the 4,574,062 shares of our search may expand to international markets.
Class A common stock (the “Sponsor Shares”) held by Acies Acquisition, Corp.
Experiential entertainment, consumed through live, location-based venues or played across mobile platforms, has become a prime pursuit of American consumers. Companies able to create unique or memorable experiences that foster communal connections through shared values have captured an increasing share of consumers’ entertainment time and budgets. In turn,LLC, the industry has become one of the most important drivers of the U.S. economy, led to the dynamic creation of new concepts, companies, and distribution channels, and attracted significant private growth capital. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, it is estimated that in excess of $1 trillion was spent on entertainment2 in the United States in 2019, approximately 4.5x that which was spent in 1990. Consumers’ entertainment expenditures grew almost 25% faster during this period than U.S. GDP, as consumers dedicated an increasing portion of their expenditures to entertainment. Our expertise strongly positions us to capitalize on what we believe to be newly created and actionable acquisition opportunities across this ecosystem.
Live, Location-Based Entertainment.   Live, location-based entertainment venues and companies have experienced significant stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in meaningful dislocations in companies’ operating performance, leverage and credit profiles, and valuations, leading in multiple situations to the need for incremental equity capital. Notwithstanding, live entertainment has historically demonstrated an ability to revive rapidly from an exogenous, temporary shock as consumers revert to past behavioral patterns and satisfy pent-up demand for out-of-home experiences. As such, a near-term opportunity exists to recapitalize and partner alongside what we believe are highly attractive, highly durable long-term business models.
Mobile Entertainment Platforms.   In stark contrast, mobile gaming and real money wagering companies, comprised of sports betting and online gaming companies (both consumer-facing operators as well as the business-to-business platforms that support them) are experiencing rapid growth driven by strong consumer demand, popularity of mobile as a platform and a conducive regulatory backdrop. In context, the mobile gaming market is projected to grow 12% annually from 2019 to 2022 according to NewZoo’s 2019 Global Games Market Report. According to Eilers & Krejcik,3 the emerging U.S. real-money wagering industry is expected to become a $40 billion industry — assuming legalization in all 50 states — from essentially zero three years ago. This growth and technological evolution has created a ready need for public equity capital to fund organic growth initiatives and strategically sound, platform-building M&A. The Acies team is well positioned to partner with a management team to develop, analyze and execute on this next wave of growth and consolidation.
Acies Acquisition Corp. is well positioned to identify and complete an acquisition within these industries. The principalssponsor of Acies Acquisition Corp. provide (i) extensive direct industry domain expertise(the “Sponsor”), became unvested. The Unvested Sponsor Shares will vest in two equal tranches upon the occurrence of an Earnout Triggering Event as leaders, operators, creators and advisors, (ii) an expansive network of durable industry relationships,
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Mr. Chris Grove, our EVPAll outstanding warrants of Acquisitions, is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.Old PLAYSTUDIOS were deemed to exercise automatically in connection with the Closing and the underlying shares were treated in the same manner as outstanding shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS capital stock.
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Each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase Old PLAYSTUDIOS capital stock granted under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Omnibus 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (each an “Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option”), whether or not vested or exercisable, converted into an option to purchase a share of Class A common stock, except for any such option that was held by any member of the Founder Group, which was converted into an option to purchase a share of Class B common stock, in each case with the same terms except for the number of shares exercisable and the exercise price, each of which were adjusted using the Exchange Ratio.
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The shares of our Class B common stock issued to the Founder Group have the same economic terms as the shares of our Class A common stock, but the shares of our Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote per share, and the shares of our Class B common stock will be entitled to 20 votes per share. Any shares of our Class B common stock that are transferred outside the Founder Group (except for certain permitted transfers) will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock. In addition, the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock will be subject to a “sunset” provision by which all outstanding shares of our Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock: (i) if holders representing a majority of our Class B common stock vote to convert our Class B common stock into our Class A common stock, (ii) if the Founder Group and its permitted transferees collectively no longer beneficially own at least 20% of the number of shares of our Class B common stock collectively held by the Founder Group as of the Closing or (iii) on the nine-month anniversary of the Founder’s death or disability, unless such date is extended by a majority of independent directors.
The shares of our common stock issued to the stockholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS, all of the options to purchase shares of our common stock, the Sponsor Shares and the Private Placement Warrants are subject to certain restrictions of transfer. See “Description of Our Securities — General — Common Stock — Lock-up Restrictions.”
In connection with the Business Combination, holders of 11,333,489 Acies Class A ordinary shares exercised their rights to redeem those shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.00 per share, or an aggregate of approximately $113.4 million. At the Closing:
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(iii) vast, best-in-class experience executing large scale M&A transactions, (iv) entrepreneurial vision to identify market leading companies, and (v) a track record of creating value for shareholders.
Our founders and management team are industry leaders with highly complementary backgrounds. With an average of over 20 years of individual experience, our founders and management team have a diverse set of skills that include operating and leading public companies, founding and growing private companies, and structuring and negotiating complex corporate transactions. The founders and management team are complemented by four independent directors with direct experiential entertainment expertise and extensive industry relationships. We intend to undertake a rigorous investment process centered on identifying a target platform opportunity to which the team can add value through operational enhancements, capital structure optimization,PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, and future acquisitions. We were foundedAcies agreed to sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and at an aggregate purchase price of $250 million (the “PIPE Investment”).
As noted above, the per share conversion price of approximately $10.00 for holders of public shares of Acies electing redemption was paid out of Acies’ trust account, which had a balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately $215.3 million. Following the payment of redemptions and after giving effect to the PIPE Investment Acies had approximately $351.9 million of available cash for disbursement in 2020 by James Murren, former Chairmanconnection with the Transactions. Of these funds, approximately $147.5 million was used to pay certain transaction expenses (including cash to certain stockholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS that made a valid cash election, as described above) and CEO$20.0 million was used to terminate the profit share provision of an agreement with MGM Resorts International, (“MGM”); Edward King, former Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming at Morgan Stanley; Dan Fetters, former Managing Director and Head of Western Region Mergers and Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley; and Andrew Pascal, Founder and CEO of PlayStudios.
Mr. Murren, our Chairman, is a highly respected and well known executive and operator, having served at MGM for over 22 years, as Chairmanone of the Board, CEO and, prior, as CFO. Under Mr. Murren’s leadership, MGM executed a number of transactions that redefinedPIPE Investors. Approximately $184.5 million became available to us upon the company as a global leader in gaming, hospitality and entertainment and created significant value for MGM’s shareholders. During Mr. Murren’s time as CFO, he executed multiple M&A transactions including acquisitions of Mirage Resorts and Mandalay Resort Group, and during his illustrious 12 year tenure as Chairman and CEO, he secured new gaming licenses, spearheaded MGM’s expansion into new markets both domestically and internationally, developed iconic casinos, destination resorts and sports arenas, and helped bring the NHL’s Golden Knights and the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces to Las Vegas. In partnership with GVC Holdings, Mr. Murren also helped establish ROAR Digital, the U.S. sports betting and online gambling company operating as BetMGM. Throughout his career, Mr. Murren has focused on capitalizing on the growing demand for consumer entertainment, and formed several leading, public market companies in the process. During his tenure as CEO, he helped grow MGM’s enterprise value by almost $20 billion, and annual revenue by over $5 billion, led the listing of MGM China Holdings Ltd. and the IPO of MGM Growth Properties LLC, and executed other marquee transactions with a dedication towards delivering shareholder value. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University. Previously, he served as Chairman of the American Gaming Association, was on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution, was on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, and served as a memberconsummation of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. He is a CFA® charterholder.Combination.
See “Risk Factors — Past performance by our management team or their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us.”
Our Management Team
Acies Acquisition Corp.’s management team comprises James Murren, former Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International; Edward King, former Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming at Morgan Stanley; Dan Fetters, former Managing Director and Head of Western Region M&A at Morgan Stanley; and Chris Grove, partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming. We believe our management team is well-positioned to identify and evaluate targets across the experiential entertainment ecosystem given its extensive experience operating and growing businesses and broad network of relationships.
Acies Acquisition Corp. will be led by Co-CEOs Edward King and Dan Fetters.
Edward King has over 24 years of investment banking experience, the past 20 years of which were at Morgan Stanley where, since January 2010, he served as Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking. In this capacity Mr. King provided strategic and financial advice to clients on M&A and helped clients raise debt and equity capital in the public and private markets. Industries under his coverage responsibility included resorts, casinos, gaming REITs, other entertainment-focused REITs, online sports-wagering and iGaming B2C operators and B2B service providers, lottery operators, gaming-floor technology companies and casino-genre social & casual games developers. As Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, Mr. King executed transactions across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and

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the Americas. He was also a Board Member of the American Gaming Association and has been a speaker at G2E, G2E Asia, International Association of Gaming Regulators, International Masters of Gaming Law, and International Association of Gaming Advisors conferences. Mr. King holds M.Phil, MA and BA degrees in economics from Cambridge University, England.
Dan Fetters has over 20 years of experience at Morgan Stanley leading complex strategic transactions around the globe including cross-border mergers in North America, Europe and Asia. His diverse experience includes advising domestic and international companies and Boards of Directors on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Fetters also has represented numerous companies in public and private equity and debt offerings and has extensive experience in a variety of industries, including gaming, real estate, sports, media, entertainment, consumer, retail, industrial, and telecommunications. Prior to co-founding Acies Acquisition Corp., Mr. Fetters served as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers and Acquisition Group and as the Head of Western Region M&A. Before moving to Los Angeles and ultimately leading Morgan Stanley’s Western Region M&A Group, Mr. Fetters spent five years with the organization in New York focused on the Media & Communications sectors in both a financing and M&A capacity. Mr. Fetters received a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chris Grove serves as our Executive Vice President of Acquisitions. Mr. Grove is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on the U.S. sports betting and online gambling sectors. Mr. Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, where his insights and research are regularly relied upon by analysts, media outlets, publicly-traded companies, and policymakers. His work has been cited by outlets including Bloomberg, ESPN, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal and he has testified before policymakers in multiple states including California, Illinois, New York, Nevada, and Washington State. Mr. Grove also co-founded and operated a leading affiliate marketing network in the regulated U.S. gaming market, PlayUSA Media, which he sold to Catena Media (STO:CAT) in 2017. Mr. Grove received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Illinois State University.
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Acies Acquisition Corp. will include five members as of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The board will be led by James Murren, as Chairman, and will consist of industry leaders and renowned investors. Each brings diversity of experience, perspective and industry contacts that when combined create a distinguished Board of Directors. In addition to Mr. Murren, whose biography is above, our Board of Directors will be comprised of:
Zach Leonsis is the vice president and general manager of Monumental Sports Network, an innovative regional sports network for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms. Mr. Leonsis oversees all operations, including digital development and design, product fulfillment, brand marketing, content production and integrated partner solutions. Monumental Sports Network is co-owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment and NBC Sports Group. Mr. Leonsis led Monumental Sports Network from an ad-based blogging platform into an OTT network capable of processing new-age subscription bundles that include hundreds of live games across multiple leagues, original on-demand programming, exclusive merchandise and one-of-a-kind subscriber-only events and experiences.
Brisa Trinchero is a two-time Tony Award winning Broadway investor, a “40 Under 40” award winning entrepreneur, and an expert at the intersection of entertainment and business. Ms. Trinchero has the personal distinction of being one of only 100 investors in the smash hit, Hamilton. She built a successful multi-million dollar investment portfolio that has been involved in financing more than 30 Broadway shows including Moulin Rouge, Beautiful, Mean Girls, The Band’s Visit, Pippin, and numerous others. She is currently the CEO of the Princess Grace Foundation on behalf of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco (Princess Grace’s son). The Foundation was created to honor the legacy of Princess Grace and grants millions of dollars to emerging artists in theater, dance, and film. Prior to joining the Foundation, Brisa served as Director of Innovation for The John Gore Organization, a billion dollar live entertainment company. She also hosts a national radio show featuring live entertainment entrepreneurs on Sirius XM and has served multiple terms as a theater selection panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and founded Lunatix, an innovative ticketing company.

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Andrew Zobler is the Founder and CEO of the Sydell Group, a hospitality company founded in 2005, known for creating and managing unique hotels deeply rooted in their location and architecture. A pioneer in the hospitality sphere, Mr. Zobler’s core expertise is an ability to identify and collaborate with original talent within the world of design, food & beverage, and retail and bring them together in the creation of compelling new hotels that engage the communities around them. Prior to founding Sydell Group, Mr. Zobler served as Partner and Chief Investment Officer of André Balazs Properties, and as a Principal in the Managing Member of the real estate fund Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors, LLC. He joined Lazard from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, where as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development he was responsible for overseeing acquisitions across all Starwood brands in North America. Before joining Starwood, Mr. Zobler was a partner in the real estate group at Greenberg Traurig in their New York office specializing in hotel transactions. Named one of the 50 Most Influential People in global business by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2017, Mr. Zobler has received numerous awards and honors including the AHEAD Americas 2018 Award for Outstanding Contribution. He was also recognized by AFAR Magazine in their 2018 Travel Vanguard as one of nine “visionaries who are shaping the future of travel”.
Sam Kennedy is the President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox. In addition to his role with the Red Sox, Mr. Kennedy also acts as Chief Executive of Fenway Sports Management, a sports marketing and sales agency that is a sister companyImmediately after giving effect to the Red Sox under the Fenway Sports Group family. Mr. Kennedy has played a key role in transforming Fenway Park into a year-round venue, including concerts and the “Big Air” ski and snowboard competition. He currently serves on the MLB International Committee, MLB Ticketing Committee and is the chair of the President’s Working Group (PWG), a sub-committee of MLB’s Business and Media Board. Mr. Kennedy has also received many recognitions including Boston Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award and his induction into the Sports Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Hall of Fame.
Our Advisor to the Board
Mr. Pascal, one of our co-founders, is an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader with more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment and luxury hospitality industries. During that time, he founded and built businesses that delivered innovative solutions to the land-based and digital gaming industries. Mr. Pascal brings a blend of entrepreneurial passion, creative insight, and operating discipline to his ventures. He is the Chairman and CEO of PlayStudios, a social and casual games company whose portfolio of games artfully combine established casino brands, proven gambling games, social game mechanics, and real-world rewards. Mr. Pascal is also the Managing Member of Pascal Ventures, LLC since its formation in 2010. Prior, Mr. Pascal founded and built WagerWorks, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2005) and Silicon Gaming, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2001). During his time at Wynn Las Vegas (from 2003 to 2010), the luxury hotel-casino resort was widely recognized for being the only casino resort in the world to achieve the highest distinctions from Mobil, AAA, and Michelin.
Business Strategy
Our acquisition and value creation strategy is to identify, acquire and, after our initial business combination, to build a company in the public markets. We believe our complementary team provides us a distinct advantage to identify a leading experiential entertainment company and execute a successful business combination.
Extensive Direct Domain Expertise as Leaders, Operators, Entrepreneurs and Advisors.   We have dedicated our careers to industries that provide consumers leading entertainment experiences, through live and mobile platforms. We have consistently demonstrated our ability to found, operate, build, lead, invest in, acquire, and advise leading entertainment businesses that engage consumers in memorable ways. Throughout our careers, we have helped shape prominent entertainment industries such as live entertainment, casinos, destination hospitality, sports, and mobile gaming by leading their respective companies and engaging in transformative transactions.
Expansive Network of Relationships Built Over Decades.   Our management team and Board of Directors have spent most of their careers operating in the industries we are targeting, developing expansive networks of founders, owners and management teams of private companies, entrepreneurs, public company senior executives, boards, investors, private equity sponsors, and advisors (investment banks, consultants,

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attorneys and accountants). We believe this breadth of access will allow us to both source and create acquisition opportunities simply not available to others, due to the reputation, creativity and experience of our team.
Resolute Focus on Value Creation.   Our team has deep experience in creating value through pursuing operational improvements, repositioning and realigning strategies, optimizing capital structures, overseeing capital allocation policies, acquiring and separating businesses and identifying future growth opportunities. Each member of our team has relentlessly pursued value maximizing initiatives and developed impressive track records over the long term. Importantly, we have substantial experience in executing transactions throughout market cycles and structuring transactions to minimize risk while preserving upside opportunity.
Expertise Advising and Steering Private Companies into the Public Markets.   As we pursue a business combination we will work alongside management and their shareholders to unlock the potential of a company’s upside as they transition from a private company to a public company. Our expertise will be invaluable to management teams in accessing the capital markets and driving value for shareholders long term.
Vast Experience Structuring, Negotiating, and Executing Mergers and Acquisitions.   Value creation in the public markets from the initial business combination will be achieved by our upfront implementation of rigorous discipline and creativity to the valuation, terms and conditions of the merger transaction. Our team has decades of experience structuring, negotiating and executing transactions across private and public companies, corporate carve-outs, and private equity-backed exits.
Business Combination Criteria
Consistent with our business strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We will use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines.
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Highly defensible business models with a sustainable competitive advantage.   A tailored, highly differentiated, or unique consumer experience that builds on a sense of wonder, community and shared values engenders enduring consumer loyalty and repeat customer demand. It is our belief these attributes create the most defensible business models, sustain a competitive advantage and market position, create attractive growth and cash flow profiles and so generate shareholder value.
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Disruptive business models with strong secular growth.   Many categories (in particular mobile entertainment) are experiencing unprecedented growth due to strong underlying consumer demand and liberalizing regulations. These companies’ rapid growth, and prospective scale, lead them to be natural public entities, whereon new avenues of growth and capital will be opened to fund organic initiatives and pursue transformative or bolt-on acquisitions.
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Dislocated valuations within fundamentally strong sectors and businesses.   Live entertainment sectors have been temporarily disrupted due to COVID-19, but otherwise possess fundamentally sound long-term business plans. We believe there exists an opportunity to provide equity capital to privately owned companies, or public companies through the carve-out of a division, at attractive valuations.
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Strong management that would benefit from Acies’ extensive and diverse expertise.   We believe our operating expertise and expansive network access has the potential to drive incremental value to even those currently strong management teams, resulting in improvements to operational and financial performance.
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relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria and guidelines in our shareholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this prospectus, would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.
Our Business Combination Process
In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct an extensive due diligence review which may encompass, as applicable and among other things, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities and a review of financial and other information about the target and its industry. We will also utilize our management team’s operational and capital planning experience.
Each of our directors and officers will, directly or indirectly, own founder shares and/or private placement warrants following this offering and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, such officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
Certain of our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity subject to his or her fiduciary duties. As a result, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to such officer’s and director’s fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, he or she will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not expect these duties to materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we renounce our interest in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company and it is an opportunity that we are able to complete on a reasonable basis.
Initial Business Combination
So long as our securities are then listed on Nasdaq, our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination.
If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or an independent valuation or appraisal firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it unlikely that our board will not be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of a target business or businesses, it may be unable to do so if the board is less familiar or experienced with the target company’s business, there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of the company’s assets or prospects, including if such company is at an early stage of development, operations or growth, or if the anticipated transaction involves a complex financial analysis or other specialized skills and the board determines that outside expertise would be helpful or necessary in conducting such analysis. Since any opinion, if obtained, would merely state that the fair market value of the target business meets the 80% of net assets threshold, unless such opinion includes material information regarding the valuation of a target business or the consideration to be provided, it is not anticipated that copies of such opinion would be

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distributed to our shareholders. However, if required under applicable law, any proxy statement that we deliver to shareholders and file with the SEC in connection with a proposed transaction will include such opinion.
We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-business combination company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-business combination company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However,Transactions (including as a result of the issuanceconversions described above), there were 109,623,364 shares of a substantial numberClass A common stock, 16,130,300 shares of newClass B common stock, 10,996,667 Warrants, 13,549,198 options to purchase shares our shareholders immediately priorof Class A common stock and 2,191,793 options to our initial business combination could own less than a majoritypurchase shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. Upon the Closing, Acies’ ordinary shares, warrants and units ceased trading, and shares of Class A common stock and Public Warrants began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “MYPS,” and “MYPSW,” respectively.
The rights of holders of our outstanding shares subsequent tocommon stock and Warrants are governed by our initial business combination. If less than 100%Amended and Restated Certificate of the equity interests or assetsIncorporation (the “Certificate of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-business combination company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent ofIncorporation”), our sponsor. If our securities are not then listed on Nasdaq for whatever reason, we would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% of net asset test.
To the extent we effect our initial business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in such company or business. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.
The time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.
Other Considerations
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, Founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor or any of our Founders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
We currently do not have any specific business combination under consideration. Our officers and directors have neither individually selected nor considered a target business nor have they had any substantive discussions regarding possible target businesses among themselves or with our underwriters or other advisors. Our management team is regularly made aware of potential business opportunities, one or more of which we may desire to pursue for a business combination, but we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf) contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to a business combination transaction with our company. Additionally, we have not, nor has anyone

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on our behalf, taken any substantive measure, directly or indirectly, to identify or locate any suitable acquisition candidate for us, nor have we engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any such acquisition candidate.
James Murren, our Chairman and an investor in the sponsor, is subject to a non-compete with MGM that prohibits Mr. Murren from engaging in certain competitive activities for a period ending March 22, 2021. See “Risk Factors — Our Chairman is party to a non-competition agreement that may limit the types of companies that we can target for an initial business combination.”
In addition, certain of our Founders, officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary and contractual duties to other entities. As a result, if any of our Founders, officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he, she or it has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, he, she or it will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not expect these duties to materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandumbylaws (the “Bylaws”), and articles of association will provide that we renounce our interestthe DGCL, and, in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officerthe case of the companyWarrants, the Warrant Agreement, dated October 22, 2020 (the “Warrant Agreement”), between Acies and it is an opportunity that we are able to complete on a reasonable basis.
the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as the warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). See the sections titled “Description of Our Founders, sponsor, officersSecurities” and directors may sponsor, form or participate in other blank check companies similar to ours during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an acquisition target, particularly in the event there is overlap among investment mandates. However, we do not currently expect that any such other blank check company would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. In addition, our Founders, sponsor, officers“Certain Relationships and directors, are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence.Related Party Transactions.”
Corporate Information
Acies was incorporated on August 14, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses Acies completed its initial public offering in October 2020 (the “IPO”). On the Closing Date, Acies consummated the Business Combination with Old PLAYSTUDIOS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we changed our name from Acies to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
PLAYSTUDIOS continues the existing business operations of Old PLAYSTUDIOS as a publicly traded company. Our principal executive offices areoffice is located at 1219 Morningside10150 Covington Cross Drive, Suite 110, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, and ourLas Vegas, Nevada 89144. Our telephone number is (310) 545-9265. We will maintain a corporate(725) 877-7000. Our website at www.aciesacq.com. The informationaddress is www.playstudios.com. Information contained on or accessible through our corporate website or any other website that we may maintainconnected thereto does not constitute part of, and is not part ofincorporated by reference into, this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus isit forms a part.
Summary Risk Factors
In evaluating a potential investment in our Class A common stock, you should carefully read this prospectus, including the exhibits, and especially review and consider the risk factors set forth under the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus. Among these important risks are the following:
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Our business will suffer if we are unable to entertain our players, develop new games and improve the experience of our existing games.
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Our industry is very competitive. If consumers prefer our competitors’ games over our own, our operating results could suffer.
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We rely on a small portion of our total players for a substantial amount of our revenue and if we fail to grow our player base, or if player engagement declines, our revenue and operating results will be harmed.
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We rely on third-party platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook to distribute our games and collect revenues generated on such platforms and rely on third-party payment service providers to collect revenues generated on our own platforms.
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If we do not successfully invest in, establish and maintain awareness of our brands and games, if we incur excessive expenses promoting and maintaining our brands or our games or if our games contain defects, our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation could be harmed.
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Our ability to acquire and maintain licenses to intellectual property may affect our revenue and profitability. Competition for these licenses may make them more expensive and increase our costs.
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We rely on information technology and other systems and platforms, and any failures, errors, defects or disruptions in our or our vendors’ or other partners’ systems or platforms could diminish our brand and reputation, subject us to liability, disrupt our business, impact our games and related software applications, affect our ability to scale our technical infrastructure and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
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We are subject to laws and regulations concerning data privacy, information security, data protection and consumer protection, and these laws and regulations are continually evolving. Our actual or perceived failure to comply with these laws and regulations could harm our business.
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Because we are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted“controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules, our shareholders may not have certain corporate governance protections that are available to shareholders of companies that are Cayman Islands companies conductingnot controlled companies.
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The dual class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, which will limit an investor’s ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.
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Warrants will become exercisable for our Class A common stock, which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.
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We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.
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The price of our Class A common stock and Public Warrants may be volatile.
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We do not intend to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
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Future resales of our common stock may cause the market price of our Class A common stock to drop significantly, even if our business mainly outside the Cayman Islandsis doing well.
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Delaware law and as such, are exempted from complying withour organizational documents contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions that limit the ability of the Companies Law. As an exempted company, we have applied forstockholders to take certain actions and expect to receive, after the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands governmentcould delay or discourage takeover attempts that in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will be payable (i) on or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of us.stockholders may consider favorable.
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Emerging Growth Company
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business StartupsJOBS Act, of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible toand it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emergingemerging growth companies”companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations

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regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-bindingnonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholderstockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
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Further, section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act alsoexempts 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 an “emerging growth company”a company can take advantageelect to opt out of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B)and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of the Securities Actsuch extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for complying withpublic or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised accounting standards. Instandard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with certain other words, an “emerging growth company” can delaypublic companies difficult or impossible because of the adoption of certainpotential differences in accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.used.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1)of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completionclosing of thisAcies’ initial public offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary sharescommon equity that areis held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of the prior June 30,fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter; and (2)(ii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” shall have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.
Additionally,Controlled Company Exemption
Mr. Pascal and other members of the Founder Group are the beneficial owner of all the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock and, as such, control more than 50% of the voting power of our common stock. As a result, PLAYSTUDIOS is a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq’s listing standards of which the Founder Group has the power to elect a majority of our directors. Pursuant to the Nasdaq listing standards. As a controlled company, we may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance standards, including the requirements: (i) that a majority of the Board of Directors consist of independent directors, (ii) that the Board of Directors have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities and (iii) that the Board of Directors have a nominating and corporate governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. If PLAYSTUDIOS ceases to be a “controlled company” and its shares continue to be listed on Nasdaq, PLAYSTUDIOS will be required to comply with these standards and, depending on the board’s independence determination with respect to its then-current directors, PLAYSTUDIOS may be required to add additional directors to its board in order to achieve such compliance within the applicable transition periods. Although as of the date of this prospectus, PLAYSTUDIOS does not utilize any of these exemptions, we may elect to utilize one or more of these exemptions for so long as we remain a “controlled company.” Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of these corporate governance requirements. See “Risk Factors — General Risks Factors — Because we are a “smaller reporting“controlled company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company untilwithin the last daymeaning of the fiscal year in which (1) the market valueNasdaq rules, our shareholders may not have certain corporate governance protections that are available to shareholders of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30.companies that are not controlled companies.”
 
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The Offering
In deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the backgrounds of the members of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company and the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in the section below entitled “Risk Factors” of this prospectus.
Securities offered
30,000,000 units (or 34,500,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of:
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Proposed Nasdaq symbols
Units: “ACACU”
Class A ordinary shares: “ACAC”
Warrants: “ACACW”
Trading commencement and separation of Class A ordinary shares and warrants
The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class A ordinary shares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least four units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant.
Additionally, the units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.
Separate trading of the Class A ordinary shares and warrants is prohibited until we have filed a Current Report on
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provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
Units:
Number outstanding before this offering
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Number outstanding after this offering
30,000,000(1)
Ordinary shares:
Number outstanding before this offering
8,625,000(2)(3)
Number outstanding after this offering
37,500,000(1)(2)(4)
Warrants:
Number of private placement warrants to be sold in a private placement simultaneously with this offering
5,666,667(1)
Number of warrants to be outstanding after this offering and the sale of private placement warrants
13,166,667(1)
Exercisability
Each whole warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share, subject to adjustment as described herein. Only whole warrants are exercisable.
We structured each unit to contain one-quarter of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, as compared to units issued by some other similar blank check companies which contain whole warrants exercisable for one whole share, in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of our initial business combination as compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses.
Exercise price
$11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustments as described herein. In addition, if (x) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection
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Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
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Founder shares are currently classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights” and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we do not consummate an initial business combination.
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with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by our 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 our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, 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 adjacent to “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” and “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary 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 adjacent to the caption “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary 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.
Exercise period
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statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a 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, we may, at our 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 we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of the initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. On the exercise of any warrant, the warrant exercise price will be paid directly to us and not placed in the trust account.
Redemption of warrants
when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00
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Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
Except as set forth below, none of the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees.
Redemption of warrants
when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00
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We will provide our warrant holders with the final fair market value no later than one business day after the 10 trading day period described above ends. In no event will the warrants be exercisable in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment).
No fractional Class A ordinary shares will be issued upon redemption. If, upon redemption, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will round down to the nearest whole number of the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the holder. Please see the section entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants” for additional information.
Founder shares
On September 15, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, in consideration of 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. The per share price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount contributed to the company by the number of founder shares issued. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share surrender or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Up to 1,125,000 founder shares are subject to forfeiture by the sponsor, depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
The founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that:
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our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares (ii) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business
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combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window). If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 11,250,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,875,001, or 6.25% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 30,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved;
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Transfer restrictions on founder shares
Except as described herein, our sponsor and our directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor and our directors and executive officers with respect to any founder shares.
Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights
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shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of this offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities (as defined herein) or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, its affiliates or any member of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
Appointment of directors; Voting rights
Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at our general meeting which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B ordinary shares. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of our founder shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote.
Private placement warrants
Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 5,666,667 private placement warrants (or 6,266,667 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.50 per warrant ($8,500,000 in the aggregate or $9,400,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the private placement warrants will expire worthless. The private placement warrants will be non-redeemable by us (except as set forth under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”) and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees (see “Description of Securities — Warrants — Private Placement

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Warrants”). If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the units being sold in this offering.
Transfer restrictions on private placement warrants
The private placement warrants (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except as described herein under “Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants.”
Cashless exercise of private placement warrants
If holders of private placement warrants elect to exercise them on a cashless basis, except as described under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00,” they would pay the exercise price by surrendering their warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Sponsor fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the Sponsor fair market value. The “Sponsor fair market value” shall mean the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of warrant exercise is sent to the warrant agent. The reason that we have agreed that these warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the sponsor or its permitted transferees is because it is not known at this time whether they will be affiliated with us following a business combination. If they remain affiliated with us, their ability to sell our securities in the open market will be significantly limited. We expect to have policies in place that restrict insiders from selling our securities except during specific periods.
Proceeds to be held in trust account
Of the proceeds we will receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $300,000,000, or $345,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The proceeds to be placed in the trust account include $10,500,000 (or $12,075,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in deferred underwriting commissions. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as discussed below and subject to the requirements of law and regulation, will provide that the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account (1) to us, until the completion of our initial business combination, or (2) to our public shareholders, until the earliest of (a) the completion of our initial business combination, and then only in connection with those Class A

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ordinary shares that such shareholders properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described herein, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, and (c) the redemption of our public shares if we have not consummated our business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law. Public shareholders who redeem their Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote described in clause (b) in the preceding sentence shall not be entitled to funds from the trust account upon the subsequent completion of an initial business combination or liquidation if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, with respect to such Class A ordinary shares so redeemed. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders.
Anticipated expenses and funding sources
Except as described above with respect to the payment of taxes, unless and until we complete our initial business combination, no proceeds held in the trust account will be available for our use. The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 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. Assuming an interest rate of 0.08% per year, we estimate the interest earned on the trust account will be approximately $240,000 per year; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount. Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, we may pay our expenses only from:
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the net assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. Our shareholders may not be provided with a copy of such opinion nor will they be able to rely on such opinion. If our securities are not then listed on Nasdaq for whatever reason, we would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% of net asset test.
We will complete our initial business combination only if the post-business combination company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or is otherwise not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-business combination company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test, provided that in the event that the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as the initial business combination for purposes of a tender offer or for seeking shareholder approval, as applicable.
Permitted purchases and other transactions with respect to our securities
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds held in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or warrants in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are

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in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. See “Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities” for a description of how our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.
The purpose of any such transaction could be to (1) vote in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.
Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The redemption rights will include the requirement that a beneficial holder must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion

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of our initial business combination with respect to our warrants. Further, we will not proceed with redeeming our public shares, even if a public shareholder has properly elected to redeem its shares, if a business combination does not close. Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares.
Limitations on redemptions
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of our initial business combination, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). However, a greater net tangible asset or cash requirement may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination. For example, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. Furthermore, although we will not redeem shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to fall below $5,000,001, both immediately prior to and upon consummation of our initial business combination, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions, we do not have a maximum redemption threshold based on the percentage of shares sold in this offering, as many blank check companies do. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.
Manner of conducting redemptions
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the

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transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. Asset acquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval, while direct mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association would typically require shareholder approval. We currently intend to conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote unless shareholder approval is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement or we choose to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC for business or other reasons.
If we hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination, we will:
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If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 11,250,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,875,001, or 6.25% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 30,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any such general meeting.
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Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A ordinary shares in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete such initial business combination.
Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote
Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, without our prior consent. We believe the restriction described above will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights against a business combination if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem to no more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including all shares held by those shareholders that hold more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering) for or against our initial business combination.

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Release of funds in trust account on closing of our initial business combination
On the completion of our initial business combination, the funds held in the trust account will be disbursed directly by the trustee to pay amounts due to any public shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights as described above adjacent to the caption “Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination,” to pay the underwriters their deferred underwriting commissions, to pay all or a portion of the consideration payable to the target or owners of the target of our initial business combination and to pay other expenses associated with our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or the redemption of our public shares, we may apply the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital.
Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no initial business
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Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we will have only the completion window to consummate our initial business combination. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, 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 liquidation 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 the completion window.
Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions

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from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame).
The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission held in the trust account in the event we do not consummate an initial business combination within the completion window and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the trust account that will be available to fund the redemption of our public shares.
Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares; unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described above adjacent to the caption “Limitations on redemptions.” For example, our board of directors may propose such an amendment if it determines that additional time is necessary to complete our initial business combination. In such event, we will conduct a proxy solicitation and distribute proxy materials pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act seeking shareholder approval of such proposal and, in connection therewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described above upon shareholder approval of such amendment. This redemption right shall apply in the event of the approval of any such amendment, whether proposed by our sponsor, any executive officer, director or director nominee, or any other person.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.
Limited payments to insiders
There will be no finder’s fees, reimbursements or cash payments made by the company to our sponsor, officers or directors, or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, other than the following payments, none of which will be made from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:

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Repayment of up to an aggregate of $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses;
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Any such payments will be made either (i) prior to our initial business combination using proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held outside the trust account or from loans made to us by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors or (ii) in connection with or after the consummation of our initial business combination.
Audit Committee
We will establish and maintain an audit committee, which will be composed entirely of independent directors. Among its responsibilities, the audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers or directors, or their affiliates and monitor compliance with the other terms relating to this offering. If any noncompliance is identified, then the audit committee will be charged with the responsibility to promptly take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise to cause compliance with the terms of this offering. For more information, see the section entitled “Management — Committees of the Board of Directors — Audit Committee.”
Risks
We are a newly incorporated company that has conducted no operations and has generated no revenues. Until we complete our initial business combination, we will have no operations and will generate no operating revenues. In making your decision whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the background of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company. This offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. Accordingly, you will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. For additional information concerning how Rule 419 blank check offerings differ from this offering, please see “Proposed Business — Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419.” You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of this prospectus.

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATATHE OFFERING
The following table summarizes
Issuer
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
Issuance of Class A Common Stock
Shares of Class A Common Stock Offered by Us
10,996,631 shares of Class A common stock, consisting of 10,996,631 shares of Class A common stock that are issuable upon the relevant financial data forexercise of 10,996,631 Warrants by the holders thereof.
Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding Prior to Exercise of All Warrants
109,623,364 shares
Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding Assuming Exercise of All Warrants
120,619,995 shares
Shares of Class B Common Stock Outstanding
16,130,300 shares (each share of our businessClass B common stock has twenty (20) votes per share and should be read with our financial statements, whichis convertible at the option of the holder to one share of Class A common stock; the outstanding shares of Class B common stock are not included in this prospectus. We have not had any significant operations to date, so only balance sheet data is presented.the number of outstanding shares of our Class A common stock)
​​​September 15, 2020​
​​​Actual​​As Adjusted​
Balance Sheet Data:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Working capital (deficiency)(1)
​​​$(59,596)​​​​$291,007,408​​
Total assets(2)
​​​$94,878​​​​$301,510,282​​
Total liabilities(3)
​​​$84,596​​​​$10,500,000​​
Value of shares subject to redemption(4)
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Shareholders’ equity(5)
​​​$10,282​​​​$5,000,002​​
​Exercise Price of Warrants
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$11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein.
The “as adjusted” calculation includes $300,000,000 cash held in trust
Use of Proceeds
We will receive up to an aggregate of approximately $126.5 million from the exercise of the Warrants, assuming the exercise in full of all of the Warrants for cash. We intend to use the net proceeds from the exercise of this offeringthe Warrants for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, investments and working capital. In addition, from time to time in the past we have considered, and we continue to consider, acquisitions and strategic transactions, and we also may use such net proceeds for such purposes. See “Use of Proceeds.”
Resale of Class A Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants
Shares of Class A Common Stock Offered by the Selling Securityholders
107,495,199 shares of Class A common stock (including up to 10,693,624 shares of Class A common stock issuable as Earnout Shares and 3,636,755 shares of Class A common stock issuable as Option Shares). This includes 16,130,300 outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, 3,026,112 Earnout Shares of Class B common stock and 2,191,793 Class B Option Shares.
Private Placement Warrants Offered by the Selling Securityholders
3,821,667 Private Placement Warrants
Use of Proceeds
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock or Private Placement Warrants by the private placement warrants, plus $1,500,000 of cash held outside the trust account, plus $10,282 of actual shareholders’ equity at September 15, 2020, less $10,500,000 of deferred underwriting commissions..Selling Securityholders.
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Lock-up Restrictions
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The “as adjusted” calculation includes $300,000,000 cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, plus $1,500,000 of cash held outside the trust account, plus $10,282 of actual shareholders’ equity at September 15, 2020.
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The “as adjusted” calculation includes $10,500,000 of deferred underwriting commissions.
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The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the “as adjusted” shareholders’ equity, which is set to approximate the minimum net tangible assets threshold of at least $5,000,001 upon consummationCertain of our initial business combination.
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Excludes 28,601,028 ordinary shares whichstockholders are subject to conversion in connection with our initial business combination. The actual numbercertain restrictions on transfer until the termination of shares that may be converted may exceed this amount provided that we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 immediately prior to or upon consummation of the business combination. The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the value of ordinary shares that may be converted in connection with our initial business combination ($10.00 per share).
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The “as adjusted” information gives effect to the sale of the units we are offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, including the payment of the estimated costs of the offering from such sales and the repayment of the accrued and other liabilities required to be repaid.
The “as adjusted” working capital and total assets amounts include the $300,000,000 to be held in the trust account, which, except for limited situations described in this prospectus, will be available to us only upon the consummation of a business combination within the time period described in this prospectus. If a business combination is not so consummated, the trust account, less amounts we are permitted to withdraw from interest earned on the funds in the trust account as described in this prospectus, will be distributed solely to our public shareholders (subject to our obligations under Cayman Island law to provide for claims of creditors).
We will consummate our initial business combination only if (i) we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon such consummation, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions, and (ii) we obtain the approval of 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.
 
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applicable lock-up periods. See “Description of Our Securities — General — Common Stock — Lock-up Restrictions” for further discussion.
Market for Class A Common Stock and
Warrants
Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPS,” and our Public Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPSW”.
Risk Factors
See “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should consider before investing in our securities.
The 109,623,364 outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and 16,130,300 outstanding shares of our Class B common stock is calculated as of June 21, 2021 after giving effect to the Closing and excludes:
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10,996,631 shares of our Class A common stock issuable from the exercise of Warrants outstanding as of June 21, 2021, each with an exercise price of $11.50 per share;
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11,973,888 Earnout Shares of our Class A common stock and 3,026,112 Earnout Shares of our Class B common stock, in each case, reserved for issuance upon an Earnout Triggering Event;
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13,549,198 shares of our Class A common stock and 2,191,793 shares of our Class B common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options outstanding as of June 21, 2021 with a weighted average exercise price of $0.90 per share;
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16,749,132 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), as well as: (i) any automatic increases in the number of shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under our the 2021 Plan and (ii) upon the forfeiture, termination, expiration or reacquisition of any shares of common stock underlying outstanding stock awards granted under the PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, an equal number of shares of our common stock; and
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RISK FACTORS
An investmentInvesting in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, before makingrisks. Before you make a decision to investbuy our securities, in our units.addition to the risks and uncertainties discussed above under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” you should carefully consider the specific risks set forth herein. If any of the following eventsthese risks actually occur, it may materially harm our business, financial condition, liquidity and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event,of operations. As a result, the tradingmarket price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Additionally, the risks and uncertainties described in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement are not the only risks and uncertainties that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may become material and adversely affect our business.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
Our business will suffer if we are unable to entertain our players, develop new games and improve the experience of our existing games.
Our business depends on developing, publishing and continuing to service casual, “free-to-play” games that consumers will download and spend time and money playing. We are currently focused on social casino mobile gaming, offering our social casino games on mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems, and on social networking platforms such as Facebook. We have devoted and we expect to continue to devote substantial resources to the research, development, analytics and marketing of our games. Our development and marketing efforts are focused on both improving the experience of our existing games (frequently through new content and feature releases for our live services) and developing new games. We generate revenue primarily through the sale of in-game virtual currency. For games distributed through third-party platforms, we are required to share a portion of our revenue from in-game sales with the platform providers. Due to our focus on mobile gaming, these costs are expected to remain a significant operating expense. See “— We rely on third-party platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook to distribute our games and collect revenues generated on such platforms and rely on third-party payment service providers to collect revenues generated on our own platforms.” In order to remain profitable, we need to generate sufficient revenue from our existing and new game offerings to offset our ongoing development, marketing and operating costs.
Successfully monetizing “free-to-play” games is difficult, and requires that we deliver engaging and entertaining player experiences that a sufficient number of players will pay for or we are able to otherwise sufficiently monetize our games. The success of our games depends, in part, on unpredictable and volatile factors beyond our control including consumer preferences and spending habits, competing games and the availability of other entertainment experiences. If our games do not meet consumer expectations, or if new games are not brought to market in a timely and effective manner, our ability to grow revenue and our financial performance will be negatively affected.
Our ability to successfully develop games for mobile and web platforms and their ability to achieve commercial success will depend on our ability to:
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attract, retain and motivate talented and experienced game designers, product managers and engineers;
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These and other uncertainties make it difficult to know whether we will succeed in continuing to develop successful games, live operations services and launch new games and features in accordance with our operating plan. If we do not succeed in doing so, our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation will suffer.
If we are able to develop new games and features that achieve success, it is possible that these new games and features could divert players of our other existing games without growing our overall player base, which could harm operating results.
Although it is important to our future success that we develop new games and features that are popular with players, it is possible that new games and features may reduce the amount of time players spend with our other games. In particular, we plan to continue leveraging our existing games to cross-promote new games and features, which may encourage players of existing games to divert some of their playing time and discretionary spending away from our existing games. If new games and game features do not grow our player base, increase the overall amount of time our players spend with our games or generate sufficient new revenue to offset any declines from our other games, our revenue could be adversely affected.
We believe that our players’ level of engagement with our games is partly based on playAWARDS, our real-world rewards loyalty program. If we fail to expand and diversify our playAWARDS program, in particular given the current restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, our business may suffer.
Players accumulate loyalty points by engaging with our games, and players can exchange their loyalty points for real-world rewards through our playAWARDS program. We believe that our players’ level of engagement with our games is partly based on the perceived value of earning loyalty points and exchanging those loyalty points for real-world rewards that they can redeem at our awards partners’ establishments. We currently offer real-world rewards relating to, among other things, dining, live entertainment shows and hotel rooms. For example, through an agreement with MGM Resorts International, or MGM Resorts, our players are able to exchange loyalty points for, among other things, free hotel rooms, meals and show tickets for various Las Vegas properties, including ARIA, Bellagio and MGM Grand. We have observed a recently incorporated companylower level of rewards redemption during the COVID-19 pandemic due to restrictions on the operations of reward providers and on the ability for consumers to travel or attend public events. If we are unable to expand and diversify our playAWARDS program, in particular to include real-world rewards not based on travel or attending public events or shows especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, the perceived value of exchanging loyalty points for the real-world rewards we offer will diminish and our players may be less likely to play our games or may reduce their level of engagement with noour games. Such loss of, or reduction in, players or their level of engagement with our games would cause our business, financial condition and results of operations to suffer.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and containment efforts across the globe have materially altered how individuals interact with each other and have materially affected how we and our business partners are operating, history and no revenues,the extent to which this situation will impact our future results of operations and youoverall financial performance remains uncertain.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social distancing, shelter-in-place, quarantine and similar governmental orders put in place around the world have no basis oncaused widespread disruption in global economies, productivity and financial markets and have materially altered the way in which we conduct our day-to-day business.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we temporarily closed our offices around the world (including our corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada) and implemented travel restrictions for our employees. Towards the end of the first calendar quarter of 2020, we implemented a remote working program across our global studios and supporting locations, and we have with significant vendors and other business partners to understand their operating conditions and continue to evaluate our business plans. We have instituted a voluntary return to our offices in Burlingame, California and Austin, Texas, subject to compliance with CDC and local health department guidance. We expect to open our Las Vegas, Nevada office on July 19 for voluntary return subject to similar restrictions and guidance. Our Hong Kong and Tel-Aviv offices are open, subject to certain restrictions placed by local health officials. However, the full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and the various responses to it impact our business, operations and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict, including:
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the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any potential future waves of the COVID-19 pandemic;
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During the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, we may not be able to provide the same level of product features and customer support that our players expect from us, which could negatively impact our business objective.and operations. While we expect that some of our workforce will return to our offices, and substantially all of our business operations can be performed remotely, many of our employees who continue to work remotely face additional work-related and personal challenges, including prolonged duration of remote working environments, adjusting communication and work practices to collaborate remotely with work colleagues and business partners, managing technical and communication challenges of working from home on a daily basis, looking after children as a result of remote-learning and school closures, and caring for themselves, family members or other dependents who are or may become ill. We will continue to actively monitor the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and may take further actions that alter our business operations, including as may be required by federal, state, local or foreign authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, players, partners and stockholders.
In addition to the potential direct impacts to our business, the global economy has been, and is likely to continue to be, significantly weakened as a result of the actions taken in response to COVID-19, and future government intervention remains uncertain. A weakened global economy may impact our players’ purchasing decisions within our games, in particular given the limitations of redeeming real-world rewards due to government mandated or other restrictions on travel and other activities and limitations on our

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players’ discretionary spending, consumer activity during the pandemic and its impact on advertising investments, and the ability of our business partners, including our awards partners that provide the real-world rewards available in our games, to navigate this complex social health and economic environment, any of which could result in disruption to our business and results of our operations.
The duration and extent of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the virus, the existence of any additional waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of new COVID-19 variants, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, progress towards widespread rapid testing, effective treatment alternatives and the adoption and efficacy of available vaccines, and the impact of these and other factors on our employees, players and business partners. If we are not able to respond to and manage the impact of such events effectively, our business may be harmed. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described herein.
Our industry is very competitive. If consumers prefer our competitors’ games over our own, our operating results could suffer.
Competition in the gaming industry, especially the mobile gaming segment, is intense and subject to rapid changes, including changes from evolving consumer preferences and emerging technologies. Many new games are introduced in each major industry segment (mobile, web, PC, and console) each year, but only a relatively small number of titles account for a significant portion of total revenue in each segment. While we intend to diversify our product offering, we currently compete primarily in the social casino gaming category and our competitors that develop mobile and web games in the social casino gaming category vary in size and offerings and include companies such as Aristocrat, DoubleU, Huuuge Games, Playtika, SciPlay, Zynga and others. In addition, there are competitors that develop mobile and web games that are not currently focused on the social casino gaming category but may move into that space and that may also impede our diversification efforts, including companies such as Activision Blizzard (the parent company of King Digital), Electronic Arts (EA Mobile), Epic Games, Glu Mobile, Jam City, Machine Zone, Netmarble (the parent company of Kabam), NetEase (NetEase Games), Niantic, Peak Games, Supercell, Take-Two Interactive Software, Vivendi (the parent company of Gameloft) and others. In addition, online game developers and distributors that are primarily focused on specific international markets, such as Giant Interactive and Tencent in Asia, and high-profile companies with significant online presences that to date have not actively focused on social games, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, may decide to develop social games including social casino games which may compete with our games. Some of these current and potential competitors have significant resources for developing or acquiring additional games, may be able to incorporate their own strong brands and assets into their games, have a more diversified set of revenue sources than we do and may be less severely affected by changes in consumer preferences, regulations or other developments that may impact our industry.
There are relatively low barriers to entry to develop a mobile or online game and we expect new game competitors to enter the market and existing competitors to allocate more resources to develop and market competing games and applications. We also compete or will likely compete with a vast number of small companies and individuals who are able to create and launch games and other content for devices and platforms using relatively limited resources and with relatively limited start-up time or expertise. The proliferation of titles in these open developer channels makes it difficult for us to compete for players without substantially increasing our marketing expenses. We also face competition for the leisure time, attention and discretionary spending of our players from other non-gaming activities, such as social media and messaging applications, personal computer and console games, video streaming services, television, movies, sports and the Internet. Increasing competition could result in loss of players, increasing player acquisition and retention costs, and loss of talent, all of which could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We rely on a small portion of our total players for a substantial amount of our revenue and if we fail to grow our player base, or if player engagement declines, our revenue and operating results will be harmed.
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represented approximately 2.9% of our average daily active users of 1,259,000 for that period, and, for the year ended December 31, 2020, we had approximately 33,000 daily paying users on average, who represented approximately 2.3% of our average daily active users of 1,459,000 for that period. In order to sustain and grow our revenue levels, we must attract, retain and increase the number of paying players or more effectively monetize our players through advertising and other strategies. To retain players, we must devote significant resources so that the games they play retain their interest and attract them to our other games. We might not succeed in our efforts to increase the monetization rates of our players, particularly if we are unable to retain our paying players. If we fail to grow or sustain the number of our paying players, if the rates at which we attract and retain paying players declines or if the average amount our players pay declines, our business may not grow and our financial results will suffer.
A substantial portion of our loyalty rewards are obtained from MGM Resorts, and any change in that relationship could materially and adversely affect our business and financial results.
Although we have over 80 awards partners that represent more than 275 brands providing rewards through our playAWARDS program, MGM Resorts has historically provided a substantial amount of such rewards and the majority of the rewards redeemed through our playAWARDS program for the year ended December 31, 2019 were offered by MGM Resorts. Under the terms of our marketing agreement and rewards agreement with MGM Resorts, MGM Resorts has discretion over the types and quantities of rewards and whether to make any rewards available for a particular game, and MGM Resorts may discontinue any rewards previously made available. The terms of our marketing agreement with MGM requires us to meet certain performance criteria for it to be automatically renewed, and if we fail to meet those performance criteria, MGM Resorts could terminate both the marketing agreement and the rewards agreement. If we fail to meet our required performance criteria under the marketing agreement, we could also lose certain intellectual property rights that we license from MGM Resorts under the agreement and which we use as creative assets in our games. In the event that MGM Resorts offers fewer or less attractive rewards for our games or if we fail to achieve the required performance milestones and MGM Resorts decides not to renew our agreements, our business and financial results could be materially and adversely affected.
We rely on third-party platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook to distribute our games and collect revenues generated on such platforms and rely on third-party payment service providers to collect revenues generated on our own platforms.
We derive a significant portion of our revenue from the distribution of our games on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook, and the virtual items we sell in our games are purchased using the payment processing systems of these third-party platform providers. Additionally, we have historically acquired a significant number of our players through Facebook. For example, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the three months ended March 31, 2021, we derived 48.4% and 47.6% of our revenue on Apple platforms, respectively, and 44.0% and 45.8% of our revenue on Google platforms, respectively, and for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2020, we derived 45.9% and 48.7% of our revenue on Apple platforms respectively, and 43.4% and 44.8% of our revenue on Google platforms, respectively. If we are unable to maintain a good relationship with such platform providers, if their terms and conditions or pricing change to our detriment, if we violate, or if a platform provider believes that we have violated, the terms and conditions of its platform, or if any of these platforms loses market share or falls out of favor or is unavailable for a prolonged period of time, our business will suffer.
We are subject to the standard and non-negotiated policies and terms of service/publisher agreements of third-party platforms, which govern the promotion, distribution, content and operation generally of games on the platform. Each platform provider has broad discretion to unilaterally change and interpret its terms of service and other policies with respect to us and other developers, and those changes may be unfavorable to us. For example, in late 2019, a recently formedplatform provider updated the rating on one of our games to Adults Only. While this issue has been resolved and the game is no longer rated Adults Only, the platform provider took longer to review and approve new releases for such game while it retained the Adults Only rating, which resulted in uncertainty around when releases would be approved, and resulted in delays in commercial releases that negatively impacted our ability to undertake planned marketing and promotional campaigns to feature the new releases. A platform provider may also change its fee structure, add fees associated with

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access to and use of its platform, alter how we are able to advertise on the platform, change how the personal information of its users is made available to application developers on the platform, limit the use of personal information for advertising purposes, or restrict how players can share information with their friends on the platform or across platforms. Our business could be harmed if:
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In addition, third-party platforms also impose certain file size limitations, which limits our ability to create software with additional features that would result in a larger size than the platform providers would support. Aside from these file size limitations, a larger game file size could cause players to delete our games once the file size grows beyond the capacity of their devices’ storage limitations or could reduce the number of downloads of these games.
Such terms of service/policy changes may decrease the visibility or availability of our games, limit our distribution capabilities, prevent access to our existing games, reduce the amount of revenue we may recognize from in-game purchases, increase our costs to operate on these platforms or result in the exclusion or limitation of our games on such platforms. Any such changes could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
If our platform providers do not perform their obligations in accordance with our platform agreements, we could be adversely impacted. For example, in the past, some of these platform providers have been unavailable for short periods of time, unexpectedly changed their terms or conditions or experienced issues with their features that permit our players to purchase virtual items. If any of our third-party service providers is unable to process payments, even for a short period of time, our business could be harmed. These platforms and our third-party online payment service providers may also experience security breaches or other issues with their functionalities. In addition, if we violate, or a platform provider believes we have violated, its terms of service, policies or standard publisher agreements (or if there is any change or deterioration in our relationship with any of these platform providers), that platform provider could limit or discontinue our access to the platform or we may be exposed to liability or litigation. For example, in August 2020, Epic Games attempted to bypass Apple and Google’s payment systems for in-game purchases with an update that allowed users to make purchases directly through Epic Games in their game, Fortnite. Apple and Google promptly removed Fortnite from their respective app stores, and Apple filed a lawsuit seeking injunctive relief to block the use of Epic Games’ payment system and seeking monetary damages to recover funds made while the updated version of Fortnite was active.

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If any such events described above occur on a short-term or long-term basis, or if these third-party platforms and online payment service providers otherwise experience issues that impact the ability of players to download or access our games, access social features, or make in-game purchases, it could materially and adversely affect our brands and reputation, as well as our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We rely on third-party hosting and cloud computing providers to operate certain aspects of our business. In particular, a significant portion of our game traffic is hosted by Amazon Web Services, or AWS, and any failure, disruption or significant interruption in our network or hosting and cloud services could adversely impact our operations and harm our business.
Our technology infrastructure is critical to the performance of our games, the satisfaction of our players and our corporate functions. Our games and company incorporatedsystems run on a complex distributed system, or what is commonly known as cloud computing. We own, operate and maintain elements of this system, but significant elements of this system are operated by third parties that we do not control and which would require significant time and expense to replace. We expect this dependence on third parties to continue. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, disruptions, outages and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors and capacity constraints. If any such interruption is significant or prolonged, if a particular game is unavailable when players attempt to access it or navigation through a game is slower than they expect, players may stop playing the game and may be less likely to return to the game as often, if at all.
In addition, any changes in these third parties’ service levels may adversely affect our ability to meet the requirements of our customers. As our platform’s continuing and uninterrupted performance is critical to our success, sustained or repeated system failures would reduce the attractiveness of our offerings. It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our performance, especially during peak usage times, as we expand and the usage of our offerings increases. Any negative publicity arising from these interruptions, delays, outages or other performance problems could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation. Furthermore, in the event that any of our agreements with these third-party providers are terminated, we may experience significant costs or downtime in connection with the transfer to, or the addition of, new hosting or cloud computing providers. Although alternative providers could host our platform on a substantially similar basis, such transition could potentially be disruptive and we could incur significant costs in connection with such transition.
In particular, a significant portion of our game traffic, data storage, data processing and other computing services and systems is hosted by AWS. AWS provides us with computing and storage capacity pursuant to an agreement that continues until terminated by either party. The agreement requires AWS to provide us their standard computing and storage capacity and related support in exchange for timely payment by us. Any disruptions, delays, outages and other performance problems caused by AWS could significantly impact our business due to our many services and systems relying on the AWS services.
We have engaged third-party game development companies to develop and operate new mobile games and if they fail to perform as expected, our business may suffer.
We currently, have in the past and expect in the future to, engage third-party game development companies to develop and operate new mobile games on our behalf. In each instance, we have been and in the future intend to be the publisher of these third-party developed games when they are available for distribution through platforms such as the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore, but much of the responsibility to operate the games after commercial launch will be undertaken by the development company. Typically when we engage a third-party game development company, we will enter into a contract with them that defines their and our duties and responsibilities, but we have limited control over the work performed by the development company and are therefore subject to additional risks than if our own employees were developing the games, such as that completion of the games and their publication could be delayed due to the development company’s failure to adhere to our milestones and roadmaps. For example, one of our third-party game development companies has in the past, and may in the future, fail to complete development milestones in accordance with our game development roadmap. If our third-party game development companies do not perform in accordance with our agreements with them, it could adversely

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affect the development of the games that are the subject of that agreement, including delaying their availability for launch and their performance once launched, which could materially and adversely impact our ability to meet our forecasts.
Once a co-developed game is launched, we will be reliant on the development company’s ability to maintain adequate knowledgeable and experienced personnel to operate and maintain the games successfully and to develop and implement future game updates, patches and bug fixes, as well as provide ongoing support services. If the development company fails to operate and maintain the games, it could adversely affect the game’s performance and player satisfaction and our business may suffer as a result.
We do not own or have direct control of the source code of the third-party developed games, but we endeavor to have source code escrow agreements in place under which the source code and operation documentation of such games will be held in escrow. If the source code escrow release conditions are triggered under the lawsapplicable source code escrow agreement, while we may be able to obtain access to and use the source code and operation documentation to operate the relevant game, it would take significant time for our employees to learn how to manage the operation of the Cayman Islandsgame or develop future game updates, patches or bug fixes for the game, which could adversely affect the game’s performance and player satisfaction, and our business may suffer as a result.
In addition, a co-developed game may incorporate intellectual property owned by the applicable development company. In such cases, we have or will obtain licenses to use the intellectual property as integrated with noand into the games, but we will not own such intellectual property. If the third-party game developer challenged our right to use its intellectual property or the manner in which we use such intellectual property, it could materially and adversely affect our ability to continue to publish the codeveloped games.
If we do not successfully invest in, establish and maintain awareness of our brands and games, if we incur excessive expenses promoting and maintaining our brands or our games or if our games contain defects, our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation could be harmed.
We believe that establishing and maintaining our brands is critical to maintaining and creating favorable relationships with players, awards partners, content licensors and advertisers, as well as competing for key talent. Increasing awareness of our brands and recognition of our games is particularly important in connection with our strategic focus on developing games based on our own intellectual property and successfully cross-promoting our games. In addition, globalizing and extending our brands and recognition of our games requires significant investment and extensive management time to execute successfully. Although we make significant sales and marketing expenditures in connection with the launch of our games, these efforts may not succeed in increasing awareness of our brands or the new games. If we fail to increase and maintain brand awareness and consumer recognition of our games, our potential revenue could be limited, our costs could increase and our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation could suffer.
In addition, our games may contain errors, bugs, flaws, corrupted data, defects and other vulnerabilities, some of which may only become apparent after their launch, particularly as we launch new games and rapidly release new features to existing games under tight time constraints. Furthermore, our development and testing processes may not detect errors and vulnerabilities in our games prior to their release. Any such errors, flaws, defects and vulnerabilities may disrupt our operations, violate applicable security standards, adversely affect the game experience of our players, harm our reputation, cause our players to stop playing our games, divert our resources and delay market acceptance of our games, any of which could result in harm to our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We strive to establish and maintain our brands by obtaining trademark rights, including for our games. However, if our trademarks and trade names are not adequately protected, we may not be able to build name recognition in our markets of interest and our competitive position, business, financial condition or results of operations may be harmed.
Our ability to acquire and maintain licenses to intellectual property may affect our revenue and profitability. Competition for these licenses may make them more expensive and increase our costs.
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experience of our players or otherwise operate our business. For example, we use licensed intellectual property from certain parties such as MGM Resorts and Konami Gaming as creative assets in our games. These licenses typically limit our use of intellectual property to specific uses and for specific time periods, and include other contractual obligations, including the achievement of certain performance milestones with which we must comply in order for the license to remain in effect. Moreover, certain intellectual property rights may be licensed to us on a non-exclusive basis, and accordingly, the owners of such intellectual property are free to license such rights to third parties, including our competitors, on terms that may be superior to those offered to us, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage. Competition for these licenses is intense, and often results in one or more of increased advances, minimum payment guarantees and royalties that we must pay to the licensor, which decreases our profitability. In the future, we may identify additional third-party intellectual property we may need or desire to license in order to engage in our business, including to develop or commercialize new games. However, such licenses may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. If we are unable to obtain and remain in compliance with the terms of these licenses or obtain additional licenses on reasonable economic terms, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the games or features therein that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property, and our revenue and profitability may be adversely impacted.
We also cannot be certain that our licensors are not infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others or that our licensors have sufficient rights to the intellectual property to grant us the applicable licenses. If we are unable to obtain or maintain rights to any of such in-licensed intellectual property because of claims of intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or other violation claims brought by third parties against our licensors or against us, our ability to develop games containing such intellectual property could be severely limited and our business could be harmed.
The perceived value of our virtual currency is highly dependent on how we manage the economies in our games. If we fail to manage our game economies properly, our business may suffer.
Approximately 99.8% and 99.9% of our revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively, and approximately 96.8% and 98.8% of our revenues for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively, were derived from the sale of virtual currency. Paying players purchase virtual currency in our games because of its perceived value, which is dependent on the relative ease of obtaining equivalent virtual currency by simply playing our game. The perceived value of our virtual currency can be impacted by various actions that we take in the games, including offering discounts for virtual currency or giving away virtual currency in promotions. Managing game economies is difficult, and relies on our assumptions and judgment. If we fail to manage our virtual economies properly or fail to promptly and successfully respond to any such disruption, our reputation may suffer and our players may be less likely to play our games and to purchase virtual chips from us in the future, which would cause our business, financial condition and results of operations to suffer.
If the use of mobile devices as game platforms and the proliferation of mobile devices generally do not increase, our business could be adversely affected.
The number of people using mobile Internet-enabled devices has increased dramatically over time and we expect that this trend will continue. However, the mobile market, particularly the market for mobile games, may not grow in the way we anticipate. Our future success is substantially dependent upon the continued growth of the market for mobile games. In addition, we do not currently offer our games on all mobile devices. If the mobile devices on which our games are available decline in popularity or become obsolete faster than anticipated, we could experience a decline in revenue and may not achieve the anticipated return on our development efforts. Any such declines in the growth of the mobile market or in the use of mobile devices for games could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We rely on information technology and other systems and platforms, and any failures, errors, defects or disruptions in our or our vendors’ or other partners’ systems or platforms could diminish our brand and reputation, subject us to liability, disrupt our business, impact our games and related software applications, affect our ability to scale our technical infrastructure and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
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security to protect our systems and data. However, our systems may not be adequately designed with the necessary reliability and redundancy to avoid performance delays or outages that could be harmful to our business. We cannot assure you that the measures we take to detect and prevent or hinder cyber-attacks or other security or data breaches, to protect our systems, data and player information and to prevent outages, data loss and fraud, including a disaster recovery strategy for server, equipment or systems failure and the use of third parties for certain cybersecurity services, will provide sufficient security or be adequate for our operations. Our vendors and other partners are also subject to the foregoing risks, and we do not have any control over them. We have experienced and may in the future experience system disruptions, outages and other performance problems, including when releasing new software versions or bug fixes, due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors and capacity constraints. Such disruptions have not had a material impact to date, however, future disruptions from unauthorized access to, fraudulent manipulation of, or tampering with our or third parties’ computer systems and technological infrastructure, including the data contained therein or transmitted thereby, could result in a wide range of negative outcomes, including violations of applicable privacy laws which can result in significant fines, governmental investigations and enforcement actions, legal and financial exposure, contractual liability and damage to our reputation, each of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Programming errors, defects and data corruption could also disrupt our operations, cause us to violate applicable data privacy laws, adversely affect the experience of our players, harm our reputation, cause our players to stop playing our games, divert our resources and delay market acceptance of our games, any of which could result in legal liability to us or harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
If our player base and engagement continue to grow, and the number and types of games we offer continue to grow and evolve, we will need an increasing amount of technical infrastructure, including network capacity and computing power, to continue to satisfy our players’ needs and operate our business. Such infrastructure expansion may be complex, and unanticipated delays in completing these projects or availability of components may lead to increased project costs, operational inefficiencies, or interruptions in the delivery or degradation of the quality of our games or other operations. In addition, there may be issues related to this infrastructure that are not commenceidentified during the testing phases of design and implementation, which may only become evident after we have started to fully use the underlying equipment or software, that could further degrade the player experience or increase our costs. As such, we could fail to continue to effectively scale and grow our technical infrastructure to accommodate increased demands. In addition, our business may be subject to interruptions, delays or failures resulting from adverse weather conditions, other natural disasters, power loss, terrorism, cyber-attacks, public health emergencies (such as COVID-19) or other catastrophic events.
We believe that if our players have a negative experience with our games, or if our brand or reputation is negatively affected, players may be less inclined to continue or to engage with us. As such, a failure or significant interruption in our service would harm our reputation, business and operating results.
While we have achieved profitability in the past, we also have a history of net losses and our revenue and operating margins may decline. We also may incur substantial net losses in the future and may not sustain profitability.
Our operating and net income has historically fluctuated and we believe our operating margin could decrease as a result of increasing costs resulting from the risks discussed in this prospectus or in connection with any merger and acquisition activity that we may undertake. We expect to continue to expend substantial financial and other resources on game development, our technology stack, game engines, game technology and tools, player acquisition, the expansion of our network, international expansion and marketing. Our operating costs will increase and our operating margins may decline if we do not effectively manage costs, launch new products on schedule that monetize successfully and enhance our games so that these games continue to monetize successfully. In addition, weak economic conditions or other factors could cause our revenues to contract, requiring us to implement significant additional cost cutting measures, including a decrease in sales and marketing and paid player acquisition, which could harm our long-term prospects. If our revenue does not increase to offset any additional expenses, if we fail to manage or experience

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unexpected increases in operating expenses or if we are required to take additional charges related to impairments or restructurings, our financial results and results of operations until obtaining fundingmay suffer and we may not achieve or remain profitable.
In particular, our projections contemplate that our Adjusted EBITDA will decline in 2021. We cannot assure you that we will meet the profitability set forth in these projections.
We intend to grow our business through this offering. Becausestrategic acquisitions, investments and joint ventures that involve numerous risks and uncertainties.
We intend to grow our business through strategic acquisitions, investments and joint ventures that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. We are currently in various stages of seeking, evaluating and pursuing strategic acquisitions both in the U.S. and in non-U.S. jurisdictions, and we lack an operating history, youintend to continue to seek, evaluate and pursue strategic transactions, and investments and joint ventures, both in the U.S. and in non-U.S. jurisdictions. These transactions often require unique approaches to integration due to, among other reasons, the structure of the transactions, the locations and cultural differences among the other company’s teams and ours, and have no basis upon whichrequired and will continue to evaluate require significant attention from our management team. If we are unable to obtain the anticipated benefits from these transactions, or if we encounter difficulties in integrating any acquired operations with our business, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially harmed.
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acquisitions, investments and joint ventures may require us to spend a significant amount of cash, to incur debt, resulting in increased fixed payment obligations and could also result in covenants or other restrictions on us, or to issue capital stock, resulting in dilution of ownership of our stockholders;
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the difficulty in accurately forecasting and accounting for the financial impact of an acquisition transaction, including accounting charges and integrating and reporting results for acquired companies that have not historically followed U.S. GAAP;
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the fact that we may be required to pay contingent consideration in excess of the initial fair value, and contingent consideration may become payable at a time when we do not have sufficient cash available to pay such consideration;
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the fees and costs of legal, accounting and other professional advisors engaged by us for such acquisitions, which may be substantial;
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The benefits of an acquisition, investment or joint venture may also take considerable time to develop, and we cannot be certain that any particular transaction will produce the intended benefits, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. Our ability to grow through future acquisitions, investments and joint ventures will depend on the availability of suitable candidates at an acceptable cost, our ability to compete effectively to attract these candidates and the availability of financing to complete larger transactions. In addition, depending upon the duration and extent of shelter-in-place, travel and other business restrictions adopted by us and imposed by various governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have and will continue to encounter new challenges in evaluating future acquisitions, investments and joint ventures and integrating personnel, business practices and company cultures from acquired companies. Acquisitions, investments and joint ventures could result in potential dilutive issuances of equity securities, use of significant cash balances or incurrence of debt (and increased interest expense), contingent liabilities or amortization expenses related to intangible assets or write-offs of goodwill or intangible assets, which could adversely affect our initialresults of operations and dilute the economic and voting rights of our stockholders.

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In addition, if we divest any businesses, these divestitures would similarly require significant investment of time and resources, may disrupt our business, combination.distract management from other responsibilities and may result in losses on disposal or continued financial involvement in the divested businesses, including through indemnification, guarantee or other financial arrangements, for a period of time following the divestures, which could adversely affect our financial results.
Our international operations are, and our strategy to expand internationally will be, subject to increased challenges and risks.
Continuing to expand our business to attract players in countries outside of the U.S. is an important element of our business strategy. An important part of targeting international markets is developing offerings that are localized and customized for the players in those markets. While we have international game studios in Hong Kong and Israel, we expect to continue to expand our international operations in the future by opening new international game studio locations and expanding our offerings in new languages. For example, we are currently developing studios in Vietnam and Serbia. Our ability to expand our business and to attract players and talented employees in Vietnam, Serbia and other international markets we may enter will require considerable management attention and resources and is subject to the particular challenges of supporting a rapidly growing business in an environment of multiple languages, cultures, customs, economics, legal systems, alternative dispute systems, regulatory systems and commercial infrastructures. Expanding our international focus may subject us to risks that we have not faced before or increase risks that we currently face, including risks associated with:
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If we are unable to manage the complexity of our global operations successfully, our business, financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected. Additionally, our ability to successfully gain market acceptance in any particular market is uncertain, and the distraction of our senior management team could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Our business is subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject us to claims or otherwise harm our business.
We are subject to a variety of laws in the U.S. and abroad that affect our business, including state and federal laws regarding consumer protection, electronic marketing, data protection and privacy, competition, taxation, intellectual property, export and national security, which are continuously evolving and developing. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to us are often uncertain and may be conflicting, particularly laws outside the U.S. There is a risk that existing or future laws may be interpreted in a manner that is not consistent with our current practices, and could have an adverse effect on our business. It is also likely that as our business grows and evolves and our games are played in a greater number of countries, we will become subject to laws and regulations in additional jurisdictions or other jurisdictions may claim that we are required to comply with their laws and regulations.
There are ongoing academic, political and regulatory discussions in the U.S., Europe, Australia and other jurisdictions regarding whether social casino applications should be subject to a higher level or different type of regulation than other social game applications to protect consumers, in particular minors and persons susceptible to addiction to social casino games, and, if so, what this regulation should include. For example, a court has recently determined that a class-action plaintiff was able to state a claim that an online social casino game operated by Big Fish Games, Inc. violated a specific anti-gambling law in Washington State. We are continuing to monitor this case. If new social casino regulations are imposed, or other regulations are interpreted to apply to our social casino games, certain, or all, of our casino-themed games may become subject to the rules and regulations and expose us to civil and criminal penalties if we do not comply. In addition, the increased attention focused upon liability issues as a result of lawsuits and legislative proposals could harm our reputation or otherwise impact the growth of our business. Any costs incurred as a result of this potential liability could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.
It is possible that a number of laws and regulations may be adopted or construed to apply to us in the U.S. and elsewhere that could restrict the online and mobile industries, including player privacy, advertising, taxation, content suitability, copyright, distribution and antitrust. Furthermore, the growth and development of electronic commerce may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional burdens on companies such as ours conducting business through the Internet and mobile devices. We anticipate that scrutiny and regulation of our industry will increase and we will be required to devote legal and other resources to addressing such regulation. For example, existing laws or new laws regarding the marketing of in-game purchases, labeling of free-to-play games, regulation of currency, banking institutions, unclaimed property or money transmission may be interpreted to cover our games and the virtual currency, goods or payments that we receive. If that were to occur, we may be required to seek licenses, authorizations or approvals from relevant regulators, the granting of which may be dependent on us meeting certain capital and other requirements and we may be subject to additional regulation and oversight, all of which could significantly increase our operating costs. Changes in current laws or regulations or the imposition of new laws and regulations in the U.S. or elsewhere regarding these activities may lessen the growth of social game services and impair our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We may be subject to future litigation in the operation of our business. An adverse outcome in one or more proceedings could adversely affect our business.
We may be involved in claims, suits, government investigations, and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, including actions with respect to intellectual property claims, privacy, data protection or law enforcement matters, tax matters, labor and employment claims, commercial and acquisition-related claims, class action lawsuits and other matters. Such claims, suits, government investigations, and proceedings are inherently uncertain and their results cannot be predicted with certainty. Regardless of their outcomes, such legal proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management and

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other personnel, and other factors. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in liability, penalties, or sanctions, as well as judgments, consent decrees, or orders preventing us from offering certain features, functionalities, products, or services, or requiring a change in our business practices, products or technologies, which could in the future materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Failure to obtain, maintain, protect or enforce our intellectual property rights could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We regard the protection of our trade secrets, software, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, domain names, patents, and other intellectual property rights as critical to our success. We strive to protect our intellectual property rights by relying on a combination of federal, state and common law trademark, copyright, patent and trade secret protection laws, as well as contractual restrictions and business practices. We enter into proprietary information and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors and confidentiality agreements with parties with whom we conduct business in order to limit access to, and disclosure and use of, our proprietary information. While these agreements will give us contractual remedies upon any unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary business information or intellectual property, we may not always be able to effectively monitor or prevent such unauthorized use or disclosure or misappropriation of our proprietary information or intellectual property or deter independent development of similar technologies by others. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated our proprietary information is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable, and therefore, we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies. In addition, some courts inside and outside the U.S. are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor or other third party, we would have no right to prevent them from using that technology or information to compete with us, which could harm our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
We own registered trademarks and issued patents, and have filed, and may continue in the future to file, trademark and patent applications to protect certain of our innovations and intellectual property. This process can be expensive and time-consuming, may not always be successful depending on the intellectual property laws of the applicable jurisdiction in which we seek protection or other circumstances, in which case we may be unable to secure intellectual property protection for all of our technology and methodologies. We also may choose not to pursue registrations in every jurisdiction depending on the nature of the project to which the intellectual property rights pertain. We may, over time, increase our investments in protecting our innovations and other technology. Even if we are successful in obtaining effective intellectual property protection, it is expensive to maintain these rights and the costs of defending our rights could be substantial. Moreover, our failure to develop and properly manage new innovations and other technology could hurt our market position and business opportunities.
While our software and other proprietary technology may be protected under copyright law, we have chosen not to register any copyrights in these works, and instead, primarily rely on protecting our software as a trade secret. In order to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, the applicable copyright must be registered. Accordingly, the remedies and damages available to us for unauthorized use of our software may be limited.
Furthermore, our intellectual property and other proprietary rights may be challenged, knowingly or unknowingly infringed, misappropriated circumvented, declared generic, or determined to be infringing on or dilutive of third-party intellectual property rights, and we may not be able to prevent infringement or misappropriation or other violation of our intellectual property and other proprietary rights without incurring substantial expense. Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights claimed by others. Monitoring unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly, and while it is our policy to protect and defend our rights to our intellectual property, we cannot predict whether steps taken by us to enforce and protect our intellectual property rights will be adequate to prevent infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violations of our intellectual property rights. Any inability to meaningfully enforce our intellectual property rights could harm our ability to compete and reduce demand for our games. Moreover, in any lawsuit we bring to enforce our intellectual property rights, a court may refuse to stop the other party from using

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the technology at issue on grounds that our intellectual property rights do not cover the technology in question. Further, in such proceedings, the defendant could counterclaim that our intellectual property is invalid or unenforceable and the court may agree, in which case we could lose valuable intellectual property rights. Any litigation of this nature, regardless of outcome or merit, could result in substantial costs, adverse publicity, and diversion of management and technical resources, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. If we fail to completemaintain, protect and enhance our initialintellectual property rights, our business, combination, we will never generate any operating revenues.financial condition or results of operations may be harmed.
Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt aboutWe may be subject to intellectual property disputes, which are costly to defend and could require us to pay significant damages and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.
Our commercial success depends in part on our ability to operate without infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others. We have faced, and may in the future face, allegations that we have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights of third parties, including from our competitors and non-practicing entities. We may also be subject to claims that our employees, consultants or other advisors have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers or claims asserting ownership of what we regard as our intellectual property. Intellectual property litigation may be protracted and expensive, and the results are difficult to predict. As the result of any court judgment or settlement, we may be obligated to cancel the launch of a new game, stop offering a game or certain features of a game in a particular geographic region or worldwide, pay significant royalties, settlement costs or damages (including treble damages and attorneys’ fees if we are found to have willfully infringed intellectual property rights), obtain licenses (which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all), modify our games and features, or develop substitutes. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors and other third parties access to the same technologies licensed to us. Furthermore, even if intellectual property disputes do not result in litigation, the time and resources necessary to resolve them could harm our business, results of operations, financial condition and reputation.
Our games utilize third-party open source software components, which may pose particular risks to our proprietary software, technologies, and games in a manner that could negatively affect our business.
We use open source software in our game development and expect to continue to use open source software in the future. Use and distribution of open source software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide support, warranties, indemnification or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the open source software code. To the extent that our games depend upon the successful operation of open source software, any undetected errors or defects in this open source software could prevent the deployment or impair the functionality of our games, delay new releases, result in a failure of our games, and injure our reputation. For example, undetected errors or defects in open source software could render it vulnerable to breaches or security attacks, and, as a “going concern.”result, make our systems more vulnerable to data breaches. In addition, the public availability of such software may make it easier for others to compromise our platform and games.
Moreover, some open source software licenses require users who distribute open source software as part of their proprietary software to publicly disclose all or part of the source code to such software or make available any derivative works or modifications of the open source code on unfavorable terms or at no cost. If we combine our proprietary software with open source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain open source licenses, be required to release or license the source code of our proprietary software to the public, and from time to time, we may face claims from third parties that incorporate open source software into their products, claiming ownership of, or demanding release of, the source code of the open source software or derivative works that were developed using such software, or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of the applicable open source license. The terms of various open source licenses have not been interpreted by courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our use of the open source software. We monitor our use of open source software and try to use open source software in a manner that will not require the disclosure of the source code to our proprietary software or prevent us from charging fees to our players for use of our proprietary software. However, we cannot guarantee that these efforts will be successful, and

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thus there is a risk that the use of such open source software may ultimately result in litigation, preclude us from charging fees for the use of certain of our proprietary software, require us to replace certain code used in our games, pay damages, settlement fees or a royalty to use some open source software, make the source code of our games publicly available or discontinue certain games. Any of the foregoing would have a negative effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We are subject to laws and regulations concerning data privacy, information security, data protection and consumer protection, and these laws and regulations are continually evolving. Our actual or perceived failure to comply with these laws and regulations could harm our business.
We receive, store and process personal information and other data relating to employees and business contacts, in addition to that of our players, and we enable our players to share their personal information with each other and with third parties, including on the Internet and mobile platforms. There are numerous federal, state and local laws around the world regarding privacy and the storing, sharing, use, processing, disclosure and protection of personal information, the scopes of which are changing, subject to differing interpretations, and may be inconsistent between jurisdictions or conflict with other rules.
Various government and consumer agencies have called for new regulation and changes in industry practices and are continuing to review the need for greater regulation for the collection of information concerning consumer behavior on the Internet, including regulation aimed at restricting certain targeted advertising practices.
In the U.S., there are numerous federal and state privacy and data protection laws and regulations governing the collection, use, disclosure, protection and other processing of personal information, including federal and state data privacy laws, data breach notification laws and consumer protection laws. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, came into force in January 2020 and created new privacy rights for consumers residing in the state. The CCPA gives California residents expanded rights to access and delete their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA allows for the California Attorney General to impose civil penalties for violations and also provides a private right of action for certain data breaches. California voters also recently passed the California Privacy Rights Act, or CPRA, which will take effect on January 1, 2023. The CPRA significantly modifies the CCPA, including by imposing additional obligations on covered companies and expanding California consumers’ rights with respect to certain sensitive personal information, potentially resulting in further uncertainty and requiring us to incur additional costs and expenses in an effort to comply.
In the European Economic Area, or EEA, we are subject to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which became effective in May 2018, and from January 1, 2021, we are also subject to the UK GDPR and UK Data Protection Act 2018, which retains the GDPR in UK national law. The GDPR and national implementing legislation in EEA member states and the UK impose a strict data protection compliance regime in relation to our collection, control, processing, sharing, disclosure and other use of personal data, including providing detailed disclosures about how personal data is collected and processed, granting new rights for data subjects to access, delete or object to the processing of their data, mandatory breach notification to supervisory authorities (and in certain cases, affected individuals) of certain data breaches and significant documentary requirements to demonstrate compliance through policies, procedures, training and audit. In particular, European Union privacy supervisory authorities have focused on compliance with requirements relating to the processing of children’s personal data and ensuring that services offered to children are age appropriate, and we may be subject to regulatory scrutiny and subsequent enforcement actions if we are found to be processing children’s data given the nature of our services.
We are also subject to European Union rules with respect to cross-border transfers of personal data out of the EEA and the UK. Recent legal developments in Europe have created complexity and uncertainty regarding transfers of personal data from the EEA and the UK to the United States. Most recently, on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union, or CJEU, invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, or Privacy Shield, under which personal data could be transferred from the EEA to U.S. entities, such as ourselves, who had self-certified under the Privacy Shield scheme. While the CJEU upheld the adequacy of the standard contractual clauses (a standard form of contract approved by the

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European Commission as an adequate personal data transfer mechanism, and potential alternative to the Privacy Shield), it made clear that reliance on them alone may not necessarily be sufficient in all circumstances.
These recent developments will require us to review and amend the legal mechanisms by which we make and/ or receive personal data transfers to in the U.S. As supervisory authorities issue further guidance on personal data export mechanisms, including circumstances where the standard contractual clauses and other mechanisms cannot be used, and/or start taking enforcement action, we could suffer additional costs, complaints and/or regulatory investigations or fines, or if we are otherwise unable to transfer personal data between and among countries and regions in which we operate, it could affect the manner in which we provide our services, the geographical location or segregation of our relevant systems and operations, and could adversely affect our financial results.
In addition, Brazil’s passage of the Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados Pessoais, or LGPD, became effective September 15, 2020 and created new privacy rights for consumers residing in Brazil.
Compliance with the GDPR, LGPD, CCPA and similar legal requirements has required us to devote significant operational resources and incur significant expenses. We expect the number of jurisdictions adopting their own data privacy laws to increase, which will require us to devote additional significant operational resources and incur additional significant expenses and will also increase our exposure to risks of claims by our players that we had $25,000have not complied with all applicable data privacy laws.
All of our games are subject to our online privacy policy and our terms of service accessible through our platform providers’ storefronts, from our games and on our corporate website. While we strive to comply with such policies and all applicable laws, regulations, other legal and contractual obligations and certain industry standards and codes of conduct relating to data privacy and data protection, these obligations may be interpreted and applied in cash,a manner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules or our practices. It is also possible that new laws, regulations, other legal obligations or industry codes of conduct may be adopted, or existing laws, regulations, other legal obligations or industry codes of conduct may be interpreted in such a way that results in us having to take further compliance steps and/or could prevent us from being able to offer services to citizens of a certain jurisdiction or makes it costlier or more difficult for us to do so.
Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with our privacy policy and terms of service, or our data privacy-related legal obligations including those to players or other third parties, or any compromise of security that results in the unauthorized release or transfer of personal information, including personal information about players, may result in regulatory investigations, governmental enforcement actions and significant fines, which, as an example, can be up to 20 million euros or up to 4% of the annual global revenue of the noncompliant undertaking, whichever is greater, for violations of certain requirements of the GDPR. The UK GDPR mirrors the fines under the GDPR. In addition to the foregoing, we may suffer reputational damage, orders to cease/change our processing of our data, civil claims including representative actions and other class action type litigation (where individuals have suffered harm), potentially amounting to significant compensation or damages liabilities, or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others which could cause our players to lose trust in us, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Additionally, if third parties we work with such as players or vendors violate applicable laws or our policies, such violations may also put personal information at risk and expose us to potential liability and reputational harm. Further, public scrutiny of, or complaints about, technology companies or their data handling or data protection practices, even if unrelated to our business, industry or operations, may lead to increased scrutiny of technology companies, including us, and may cause government agencies to enact additional regulatory requirements, or to modify their enforcement or investigation activities. Any of the foregoing could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Our business depends on our ability to collect and use data to deliver relevant content and marketing materials, and any limitation on the collection and use of this data could cause us to lose revenue.
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may limit our use of this data. Any limitation on our ability to collect data about players and game interactions would likely make it more difficult for us to deliver targeted content and marketing materials to our players. Interruptions, failures or defects in our data collection, analysis and storage systems, as well as privacy concerns, increasing public scrutiny and regulatory restrictions regarding the collection of data, could also limit our ability to aggregate and analyze player data. If that happens, we may not be able to successfully adapt to player preferences to improve and enhance our games, retain existing players and maintain the popularity of our games, which could cause our business, financial condition, or results of operations to suffer.
We are also subject to evolving EU and UK privacy laws on cookies and similar technologies and eMarketing. In the EU and the UK, regulators are increasingly focusing on compliance with requirements in the online behavioral advertising ecosystem, and current national laws that implement the ePrivacy Directive are highly likely to be replaced by an EU regulation known as the ePrivacy Regulation which will significantly increase fines for non-compliance. In the EU and the UK, informed consent is required for the placement of a cookie or similar technologies on a user’s device and for direct electronic marketing. The GDPR also imposes conditions on obtaining valid consent, such as a prohibition on pre-checked consents and a requirement to ensure separate consents are sought for each type of cookie or similar technology. While the text of the ePrivacy Regulation is still under development, a recent European court decision and regulators’ recent guidance are driving increased attention to cookies and tracking technologies. If regulators start to enforce the strict approach endorsed in recent guidance, this could lead to substantial costs, require significant systems changes, limit the effectiveness of our marketing activities, divert the attention of our technology personnel, adversely affect our margins, increase costs and subject us to additional liabilities. Regulation of cookies and similar technologies, and any decline in the use of cookies or similar online tracking technologies as a means to identify and potentially target players, may lead to broader restrictions and impairments on our marketing and personalization activities and may negatively impact our efforts to understand our players.
Additionally, Internet-connected devices and operating systems controlled by third parties increasingly contain features that allow device users to disable functionality that allows for the delivery of advertising on their devices, including through Apple’s Identifier for Advertising, or IDFA, or Google’s Advertising ID, or AAID, for Android devices. Device and browser manufacturers may include or expand these features as part of their standard device specifications. Advertising identifiers are frequently used as a means to deliver targeted advertising to devices. While we currently conduct very limited advertising to our players in our games (often referred to as “ad monetization”), it is a meaningful way to generate revenue for many mobile game companies. If we subsequently increase our engagement in ad monetization to generate revenue, we will be limited in how and to whom we can present with in-game advertising, which could adversely affect our ability to generate revenues from advertising.
We rely on assumptions and estimates to calculate certain of our key metrics, and real or perceived inaccuracies in such metrics may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business.
Certain of our key metrics, including Daily Active Users, or DAU, Monthly Active Users, or MAU, Average Daily Revenue per DAU, or ARPDAU, Daily Paying Users, or DPU, and Daily Payer Conversion are calculated using data tracked by our internal analytics systems based on tracking activity of player accounts. The analytics systems and the resulting data have not been independently verified. While these numbers are based on what we believe to be reasonable calculations for the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges in measuring usage and player engagement across our player base and our recently acquired operations, and factors relating to player activity and systems may impact these numbers.
Our award partners, content licensors, advertisers and investors rely on our key metrics as a representation of our performance. We regularly review and may adjust our processes for calculating our internal metrics to improve their accuracy. If we determine that we can no longer calculate any of our key metrics with a sufficient degree of accuracy, and we cannot find an adequate replacement for the metric, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be harmed. In addition, if awards partners, content licensors, advertisers or investors do not perceive our player metrics to be accurate representations of our user base or player engagement, or if we discover material inaccuracies in our user metrics, our reputation may be harmed and awards partners, content licensors or advertisers may be less willing to

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allocate their resources, intellectual property or budgets to our games, which could negatively affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Companies and governmental agencies may restrict access to platforms, our website, mobile applications or the Internet generally, which could lead to the loss or slower growth of our player base.
Our players generally need to access the Internet and, in particular, platforms such as Facebook, Apple, Google and our website to play our games. Access to the Internet in a timely fashion is necessary to provide a satisfactory player experience to the players of our games. Companies and governmental agencies could block access to any platform, our website, mobile applications or the Internet generally, or could limit the speed of data transmissions, for a number of reasons such as security or confidentiality concerns or regulatory reasons, or they may adopt policies that prohibit employees from accessing Facebook, Apple or Google and our website or any other social platform. In addition, telecommunications companies may implement certain measures, such as increased cost or restrictions based on the type or amount of data transmitted, that would impact consumers’ ability to access our games. If companies or governmental entities block or limit such or otherwise adopt policies restricting players from playing our games, our business could be negatively impacted and could lead to the loss or slower growth of our player base.
Despite our security measures, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise our networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Any such access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties, disruption of our operations and the services we provide to players, damage to our reputation, and a loss of confidence in our products and services, which could adversely affect our business.
Cybersecurity attacks, including breaches, computer malware and ransomware, computer hacking and insider threats have become more prevalent in our industry, and experts have warned that the global disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote working capital deficitconditions may result in increased threats and malicious activity. Any cybersecurity breach caused by hacking, which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions, loss or corruption of approximately $59,600data, software, hardware or other computer equipment, or the inadvertent transmission of computer viruses or other unauthorized access to our systems caused by employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation. We have experienced and deferred offeringwill continue to experience hacking attacks of varying degrees from time to time. Because of our prominence in the social casino gaming industry, we believe we are a particularly attractive target for hackers. Additionally, rapidly evolving technology and capabilities, evolving changes in the sources, capabilities and targets for cybersecurity attacks, as well as the increasing sophistication of cyber criminals increase the risk of material data compromise or business disruption.
In addition, we store sensitive information, including personal information about our employees, and our games involve the storage and transmission of players’ personal information on equipment, networks and corporate systems run by us or managed by third-parties including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. We are subject to a number of laws, rules and regulations requiring us to provide notification to players, investors, regulators and other affected parties in the event of a security breach of certain personal data, or requiring the adoption of minimum information security standards that are often vaguely defined and difficult to practically implement. The costs of approximately $67,000. Further, we expectcompliance with these laws and regulations, including the GDPR and the CCPA, have increased and may increase in the future. Our corporate systems, third-party systems and security measures have been subject to incur significant costsa breach and may be breached in pursuitthe future due to the actions of outside parties, employee error, malfeasance, a combination of these, or otherwise, and, as a result, an unauthorized party may obtain access to, or compromise the integrity of, our acquisition plans. Management’s plansdata, our employees’ data, our players’ data or any third-party data we may possess. Any such data security breach could require us to address this needcomply with various breach notification laws, create significant exposure for capital throughus, including under applicable data privacy laws and regulations such as the GDPR and CCPA, in particular if we have failed to take appropriate security measures, may affect our ability to operate and may expose us to litigation, remediation and investigation costs, increased costs for security measures, loss of revenue, damage to our reputation and potential liability, each of which could be material.

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An investment in this offering are discussedmay result in uncertain U.S. federal income tax consequences
An investment in this offering may result in uncertain U.S. federal income tax consequences. For instance, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of the Private Placement Warrants is unclear under current law, and an adjustment to the exercise price of the Private Placement Warrants could give rise to dividend income to investors without a corresponding payment of cash. See the section of this prospectus titled “Management’s Discussion“Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” for a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment in our Class A common stock and AnalysisPrivate Placement Warrants. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences applicable to their specific circumstances.
Changes in tax laws or tax rulings could materially affect our effective tax rates, financial position and results of Financial Conditionoperations.
The tax regimes we are subject to or operate under are unsettled and Resultsmay be subject to significant change. Changes in tax laws (including in response to the COVID-19 pandemic) or changes in interpretations of Operations.” existing laws could cause us to be subject to additional income-based taxes and non-income based taxes (such as payroll, sales, use, value-added, digital services and excise, net worth, property, and goods and services taxes), which in turn could materially affect our financial position and results of operations. For example, in December 2017, the U.S. federal government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the 2017 Tax Act. The 2017 Tax Act significantly changed the existing U.S. corporate income tax laws by, among other things, lowering the corporate tax rate, implementing a partially territorial tax system, and imposing a onetime deemed repatriation toll tax on cumulative undistributed foreign earnings. Many of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Act are highly complex and may be subject to further interpretive guidance from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, or others. Some of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Act may be changed by a future Congress and may face future challenges by the World Trade Organization, or WTO, such as the favorable tax treatment for foreign-derived intangible income claimed by us. Although we cannot predict the nature or outcome of such future interpretive guidance, or actions by a future Congress or WTO, they could adversely impact the consolidated results of our operations and financial position. In addition, many countries in the EU, as well as a number of other countries and organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, have recently proposed or recommended changes to existing tax laws or have enacted new laws that could impact our tax obligations. Any significant changes to our future effective tax rate may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
We could be required to collect additional sales, value added or similar taxes or be subject to other tax liabilities that may increase the costs our customers pay for our games and adversely affect our results of operations.
One or more U.S. states or countries may seek to impose incremental or new sales, value added taxes or use or other tax collection obligations on us. While we generally are not responsible for taxes generated on games accessed and operated through third-party platforms, we are responsible for collecting and remitting applicable sales, value added or other similar taxes for revenue generated on games accessed and operated on our own platforms. Historically, we paid taxes on revenue generated from games accessed on our own platforms in U.S. states where we had a sufficient physical presence or “nexus” based on the location of our U.S. offices and servers. However, there is uncertainty as to what constitutes sufficient physical presence or nexus for a U.S. state to levy taxes, fees and surcharges for sales made over the internet. Furthermore, an increasing number of states have considered or adopted laws that impose sales tax collection obligations on out-of-state companies. This is also the case in respect of the European Union, where value added taxes may be imposed on non-European Union companies making digital sales to consumers within the European Union. In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., or Wayfair, that online sellers can be required to collect sales and use tax despite not having a physical presence in the customer’s state. In response to Wayfair, or otherwise, state and local governments may adopt, or begin to enforce, laws requiring us to calculate, collect and remit sales taxes in their jurisdictions. Similarly, many foreign jurisdictions have considered or adopted laws that impose value added, digital services or similar indirect taxes on companies despite not having a physical presence in the foreign jurisdiction.
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some taxes, could result in substantial liabilities, including taxes on past sales as well as penalties and interest. We continually monitor the ever-evolving tax landscape in the jurisdictions in which we operate and those jurisdictions where our customers reside. The requirement to collect sales, value added or similar indirect taxes by foreign, state or local governments for sellers that do not have a physical presence in the jurisdiction could also create additional administrative burdens for us, put us at a competitive disadvantage if they do not impose similar obligations on our competitors or decrease our future sales, which may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
We may have exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities.
Our plansincome tax obligations are based in part on our corporate operating structure and intercompany arrangements. The tax laws applicable to our business, including the laws of the U.S. and other jurisdictions, are subject to interpretation, and certain jurisdictions are aggressively interpreting their laws in new ways in an effort to raise capitaladditional tax revenue. Our existing corporate structure and intercompany arrangements have been implemented in a manner we believe is in compliance with current prevailing tax laws. However, the taxing authorities of the jurisdictions in which we operate may challenge our methodologies for intercompany arrangements, which could impact our worldwide effective tax rate and harm our financial position and results of operations. We are currently under a transfer pricing examination by the Israel Tax Authority for fiscal years 2016 through 2018. While we expect to consummateprevail, it is possible that a negative outcome in this examination would have a material impact on our initial business combination may not be successful.consolidated results of operations and financial position. In addition, managementchanges to our corporate structure and intercompany agreements, including through acquisitions, could impact our worldwide effective tax rate and harm our financial position and results of operation.
Our ability to utilize our research credit carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may have been limited by “ownership changes” and may be further limited.
Our ability to utilize our research credit carryforwards, which were an aggregate of $3.4 million between state and federal research credit carryforwards at December 31, 2020, to offset potential future income taxes that would otherwise be due is currently evaluatingdependent upon our generation of future income taxes before the expiration dates of the research credit carryforwards, and we cannot predict with certainty when, or whether, we will generate sufficient income taxes to use all of our research credit carryforwards.
Under Section 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and corresponding provisions of state law, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” ​(generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by value) in its equity ownership over a rolling three-year period), the corporation’s ability to use its research credit carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes to offset its post-change income taxes may be limited. We may have experienced, and we may in the future experience, ownership changes, either as a result of the Business Combination or other changes in our stock ownership (some of which are not in our control). As a result, if we incur income tax liability, our ability to use our pre-change research credit carryforwards to offset U.S. federal income taxes may be subject to limitations under Section 383, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us. In addition, at the state level, there may be periods during which the use of research credit carryforwards is suspended or otherwise limited, which could accelerate or permanently increase state taxes owed.
General Risk Factors
Economic downturns and political and market conditions beyond our control could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our financial performance is subject to U.S. economic conditions and their impact on levels of spending by players, our awards partners and our advertisers. Economic recessions have had, and may continue to have, far-reaching adverse consequences across many industries, including the gaming industries, which may adversely affect our business and financial condition. In the past decade, the U.S. economy experienced tepid growth following the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 and experienced a recession in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic onas well as international trade and monetary policy and other changes. If the industry and its effect onU.S. economy experiences a continued recession or any of the Company’srelevant regional or

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local economies suffers a prolonged downturn, our business, financial position,condition, results of operations and/or search for a target company. These factors,prospects may be adversely affected.
In addition, changes in general market, economic and political conditions in domestic and foreign economies or financial markets, including fluctuation in stock markets resulting from, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continueother things, trends in the economy as a going concern. Thewhole may reduce our players’ disposable income and our awards partners’ budgets resulting in fewer or less desirable rewards to be offered to our players. Any one of these changes could materially and adversely affect our business, financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus do not include any adjustments that might result fromcondition, results of operations or prospects.
Our results of operations may fluctuate due to various factors and, therefore, our inability to consummate this offering or our inability to continue as a going concern.
Past performance by our management team or their respective affiliates mayperiodic operating results will not be indicativeguarantees of future performance of an investment in us.performance.
Information regarding performance is presented for informational purposes only. Any past experience or performance of our management teamOur financial results and their respective affiliates is not a guarantee of either (i) our ability to successfully identify and execute a transaction or (ii) success with respect to any business combination that we may consummate. You should not rely on the historical record of our management team or their respective affiliates as indicative of the future performance of an investment in us or the returns we will, or are likely to, generate going forward. Our management has no experience in operating special purpose acquisition companies.
Our shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our shareholders do not support such a combination.
We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote before we complete our initial business combination if the business combination would not require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. For instance, if we were seeking to acquire a target business where the consideration we were payingmetrics have fluctuated in the transaction was all cash,past and we would typically notexpect such results to fluctuate in the future. These fluctuations may be requireddue to seek shareholder approval to complete such a transaction. Except for as required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors, suchsome of which are outside of our control and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business.
Our financial results and operations in any given period may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which we are unable to predict or are outside of our control. Consumer engagement with our games may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including the timingpopularity of the transactionunderlying games, the player’s level of satisfaction with our games, our ability to improve and whetherinnovate games and to attract new awards partners, outages and disruptions of online services, the termsservices offered by our competitors, our marketing and advertising efforts or declines in consumer activity generally as a result of economic downturns, among others. Any decline or fluctuation in the transaction would otherwise requirerecurring portion of our business may have a negative impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects.
Our reported financial results may be affected by changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in the U.S. are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, the SEC and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results, and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change. Any difficulties in implementing any future changes to accounting principles could cause us to seek shareholder approval. Accordingly,fail to meet our financial reporting obligations, which could result in regulatory discipline and harm investors’ confidence in us.
Our core values of focusing on our players and their experience within our games and acting for the long-term may conflict with the short-term expectations of analysts.
We believe that providing quality and highly engaging content to our players is essential to our success and serves the best, long-term interests of our company and our stockholders. Therefore, we have made in the past and we may completemake in the future, significant investments or changes in strategy that we think will benefit us in the long-term, even if our decision has the potential to negatively impact our operating results in the short term. In addition, our decisions may not result in the long-term benefits that we expect, in which case the success of our games, business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed.
Securities analysts may not publish favorable research or reports about our business or may publish no information at all, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
Our stock price and trading volume may be heavily influenced by the way analysts and investors interpret our financial information and other disclosures. If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, delay publishing reports about our business, or publish negative reports about our business, regardless of accuracy, the trading price of shares of our Class A common stock could decline.
If a trading market for shares of our Class A common stock develops, the trading market will be influenced to some extent by the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us and our business. We do not control these analysts. As a newly public company, we may be slow to attract
 
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initialresearch coverage and the analysts who publish information about us will have had relatively little experience with us, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if any of the analysts who cover us provide inaccurate or unfavorable research or issue an adverse opinion regarding our stock price, the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports covering us regularly, we could lose visibility in the market, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
Even if we are actively covered by analysts, we do not have any control over the analysts or the measures that analysts or investors may rely upon to forecast our future results. Overreliance by analysts or investors on any particular metric to forecast our future results may lead to forecasts that differ significantly from our own.
We may require additional capital to support our growth plans, and such capital may not be available on terms acceptable to us, if at all. This could hamper our growth and adversely affect our business.
We intend to continue to make significant investments to support our business combination even ifgrowth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new games and features or enhance our existing games, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our Class A common stock. In March 2020, we entered into a majority of our issuedloan and outstanding ordinary shares do not approve ofsecurity agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, pursuant to which we can borrow up to $35.0 million under a revolving credit facility, which subjects us to certain operational and financial covenants.
Any additional debt financing that we secure in the business combination we complete.
Please see the section entitled “Proposed Business — Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination” forfuture could involve offering additional information.
Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.
At the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any target businesses. Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder approval. Accordingly, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailedsecurity interests and undertaking restrictive covenants relating to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsorcapital raising activities and members of our management team have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
Our sponsor will own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the completion of this offering. Our sponsorother financial and members of our management team also may from time to time purchase Class A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 11,250,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,875,001, or 6.25% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 30,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by our sponsor and each member of our management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that we will receive the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination.
The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets,operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to enter into aobtain additional capital and to pursue business combinationopportunities, including potential acquisitions. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted capital markets, and if we seek to access additional capital or increase our borrowing, there can be no assurance that debt or equity financing may be available to us on favorable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business, financial condition or results of operations may be harmed.
Our investment portfolio may become impaired by deterioration of the financial markets.
Our cash equivalent and investment portfolio, including the proceeds of the Business Combination, will be invested with a target.
goal of preserving our access to capital, and generally consists of money market funds, corporate debt securities, U.S. government and government agency debt securities, mutual funds, certificates of deposit and time deposits. We intend to follow an investment policy and set of guidelines to monitor and help mitigate our exposure to interest rate and credit risk, which guidelines may seekinclude credit quality standards and permissible allocations of certain sectors to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amountlimit our exposure to specific investment types. Volatility in the global financial markets can negatively impact the value of cash.our investments, and recent depressed performance in U.S. and global financial markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the carrying value of our investment portfolio. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be ablefinancial markets experience further volatility, including due to meet such closing conditiondepressed economic production and as a result, would not be ableperformance across the U.S. and global economies due to proceed withimpacts of the business combination. Furthermore,COVID-19 pandemic, investments in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that wouldsome financial instruments may pose risks arising from market liquidity and credit concerns. In addition, any disruption of the capital markets could cause our net tangible assetsother income and expenses to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately priorvary from expectations. Although we intend to manage our investment portfolio for a low risk of material impairment, we cannot predict future market conditions, market liquidity or credit availability, and upon consummation ofcan provide no assurance that our initial business combination, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of our initial business combination, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions, or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targetsinvestment portfolio will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.remain materially unimpaired.
 
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Our management has limited experience in operating a public company. The abilityrequirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention, and the increases in legal, accounting and compliance expenses may be greater than we anticipate.
We are a public company, and as such (and particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company”), will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and are required to comply with the applicable requirements of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as the rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and the listing standards of the Nasdaq, including changes in corporate governance practices and the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls. Compliance with these rules and regulations can be burdensome. Our management and other personnel need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations have increased, and will continue to increase, our historical legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to attract and retain qualified members of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respectboard of directors as compared to a large numberprivate company. In particular, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of our shares may not allow us to completeSection 404 of the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
At the timeSarbanes-Oxley Act, which will increase when we enter intoare no longer an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore“emerging growth company.” We will need to structurehire additional accounting and financial staff, and engage outside consultants, all with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge and maintain an internal audit function, which will increase our operating expenses. Moreover, we could incur additional compensation costs in the transaction basedevent that we decide to pay cash compensation closer to that of other publicly listed companies, which would increase our general and administrative expenses and could materially and adversely affect our profitability. We are evaluating these rules and regulations, and cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.
Our executive officers have limited experience in the management of a publicly traded company. Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities, which will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth of the post-combination company. We may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal control over financial reporting required of public companies. Our management will need to continually assess our staffing and training procedures to improve our internal control over financial reporting. Further, the development, implementation, documentation and assessment of appropriate processes, in addition to the need to remediate any potential deficiencies, will require substantial time and attention from management. The development and implementation of the standards and controls necessary for us to achieve the level of accounting standards required of a public company may require costs greater than expected. It is possible that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company which will increase its operating costs in future periods.
The Business Combination may place a significant burden on our expectations as tomanagement and other internal resources. The diversion of management’s attention and any difficulties encountered in the numbertransition process could harm our financial condition, results of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If a large number of shares are submitted for redemption, we may need to restructureoperations and prospects. In addition, uncertainty about the transaction to reserve a greater portioneffect of the cash in the trust account or arrange for additional third-party financing. Raising additional third-party financingBusiness Combination on our systems, employees, customers, partners, and other third parties, including regulators, may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerationshave an adverse effect on us. These uncertainties may limitimpair our ability to completeattract, retain and motivate key personnel for a period of time after the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. The amountcompletion of the deferred underwriting commissions payableBusiness Combination.
As a private company, we were not required to document and test our internal controls over financial reporting, our management was not required to certify the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per-share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting commissions.
The abilityeffectiveness of our public shareholdersinternal controls and our auditors were not required to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large numberopine on the effectiveness of our sharesinternal controls over financial reporting. Failure to maintain adequate financial, information technology and management processes and controls could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidationresult in order to redeem your shares.
If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account until we liquidate the trust account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.
The requirement that we consummate an initial business combination within the completion window may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline,weaknesses which could underminelead to errors in our abilityfinancial reporting, which could adversely affect our business.
We were not required to completedocument and test our initial business combination on terms that would produce value forinternal controls over financial reporting, our shareholders.
Any potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must consummate an initial business combination withinmanagement was not required to certify the completion window. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we doeffectiveness of our internal controls and our auditors were not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the time frame described above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.
COVID-19 and its impact on businesses and financial markets could have a material adverse effect on our search for a business combination and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination.
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a widespread health crisis that has adversely impacted the economies and financial markets worldwide, business operations and the conduct of commerce generally. There is no way of being certain how long these adverse impacts will last. The coronavirus, or other disease outbreaks, could have a material adverse effect on the business of any potential target business with which we consummate a business combination. Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if concerns relating to the coronavirus pandemic continue to restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services
 
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providers are unavailablerequired to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. The extent to which the coronavirus pandemic impacts our search for a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the coronavirus pandemic and the actions to contain it or treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by the coronavirus or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, it could have a material adverse effect on our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination.
In addition, our ability to consummate a business combination may be dependentopine on the abilityeffectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. We are not currently subject to raise equity and debt financing and the coronavirus pandemic and other related events could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise adequate financing, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all.
We may not be able to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business and consummate an initial business combination within the completion window. Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic could limit our ability to complete our initial business combination, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. Additionally, COVID-19 may negatively impact businesses we may seek to acquire. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within such applicable time 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 numberSection 404 of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of 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. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law. In either such case, our public shareholders may receive only $10.00 per public share, or less than $10.00 per public share, on the redemption of their shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per public share” and other risk factors herein.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation to do so.Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or warrants in such transactions.
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redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. The purpose of any such transaction could be to (1) vote in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. See “Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities” for a description of how our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.
If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly redeem or tender public shares. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these procedures, its shares may not be redeemed. See “Proposed Business — Business Strategy — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Tendering Share Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights.”
You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
Our public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of: (i) our completion of an initial business combination, and then only in connection with those Class A ordinary shares that such shareholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described herein, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, and (iii) the redemption of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business within the completion window, subject to applicable law and as further described herein. Public shareholders who redeem their Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote described in clause (ii) in the preceding sentence shall not be entitled to funds from the trust account upon the subsequent completion of an initial business combination or liquidation if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, with respect to such Class A ordinary shares so redeemed. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest of any kind in the trust account. Holders of warrants will not have any right to the proceeds held in the trust account with respect to the warrants. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
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this offering we expect to meet, on a pro forma basis, the minimum initial listing standards set forth in the Nasdaq listing standards, we cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial business combination. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels. Generally, we must maintain a minimum market capitalization (generally $2,500,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 300 public holders).
Additionally, our units will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination and, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with the Nasdaq initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than the Nasdaq continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq.
For instance, in order for our shares to be listed upon the consummation of our business combination, at such time our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share, our shareholders’ equity would generally be required to be at least $5.0 million, and we would be required to have at least 300 round lot shareholders (with at least 50% of such round lot holders holding securities with a market value of at least $2,500) of our securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those listing requirements at that time.
If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
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The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because we expect that our units and eventually our Class A ordinary shares and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants will qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
Since the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants are intended to be used to complete an initial business combination with a target business that has not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws. However, because we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the completion of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our units will be immediately tradable and we will

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have a longer period of time to complete our initial business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if this offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completion of an initial business combination. For a more detailed comparison of our offering to offerings that comply with Rule 419, please see “Proposed Business  —Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419.”
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares,” without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.
Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
We expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries. Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our public shares the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or via a tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination. Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per public share” and other risk factors herein.

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If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the completion window, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.
Of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, only approximately $1,500,000 will be available to us initially outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements. We believe that, upon the closing of this offering, the funds available to us outside of the trust account, together with funds available from loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the completion window; however, we cannot assure you that our estimate is accurate, and our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team are under no obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances. Of the funds available to us, we expect to use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intent designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business.
In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $1,000,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, unless funded by the proceeds of loans available from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $1,000,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount. The amount held in the trust account will not be impacted as a result of such increase or decrease. If we are required to seek additional capital,provide management’s attestation on internal controls commencing with our annual report for the year ending December 31, 2021. In addition, we would needmay lose our emerging growth company status and become subject to borrow funds from our sponsor, its affiliates, membersthe auditor attestation requirements of our management team or other third parties to operate or may be forced to liquidate. Neither our sponsor, members of our management team nor their affiliates is under any obligation to us in such circumstances. Any such advances may be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrantsSection 404 of the post-business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team 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. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account. Consequently, our public shareholders may only receive an estimated $10.00 per public share, or possibly less, on our redemption of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per public share” and other risk factors herein.
Subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
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unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue of our obtaining post-combination debt financing. Accordingly, any holders who choose to retain their securities following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per public share.
Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements, they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third-party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third-party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third-party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.
Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third-party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the ten years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.00 per public share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors. Pursuant to the letter agreement the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third-party (other than our independent auditors) for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third-party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the SecuritiesSarbanes-Oxley Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third-party, our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.
However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, weWe may not be able to complete our initial

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business combination,evaluation, testing and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resultingrequired remediation in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.
In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per public share.
The securities in which we invest the funds held in the trust account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 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. While short-term U.S. government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that we are unable to complete our initial business combination or make certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our public shareholders are entitled to receive their pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the trust account, plus any interest income, net of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial business combination, $100,000 of interest). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims of our directors and executive officers.
We have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. However, our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account and to not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination. Our obligation to indemnify our officers and directors may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy or insolvency court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
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dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy or insolvency laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy or insolvency court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.timely fashion. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itselfcurrent controls and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.
If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
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In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be to identify and complete a business combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.
We do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the

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meaning of the Investment Company Act. This offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of either: (i) the completion of our initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares; or (iii) absent our completing an initial business combination within the completion window, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, our public shareholders may be forced to wait beyond the completion window before redemption from our trust account.
If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, the proceeds 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), will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the trust account will be effected automatically by function of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind up, liquidate the trust account and distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Law. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond the completion window from the closing of this offering before the redemption proceeds of our trust account become available to them, and they receive the return of their pro rata portion of the proceeds from our trust account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation unless, prior thereto, we consummate our initial business combination or amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, and only then in cases where investors have sought to redeem their Class A ordinary shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled to distributions if we do not complete our initial business combination and do not amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.

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Our shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of their shares.
If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable for a fine of $18,292.68 and imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.
We may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation of our initial business combination.
In accordance with the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Law for us to hold annual or extraordinary general meetings to elect directors. Until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be afforded the opportunity to elect directors and to discuss company affairs with management. Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term.
Holders of Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on any election of directors we hold prior to our initial business combination.
Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to our initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. Accordingly, you may not have any say in the management of our company prior to the consummation of an initial business combination.
We are not registering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time, and such registration may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus precluding such investor from being able to exercise its warrants except on a cashless basis and potentially causing such warrants to expire worthless.
We are not registering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time. However, under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the issuance of such shares, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not current, complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, in which case, the number of Class A ordinary shares that you will receive upon cashless exercise will be based on a formula subject to a maximum amount of shares equal to 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment). However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance

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of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available. Notwithstanding the above, if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a 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, we may, at our 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 we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. Exercising the warrants on a cashless basis could have the effect of reducing the potential “upside” of the holder’s investment in our company because the warrant holder will hold a smaller number of Class A ordinary shares upon a cashless exercise of the warrants they hold. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue securities or other compensation in exchange for the warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the warrants under applicable state securities laws and no exemption is available. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchase price solely for the Class A ordinary shares included in the units. There may be a circumstance where an exemption from registration exists for holders of our private placement warrants to exercise their warrants while a corresponding exemption does not exist for holders of the public warrants included as part of units sold in this offering. In such an instance, our sponsor and its permitted transferees (which may include our directors and executive officers) would be able to exercise their warrants and sell the ordinary shares underlying their warrants while holders of our public warrants would not be able to exercise their warrants and sell the underlying ordinary shares. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their warrants.
The warrantsdevelop may become exercisableinadequate because of poor design and redeemable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares, and you will not have any information regarding such other security at this time.
In certain situations, including if we are not the surviving entity in our initial business combination, the warrants may become exercisable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares. As a result, if the surviving company redeems your warrants for securities pursuant to the warrant agreement, you may receive a security in a company of which you do not have information at this time. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, the surviving company will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the issuance of the security underlying the warrants within twenty business days of the closing of an initial business combination.
The grant of registration rights to our sponsor may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A ordinary shares.
Pursuant to an agreement to be entered into on or prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor and its permitted transferees can demand that we register the resale of the Class A ordinary shares into which founder shares are convertible, the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants, and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of such warrants. The registration rights will be exercisable with respect to the founder shares and the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such private placement warrants. We will bear the cost of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our securities that is expected when the securities owned by our sponsor or its permitted transferees are registered for resale.

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Because we are neither limited to evaluating a target business in a particular industry sector nor have we selected any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations.
Although we expect to focus our search for a target business in the location-based and mobile experiential entertainment industries, we may pursue business combination opportunities in any sector, except that we will not, under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, be permitted to effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations. Because we have not yet selected or approached any specific target business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete our initial business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target. Accordingly, any holders who choose to retain their securities following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
Our target businesses may be subject to extensive regulation and the cost of compliance or failure to comply with such regulations may adversely affect its business and results of operations.
Ownership and operation of our target businesses may be subject to extensive regulation by the countries, states and provinces in which a target company may operate. These laws, regulations and ordinances vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but generally concern the responsibility, financial stability and character of the owners and managers of the business as well as persons financially interested or involved in the business. As such, regulators can require a target company to disassociate itself from suppliers or business partners found unsuitable by the regulators or, alternatively, cease operations in that jurisdiction. In addition, unsuitable activity by a target company or its domestic or foreign affiliates or subsidiaries in any jurisdiction could have a negative effect on its ability to continue operating in other jurisdictions. The regulatory environment in any particular jurisdiction may change in the future and any such change could have a material adverse effect on the business and results of operations of a target company.
We may seek acquisition opportunities outside the location-based and mobile experiential entertainment industries, which may or may not be outside of our management’s area of expertise.
We will consider a business combination outside the location-based and mobile experiential entertainment industries, which may be outside of our management’s area of expertise if a business combination target is presented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business combination target, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in this offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a business combination target. In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation, and the information contained in this prospectus regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. Accordingly, any holders who choose to retain their securities following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

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Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.
Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent accounting or investment banking firm, and consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.
Unless we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.
We may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the founder shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorize the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Immediately after this offering, there will be 470,000,000 and 42,500,000 (assuming in each case that the underwriters have not exercised their over-allotment option) authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, respectively, available for issuance which amount does not take into account shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants or shares issuable upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares, if any. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Immediately after this offering, there will be no preference shares issued and outstanding.
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the warrants as described in “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants” or upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth herein. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide, among other things, that prior to or in connection with our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote on any initial business combination or on any other proposal presented to shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares:
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may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, 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;
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Unlike some other similarly structured blank check companies, our sponsor will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of this offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, any of its affiliates or any members of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one. This is different than some other similarly structured blank check companies in which the initial shareholders will only be issued an aggregate of 20% of the total number of shares to be outstanding prior to the initial business combination.
Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
We anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed

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transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
We may be a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors.
If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in the section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — General”) of our Class A ordinary shares or warrants, the U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. Our PFIC status for our current and subsequent taxable years may depend on whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception (see the section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules”). Depending on the particular circumstances the application of the start-up exception may be subject to uncertainty, and there cannot be any assurance that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Accordingly, there can be no assurances with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year. Our actual PFIC status for any taxable year, however, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. Moreover, if we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, upon written request, we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a “qualified electing fund” election, but there can be no assurance that we will timely provide such required information, and such election would be unavailable with respect to our warrants in all cases. We urge U.S. investors to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules. For a more detailed discussion of the tax consequences of PFIC classification to U.S. Holders, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”
We may reincorporate in another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination and such reincorporation may result in taxes imposed on shareholders.
We may, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to requisite shareholder approval under the Companies Law, reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located or in another jurisdiction. The transaction may require a shareholder or warrant holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the shareholder or warrant holder is a tax resident or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity. We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or warrant holders to pay such taxes. Shareholders or warrant holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after the reincorporation.
After our initial business combination, it is possible that a majority of our directors and officers will live outside the United States and all of our assets will be located outside the United States; therefore investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights.
It is possible that after our initial business combination, a majority of our directors and officers will reside outside of the United States and all of our assets will be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon all of our directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on our directors and officers under United States laws.
We are dependent upon our executive officers and directors and their loss could adversely affect our ability to operate.
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and directors, at least until we have completed our initial business combination. In addition, our executive officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. We do not have an employment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our directors or executive officers.
The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or executive officers could have a detrimental effect on us.
Our ability to effect our initial business combination successfully and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our ability to effect our initial business combination successfully is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our key personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management, director or advisory positions following our initial business combination, it is likely that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.
In addition, the directors and officers of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The departure of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business. The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination, and a particular business combination may be conditioned on the retention or resignation of such key personnel. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.
Our key personnel may be able to remain with our company after the completion of our initial business combination only if they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the business combination. Such negotiations also could make such key personnel’s retention or resignation a condition to any such agreement. The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business.
We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may affect our initial business combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.
When evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities of the target business’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target business’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively

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impacted. Accordingly, any holders who choose to retain their securities following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
The officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The loss of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.
Our executive officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.
Our executive officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our executive officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our executive officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. Our independent directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities. If our executive officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our executive officers’ and directors’ other business affairs, please see “Management — Officers, Directors and Director Nominees.”
Our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities, including another blank check company, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Following the completion of this offering and until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses or entities. Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have, additional fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation to us, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our directors and officers also may have become aware of business opportunities that may be appropriate to present to us and the other entities to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties.
In addition, our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with other blank check companies that may have acquisition objectives that are similar to ours. Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to such other blank check companies prior to its presentation to us, subject to our officers’ and directors’ fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we renounce our interest in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company and it is an opportunity that we are able to complete on a reasonable basis.

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For a complete discussion of our executive officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see “Management — Officers, Directors and Director Nominees,” “Management — Conflicts of Interest” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
Our executive officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.
We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, executive officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or executive officers, although we do not intend to do so. Nor do we have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.
In particular, certain affiliates of our directors, executive officers and security holders invest or operate in the industries that we are focused on. As a result, there may be substantial overlap between companies that would be a suitable business combination for us and companies that would make an attractive target for such other affiliates.
The personal and financial interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target business and completing a business combination. Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would be a breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of Cayman Islands law and we or our shareholders might have a claim against such individuals for infringing on our shareholders’ rights. See the section titled “Description of Securities — Certain Differences in Corporate Law — Shareholders’ Suits” for further information on the ability to bring such claims. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.
We may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers, directors or initial shareholders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
In light of the involvement of our sponsor, executive officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers, directors or initial shareholders. Our directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described under “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” Our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors may sponsor, form or participate in other blank check companies similar to ours during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities. Our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our initial business combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been no substantive discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities. Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria and guidelines for a business combination as set forth in “Proposed Business — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Evaluation of a Target Business and Structuring of Our Initial Business Combination” and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested directors. Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers, directors or initial shareholders, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public shareholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.

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Our Chairman is party to a non-competition agreement that may limit the types of companies that we can target for an initial business combination.
James Murren, our Chairman and an investor in the sponsor, is subject to a non-compete with MGM that prohibits Mr. Murren from engaging in certain competitive activities for a period ending March 22, 2021. Specifically, the non-competition covenant in Mr. Murren’s agreements with MGM prohibits him from being employed by, providing consultation or other services to, engaging, participating or otherwise being connected in any way (other than through passive ownership of 1% or less of the outstanding voting securities) with any “Competitor,” which is defined as “any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity which is either directly, indirectly or through an affiliated company, engaged in or proposes to engage in the development, ownership, operation or management of (i) gaming facilities; (ii) convention or meeting facilities; or (iii) one or more hotels if any such hotel is connected in any way, whether physically or by business association, to a gaming establishment and, further, where Competitor’s activities are within a 150 mile radius of any location where any of the foregoing facilities, hotels, or venues are, or are proposed to be, owned, operated, managed or developed by the Company.”
Acies is not engaged in any of the enumerated competitive activities and does not propose to pursue or make any acquisitions that would be competitive during the period of Mr. Murren’s non-compete. We will not seek an initial business combination with any company with operations in businesses and locations covered by the agreement. As such, our prospects for an initial business combination may be limited by the non-compete. Further, any potential dispute regarding our business or Mr. Murren’s non-competition provisions could be time consuming, costly and distract management’s focus from locating suitable acquisition candidates and operating our business.
Since our sponsor, executive officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to public shares they may acquire during or after this offering), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
On September 15, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, in consideration of 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by the sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount contributed to the company by the number of founder shares issued. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share surrender or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination. In addition, our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 5,666,667 private placement warrants (or 6,266,667 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.50 per warrant ($8,500,000 in the aggregate or $9,400,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. If we do not consummate an initial business within the completion window, the private placement warrants will expire worthless. The personal and financial interests of our executive officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination. This risk may become more acute as the end of the completion window nears, which is the deadline for our consummation of an initial business combination.
We may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
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any indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the trust account. As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from the trust account. Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
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We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively impact ourinternational operations and profitability.our contemplated international expansion. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could adversely affect the results of assessments by our independent registered public accounting firm and their attestation reports.
The net proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will provide us with up to $289,500,000 (or $332,925,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) that we may use to complete our initial business combination (after taking into account the $10,500,000, or $12,075,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, of deferred underwriting commissions being held in the trust account and the estimated non-reimbursed expenses of this offering).
We may effectuate our initial business combination with a single-target business or multiple-target businesses simultaneously or within a short period of time. However, we may not be able to effectuate our initial business combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:
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This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.
We may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initial business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
If we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination. With multiple business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impactcertify the effectiveness of our profitability and results of operations.
We may attempt to completeinternal controls, or if our initial business combination withinternal controls have a private company about which little information is available, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
In pursuing our acquisition strategy,material weakness, we may seek to effectuatenot detect errors timely, our initial business combination with a privately held company. Very little public information generally exists about private companies, andfinancial statements could be misstated, we could be requiredsubject to make our decision on whether to pursueregulatory scrutiny and a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
Our management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination. Upon the loss of control of a target business, new management may not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
We may structure our initial business combination so that the post-business combination company in which our public shareholders own shares will own less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria. Even if the post-business combination company owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding Class A ordinary shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain control of the target business.
We may seek business combination opportunities with a high degree of complexity that require significant operational improvements,confidence by stakeholders, which could delay or prevent us from achievingharm our desired results.
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To the extent we complete our initial business combination with a large complex business or entity with a complex operating structure, we may also be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine, which could delay or prevent us from implementing our strategy. Although our management team will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business and its operations, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all ofadversely affect the significant risk factors until we complete our business combination. If we are not able to achieve our desired operational improvements, or the improvements take longer to implement than anticipated, we may not achieve the gains that we anticipate. Furthermore, some of these risks and complexities may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks and complexities will adversely impact a target business. Such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a smaller, less complex organization.
We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial business combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of our initial business combination, and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). As a result, we may be able to complete our initial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.
In order to effectuate an initial business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and other governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination that our shareholders may not support.
In order to effectuate a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business combination, increased redemption thresholds, extended the time to consummate an initial business combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require at least a special resolution of our shareholders as a matter of Cayman Islands law, meaning the approval of holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and amending our warrant agreement will require a vote of holders of at least 65% of the public warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private placement warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants, 65% of the number of the then outstanding private placement warrants. In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change

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the nature of any of the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected securities.
The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of a special resolution which requires the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.
Some other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to the rights of a company’s shareholders, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s shareholders. In those companies, amendment of these provisions typically requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s shareholders. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that any of its provisions related to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of this offering and the private placement of warrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by special resolution, meaning holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65% of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company; provided that the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governing the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at our general meeting which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B ordinary shares. Our sponsor and its permitted transferees, if any, who will collectively beneficially own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of our Class A ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed, pursuant to agreements with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsor, executive officers, directors or director nominees for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
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selected any prospective target business we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of our initial business combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to redeem for cash a significant number of shares from shareholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial business combination or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial business combination, we may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. The current economic environment may make it difficult for companies to obtain acquisition financing. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
Our sponsor controls a substantial interest in us and thus may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Upon closing of this offering, our sponsor will own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares (assuming it does not purchase any units in this offering). Accordingly, it may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. If our sponsor purchases any units in this offering or if our sponsor purchases any additional Class A ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase its control. Neither our sponsor nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers or directors, have any current intention to purchase additional securities, other than as disclosed in this prospectus. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were elected by our sponsor, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being appointed in each year. We may not hold an annual general meeting to elect new directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion of the business combination. If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered” board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our sponsor, because of its ownership position, will control the outcome, as only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors and to remove directors prior to our initial business combination. Accordingly, our sponsor will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our initial business combination. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of our sponsor.
Our sponsor contributed $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per founder share, and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class A ordinary shares.
The difference between the public offering price per share (allocating all of the unit purchase price to the Class A ordinary share and none to the warrant included in the unit) and the pro forma net tangible book value per Class A ordinary share after this offering constitutes the dilution to you and the other investors in this offering. Our sponsor acquired the founder shares at a nominal price, significantly contributing to this dilution. Upon closing of this offering, and assuming no value is ascribed to the warrants included in the units, you and the other public shareholders will incur an immediate and substantial dilution of approximately 94.4% (or $9.44 per share, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value per share of $0.56 and the initial offering price of $10.00 per unit. This dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the founder

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shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the founder shares at the time of our initial business combination and would become exacerbated to the extent that public shareholders seek redemptions from the trust for their public shares. In addition, because of the anti-dilution protection in the founder shares, any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection with our initial business combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A ordinary shares.
We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of public warrants with the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then-outstanding public warrants. As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period could be shortened and the number of our Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.
Our warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in this prospectus, or defective provision (ii) amending the provisions relating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then-outstanding public warrants is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 65% of the then-outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private placement warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants, 65% of the number of the then outstanding private placement warrants. Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 65% of the then-outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
Our warrant agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our warrant agreement will provide that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.

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This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.
We have the ability to redeem the outstanding public warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to proper notice of such redemption and provided that certain other conditions are met. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the warrants. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force you to (i) exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.
In addition, we have the ability to redeem the outstanding public warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to proper notice of such redemption and provided that certain other conditions are met, including that holders will be able to exercise their warrants prior to redemption for a number of Class A ordinary shares determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A ordinary shares. Please see “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00.” The value received upon exercise of the warrants (1) may be less than the value the holders would have received if they had exercised their warrants at a later time where the underlying share price is higher and (2) may not compensate the holders for the value of the warrants, including because the number of ordinary shares received is capped at 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment) irrespective of the remaining life of the warrants.
None of the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us as (except as set forth under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”) so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees.
Our warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination.
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ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.50 per warrant. In addition, if the sponsor, its affiliates or a member of our management team makes any working capital loans, it may convert up to $1,500,000 of such loans into up to an additional 1,000,000 private placement warrants, at the price of $1.50 per warrant. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares in connection with our redemption of our warrants.
To the extent we issue ordinary shares for any reason, including to effectuate a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of these warrants could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
Because each unit contains one-quarter of one redeemable warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the units may be worth less than units of other blank check companies.
Each unit contains one-quarter of one redeemable warrant. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units, and only whole units will trade. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the warrant holder. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one ordinary share and one whole warrant to purchase one whole share. We have established the components of the units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination since the warrants will be exercisable in the aggregate for one-quarter of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our units to be worth less than if a unit included a warrant to purchase one whole share.
A provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.
Unlike most blank check companies, if (i) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at a Newly Issued Price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share, (ii) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (iii) the Market Value is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger prices described below under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” and “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary 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 below under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary 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. This may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination with a target business.
The determination of the offering price of our units and the size of this offering is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities and size of an offering of an operating company in a particular industry. You may have less assurance, therefore, that the offering price of our units properly reflects the value of such units than you would have in a typical offering of an operating company.
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and the amount the underwriters believed they reasonably could raise on our behalf. Factors considered in determining the size of this offering, prices and terms of the units, including the Class A ordinary shares and warrants underlying the units, include:
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Although these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities of an operating company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results.
There is currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.
There is currently no market for our securities. Shareholders therefore have no access to information about prior market history on which to base their investment decision. Following this offering, the price of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic conditions, including as a result of COVID-19. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.
Because we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
The federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial significance tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.common stock.
We are an emerging“emerging growth company and a smaller reporting companycompany” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we takeit takes advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to “emergingemerging growth companies” or “smaller reporting companies,” this it could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance withto the performance of other public companies.
We are an “emerging growth company” within the meaningas defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act,Act. As such, we are eligible for and we mayintends to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emergingemerging growth companies”companies for as long as it continues to be an emerging growth company, including, but not limited to,to: (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and (iii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive

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compensation and shareholderstockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholdersstockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could bewill remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including ifuntil the earliest of (1) the last day of the fiscal year in which the market value of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 beforeof that time,fiscal year, (2) the last day of the fiscal year in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company asit has total annual gross revenue of $1.07 billion or more during such fiscal year (as indexed for inflation), (3) the date on which it has issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in the prior three-year period or (4) the last day of the fiscal year following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors willthe fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of Acies Class A ordinary shares. Investors may find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.
Further, 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 an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have 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, we, 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 our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which 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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among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of shares of our ordinary sharesClass A common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of shares of our ordinary sharesClass A common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.
Compliance obligations underOur workforce and operations have grown substantially since our inception and we expect that they will continue to do so. If we are unable to effectively manage that growth, our financial performance and future prospects will be adversely affected.
Since our inception, we have experienced growth in the Sarbanes-Oxley ActU.S. and internationally. This expansion increases the complexity of our business and has placed, and will continue to place, significant strain on our management, personnel, operations, systems, technical performance, financial resources, and internal financial control and reporting functions. We may not be able to manage our growth effectively, which could damage our reputation and negatively affect our operating results.
Properly managing our growth will require us to continue to hire, train and manage qualified employees and staff, including engineers, operations personnel, financial and accounting staff, and sales and marketing staff, and to improve and maintain our technology. If our new hires perform poorly, if we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, managing, and integrating these new employees and staff, or if we are not successful in retaining our existing employees and staff, our business may be harmed. Moreover, in order to optimize our organizational structure, we have implemented reductions in force and may in the future implement other reductions in force. Any reduction in force may yield unintended consequences and costs, such as attrition beyond the intended reduction in force, the distraction of employees, reduced employee morale and could adversely affect our reputation as an employer, which could make it more difficult for us to effectuatehire new employees in the future and increase the risk that we may not achieve the anticipated benefits from the reduction in force. Properly managing our growth will require us to establish consistent policies across regions and functions, and a failure to do so could likewise harm our business.
Our failure to upgrade our technology or network infrastructure effectively to support our growth could result in unanticipated disruptions. To manage the growth of our operations and personnel and improve the technology that supports our business combination, require substantialoperations, as well as our financial and management resources,systems, disclosure controls and increase the timeprocedures, and costs of completing an acquisition.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021. Only in the eventover financial reporting, we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, will we not be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control overcommit substantial financial, reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial business combinationoperational and technical resources.
Our current and planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of any such entityadequate to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
Becausesupport our future operations. If we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you mayunable to expand our operations and hire additional qualified personnel in an efficient manner, or if our operational technology is insufficient to reliably service our games, we could potentially face difficulties in protecting your interests,retaining players, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and youroperating results.
Our organizational structure is complex and will continue to grow as we add additional employees. We will need to scale our operational, financial and management controls as well as our reporting systems and procedures to support the growth of our organizational structure. We will require capital and management resources to grow and mature in these areas. If we are unable to effectively manage the growth of our business, the quality of our games may suffer, and we may be unable to address competitive challenges, which would adversely affect our overall business, operations and financial condition.
Continued growth and success will depend on the performance of our current and future employees, including certain key employees. Recruitment and retention of these individuals is vital to growing our business and meeting our business plans. The loss of any of our key executives or other key employees could harm our business.
Our ability to protect your rights throughcompete and grow depends in large part on the U.S. federal courts may be limited.
We are an exempted company incorporated underefforts and talents of our employees and executives. Our success depends in a large part upon the laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effectcontinued service of process withinour senior management team, including Andrew Pascal, our Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pascal is critical to our vision, strategic direction, culture, products and technology, and the United States uponcontinued retention of our directors or executive officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our directors or officers.entire senior
 
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Ourmanagement team is important to the success of our operating plan. We do not have employment agreements or offer letters with certain members of our senior management team, and we do not maintain key-man insurance for members of our senior management team. The loss of any member of our senior management team could cause disruption and harm our business, financial condition, results of operations or reputation.
In addition, our ability to execute our strategy depends on our continued ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled employees, particularly in the competitive fields of game design, product management, engineering and data science. These employees are in high demand, and we devote significant resources to identifying, recruiting, hiring, training, successfully integrating and retaining them. Interviewing, hiring and integrating new employees has and will continue to be particularly challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of our global remote working plans, throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have devoted and will continue to devote increased efforts to maintaining our collaborative culture of the corporate affairs will be governed byheadquarters and each of our amendeddomestic and restated memoranduminternational game studios through the use of videoconferencing and articlesother online communication and sharing tools, and to monitoring the health, safety, morale and productivity of association,our employees, including new employees, as we evaluate the Companies Law (as the sameimpacts of this challenging situation on our business and employees.
We believe that two critical components of our success and our ability to retain our best people are our culture and our competitive compensation practices. As we operate as a public company, we may be supplemented or amended from timefind it difficult to time)maintain our entrepreneurial, execution-focused culture. In addition, any volatility in our operating results and the common lawtrading price of the Cayman Islands. We will also be subject to the federal securities laws of the United States. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilitiesshares of our directorsClass A common stock may cause our employee base to us under Cayman Islands lawbe more vulnerable to be targeted for recruitment by competitors. While we believe we compete favorably, competition for highly skilled employees is intense. If we are unable to a large extent governed by the common lawidentify, hire and retain our senior management team and our key employees, our business, financial condition or results of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not bindingoperations could be harmed. Moreover, if our team fails to work together effectively to execute our plans and strategies on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rightstimely basis, our business, financial condition or results of our shareholdersoperations could be harmed.
Any restructuring actions and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and certain states, such as Delaware, may have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, Cayman Islands companiescost reduction initiatives that we undertake may not have standing to initiate a shareholders derivative action in a Federal court ofdeliver the United States.expected results and these actions may adversely affect our business.
We have been advised by Maples and Calder, our Cayman Islands counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state; and (ii) in original actions broughtimplemented restructurings in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognizepast and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
As a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a United States company.
Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to payimplement restructurings in the future for purpose of reducing costs, streamlining operations and improving cost efficiencies to better align our Class A ordinary sharesoperating expenses with our revenue. Such restructurings may include reducing our headcount, rationalizing our product pipeline, reducing marketing and technology expenditures and downsizing certain game studios. We plan to continue to manage costs to better and more efficiently manage our business. Our restructuring plans and other such efforts could entrench management.result in disruptions to our operations and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Our amendedWe actively monitor our costs, however, if we do not fully realize or maintain the anticipated benefits of any restructuring actions and restated memorandumcost reduction initiatives, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected, and articles of associationadditional restructuring initiatives may be necessary. In addition, we cannot be sure that the cost reduction initiatives will contain provisionsbe as successful in reducing our overall expenses as expected or that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisionsadditional costs will include a staggered board of directors, the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, and the fact that prior to the completionnot offset any such reductions. If our operating costs are higher than we expect or if we do not maintain adequate control of our initialcosts and expenses, our operating results will suffer. In addition, any cost reduction measures could negatively impact our business, combination only holdersfinancial condition or results of operations including but not limited to, delaying the introduction of new games, features, or content, delaying introduction of new technology, impacting our ability to react nimbly to game or technology issues, or impacting employee retention and morale.
We have a large game studio located in Burlingame, California, just south of San Francisco. The occurrence of an earthquake or other natural disaster or other significant business interruption at or near our game studio in Burlingame, California, or any of our Class B ordinary shares, which have been issuedother game studios or facilities, could cause damage to our sponsor,facilities and equipment and interfere with our operations.
We rent a facility housing a large game studio located in the San Francisco Bay Area, an area known for earthquakes, and is thus vulnerable to damage. All of our other game studios and facilities are entitledvulnerable to vote ondamage from natural or manmade disasters, including power loss, fire, explosions, floods, communications failures, terrorist attacks, contagious disease outbreak (such as the appointment of directors, which may make more difficult the removal of managementCOVID-19 pandemic) and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
An investment in this offering may result in uncertain U.S. federal income tax consequences.
An investment in this offering may result in uncertain U.S. federal income tax consequences. For instance, because there are no authorities that directly address instruments similar to the units we are issuing in this offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the purchase price of a unit between the Class A ordinary shares and the one-quarter of a warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share included in each unit could be challenged by the IRS or courts. Furthermore, the U.S. federal income tax
 
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consequencesevents. If any disaster were to occur, our ability to operate our business at our game studios or facilities could be impaired and we could incur significant losses, recovery from which may require substantial time and expense.
Our insurance may not provide adequate levels of a cashless exercise of warrants included in the unitscoverage against claims.
We believe that we are issuing in this offering is unclear under current law. Finally, it is unclear whether the redemption rights with respect to our ordinary shares suspend the running of a U.S. Holder’s (as defined below in “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — General”)holding periodmaintain insurance customary for purposes of determining whether any gain or loss realized by such holder on the sale or exchange of Class A ordinary shares is long-term capital gain or loss and for determining whether any dividend we pay would be considered “qualified dividends” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See the section titled “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” for a summary of the U.S. federal income tax considerations of an investment in our securities. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences when purchasing, holding or disposingbusinesses of our securities.
Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us could result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.
We depend on digital technologies, including information systems, infrastructuresize and cloud applications and services, including thosetype. However, there are types of third parties with whichlosses we may deal. Sophisticatedincur that cannot be insured against or that we believe are not economically reasonable to insure. Moreover, any loss incurred could exceed policy limits and deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure, or the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud, could leadpolicy payments made to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early stage company without significant investments in data security protection, weus may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences. We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents. It is possible that any of these occurrences, ormade on a combination of them,timely basis. Such losses could have adverse consequences onadversely affect our business prospects, results of operations, cash flows and lead to financial loss.condition.
Since only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our shares on Nasdaq, Nasdaq may consider us to beBecause we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq rules, and, as a result, weour shareholders may qualify for exemptions fromnot have certain corporate governance requirements.protections that are available to shareholders of companies that are not controlled companies.
After completionSo long as more than 50% of this offering, only holdersthe voting power for the election of our founder sharesdirectors is held by an individual, a group or another company, we will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result, Nasdaq may consider us to bequalify as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq corporate governance standards. UnderAs of the Closing Date, the Founder Group controlled approximately 74.6% of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the Nasdaq corporate governance standards a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may electare not subject to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirements that:
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Risks Associated with Acquiring and OperatingThe Founder Group may have its interest in us diluted due to future equity issuances or its own actions in selling shares of our Class B common stock, in each case, which could result in a Business in Foreign Countries
If we pursue a target company with operations or opportunities outsideloss of the United States“controlled company” exemption under the Nasdaq listing rules. We would then be required to comply with those provisions of the Nasdaq listing requirements.
The dual class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with Andrew Pascal, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which limits an investor’s ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.
Shares of our Class B common stock are entitled to twenty (20) votes per share, while shares of our Class A common stock are entitled to one (1) vote per share. Mr. Pascal and his affiliated entities included in the Founder Group hold all of the issued and outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. Accordingly, as of the Closing Date, the Founder Group, including Mr. Pascal, controlled approximately 12.8% of the outstanding shares of common stock and approximately 74.6% of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock, and accordingly is able to control matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors, amendments to our initial business combination, weorganizational documents and any merger, consolidation, sales of all or substantially all of our assets or other major corporate transactions. Mr. Pascal may face additional burdenshave interests that differ from yours and may vote in connectiona way with investigating, agreeingwhich you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests. This concentrated control may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of the Company, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their capital stock as part of a sale of the Company, and completing such initial business combination, and if we effect such initial business combination, we would be subject to a varietymay ultimately affect the market price of additional risks that may negativelyshares of our Class A common stock. For information about our dual class structure, see the section titled “Description of Our Securities.”
We cannot predict the impact our operations.dual class structure may have on the stock price of our Class A common stock.
If we pursueWe cannot predict whether our dual class structure will result in a target a company with operationslower or opportunities outsidemore volatile market price of the United States for our initial business combination, we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border business combinations, includingClass A common stock or in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing our initial business combination,adverse publicity or other adverse consequences. For example, certain
 
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conducting due diligence in a foreign jurisdiction, having such transaction approved by any local governments, regulators or agencies and changes in the purchase price basedindex providers have announced restrictions on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
If we effect our initial business combinationincluding companies with such a company, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:
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If our management following our initial business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.
Following our initial business combination, our management may resign from their positions as officers or directors of the company and the management of the target business at the time of the business combination will remain in place. Management of the target business may not be familiar with United States securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.

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After our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenue may be derived from our operations in any such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and social conditions and government policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.
The economic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect our business. Economic growth could be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be sustained in the future. If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spendingmultiple-class share structures in certain industries. A decrease in demandof their indexes. Under these policies, our dual class capital structure would make us ineligible for spendinginclusion in certain industries could materially and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.
Exchange rate fluctuations and currency policies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.
In the event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, and the dollar equivalent of our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The value of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and are affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Any change in the relative value of such currency against our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business or, following consummation of our initial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if a currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a target business as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.
We may reincorporate in another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination, and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
In connection with our initial business combination, we may relocate the home jurisdiction of our business from the Cayman Islands to another jurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.
We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
We are subject to rules and regulations by various governing bodies, including, for example, the SEC, which are charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving regulatory measures under applicable law. Our efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from seeking a business combination target.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty and our business may be harmed.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements contained in this prospectus may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example, statements about:
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The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
We are offering 30,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit. We estimate that the net proceeds of this offering, together with the funds we will receive from the sale of the private placement warrants, will be used as set forth in the following table:
​​​
Without Over-
allotment
Option
​​
Over-allotment
Option
Exercised
​
Gross proceeds​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Gross proceeds from units offered to public(1)
​​​$300,000,000​​​​$345,000,000​​
Gross proceeds from private placement warrants offered in the private placement​​​$8,500,000​​​​$9,400,000​​
Total gross proceeds​​​$308,500,000​​​​$354,400,000​​
Estimated offering expenses(2)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public, excluding deferred portion)(3)
​​​$6,000,000​​​​$6,900,000​​
Legal fees and expenses​​​​300,000​​​​​300,000​​
Printing and engraving expenses​​​​40,000​​​​​40,000​​
Accounting fees and expenses​​​​35,000​​​​​35,000​​
SEC Expenses​​​​37,640​​​​​37,640​​
FINRA Expenses​​​​52,250​​​​​52,250​​
Travel and road show​​​​15,000​​​​​15,000​​
Nasdaq listing and filing fees​​​​75,000​​​​​75,000​​
Director & Officer liability insurance premiums(4)
​​​​350,000​​​​​350,000​​
Miscellaneous​​​​95,110​​​​​95,110​​
Total estimated offering expenses​​​$1,000,000​​​​$1,000,000​​
Proceeds after estimated reimbursed offering expenses​​​$301,500,000​​​​$346,500,000​​
Held in trust account(3)
​​​$300,000,000​​​​$345,000,000​​
% of public offering size​​​​100%​​​​​100%​​
Not held in trust account​​​$1,500,000​​​​$1,500,000​​
The following table shows the use of the estimated $1,500,000 of net proceeds not held in the trust account.(5)
​​​Amount​​
% of
Total
​
Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination(6)
​​​​200,000​​​​​13.3​​
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations​​​​175,000​​​​​11.7​​
Payment for office space, administrative and support services​​​​240,000​​​​​16.0​​
Nasdaq continued listing fees​​​​125,000​​​​​8.3​​
Consulting, travel and miscellaneous expenses incurred during search for initial business combination target​​​​150,000​​​​​10​​
Working capital to cover insurance premiums, miscellaneous expenses and reserves​​​​610,000​​​​​40.7​​
Total​​​$1,500,000​​​​​100%​​
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(1)
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(2)
A portion of the offering expenses will be paid from the proceeds of loans from our sponsor of up to $300,000 as described in this prospectus. To date, we have borrowed $79,596 under the promissory note with our sponsor. These amounts will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) and not to be held in the trust account. In the event that offering expenses are less than as set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post-closing working capital expenses. In the event that the offering expenses are more than as set forth in this table, we may fund such excess with funds not held in the trust account.
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(3)
The underwriters have agreed to defer underwriting commissions of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering. Upon and concurrently with the completion of our initial business combination, $10,500,000, which constitutes the underwriters’ deferred commissions (or $12,075,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the trust account. See “Underwriting.” The remaining funds, less amounts released to the trustee to pay redeeming shareholders, will be released to us and can be used to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of the business or businesses with which our initial business combination occurs or for general corporate purposes, including payment of principal or interest on indebtedness incurred in connection with our initial business combination, to fund the purchases of other companies or for working capital. The underwriters will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions.
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(4)
This amount represents the approximate amount of annual director and officer liability insurance premiums the registrant anticipates paying following the completion of its initial public offering and until it completes a business combination.
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(5)
These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring our initial business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may varyindices, and as a result, we may engage a number of consultantsmutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investment vehicles that attempt to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The amount in the table above does not include interest available to us from the trust account. The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 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. Assuming an interest rate of 0.08% per year, we estimate the interest earned on the trust account will be approximately $240,000 per year; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount.
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(6)
Includes estimated amounts that may also be used in connection with our initial business combination to fund a “no shop” provision and commitment fees for financing.
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Of the $308,500,000 in proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, or $354,400,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, $300,000,000 ($10.00 per unit), or $345,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit), will be deposited into a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, including $10,500,000, or up to $12,075,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, in deferred underwriting compensation. Wepassively track those indices will not be permitted to withdrawinvesting in our stock. It is unclear what effect, if any, of the principal or interest held in the trust account, except with respect to interest earnedthese policies will have on the funds held invaluations of publicly traded companies excluded from such indices, but it is possible that they may depress valuations, as compared to similar companies that are included. As a result, the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, until the earliestmarket price of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock could be adversely affected.
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2021 Plan and ESPP Plan. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to anystockholders and likely present other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares. Based on current interest rates, we expect that interest income earned on the trust account (if any) will be sufficient to pay our taxes.
The net proceeds held in the trust account may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of a target business with which we ultimately complete our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or the redemption of our public shares, we may apply the balance of the cash released from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-business combination company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital. There is no limitation on our ability to raise funds privately or through loans in connection with our initial business combination.
We believe that amounts not held in trust, together with funds available to us from loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team will be sufficient to pay the costs and expenses to which such proceeds are allocated. However, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. If we are required to seek additional capital, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors although they are under no obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances.
We will reimburse an affiliate of our sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team, in the amount of $10,000 per month. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. To date, we have borrowed $79,596 under the promissory note with our sponsor. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2020 and the closing of this offering. The loan will be repaid upon the closing of this offering out of the offering proceeds not held in the trust account.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. 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 to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor, its affiliates or any members of our management team 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.

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DIVIDEND POLICYrisks.
We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. If we increase the size of this offering, we will effectmay issue a share capitalization or other appropriate mechanism immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain thesubstantial number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with a business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

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DILUTION
The difference between the public offering price per Class A ordinary share, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units we are offering pursuant to this prospectus or the private placement warrants, and the pro forma net tangible book value per Class A ordinary share after this offering constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Such calculation does not reflect any dilution associated with the sale and exercise of warrants, including the private placement warrants, which would cause the actual dilution to the public shareholders to be higher, particularly where a cashless exercise is utilized. Net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing our net tangible book value, which is our total tangible assets less total liabilities (including the value of Class A ordinary shares which may be redeemed for cash), by the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares.
At September 15, 2020, our net tangible book deficit was $59,596, or approximately $(0.01) per ordinary share. After giving effect to the sale of 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus (or 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), the sale of the private placement warrants and the deduction of underwriting commissions and estimated expenses of this offering, our pro forma net tangible book value at September 15, 2020 would have been $5,000,002 or $0.56 per share (or $5,000,002 or $0.49 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), representing an immediate increase in net tangible book value (as decreased by the value of 28,601,028 Class A ordinary shares that may be redeemed for cash, or 32,943,528 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) of $0.57 per share (or $0.50 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to our sponsor as of the date of this prospectus and an immediate dilution to public shareholders from this offering of $10.00 per public share. Total dilution to public shareholders from this offering will be $9.44 per share (or $9.51 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).
The following table illustrates the dilution to the public shareholders on a per-share basis, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units or the private placement warrants:
​​​
Without
Over-allotment
​​
With
Over-allotment
​
Public offering price​​​​​​​​​$10.00​​​​​​​​​​$10.00​​
Net tangible book deficit before this offering​​​​(0.01)​​​​​​​​​​​(0.01)​​​​​​​​
Increase attributable to public shareholders​​​​0.57​​​​​​​​​​​0.50​​​​​​​​
Pro forma net tangible book value after this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants​​​​​​​​​​0.56​​​​​​​​​​​0.49​​
Dilution to public shareholders​​​​​​​​​$9.44​​​​​​​​​​$9.51​​
Percentage of dilution to public shareholders​​​​​​​​​​94.4%​​​​​​​​​​​95.1%​​
For purposes of presentation, we have reduced our pro forma net tangible book value after this offering (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) by $286,010,280 because holders of up to approximately 95.3% of our public shares may redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account at a per share redemption price equal to the amount in the trust account as set forth in our tender offer or proxy materials (initially anticipated to be the aggregate amount held in trust two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares).

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The following table sets forth information with respect to our sponsor and the public shareholders:
​​​Shares Purchased​​Total Consideration​​
Average
Price
per
Share
​
​​​Number​​Percentage​​Amount​​Percentage​
Class B Ordinary Shares(1)
​​​​7,500,000​​​​​20.0%​​​​$25,000​​​​​0.01%​​​​$0.003​​
Public Shareholders​​​​30,000,000​​​​​80.0%​​​​​300,000,000​​​​​99.99%​​​​$10.00​​
​​​​​37,500,000​​​​​100.0%​​​​$300,025,000​​​​​100.0%​​​​​​​​
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(1)
Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.
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The pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering (assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option) is calculated as follows:
​​​
Without
Over-allotment
​​
With
Over-allotment
​
Numerator:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net tangible book deficit before this offering​​​$(59,596)​​​​$(59,596)​​
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement warrants(1)
​​​​301,500,000​​​​​346,500,000​​
Plus: Offering costs paid in advance, excluded from tangible book value​​​​69,878​​​​​69,878​​
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions​​​​(10,500,000)​​​​​(12,075,000)​​
Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption(2)
​​​​(286,010,280)​​​​​(329,435,280)​​
​​​​$5,000,002​​​​$5,000,002​​
Denominator:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering​​​​8,625,000​​​​​8,625,000​​
Ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised​​​​(1,125,000)​​​​​—​​
Ordinary shares included in the units offered​​​​30,000,000​​​​​34,500,000​​
Less: Ordinary shares subject to redemption​​​​(28,601,028)​​​​​(32,943,528)​​
​​​​​8,898,972​​​​​10,181,472​​
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(1)
Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of $1,000,000 and underwriting commissions of $6,000,000 or $6,900,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option (excluding deferred underwriting fees). See “Use of Proceeds.”
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(2)
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share. See “Proposed Business Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities.”
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth our capitalization at September 15, 2020, and as adjusted to give effect to the filing of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the sale of our units in this offering and the private placement warrants and the application of the estimated net proceeds derived from the sale of such securities:
​​​September 15, 2020​
​​​Actual​​
As Adjusted(1)
​
Note payable – related party(2)
​​​$79,596​​​​$—​​
Deferred underwriting commissions​​​​—​​​​​10,500,000​​
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; -0-
and 28,601,028 shares subject to possible redemption, actual and as adjusted,
respectively
​​​​—​​​​​286,010,280​​
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized; -0- and 1,398,972 shares issued and outstanding (excluding -0- and 28,601,028 shares subject to possible redemption), actual and as adjusted,
respectively(3)
​​​​—​​​​​140​​
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 8,625,000 and 7,500,000 shares issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted, respectively(1)
​​​​863​​​​​750​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​24,137​​​​​5,013,830​​
Accumulated deficit​​​​(14,718)​​​​​(14,718)​​
Total shareholders’ equity​​​$10,282​​​​$5,000,002​​
Total capitalization​​​$89,878​​​​$301,510,282​​
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(1)
Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.
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(2)
Our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. To date, we have borrowed $79,596 under the promissory note with our sponsor.
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(3)
Upon the completion of our initial business combination, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein whereby redemptions cannot cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of the initial business combination, and any limitations (including, but not limited to, cash requirements) created by the terms of the proposed business combination.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on August 14, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial business combination (pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of this offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing or other sources.
The issuance of additional shares in a business combination:of common or preferred stock, including under the 2021 Plan and ESPP Plan. Any such issuances of additional shares of common or preferred stock:
•
may significantly dilute the equity interestinterests of investors in this offering, 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;our stockholders;
​
•
may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock if preference shares arepreferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;common stock;
​
•
could cause a change in control if a substantial number of shares of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
​
•
may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
​
•
may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units,common stock.
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The historical financial results of Old PLAYSTUDIOS and unaudited pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus may not be indicative of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been.
The historical financial results of Old PLAYSTUDIOS included in this prospectus do not reflect the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows they would have achieved as a standalone company during the periods presented or those we will achieve in the future. This is primarily the result of the following factors: (i) we will incur additional ongoing costs as a result of the Business Combination, including costs related to public company reporting, investor relations and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and (ii) our capital structure will be different from that reflected in Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ historical financial statements. Our financial condition and future results of operations could be materially different from amounts reflected in Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ historical financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, so it may be difficult for investors to compare our future results to historical results or to evaluate its relative performance or trends in our business.
Similarly, the unaudited pro forma financial information in this prospectus is presented for illustrative purposes only and has been prepared based on a number of assumptions including, but not limited to, Acies being treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes in the Business Combination, the total debt obligations and the cash and cash equivalents of Old PLAYSTUDIOS on the Closing Date and the number of Acies Class A ordinary shares that are redeemed in connection with the Business Combination. Accordingly, such pro forma financial information may not be indicative of our future operating or financial performance and our actual financial condition and results of operations may vary materially from our pro forma results of operations and balance sheet contained elsewhere in this prospectus, including as a result of such assumptions not being accurate. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.”
Legal proceedings in connection with the Business Combination, the outcomes of which are uncertain, could divert management’s attention and adversely affect our daily operations.
On March 2, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, by a purported Acies shareholder in connection with the Business Combination: McCart v. Acies Acquisition Corp., et al. (Sup. Ct. L.A. County) (the “Complaint”). The Complaint names Acies and members of Acies’ board of directors as defendants. The Complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duties against members of

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Acies’ board of directors and aiding and abetting the board of directors’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties against Acies. The Complaint also alleges that the registration statement is materially deficient and omits and/or warrants;misrepresents material information including, among other things, certain financial information, certain details regarding Acies’ financial advisors, and other information relating to the background of the Business Combination. The Complaint generally seeks to enjoin the Business Combination or in the event that it is consummated, recover damages. Another purported Acies shareholder sent a demand letter on February 19, 2021 (the “Demand”), making similar allegations as those made in the Complaint and demanding additional disclosure regarding the Business Combination. Additional lawsuits may be filed against Acies, Old PLAYSTUDIOS or us or our directors and officers in connection with the Business Combination. Defending such additional lawsuits could require any of the above entities to incur significant costs and draw the attention of the management team away from the daily operations of PLAYSTUDIOS. Further, the defense or settlement of any lawsuit or claim may also adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
​Warrants will become exercisable for our common stock and Earnout Shares and Sponsor Shares may become issuable or vest, each of which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.
Outstanding Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 10,996,631 shares of our Class A common stock will become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement governing those securities starting on October 27, 2021. The exercise price of these Warrants will be $11.50 per share. In addition, up to 15,000,000 Earnout Shares of our common stock may be issued and up to 900,000 Sponsor Shares may vest and become unrestricted upon the occurrence of the Earnout Triggering Events. To the extent such Warrants are exercised and such shares are issued or become unrestricted, additional shares of our Class A common stock will be issued or become eligible for resale, which will result in dilution to the holders of our common stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market or the fact that such warrants may be exercised could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Regulatory and licensing requirements may limit the ability of third parties seeking to make investments in us or acquire us.
Many states require prior approval of acquisitions of “control,” as defined under each state’s laws and regulations, which may apply to an investment without regard to the intent of the investor. In some states, the obligation to obtain approval is imposed on the licensee, and in other states, the prospective investor bears the statutory obligation. Depending on the form of entity, the threshold trigger may be limited to voting stock. A failure to make the relevant filings and receive the requisite approvals could result in administrative sanctions against the prospective investor or the licensee, including the potential suspension of the license in that state until the requisite approval is obtained. These regulatory requirements may discourage potential acquisition proposals or investments that would result in a change of control of us, may delay or prevent acquisition of shares that would result in a change in control of us, and, as a result, may adversely impact demand for, and the trading price of, our common stock.
Risks Relating to the Restatement of Our Previously Issued Financial Statements
Our warrants are accounted for as liabilities and changes in the value of our warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.
On April 12, 2021, the SEC Staff expressed its view that certain terms and conditions common to SPAC warrants may require the warrants to be classified as liabilities instead of equity on the SPAC’s balance sheet (the “SEC Staff Statement”). As a result of the SEC Staff Statement, we reevaluated the accounting treatment of our Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, and determined to classify the Warrants as derivative liabilities measured at fair value, with changes in fair value reported in our statement of operations for each reporting period.
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the remeasurement of the fair value of such derivatives at each balance sheet date, with a resulting non-cash gain or loss related to the change in the fair value being recognized in earnings in the statement of operations. As a result of the recurring fair value measurement, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly based on factors which are outside of our control. Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on our warrants each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material.
We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our management also evaluates the effectiveness of our internal controls and we will disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation in those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
As described elsewhere in this prospectus, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the classification of our warrants as equity instead of liabilities. On May 9, 2021, our audit committee authorized management to restate our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, and, accordingly, management concluded that the control deficiency that resulted in the incorrect classification of our warrants constituted a material weakness as of December 31, 2020. This material weakness resulted in a material misstatement of our warrant liabilities, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, additional paid-in capital, accumulated deficit and related financial disclosures for the affected periods.
We have implemented a remediation plan, to remediate the material weakness surrounding our historical presentation of our warrants but can give no assurance that the measures we have taken will prevent any future material weaknesses or deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting. Even though we have strengthened our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.
Additional Risks Related to Ownership of Our common stock and Our Operation as a Public Company
The price of our Class A common stock and Warrants may be volatile.
The price of our Class A common stock, as well as our Warrants may fluctuate due to a variety of factors, including:
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default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
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our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;
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our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;
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our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;
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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;
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limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industryindustries in which we and our customers operate;
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changes in general economic, industrylaws and competitive conditionsregulations affecting our business;
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variations in our operating performance and adverse changesthe performance of our competitors in government regulation;general;
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the issuance and potential sales of 15,000,000 Earnout Shares and potential sale of 900,000 Sponsor Shares upon the occurrence of Earnout Triggering Events;
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commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving the combined company;
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changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;
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the volume of shares of our Class A common stock available for public sale; and
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general economic and political conditions, such as the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, recessions, interest rates, local and national elections, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations, corruption, political instability and acts of war or terrorism.
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These market and industry factors may materially reduce the market price of our Class A common stock, and Warrants regardless of our operating performance.
In addition, fluctuations in the price of our securities could contribute to the loss of all or part of your investment. Prior to the Business Combination, there has not been a public market for our stock and trading in the shares of Acies’ Class A ordinary shares has not been active. Accordingly, the valuation ascribed to us in the Business Combination may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market following the Business Combination. If an active market for our securities develops and continues, the trading price of our securities could be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. Any of the factors listed above could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our securities, and our securities may trade at prices significantly below the price you paid for them. In such circumstances, the trading price of our securities may not recover and may experience a further decline.
We do not intend to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to finance the further development and expansion of our business and does not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in future agreements and financing instruments, business prospects and such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant.
We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from the exercise of the Public Warrants, and we may invest or spend the proceeds in ways with which investors do not agree and in ways that may not yield a return.
We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from the exercises of warrants and options. Investors may not agree with our decisions, and our use of the proceeds may not yield a return on investment. We intend to use these net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, investments and working capital. In addition, from time to time in the past we have considered, and we continue to consider, acquisitions and strategic transactions, and we also may use such net proceeds for such purposes. Our use of these proceeds may differ substantially from our current plans. Our failure to apply the net proceeds from the exercises of warrants and options effectively could impair our ability to pursue our growth strategy or could require us to raise additional capital.
We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.
The market price of our Class A common stock may be volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

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Future resales of common stock may cause the market price of our securities to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.
Pursuant to the Sponsor Support Agreement and the Bylaws, after the consummation of the Business Combination and subject to certain exceptions, the holders of: (i) the shares of our common stock issued as consideration pursuant to the Mergers, (ii) any Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options; (iii) the shares of our common stock underlying the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options; (iv) Sponsor Shares or (v) Private Placement Warrants, in each case, are restricted from selling or transferring any of the securities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) (the “Lock-Up Securities”). Such restrictions begin at Closing and end at the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except that beginning on the date that is 180 days after the Closing, an amount of Lock-Up Securities equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the Lock-Up Securities held by each holder of Lock-Up Securities and (B) 50,000 Lock-Up Securities held by each holder of Lock-Up Securities, will no longer be subject to the transfer restrictions.
However, following the expiration of such lock-up, the Sponsor and the Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders will not be restricted from selling shares of our common stock held by them, other than by applicable securities laws. Additionally, the PIPE Investors will not be restricted from selling any of their shares of our common stock following the Closing, other than by applicable securities laws. As such, sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our common stock. Upon completion of the Business Combination, the Sponsor and the Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders collectively owned approximately 72% of the outstanding shares of our common stock (not including the shares of our common stock issued in the PIPE Investment pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreements).
The shares held by Sponsor and the Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders may be sold after the expiration of the applicable lock-up period. As restrictions on resale end and registration statements (filed after the Closing to provide for the resale of such shares from time to time) are available for use, the sale or possibility of sale of these shares could have the effect of increasing the volatility in the share price of our Class A common stock or the market price of our Class A common stock could decline if the holders of currently restricted shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them.
The Public Warrants may never be in the money, and they may expire worthless and the terms of the warrants may be amended in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment.
The warrants were issued in registered form under a Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and Acies. The Warrant Agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the Public Warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the Public Warrants with the consent of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of Class A common stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
We may redeem the Public Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to the holders of Public Warrants.
We have the ability to redeem outstanding Public Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for

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sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the Public Warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the warrants. Redemption of the outstanding Public Warrants as described above could force the holders of Public Warrants to: (i) exercise the Public Warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for them to do so; (ii) sell the Public Warrants at the then-current market price when they might otherwise wish to hold their warrants; or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding Public Warrants are called for redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of the Public Warrants. None of the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by us (subject to limited exceptions) so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
In addition, we have the ability to redeem the outstanding Public Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.10 per warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the holders of the Public Warrants equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). In such a case, the holders will be able to exercise their Public Warrants prior to redemption for a number of shares of Class A common stock determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A common stock. The value received upon exercise of the Public Warrants (i) may be less than the value the holders would have received if they had exercised their warrants at a later time where the underlying share price is higher and (ii) may not compensate the holders for the value of the warrants, including because the number of ordinary shares received is capped at 0.361 shares of Class A common stock per warrant (subject to adjustment) irrespective of the remaining life of the warrants.
Furthermore, the shares of common stock issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants or Private Placement Warrants (or upon the redemption of such Warrants for shares of our common stock) will result in dilution to the existing holders of our common stock.
Delaware law and our organizational documents contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions that limit the ability of stockholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.
Our organizational documents, and the DGCL, contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying or preventing an acquisition that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, and therefore depress the trading price of our common stock. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the current members of the Board of Directors or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. Among other things, the organizational documents include provisions regarding:
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the ability of the Board of Directors to issue shares of preferred stock, including “blank check” preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;
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the certificate of incorporation will prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;
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the limitation of the liability of, and the indemnification of, our directors and officers;
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delay changes in the Board of Directors and also may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of the Company.
These provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in Board or management.
The provisions of the certificate of incorporation requiring exclusive forum in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for certain types of lawsuits may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, in the event the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware) will be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or stockholder of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders; (iii) any action, suit or proceeding arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our Bylaws or our Certificate of Incorporation (as either may be amended from time to time); (iv) any action, suit or proceeding as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; or (v) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against us or any current or former director, officer or stockholder governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the certificate of incorporation will provide that the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Similarly, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. The Organizational Documents also provide that, unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.
These provisions may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers. The enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that, in connection with any applicable action brought against us, a court could find the choice of forum provisions contained in the certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in such action.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
All of the Class A common stock and Private Placement Warrants offered by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the Selling Securityholders for their respective accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from these sales.
We will receive up to an aggregate of approximately $126.5 million from the exercise of the Warrants, assuming the exercise in full of all of the Warrants for cash. We expect to use the net proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants, if any, for general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, investments and working capital. In addition, from time to time in the past we have considered, and we continue to consider, acquisitions and strategic transactions, and we also may use such net proceeds.
We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants. There is no assurance that the holders of the Warrants will elect to exercise any or all of such Warrants. To the extent that the Warrants are exercised on a “cashless basis,” the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of the Warrants will decrease.

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DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE
The offering price of the shares of Class A common stock underlying the Warrants offered hereby is determined by reference to the exercise price of the Warrants of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPSW.”
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MARKET INFORMATION FOR COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY
Market Information
Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPS”, and our Public Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPSW”.
Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, our Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants were listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “ACACU,” “ACAC” and “ACACW,” respectively.
As of June 21, 2021 following the completion of the Business Combination, there were 396 holders of record of our Class A common stock, 2 holders of record of our Class B common stock and 2 holders of record of our Warrants.
Dividend Policy
We have not paid any cash dividends on our Class A common stock to date. It is the present intention of the Company’s board of directors to retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of its business and the Company’s board of directors does not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends is within the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and will be contingent upon the Company’s future revenues and earnings, as well as its capital requirements and general financial condition.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
In connection with the Business Combination, our stockholders approved our 2021 Plan on June 17, 2021, which became effective immediately upon the Closing. We intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register the shares of our common stock issued or issuable under the 2021 Plan and the assumed Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options. Any such Form S-8 registration statement will become effective automatically upon filing. Once these shares are registered, they can be sold in the public market upon issuance, subject to applicable restrictions.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company” refers to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and its subsidiaries after the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), and Acies prior to the Closing.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.”
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 combines the historical balance sheet of Acies and the historical balance sheet of Old PLAYSTUDIOS on a pro forma basis as if the Business Combination and related transactions, summarized below, had been consummated on March 31, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 combine the historical statements of operations of Acies and Old PLAYSTUDIOS for such periods on a pro forma basis as if the Business Combination and related transactions, summarized below, had been consummated on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the year presented:
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the impacts of the Business Combination, including the Domestication; the merger of Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies, with and into Old PLAYSTUDIOS, with Old PLAYSTUDIOS surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies; and the merger of Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies, with and into Old PLAYSTUDIOS, with Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies;
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the issuance of consideration to existing Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders, consisting of shares of our common stock, cash and the commitment to provide up to an additional 15.0 million shares of our common stock if certain share price targets are met during the five-year period following the consummation of the Business Combination;
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the impacts of the Sponsor Support Agreement, including the immediate forfeiture of 1,657,188 Acies Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and 715,000 private placement warrants;
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the conversion of all outstanding Old PLAYSTUDIOS options into options exercisable for shares of our common stock with the same terms except for the number of shares exercisable and the exercise price, each of which were adjusted using the Exchange Ratio;
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the conversion of all outstanding Acies warrants into warrants with the right to receive a number of shares of our common stock with the same terms;
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the impact of the Subscription Agreements, including the proceeds of $250 million from the issuance of 25,000,000 shares of our common stock to investors; and
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the redemption of 11,333,489 shares of Acies Class A ordinary shares for an aggregate redemption payment of $113.4 million.
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The historical financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and accompanying notes:
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the audited financial statements of Acies as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from October 22, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 included in this prospectus;
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the unaudited financial statements of Acies as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in this prospectus;
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the audited financial statements of Old PLAYSTUDIOS for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in this prospectus; and
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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should also be read together with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in this prospectus.
Description of the Business Combination
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Acies acquired all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Old PLAYSTUDIOS in exchange for a combination of cash and our common stock. The initial purchase price of Old PLAYSTUDIOS was based on a pre-money enterprise value of approximately $1,041 million.
The following summarizes the consideration issued at the Closing of the Business Combination (as of June 21, 2021):
Total Consideration (in thousands, except share data)​​Amounts​
Cash consideration to Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders(1)
​​​$102,020​​
Shares transferred at Closing(2)
​​​​86,838​​
Value per share​​​$10.00​​
Share consideration​​​$868,380​​
Total consideration for outstanding shares​​​$970,400​​
Shares of PLAYSTUDIOS underlying vested options​​​​7,060​​
Value per share​​​$10.00​​
Total consideration for vested options​​​$70,600​​
Aggregate consideration​​​$1,041,000​​
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(1)
The Merger Agreement entitled Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders to make an election for cash consideration for up to 15% of their shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS capital stock. The amount presented is the actual cash consideration issued at the close of the Business Combination.
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Excludes shares of our common stock underlying the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options that are vested but unexercised as of the Closing of the Business Combination. As the shares do not represent legally outstanding shares of our common stock at Closing, they are excluded from the total consideration amount
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The following summarizes the common stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Business Combination:
​​​Shares​​Ownership %​​Voting Power %​
Acies public shareholders(1)
​​​​10,191,511​​​​​8.1%​​​​​2.4%​​
Sponsor(1)(2)​​​​3,724,062​​​​​3.0%​​​​​0.7%​​
Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders (excluding Founder Group)(3)
​​​​70,707,791​​​​​56.2%​​​​​16.4%​​
Founder Group(3)
​​​​16,130,300​​​​​12.8%​​​​​74.7%​​
PIPE Investment Shareholders​​​​25,000,000​​​​​19.9%​​​​​5.8%​​
Pro Forma PLAYSTUDIOS Common Stock​​​​125,753,664​​​​​100.0%​​​​​100.0%​​
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Excludes the shares of our Class A common stock underlying the Warrants, as the warrants are not exercisable until 30 days after the Closing of the Business Combination or one year from the closing of the IPO. Reflects the redemption of 11,333,489 Acies Class A ordinary shares.
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Includes 900,000 shares of our Class A common stock, held by the Sponsor that are subject to forfeiture if certain earnout conditions are not satisfied, as the shares are issued and outstanding as of the Closing of the Business Combination. The 900,000 shares do not have voting rights until the earnout conditions have been satisfied.
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(3)
Excludes the shares of our Class A and Class B common stock underlying our Options as well as any potential earn-out consideration, as they do not represent legally outstanding shares of our common stock at Closing.
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The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available, and assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ materially from the assumptions used to present the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information
Accounting for the Business Combination
The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Acies was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of Old PLAYSTUDIOS issuing stock for the net assets of Acies, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Acies are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination are those of Old PLAYSTUDIOS.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2021
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​​​As of March 31, 2021​​As of March 31, 2021​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Acies
AcquisitionCorp.
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Playstudios, Inc.
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Transaction
Accounting
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Combined
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Current Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash and cash equivalents​​​$265​​​​$39,475​​​​$—​​​​$215,290​​​​​(C)​​​​$220,231​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(102,020)​​​​​(F)​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(2,500)​​​​​(J)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​250,000​​​​​(K)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(21,886)​​​​​(L)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(12,501)​​​​​(M)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(113,358)​​​​​(O)​​​​​​​​
Receivables​​​​—​​​​​31,961​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​31,961​​
Prepaid expenses​​​​634​​​​​2,566​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​3,200​​
Income tax receivable​​​​—​​​​​5,938​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​5,938​​
Other current assets​​​​—​​​​​6,113​​​​​—​​​​​(5,783)​​​​​(L)​​​​​330​​
Total current assets​​​​899​​​​​86,053​​​​​—​​​​​174,708​​​​​​​​​​​261,660​​
Non-current Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Security deposit​​​​3​​​​​—​​​​​(3)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​—​​
Cash and securities held in Trust Account​​​​215,290​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(215,290)​​​​​(C)​​​​​—​​
Property and equipment, net​​​​—​​​​​5,687​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​5,687​​
Internal-use software, net​​​​—​​​​​40,074​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​40,074​​
Goodwill​​​​—​​​​​5,059​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​5,059​​
Intangibles, net​​​​—​​​​​1,512​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1,512​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​—​​​​​3,109​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​3,109​​
Other long-term assets​​​​—​​​​​4,379​​​​​3​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​4,382​​
Total non-current assets​​​​215,293​​​​​59,820​​​​​—​​​​​(215,290)​​​​​​​​​​​59,823​​
Total Assets​​​$216,192​​​​$145,873​​​​$—​​​​$(40,582)​​​​​​​​​​$321,483​​
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Accrued expenses​​​$66​​​​$—​​​​$(66)​​​​$—​​​​​​​​​​$—​​
Accounts payable​​​​—​​​​​5,348​​​​​—​​​​​(100)​​​​​(L)​​​​​5,248​​
Accrued liabilities​​​​—​​​​​32,612​​​​​66​​​​​(20,000)​​​​​(H)​​​​​12,015​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(631)​​​​​(L)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(32)​​​​​(M)​​​​​​​​
Total current liabilities​​​​66​​​​​37,960​​​​​—​​​​​(20,763)​​​​​​​​​​​17,263​​
Non-current Liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Deferred underwriting fee payable​​​​7,534​​​​​—​​​​​(7,534)​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Warrant liabilities​​​​17,802​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(1,087)​​​​​(A)​​​​​16,715​​
Minimum guarantee liability​​​​—​​​​​250​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​250​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​—​​​​​2,860​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2,860​​
Other long-term liabilities​​​​—​​​​​1,185​​​​​7,534​​​​​(7,534)​​​​​(D)​​​​​1,185​​
Total non-current liabilities​​​​25,336​​​​​4,295​​​​​—​​​​​(8,621)​​​​​​​​​​​21,010​​
Total liabilities​​​​25,402​​​​​42,255​​​​​—​​​​​(29,384)​​​​​​​​​​​38,273​​

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2021
(in thousands)
​​​As of March 31, 2021​​As of March 31, 2021​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​
Acies
AcquisitionCorp.
(Historical)
​​
Playstudios, Inc.
(Historical)
​​
Reclassification
Adjustments
​​
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
​​​​​​​​
Pro Forma
Combined
​
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption​​​​185,790​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(185,790)​​​​​(B)​​​​​—​​
Stockholders’ Equity:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Class A Ordinary shares​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(B)​​​​​—​​
Class B Ordinary shares​​​​1​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(1)​​​​​(A)​​​​​—​​
Preferred stock​​​​—​​​​​8​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(F)​​​​​—​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(8)​​​​​(G)​​​​​​​​
Common stock​​​​​​​​​​12​​​​​—​​​​​(2)​​​​​(F)​​​​​—​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(10)​​​​​(G)​​​​​​​​
Class A Common Stock​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1​​​​​(A)​​​​​11​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2​​​​​(B)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​6​​​​​(G)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​3​​​​​(K)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(1)​​​​​(O)​​​​​​​​
Class B Common Stock​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​2​​​​​(G)​​​​​2​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​6,361​​​​​73,693​​​​​—​​​​​185,788​​​​​(B)​​​​​264,718​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(275)​​​​​(E)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(102,018)​​​​​(F)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​10​​​​​(G)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​249,997​​​​​(K)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(25,347)​​​​​(L)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(11,676)​​​​​(M)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1,542​​​​​(N)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(113,357)​​​​​(O)​​​​​​​​
Retained earnings​​​​(1,362)​​​​​29,720​​​​​—​​​​​1,087​​​​​(A)​​​​​18,294​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​275​​​​​(E)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(5,000)​​​​​(I)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(2,500)​​​​​(J)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(1,591)​​​​​(L)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(793)​​​​​(M)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(1,542)​​​​​(N)​​​​​​​​
Accumulated other comprehensive income​​​​—​​​​​185​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​185​​
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)​​​​5,000​​​​​103,618​​​​​—​​​​​174,592​​​​​​​​​​​283,210​​
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
​​​​216,192​​​​​145,873​​​​​—​​​​​(40,582)​​​​​​​​​​​321,483​​
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021
(in thousands, except per share data)
​​​For the three months ended March 31, 2021​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​
Acies
AcquisitionCorp.
(Historical)
​​
Playstudios, Inc.
(Historical)
​​
Reclassification
Adjustments
​​
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
​​​​​​​​
Pro Forma
Combined
​​​
Net revenues​​​$—​​​​$74,097​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$74,097​​​​
Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue​​​​—​​​​​24,488​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​24,488​​​​
Selling and marketing​​​​—​​​​​17,000​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​17,000​​​​
General and administrative​​​​—​​​​​4,279​​​​​899​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​5,178​​​​
Research and development​​​​—​​​​​14,746​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​14,746​​​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​—​​​​​6,034​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​6,034​​​​
Formation and operational costs​​​​899​​​​​—​​​​​(899)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​—​​​​
Total operating costs and expenses​​​​899​​​​​66,547​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​67,446​​​​
Income from operations​​​​(899)​​​​​7,550​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​6,651​​​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest expense​​​​—​​​​​(42)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(42)​​​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​—​​​​​(242)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(242)​​​​
Interest income​​​​18​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​(18)​​​​​(FF)​​​​​—​​​​
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​(4)​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​4​​​​​(FF)​​​​​—​​​​
Change in fair value of warrant liability​​​​7,144​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​(436)​​​​​(GG)​​​​​6,708​​​​
Total other income (expense), net​​​​7,158​​​​​(284)​​​​​—​​​​​(450)​​​​​​​​​​​6,424​​​​
Income before income taxes​​​​6,259​​​​​7,266​​​​​—​​​​​(450)​​​​​​​​​​​13,075​​​​
Provision for income taxes​​​​—​​​​​(1,348)​​​​​​​​​​​107​​​​​​​​​​​(1,241)​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$6,259​​​​$5,918​​​​$—​​​​$(343)​​​​​​​​​​$11,834​​​​
Class A Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​108,723​​​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​121,021​​​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$0.09​​​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$0.09​​​​
Class B Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​16,130​​​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​18,052​​​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$0.09​​​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$0.09​​​​

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
(in thousands, except per share data)
​​​
For the twelve months ended
December 31, 2020
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​
Acies
Acquisition Corp.
(Historical)
​​
Playstudios, Inc.
(Historical)
​​
Reclassification
Adjustments
​​
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
​​​​​​​​
Pro Forma
Combined
​
Net revenues​​​$—​​​​$269,882​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$269,882​​
Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue​​​​—​​​​​91,469​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​91,469​​
Selling and marketing​​​​—​​​​​57,124​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​57,124​​
General and administrative​​​​—​​​​​16,960​​​​​1,439​​​​​5,000​​​​​(AA)​​​​​29,825​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​2,500​​​​​(BB)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1,591​​​​​(CC)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​793​​​​​(DD)​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1,542​​​​​(EE)​​​​​​​​
Research and development​​​​—​​​​​51,696​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​51,696​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​—​​​​​22,192​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​22,192​​
Restructuring expenses​​​​—​​​​​20,092​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​20,092​​
Formation and operational costs​​​​1,439​​​​​—​​​​​(1,439)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​—​​
Total operating costs and expenses​​​​1,439​​​​​259,533​​​​​—​​​​​11,426​​​​​​​​​​​272,398​​
Income from operations​​​​(1,439)​​​​​10,349​​​​​—​​​​​(11,426)​​​​​​​​​​​(2,516)​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest expense​​​​—​​​​​(142)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(142)​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​—​​​​​929​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​929​​
Interest income​​​​22​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​(22)​​​​​(FF)​​​​​—​​
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​4​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​(4)​​​​​(FF)​​​​​—​​
Change in fair value of warrant liability​​​​(6,207)​​​​​—​​​​​​​​​​​379​​​​​(GG)​​​​​(5,828)​​
Total other income (expense), net​​​​(6,181)​​​​​787​​​​​—​​​​​353​​​​​​​​​​​(5,041)​​
Income before income taxes​​​​(7,620)​​​​​11,136​​​​​—​​​​​(11,073)​​​​​​​​​​​(7,557)​​
Provision for income taxes​​​​​​​​​​1,671​​​​​​​​​​​2,580​​​​​​​​​​​4,251​​
Net income​​​$(7,620)​​​​$12,807​​​​$—​​​​$(8,493)​​​​​​​​​​$(3,306)​​
Class A Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​108,723​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​117,503​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per
share:
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$(0.03)​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$(0.02)​​
Class B Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​16,130​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​17,593​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per
share:
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$(0.03)​​
Diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$(0.02)​​

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1.
Basis of Presentation
​
The Business Combination is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Acies was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination was treated as the equivalent of us issuing stock for the net assets of Acies, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Acies are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination are those of Old PLAYSTUDIOS.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 assumes that the Business Combination occurred on March 31, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 present pro forma effects to the Business Combination as if it had been completed on January 1, 2020. These periods are presented on the basis of Old PLAYSTUDIOS as the accounting acquirer.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:
a.
Acies’ unaudited condensed balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the related notes included in this prospectus; and
​
b.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the related notes, included in this prospectus.
​
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:
a.
Acies’ unaudited condensed statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the related notes, included in this prospectus; and
​
b.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the related notes, included in this prospectus.
​
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:
a.
Acies’ audited condensed statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in this prospectus; and
​
b.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in this prospectus.
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The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that we believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material. We believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Business Combination based on information available to management at this time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the post-combination company. They should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of Acies and Old PLAYSTUDIOS.

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Accounting Policies
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Upon consummation of the Business Combination, management performed a comprehensive review of the two entities’ accounting policies. Based on its initial analysis, management did not identify any differences that would have a material impact on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. As a result, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not assume any differences in accounting policies.
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Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Business Combination and has been prepared for informational purposes only.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33‑10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.” Release No. 33‑10786 replaces the existing pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (“Transaction Accounting Adjustments”) and present the reasonably estimable synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or reasonably expected to occur (“Management’s Adjustments”). Acies has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and will only be presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The pro forma combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the post-combination company filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.
The pro forma basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are based upon the number of the post-combination company’s shares outstanding, assuming the Business Combination occurred on January 1, 2020.
Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 are as follows:
(A)
Reflects the conversion, on a one-for one basis, of the Sponsor Shares into our Class A common stock upon the Domestication as well as the forfeiture of 1,657,188 Sponsor Shares and 715,000 private placement warrants. The forfeiture of Sponsor Shares and private placement warrants included 522,843 Acies Class B ordinary shares and 449,129 private placement warrants that were owned by Andrew Pascal prior to the consummation of the Business Combination.
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(B)
Reflects the conversion of (i) 18,575,572 Acies Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption and are classified as temporary equity and (ii) 2,949,428 Acies Class A ordinary shares that are subject to possible redemption and are classified as stockholders’ equity to our Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 and Additional Paid-In Capital, on a one-for-one basis upon the Domestication.
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(C)
Reflects the reclassification of $215.3 million of cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account established at the consummation of Acies’ initial public offering, into which substantially all of the proceeds from Acies’ initial public offering has been deposited for the benefit of Acies, certain of its public shareholders and the underwriters of Acies’ initial public offering (“Trust Account”) that become available to fund the Business Combination.
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(D)
Reflects the settlement of $7.5 million of Acies’ deferred underwriting fees payable at the Closing of the Business Combination.
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(E)
Reflects the reclassification of Acies historical accumulated deficit, including the incremental adjustment to the accumulated deficit associated with the forfeiture of the private placement warrants described in adjustment (A) above, to Additional Paid-In Capital.
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(F)
Reflects the exchange of Old PLAYSTUDIOS shares for which holders elected to receive cash for total cash consideration of $102.0 million paid to Old PLAYSTUDIOS stockholders
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(G)
Represents the recapitalization of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock and Old PLAYSTUDIOS preferred stock, which includes shares resulting from the settlement of warrants to purchase Old PLAYSTUDIOS preferred stock, into (a) 70,707,791 shares of our Class A common stock and (b) 16,130,300 shares of our Class B common stock.
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(H)
In April 2011, Old PLAYSTUDIOS entered into a joint marketing agreement with MGM Resorts International. In exchange for assistance with marketing campaigns and the exclusive right to utilize MGM’s intellectual property for the development of social gaming apps, Old PLAYSTUDIOS agreed to issue common stock representing 10% of their then-outstanding common stock and in lieu of royalty payments, Old PLAYSTUDIOS agreed to pay a profit share. In October 2020, Old PLAYSTUDIOS elected its right to terminate the profit share provision of the agreement for a one-time termination fee of $20.0 million, payable upon the consummation of the Business Combination. The pro forma adjustment reflects the payment at the close of the Business Combination and the release of $20 million in accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2020. Additionally, in connection with the Business Combination, MGM immediately reinvested the $20.0 million fee as part of the PIPE offering described in note (K).
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(I)
Reflects the payment of a $5.0 million transaction bonus to our management team at the Closing of the Business Combination.
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(J)
Reflects the payment of a $2.5 million transaction donation to a charity decided by our management team at the Closing of the Business Combination.
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(K)
Reflects the proceeds of $250.0 million from the issuance and sale of 25,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock at $10.00 per share as part of the PIPE offering pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreements.
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(L)
Reflects the settlement of the total transaction costs incurred by Old PLAYSTUDIOS of approximately $27.0 million, consisting of equity issuance costs of $25.3 million and $1.7 million transaction costs to be expensed as incurred. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction of cash of $21.9 million as $5.1 million has been paid as of the pro forma balance sheet date. The costs expensed through retained earnings are included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 as discussed in (CC) below.
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(M)
Reflects the settlement of the total transaction costs incurred by Acies of approximately $13.2 million, consisting of equity issuance costs of $11.7 million, $0.8 million in transaction costs to be expensed as incurred and not yet recognized, and $0.7 million in transaction costs expensed in the historical Acies statement of operations. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet reflects these costs as a reduction of cash of $12.5 million as $0.7 million has been paid as of the pro forma balance sheet date. The costs expensed through retained earnings are included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 as discussed in (DD) below.
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(N)
Represents the incremental fair value of our Class B common stock related to the increased voting rights. Our Class B common stock, which was granted to the Founder Group, has the same economic rights as our Class A common stock, except the voting rights. Our Class B common stock carries 20 votes per share whereas our Class A common stock carries one vote per share. Therefore, the incremental fair value of our Class B common stock resulted in a compensation charge at the time of exchange for approximately $1.5 million.
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(O)
Reflects the actual redemption of 11,333,489 Acies Class A ordinary shares for an aggregate redemption payment of $113.4 million allocated to our Class A common stock and Additional Paid-In Capital using par value $0.0001 per share and at the actual redemption price of $10.00 per share.
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Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:
(AA)
Reflects the recognition of expense related to the transaction bonus incurred at the close of the Business Combination. This is a non-recurring item.
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(BB)
Reflects the recognition of expense related to the transaction donation to a charity decided by our management team at the Closing of the Business Combination. This is a non-recurring item.
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(CC)
Reflects the total transaction costs for us not yet recognized in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Transaction costs are reflected as if incurred on January 1, 2020, the date the Business Combination occurred for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. This is a non-recurring item.
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(DD)
Reflects the total transaction costs not yet recognized for Acies in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Transaction costs are reflected as if incurred on January 1, 2020, the date the Business Combination occurred for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations. This is a non-recurring item.
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(EE)
Reflects the recognition of the compensation expense related to the incremental fair value of our Class B common stock as described in adjustment (N) above. This is a non-recurring item.
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(FF)
Represents the elimination of Acies’ investment income related to the marketable securities held in the Trust Account.
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(GG)
Reflects the reversal of the loss recognized by Acies for the year ended December 31, 2020 and gain recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2021 from the change in fair value of the warrant liability attributable to the forfeited private placement warrants, as described in adjustment (A) above.
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Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share
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Represents the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares of common stock outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Business Combination and related transactions were reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented.

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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on the following information for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020:
(in thousands, except per share data)​​
For the three
months ended
March 31, 2021
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For the year ended
December 31, 2020
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Pro forma net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders​​​​11,834​​​​​(3,306)​​
Class A Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – basic(1)
​​​​108,723​​​​​108,723​​
Dilutive options​​​​12,298​​​​​8,780​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – diluted(1)(2)
​​​​121,021​​​​​117,503​​
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share – basic​​​​0.09​​​​​(0.03)​​
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share – diluted​​​​0.09​​​​​(0.02)​​
Class B Common Stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – basic​​​​16,130​​​​​16,130​​
Dilutive options​​​​1,922​​​​​1,463​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – diluted​​​​18,052​​​​​17,593​​
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share – basic​​​​0.09​​​​​(0.03)​​
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share – diluted​​​​0.09​​​​​(0.02)​​
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(1)
Excludes 900,000 shares of our Class A common stock held by the Sponsor. These shares are subject to certain vesting conditions based on the share price performance. In the event such performance targets are not met before the fifth anniversary of the Closing of the Business Combination, the shares will be forfeited. While the shares are considered issued and outstanding as of the date of the Business Combination, the share are contingently returnable. Therefore, these shares are excluded from the weighted average shares of our Class A common stock outstanding.
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(2)
Excludes 7,175,000 and 3,821,667 public and private placement warrants. The public and private placement warrants are exercisable at $11.50 per share. As the warrants are deemed anti-dilutive, they are excluded from the calculation of earnings per share.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis provide information which our management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read together with “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial and Operating Data of PLAYSTUDIOS,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information,” and the historical audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related respective notes thereto, included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of PLAYSTUDIOS” section to “we,” “us,” “our,” “PLAYSTUDIOS” and “the Company” refer to the business and operations of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the Business Combination and to PLAYSTUDIOS and its consolidated subsidiaries, following the consummation of the Business Combination.
Overview
We are a developer and publisher of free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms that are powered by differentiated playAWARDS and myVIP loyalty platforms. We have developed some of the most innovative and successful free-to-play social casino games in the world, including the award-winning POP! Slots, myVEGAS Slots, my KONAMI Slots and myVEGAS Blackjack. Our games are based on original content, real-world slot game content, as well as third-party licensed brands and are downloadable and playable for free on multiple social and mobile-based platforms, including the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook.
Each of our games is powered by our proprietary playAWARDS program and incorporates loyalty points that are earned by players as they engage with our games. These loyalty points can be exchanged for real-world rewards from over 80 awards partners representing more than 275 hospitality, entertainment, and leisure brands across 17 countries and four continents. The rewards are provided by our collection of awards partners, all of whom provide their rewards from their collection of consumer brands at no cost to us as part of their overall marketing. We have developed a robust suite of tools for our playAWARDS platform that enable our awards partners to manage their rewards in real time, measure the value of our players’ engagement, and gain insight into the effectiveness and return on investment through the playAWARDS program. Through our self-service platform, awards partners can launch new offers, make changes to existing offers, and in real time see how players are engaging with their brands. The platform tools also provide awards partners the ability to measure the retail value of the rewards being redeemed by our players and estimate the additional benefits they are receiving from the patronage of our players at their establishments.
Supplemental to our playAWARDS program is its myVIP program. The myVIP program is a player development and hosting program that ranks and assigns tiers to players based on the number of tier points earned by engaging with our games. The tier points earned in the myVIP program are separate from and are not interchangeable with the loyalty points earned in the playAWARDS program. Qualified players are provided access to enhanced customer benefits that increase with each tier. Higher tiers provide access to a VIP player portal whereby players can view and purchase special chip bundles, redeem loyalty points for a curated set of rewards, and communicate directly with a dedicated live host. The VIP player portal and concierge/ host program enhance the in-game and reward redemption experience with both in-game and in-person, invitation-only special events. We believe that the myVIP program drives increased player engagement and retention, and therefore extends each game’s life-cycle and monetization opportunity.
We have primarily generated our revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which players can choose to purchase at any time to enhance their playing experience. Once purchased, our virtual currency cannot be withdrawn from the game, transferred from one game to another or from one player to another, or be redeemed for monetary value. Players who install our games receive free virtual currency upon the initial launch of the game, and they may also collect virtual currency free of charge at periodic intervals or through targeted marketing promotions. Players may exhaust the free virtual currency and may choose to purchase additional

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virtual currency. Additionally, players can send free “gifts” of virtual currency to their friends on Facebook. Our revenue from virtual currency has been generated worldwide, but is largely concentrated in North America, with $64.1 million, or 86.5%, and $4.1 million, or 5.6% of total net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2021 being generated from the U.S. and Canada, respectively, compared with $49.2 million and $3.5 million, or 84.4%, and 6.0% of total net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2020 from the U.S. and Canada, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2020 we generated $228.6 million, or 84.7%, and $17.3 million, or 6.4% of total revenue from the U.S. and Canada, respectively, compared with $193.1 million and $160.8 million, or 80.7% and 82.3%, and $14.3 million and $12.1 million, or 6.0% and 6.2%, of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 from the U.S. and Canada, respectively.
We also generate revenue from in-game advertising. Advertisements can be in the form of an impression, click-throughs, banner ads or offers, where players are rewarded with virtual currency or loyalty points for watching a short video. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, 1.2% of our total net revenues was generated from advertising, compared with 0.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
History and Key Milestones
Since our founding in 2011, we have developed fun, high-quality, free-to-play mobile games, all supported by playAWARDS, our proprietary loyalty program, and the myVIP program that provides enhanced customer benefits for qualified players such as concierge/host programs and special events as described further below.
Our first game, myVEGAS Slots, was launched on Facebook in 2012 along with the playAWARDS platform. In 2013, we expanded myVEGAS Slots to iOS and Android platforms, and we launched myVEGAS Blackjack in 2014. We signed a license agreement with Konami Gaming, Inc. in 2014, in order to use certain of their intellectual property in our myVEGAS Slots games.
In 2015, we expanded internationally with the opening of our Hong Kong studio, and expanded our partnership with Konami Gaming, Inc. to build a new game, myKONAMI Slots, that launched in early 2016. In 2016, we also acquired Scene53, an Israeli company that we had previously engaged to co-develop a new and innovative free-to-play social casino slot game. The game  —  the award-winning POP! Slots — launched shortly after the acquisition.
Each new game integrated our loyalty program at launch, and thereby expanded the suite of games that players could play to earn loyalty points and subsequent real-world rewards. We have grown our network of awards partners to over 80, representing more than 275 brands in 17 countries across four continents as of March 31, 2021. Our players’ responses have been positive, as they have exchanged loyalty points for more than 10 million rewards since inception through March 31, 2021.
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For a discussion of our key metrics “DAU” and “MAU,” see “— Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures,” below.
In 2020, we entered into development agreements with Boss Fight Entertainment for two new games which we expect will diversify our portfolio beyond the social casino genre — myVEGAS Bingo (a more casual form of social casino game), and Kingdom Boss, an idle role-playing game (“RPG”). In March 2021, myVEGAS Bingo was released on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Our combination of a high-quality, diverse game portfolio and robust playAWARDS loyalty program has created an engaged player base. It has been our goal, from the launch of our first game, to bridge the gap between the virtual world of mobile and desktop game play and the real world. In addition to allowing players to use earned loyalty points to purchase real-world rewards, our concierge/host program establishes direct communication between our live hosts and our players to enhance the in-game and reward redemption experience. We further bring fun into the real world by hosting in-person and invitation-only events where our players get to know their host and each other, as well as enjoy a variety of parties and activities. We believe that our concierge/host program and related special events create a personal touch that enables us to establish long lasting relationships with our players.
Recent Developments
Impact of COVID-19
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social distancing, shelter-in-place, quarantine and similar governmental orders put in place around the world have caused widespread disruption in global economies, productivity and financial markets and have materially altered the way in which we conduct our day-to-day business. We have followed guidance by the U.S., Israel, Hong Kong and other applicable foreign and local governments to protect our employees and operations during the pandemic and have implemented a remote environment for our business. We cannot predict the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic or the distribution of vaccines on our business or operations, but we will continue to actively monitor the related issues and may take further actions that alter our business operations, including as may be required by federal, state, local or foreign authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, players, partners and stockholders.
In addition to the potential direct impacts to our business, the global economy has been, and is likely to continue to be, significantly weakened as a result of the actions taken in response to COVID-19, and future government intervention remains uncertain. A weakened global economy may impact our players and their purchasing decisions within our games, in particular as a result of the limitations associated with redeeming real-world rewards due to government-mandated or other restrictions on travel and other activities and limitations on our players’ discretionary spending, consumer activity during the pandemic and its impact on advertising investments, and the ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategybusiness partners, including our awards partners, to navigate this complex social health and economic environment, any of which could result in disruption to our business and results of our operations.
The duration and extent of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the virus, the existence of any additional waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, progress towards widespread rapid testing, effective treatment alternatives and the success and timing of vaccination efforts, and the impact of these and other factors on our employees, players and business partners. If we are not able to respond to and manage the impact of such events effectively, our business may be harmed. See “Risk Factors” for more information related to COVID-19.
The Business Combination
On February 1, 2021, Acies, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub entered into the Merger Agreement with PLAYSTUDIOS. The Merger Agreement provided for, among other things, following the Domestication of Acies to Delaware as described below, the merger of First Merger Sub with and into Old PLAYSTUDIOS, with Old PLAYSTUDIOS surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies, and immediately following the First Merger, and as part of an integrated transaction with the First Merger,

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the Surviving Corporation merged with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Second Merger, in each case, in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement.
Upon the Closing, the combined operating company was named PLAYSTUDIOS Inc. and our Class A common stock began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPS” and our Public Warrants began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MYPSW.”
In connection with the Business Combination, holders of 11,333,489 Acies Class A ordinary shares exercised their rights to redeem those shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.00 per share, or an aggregate of approximately $113.4 million. These redemptions were paid out of Acies’ trust account, which had a balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately $215.3 million. Following the payment of redemptions and after giving effect to the PIPE Investment, Acies had approximately $351.9 million of available cash for disbursement in connection with the Transactions. Of these funds, approximately $149.7 million was used to pay certain transaction expenses (including cash to certain stockholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS that made a valid election to receive cash consideration in the Business Combination) and $20.0 million was used to terminate the profit share provision of an agreement with MGM Resorts International, one of the PIPE Investors.
The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Acies will be treated as the “acquired” company for accounting purposes and the Business Combination will be treated as the equivalent of Old PLAYSTUDIOS issuing stock for the net assets of Acies, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Acies will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other disadvantagesintangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination will be those of Old PLAYSTUDIOS. The most significant changes in our future reported financial position and results are expected to be an estimated net increase in cash (as compared to our competitors who have less debt.consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2021) of approximately $184.5 million. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information.” Our cash on hand after giving effect to these transactions will be used for general corporate purposes, including investments in sales and marketing efforts, advancement of research and development efforts, general and administrative matters, and capital expenditures. We may also use the proceeds for the acquisition of, or investment in, technologies, solutions, or businesses that complement its business.
New Credit Agreement
As further described under “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt,” on March 27, 2020 we entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility (the “SVB Revolver”) with Silicon Valley Bank for up to $35.0 million. As of March 31, 2021, we had not made any drawdowns on the Revolver. On June 24, 2021, in connection with the Closing, we terminated and replaced the SVB Revolver. We, one of our subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) which provides for a five year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million.
Public Company Costs
We expect to continue as an SEC-registered and Nasdaq-listed company. We expect to hire additional staff and implement new processes and procedures to address public company requirements. We also expect to incur substantial additional expenses for, among other things, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees, and additional internal and external costs for investor relations, accounting, audit, legal and other functions.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
There are a number of factors that affect the performance of our business, and the comparability of our results from period to period, including:
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Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore and on Facebook. The platform providers charge us a transaction fee to process payments from our players for their purchase of in-game virtual currency. These platform fees are generally set at 30% of the in-game purchase. Each platform provider has broad discretion to set its platform fees and to change and interpret its terms of service and other policies with respect to us and other developers in its sole discretion, and those changes may be unfavorable to us.
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Player Acquisition — Establishing and maintaining a loyal network of players and paying players is vital for our success. As such, we spend a significant amount on advertising and other forms of player acquisition, such as traditional marketing and advertising, email and push notifications, and cross promoting between our games in order to grow our player base. These expenditures are generally related to new content launches, game enhancements and ongoing programs to drive new player acquisition and the reactivation of lapsed player engagement. Our player acquisition strategy is centered on a payback period methodology, and we strive to optimize spend between the acquisition of new players and the reactivation of inactive players.
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Player Monetization — Our revenue has been primarily driven through the sale of virtual currency. Paying players purchase virtual currency in our games because of the perceived value, which is dependent on the relative ease of obtaining equivalent virtual currency by simply playing our game. The perceived value of our virtual currency can be impacted by various actions that we take in the accompanyinggames including offering discounts for virtual currency or giving away virtual currency in promotions. Managing game economies is difficult and relies on our assumptions and judgment. If we fail to manage our virtual economies properly or fail to promptly and successfully respond to any such disruption, our reputation may suffer and our players may be less likely to play our games and to purchase virtual currency from us in the future, which would cause our business, financial condition and results of operations to suffer.
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Investment in Game Development and our playAWARDS platform — In order to maintain interest from existing players and add new players and achieve our desired revenue growth, we must continually improve the content, offers, and features in our existing games, the release of new games, and the features of the playAWARDS platform. As a result, we invest a significant amount of our technological and creative resources to ensure that we support an appropriate cadence of innovative content that our players will find appealing. These expenditures generally occur in advance of the release of new content or the launch of a new game, and the resulting revenue may not exceed the development costs, or the game or feature may be abandoned in its entirety.
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Real-World Rewards — We currently offer real-world rewards relating to, among other things, dining, live entertainment shows and hotel rooms, and we plan to continue to expand and diversify our rewards loyalty program in order to maintain and enhance the perceived value offering to our players. Our players’ willingness to make in-game purchases is directly impacted by our ability to provide desirable rewards. The real-world rewards we offer to our players are provided at no cost to us by our awards partners, and there is no obligation for us to pay or otherwise compensate either our awards partners or players for any player redemptions under our awards partner agreements.
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Key Performance Indicators and Non-GAAP Measures
We manage our business by regularly reviewing several key operating metrics to track historical performance, identify trends in player activity, and set strategic goals for the future. Our key performance metrics are impacted by several factors that could cause them to fluctuate on a quarterly basis, such as platform providers’ policies, seasonality, player connectivity, and the addition of new content to games. We believe these measures are useful to investors for the same reasons. In addition, we also present certain non-GAAP performance measures. These performance measures are presented as supplemental disclosure and should not be considered superior to or as a substitute for the consolidated financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP measures presented in this prospectus should be read together with the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and the respective related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. The key performance indicators and non-GAAP measures presented in this prospectus may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies and are not a substitute for financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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Key Performance Indicators
Daily Active Users (“DAU”)
DAU is defined as the number of September 15,individuals who played a game on a particular day. We track DAU by the player ID, which is assigned for each game installed by an individual. As such, an individual who plays two different games on the same day is counted as two DAU while an individual who plays the same game on two different devices is counted as one DAU. Average DAU is calculated as the average of the DAU for each day during the period presented. We use DAU as a measure of audience engagement to help us understand the size of the active player base engaged with our games on a daily basis.
Monthly Active Users (“MAU”)
MAU is defined as the number of individuals who played a game in a particular month. As with DAU, an individual who plays two different games in the same month is counted as two MAU while an individual who plays the same game on two different devices is counted as one MAU. Average MAU is calculated as the average of MAU for each calendar month during the period presented. We use MAU as a measure of audience engagement to help us understand the size of the active player base engaged with our games on a monthly basis.
Daily Paying Users (“DPU”)
DPU is defined as the number of individuals who made a purchase in a mobile game during a particular day. As with DAU and MAU, we track DPU based on account activity. As such, an individual who makes a purchase on two different games in a particular day is counted as two DPU while an individual who makes purchases in the same game on two different devices is counted as one DPU. Average DPU is calculated as the average of the DPU for each day during the period presented. We use DPU to understand the size of our active player base that makes in-game purchases. This focus directs our strategic goals in setting player acquisition and pricing strategy.
Daily Payer Conversion
Daily Payer Conversion is defined as DPU as a percentage of DAU on a particular day. Average Daily Payer Conversion is calculated as the average DPU divided by average DAU for a given period. We use Daily Payer Conversion to understand the monetization of our active players.
Average Daily Revenue Per DAU (“ARPDAU”)
ARPDAU is defined for a given period as the average daily revenue per average DAU, and is calculated as game and advertising revenue for the period, divided by the number of days in the period, divided by the average DAU during the period. We use ARPDAU as a measure of overall monetization of our players.
Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITDA (“AEBITDA”) and AEBITDA Margin
Adjusted EBITDA, or AEBITDA, as used herein, is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that is presented as a supplemental disclosure and is reconciled to net income as the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We define AEBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, restructuring and related costs (consisting primarily of severance and other restructuring related costs), stock-based compensation expense, and other income and expense items (including special infrequent items, foreign currency gains and losses, and other non-cash items). We also present AEBITDA margin, another non-GAAP measure, which we calculate as the percentage of AEBITDA to net revenues.
We use AEBITDA and AEBITDA margin to monitor and evaluate the performance of our business operations, facilitate internal comparisons of our operating performance, and to analyze and evaluate decisions regarding future budgets and initiatives. We believe that both measures are useful because they provide investors with information regarding our operating performance that is used by our management in

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its reporting and planning processes. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin as calculated herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures and disclosures reported by other companies.
Reconciliations of AEBITDA to Net Income
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of AEBITDA and AEBITDA margin to net income and net income margin, the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​($ in thousands)​
​​​2021​​2020​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Depreciation & amortization​​​​6,034​​​​​5,388​​​​​22,192​​​​​25,154​​​​​16,246​​
Income tax (benefit) expense​​​​1,348​​​​​435​​​​​(1,671)​​​​​3,975​​​​​2,964​​
Stock-based compensation expense​​​​900​​​​​625​​​​​3,519​​​​​5,884​​​​​10,902​​
Special infrequent(1)
​​​​—​​​​​1,400​​​​​1,427​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Restructuring expense(2)
​​​​56​​​​​28​​​​​20,092​​​​​1,234​​​​​2,316​​
Other(3)​​​​284​​​​​134​​​​​(392)​​​​​(340)​​​​​2,081​​
AEBITDA​​​​14,540​​​​​13,502​​​​​57,974​​​​​49,521​​​​​37,331​​
GAAP revenue​​​​74,097​​​​​58,302​​​​​269,882​​​​​239,421​​​​​195,499​​
Margin as a % of revenue​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income margin​​​​8.0%​​​​​9.4%​​​​​4.7%​​​​​5.7%​​​​​1.4%​​
AEBITDA margin​​​​19.6%​​​​​23.2%​​​​​21.5%​​​​​20.7%​​​​​19.1%​​
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(1)
Amounts reported during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2020 represent charitable donations made by us related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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(2)
Amounts reported during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 consist of severance-related costs. Amounts reported during the year ended December 31, 2020 include $20.0 million resulting from the termination of the profit share provision of the MGM Marketing Agreement as further discussed in Note 4  —  Related-Party Transactions to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Amounts reported during the year ended December 31, 2019 consist of severance-related costs. Amounts reported during the year ended December 31, 2018 consist of a termination fee paid to a third-party game developer in connection with the cancellation of the development.
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(3)
Amounts reported in “Other” include interest expense, interest income, foreign currency gains/losses, and non-cash gains/losses on the disposal of assets.
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Key Components of Results of Operations
Net Revenues
We have primarily generated our revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which players can choose to purchase at any time to enhance their playing experience. Revenue from the sale of virtual currency is generated on mobile and web platforms. Other revenue typically represents advertising revenue, which is currently an insignificant portion of our total net revenues. In 2019 and 2018, we had $25,000generated $7.3 million and $1.3 million of revenue, respectively, associated with a game development agreement with King.com Limited and King.com (US), LLC (the “King Agreement”), which was terminated in cashJune 2019. See Note 4  —  Related-Party Transactions and deferred offeringNote 11  —  Revenue from Contracts with Customers to the consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for more information regarding the termination of this agreement.

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Operating Expenses
Operating expenses primarily consist of cost of revenue, research and development expenses, selling and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses, and depreciation and amortization.
Cost of revenue (excluding depreciation and amortization)
Cost of revenue consists primarily of payment processing fees paid to platform providers such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook, which represented approximately 30% of net revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2021, royalties payable to third parties for licensed games, and hosting and data center costs related to operating our games. Cost of $67,003. Further,revenue represents the direct expenses incurred to generate revenue from our online and mobile social gaming applications and are recorded as incurred. We expect cost of revenue to increase in the foreseeable future as our revenue increases.
Research and development
Research and development expenses consist of payroll and related personnel costs, stock-based compensation expense, consulting fees and related overhead incurred in relation to game development and live operations. We expect research and development expenses to continue to grow in absolute terms as we increase our headcount to improve the content, offers, and features in our existing games, the release of new games, and the features of the playAWARDS platform. In particular, we expect to incur significant development costs associated with the expected launch of Kingdom Boss in the pursuitsecond half of 2021.
Selling and marketing
Selling and marketing expenses consist of player acquisition costs, advertising and marketing costs and related overhead, including salaries and wages, stock-based compensation expense, facilities and other expenses associated with our selling and marketing activities. In general, selling and marketing expenses fluctuate as a percentage of net revenues depending on the timing and effectiveness of our initial business combination.marketing efforts. However, we expect selling and marketing expenses to increase both in amount and percentage of net revenues for the foreseeable future as we incur additional expenses associated with promotion of myVEGAS Bingo, which launched in March 2021, and the expected launch of Kingdom Boss games in the second half of 2021.
General and administrative
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense to our executives, finance, information technology, human resources and other administrative employees. General and administrative expenses also include outside consulting, legal and accounting services, facilities and other costs not allocated to other departments. We cannot assure youexpect general and administrative expenses to increase for the foreseeable future as we incur additional expenses associated with being a public company and continue to grow our business.
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses are primarily comprised of the amortization of capitalized game development costs. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase with the launch of new games.
Restructuring expense
Restructuring expenses primarily consist of severance-related costs incurred in connection with our restructuring efforts as well as costs incurred to terminate a contract that is not a capital lease. During the year ended December 31, 2020, restructuring expenses increased significantly as a result of the termination of the profit share provision of the MGM Marketing Agreement. Therefore, we separately presented the termination expense and the severance-related expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2020 and the comparative periods within “Restructuring expense” in our plansconsolidated statement of operations. We expect restructuring expenses to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.decrease in 2021.

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Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and Known Trends2020
Summarized Consolidated Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for each applicable period:
​​​
Three Months Ended
March 31,
​​​​
​​​2021​​2020​​$ Change​​% Change​
​​​($ in thousands)​
Net revenues​​​$74,097​​​​$58,302​​​​$15,795​​​​​27.1%​​
Operating expenses​​​​66,547​​​​​52,241​​​​​14,306​​​​​27.4%​​
Operating income​​​​7,550​​​​​6,061​​​​​1,489​​​​​24.6%​​
Interest income (expense), net​​​​(42)​​​​​54​​​​​(96)​​​​​(177.8)%​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​(242)​​​​​(188)​​​​​(54)​​​​​28.7%​​
Provision (expense) for income taxes​​​​(1,348)​​​​​(435)​​​​​(913)​​​​​209.9%​​
Net income​​​​5,918​​​​​5,492​​​​​426​​​​​7.8%​​
AEBITDA​​​​14,540​​​​​13,502​​​​​1,038​​​​​7.7%​​
Margin as a % of revenue​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Operating margin​​​​10.2%​​​​​10.4%​​​​​(0.2)pp​​​​​(1.9)%​​
Net income margin​​​​8.0%​​​​​9.4%​​​​​(1.4)pp​​​​​(14.9)%​​
AEBITDA margin​​​​19.6%​​​​​23.2%​​​​​(3.6)pp​​​​​(15.5)%​​
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pp = percentage points
Net Revenues
The following table summarizes our net revenues and key performance indicators for each applicable period:
​​​
Three Months Ended
March 31,
​​​​
​​​2021​​2020​​$ Change​​% Change​
​​​($ in thousands, except ARPDAU)​
Net revenues:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Virtual currency​​​$73,226​​​​$58,168​​​​$15,058​​​​​25.9%​​
Advertising​​​​871​​​​​134​​​​​737​​​​​550.0%​​
Total net revenues​​​$74,097​​​​$58,302​​​​$15,795​​​​​27.1%​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​(242)​​​​​(188)​​​​​(54)​​​​​28.7%​​
Average DAU​​​​1,259​​​​​1,612​​​​​(353)​​​​​(21.9)%​​
Average MAU​​​​3,733​​​​​4,577​​​​​(844)​​​​​(18.4)%​​
Average DPU​​​​36​​​​​33​​​​​3​​​​​9.1%​​
Average Daily Payer Conversion​​​​2.9%​​​​​2.0%​​​​​0.9pp​​​​​45%​​
ARPDAU (in dollars)​​​$0.65​​​​$0.40​​​​$0.25​​​​​62.5%​​
​
pp = percentage points
Net revenues increased by $15.8 million, or Future Events27.1%, during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase in net revenues was comprised of a $15.1 million increase in the sale of virtual currency and $0.7 million increase in advertising revenue.

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The increase in sales of virtual currency was driven by both an increase in number of spenders as well as an increase in spending per player, resulting in a year-over-year increase in ARPDAU. The increase in player spending was partially offset by a decline in DAU and MAU during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease in players reflects the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industries and the reduced availability of rewards offered in our reward programs. This decrease has reinforced our belief that our players place a significant value on the real-world rewards made available through our playAWARDS and myVIP loyalty platforms. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for this offering. Following this offering, we will not generate any operating revenues until after completionbelieve that the attractiveness of our initial business combination.rewards program will improve as the impacts of COVID-19 decrease and tourism resumes.
While DAU and MAU indicate the overall size of our player base, our continued focus is on expanding and maintaining the population of DPU. Our daily conversion rate increased 0.9 percentage points to 2.9% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 from 2.0% during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Operating Expenses
The following table summarizes our consolidated operating expenses for each applicable period:
​​​
Three Months Ended
March 31,
​​​​​% of Revenue​
​​​2021​​2020​​$ Change​​% Change​​2021​​2020​
​​​($ in thousands)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue​​​$$24,488​​​​$$19,734​​​​$$4,754​​​​​24.1%​​​​​33.0%​​​​​33.8%​​
Selling and marketing​​​​17,000​​​​​11,926​​​​​5,074​​​​​42.5%​​​​​22.9%​​​​​20.5%​​
General and administrative​​​​4,279​​​​​5,710​​​​​(1,431)​​​​​(25.1)%​​​​​5.8%​​​​​9.8%​​
Research and development​​​​14,746​​​​​9,483​​​​​5,263​​​​​55.5%​​​​​19.9%​​​​​16.3%​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​6,034​​​​​5,388​​​​​646​​​​​12.0%​​​​​8.1%​​​​​9.2%​​
Total operating expenses​​​$66,547​​​​$52,241​​​​$14,306​​​​​27.4%​​​​​89.8%​​​​​89.6%​​
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue increased by $4.8 million, or 24.1%, from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase was due in part to a $4.3 million increase in payment processing fees, which represents a 24.4% increase year over year. The increase is consistent with the increase in revenue from the sale of virtual currency. The increase was also due to a $0.3 million increase in royalties expenses resulting from our royalty-based games. As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenue decreased slightly from 33.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to 33.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses increased by $5.1 million, or 42.5%, from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The overall increase was primarily due to a $4.6 million increase in total player acquisition spend. As a percentage of net revenues, selling and marketing expenses increased from 20.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to 22.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2021. We will generate non-operating incomeexpect selling and marketing expense to increase during the remainder of 2021 as we promote myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss. myVEGAS Bingo was launched in March 2021 and Kingdom Boss is currently under development and expected to launch in the formsecond half of interest income on cash2021.
General and cash equivalents after this offering. There has been no significant changeAdministrative
General and administrative expenses decreased by $1.4 million, or 25.1%, from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The overall decrease was due to a $1.4 million decrease in our financial or trading positioncharitable donations related to COVID-19 and no material adverse change has occurred sincea $0.9 million decrease in expenses related to travel.

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The overall decrease was partially offset by an increase in outside services of $0.7 million. As a percentage of net revenues, general and administrative expenses decreased from 9.8% for the date of our audited financial statements. After this offering,three months ended March 31, 2020 to 5.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2021. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase substantially as a public company. In addition, we expect to incur expenses for an additional $5.0 million as an incremental bonus to the management team and $2.5 million as a donation to a charity selected by the management team, both of which are contingent upon closing of the Business Combination.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses increased by $5.3 million, or 55.5%, from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase was due to the development of the new games myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss of $1.1 million as well as increases in payroll and outside services of $4.0 million related to increased development cadence for the existing portfolio. Research and development as a percentage of net revenues increased from 16.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to 19.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $0.6 million, or 12.0%, from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase was due to a $0.9 million increase in capitalized software amortization, offset by a $0.3 million decrease in licenses amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense as a percentage of net revenues decreased from 9.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to 8.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Other income (expense), net
Other income (expense), net, increased by $0.1 million from the three months ended March 31, 2020 to the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase is due to a $0.1 million increase in foreign exchange losses recognized from intercompany transactions with our Israeli subsidiary.
Provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes resulted in a tax expense of $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared to a tax expense of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Our effective tax rate was 18.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to our statutory tax rate of 21%. Our effective tax rate was reduced by 7.2% for R&D tax credits which we may use on our state tax returns and was further reduced by 3.1% for foreign tax credits generated from the payment of foreign income taxes by our international subsidiaries. The overall change in our effective tax rate was negatively impacted by 3.1% for the recognition of a valuation allowance due to the uncertainty of future foreign source taxable income and our ability to utilize the foreign tax credit. Our effective tax rate was also negatively impacted by a 2.8% increase for the recognition of estimated state taxes and was further increased by 1.3% for non-deductible stock option expenses.
Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
Summarized Consolidated Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for each applicable period:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​​$ Change​​% Change​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​
​​​($ in thousands)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net revenues​​​$269,882​​​​$239,421​​​​$195,499​​​​$30,461​​​​$43,922​​​​​12.7%​​​​​22.5%​​
Operating expenses​​​​259,533​​​​​222,284​​​​​189,202​​​​​37,249​​​​​33,082​​​​​16.8%​​​​​17.5%​​
Operating income​​​​10,349​​​​​17,137​​​​​6,297​​​​​(6,788)​​​​​10,840​​​​​(39.6)%​​​​​172.1%​​

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​​​Year Ended December 31,​​$ Change​​% Change​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​
​​​($ in thousands)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest expense​​​​(142)​​​​​(264)​​​​​(284)​​​​​122​​​​​20​​​​​(46.2)%​​​​​(7.0)%​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​929​​​​​716​​​​​(227)​​​​​213​​​​​943​​​​​29.7%​​​​​(415.4)%​​
Provision benefit (expense)
for income taxes
​​​​1,671​​​​​(3,975)​​​​​(2,964)​​​​​5,646​​​​​(1,011)​​​​​(142.0)%​​​​​34.1%​​
Net income​​​​12,807​​​​​13,614​​​​​2,822​​​​​(807)​​​​​10,792​​​​​(5.9)%​​​​​382.4%​​
AEBITDA​​​​57,974​​​​​49,521​​​​​37,331​​​​​8,453​​​​​12,190​​​​​17.1%​​​​​32.7%​​
Margin as a % of revenue​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Operating margin​​​​3.8%​​​​​7.2%​​​​​3.2%​​​​​(3.4)pp​​​​​4.0pp​​​​​(47.2)%​​​​​125.0%​​
Net income margin​​​​4.7%​​​​​5.7%​​​​​1.4%​​​​​(1.0)pp​​​​​4.3pp​​​​​(17.5)%​​​​​307.1%​​
AEBITDA margin​​​​21.5%​​​​​20.7%​​​​​19.1%​​​​​0.8pp​​​​​1.6pp​​​​​3.9%​​​​​8.4%​​
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pp = percentage points
Net revenues
The following table summarizes our net revenues and key performance indicators for each applicable period:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​​$ Change​​% Change​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​​2020 vs. 2019​​2019 vs. 2018​
​​​($ in thousands)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net revenues:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Virtual Currency​​​$268,137​​​​$231,726​​​​$193,849​​​​$36,411​​​​$37,877​​​​​15.7%​​​​​19.5%​​
Advertising​​​​1,745​​​​​383​​​​​356​​​​​1,362​​​​​27​​​​​355.6%​​​​​7.6%​​
Other​​​​—​​​​​7,312​​​​​1,294​​​​​(7,312)​​​​​6,018​​​​​(100.0)%​​​​​465.1%​​
Total net revenues​​​$269,882​​​​$239,421​​​​$195,499​​​​$30,461​​​​$43,922​​​​​12.7%​​​​​22.5%​​
Average DAU​​​​1,459���​​​​1,635​​​​​1,614​​​​​(176)​​​​​21​​​​​(10.8)%​​​​​1.3%​​
Average MAU​​​​4,251​​​​​4,813​​​​​4,502​​​​​(562)​​​​​311​​​​​(11.7)%​​​​​6.9%​​
Average DPU​​​​33​​​​​33​​​​​22​​​​​​​​​​​11​​​​​0.0%​​​​​50.0%​​
Average Daily Payer Conversion​​​​2.3%​​​​​2.0%​​​​​1.4%​​​​​0.3pp​​​​​0.6pp​​​​​15.0%​​​​​42.9%​​
ARPDAU (in dollars)​​​$0.51​​​​$0.39​​​​$0.33​​​​Z$0.12​​​​$0.06​​​​​30.8%​​​​​18.2%​​
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pp = percentage points
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Total net revenues increased by $30.5 million, or 12.7%, during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in net revenues from a $36.4 million increase in the sale of virtual currency and $1.3 million increase in advertising revenue was partially offset by $7.3 million decrease in game development service revenue, due to the termination of the King Agreement in June 2019.
The increase in sale of virtual currency was driven by the increased spending per player as shown in the year-over-year increase in ARPDAU. We believe this increase was due, in part, to shelter-in-place mandates issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in player spending was partially offset by a decline in DAU and MAU during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in players reflects the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel and tourism industries and the reduced availability of rewards offered in our reward programs. This decrease has

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reinforced our belief that our players place a significant value on the real-world rewards made available through our playAWARDS platform. We believe that the attractiveness of our rewards program will improve as the impacts of COVID-19 decrease and tourism resumes.
While DAU and MAU indicate the overall size of our player base, our primary focus is on expanding and maintaining the population of DPU. Our daily conversion rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 2.3% during the year ended December 31, 2020 from 2.0% during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Total net revenues increased by $43.9 million, or 22.5%, during the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase was due to a $37.9 million increase in the sale of virtual currency and $6.0 million increase in game development service revenue pursuant to the King Agreement.
Average DAU and average MAU increased by 1.3% and 6.9% year-over-year between 2019 and 2018, respectively, which also contributed to the increase in revenue. Additionally, the increase in revenue from sale of virtual currency from these games was partially due to our continued development of game events and features and continued focus on optimizing the playing experience and customizing pricing strategies based on player behavior to improve Daily Payer Conversion. Due in part to these efforts, we experienced a 50% increase in DPU, a 42.9% increase in Daily Payer Conversion to 2.0%, and a 18.2% increase in ARPDAU from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019.
Operating Expenses
The following table summarizes our consolidated operating expenses for each applicable period:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​​$ Change​​% Change​​% of Revenue​
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2020 vs.
2019
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2019 vs.
2018
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2019 vs.
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Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue​​​$91,469​​​​$80,267​​​​$66,784​​​​$11,202​​​​$13,483​​​​​14.0%​​​​​20.2%​​​​​33.9%​​​​​33.5%​​​​​34.2%​​
Selling and marketing​​​​57,124​​​​​59,931​​​​​54,068​​​​​(2,807)​​​​​5,863​​​​​(4.7)%​​​​​10.8%​​​​​21.2%​​​​​25.0%​​​​​27.7%​​
General and administrative​​​​16,960​​​​​16,712​​​​​19,620​​​​​248​​​​​(2,908)​​​​​1.5%​​​​​(14.8)%​​​​​6.3%​​​​​7.0%​​​​​10.0%​​
Research and development​​​​51,696​​​​​38,986​​​​​30,168​​​​​12,710​​​​​8,818​​​​​32.6%​​​​​29.2%​​​​​19.2%​​​​​16.3%​​​​​15.4%​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​22,192​​​​​25,154​​​​​16,246​​​​​(2,962)​​​​​8,908​​​​​(11.8)%​​​​​54.8%​​​​​8.2%​​​​​10.5%​​​​​8.3%​​
Restructuring expense​​​​20,092​​​​​1,234​​​​​2,316​​​​​18,858​​​​​(1,082)​​​​​1,528.2%​​​​​(46.7)%​​​​​7.4%​​​​​0.5%​​​​​1.2%​​
Total operating expenses​​​$259,533​​​​$222,284​​​​$189,202​​​​$37,249​​​​$33,082​​​​​16.8%​​​​​17.5%​​​​​96.2%​​​​​92.8%​​​​​96.8%​​
Cost of Revenue
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Cost of revenue increased by $11.2 million, or 14.0%, during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was due in part to a $10.9 million increase in payment processing fees, which represents a 15.7% increase year over year. The increase is consistent with the increase in revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which grew by the same amount. The overall increase was also due to the recognition of $0.3 million in non-recurring profit share expense in 2020 resulting from our Marketing Agreement with MGM. This was partially offset by a $0.9 million decrease in costs related to licensed games. As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenue increased slightly from 33.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 33.9% for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase reflects the increase in revenue from virtual currency sales as a percentage of total net revenues during the year ended December 31, 2020. The change was driven by the $7.3 million decrease in research and development service revenue due to the cancellation of King Agreement in 2019.
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December 31, 2018. The increase was due in part to a $11.4 million increase in payment processing fees, which represents a 19.5% increase year over year. The increase is consistent with the increase in revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which grew by the same amount. The overall increase was also due to a $1.7 million increase in royalties expenses resulting from our royalty-based games. As a percentage of net revenues, cost of revenue decreased slightly from 34.2% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 33.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Selling and Marketing
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Selling and marketing expenses decreased by $2.8 million, or 4.7%, from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was due to a $4.5 million decrease in total player acquisition spend, offset by a $2.1 million increase in spending on marketing expenses, such as traditional advertising TV and radio advertisement campaigns, as well as related overhead. As a percentage of net revenues, selling and marketing expenses decreased from 25.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 21.2% for the year ended December 31, 2020, which reflects the effectiveness of our player acquisition and pricing strategy. We expect selling and marketing expense to increase in 2021 as we launch the myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss games that are currently in development.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Selling and marketing expenses increased by $5.9 million, or 10.8%, from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was driven by a $6.0 million increase in player acquisition costs. As a percentage of net revenues, selling and marketing expenses decreased from 27.7% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 25.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019, which reflects improved effectiveness of our player acquisition and pricing strategy.
General and Administrative
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   General and administrative expenses increased by $0.2 million, or 1.5%, from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The overall increase was due to a $1.8 million increase in charitable donations related to COVID-19 and a $0.3 million increase in payroll for general and administrative staff. The overall increase was partially offset by a decrease in outside services of $0.8 million as well as a decrease in expenses related to travel of $1.1 million. As a percentage of net revenues, general and administrative expenses decreased from 7.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 6.3% for the year ended December 31, 2020. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase substantially as a public company. In addition, we expect to incur expenses for an additional $5.0 million as an incremental bonus to the management team and $2.5 million as a donation to a charity selected by the management team, both of which are contingent upon closing of the Business Combination.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   General and administrative expenses decreased by $2.9 million, or 14.8%, from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. The overall decrease was due in part to a $6.4 million year-over-year reduction in stock-based compensation expenses, partially offset by $1.2 million increases in payroll, $1.1 million increase in travel and related, and $0.8 million increase in outside services expenses related to the expansion of our non-U.S. studios. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues decreased from 10% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 7.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Research and Development
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Research and development expenses increased by $12.7 million, or 32.6%, from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was due to the development of the new games myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss of $4.6 million as well as to increases in payroll and outside services of $12.1 million related to increased development cadence for new games. The overall increase was partially offset by a $2.5 million reduction in stock-based compensation expense. Research and development as a percentage of net revenues increased from 16.3% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 19.2% for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Research and development expenses increased $8.8 million, or 29.2%, from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was partially due to a $5.4 million increase in expenses for payroll and outside service consultants, a $1.7 million increase is stock-based compensation expense and a $0.7 million increase in related facilities expense. We continually invest in research and development towards enhanced game features which drive future revenue. Research and development as a percentage of net revenues increased from 15.4% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 16.3% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Depreciation and Amortization
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased by $3.0 million, or 11.8%, from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was due to $2.4 million decrease in capitalized software amortization and $0.7 million decrease in intangible asset amortization, offset by $0.2 million increase in depreciation expense of property and equipment. The decrease in capitalized software amortization was due to accelerated amortization recognized in 2019 as a result of beingthe termination of the King Agreement. For further discussion of the accelerated amortization recorded in 2019, refer to Note 6  —  Internal-Use Software, Net in our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Depreciation and amortization expense as a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accountingpercentage of net revenues decreased from 10.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 8.2% for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Depreciation and auditing compliance)amortization expenses increased by $8.9 million, or 54.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. This increase is due to a $8.0 million increase in capitalized software amortization, a $0.2 million increase in intangible asset amortization and a $0.7 million increase in depreciation expense of property and equipment. The increase in capitalized software amortization was due to the accelerated amortization recognized in 2019 as a result of the termination of the King Agreement. The termination of the agreement resulted in a net increase of $5.3 million in amortization expense. Depreciation and amortization expense as a percentage of net revenues increased from 8.3% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 10.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Restructuring expense
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Restructuring expense increased by $18.9 million from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase is due to the recognition of a one-time expense of $20.0 million resulting from the termination of the profit share provision of the MGM Marketing Agreement, partially offset by a $1.1 million decrease in severance costs due to higher severance payments recognized in 2019. Restructuring expense as a percentage of net revenues increased from 0.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 7.4% for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Restructuring expense decreased by $1.1 million, or 46.7%, from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease was due to the recognition of a termination expense of $2.0 million recorded in 2018 in relation to the cancellation of the game development with a third-party game developer. The overall decrease was partially offset by an increase in severance costs of $0.9 million resulting from the transfer of a portion of our workforce from our U.S. location to Hong Kong. Restructuring expense as a percentage of net revenues decreased from 1.2% for the year ended December 31, 2018 to 0.5% for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Other income (expense), net
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019. Other income (expense), net, increased by $0.2 million from the year ended December 31, 2019 to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase is due to a $0.2 million increase in foreign exchange gains recognized from intercompany transactions with our Israeli subsidiary.

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Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Other income (expense), net, increased by $0.9 million from the year ended December 31, 2018 to the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was due to increased foreign exchange gains recognized from intercompany transactions with our Israeli subsidiary of $0.5 million as well as increased interest income of $0.3 million from a new bank account opened by us.
Provision for income taxes
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Provision for income taxes resulted in a tax benefit of $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to a tax expense of $4.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Our effective tax rate was (15.0%) for the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to our statutory tax rate of 21%. Our effective tax rate for the year was reduced by 19.2% for the recognition of stock-based compensation expense and the other benefits from the exercise of Israeli non-qualified stock options. Effective January 1, 2020, our Israel subsidiary made a check-the-box election to be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Prior to January 1, 2020, benefits from the exercise of Israeli non-qualified stock options were not deductible. The effective tax rate was further reduced by 9.1% for foreign tax credits generated from the payment of foreign income taxes by our Israel and Hong Kong subsidiaries. We also elected to fully utilize our remaining federal R&D tax credit carryforward, resulting in a favorable 11.5% reduction to our effective tax rate. Other effects of the check-the-box election resulted in a favorable 6.2% reduction to our effective tax rate. The overall change in our effective tax rate was negatively impacted by 9.0% for the recognition of a valuation allowance due diligence expenses.to the uncertainty of future foreign source taxable income and our ability to utilize the foreign tax credit. Discussion of the recognition of our valuation allowance is further discussed in Note 11 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Provision for income taxes resulted in a tax expense of $4.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. Our effective tax rate was 22.6% for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to our statutory tax rate of 21%. Our effective tax rate for the year increased by 7.5% due to non-deductible stock-based compensation expense associated with incentive stock options as well as further increased by 5.6% for state/province income taxes. We expectelected to utilize a portion of our expensesfederal R&D tax credit carryforward, resulting in a favorable 5.9% reduction to increase substantially afterour effective tax rate. The overall change in our effective tax rate was positively impacted by 6.5% reduction due to our foreign tax provision. Discussion of the closingrecognition of our income taxes is further discussed in Note 11 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this offering.prospectus.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our liquidity needsAs of March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $39.5 million, which consisted of cash on hand and money market mutual funds. Historically, we have been satisfied prior tofunded our operations, including capital expenditures, primarily through cash flow from operating activities. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, the completion of this offering through (i) $25,000 paid bycash generated from operations, the borrowing capacity under our sponsor in exchange forrevolving credit facility, and the issuancecash we obtained as a result of the founder shares to our sponsorBusiness Combination and (ii) the receipt of loans to us of up to $300,000 by our sponsor under an unsecured promissory note. To date, we have borrowed $79,596 under the unsecured promissory note. We estimate that the net proceeds from (i) the sale of the units in this offering, after deducting estimated non-reimbursed offering expenses of $1,000,000, underwriting commissions of $6,000,000, or $6,900,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full (excluding deferred underwriting commissions of $10,500,000, or $12,075,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), and (ii) the sale of the private placement warrants for a purchase price of $8,500,000 (or $9,400,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be $301,500,000 (or $346,500,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). Of this amount, $300,000,000 (or $345,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be held in the trust account, which includes the deferred underwriting commissions described above. The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under therelated PIPE Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The remaining $1,500,000 will not be held in the trust account. In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $1,000,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $1,000,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less taxes payable and deferred underwriting commissions), to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest income (if any) to pay taxes, if any. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the trust account. We expect the interest income earned on the amount in the trust account (if any) will be sufficient to payfund our taxes. Tooperations and capital expenditures for the extent thatforeseeable future. However, we intend to continue to make significant investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new games and features or enhance our existing games, improve our operating infrastructure, or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt is used, in wholefinancings to secure additional funds or in part, as considerationwe may decide to completedo so opportunistically.
Debt
On March 27, 2020 we entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility (the “SVB Revolver”) with Silicon Valley Bank for up to $35.0 million. The Revolver bears interest at a variable rate at our initial business combination,option of either (i) the remaining proceeds heldPrime Rate (as defined in the trust account will be used as working capitalagreement for the Revolver) minus a margin ranging from 0.25% to finance the operations of the target business0.75% or businesses, make other acquisitions(ii) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75%. The Revolver is secured by our assets, including our intellectual property, and pursue our growth strategies.matures on September 27, 2022. The Revolver includes
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customary reporting requirements, conditions precedent to the completion of our initial business combination, we will have available to us the $1,500,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account,borrowing and affirmative, negative and financial covenants, including minimum liquidity and interest coverage ratios, as well as certain funds from loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or membersa maximum total leverage ratio. Borrowings under the Revolver may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions. Up to $3.0 million of the Revolver may be used for letters of credit. As of March 31, 2021, we have not made any drawdowns on the Revolver.
On June 24, 2021, in connection with the Closing, we terminated and replaced the SVB Revolver. We, one of our management team.subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers entered into the Credit Agreement which provides for a five year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by us, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions. Commitment fees and interest rates are determined on the basis of either a Eurodollar rate or an Alternate Base Rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins are initially 2.50%, in the case of Eurodollar loans, and 1.50%, in the case of Alternate Base Rate loans. The applicable margin is subject to adjustment based upon our “Total Net Leverage Ratio” ​(as defined in the Credit Agreement). Eurodollar rates and the Alternate Base Rate are subject to floors of 0.00% and 1.00%, respectively. The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative financial and operational covenants applicable to us and our subsidiaries. We will use these fundsare also obligated to primarily identifycomply with two financial maintenance covenants as of the end of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2021: (i) we must maintain a Total Net Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.50:1.00 (subject to increase to 4.00:1.00 following consummation of certain material acquisitions) and evaluate target(ii) we must maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25:1.00. The obligations of us and our subsidiary under the Credit Agreement are secured by liens on substantially all of our assets and our subsidiary’s assets.
Cash Flows
The following tables present a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​​2020​​2019​​2018​
​​​($ in thousands)​
Net cash provided by operating activities​​​$4,798​​​​$5,465​​​​$48,400​​​​$36,088​​​​$36,728​​
Net cash used in investing activities​​​​(11,941)​​​​​(6,126)​​​​​(27,002)​​​​​(25,292)​​​​​(24,409)​​
Net cash used in financing activities​​​​(2,160)​​​​​21​​​​​(3,635)​​​​​(7,348)​​​​​(4,133)​​
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents​​​​(149)​​​​​(24)​​​​​142​​​​​(26)​​​​​(343)​​
Net change in cash and cash equivalents​​​​(9,452)​​​​​(664)​​​​​17,905​​​​​3,422​​​​​7,843​​
Operating Activities
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020.   Operating activities provided $4.8 million of net cash during the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $5.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020. While net income increased by $0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, operating cash flows decreased by $0.7 million during the period. This was due to an unfavorable change in operating assets and liabilities, including the increase in accounts receivable of $4.0 million due to timing fluctuations in receivables collection, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable of $1.5 million due to timing of payments. The unfavorable change in working capital was partially offset by the decrease in deferred income tax benefit of $0.7 million, increase in depreciation and amortization of $0.6 million, and increase in stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million.
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   Operating activities provided $48.4 million of net cash as compared to $36.1 million in 2019. While net income decreased by
 
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businesses, perform business$1.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020, operating cash flows increased by $12.3 million during the period. This was due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to andthe one-time expense of $20.0 million from the offices, plants or similar locationstermination of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documentsthe profit share provision of the MGM Marketing Agreement that had no impact on operating cash flows during the period, as it was not paid as of December 31, 2020. The increase in cash provided from operating activities was primarily due to this favorable change in accrued liabilities. The impact of the more favorable changes was partially offset by the $6.0 million decrease in deferred income tax expense.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   Operating activities provided $36.1 million of net cash in 2019 as compared to $36.7 million in 2018. While net income increased by $10.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, operating cash flows decreased by $0.6 million during the period due to $5.0 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense and material agreementsless favorable changes in operating assets and liabilities, including $5.4 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, $1.4 million in accounts receivable, $8.3 million in deferred revenue resulting from the cancellation of prospective target businesses,the King Agreement and structure, negotiatethe corresponding realization of deferred revenue. The impact of the less favorable changes was partially offset by the $9.0 million increase in depreciation and completeamortization.
Investing Activities
Our investing activities are composed of cash used for game development and purchase of property and equipment.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020.   During the three months ended March 31, 2021, investing activities used $11.9 million of net cash as compared to $6.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase in investing activities was due to the issuance of $5.0 million in notes receivable to a business combination.third-party game developer and a $0.9 million increase in capitalized cost of development games during the period. This was partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in property and equipment purchases during the period.
We do not believe we will needYear Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to raise additional funds following this offering in orderYear Ended December 31, 2019.   During the year ended December 31, 2020, investing activities used $27.0 million of net cash as compared to meet$25.3 million during the expenditures required for operating our business prior to our initial business combination, other than funds available from loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or membersyear ended December 31, 2019. Capitalized cost of development games increased by $4.2 million, reflecting the development of our management team. However, ifupcoming games, myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss, while property and equipment purchases declined by $2.5 million between periods, as the 2019 period reflected one-time leasehold improvements and purchases related to an increase in workforce.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2018.   During the year ended December 31, 2019, investing activities used $25.3 million of net cash as compared to $24.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The slight increase was driven a $0.7 increase in spending on our estimatesleasehold improvements at our Israeli and Hong Kong offices as well as new office and computer equipment to support the increase in our workforce.
Financing Activities
Our cash flow from financing activities consists of proceeds from the costsexercise of identifyingstock options, payments made for stock repurchases and repayment of debt.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2020.   During the three months ended March 31, 2021, financing activities used $2.2 million of net cash as compared to a target business, undertaking in-depth$0.0 million cash inflow during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The increase in cash outflows was due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or financea $3.0 million increase in payments for capitalizable transaction costs resulting from the Business Combination, partially offset by a $0.8 million increase in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliateproceeds received from the exercise of stock options.
Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019.   During the year ended December 31, 2020, financing activities used $3.6 million of net cash as compared to $7.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. This decrease is due to a $3.6 million decrease in cash payments for repurchases 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 may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. 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 $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identicalcommon stock compared 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, its affiliates or our management team 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.
We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include approximately $200,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses associated with structuring, negotiating and documenting successful business combinations; $175,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations; $240,000 for office space, administrative and support services; $125,000 for Nasdaq continued listing fees; $150,000 for consulting, travel and miscellaneous expenses incurred during search for initial business combination target; and $610,000 for general working capital that will be used for insurance premiums, miscellaneous expenses and reserves.
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, either because the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our trust account, or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account.
Controls and Procedures
We are not currently required to maintain an effective system of internal controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will be required to comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act for the fiscal year endingended December 31, 2021. Only in the event that we are2019.
 
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deemedYear Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to beYear Ended December 31, 2018.   During the year ended December 31, 2019, financing activities used $7.3 million of net cash as compared to $4.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase in cash outflows is due to a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company would we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on internal control over financial reporting. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined$4.8 million increase in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantagerepurchases 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 requirement.
Priorour common stock compared to the closingyear ended December 31, 2018. The 2018 period also reflected a $2.0 million financing cash outflow resulting from our purchase of this offering, we have not completed an assessment, nor have our auditors tested our systems,the noncontrolling interest in one of our internal controls. We expectsubsidiaries. See Note 13 — Stockholders’ Equity to assess the internal controlsour consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
Contractual Obligations
The following table is a summary of our target business or businesses priorcontractual obligations as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
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We have entered into lease contracts for both office space and office equipment and have classified these leases as operating leases. Our portfolio of leases expires at various dates through 2024, with certain leases containing renewal option periods of two to five years at the completion of our initial business combination and, if necessary, to implement and test additional controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain an effective system of internal controls. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisionsend of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of internal controls. Many small and mid-sized target businesses we may consider for our initial business combination may have internal controls that need improvement in areas such as:
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reconciliationWe have entered into long-term license agreements with third parties in which we are obligated to pay a minimum guaranteed amount of accounts;royalties in exchange for the use of the third party’s brands or other intellectual property. We may be obligated to pay royalty fees in excess of the minimum guaranteed royalty amounts where actual revenue for such games exceeds certain amounts.
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proper recordingThe preparation of expensesconsolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and liabilitiesassumptions that affect the reported amounts in the periodconsolidated financial statements and notes thereto. We develop our estimates and assumptions based on historical information and other data available that are believed to which they relate;
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evidence of internal reviewbe reasonable under the facts and approval of accounting transactions;
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documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlyingcircumstances. Actual results may differ materially from the estimates. Our significant estimates; and
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Because it will take time, management involvementinterim consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We believe the estimates and perhaps outside resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessary for us to meet regulatory requirements and market expectations for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expenses in meeting our public reporting responsibilities, particularlyassumptions involved in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internal and disclosure controls. Doing so effectively may also take longer thanfollowing accounting policies have the greatest potential impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
As noted in Note 3 — Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements in the consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financing reporting.
Once our management’s reportadopted ASC 606 on internal controls is complete, we will retain our independent auditors to audit and render an opinion on such report when required by Section 404 ofJanuary 1, 2019 using the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The independent auditors may identify additional issues concerning a target business’s internal controls while performing their audit of internal control over financial reporting.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The net proceeds of this offering andmodified retrospective method. We derive revenue from the sale of virtual currency and from the private placement warrants heldsale of advertising within our games.
Virtual Currency
Players may purchase virtual currency through accepted payment methods offered by the respective platform. Once a purchase is completed, the virtual currency is deposited into the player’s account and is not separately identifiable from previously purchased virtual currency obtained by the player for free. Once obtained, virtual currency (either free or purchased) cannot be redeemed for cash nor exchanged for anything other than game play. When virtual currency is consumed in the trust account willgames, the player could “win” and would be invested in U.S. government treasury obligationsawarded additional virtual currency or could “lose” and lose the future use of that virtual currency.
Determining our performance obligation with a maturity of 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. Duerespect to the short-term naturesale of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitmentsour virtual currency requires significant judgment which could substantially affect the timing and Contractual Obligations; Quarterly Results
Asamount of September 15, 2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations. No unaudited quarterly operating data is included in this prospectus as we have not conducted any operations to date.
JOBS Act
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private (not publicly traded) companies.have concluded that we have a single performance obligation to display and provide access to the purchased virtual currency within the game whenever the player accesses the game until the virtual currency is consumed. Payment is required at the time of purchase and the transaction price is fixed. The transaction price, which is the amount paid for the virtual currency by the player is allocated entirely to this single performance obligation. As the player does not receive any additional benefit from the games, nor is the player entitled to any additional rights once the player’s virtual currency is substantially consumed, we have concluded that the virtual currency represents consumable goods.
Determining the timing of the satisfaction of our performance obligation with respect to the sale of our virtual currency also requires significant estimation since we are unable to distinguish between the consumption of purchased or free virtual currency. We utilize the elapsed output method to measure our progress that our performance obligation has been satisfied. Specifically, we estimate the amount of outstanding purchased virtual currency at each reporting date based on player behavior. Based on the analysis of historical player behavior, players who purchase virtual currency generally do not purchase additional virtual currency if their existing virtual currency balances have not been substantially consumed. As we can track the duration between purchases of virtual currency for individual players, we are able to reliably estimate the period in which virtual currency is consumed. Based upon an analysis of players’ historical play behavior, the timing difference between when virtual currency is purchased by a player and when those virtual currency are consumed in gameplay is relatively short. We recognize revenue from in-game purchases of virtual currency over the estimated average period between when the virtual currency is purchased and consumed. If applicable, we record the unconsumed virtual currency in “Deferred revenue” and record within “Prepaid expenses” the prepaid platform fees associated with this deferred revenue.
We continue to gather detailed player behavior and assess this data in relation to our revenue recognition policy. To the extent player behavior changes, we reassess our estimates and assumptions used for revenue recognition prospectively on the basis that such changes are caused by new factors indicating a change in player behavior patterns.
Advertising Revenue
We have contractual relationships with various advertising service providers for advertisements within our games. Advertisements can be in the form of an impression, click-throughs, banner ads or offers. Offers are advertisements where the players are rewarded with virtual currency for watching a short video. We have determined the advertising service provider to be our customer and displaying the advertisements within our games is identified as a single performance obligation. Revenue from advertisements and offers are recognized at a point in time when the advertisements are displayed, or when the player has completed the offer as the advertiser simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided from these services. The price can be determined by the applicable evidence of the arrangement, which may include a master contract or a third-party statement of activity.
The transaction price is generally the product of the advertising units delivered (e.g. impressions, videos viewed) and the contractually agreed upon price per advertising unit. Further, the price per advertising unit can also be based on revenue share percentages stated in the contract. The number of advertising units delivered is determined at the end of each month so there is no uncertainty about the transaction price. Payment terms are stipulated as a specific number of days subsequent to end of the month, ranging from 45 to 60 days.
Principal Agent Considerations
Our games are played on various social and mobile third-party platforms for which such third parties collect monies from our players and remit net proceeds after deducting platform fees. Under the applicable accounting guidance, the amount of revenues recognized may be presented gross or net of the platform fees charged by the third-party platforms, which may result in materially different revenue amounts under different conclusions. We are electingprimarily responsible for providing access to delay the adoptionvirtual currency, have control over the content and functionality of new or revised accounting standards,games before they are accessed by players, and have the discretion to establish the pricing for the virtual currency. Therefore, we are the principal, and therefore, revenue is reported before the deduction of platform fees. As such, platform fees are recorded as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoptioncomponent 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“Cost of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB 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 certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the principal executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our initial public offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
 
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PROPOSED BUSINESSrevenue” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We report our advertising revenue net of amounts retained by advertising service providers.
GeneralInternal-use software
We continually invest in the development of our gaming applications, of which certain costs may be capitalized. Determining the start and end of the capitalization period requires significant judgment which may affect the amount of costs capitalized or expensed in a given period. Under the applicable guidance for internal-use software, capitalization begins when management determines that the software project has entered the application development stage. This stage begins when management has approved and committed resources to the software project, determined it is probable that the project will be completed and that the software will function as intended. Capitalized costs include consulting fees, payroll and payroll-related costs, and stock-based compensation for employees who devote time to our game development projects. Capitalization ceases when the software is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.
Qualified costs incurred after the launch of the game are capitalized to the extent it is probable that the enhancement will result in added functionality that did not exist before. Costs that cannot be separated between maintenance and minor upgrades and enhancements to internal-use software are expensed as incurred.
Capitalized internal-use software development costs are amortized on a newly organized blank check company incorporated asstraight-line basis over a Cayman Islands corporation and formedthree-year estimated useful life. We believe that a straight-line basis for amortization best represents the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses,pattern through which we referderive value from internal-use software. We evaluate the useful lives of these assets and test for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact the recoverability of these assets.
Stock-based compensation
We recognize compensation expense for all stock-based payment awards granted to throughout this prospectusemployees and directors based on estimated fair value of the awards on the date of grant in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. As of March 31, 2021, the outstanding stock-based payment awards are comprised of stock option awards. We use the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black-Scholes model”) as our initial business combination. We have not selected any potential business combination target and we have not, nor has anyonevaluation method for stock option awards. The Black-Scholes model requires the following assumptions: (i) expected volatility of our common stock, which is based on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination target.
We are focused on identifying a business combination target withinpeer group in our industry; (ii) expected life of the live, location-basedoption award, which we elected to calculate using the simplified method; (iii) expected dividend yield; and mobile experiential entertainment industries. Specific sectors that we will target span live events, family entertainment, casino gaming, destination hospitality, sports, sports betting and iGaming, and social and casual mobile games. We will pursue both consumer-facing operators as well as(iv) the business-to-business platforms that support them. We are predominantly focusedrisk-free interest rate, which is based on the U.S. howeverTreasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
The fair value of all stock-based compensation is either capitalized and amortized in accordance with our search may expand to international markets.
Acies Acquisition Corp.
Experiential entertainment, consumed through live, location-based venuesinternal-use software accounting policy or played across mobile platforms, has becomerecognized as an expense on a prime pursuit of American consumers. Companies able to create unique or memorable experiences that foster communal connections through shared values have captured an increasing share of consumers’ entertainment time and budgets. In turn,straight-line basis over the industry has become onefull vesting period of the most important driversawards for time-based stock awards and on an accelerated attribution method for performance-based stock awards. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded net of forfeitures as they occur.
Valuation of PLAYSTUDIOS preferred and common stock
In the absence of an active public trading market for our common stock, we estimated the value of our common stock in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aid, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation. Valuations were determined with the assistance of a third-party valuation firm.
In determining the enterprise value of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., we utilized a weighted combination of the U.S. economy, ledincome approach through the discounted cash flow method and the market approach through the use of the comparable transaction method and guideline public company method. Additionally, in determining the value of our common stock, we utilized a hybrid of the Probability-Weighted Expected Return Method (“PWERM”) and Option Pricing Method (“OPM”) to allocate the dynamic creation of new concepts, companies,enterprise value to outstanding common stock, preferred stock, preferred warrants, and distribution channels, and attracted significant private growth capital. Accordingequity awards. For each potential scenario, the expected future value was then discounted to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, it is estimated that in excess of $1 trillion was spent on entertainment4 in the United States in 2019, approximately 4.5x that which was spent in 1990. Consumers’ entertainment expenditures grew almost 25% faster during this period than U.S. GDP, as consumers dedicateda present value using an increasing portion of their expenditures to entertainment. Our expertise strongly positions us to capitalize on what we believe to be newly created and actionable acquisition opportunities across this ecosystem.
Live, Location-Based Entertainment.   Live, location-based entertainment venues and companies have experienced significant stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in meaningful dislocations in companies’ operating performance, leverage and credit profiles, and valuations, leading in multiple situations to the need for incremental equity capital. Notwithstanding, live entertainment has historically demonstrated an ability to revive rapidly from an exogenous, temporary shock as consumers revert to past behavioral patterns and satisfy pent-up demand for out-of-home experiences. As such, a near-term opportunity exists to recapitalize and partner alongside what we believe are highly attractive, highly durable long-term business models.
Mobile Entertainment Platforms.   In stark contrast, mobile gaming and real money wagering companies, comprised of sports betting and online gaming companies (both consumer-facing operators as well as the business-to-business platforms that support them) are experiencing rapid growth driven by strong consumer demand, popularity of mobile as a platform and a conducive regulatory backdrop. In context, the mobile gaming market is projected to grow 12% annually from 2019 to 2022 according to NewZoo’s 2019 Global Games Market Report. According to Eilers & Krejcik,5 the emerging U.S. real-money wagering industry is expected to become a $40 billion industry — assuming legalization in all 50 states — from essentially zero three years ago. This growth and technological evolution has created a ready need for public equity capital to fund organic growth initiatives and strategically sound, platform-building M&A. The Acies team is well positioned to partner with a management team to develop, analyze and execute on this next wave of growth and consolidation.
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Defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as spend on Recreation Goods and Services and includes gambling, sports, parks and theaters, amongst other similar expenditure types.
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Acies Acquisition Corp.rate. We then applied a discount for lack of marketability in order to reflect the lack of a recognized market for a closely held interest. Each scenario was provided with a probability of outcome based on a good faith estimation. Finally, the value of our common stock was determined by aggregating the probability-weighted value of each outcome.
The assumptions and factors used in these methods are inherently complex and subjective, requiring us to make best estimates given the available information. Accordingly, if actual outcomes for specific assumptions and factors are different than previously estimated, the valuation of our common stock may be materially different than previously determined, resulting in our stock-based compensation expense being materially different. The factors considered by management and the third-party valuation firm included the following:
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possible exit strategies; and
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At each grant date, we further considered various intervening events that have taken place both within the Company and the broader market which may have a significant impact on the fair value of our common stock. Factors considered include the current market conditions, our financial position and forecasted operating results, recent market valuations of competitors deemed comparable to us, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as a sale of PLAYSTUDIOS or an initial public offering of our common stock.
The value of our Class A common stock used for our stock-based compensation expense is well positionedbased on the quoted market price on the Nasdaq.
Income taxes
We account for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires companies to identifyrecognize deferred tax assets and complete an acquisition within these industries. The principalsliabilities for the expected future tax consequences of Acies Acquisition Corp. provide (i) extensive direct industry domain expertise as leaders, operators, creatorsevents that have been included in their consolidated financial statements or tax returns. Under ASC 740, we determine deferred tax assets and advisors, (ii) an expansive networkliabilities based on the temporary difference between the consolidated financial statements and tax bases of durable industry relationships, (iii) vast, best-in-class experience executing large scale M&A transactions, (iv) entrepreneurial visionassets and liabilities using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which we expect the differences to identify market leadingbe recovered or settled. We establish valuation allowances when necessary, based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.
We account for uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740, which requires companies to adjust their consolidated financial statements to reflect only those tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the issue. ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for the consolidated financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation, and (v) a track recorddisclosure of creating valueuncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for shareholders.income taxes.
Our founderseffective tax rate may differ from the federal statutory rate for any given period due to various factors including, but not limited to the foreign rate differential, federal and management teamstate research and development credits, nondeductible stock-based compensation and state tax true-ups.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recently issued accounting pronouncements are industry leaders with highly complementary backgrounds. With an averagedescribed in Note 3 of over 20 years of individual experience, our foundersannual and management team have a diverse set of skills that include operating and leading public companies, founding and growing private companies, and structuring and negotiating complex corporate transactions. The founders and management team are complemented by four independent directors with direct experiential entertainment expertise and extensive industry relationships. We intend to undertake a rigorous investment process centered on identifying a target platform opportunity to which the team can add value through operational enhancements, capital structure optimization, and future acquisitions. We were foundedinterim consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in 2020 by James Murren, former Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International (“MGM”); Edward King, former Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming at Morgan Stanley; Dan Fetters, former Managing Director and Head of Western Region Mergers and Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley; and Andrew Pascal, Founder and CEO of PlayStudios.
Mr. Murren, our Chairman, is a highly respected and well known executive and operator, having served at MGM for over 22 years, as Chairman of the Board, CEO and, prior, as CFO. Under Mr. Murren’s leadership, MGM executed a number of transactions that redefined the company as a global leader in gaming, hospitality and entertainment and created significant value for MGM’s shareholders. During Mr. Murren’s time as CFO, he executed multiple M&A transactions including acquisitions of Mirage Resorts and Mandalay Resort Group, and during his illustrious 12 year tenure as Chairman and CEO, he secured new gaming licenses, spearheaded MGM’s expansion into new markets both domestically and internationally, developed iconic casinos, destination resorts and sports arenas, and helped bring the NHL’s Golden Knights and the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces to Las Vegas. In partnership with GVC Holdings, Mr. Murren also helped establish ROAR Digital, the US sports betting and online gambling company operating as BetMGM. Throughout his career, Mr. Murren has focused on capitalizing on the growing demand for consumer entertainment, and formed several leading, public market companies in the process. During his tenure as CEO, he helped grow MGM’s enterprise value by almost $20 billion, and annual revenue by over $5 billion, led the listing of MGM China Holdings Ltd. and the IPO of MGM Growth Properties LLC, and executed other marquee transactions with a dedication towards delivering shareholder value. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University. Previously, he served as Chairman of the American Gaming Association, was on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution, was on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, and served as a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. He is a CFA® charterholder.
See “Risk Factors — Past performance by our management team or their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us.”
Our Management Team
Acies Acquisition Corp.’s management team comprises James Murren, former Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International; Edward King, former Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming at Morgan Stanley; Dan Fetters, former Managing Director and Head of Western Region M&A at Morgan Stanley; and Chris Grove, partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming. We believe our management team is well-positioned to identify and evaluate targets across the experiential entertainment ecosystem given its extensive experience operating and growing businesses and broad network of relationships.
Acies Acquisition Corp. will be led by Co-CEOs Edward King and Dan Fetters.
Edward King has over 24 years of investment banking experience, the past 20 years of which were at Morgan Stanley where he was most recently Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking. In this capacity Mr. King provided strategic and financial advice to clients on M&A and helped clients raise debt and equity capital in the public and private markets. Industries under his coverage responsibility included resorts, casinos, gaming REITs, other entertainment-focused REITs, onlineprospectus.
 
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sports-wageringEmerging Growth Company Accounting Election
Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”) exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can choose not to take advantage of the extended transition period and iGaming B2C operators and B2B service providers, lottery operators, gaming-floor technologycomply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, and casino-genre social & casual games developers. As Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley, Mr. King executed transactions across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He was also a Board Memberany such election to not take advantage of the American Gaming Association and has been a speaker at G2E, G2E Asia, International Association of Gaming Regulators, International Masters of Gaming Law, and International Association of Gaming Advisors conferences. Mr. King holds M.Phil, MA and BA degrees in economics from Cambridge University, England.
Dan Fetters has over 20 years of experience at Morgan Stanley leading complex strategic transactions around the globe including cross-border mergers in North America, Europe and Asia. His diverse experience includes advising domestic and international companies and Boards of Directors on a broad range of public and private M&A transactions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Fetters also has represented numerous companies in public and private equity and debt offerings and has extensive experience in a variety of industries, including gaming, real estate, sports, media, entertainment, consumer, retail, industrial, and telecommunications. Prior to co-foundingextended transition period is irrevocable. Acies Acquisition Corp., Mr. Fetters served as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Mergers and Acquisition Group and as the Head of Western Region M&A. Before moving to Los Angeles and ultimately leading Morgan Stanley’s Western Region M&A Group, Mr. Fetters spent five years with the organization in New York focused on the Media & Communications sectors in both a financing and M&A capacity. Mr. Fetters received a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chris Grove serves as our Executive Vice President of Acquisitions. Mr. Grove is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on the U.S. sports betting and online gambling sectors. Mr. Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, where his insights and research are regularly relied upon by analysts, media outlets, publicly-traded companies, and policymakers. His work has been cited by outlets including Bloomberg, ESPN, Forbes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal and he has testified before policymakers in multiple states including California, Illinois, New York, Nevada, and Washington State. Mr. Grove also co-founded and operated a leading affiliate marketing network in the regulated U.S. gaming market, PlayUSA Media, which he sold to Catena Media (STO:CAT) in 2017. Mr. Grove received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Illinois State University.
Our Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Acies Acquisition Corp. will include five members as of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The board will be led by James Murren, as Chairman, and will consist of industry leaders and renowned investors. Each brings diversity of experience, perspective and industry contacts that when combined create a distinguished Board of Directors. In addition to Mr. Murren, whose biography is above, our Board of Directors will be comprised of:
Zach Leonsis is the vice president and general manager of Monumental Sports Network, an innovative regional sports network for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms. Mr. Leonsis oversees all operations, including digital development and design, product fulfillment, brand marketing, content production and integrated partner solutions. Monumental Sports Network is co-owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment and NBC Sports Group. Mr. Leonsis led Monumental Sports Network from an ad-based blogging platform into an OTT network capable of processing new-age subscription bundles that include hundreds of live games across multiple leagues, original on-demand programming, exclusive merchandise and one-of-a-kind subscriber-only events and experiences.
Brisa Trinchero is a two-time Tony Award winning Broadway investor, a “40 Under 40” award winning entrepreneur, and an expert at the intersection of entertainment and business. Ms. Trinchero has the personal distinction of being one of only 100 investors in the smash hit, Hamilton. She built a successful multi-million dollar investment portfolio that has been involved in financing more than 30 Broadway shows including Moulin Rouge, Beautiful, Mean Girls, The Band’s Visit, Pippin, and numerous others. She is currently the CEO of the Princess Grace Foundation on behalf of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco (Princess Grace’s son). The Foundation was created to honor the legacy of Princess Grace and grants millions of dollars to emerging artists in theater, dance, and film. Prior to joining the Foundation, Brisa served as Director of Innovation for The John Gore Organization, a billion dollar live entertainment company. She also hosts a national radio show featuring live entertainment entrepreneurs on Sirius XM and has

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served multiple terms as a theater selection panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and founded Lunatix, an innovative ticketing company.
Andrew Zobler is the Founder and CEO of the Sydell Group, a hospitality company founded in 2005, known for creating and managing unique hotels deeply rooted in their location and architecture. A pioneer in the hospitality sphere, Mr. Zobler’s core expertise is an ability to identify and collaborate with original talent within the world of design, food & beverage, and retail and bring them together in the creation of compelling new hotels that engage the communities around them. Prior to founding Sydell Group, Mr. Zobler served as Partner and Chief Investment Officer of André Balazs Properties, and as a Principal in the Managing Member of the real estate fund Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors, LLC. He joined Lazard from Starwood Hotels & Resorts, where as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development he was responsible for overseeing acquisitions across all Starwood brands in North America. Before joining Starwood, Mr. Zobler was a partner in the real estate group at Greenberg Traurig in their New York office specializing in hotel transactions. Named one of the 50 Most Influential People in global business by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2017, Mr. Zobler has received numerous awards and honors including the AHEAD Americas 2018 Award for Outstanding Contribution. He was also recognized by AFAR Magazine in their 2018 Travel Vanguard as one of nine “visionaries who are shaping the future of travel”.
Sam Kennedy is the President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox. In addition to his role with the Red Sox, Mr. Kennedy also acts as Chief Executive of Fenway Sports Management, a sports marketing and sales agency that is a sister company to the Red Sox under the Fenway Sports Group family. Mr. Kennedy has played a key role in transforming Fenway Park into a year-round venue, including concerts and the “Big Air” ski and snowboard competition. He currently serves on the MLB International Committee, MLB Ticketing Committee and is the chair of the President’s Working Group (PWG), a sub-committee of MLB’s Business and Media Board. Mr. Kennedy has also received many recognitions including Boston Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Award and his induction into the Sports Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Hall of Fame.
Our Advisor to the Board
Mr. Pascal, one of our co-founders, is an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader with more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment and luxury hospitality industries. During that time, he founded and built businesses that delivered innovative solutions to the land-based and digital gaming industries. Mr. Pascal brings a blend of entrepreneurial passion, creative insight, and operating discipline to his ventures. He is the Chairman and CEO of PlayStudios, a social and casual games company whose portfolio of games artfully combine established casino brands, proven gambling games, social game mechanics, and real-world rewards. Mr. Pascal is also the Managing Member of Pascal Ventures, LLC since its formation in 2010. Prior, Mr. Pascal founded and built WagerWorks, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2005) and Silicon Gaming, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2001). During his time at Wynn Las Vegas (from 2003 to 2010), the luxury hotel-casino resort was widely recognized for being the only casino resort in the world to achieve the highest distinctions from Mobil, AAA, and Michelin.
Business Strategy
Our acquisition and value creation strategy is to identify, acquire and, after our initial business combination, to build a company in the public markets. We believe our complementary team provides us a distinct advantage to identify a leading experiential entertainment company and execute a successful business combination.
Extensive Direct Domain Expertise as Leaders, Operators, Entrepreneurs and Advisors.   We have dedicated our careers to industries that provide consumers leading entertainment experiences, through live and mobile platforms. We have consistently demonstrated our ability to found, operate, build, lead, invest in, acquire, and advise leading entertainment businesses that engage consumers in memorable ways. Throughout our careers, we have helped shape prominent entertainment industries such as live entertainment, casinos, destination hospitality, sports, and mobile gaming by leading their respective companies and engaging in transformative transactions.
Expansive Network of Relationships Built Over Decades.   Our management team and Board of Directors have spent most of their careers operating in the industries we are targeting, developing expansive

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networks of founders, owners and management teams of private companies, entrepreneurs, public company senior executives, boards, investors, private equity sponsors, and advisors (investment banks, consultants, attorneys and accountants). We believe this breadth of access will allow us to both source and create acquisition opportunities simply not available to others, due to the reputation, creativity and experience of our team.
Resolute Focus on Value Creation.   Our team has deep experience in creating value through pursuing operational improvements, repositioning and realigning strategies, optimizing capital structures, overseeing capital allocation policies, acquiring and separating businesses and identifying future growth opportunities. Each member of our team has relentlessly pursued value maximizing initiatives and developed impressive track records over the long term. Importantly, we have substantial experience in executing transactions throughout market cycles and structuring transactions to minimize risk while preserving upside opportunity.
Expertise Advising and Steering Private Companies into the Public Markets.   As we pursue a business combination we will work alongside management and their shareholders to unlock the potential of a company’s upside as they transition from a private company to a public company. Our expertise will be invaluable to management teams in accessing the capital markets and driving value for shareholders long term.
Vast Experience Structuring, Negotiating, and Executing Mergers and Acquisitions.   Value creation in the public markets from the initial business combination will be achieved by our upfront implementation of rigorous discipline and creativity to the valuation, terms and conditions of the merger transaction. Our team has decades of experience structuring, negotiating and executing transactions across private and public companies, corporate carve-outs, and private equity-backed exits.
Business Combination Criteria
Consistent with our business strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We will use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines.
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Highly defensible business models with a sustainable competitive advantage.   A tailored, highly differentiated, or unique consumer experience that builds on a sense of wonder, community and shared values engenders enduring consumer loyalty and repeat customer demand. It is our belief these attributes create the most defensible business models, sustain a competitive advantage and market position, create attractive growth and cash flow profiles and so generate shareholder value.
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Disruptive business models with strong secular growth.   Many categories (in particular mobile entertainment) are experiencing unprecedented growth due to strong underlying consumer demand and liberalizing regulations. These companies’ rapid growth, and prospective scale, lead them to be natural public entities, whereon new avenues of growth and capital will be opened to fund organic initiatives and pursue transformative or bolt-on acquisitions.
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Dislocated valuations within fundamentally strong sectors and businesses.   Live entertainment sectors have been temporarily disrupted due to COVID-19, but otherwise possess fundamentally sound long-term business plans. We believe there exists an opportunity to provide equity capital to privately owned companies, or public companies through the carve-out of a division, at attractive valuations.
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Strong management that would benefit from Acies’ extensive and diverse expertise.   We believe our operating expertise and expansive network access has the potential to drive incremental value to even those currently strong management teams, resulting in improvements to operational and financial performance.
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Founder-owner monetization, corporate carve-outs and private equity exits.   Special purpose acquisition company transactions are a proven path for owners to monetize their holdings through an upfront liquidity event with ongoing participation, and present many compelling features not otherwise replicable in an IPO or sale.
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guidelines as well as other considerations, factors, criteria and guidelines that our management may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria and guidelines in our shareholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this prospectus, would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.
Our Business Combination Process
In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct an extensive due diligence review which may encompass, as applicable and among other things, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities and a review of financial and other information about the target and its industry. We will also utilize our management team’s operational and capital planning experience.
Each of our directors and officers will, directly or indirectly, own founder shares and/or private placement warrants following this offering and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, such officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
Certain of our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity subject to his or her fiduciary duties. As a result, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to such officer’s and director’s fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, he or she will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not expect these duties to materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we renounce our interest in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company and it is an opportunity that we are able to complete on a reasonable basis.
Initial Business Combination
So long as our securities are then listed on Nasdaq, our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination.
If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or an independent valuation or appraisal firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it unlikely that our board will not be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of a target business or businesses, it may be unable to do so if the board is less familiar or experienced with the target company’s business, there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of the company’s assets or prospects, including if such company is at an early stage of development, operations or growth, or if the anticipated transaction involves a complex financial analysis or other specialized skills and the board determines that outside expertise would be helpful or necessary in conducting such analysis. Since any opinion, if obtained, would merely state that the fair market value of the target business meets the 80% of net assets threshold, unless such opinion includes material information regarding the valuation of a target business or the consideration to be provided, it is not anticipated that copies of such opinion would be

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distributed to our shareholders. However, if required under applicable law, any proxy statement that we deliver to shareholders and file with the SEC in connection with a proposed transaction will include such opinion.
We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-business combination company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-business combination company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-business combination company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of our sponsor. If our securities are not then listed on Nasdaq for whatever reason, we would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% of net asset test.
To the extent we effect our initial business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in such company or business. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.
The time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.
Other Considerations
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, Founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor or any of our Founders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
We currently do not have any specific business combination under consideration. Our officers and directors have neither individually selected nor considered a target business nor have they had any substantive discussions regarding possible target businesses among themselves or with our underwriters or other advisors. Our management team is regularly made aware of potential business opportunities, one or more of which we may desire to pursue for a business combination, but we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf) contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to a business combination transaction with our company. Additionally, we have not, nor has anyone

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on our behalf, taken any substantive measure, directly or indirectly, to identify or locate any suitable acquisition candidate for us, nor have we engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any such acquisition candidate.
James Murren, our Chairman and an investor in the sponsor, is subject to a non-compete with MGM that prohibits Mr. Murren from engaging in certain competitive activities for a period ending March 22, 2021. See “Risk Factors — Our Chairman is party to a non-competition agreement that may limit the types of companies that we can target for an initial business combination.”
In addition, certain of our Founders, officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary and contractual duties to other entities. As a result, if any of our Founders, officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he, she or it has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, he, she or it will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not expect these duties to materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we renounce our interest in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company and it is an opportunity that we are able to complete on a reasonable basis.
Our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors may sponsor, form or participate in other blank check companies similar to ours during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an acquisition target, particularly in the event there is overlap among investment mandates. However, we do not currently expect that any such other blank check company would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. In addition, our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors, are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence.
Status as a Public Company
We believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering through a merger or other business combination with us. In a business combination transaction with us, the owners of the target business may, for example, exchange their shares of stock, shares or other equity interests in the target business for our Class A ordinary shares (or shares of a new holding company) or for a combination of our Class A ordinary shares and cash, allowing us to tailor the consideration to the specific needs of the sellers. We believe target businesses will find this method a more expeditious and cost effective method to becoming a public company than the typical initial public offering. The typical initial public offering process takes a significantly longer period of time than the typical business combination transaction process, and there are significant expenses in the initial public offering process, including underwriting discounts and commissions, that may not be present to the same extent in connection with a business combination with us.
Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is completed, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial public offering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions, which could delay or prevent the offering from occurring or have negative valuation consequences. Once public, we believe the target business would then have greater access to capital, an additional means of providing management incentives consistent with shareholders’ interests and the ability to use its shares as currency for acquisitions. Being a public company can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented employees.
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our lack of an operating history and our ability to seek shareholder approval of any proposed initial business combination, negatively.
We are an “emerging growth company,”company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved, If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intendhas irrevocably elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.period, which means that when an accounting standard is issued or revised and has different application dates for public or private companies, Acies Acquisition Corp. or, following the consummation of the Business Combination, PLAYSTUDIOS, for so long as we remain an emerging growth company, may adopt the new or revised standard only at the time private companies are required or permitted to adopt the new or revised standard.
We willFollowing the consummation of the Business Combination, we expect to remain an emerging growth company until the earlier ofof: (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completionclosing of this offering,the Acies IPO (which occurred on October 22, 2020), (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary sharescommon equity that areis held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30th,end of that fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter and our net sales for the year exceed $100 million; and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the priorpreceding, rolling three-year period.
Financial Position
With funds available for a business combination initially in the amount of $289,500,000, after payment of the estimated non-reimbursed expenses of this offeringQuantitative and $10,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees (or $332,925,000 after payment of the estimated expenses of this offering and $12,075,000 of deferred underwriting fees if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its debt ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third-party financing and there can be no assurance it will be available to us.
Effecting Our Initial Business Combination
GeneralQualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are not presently engaged in,exposed to foreign currency exchange translation effects and we will not engage in, any operations for an indefinite period of time following this offering. We intendare indirectly exposed to effectuate our initial business combination using cashforeign currency transaction risks. Our foreign currency translation exposure results from the proceeds of this offering and the private placementtranslation of the private placement warrants,balances of our subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the proceedsU.S. dollar into U.S. dollars. Historically, our translation exposure has been to the New Israeli Shekel, and has not been material over the fiscal periods presented in this prospectus, because our Israeli subsidiary does not generate revenue and its costs have accounted for a relatively small portion of our total operating costs. For example, the operating costs of our Israeli subsidiary accounted for approximately 11.6% of our consolidated operating costs for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Our indirect foreign currency transaction exposure results mainly from the sale of our sharesvirtual currency to players outside of the U.S., and mainly to players in connectionCanada, the United Kingdom and Australia, which accounted for 5.6%, 1.6% and 1.3% of our total net revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2021, respectively. While players outside of the U.S. make purchases in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, we are paid by platform providers and record revenue in U.S. dollars pursuant to the terms of the relevant contracts. While we have the ability to change the foreign currency pricing of our virtual currency, sudden and significant changes in the exchange rates of the Canadian and Australian dollars and Pound Sterling to the U.S. dollar could have a material impact on our results of operations. We do not hedge our foreign currency exposure but may do so in the future.

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BUSINESS
The Power of Play
We are PLAYSTUDIOS and we build award-winning casual games that are among the most popular games available on iTunes and Google Play. Our games, which include myVEGAS Slots, myVEGAS Blackjack, my KONAMI Slots, POP! Slots, myVEGAS Bingo and the soon to be released Kingdom Boss, have been downloaded over 100 million times and were played by 3.7 million monthly active users for the three months ended March 31, 2021. From social slots to casual and role-playing games (RPGs), each game has been thoughtfully crafted for the people who play it. As a result, we’ve been able to build a loyal and engaged community of players by virtue of our direct development efforts.
But we are not just a game company, because at the heart of every game we create is a powerful, one-of-a-kind loyalty program we call playAWARDS. It sets us apart from other leading game developers and it’s our key to building deep and lasting connections with millions of players. Every time players engage with one of our games, they begin earning valuable loyalty points and elevating their playAWARDS status. Once they have accumulated loyalty points, they can unlock a collection of real-world rewards and other benefits, that include, but are not limited to, vacations, invitations to special events, and access to our VIP services. Through our loyalty program, with a few swipes and a tap, players can be on their way to a complimentary meal, a show, or a weekend getaway, along with a chance to connect with other players who share their passion for our games.
Our curated collection of over 80 awards partners who represent more than 275 unique brands (as of March 31, 2021) includes MGM Resorts International, Wolfgang Puck, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Cirque du Soleil, and House of Blues. The appeal of our loyalty program speaks for itself. Players have exchanged their loyalty points for over 11 million rewards with a retail value of nearly $500 million as of March 31, 2021.
Managing a loyalty program like playAWARDS requires a robust technology platform. That’s why we’ve created an intuitive collection of tools and services that allows our expansive network of global awards partners to make the most of their in-game promotional presence. With our platform, our awards partners can launch new rewards directly into our games and make changes to their existing ones. Then, in real time, they can see how players are responding to and engaging with their brands within our games.
Our awards partners recognize the value of showcasing their products and services within our games. The benefits, however, extend well beyond simple brand impressions, because each reward that a player acquires in our games translates to a potential customer for our awards partners. Extending these rewards to our players helps keep our awards partners top-of-mind in a way that’s entertaining and engaging, rather than transactional.
Our valuable loyalty program provides our players a whole new dimension to their gameplay experiences. We often hear player stories of unforgettable memories and personal connections that our players have made through our real-world rewards. And that is what makes PLAYSTUDIOS so much more than a game company.
From our portfolio of games, to our loyalty program, to our growing network of awards partners, we continue to demonstrate the true power of play, achieving an annual consolidated revenue growth rate of 22.5%, from $195.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 to $239.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. For the same periods, our net income increased from $2.8 million to $13.6 million and our Adjusted EBITDA increased from $37.3 million to $49.5 million.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we generated consolidated revenue of $74.1 million compared to $58.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, reflecting year-to-year growth of 27.1%, and, for the year ended December 31, 2020, we generated consolidated revenue of $269.9 million compared to $239.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, reflecting year-to-year growth of 12.7%. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, our net income increased to $5.9 million from $5.5 million year-over-year, and our Adjusted EDITDA increased to $14.5 million from $13.5 million in the same period in 2020. For the year ended December 31, 2020, our net income decreased to $12.8 million from $13.6 million in 2019, and our Adjusted EBITDA increased to $58.0 million from $49.5 million in the prior year.

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The Loyalty Lift
Successful games, just like most forms of creative content, move through a predictable lifecycle — from development and launch to maturity and late-stage contraction. At each stage, they are met with unique challenges, from driving discovery and amassing a community of engaged players, to retaining their players and converting non-paying players to payers. Our games are free-to-play, and we have primarily generated our revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which players can choose to purchase at any time to enhance their playing experience.
The key to any game’s success is the ability to hold onto its players long enough to realize their economic value. And therein lies the true benefit of our playAWARDS program. By incorporating loyalty mechanics into each of our games, we believe we have changed the profile of the typical game life cycle — scaling quickly, driving deeper engagement, and realizing greater life-time value from our players.
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From the players’ perspective, our in-game rewards enrich their game play experience, offering them something very real in exchange for their engagement with our initialgames. This engenders an important sense of reciprocity, which is a key element in designing captivating digital experiences.
From our perspective as a game developer, our loyalty program has a proven positive impact on our ability to engage, retain, and monetize our players. During the year ended December 31, 2019, for players who redeemed rewards versus players who never viewed our rewards store, month-over-month retention was approximately ten times greater, minutes per day played was three times greater, and monetization was four times greater.
Company and Product Awards
Our games have received broad recognition from a number of industry publications and analysts. These accolades include:
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App Annie Top 30 Publishers, 2020 and 2021
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“Most Innovative Social Slot Game” 2019 EKG Slot Awards in Las Vegas (my KONAMI Slots)
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“Best New Game” at the EGR Awards 2017 (POP! Slots)
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Our Loyalty Program
Our playAWARDS program is grounded in a proven model that provides our players with a rewarding entertainment experience and our awards partners with promotional access to a large and valuable audience. From our perspective as a game developer, our playAWARDS program affords us a key competitive advantage in our strategy to retain, engage, and ultimately monetize our players. The platform’s rules engine allows us to align our reward offerings with players’ preferences based upon certain qualifying criteria. For example, our upcoming RPG game will feature benefits that include sporting events, concerts, amusement parks, and other forms of live entertainment. We believe our differentiated playAWARDS program benefits our players, awards partners, and business combination (pursuantfor a number of reasons as described below.
We believe our unique playAWARDS program provides our players with a compelling and differentiated value proposition: “Play Free Games. Earn Real Rewards.”
Each of our games incorporate loyalty points that are earned by players as they engage with our games. Like miles in a frequent-flyer program, our players accumulate more loyalty points as they demonstrate their ongoing commitment to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enterour games. These loyalty points can then be exchanged for a vast library of real-world rewards. Each of our games features an integrated rewards lobby, enabling our players to easily browse and acquire benefits from a curated collection of rewards. Loyalty points are aggregated across all of our games, allowing our players to accumulate loyalty points more rapidly by engaging with more of our games. This drives traffic across our entire portfolio of games.
It is our view that the playAWARDS program enriches the overall value proposition of our games. By complementing inherently great games with a compelling collection of rewards, we’ve been able to distinguish ourselves from our competition and drive market-leading metrics.
And it’s these results that have enabled us to expand our portfolio to over 80 awards partners who represent more than 275 brands as of March 31, 2021 across the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

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Our awards partners are able to reach new audiences and optimize marketing dollars through playAWARDS.
The playAWARDS program allows our awards partners to connect directly with a valuable mobile audience in a way that is engaging, entertaining, and cost effective. By integrating branded content and promotional offerings into followingour games, playAWARDS converts entertaining digital impressions into real world brand engagement. In the consummationprocess of this offering or otherwise), shares issuedearning loyalty points and redeeming rewards, players make the journey from our world into the world of our awards partners. This activity helps them acquire new customers and reactivate ones that have lapsed. In addition, by extending restricted offers, our awards partners are able to shift customer demand from peak to off-peak periods, allowing them to optimize the utilization of their inventory.
Our awards partners are equipped with a robust toolkit to manage, monitor, and measure the performance of their rewards.
The playAWARDS platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools that enables participants in our loyalty program to optimize their participation. Our platform includes operating tools tailored to the ownersneeds of our game makers, customer service features for our support and VIP teams, and a dedicated console for our awards partners. All of these stakeholders are empowered to manage their activities in real time, drawing on player insights to optimize the impact and value they derive from the playAWARDS program.
We have amassed a global network of awards partners
As we have amassed a diverse collection of awards partners, the scale of our network has become a competitive edge that delivers benefits to both our players and awards partners. As of March 31, 2021, our catalogue of rewards includes offerings from over 80 partners who represent more than 275 entertainment, retail, travel, leisure, and gaming brands across 17 countries and four continents, and our players have used their loyalty points to acquire over 11 million rewards with a retail value of nearly $500 million as of March 31, 2021.
Our loyalty program extends the engagement and retention of our players and mitigates the impact of the target, debt issued“Creator’s Dilemma.”
The “Creator’s Dilemma” speaks to bankthe unique challenges a game must overcome in each phase of its lifecycle. This dilemma highlights the complexities of standing out among hundreds of thousands of competing games, as well as the importance of driving deeper engagement and its relationship to monetization. We believe our playAWARDS program enhances the value of our games, and thereby lifts these key performance metrics. Whether it be early adoption, mid-term engagement, or other lenders orlong-term payer conversion, we believe our loyalty program enhances the ownerstrajectory and life cycle of our games.
We believe that the benefits of our loyalty program are best illustrated by our retention, engagement, and monetization metrics. In each of these key measures of performance, we see meaningful increases as players become aware of, and ultimately take advantage of the loyalty program. During the year ended December 31, 2019, for players who redeemed rewards versus those players who never viewed our rewards store, month over month retention was approximately ten times greater, minutes per day played was three times greater, and monetization was four times greater.

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We grow our network of players and awards partners through a “Virtuous Cycle.”
By leveraging our unique loyalty proposition, we grow our vibrant community of players. As our players engage with our games, they accumulate loyalty points that enrich their experience in the real world. As they consume their real-world rewards, they drive incremental business value for our awards partners, who more fully engage with our program and actively promote our games as a means of keeping their brands top-of-mind with target orconsumers. This drives players back to our games, where they can engage more deeply, accumulate more loyalty points, and repeat the cycle. The more players we drive to our awards partners, the more awards partners and rewards inventory we can attract. The more rewards we attract, the more we can offer to our players, making our loyalty proposition more compelling to an even broader audience.
Our Core Strengths
We build engaging and beautifully executed games.
We are dedicated to building fun and beautiful games that feature a captivating complement of graphics, sounds, and visual effects. We undertake an extensive internal creative review process and comprehensive quality assurance testing before publishing any new game. We constantly monitor the performance of our games to improve the overall gameplay experience.
We have a proprietary loyalty platform with a global network of awards partners.
We have developed and scaled our proprietary loyalty platform to over 80 partners who represent more than 275 brands across 17 countries and four continents. We have amassed a global, diverse collection of awards partners across entertainment, retail, technology, travel, leisure, and gaming. Our scaled loyalty platform allows us to provide an engaging enhancement to the primary gaming experience of our 3.7 million monthly active users for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
We believe the combination of our ten years of development investments, operational experience, integration of our loyalty platform within our awards partners’ marketing and operating practices, and the foregoing or other sources. breadth of our corporate relationships are significant competitive advantages, and to replicate our systems would require competitors to invest substantial time and incur significant expense.
We may seekare experts in live operations.
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not sufficient requirement when it comes to completebuilding an enduring franchise. Games, and the teams that build and operate them, must cultivate the capacity to understand, anticipate and respond to player behaviors. This ability is often enabled by sophisticated tools and a disciplined process. When done well, the overall experience, level of difficulty, rate of progress, and breadth of features, can be fine-tuned to the expectations and desires of individual player cohorts. By delivering content, offers, and features to our initial business combinationplayers at the optimal times during their gameplay, we can drive paying player conversion, continued monetization, and long-term paying player retention.
We are committed to adding value to our player experience through rewards, service, and community.
We believe that focusing on the player experience is the key to driving player retention and opportunities for conversion to paying players. We have built a player management infrastructure that includes customer support, social media community engagement, VIP hosting for premium players, and real-world meetups and social events with our awards partners.
We focus on transparency and accountability, empowering our employees and management to drive the efficient use of capital.
We believe that achieving our potential is rooted in the alignment of our teams around our vision, product plans, organization design, and expected results. To achieve this goal, we’ve implemented a company architecture that promotes transparency, engagement, critical thinking, and shared learning. Fundamental to this structure is our studio model and rigorous planning exercise. Teams evaluate their market opportunities, assess what’s unique about their position, craft or businessrefine their strategies, and translate them into plans that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to the numerous risks inherent in such companiesare actionable and businesses.measurable.
If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt, or not allWe have built an operating framework that consists of the funds released fromtools, information systems, communication practices, and disciplines that enables each of our studios to function independently and optimize its performance. While this model encourages creativity, dynamism, and independence, it also ensures that our values as a company are deeply ingrained in all that we do. This model fosters our commitment to our employees and their growth, our uncompromising attention to innovation and the trust account are usedcreative execution of our games, and our relentless focus on creating value for paymentour stakeholders.
We have adopted certain organizational conventions to drive collaboration and shared learning. Our Council Framework consists of a collection of forums, each comprised of experts across our studios, that self-organize, meet, and advance an agenda that serves the interests of the considerationbroader business. Today we have over 10 active councils focused on areas such as Monetization, Data Science, Technology, Product Execution, User Acquisition, and the playMAKER Experience. These forums are designed to drive deeper connections among our key leaders and provide opportunities for emerging talent within our organizations to make a broader impact on our business.
Our founder-led management team includes industry-leading talent in connection withthe casino, leisure and entertainment industries as well as seasoned game developers and operators.
Our leadership team is a diverse collection of entrepreneurs, product leaders, technologists, game designers, data scientists, and loyalty marketers. In each case, they bring decades of experience, and a shared commitment to assembling teams and building products that are enduring. As a group, they’ve drawn upon their vast experience to design our initial business combinationoperating framework, implement the tools to develop our talent, clarify our strategies, measure our performance, and optimize our decision making.
We rely on data-driven performance marketing capabilities to drive return on our ad spend.
There are certain functions or usedareas of responsibility that we’ve elected to centralize for redemptionsevery studio’s benefit. In the case of player acquisition, we leverage a centralized marketing team to achieve efficiencies across our Class A ordinary shares,portfolio of games. Our performance marketing capabilities focus on cost-effectively acquiring players. Our player acquisition strategy is centered on a payback period methodology, and we may applystrategically balance spend between the balanceacquisition of new players and the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansionreactivation of lapsed players.
 
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operationsWe demonstrate our culture of innovation through the post-business combination company,work of playLABS.
playLABS is an internal group of game designers, engineers, and artists dedicated to the paymentcreation of principalcutting-edge games, features, and content. This group is also tasked with monitoring the competitive landscape for current and emerging trends, within our current category as well as adjacent genres that might hold crossover appeal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital.from which new features and functionality could be cross-appropriated.
Our Growth Opportunities
We have not selected anya collection of growth opportunities that fall into four distinct categories — Optimize, Expand, Acquire and Diversify. We will continue to optimize the performance of our existing portfolio of games, attracting, engaging, and monetizing more players. We also expect to expand our portfolio as we enter the RPG category with our Kingdom Boss product in 2021. In addition, we intend to broaden our focus and act on acquisition opportunities that will allow us to complement our existing franchises by integrating new products and players into our playAWARDS program. In parallel, we expect to diversify our business combination targetmodel as we introduce and we have not, nor has anyone onscale advertising within each of our behalf, initiated any substantive discussionsgames. We also plan to introduce new playAWARDS features that will enable our players to transact directly with any business combination target. Additionally, we have not engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any suitable acquisition candidate, to conduct any research or take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target business, other than our officers and directors. Accordingly, there is no current basis for investors in this offering to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business withus, which we may ultimately completeexpect will improve our initial business combination. Althoughgross margins. Lastly, we’ll continue to evolve our management will assess the risks inherent in a particular target business with which we may combine, we cannot assure you that this assessment will result in our identifying all risks that a target business may encounter. Furthermore, some of those risks may be outside of our control, meaningplayAWARDS platform and tools such that we can do nothingmake them available to controlstrategic partners and third parties under a SaaS model, or reducein our case, Loyalty-as-a-Service.
New Game Launches, Including myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss
Our strategy to date has been to expand our portfolio of games and game studios through in-house development, leveraging the chances that those risks will adversely affect a target business.talent and culture of our teams to develop innovative and award-winning games. We launched our myVEGAS Bingo game in March 2021 and intend to complete the development and launch of Kingdom Boss, our Idle RPG game, in the second half of 2021. These games represent an extension of our addressable market and growth opportunity.
We may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, either becausebelieve that the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our trust account, or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. There are no prohibitions on our ability to issue securities or incur debt in connectionprospective audience for myVEGAS Bingo will overlap considerably with our initial business combination. We are not currently a partyexisting player network. According to any arrangement or understanding with any third party withSensor Tower Game Intelligence, the mobile Bingo category had revenues of $601 million, grew by nearly 54% year-over-year and had 53 million downloads for 2020.
With respect to raising any additional funds through the salemarket opportunity for Kingdom Boss, the Squad RPG genre is among the fastest-growing gaming segments, with over 296 million downloads in 2020. According to Sensor Tower Game Intelligence, the total Squad RPG market size was $5.9 billion and it grew at a rate of securities, the incurrence of debt or otherwise.50% year-over-year. We intend to leverage our entry into this new category to attract both new awards partners and RPG players, expanding our reward offerings across sports, live entertainment, concerts, amusement and theme parks and other attractions. We believe this will further differentiate our game and enable us to attract, retain and monetize our players.
Sources of Target Businesses
We anticipate that our officers and directors, as well as their affiliates, may bring to our attention target business candidates that they become aware of through their business contacts as a result of formal or informal inquiries or discussions they may have, as well as attending trade shows or conventions. In addition,As we expand into these new genres, we expect to receive a number of proprietary deal flow opportunities that would not otherwise necessarily be availableleverage loyalty mechanics and our player network to us as a result of the business relationships of our officersseed, and directors. Further, various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants, private equity groups, investment banking firms, consultants, accounting firms and large business enterprises may bring target business candidatesthen grow, each new product. Historically, when we launched new games, we generally achieved over 150,000 retained daily active users within three weeks by cross-promoting to our attention as a result of being solicited by us through calls or mailings. These sources may also introduce us to target businesses in which they think we may be interested on an unsolicited basis, since some of these sources will have read this prospectus and know what types of businesses we are targeting. While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services of professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms or other individuals in the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’s length negotiation based on the terms of the transaction. We will engage a finder only to the extent our management determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that may not otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us on an unsolicited basis with a potential transaction that our management determines is in our best interest to pursue. Payment of finder’s fees is customarily tied to completion of a transaction, in which case any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account. In no event, however, will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or their respective affiliates be paid by us any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). We have agreed to pay an affiliate of our sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support and to reimburse our sponsor for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination. Some of our officers and directors may enter into employment or consulting agreements with the post-business combination company following our initial business combination. The presence or absence of any such fees or arrangements will not be used as a criterion in our selection process of an acquisition candidate.
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, Founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial businessplayer network.
 
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Targeted Strategic Acquisitions
To date, while we have generally grown our business organically by assembling every team, building every product and acquiring every player ourselves, we continually seek, evaluate and pursue strategic transactions which we believe will enhance our business as further described below. Our intention is to apply the resources obtained from becoming a public company that is affiliated withand accelerate our sponsor or anygrowth through strategic acquisitions. We believe prospective game companies will find us to be a more attractive acquiror, given the uniqueness of our Founders, officers or directors, we,playAWARDS program and our overall operating framework. Whether it be a young company with untapped potential or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities, including entities that are affiliates of our sponsor, pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. See “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”
Evaluation of a Target Business and Structuring of Our Initial Business Combination
In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct an extensive due diligence review which may encompass, as applicable and among other things, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities and a review of financial and other information about the target and its industry. We will also utilize our management team’s operational and capital planning experience. If we determine to move forward with a particular target, we will proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the business combination transaction.
The time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of, and negotiation with, a prospective targetmature business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination. The company will not pay any consulting fees to membersan established portfolio of our management team, or their respective affiliates, for services rendered to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of our sponsor.
Lack of Business Diversification
For an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line of business. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:
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Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team
Althoughexisting games, we intend to closely scrutinizeapply our experience, resources and proprietary assets to helping them achieve their full potential. We believe our model, operating approach, team and scale will enable us to compete for the managementbest of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future role of members of our management team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination as to whether any of the members of our management team will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination. While it is possiblethese acquisition opportunities.
 
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Our prior, current and future acquisition strategy is to expand into new genres, acquire proven games and brands with franchise value, assimilate talented teams, scale our audience, leverage our playAWARDS platform to create value and improve operating performance. The genres and related games we are currently focused on are casual (match, bubble, word, card), niche (racing, sport), midcore (Idle RPG, card battler) and casino (poker, bingo).
Consistent with our past practice of seeking, evaluating and pursuing strategic acquisitions, we are currently in various stages of discussions with several potential acquisition targets. The types of acquisition opportunities we are currently evaluating and pursuing fall into categories that we internally define based on the state of product maturity, audience size and related key performance indicators, access to resources, growth potential, revenues, margins and other factors. The acquisition targets we are currently evaluating and pursuing range in size from development stage to more than $300 million in revenue with DAUs of less than 50,000 to more than 5,000,000. We expect that we would issue a combination of our cash and stock to such acquisition targets or their respective equity holders in connection such acquisitions.
None of our current discussions with acquisition targets have advanced to binding definitive agreements and we cannot make any assurances that any such discussions will advance to binding definitive agreements. In addition, even if we enter into binding definitive agreements with acquisition targets, one or more of such acquisitions may not close, and even if one or more of such acquisitions close, we may not achieve the benefits we expect to achieve.
Ad Monetization
Nearly all of our directors will remain associatedrevenue is derived from in-game purchases. We have recently introduced ad monetization mechanics as a limited pilot program within two of our games. We intend to qualify the potential of in-game advertising as a new source of revenue and expect to exploit the opportunity further later in some capacitythe year. We believe there is untapped revenue potential, through ads, from players that are deeply engaged in our loyalty program but who have not made in-game purchases.
Direct Purchase
In 2020, we developed and trialed a new collection of web-based VIP features. The service was extended to select players, who were invited to engage with us followingthrough a customized player portal. Each portal is tailored to the player, with a curated collection of unique benefits, rewards, and real-world events. The player is also able to review his or her status and currency balances across all playAWARDS-enabled games, and should the player choose, the player can purchase virtual items from within the portal. It’s important to highlight that these players are given preferential access to unique rewards, along with virtual currency packages that are not available within the game. The VIP Player Portal remains available to a limited group of players as we continue to test its use and acceptance before making it available to a larger number of players.
Continued Conversion of Non-Paying Players into Paying Players
We believe we can generate revenue growth by converting more non-paying players into payers. We have increased the average daily conversion rate of non-payers to payers from 2.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to 2.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2021, and, we have increased the average daily conversion rate of non-payers to payers from 2.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019 to 2.3% for the year ended December 31, 2020. We continually assess the data about our initial business combination, it is unlikelyplayers to develop insights that anywe can use to improve conversion. We also engage regularly with our players at community events and other occasions associated with their reward redemptions. These opportunities enable us to glean additional insights from our players that inform our ongoing product refinements. We intend to continue to explore new strategies to improve our conversion of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial business combination. Moreover,non-paying players into paying players, including continued game enhancements, player outreach, live operations offerings, and data-driven player management strategies.
Increasing the Monetization of Our Paying Players
We believe we cannot assure you that memberscan generate revenue through increasing the monetization of our management team will have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.
We cannot assure you that anypaying players. Each of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined company. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination.
Following a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination
We may conduct redemptions without a shareholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. However, we will seek shareholder approval if it is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, or we may decide to seek shareholder approval for business or other reasons.
Under Nasdaq’s listing rules, shareholder approval would typically be required for our initial business combination if, for example:
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securities laws (including with respectour existing paying players. From exclusive in-game VIP events and bespoke hosting services, to material nonpublic information),tailored pricing on store bundles and premium real-world rewards, we continue to expand the value we deliver to our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisorsplayers, which we believe will translate to increased levels of purchases by our players.
Growing Our Player Base
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we averaged 1,259,000 daily active users, a decrease of 22% from the same period in the prior year, and, during the year ended December 31, 2020, we averaged 1,459,000 daily active users, a decrease of 10.8% from the same period in the prior year. We believe this decrease is a result of COVID-19 and its impact on our rewards offering. As hotels, cruise-lines, restaurants, and concerts were closed or their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public sharescanceled, we saw erosion in favorthe level of engagement of our initial business combination or not redeemplayers. We believe this illustrates the power of our playAWARDS program, in that the absence of it resulted in a decline in our active players — the first in nearly five years. We believe that as we move past COVID-19 and restore the value of our rewards offerings, our player network will increase. In addition, it is our view that our awards partners will leverage our program and player network to reinvigorate their public shares. However,businesses as they have no current commitments, plans or intentionsemerge from COVID-19. To accomplish this, we believe our awards partners will expand the variety and amount of rewards inventory, making the value proposition of our program more compelling for existing and new players.
Given the dynamics described above, the upcoming launch of our new games, and the anticipated acquisition of existing products, we believe we can grow our player base. And as we do, we intend to engagefully leverage the mechanics of our loyalty program to drive the cross-promotion and adoption of other games in such transactionsour portfolio.
Loyalty-as-a-Service
Our playAWARDS program provides value to our awards partners while increasing player engagement and have not formulated any terms or conditionsretention within our games. As we introduce new games and explore potential acquisition opportunities, we will integrate our loyalty program in order to drive value and benefit from our increased scale. We will continue to enhance our playAWARDS program by updating the platform and tools, optimizing the redemption funnel and growing our collection of awards partners. Our robust platform and knowledge can be leveraged and applied to other products and services as well. We also plan to explore additional opportunities for any such transactions. Nonemonetizing our technology, tools, and operating expertise by offering to other game publishers a tightly integrated, full-featured, loyalty-as-a-service solution.
A Journey of the fundsa Thousand Smiles
At a San Francisco game conference in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or warrants in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession2011, a chance encounter between a pair of any material non-public information not disclosedaccomplished entrepreneurs, Andrew Pascal and Paul Mathews, and a resourceful gaming veteran, Monty Kerr, led to the seller or if such purchases are prohibitedshared recognition of a unique opportunity. Facebook’s emerging social games space was heating up, offering both the promise of rapid growth and the challenge of stiff competition. Inspired by Regulation M under the Exchange Act.opportunity, Andrew, Paul, and Monty believed that they had discovered a novel point of entry. They would leverage a powerful customer engagement practice common to many other industries but not yet applied to consumer gaming — a loyalty program. Thus, our founding team — rounded out by additional members Katie Bolich, Chad Hansing, and Nicholas Koenig — entered the social gaming market with exclusive licenses to a collection of iconic casino resort brands and a company-defining value proposition: play free games, get real rewards.
In the event thatJuly 2011, having formalized our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights or submitted a proxy to vote againstrelationship with MGM Resorts and closed our initial business combination, such selling shareholders would be requiredround of funding, we opened our first offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, Burlingame, California, and Austin, Texas. Our presence in each of these markets allowed us to revoke their prior elections to redeem their sharesquickly assemble our core team and any proxy to vote againstbegin the work of developing our initial business combination. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject tofirst Facebook game, myVEGAS.
In 2012, shortly after the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the timesuccessful launch of any such purchasesmyVEGAS, we observed early signals that the purchases are subjectcenter of gravity for casual gaming was about to such rules, the purchasers will be requiredshift to comply with such rules.
The purpose of any such transaction could be to (i) votemobile platforms. We quickly broadened our focus and in favor of the business combinationNovember 2013 we launched myVEGAS Slots for iOS and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (ii) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (iii) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.Android.
In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” ofMay 2015 we expanded our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders ofglobal reach, opening a new office in Hong Kong — PLAYSTUDIOS ASIA — helmed by John Lin, currently our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.
Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the shareholders with whom our sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated transactions by either the shareholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by shareholders (in the case of Class A ordinary shares) following our mailing of tender offer or proxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private transaction, they would identify and contact only potential selling or redeeming shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust account or vote against our initial business combination, whether or not such shareholder has already submitted a proxy with respect to our initial business combination but only if such shares have not already been voted at the general meeting related to our initial business combination. Our sponsor, executive officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase shares from based on the negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and will be restricted from purchasing shares if such purchases do not comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.
Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. We expect any such purchases would be reported by such person pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements.
Redemption Rights for Public Shareholders upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash,Chief Operating Officer.
 
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equalIn August 2016, we acquired Scene 53, an Israel-based technology company led by Yonatan Maor and a tight-knit group of innovative co-founders. They were developing immersive, multi-user, virtual environments and we leveraged their real-time social engine as the foundation for our next game, a communal casino experience called POP! Slots that featured player-to-player interactions and shared game outcomes.
Between July 2012 and August 2016, we had launched five games: myVEGAS on Facebook, myVEGAS Mobile Slots, myVEGAS Blackjack, my KONAMI Slots, and POP! Slots.
As we added titles to the aggregate amount then on depositour game portfolio and grew our network of players, we continued to improve upon our playAWARDS program, introducing new awards partners and extending our footprint to more destinations in the U.S., Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
We continued to make significant investments in our playAWARDS program, including a major update to its underlying technology, released in October 2019. We believe our loyalty program will become an increasingly valuable tool for current and future awards partners seeking creative ways to engage with their target audience.
Our Company Values
Values are not what you say. Values are who you are. At best, they are the product of self-discovery, not belabored wordsmithing. At PLAYSTUDIOS, the essence of who we are is expressed in three simple truths: PLAY better together, PLAY to win, and the game is for the PLAYer.
The founders of our company and the principals of our Tel Aviv and Hong Kong game studios have long histories together, and the importance of those relationships sets the tone for a company that places its highest premium on trust, account calculatedmutual respect, and genuine regard for one another — even when we disagree. While clichés about close-knit cultures abound, we believe that in our case the metaphor of a company as family truly does apply. We recognize that building and growing a successful business requires a tremendous commitment of twotime and energy. Taking that journey with people you care about makes it all the better, whether shouldering a setback or sharing a success.
This leads us to our second value, PLAY to win. We all want an opportunity to do great work and to see the direct impact we have on the success of our company. And while there are many ways to measure success, for us, it’s all about the quality of what we create — about thoughtful design and attentive execution. To this end, we spend a good deal of time working through details that most people will never notice, but that do make a difference. The result is that our games have become known for their innovative features, distinctive look and feel, and level of quality that has become a hallmark of PLAYSTUDIOS.
The closeness of our teams and the quality of our content come together in our conviction that everything we create is for our players. Unlike a retail or a hospitality business, days priormost game companies don’t have the luxury of daily encounters with their player base. While it is standard practice to continually evolve games based on a rich set of performance analytics, the consummationimportance of face-to-face player feedback cannot be overstated. Thanks to our real-world rewards and loyalty program, and an active calendar of community events, we have regular opportunities to socialize with our players in ways that other game companies cannot. Here again, our playAWARDS program affords us a distinct competitive advantage.
Our Games
myVEGAS Facebook
In July 2012, we launched myVEGAS on Facebook. With the exclusive digital rights to many of the initial business combination, including interest earnediconic casino resorts on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to payLas Vegas Boulevard, our taxes, if any, divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per-share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The redemption rights will include the requirement that a beneficial holder must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of our initial business combination with respect to our warrants. Further, we will not proceed with redeeming our public shares, even if a public shareholder has properly elected to redeem its shares, if a business combination does not close. Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares.
Limitations on Redemptions
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of the initial business combination (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). However, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof.
Manner of Conducting Redemptions
We will provide our public shareholdersgame provided players with the opportunity to redeem all or a portionbuild their own virtual Las Vegas Strip while enjoying free-to-play slots and table games inspired by their favorite desert destinations. Incorporating well established Las Vegas brands into our first title provided an air of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial 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 we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement or whether we were deemed to be a foreign private issuer (which would require a tender offer rather than seeking shareholder approval under SEC rules). Asset acquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval while direct mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association would typically require shareholder approval. We currently intend to conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote unless shareholder approval is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement or we choose to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC for business or other reasons. So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with the Nasdaq rules.
If we held a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination, we will, pursuantauthenticity to our amendedgames, our storylines, and restated memorandumeven our social mechanics. We also debuted our one-of-a-kind loyalty program that allowed players to earn free meals, show tickets, hotel rooms, and articlesmore from a curated collection of association:awards partners, including: ARIA, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo (now Park MGM), New York-New York, Luxor, and Excalibur.
 
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conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and
​      As myVEGAS was being favorably received on Facebook, the market was shifting from desktop to mobile. We followed suit and quickly went to work on our first mobile game, leveraging our existing content and lessons we learned on the social platform. In November 2013, myVEGAS Slots was launched on iTunes and Google Play. Similar to its predecessor, myVEGAS Slots also featured an extensive collection of real-world rewards — a first for the mobile platforms. Within weeks of its launch, myVEGAS, had attracted more than 250,000 players, validating our compelling proposition. It was clear that playing for fun while earning real-world benefits was resonating without target audience.​​
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In the event that we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connection therewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described above upon completion of the initial business combination.
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial purchaser’s founder shares, we would need 11,250,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,875,001, or 6.25% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 30,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. In addition, our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares.
If we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association:
​      Having established the myVEGAS brand and proven the value of real-world rewards, we elected to leverage both in a new, albeit adjacent category. In November 2014, we released myVEGAS Blackjack for iOS and Android devices. The game offers players traditional Blackjack rules and game mechanics with a host of social gaming features such as collectables, challenges, and leaderboards, along with distinct “rooms” that provide the look and feel of familiar Las Vegas casinos. Central to the game experience is our loyalty program, which shares a common, linked currency across all of the other myVEGAS games. Blackjack quickly became a favorite among our network of players, amassing over 200,000 daily active users within weeks of its launch.​​
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Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase Class A ordinary shares in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete such initial business combination.
Limitation on Redemption upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Shareholder Approvalmy KONAMI Slots
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any
​      Recognizing the growing popularity of real-world casino content in free-to-play mobile gaming, we entered into a strategic partnership with KONAMI Gaming. The relationship gave us access to the vast collection of casino-proven slot content. In January 2016, we introduced my KONAMI Slots, coupled with our unique loyalty program. The game quickly scaled to over 150,000 daily active players. Today, its audience has more than doubled as it continues to showcase KONAMI’s newest and hottest slot machines like China Mystery, Lotus Land, Lion Festival, Masked Ball Nights, and more.​​
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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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, which we refer to as “Excess Shares,” without our prior consent. We believe this restriction will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem no more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering without our prior consent, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.POP! Slots
However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination.
​      With our position established as a leading developer of casual slot games, we set out to create a product that would more fully exploit the inherently social aspects of mobile gaming. POP! Slots was released in August 2016 and introduced players to an entirely new, immersive world in which they roamed a virtual strip, entered their favorite casinos, then spun the reels alongside others with whom they were teamed-up, or pitted against. With real-time audio chat and emojis, players could connect with one another as they conquered the Wall of Kahn, broke the bank at Bellagio, or topped the chart in Win Zone. The games proved to be highly engaging, and the communal nature of the experience set it apart from everything else in its genre. Similar to the rest of the PLAYSTUDIOS portfolio, POP! Slots incorporated our loyalty points and real-world rewards into the game, and extended our loyalty program to an even broader audience of players and awards partners.​​
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Tendering Share Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption RightsmyVEGAS Bingo
Public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” will be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, mailed to such holders, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/ Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, in each case up to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote to approve the business combination. The proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate the applicable delivery requirements, which will include the requirement that a beneficial holder must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. Accordingly, a public shareholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. Given the relatively short period in which to exercise redemption rights, it is advisable for shareholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.
There is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a fee of approximately $80.00 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.
The foregoing is different from the procedures used by many blank check companies. In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, many blank check companies would distribute proxy materials for the shareholders’ vote on an initial business combination, and a holder could simply vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to exercise his or her redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such shareholder to arrange for him or her to deliver his or her certificate to verify ownership. As a result, the shareholder then had an “option window” after the completion of the business combination during which he or she could monitor the price of the company’s shares in the market. If the price rose above the redemption price, he or she could sell his or her shares in the open market before actually delivering his or her shares to the company for cancellation. As a result, the redemption rights, to which shareholders were aware they needed to commit before the general meeting, would become “option” rights surviving past the completion of the business combination until the redeeming holder delivered its certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the meeting ensures that a redeeming shareholder’s election to redeem is irrevocable once the business combination is approved.
​      While continuing to nurture and grow our core game franchises, we elected to enter the dynamic and rapidly growing casual bingo category. According to Sensor Tower Game Intelligence, the mobile Bingo category had revenues of $601 million, grew by nearly 54% year-over-year and had 53 million downloads for 2020. As we enter into the bingo genre, we are applying our proven approach — carefully crafting a game that’s intuitive to play, feature rich, and beautifully executed. We believe players will respond to the integration of real casino brands, innovative power-ups, group social features, collectables, and leaderboards. Similar to all of the other PLAYSTUDIOS games, myVEGAS Bingo will offer its players the opportunity to earn real-world rewards. We launched myVEGAS Bingo in March 2021.​​
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Any requestKingdom Boss (Coming Soon)
​      While continuing to nurture and grow our core game franchises, we elect We expect to launch our first idle RPG game, Kingdom Boss, in the second half of 2021, moving beyond casino-style content and into another rapidly expanding game category. With respect to the market opportunity for Kingdom Boss, according to Sensor Tower Game Intelligence, the Squad RPG genre is among the fastest-growing gaming segments, with over 296 million downloads in 2020, a market size of $5.9 billion and year-over-year market growth of 50%. Players of Kingdom Boss will be immersed in an epic role-playing game as they build their empire, forge alliances, command an army of epic heroes, and rescue their subjects from the shadowlands of exiled kingdoms. While we firmly believe in the strong appeal of the core game experience, Kingdom Boss will enjoy additional lift from our loyalty program and a new collection of real-world benefits that will be carefully tailored to this new audience.​​
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Integration of Loyalty Program and cross promotion into myVEGAS Bingo and Kingdom Boss
In the decade since launching our first game with integrated loyalty mechanics, we’ve worked to redeem such shares, once made, mayabstract the technologies, tools, and operating practices that were central to this unique value proposition. Our aim was to transform our loyalty construct into a free-standing and full-featured program that could be withdrawn at any time upmore efficiently integrated into future game releases. Our playAWARDS initiative, and the dedicated team that leads it, is focused on further establishing it as the gaming industry’s gold standard. As we now look to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the business combination, unless otherwise agreed to by us. Furthermore, ifaccelerate our growth through new product introductions and strategic acquisitions, playAWARDS will serve as a holder of a public share delivered its certificatecatalyst, driving deeper engagement among newly acquired audiences.
As highlighted above, playAWARDS will feature prominently in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.
If our initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public shareholders who elected to exercise their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account.upcoming game launches. In such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.
If our initial proposed business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete a business combination with a different target until the end of the completion window.
Redemption of Public Shares and Liquidation If No Initial Business Combination
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we will have only the completion window to consummate an initial business combination. If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, 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 liquidation 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)myVEGAS Bingo, we integrated the program under the consumer-facing myVIP brand and (iii)actively promote it to our obligations under Cayman Islands lawexisting network of players. We believe this will attract a sizable collection of qualified and highly valued players for this game, as was the case in our past game launches. In each prior case, these early adopters have proven to provide for claimsbe the ‘golden’ cohorts of creditorsplayers, driving sustained levels of performance and growth.
We expect to turn our attention to the requirementsmassive RPG market in 2021, as we launch Kingdom Boss with the category’s only real-world loyalty program. Soon players of other applicable law. Therethe fastest growing game genre will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respectable to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate an initial business combinationplay for free and earn for real.
The Market
We are focused on serving players within the completion window. Our amendedglobal gaming market, which grew 19.6% in 2020 to $174.9 billion, compared to 2019, and restated memorandum and articlesencompassed 2.8 billion players across the globe, according to Newzoo. Additionally, within the global gaming market, Smartphone Games represented a $74.9 billion market growing at 29% year-over-year growth rate in 2020, according to Newzoo. 2020 was another landmark year for the industry, adding approximately 140 million players, according to Newzoo, as people worldwide increasingly looked to games as a form of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior toentertainment, continuing the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidationstrong growth trajectory of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subjectindustry. We are fortunate to applicable Cayman Islands law.
Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame).
Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on depositoperate in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust accounthigh growth mobile arena, and not previously releasedbelieve that there is meaningful room for expansion, especially as mobile and 5G penetration increases globally, and existing players continue to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares. However, we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of the initial business combination (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). If this optional redemption right is exerciseddeepen their relationship with respect to an excessive number of public shares such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement, we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of our public shares at such time. This redemption right shall applymobile content.
 
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inWe believe that our prior learnings within the eventsocial casino genre will prove advantageous as we extend into the adjacent categories of casual and mid-core games. Our proven ability to frequently refresh in-game content, overcome repetitive game mechanics with nuanced design, and craft compelling features that convert players to payers address a key set of challenges that are common to much of the approval of any such amendment, whether proposed by our sponsor, any executive officer, director or director nominee, or any other person.gaming landscape.
We expect that all costsnow see tremendous growth opportunities as we apply our game-making, operational, and expenses associatedmonetization sensibilities to new genres. We believe this can significantly broaden our prospective audience and afford us new opportunities to grow our overall network of players.
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The global games market is projected to grow to $217.9 billion in 2023 with implementing our plan3.07 billion players according to NewZoo. Given the growth trajectory of dissolution,gaming as a whole, as well as paymentsthe diversification of our portfolio, we believe that we are well situated to any creditors, will be funded from amounts remaining outcapitalize on the continued expansion of the $1,500,000 held outsideoverall market.
Competition
As a developer of mobile games, we compete with other game makers and other forms of entertainment content. Our primary competitors include Activision Blizzard (the parent company of King Digital), Electronic Arts (EA Mobile), Epic Games, Glu Mobile, Jam City, Machine Zone, Netmarble (the parent company of Kabam), NetEase (NetEase Games), Niantic, Peak Games, Supercell, Take-Two Interactive Software, Vivendi (the parent company of Gameloft) and others. Our market is continually evolving as new developers and new games become part of our rapidly growing, mobile gaming ecosystem. We compete on the trust account plus upbasis of a number of factors, including quality of player experience, breadth and depth of gameplay, ability to $100,000create or license compelling content, brand awareness and reputation and access to distribution channels.
We believe we are well positioned as a gaming company with a robust loyalty program. It is our view that our investments in the quality of funds fromour games, coupled with the trust accountunique value proposition of playAWARDS, will continue to distinguish our products and drive our growth.
We believe the value of our playAWARDS model is tied to the breadth of rewards we make available to usour players. Our ability to pay dissolution expenses, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose.
If we were to expend all ofkeep the net proceeds of this offeringprogram fresh and the sale of the private placement warrants, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders upon our dissolution would be $10.00. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority than the claims of our public shareholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by shareholders will not be less than $10.00. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.
Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, thererelevant is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including, but not limited, to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third-party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third-party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third-party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third-party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third-party for services rendered or products sold to us (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductionsrooted in the value we deliver to our awards partners. As we continue to demonstrate the productivity and impact of our games as a user acquisition, reactivation and inventory management solution, our awards partners can increase their engagement, optimizing their rewards and the overall merchandising of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third-party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiverprogram. Driving demonstrable results is deemed to be unenforceable against a third-party, our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay our income tax obligations, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legalkey
 
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action againstto retaining our sponsorexisting awards partners and attracting new ones. We expect to enforce its indemnification obligations. Whilecontinue to demonstrate the value of our program, and in doing so, further build upon our substantial collection of awards partners and rewards.
We believe that we currently expect thatcan compete favorably in our independent directors would take legal actionmarket. Successful execution of our strategy depends on our behalfability to attract and retain players, expand the market for our games, convert non-paying players into payers, attract and retain awards partners and offer unique and compelling experiences to players. In some cases, we compete against gaming operators who could expand their product lines to include games that could directly compete with ours. See “Risk Factors — Our industry is very competitive. If consumers prefer our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible thatcompetitors’ games over our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claimsown, our operating results could suffer.”
Intellectual Property
We have 58 registered U.S. trademarks, 32 pending applications for trademarks, 14 issued U.S. patents, and 15 pending U.S. patent applications as of creditors the actual valueMarch 31, 2021. We create most of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.00 per public share.
We will seekintellectual property we use in our games, but we also license or otherwise receive rights to reduce the possibility thatthird-party intellectual property for use in our sponsor will havegames. For example, we use licensed intellectual property from MGM Resorts International, Konami Gaming, Ainsworth Gaming Technology, NBCUniversal and Shaquille O’Neal among others, as creative assets in our games. These licenses typically limit our use of intellectual property to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses orspecific uses and for specific time periods and include other entitiescontractual obligations with which we do business execute agreements withmust comply. Certain intellectual property rights may be licensed to us waiving any right, title, intereston a non-exclusive basis, and accordingly, the owners of such intellectual property are free to license such rights to third parties, including our competitors, on terms that may be superior to those offered to us, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage. Competition for these licenses is intense, and often results in one or claimmore of any kind in oradvances, minimum payment guarantees and royalties that we must pay to monies heldthe licensor, which decreases our profitability. Additionally, in the trust account. Our sponsor will alsofuture, we may identify third-party intellectual property we may need to license in order to engage in our business, including to develop or commercialize new games; however, such licenses may not be liable asavailable to any claims underus on acceptable terms or at all. We expect to continue to use a mix of originally created and licensed content in our indemnitygames. See “Risk Factors — Our ability to acquire and maintain licenses to intellectual property may affect our revenue and profitability. Competition for these licenses may make them more expensive and increase our costs.”
Government Regulation
We are subject to a variety of laws in the U.S. and abroad that affect our business, including state and federal laws regarding consumer protection, electronic marketing, data protection and privacy, competition, taxation, intellectual property, export and national security, which are continuously evolving and developing. The scope and interpretation of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We will have accesslaws that are or may be applicable to up to $1,500,000 following this offeringus are often uncertain and the sale of the private placement warrants with which to pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses incurred in connection with our liquidation, currently estimated tomay be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, shareholders who received funds from our trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors, however such liability will not be greater than the amount of funds from our trust account received by any such shareholder. In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $1,000,000, we may fund such excess with funds from the funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be heldconflicting, particularly laws outside the trust account would decrease byU.S. There is a corresponding amount. Conversely,risk that existing or future laws may be interpreted in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $1,000,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.
If we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against usmanner that is not dismissed, the proceeds heldconsistent with our current practices and could have an adverse effect on our business. It is also likely that as our business grows and evolves and our games are played in a greater number of countries, we will become subject to laws and regulations in additional jurisdictions or other jurisdictions may claim that we are required to comply with their laws and regulations.
There are ongoing academic, political and regulatory discussions in the trust account couldU.S., Europe, Australia and other jurisdictions regarding whether social casino games should be subject to applicable bankruptcya higher level or winding-updifferent type of regulation than other social games to protect consumers, in particular minors and persons susceptible to addiction to social casino games, and, if so, what this regulation should include. For example, a court has recently determined that a class-action plaintiff was able to state a claim that an online social casino game operated by Big Fish Games, Inc. violated a specific anti-gambling law andin Washington State. That case was settled in 2020 for $155 million. If new social casino regulations are imposed, or other regulations are interpreted to apply to our social casino games, certain, or all, of our social casino-themed games may be included in our bankruptcy estate andbecome subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be ablethose regulations and expose us to return $10.00 per public share to our public shareholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy or insolvency laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy or insolvency court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith,civil and thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
Our public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public sharescriminal penalties if we do not completecomply. In addition, the increased attention focused upon liability issues as a result of lawsuits and legislative proposals could harm our initial business combination withinreputation or otherwise impact the completion window, (ii) in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timinggrowth of our obligation to provide holdersbusiness. Any costs incurred as a result of this potential liability could harm our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business, combinationfinancial condition or to redeem 100%results of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of the initial business combination. Public shareholders who redeem their Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote described in clause (ii) in the preceding sentence shall not be entitled to funds from the trust account upon the subsequent completion of an initial business combination or liquidation if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, with respect to such Class A ordinary shares so redeemed. In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a shareholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a shareholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such shareholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote.operations.
 
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ComparisonIt is possible that a number of Redemptionlaws and regulations may be adopted or Purchase Pricesconstrued to apply to us in Connection with Our Initial Business Combinationthe U.S. and elsewhere that could restrict the online and mobile gaming industries, including player privacy, advertising, taxation, content suitability, copyright, distribution and antitrust. Furthermore, the growth and development of electronic commerce may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional burdens on companies such as ours conducting business through the Internet and mobile devices. We anticipate that scrutiny and regulation of our industry will increase, and we will be required to devote legal and other resources to address such regulation. For example, existing laws or new laws regarding the marketing of in-game purchases, labeling of free-to-play games, regulation of currency, banking institutions, unclaimed property or money transmission may be interpreted to cover our games and the purchase of virtual currency within our games. If that were to occur, we may be required to seek licenses, authorizations or approvals from relevant regulators, the granting of which may be dependent on us meeting certain capital and other requirements and we may be subject to additional regulation and oversight, all of which could significantly increase our operating costs. Changes in current laws or regulations or the imposition of new laws and regulations in the U.S. or elsewhere regarding these activities may impede the growth of social game services and impair our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We Fail to Complete Our Initial Business Combination.are a member of the ISGA, which promotes best practices in gaming
The following table comparesInternational Social Games Association or ISGA is the redemptionsworldwide representative body of the social games industry, a thriving segment of the entertainment and digital economies. Its mission is to educate and inform the public, policy makers and regulators on what the industry does, how it works and the value it generates for both the digital economy and people that play social games. The ISGA’s “Best Practice Principles” offer guidance to the industry on consumer protection, accountability and transparency, while its research program provides insight for its key stakeholders. We are a member of the ISGA and our co-founder and Executive Vice President, Paul Mathews, is the current Chairman of the ISGA. We are committed to ISGA’s Best Practice Principles, including transparency in our game mechanics, functionality, and in-game purchase process, striving to adhere to data privacy and protection law, and providing customer support.
Data Privacy and Security
We receive, store and process personal information, including personal information of our players and other permitted purchases of public shares that may take place in connection withplayer data. We respect the completiondata privacy rights of our initial business combinationplayers and strive to comply with all applicable data privacy laws. However, there are numerous federal, state and local laws around the world regarding data privacy and the storing, sharing, use, processing, disclosure and protection of personal information, and current laws and regulations are inconsistent across jurisdictions leading to a patchwork of data privacy laws that are difficult to fully interpret and adhere to. Some of these laws and regulations authorize the governing agencies to investigate companies under their jurisdiction to ensure compliance, and to impose fines and other measures against companies who are not in compliance. The applicability of these laws and regulations to us, and their scope and interpretation, are constantly evolving, often uncertain, and may conflict between jurisdictions.
For example, in the U.S. we are subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which was enacted by the State of California and effective on January 1, 2020, and establishes additional data privacy rights for California residents, with corresponding obligations on businesses relating to transparency, deletion rights, and opting-out of the selling of personal information, and grants a private right of action for individuals in the event of certain security breaches. Similar laws relating to data privacy and security have been proposed in other states and at the federal level, and, if passed, such laws may have potentially conflicting requirements.
In Europe, we have not consummated an initial business combination withinare subject to the completion window:General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 or GDPR, a regulation on data protection and data privacy applicable to companies processing personal data of users in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area that became effective May 25, 2018. The GDPR is wide-ranging in scope and imposes strict obligations and restrictions on the ability to collect, use, retain, protect, disclose, transfer and otherwise process personal information (including restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal information), with substantial monetary penalties for violations. The GDPR also provides that EU member states may enact their own additional laws and regulations in relation to certain
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Calculation of redemption price​​Redemptions at the time of our initial business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share), including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitation that no redemptions will take place if all of the redemptions would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and any limitations (including, but not limited, to cash requirements) agreed to in connection with the negotiation of terms of a proposed business combination.​​If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following completion of our initial business combination. There is no limit to the prices that our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may pay in these transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will be required to comply with such rules.​​If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, we will redeem all public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount, then on deposit in the trust account (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share), 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.​
 
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Impact to remaining shareholders​​The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders, who will bear the burden of the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable.​​If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us.​​The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our sponsor, who will be our only remaining shareholder after such redemptions.​
Comparisondata processing activities. Recent legal developments in the EU have created complexity and uncertainty regarding transfers of This Offeringpersonal information from the EU to Those“third countries,” especially the U.S. For example, last year, the Court of Blank Check Companies SubjectJustice of the EU invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (a mechanism for the transfer of personal information from the EU to Rule 419the U.S. and made clear that reliance on standard contractual clauses (an alternative mechanism for the transfer of personal information outside of the EU) alone may not be sufficient in all circumstances. In addition, after the United Kingdom, or UK, left the EU, the UK enacted the UK GDPR, which, together with the amended UK Data Protection Act of 2018, retains the GDPR in UK national law, but also creates complexity and uncertainty regarding transfers of personal information between the UK and the EU, which could further limit our ability to use and share personal data and require localized changes to our operating model.
We are also subject to data protection and data privacy laws in other jurisdictions, such as the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados or LGPD, a data privacy act enacted by Brazil that became effective September 18, 2020, which created new privacy rights for individuals and include monetary penalties for non-compliance. We are further subject to consumer protection laws, such as general truth in advertising and unfair trade practices that prohibit making false statements about, or otherwise failing to disclose, how we use our players’ data, as well as federal and state data breach notification laws.
The following table comparesscope of data privacy laws and regulations worldwide continues to evolve, and we anticipate that the number of data privacy laws and the scope of individual data privacy and protection rights will increase, and we will continue to evaluate tools and methods to help us comply with existing and new laws and regulations.
We require new players who play our games for the first time to accept our privacy policy and terms of this offeringservice. In our privacy policy, we disclose to the terms ofour players what data we collect and how we use it. We also provide our players with an offering byonline submission form to exercise certain rights with respect to their personal data. We strive to comply with our privacy policy and respond to requests from our players to exercise such rights. However, it is possible that these obligations may be interpreted and applied in a blank check companymanner that is inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another and may conflict with other rules and regulations to which we are subject.
See “Risk Factors — We are subject to the provisionslaws and regulations concerning data privacy, information security, data protection and consumer protection, and these laws and regulations are continually evolving. Our actual or perceived failure to comply with these laws and regulations could harm our business.”
Human Capital
We had 394 employees in five studios in three countries as of Rule 419. This comparison assumes that the gross proceeds, underwriting commissionsMarch 31, 2021.
Diversity
Determined to lead by example, we are making good on our pledge to advocate for racial justice and underwriting expensesaddress inequality in our industry and our communities — beginning with an examination of our offering wouldown practices and policies.
We have partnered with corporate diversity consultancy, OpenAccess, to review our current diversity and inclusion initiatives and make recommendations that will allow us to strengthen our internal culture. This will be identicalpart of a broader effort aimed at fostering long-term structural change through awareness, training, and engagement.
OpenAccess, which works with companies to thosefoster inclusion and diversity as a competitive advantage, has begun its process with an audit of our diversity, equity, and inclusion beliefs and practices. A company-wide survey and select one-on-one interviews have been conducted, and a comprehensive review of our hiring practices, recruitment strategies, and policies and procedures will follow, ensuring that they are aligned with our commitment to this important area.
Our partnership with OpenAccess was formed in the wake of our statement following the death of George Floyd. Upon completing an offering undertaken byinitial assessment, OpenAccess will assist us in advancing our long-term strategy to enhance our culture and ensure that everyone is valued, respected, and possesses a company subject to Rule 419, and that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option. Nonesense of the provisions of Rule 419 apply to our offering.belonging.
​​​Terms of Our Offering​​Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering​
Escrow of offering proceeds​​$300,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will be deposited into a trust account located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.​​$255,150,000 of the offering proceeds, would be required to be deposited into either an escrow account with an insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established by a broker-dealer in which the broker- dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account.​
Investment of net proceeds​​$300,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in trust will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 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.​​Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States.​
Receipt of interest on escrowed funds​​Interest income (if any) on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by (i) any taxes paid or payable and (ii) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our initial business combination within the allotted time, up to $100,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital to fund the costs and expenses of our dissolution and liquidation.​​Interest income on funds in escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of a business combination.​
 
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​​​Terms of Our Offering​​Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering​
Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business​​Nasdaq rules require that our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of our assets held in the trust account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in trust and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of signing the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If our securities are not then listed on Nasdaq for whatever reason, we would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% of net asset test.​​The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds.​
Trading of securities issued​​
The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option.
The units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.
​​No trading of the units or the underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account.​
Exercise of the warrants​​The warrants cannot be exercised until the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and twelve months from the closing of this offering.​​The warrants could be exercised prior to the completion of a business combination, but securities received and cash paid in connection with the exercise would be deposited in the escrow or trust account.​

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​​​Terms of Our Offering​​Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering​
Election to remain an investor​​We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any such general meeting.​​A prospectus containing information pertaining to the business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45 business days from the effective date of a post- effective amendment to the company’s registration statement, to decide if he, she or it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his, her or its investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45th business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors and none of the securities are issued.​

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​​​Terms of Our Offering​​Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering​
Business combination deadline​​If we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, 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 100% of 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 liquidation 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.​​If an acquisition has not been completed within 18 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors.​
Release of funds​​
Except for the withdrawal of interest income (if any) to pay our taxes, if any, none of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account until the earliest of:
(i)   the completion of our initial business combination,
(ii)   the redemption of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, and
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​​​(iii)   the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares.​​​​
CompetitionWe are signatories to the Invest in Parents Pledge
In identifying, evaluatingWe signed the #InvestInParents Pledge as a further expression of our commitment to support working parents during the COVID-19 crisis and selectingbeyond. The Invest in Parents Pledge is a target businessmovement initiated by working family advocates and family-forward organizations committed to supporting, protecting and investing in working parents — especially during this period of uncertainty. Employers and individuals who sign the Invest in Parents Pledge commit to advocating for our initial business combination, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similarand supporting working parents to ours, including other blank check companies, private equity groupshelp them participate, remain and leveraged buyout funds, public companies, operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantagethrive in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public shareholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.workforce.
Facilities
Our principal business operations are located in Las Vegas, Nevada. We currently maintain our executive offices at 1219 Morningside Drive, Suite 110, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. The costlease space in Burlingame, California, Austin, Texas, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Hong Kong and Hanoi, Vietnam for our use of this space is included in the $10,000 per month fee we will pay to an affiliate ofgame development and operation functions. We believe our sponsor for office space, administrativefacilities are adequate and support services. We consider our current office space adequatesuitable for our current operations.
Employees
We currently have two executive officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combinationneeds and the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.
Periodic Reporting and Financial Information
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SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual reports will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.
We will provide shareholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of the proxy solicitationshould it be needed, suitable additional or tender offer materials, as applicable, sent to shareholders. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, GAAP, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure you that any particular target business identified by us as a potential acquisition candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with the requirements outlined above, or that the potential target businessalternative space will be ableavailable to prepare its financial statements in accordance with the requirements outlined above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While this may limit the pool of potential acquisition candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.
We will be required to evaluateaccommodate our internal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, will we not be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.operations.
Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will file a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we will be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.
We are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the Cayman Islands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Law. As an exempted company, we have applied for and expect to receive, after the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will be payable (i) on or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of us.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the

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adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30.
Legal Proceedings
There isFrom time to time, we are a party to litigation and subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we currently believe that the final outcome of the litigation and claims we currently face will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
We are a party to a pending litigation matter brought by TeamSava d.o.o. Beograd, or TeamSava, and other related parties. The plaintiffs filed a Statement of Claim in May 2021 in Tel Aviv District Court in Israel, alleging claims, among other things, that we breached the terms of a commercial contract relating to services provided by TeamSava and related parties in connection with the sourcing and administrative management of personnel in Serbia who provided game development services exclusively for us. The pending litigation seeks damages of 27.3 million New Israeli Shekels (NIS) (or approximately $8.5 million based on prevailing exchange rates as of May 19, 2021). We believe that the claims are without merit and we intend to vigorously defend against them; however, there can be no materialassurance that we will be successful in the defense of this litigation. Our range of possible loss could be up to 27.3 million NIS based on the claim amount of the litigation, arbitrationbut we are not able to reasonably estimate the probability or governmental proceeding currently pending against us oramount of loss and therefore have not made any accruals.
On March 2, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, by a purported Acies shareholder in connection with the Business Combination: McCart v. Acies Acquisition Corp., et al. (Sup. Ct. L.A. County) (the “Complaint”). The Complaint names Acies and members of our management teamAcies’ board of directors as defendants. The Complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duties against members of Acies’ board of directors and aiding and abetting the board of directors’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties against Acies. The Complaint also alleges that the registration statement for the Business Combination was materially deficient and omitted and/or misrepresented material information including, among other things, certain financial information, certain details regarding Acies’ financial advisors and other information relating to the background of the Business Combination. The Complaint generally seeks to recover damages related to the Business Combination.
Another purported Acies shareholder sent a demand letter on February 19, 2021, making similar allegations as those made in their capacity as such.the Complaint and demanding additional disclosure regarding the Business Combination.
 
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MANAGEMENT
Executive Officers Directors and Director NomineesDirectors
Our officers, directors and director nomineesexecutive officers and their ages as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:
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James J. MurrenExecutive Officers​​59​​​Chairman​​
Daniel FettersAndrew Pascal​​4255​​Co-ChiefCo-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer​
Edward KingScott Peterson​​4654​​Co-Chief ExecutiveVice President, Chief Financial Officer​
Christopher GroveJoel Agena​​4458​​Executive Vice President, Legal Counsel​
Zach LeonsisNon-Employee Directors​​32​​​​​
William (Bill) J. Hornbuckle​​63​​Director Nominee​
Brisa Trinchero
Joe Horowitz(2)(3)
​​4169​​Director Nominee​
Andrew Zobler
Jason Krikorian(1)(3)
​​50​​Director​
Judy K. Mencher(1)(2)
​​64​​Director​
James Murren(1)
​​59​​Director Nominee​
Sam Kennedy​​47​​Director Nominee​
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James Murren(1)
Member of the audit committee.
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Executive Officers
Andrew Pascal.   Mr. Pascal is a Co-Founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021, and prior to this served as a Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Old PLAYSTUDIOS, which he co-founded in 2011. Prior to co-founding Old PLAYSTUDIOS, Mr. Pascal served as Senior Vice President of Product Marketing and Development at Wynn Las Vegas, a luxury casino resort property owned by Wynn Resorts, Ltd., beginning in 2003 during the project’s development phase, before ascending to the roles of President and Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Throughout Mr. Pascal’s tenure, Wynn Las Vegas garnered multiple awards from the world’s leading hospitality guides. In 2008, Mr. Pascal led the development and launch of Wynn Las Vegas’ sister property, Encore Las Vegas. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Pascal served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WagerWorks, Inc., a company he founded as a casino solutions and content supplier for many of the world’s largest gaming and media brands. Following Mr. Pascal’s departure, WagerWorks was acquired by International Game Technology. Mr. Pascal holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Mr. Pascal is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors based on his substantial business experience, leadership and management experience as the CEO of Old PLAYSTUDIOS and previously as a founder of, and executive director at, other software companies.
Scott Peterson.   Scott Peterson has served as the Chief Financial Officer since June 21, 2021 and prior to this served as the Chief Financial Officer of Old PLAYSTUDIOS since June 2017. Mr. Peterson is a seasoned finance executive with expertise in accounting, financial management, and compliance, and brings more than 20 years of senior level financial leadership of public and private companies. In 2005, he was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Wynn Macau, and returned to Las Vegas as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wynn Las Vegas in 2009. Mr. Peterson’s responsibilities encompassed all aspects of finance, accounting and both casino and hotel finance operations. He was also the principal finance and accounting officer responsible for casino and hotel compliance with Wynn’s internal controls, as well as state and federal requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Southern California.
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general business, and content licensing. Mr. Agena has more than 23 years of experience as a practicing attorney. He joined OldPlayStudios in January 2019, after serving as Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ outside counsel since its inception in 2011. In 2001 he founded The Phoenix Law Group where his practice was focused on acting as outside general counsel for emerging growth companies. Mr. Agena received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Nebraska, College of Law in 1997 where he was a Member of the Law Review, Order of the Coif, and an Arthur E. Perry Scholar.
Non-Employee Directors
William (Bill) J. Hornbuckle.   Mr. Hornbuckle has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021. Mr. Hornbuckle is currently the Chief Executive Officer and President of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), an S&P 500 global entertainment company featuring iconic hotels and casinos, meeting and conference spaces, live and theatrical entertainment experiences and an array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings across the globe. Mr. Hornbuckle served as President of MGM Resorts starting in 2012 and served as Chief Operating Officer from 2019 to December 2020. He led MGM Resorts’ domestic and international expansion efforts, including the development of resorts in National Harbor, MD, and Macau and of T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. More recently, Mr. Hornbuckle oversaw MGM Resorts’ expansion of entertainment and sports betting. Mr. Hornbuckle has been a member of MGM Resorts’ Board of Directors since July 2020 and has served on the Board of Directors of MGM China Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of MGM that operates resorts in Macau, since 2009 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2020. He has served as Chairman of ourthe Board of Directors for CityCenter Holdings, LLC (a joint venture with Dubai World) since December 2018. Mr. Hornbuckle is a board member of T-Mobile Arena (a joint venture with AEG) since 2013 and of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority since 2016. Mr. Hornbuckle also serves on the Board of Trustees for Three Square Food Bank, is a Founder and member of the Board of Directors of GBank Financial Holdings Inc., the parent company of Bank of George, a local banking and financial services institution, and is President of the Fulfillment Fund. Previously, Mr. Hornbuckle served on the Board of Directors of MGM Growth Properties LLC from 2016 to March 2020. Mr. Hornbuckle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We believe Mr. Hornbuckle is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his extensive management experience as a CEO and senior executive of a public company and his understanding of the entertainment and gaming industry.
Joe Horowitz.   Mr. Horowitz has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021. Joe Horowitz has been the Managing General Partner of Icon Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, since 2003. Mr. Horowitz was also a founder of Icon Ventures in 2003 and has overseen its growth from $100 million in assets under management to $1.1 billion. Joe’s venture capital experience also includes a 10-year tenure at U.S. Venture Partners, where the first deal that he worked on was the seed financing of Sun Microsystems. He was also Chairman and CEO of Geocast Network Systems, a broadband infrastructure company backed by Mayfield, Kleiner Perkins and Institutional Venture Partners. Current Icon Ventures portfolio companies that Joe is on the Board of or actively involved with include Area 1 Security, Global Worldwide, Synack, TuneIn and Volansi. He has also served on the board of the National Venture Capital Association and was previously a board member of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists. Joe holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Columbia University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton Graduate School of Business. We believe Mr. Horowitz is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his experience as an investor, board member or executive officer of multiple technology companies and his understanding of the technology industry.
Jason Krikorian.   Mr. Krikorian has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021. He has been a General Partner of DCM, an international venture capital firm, since 2010 as well as a member of the board of directors of Matterport, Inc. since 2014, Augmedix, Inc. since June 2017 and Shift Technologies, Inc. since September 2018. He also has experience as a board member of other private companies. Before joining DCM, Mr. Krikorian was a co-founder of Sling Media, Inc., a pioneering digital media company and creator of the Slingbox, where he led the establishment of partnerships with global MSOs and mobile operators, as well as the international expansion of the company. Prior to Sling Media, Mr. Krikorian was a Partner at id8 Group where he advised leading global brands on product and business strategy focusing on digital media and mobile device platforms. He also spent time at the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised Fortune 500 clients in the retail, automotive and utilities sectors. Mr. Krikorian

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holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and both a Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia. We believe Mr. Krikorian is qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to his experience as an investor in the mobile device platforms space and his background and understanding of the Internet and digital media industries.
Judy K. Mencher.   Ms. Mencher has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021. Ms. Mencher currently serves as a member of the board of directors of New Millennium Homes, a California homebuilder, since 1997 and Spiral Water Technologies, a New Jersey manufacturer of advanced water filtration systems, since November, 2018. Ms. Mencher is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Race Point Investors, LLC, a consultancy firm that specializes in advising various private equity funds and hedge funds on distressed investments and other matters, since March, 2018. Prior to joining Race Point Investors, LLC, Ms. Mencher served as Principal of DDJ Capital Management, a firm that specializes in high yield and distressed investing, with assets under management during her tenure of $1 billion to $3 billion from 1996 to 2006. Ms. Mencher holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University and both a Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from Boston University. We believe that Ms. Mencher is well qualified to serve on the Board of Directors due to her experience as a board member and in evaluating investments as well as her background in finance.
James Murren.   Mr. Murren has served as a member of the Board of Directors since June 21, 2021. Mr. Murren has served as Chairman of the Acies board of directors since August 2020. Mr. Murren is also the Chair of the Nevada COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force. He was the chair of the Leadership Board of the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and has been a member of the Board of Trustees for Howard University since 2016. Mr. Murren first joined MGM Resorts International in 1998 as the Chief Financial Officer and served as the Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International from December 2008 to February 2020. He also served as Chairman of the American Gaming Association from 2014 to 2017, was on the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution from 2011 to 2018, served on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council from December 2013 to 2020, and served as a director of Delta Petroleum Corporation from February 2008 to November 2011. Mr. Murren co-founded the Nevada Cancer Institute, which was the official cancer institute for the state of Nevada until 2013, and served as a director from 2002 to 2012. Mr. Murren is also a founding contributor to Nevada’s first Fisher House, which provides housing for military and Veterans’ families, which was founded in February 2016. He also served as a member of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies. Mr. Murren received his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College. He is a CFA®CFA® charterholder. We believe Mr. Murren’s significant leadership experience makes himMurren is well qualified to serve as Chairmana board member due to his significant leadership experience.
Controlled Company Exemption
The Founder Group collectively beneficially owns more than 50% of the combined voting power for the election of directors. As a result, we are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of Nasdaq and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance standards, including, but not limited to, the following requirements:
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that a majority of our board of directors.directors consist of directors who qualify as “independent” as defined under the rules of Nasdaq;
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Daniel Fetters• has served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since August 2020. Previously, Mr. Fetters spent 20 years at Morgan Stanley from July 2000 to September 2020. Mr. Fetters served as
that we have a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Mergersnominating and Acquisition Groupcorporate governance committee and, became the Headif we have such a committee, that it is composed entirely of Western Region M&A in 2017,independent directors; and
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that we have a position he held until his retirement in September 2020. Prior to his move to Los Angeles in 2005, Mr. Fetters spent five years with Morgan Stanley in New York focused on the Media & Communications sectors in bothcompensation committee and, if we have such a financing and M&A capacity. Mr. Fetters received a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas Schoolcommittee, that it is composed entirely of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.independent directors.
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Edward King has servedAlthough as our Co-Chief Executive Officer since August 2020. Previously, Mr. King spent 20 years at Morgan Stanley, from March 2000 to September 2020, where, since January 2010, he served as Managing Director and Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking. In this capacity, Mr. King provided strategic and financial advice to clients on M&A and helped clients raise debt and equity capital in the public and private markets. Between July 1996 and February 2000, Mr. King was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, working during this period in their London, Los Angeles and New York offices. Mr. King was a Board Member of the American Gaming Association from January 2014date of this prospectus, we do not utilize any of these exemptions, we may elect to December 2015utilize one or more of these exemptions for so long as we remain a “controlled company.” Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of these corporate governance requirements. In the event that we cease to be a “controlled company” and from January 2018our shares continue to December 2019. Mr. King has beenbe listed on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with these provisions within the applicable transition periods. See “Risk Factors — General Risks Factors — Because we are a speaker at G2E, G2E Asia, International Association of Gaming Regulators, International Masters of Gaming Law, and International Association of Gaming Advisors conferences. Mr. King holds M.Phil, MA and BA degrees in economics from Cambridge University, England.
Chris Grove has served as our Executive Vice President of Acquisitions since August 2020. Mr. Grove has been a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming since March 2017 and first joined them in December 2014, and is also on the board of FansUnite (FANS.CN). Mr. Grove also co-founded PlayUSA Media in“controlled company”
 
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January 2013, which was acquired by Catena Media in 2017. Followingwithin the acquisition, he also served as the Acting Director for Catena Media’s U.S. division through the completionmeaning of the transaction in October 2019. Mr. Grove received his BachelorNasdaq rules, our shareholders may not have certain corporate governance protections that are available to shareholders of Sciencecompanies that are not controlled companies.”
Board of Directors
Our business and Master of Science degrees fromaffairs are organized under the Illinois State University.
Zach Leonsis will join our board upon the effectivenessdirection of the registration statementBoard of which this prospectus forms a part. Mr. Leonsis has been the senior vice president of strategic initiatives for Monumental Sports & Entertainment since June 2017 and general manager of Monumental Sports Network since February 2016. Mr. Leonsis received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from Georgetown University. We believe Mr. Leonsis’ background makes him well qualified to serveDirectors. Andrew Pascal serves as a director.
Brisa Trinchero will join our board upon the effectivenessChairman of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Ms. Trinchero is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Princess Grace Foundation-USA & Grace de Monaco LLC since April 2019 and also serves as a trustee of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts since July 2019 and as an advisor for the American Theater Wing since July 2020 and Selladoor Worldwide since July 2017. Previously, Ms. Trinchero served as the Director of Innovation at the John Gore Organization from September 2017 to March 2019 and as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ShooWin from September 2015 to December 2017. Ms. Trinchero received her Bachelor of Arts from Portland State University and her M.B.A. from the University of Portland. We believe Ms. Trinchero’s background makes her well qualified to serve as a director.
Andrew Zobler will join our board upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Mr. Zobler has been the Founder & CEO of the Sydell Group, a hospitality company, since October 2005. Prior to founding Sydell Group, Mr. Zobler served as Partner and Chief Investment Officer of André Balazs Properties from January 2003 to October 2005, and as a Principal in the Managing Member of the real estate fund Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors, LLC from May 2000 to January 2003. He joined Lazard from Starwood Hotels & Resorts in 2000, where he served as the Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development from April 1998 to May 2000. Before joining Starwood, Mr. Zobler was a partner in the real estate group at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP in their New York office from January 1997 to April 1998 specializing in hotel transactions. Mr. Zobler received his Bachelor of Arts from SUNY Binghamton and his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School. We believe Mr. Zobler’s background makes him well qualified to serve as a director.
Sam Kennedy will join our board upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Mr. Kennedy has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Red Sox since August 2015 and has been a member of the baseball club’s upper management hierarchy since March 2002. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Fenway Sports Management, a sports marketing and sales agency that is a sister company to the Boston Red Sox under the Fenway Sports Group family. Mr. Kennedy also serves on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Trustee/Advisory Board since October 2016 and the Marketing Committee since September 2016, the Winsor School Board of Trustees sinceDirectors. The primary responsibilities of the 2018 academic year, the Dana-Farber’s Visiting Committee for Institute Initiatives since February 2016, the BASE’s Advisory Committee since October 2017, and the Camp Harbor View Board of Directors since July 2016. Mr. Kennedy received his Bacheloris to provide oversight, strategic guidance, counseling and direction to management. The Board of Arts from Trinity College. We believe Mr. Kennedy’s background makes him well qualified to serveDirectors will meet on a regular basis and additionally, as a director.required.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with only one class of directors being appointed in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. In accordance with the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Mr. Zobler, will expire at our first annual general meeting. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Ms. Trinchero and Mr. Kennedy, will expire at our second annual general meeting. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Mr. Murren and Mr. Leonsis, will expire at our third annual general meeting.
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completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.
Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association as it deems appropriate. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that our officers may consist of one or more chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, vice presidents, secretary, treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.
Director Independence
The Board of Directors has determined that each of the directors on the board of Directors other than Andrew Pascal and Bill Hornbuckle qualify as independent directors, as defined under the listing rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq listing standards require thatrules”), and the Board of Directors consists of a majority of our board of“independent directors, be independent. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Leonsis, Ms. Trinchero, Mr. Zobler and Mr. Kennedy are “independent directors”” as defined under the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq listing rules relating to director independence requirements. In addition, we are subject to the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq relating to the membership, qualifications and operations of the audit committee, as discussed below.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among any of the individuals who serve as directors or executive officers of the Company.
Role of Board in Risk Oversight
The Board of Directors has extensive involvement in the Nasdaq listing standards. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Executive Officeroversight of risk management related to the Company and Director Compensation
None of our executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. Commencing on the date that our securities are first listed on Nasdaqbusiness and accomplishes this oversight through the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination and our liquidation, we will reimburse an affiliate of our sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to us in the amount of $10,000 per month. In addition, our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, executive officers or directors, or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such reimbursements, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with our activities on our behalf in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination. Other than these payments and reimbursements, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid by the company to our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or their respective affiliates, prior to completion of our initial business combination.
After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

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Advisorregular reporting to the Board
Mr. Andrew Pascal is one of Directors by the audit committee. The audit committee represents the Board of Directors by periodically reviewing our accounting, reporting and financial practices, including the integrity of its financial statements, the surveillance of administrative and financial controls and its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Through its regular meetings with management, including the finance, legal, internal audit and information technology functions, the audit committee reviews and discusses all significant areas of our co-founders. As a co-founder his role is limited to thatbusiness and summarize for the Board of an Advisor to the Board. As such, he is not responsible for finding or qualifying suitable acquisition targets, nor will he be paid or reimbursed for any expenses in connection with the company’s search for acquisition targets before or after the consummationDirectors all areas of our initial business combination.
Mr. Pascal is also the Chairman and CEO of PlayStudios, which he co-founded in April 2011,risk and the Managing Memberappropriate mitigating factors. In addition, the Board of Pascal Ventures, LLC since its formation in December 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Pascal founded and served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alon Leisure Management, LLCDirectors receives periodic detailed operating performance reviews from October 2013 to December 2017 and was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Wynn Las Vegas, LLC from October 2005 to December 2010 and SVP Product Marketing and Development from August 2003 to September 2005. He also founded and built WagerWorks, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2005) and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Gaming, Inc. (sold to IGT in 2001). Mr. Pascal received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Colorado.management.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Upon the effectivenessThe Board of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our board of directors will have three standing committees:Directors has an audit committee, a nominatingcompensation committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rulesnominating and a limited exception,corporate governance committee, each of which has the rules of Nasdaqcomposition and Rule 10A-3responsibilities described below upon completion of the Exchange Act require thatBusiness Combination. Members serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by the audit committeeBoard of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of Nasdaq require that the compensation committee and the nominating committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.Directors.
Audit Committee
Upon the effectivenessThe audit committee consists of Jason Krikorian, Judy K. Mencher, and James Murren, each of whom is a non-employee member of the registration statementBoard of which this prospectus forms a part, we will establish an audit committeeDirectors. James Murren is the chair of the board of directors. Mr. Leonsis, Mr. Zobler and Ms. Trinchero will serve as members of our audit committee. Our boardThe Board of directorsDirectors has determined that each of them are independent under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Mr. Leonsis will serve as the Chairman of the audit committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, all the directors on the audit committee must be independent. Each membermembers of the audit committee is financially literatesatisfies the requirements for independence and our boardfinancial literacy under the rules and regulations of directorsNasdaq and the SEC. The Board of Directors has also determined that Mr. LeonsisJudy K. Mencher qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicablethe SEC rules.
rules and regulations and satisfies the financial sophistication requirements of Nasdaq. The audit committee is responsible for:for, among other things:
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meeting with our independent registered public accounting firm regarding, among other issues, audits,selecting and adequacy of our accounting and control systems;
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monitoring compliance on areviewing the integrity of our financial statements and related disclosures and reviewing our critical accounting policies and practices;
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reviewing and discussing with management and the registered public accounting firm the results of the annual audit, our quarterly basis with the terms of this offeringfinancial statements and if any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessaryour publicly filed reports;
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establishing procedures for employees to rectify such noncomplianceanonymously submit concerns about questionable accounting or otherwise causing compliance with the terms of this offering; andaudit matters;
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Nominating Committee
Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will establish a nominating committee of our board of directors. The members of our nominating committee will be Mr. Zobler, Ms. Trinchero and Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Zobler will serve as chairman of the nominating committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards, a nominating committee must be composed entirely of independent directors. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Zobler, Ms. Trinchero and Mr. Kennedy are independent.
The nominating committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our board of directors. The nominating committee considers persons identified by its members, management, shareholders, investment bankers and others.
Guidelines for Selecting Director Nominees
The guidelines for selecting nominees, which will be specified in a charter to be adopted by us, generally will provide that persons to be nominated:
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The nominating committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the board of directors. The nominating committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of board members. The nominating committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by shareholders and other persons.
Compensation Committee
Upon the effectivenessThe compensation committee consists of Joe Horowitz and Judy K. Mencher, each of whom is a non-employee member of the registration statementBoard of which this prospectus forms a part, we will establish a compensation committee of our board of directors. The members of our compensation committee will be Ms. Trinchero, Mr. Leonsis and Mr. Kennedy. Ms. Trinchero will serve as chairmanDirectors. Judy K. Mencher is the chair of the compensation committee.
Under the Nasdaq listing standards, we are required to have a compensation committee composed entirely The Board of independent directors. Our board of directorsDirectors has determined that each of Ms. Trinchero, Mr. Leonsis and Mr. Kennedy are independent. We will adopt a compensation committee charter, which will detail the principal functionsmember of the compensation committee including:meets the requirements for independence under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq and the SEC. The compensation committee is responsible for, among other things:
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The nominating and corporate governance committee consists of Joe Horowitz and Jason Krikorian, each of whom is a non-employee member of the Board of Directors. Jason Krikorian serves as the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee. The Board of Directors has determined that each member of our nominating and corporate governance committee meets the requirements for independence under the rules and regulations of Nasdaq and the SEC. The nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for, among other things:
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on or that can be accessed through our website is not part of this prospectus. The Board of Directors may from time to time establish other committees.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers, and directors, including our chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and other executive and senior financial officers. The full text of our code of business conduct and ethics is available on the investor relations page on our website. We intend to post any amendment to our code of business conduct and ethics, and any waivers of its requirements, on our website or in filings under the Exchange Act to the extent required by applicable rules or regulations or listing requirements of Nasdaq. Information on or that can be accessed through our website is not part of this prospectus.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Introduction
This section provides an overview of our executive compensation programs, including a narrative description of the material factors necessary to understand the information disclosed in the summary compensation table below
For the year ended December 31, 2020, Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ named executive officers (“Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs”) were:
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The objective of our compensation program is to provide a total compensation package to each NEO to enable us to attract, motivate and retain outstanding individuals, align the interests of our executive team with those of our equityholders, encourage individual and collective contributions to the successful execution of our short- and long-term business strategies and reward NEOs for performance. The board of directors of Old PLAYSTUDIOS has historically determined the compensation for the NEOs, with the CEO providing his recommendation regarding the compensation for the NEOs.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, the compensation program for the NEOs consisted of base salary and incentive compensation delivered in the form of an annual basiscash bonus, each as described below:
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Base Salary.   Base salary is paid to attract and retain qualified talent and is set at a level that is commensurate with the corporateNEO’s duties and authorities, contributions, prior experience and sustained performance.
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table shows information concerning the annual compensation for services provided to Old PLAYSTUDIOS by the NEOs for the year ended December 31, 2020.
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Scott Peterson, VP, CFO​​​​2020​​​​​250,000​​​​​35,000​​​​​161​​​​​285,161​​
Joel Agena, VP Legal Counsel​​​​2020​​​​​224,327​​​​​15,000​​​​​161​​​​​239,488​​
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Employee Benefits
Old PLAYSTUDIOS NEOs participated in the employee benefit programs available to Old PLAYSTUDIOS employees generally, including a tax-qualified 401(k) plan. Old PLAYSTUDIOS did not maintain any executive-specific benefit or perquisite programs in the year ended December 31, 2020.
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2020 Fiscal Year-End
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​​​​​4/17/17​​​​​7,333,333​​​​​666,667​​​​​0.2350​​​4/17/27​
Scott Peterson​​​​6/29/17(2)​​​​​125,000​​​​​166,667​​​​​0.2350​​​4/1/27​
​​​​​2/28/19(3)​​​​​31,250​​​​​260,417​​​​​0.3350​​​1/1/29​
Joel Agena​​​​12/22/15(4)​​​​​200,000​​​​​—​​​​​0.2100​​​9/1/25​
​​​​​6/29/17(5)​​​​​358,333​​​​​41,667​​​​​0.2350​​​5/1/27​
​​​​​2/28/19(3)​​​​​191,666​​​​​208,334​​​​​0.3350​​​1/1/29​
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The stock option awards were granted pursuant to Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan”) and, except for Mr. Agena’s 2015 stock option grant, time-vest as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date, and 1/48 on a monthly basis thereafter.
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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
Pursuant to the stock option award agreements with Messrs. Pascal, Peterson and Agena under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan, 50% of the stock options granted to them (or 100% of the then unvested stock options if more than 50% of the award is already vested) vest and become exercisable upon either (i) a “change in control” ​(as defined in the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan), (ii) an “involuntary termination” (as defined in the stock option award agreements) or (iii) for Mr. Pascal, his involuntary removal from the board of directors of Old PLAYSTUDIOS. We do not expect the Business Combination to constitute a change in control under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan.
In addition, Mr. Agena is entitled to severance in an amount equal to six months of his then current base salary in the event of his termination by the Company without “cause” ​(as defined in his offer letter).
Employment Agreements
None of the NEOs have employment agreements with us with the exception of offer letters providing for at-will employment (and, in Mr. Agena’s case, eligibility to receive reimbursement of up to $1,000 per month for costs associated with office space and the severance protection described above under “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control”).
Company Executive Compensation
On a go-forward basis, we intend to develop an executive compensation program that is designed to align compensation with our business objectives relevantand the creation of stockholder value, while enabling us to attract, motivate and retain individuals who contribute to our President’s, Chief Financial Officer’slong-term success. Decisions on the executive compensation program are made by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan
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PLAYSTUDIOS, under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan. As part of the Business Combination, the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan was terminated other than with respect to stock option awards already outstanding under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan which were converted into stock option awards in respect of the Company’s stock as a result of the Business Combination.
For a description of the material terms applicable to the NEOs’ equity awards granted under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan, see the sections above entitled “— Outstanding Equity Awards at 2020 Fiscal Year-End” and Chief Operating Officer’s, evaluating“Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”
2021 Plan
The material terms of the 2021 Plan, as approved by the Board of Directors, are summarized below.
Purpose
The purpose of the 2021 Plan is to motivate and reward employees and other individuals to perform at the highest level and contribute significantly to the Company’s success, thereby furthering the best interests of our President’s, Chief Financial Officer’sstockholders.
Shares Available
Subject to adjustment, the 2021 Plan permits us to make awards of a number of shares of our Class A common stock (including in respect of incentive stock options) initially equal to 16,749,132 shares of our Class A common stock. Additionally, the number of shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan will increase automatically on the first day of each fiscal year following the effective date of the 2021 Plan, by the lesser of (i) 5% of outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Chief Operating Officer’s performanceClass B common stock on the last business day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii) such smaller number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors. If any award issued under the 2021 Plan (or any award under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan) is cancelled, forfeited, or terminates or expires unexercised, the shares in lightrespect of such goalsaward may again be issued as shares of Class A common stock under the 2021 Plan. In the event of a dividend or other distribution (other than an ordinary dividend or distribution), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, separation, rights offering, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of common stock or other securities, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase common stock or other securities, issuance of common stock pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any securities, or other similar event, the Plan Administrator (as defined below) shall adjust equitably any or all of (i) the number and objectivestype of shares which thereafter may be made the subject of awards, (ii) the number and type of shares subject to outstanding awards and (iii) the grant, purchase, exercise or hurdle price of awards or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding award.
Administration
The compensation committee, unless another committee or subcommittee is designated by the Board of Directors (in either event, the “Plan Administrator”), administers the 2021 Plan and determines the following items:
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To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, the Plan Administrator may delegate to one or more of our officers some or all of the authority under the 2021 Plan, including the authority to grant all types of awards authorized under the 2021 Plan.
Eligibility
Generally, all of our employees and all employees of our subsidiaries, our board of directors and certain other individuals who perform services for us or any of our subsidiaries are eligible to receive awards. The basis for participation in the 2021 Plan is the Plan Administrator’s decision, in its sole discretion, that an award to an eligible participant will further the 2021 Plan’s purpose.
Forms of Awards
Awards under the 2021 Plan may include one or more of the following types: (i) stock options (both nonqualified and incentive stock options), (ii) stock appreciation rights, or SARs, (iii) restricted stock awards, (iv) restricted stock unit awards, or RSUs, (v) performance awards, (vi) other cash-based awards and (vii) other stock-based awards. Such awards may be for partial-year, annual or multi-year periods.
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and determining and approvingwith the remuneration (if any)terms of our President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer based on such evaluation;the 2021 Plan. The RSU agreement will specify whether the award recipient is entitled to receive dividend equivalents with respect to the number of shares of Class A common stock subject to the award. Prior to the settlement of a RSU in Class A common stock, the award recipient will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to Class A common stock subject to the award.
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Director Pay Cap
Subject to the adjustment provision of the 2021 Plan, an individual who is a non-employee director may not receive in any fiscal year awards under the 2021 Plan or cash compensation equity-based remuneration plans;which relate to more than $750,000 in the aggregate, increased to $1,000,000 for a non-employee director’s initial year of service.
Termination of Service and Change of Control
The Plan Administrator will determine the effect of a termination of employment or service on outstanding awards, including whether the awards will vest, become exercisable, settle, be paid or be forfeited. In the event of a change of control, except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, the Plan Administrator may provide for:
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producing a report on executive compensation to be includeddetermination of the level of attainment of the applicable performance condition or conditions in our annual proxy statement; and
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reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
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The charter will also provide that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advicecase of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of our executive officers currently serves, and in the past year has not served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board of directors.
Code of Ethics
Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Conflicts of Interest
Under Cayman Islands law, directors and officers owe the following fiduciary duties:
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duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole;performance award;
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In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and the general knowledge skill and experience of that director.
 
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cancellation of outstanding awards under the 2021 Plan in exchange for a payment of cash, securities, rights and/or other property equal to the value of such outstanding award; and
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cancellation of outstanding awards under the 2021 Plan without payment of any consideration, to the extent such awards are not vested as of immediately prior to the change of control.
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In the event the Plan Administrator fails to take one or more of the foregoing actions with respect to an outstanding award, such award will accelerate in full (but with the level of attainment of any performance conditions determined by the Plan Administrator) and be cancelled in exchange for a payment on terms substantially consistent with those set out above, directors haveforth in the second to last bullet above.
Amendment and Termination
The Board of Directors may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the 2021 Plan. The Plan Administrator may also amend the 2021 Plan or create sub-plans. However, subject to the adjustment and change of control provisions of the 2021 Plan, any such action that would materially adversely affect the rights of a dutyholder of an outstanding award may not be taken without the holder’s consent, except to put themselvesthe extent that such action is taken to cause the 2021 Plan to comply with applicable law, stock market or exchange rules and regulations, or accounting or tax rules and regulations, to impose any “clawback” or recoupment provisions on any outstanding awards in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing,accordance with the 2021 Plan, or to otherwise benefitcomply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The material terms of the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), as a result of their position. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advanceapproved by the shareholders Board of Directors, are summarized below.
Purposeprovided that there
The purpose of the ESPP is full disclosureto provide employees with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase of Class A common stock.
Shares Available
Subject to adjustment, a total number of 3,349,827 shares of our Class A common stock (the “Initial ESPP Pool”) have been authorized for issuance under the ESPP. Additionally, the number of shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP will increase automatically on the first day of each fiscal year following the effective date of the ESPP Plan, by the directors. This canlesser of (i) 1% of outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on the last business day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii) such smaller number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors; provided that the maximum number of shares that may be done by way of permission grantedissued under the ESPP in any event will be equal to ten times the Initial ESPP Pool, subject to adjustment in the amended and restated memorandum and articlesevent of associationa dividend or alternativelyother distribution (whether in the form of cash, common stock, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of common stock or other securities, or other similar event.
Administration
The Board of Directors or a committee or subcommittee designated by shareholder approval at general meetings.the Board of Directors (in either event, the “ESPP Administrator”) will administer the ESPP.
Eligibility
CertainOur employees, including executive officers, or employees of our Founders, officerssubsidiaries must be customarily employed with us or one of its affiliates for more than 20 hours per week and directors presently have, and any of themmore than five months per calendar year in order to participate in the futureESPP. An employee may have additional, fiduciary and contractual dutiesnot be granted options to other entities. As a result,purchase shares under the ESPP if any of our Founders, officerssuch employee (a) immediately after the grant would own stock possessing 5% or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, he or she will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not expect these duties to materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we renounce our interest in any business combination opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officermore of the company and it is an opportunity that we are abletotal combined voting power or value of Class A common stock or (b) holds rights to complete on a reasonable basis.purchase stock
Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our executive officers, directors and board advisors currently have fiduciary duties, contractual obligations or other material management relationships:
Individual​​Entity​​Entity’s Business​​Affiliation​
James Murren​​MGM Resorts International​​Hospitality and entertainment company​​Ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer​
​​​Howard University​​Academic Institution​​Trustee​
Andrew Pascal​​Playstudios, Inc.​​Software-as-a-services company​​Chief Executive Officer​
​​​Pascal Ventures, LLC​​Online gaming company​​Managing Member​
Christopher Grove​​Eilers & Krejcik Gaming​​Gaming research and consultant company​​Partner​
​​​FansUnite​​Sports and entertainment company​​Director​
Zach Leonsis​​Monumental Sports & Entertainment​​Sports and entertainment company​​Senior Vice President​
​​​Monumental Sports Network​​Regional sports network​​General Manager​
Brisa Trinchero​​Princess Grace Foundation-USA & Grace de Monaco LLC​​Non-profit​​Chief Executive Officer​
​​​Denver Center for the Performing Arts​​Non-profit​​Trustee​
​​​American Theater Wing​​Non-profit​​Advisor​
​​​Selladoor Worldwide​​Theater company​​Advisory Board Chair​
Andrew Zobler​​Sydell Group​​Hospitality company​​Founder and Chief Executive Officer​
 
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Individual​​Entity​​Entity’s Business​​Affiliation​
Sam Kennedy​​Boston Red Sox​​Baseball team​​President and Chief Executive Officer​
​​​Fenway Sports Management​​Sports marketing firm​​Chief Executive Officer​
​​​Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center​​Academic medical center​​Trustee/Advisory Board and Marketing Committee​
​​​Winsor School​​Academic institution​​Board of Trustees​
​​​Dana-Farber Cancer Institute​​Cancer treatment and research institution​​Visiting Committee for Institute Initiatives​
​​​The BASE​​Baseball clubhouse​​Advisory Committee​
​​​Camp Harbor View​​Non-profit​​Director​
Potential investors should also be awareunder the ESPP that would accrue at a rate that exceeds $25,000 of the following other potential conflictsfair market value of interest:our stock for each calendar year that the options remain outstanding.
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Mr. Murren, our Chairman and an investorEach offering will have one or more purchase dates on which shares of Class A common stock will be purchased for the employees who are participating in the sponsor, is subjectoffering. The ESPP Administrator, in its discretion, will determine the terms of offerings under the ESPP. The ESPP permits participating employees to a non-compete with MGM that prohibits him from engagingpurchase shares of Class A common stock through payroll deductions in certain competitive activities for a period ending March 22, 2021. Wean amount equal to at least 1% of the employee’s compensation. The purchase price of the shares of Class A common stock will be not seek an initial business combination with any company with operations in those businesses in those locations. Asless than the lesser of (i) 85% (or such our prospects for an initial business combination may be limitedgreater percentage as designated by the non-compete.
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Our executive officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflictESPP Administrator) of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completionfair market value of our initial business combination. Each of our executive officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our executive officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs.
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Mr. Pascal, one of our co-founders, is CEO of Playstudios, Inc., as well as the Managing Partner of Pascal Ventures, LLC. Our prospects for an initial business combination may be limited by any conflicts that may arise in connection with Mr. Pascal’s duties to Playstudios, Inc. and Pascal Ventures, LLC.
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Mr. Grove, our Executive Vice President of Acquisitions, will continue to serve as a partner of Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, a research firm focusedClass A common stock on the gaming industry, providing market research, company research and consulting services to gaming companies and investors, including companies that may be appropriate for us to target for a business combination. Our prospects for an initial business combination may be limited by any conflicts that may arise in connection with Mr. Grove’s duties to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.
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Our sponsor subscribed for founder shares prior to the date of this prospectuspurchase or (ii) 85% (or such greater percentage as designated by the ESPP Administrator) of the fair market value of Class A common stock on the first day of the offering period.
Adjustments
In the event of a specified corporate transaction, such as a merger or acquisition of stock or property, a successor corporation may assume or substitute each outstanding option under the ESPP. If the successor corporation does not assume or substitute the outstanding options, the offering in progress will be shortened and a new exercise date will be set. Employees’ options will be exercised on the new exercise date and such options will terminate immediately thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a specified corporate transaction, the ESPP Administrator may elect to terminate all outstanding offerings.
Section 423 Status
The ESPP is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase private placement warrantsplan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code, provided that the ESPP Administrator may adopt sub-plans applicable to particular subsidiaries or locations which may be designed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. The ESPP will remain in a transaction that will close simultaneouslyeffect for ten years following the effective date of the ESPP unless terminated earlier by the ESPP Administrator in accordance with the closingterms of this offering.
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Our sponsorESPP Administrator has the authority to amend, suspend or terminate the ESPP at any time and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect tofor any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares. Additionally, our sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to its founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed
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time frame. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, the private placement warrants will expire worthless. Except as described herein, our sponsor and our directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Except as described herein, the private placement warrants will not be transferable until 30 days following the completion of our initial business combination. Because each of our executive officers and director nominees will own ordinary shares or warrants directly or indirectly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
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Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors is included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. In addition, our Founders, sponsor, officers and directors may sponsor, form or participate in other blank check companies similar to ours during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an acquisition target, particularly in the event there is overlap among investment mandates.
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We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, Founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor or any of our Founders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
Furthermore, in no event will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or their respective affiliates, be paid by us any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initial business combination. Further, commencing on the date our securities are first listed on Nasdaq, we will also reimburse an affiliate of our sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to us in the amount of $10,000 per month.
We cannot assure you that any of the above mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination.
Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We will enter into agreements with our directors and officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. We expect to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors

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against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.
Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.
Our indemnification obligations may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERSDIRECTOR COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth information regardingPrior to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares ascompletion of the dateBusiness Combination, no member of this prospectus, andOld PLAYSTUDIOS’ board of directors received any compensation from Old PLAYSTUDIOS for service on the board of directors.
Following the completion of the Business Combination, our board of directors adopted an Outside Director Compensation Policy. Pursuant to the policy, our non-employee directors will receive cash compensation as adjusted to reflect the sale of our Class A ordinary shares included in the units offered by this prospectus, and assuming no purchase of units in this offering, by:follows:
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each person known by us to beEach non-employee director will receive an annual cash retainer in the beneficial owneramount of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares;$40,000 per year.
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eachAny non-executive chairperson will receive an additional annual cash retainer in the amount of our executive officers, directors and director nominees that beneficially owns ordinary shares; and$20,000 per year.
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all our officers, directorsThe Lead Outside Director will receive an additional annual cash retainer in the amount of $10,000 per year.
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Each member of the audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees will receive an additional annual cash retainer in the amount of $10,000 per year for such member’s service on the relevant committee.
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In addition to the cash retainer for committee service described above, the chairperson of the audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees will receive an additional annual cash retainer in the amount of $5,000 per year.
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Subject to the terms of the 2021 Plan, on the date of each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, each non-employee director nomineeswho, as of such annual meeting date, has served on the board as a group.
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Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named indirector for at least the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to allpreceding six months will be automatically granted an award of our ordinary shares beneficially ownedRSUs having a grant date fair value of approximately $150,000. The number of RSUs will be determined by them. The following table does not reflect record or beneficial ownershipdividing the dollar value of the private placement warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 daysgrant by the closing trading price of a shares of Class A common stock on the date of the RSU grant (with the shares covered by the award rounded down to the nearest whole share). Each annual RSU grant will vest monthly over 12 months, provided that the annual RSU grant will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the 12-month anniversary of the date of this prospectus.
On September 15, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000,grant, or approximately $0.003 per share,(ii) the date of the next regularly scheduled annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, in consideration of 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. Prioreach case subject to the initial investmentnon-employee director continuing to be a non-employee director through the applicable vesting date.
Each annual RSU grant will become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to a Change in Control (as defined in the company of $25,000 by2021 Plan), subject to the sponsor,non-employee director continuing to be a director through the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share pricedate of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount contributed to the company by the number of founder shares issued. The post-offering percentagesChange in Control.
No non-employee director may be paid, issued or granted, in any fiscal year, cash compensation and Awards (as defined in the following table assume2021 Plan) with an aggregate value greater than $750,000, except that the underwriter does not exercise their over-allotment option and that there are 37,500,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding after this offering.
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Acies Acquisition LLC (our sponsor)​​​​8,625,000(3)(4)​​​​​100.0%​​​​​20.0%​​
James Murren​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Daniel Fetters​​​​8,625,000(3)(4)​​​​​100.0%​​​​​20.0%​​
Edward King​​​​8,625,000(3)(4)​​​​​100.0%​​​​​20.0%​​
Christopher Grove​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Zach Leonsis​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Brisa Trinchero​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Andrew Zobler​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Sam Kennedy​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
All officers, directors and director nominees as a group (8 people)​​​​8,625,000​​​​​100%​​​​​20.0%​​
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Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of our shareholders is 1219 Morningside Drive, Suite 110, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266.
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Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares. Such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described in the section entitled “Descriptionfirst fiscal year of Securities.”
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The shares reported above are held in the name of our sponsor. Our sponsor is controlled by Daniel Fetters and Edward King,service as the managing members.
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Includesa non-employee director, such value may be increased to up to 1,125,000 founder shares that will be surrendered to us for no consideration by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
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Immediately after this offering, our sponsor will beneficially own 20% of the then issued and outstanding ordinary shares (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering) and will have the right to elect all of our directors prior to our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will not have the right to elect any directors to our board of directors prior to our initial business combination. Because of this ownership block, our sponsor may be able to effectively influence the outcome of all other matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approval of significant corporate transactions including our initial business combination. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share surrender or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering.
Our sponsor has agreed (a) to vote any founder shares and public shares held by it in favor of any proposed business combination and (b) not to redeem any founder shares or public shares held by it in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination.
Our sponsor is deemed to be our “promoter” as such term is defined under the federal securities laws.
Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants
The founder shares, private placement warrants and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion or exercise thereof are each subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in the agreement entered into by our sponsor and management team. Our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of (a) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (b) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. The private placement warrants and the respective Class A ordinary shares underlying such warrants are not transferable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. The foregoing restrictions are not applicable to transfers (a) to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members or partners of our sponsor or their affiliates, any affiliates of our sponsor, or any employees of such affiliates; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement or in connection with the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the founder shares, private placement warrants or Class A ordinary shares, as applicable, were originally purchased; (f) by virtue of our sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of our sponsor; (g) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination; (h) in the event of our liquidation prior to the completion of our initial business combination; or (i) in the event of our completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (f) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreement.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Agreements Related to the Merger Agreement
Sponsor Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Acies entered into a support agreement pursuant to which Acies and the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (i) to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) that 900,000 Acies Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor shall become unvested and subject to forfeiture if certain earnout conditions are not satisfied, (iii) to forfeit, for no consideration, 850,000 Acies Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and 715,000 Acies private placement warrants, (iv) to forfeit additional Acies Class B ordinary shares conditioned on certain redemptions of Acies Class A ordinary shares, and (v) not to transfer any Acies Class B ordinary shares or Acies private placement warrants until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Sponsor Support Agreement.
Holders Support Agreements
On February 2, 2021, certain stockholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS (the “Key Stockholders”) executed support agreements with Acies pursuant to which, among other things, the Key Stockholders agreed to execute and deliver a written consent with respect to the outstanding shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock and Old PLAYSTUDIOS preferred stock held by the Key Stockholders adopting the Merger Agreement and related transactions and approving the Business Combination.
Registration Rights Agreement
On June 21, 2021, in connection with the completion of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, we, certain stockholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS and the Sponsor entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, we are required to register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, certain shares of our common stock and other equity securities of ours that are held by the parties thereto from time to time.
The PIPE Subscription Agreements
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Acies entered into Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors pursuant to, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, the PIPE Investors collectively subscribed for 25,000,000 shares of Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $250 million.
The Subscription Agreements for the PIPE Investors provide for certain registration rights. In particular, we are required to, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following the Closing, submit to or file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale of such shares by the PIPE Investors. Additionally, we are required to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earliest of (i) the 60th calendar day following the filing date thereof, (ii) the 90th calendar day following the filing date thereof if the SEC notifies us that it will “review” the registration statement, and (iii) the 10th business day after the date we are notified in writing by the SEC that the registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. We must use reasonable best efforts to keep the registration statement effective until the earliest of: (i) the date on which all of the shares covered by the registration statement have been sold, (ii) with respect to shares held by a particular subscriber, the date all shares held by such subscriber may be sold without restriction under Rule 144, and (iii) three years from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement.
Sponsor Related Agreements
Sponsor Shares
On September 15, 2020, our sponsor paidthe Sponsor purchased 8,625,000 Sponsor Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share,share. On October 20, 2020, the Sponsor cancelled an aggregate

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of 2,875,000 Sponsor Shares, and on November 9, 2020, forfeited an additional 368,750 Sponsor Shares as a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option in considerationconnection with Acies’ IPO. On June 21, 2021, the Sponsor forfeited an additional 1,657,188 Sponsor Shares in connection with the Business Combination such that an aggregate of 8,625,0003,724,062 Sponsor Shares are issued and outstanding as of June 21, 2021, following the Closing.
The Sponsor is controlled by Daniel Fetters and Edward King as managing members. Additionally, Andrew Pascal, prior to the Closing, beneficially owned a 9.8% interest in the Sponsor. Mr. Pascal forfeited his interests in the Sponsor and all of the associated Acies Class B ordinary shares par value $0.0001. The numberand Acies Private placement warrants, effective as of founderthe Closing.
These Sponsor Shares were identical to the Acies Class A ordinary shares issued was determined basedincluded in the units sold in Acies’ IPO, except that (i) only the holders of the Sponsor Shares had the right to vote on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20%election of directors prior to the initial business combination (as defined in the Cayman Constitutional Documents), (ii) the Sponsor Shares were subject to certain transfer restrictions, (iii) the holders of the issued and outstanding shares upon completion of this offering. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effectSponsor Shares agreed pursuant to a share capitalization or a share surrender orletter agreement to waive (x) their redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable,rights with respect to ourthe Sponsor Shares and public shares held by them in connection with the completion of a business combination, (y) their redemption rights with respect to any Sponsor Shares and public shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Cayman Constitutional Documents (A) to modify the substance or timing of Acies’ obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the public shares if Acies did not complete its initial business combination by October 22, 2022 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity and (z) their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Sponsor Shares if Acies failed to complete a business combination by October 22, 2022, (iv) the Sponsor Shares automatically converted into Acies Class BA ordinary shares immediately priorat the Closing and (v) the Sponsor Shares are entitled to registration rights.In connection with the Business Combination, upon the Domestication, 1,657,188 Sponsor Shares were forfeited for no consideration. The remaining Sponsor Shares automatically converted, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Class A common stock.
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the consummation of this offeringthe IPO of Acies, the Sponsor purchased 4,333,333 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant, or $6,500,000 in such amount asthe aggregate, in a private placement. Each private placement warrant entitled the holder to maintainpurchase one Acies Class A ordinary share for $11.50 per share. Additionally, on November 9, 2020, the numberSponsor purchased an additional 203,334 private placement warrants, for total gross proceeds to Acies of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20%$305,000. A portion of the issuedproceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants was placed in the Trust Account. The private placement warrants may not be redeemed by us so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants are redeemable by us and outstanding ordinary shares uponexercisable by the consummation of this offering. Up to 1,125,000 founder shares are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor dependingholders on the extentsame basis as the warrants included in the units that were sold as part of the IPO of Acies. The Sponsor, or its permitted transferees, has the option to whichexercise the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. private placement warrants on a cashless basis.
The founder sharesprivate placement warrants are identical to the warrants included in the units sold in the IPO of Acies except that the private placement warrants: (i) are not redeemable by Acies, (ii) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or any of its permitted transferees and (iii) are entitled to registration rights (including the Acies Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof) mayof the private placement warrants). Additionally, the purchasers have agreed not subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assignedtransfer, assign or sold bysell any of the holder.
Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 5,666,667 private placement warrants, (or 6,266,667 private placement warrants ifincluding the over-allotment option is exercised in full) for a purchase price of $1.50 per warrant in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the closing of this offering. As such, our sponsor’s interest in this transaction is valued at between $8,500,000 and $9,400,000, depending on the number of private placement warrants purchased. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The private placement warrants (including theAcies Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subjectof the private placement warrants (except to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holderpermitted transferees), until 30 days after Closing.
In connection with the Business Combination, upon the Domestication, 715,000 of the private placement warrants were forfeited for no consideration. The remaining private placement warrants converted, on a one-for-one basis into warrants to acquire one share of Class A common stock pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.
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449,129 Acies private placement warrants through his ownership of interests in the Sponsor. Mr. Pascal forfeited his interests in the Sponsor and all of the associated Acies Class B ordinary shares and Acies private placement warrants at the Closing.
Registration Rights
The holders of the Sponsor Shares and Private Placement Warrants (and any Acies Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the Sponsor Shares and upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed October 22, 2020, requiring Acies to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Sponsor Shares, only after conversion to Acies Class A ordinary shares). The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that Acies register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of ourAcies’ initial business combination.combination and rights to require Acies to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
As more fully discussedMGM Investment
Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Acies entered into a Subscription Agreement with MGM Resorts International (“MGM”), pursuant to which MGM subscribed for shares of Class A common stock in connection with the PIPE Investment. MGM funded $20,000,000 of the PIPE Investment by agreeing to terminate a profit share provision of an agreement between MGM and us, for which they received 2,000,000 shares of Class A common stock. The MGM PIPE Investment was consummated concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination.
Related Party Note and Advances
On September 4, 2020, Acies issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which Acies borrowed up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. The note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 or (ii) the completion of Acies’ IPO. The borrowings outstanding under the note in the sectionamount of this prospectus entitled “Management — Conflicts$278,631 were repaid subsequent to the closing of Interest,” if anyAcies’ IPO on October 29, 2020.
Administrative Services Agreement
Acies entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on October 22, 2020 through the earlier of our officers or directors becomes awarethe consummation of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations that may take priority over their duties to us.
We currently maintain our executive offices at 1219 Morningside Drive, Suite 110, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. The cost for our use of this space is included in the $10,000 per month fee weAcies’ liquidation, Acies will pay to an affiliate of our sponsorthe Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, administrative and support services, commencingservices. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, Acies incurred and paid $30,000 of such fees.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS Related Agreements
Transaction with Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
In connection with the Merger Agreement, Andrew Pascal, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors received shares of our Class B common stock. Shares of our Class B common stock are entitled to twenty votes per share. As a result, as of the Closing Date, Mr. Pascal owned approximately 12.8% of our outstanding and issued capital stock and had approximately 74.6% of the combined voting power of our outstanding capital stock.
MGM Marketing Agreement
Old PLAYSTUDIOS is party to a joint marketing agreement with MGM (as amended, the “MGM Marketing Agreement”). As consideration for the use of MGM’s intellectual property in certain of Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ social casino games, Old PLAYSTUDIOS issued 19,200,000 shares of its common stock representing 10% of its then outstanding common stock, and in lieu of royalty payments, Old PLAYSTUDIOS

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agreed to pay MGM a profit share of up to a mid- to high-single digit percentage of cumulative net operating income, as defined in the MGM Marketing Agreement.
On October 30, 2020, Old PLAYSTUDIOS and MGM agreed to amend the MGM Marketing Agreement (the “MGM Amendment”). Under the MGM Amendment, the MGM Marketing Agreement was amended to terminate the profit share provision. In exchange, Old PLAYSTUDIOS agreed to remit to MGM a one-time payment of $20.0 million, payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the PIPE Investment, (ii) the date that our securities are first listed on Nasdaq. Upon completionwe waive MGM’s commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment. In connection the Closing, we used the $20.0 million PIPE Investment by MGM to terminate the profit share provision.
MGM Letter of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.Commitment
No compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid to our sponsor, officers and directors, or their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connectionContemporaneously with the completionMGM Amendment, MGM delivered to Old PLAYSTUDIOS a Letter of an initial business combination. However, these individuals will be reimbursedCommitment pursuant to which it committed to participate in a PIPE transaction or other private placement of shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates and will determine which expenses andminimum of $20.0 million. MGM applied the amount we were obligated to pay MGM under the MGM Amendment to satisfy its commitment, as permitted under the MGM Amendment.
MGM Secondary Transaction
During 2018, Old PLAYSTUDIOS assisted in the organization of expenses that will be reimbursed. Therea transaction between MGM and employees of Old PLAYSTUDIOS wherein MGM purchased approximately 10.0 million shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock from employees for a total of approximately $10.0 million. In the transaction, MGM paid a premium above the fair value of the shares. The excess purchase price over the fair value of common stock was recorded as compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized, to Old PLAYSTUDIOS.
King Agreement
In April 2017, Old PLAYSTUDIOS entered into a game publishing and distribution agreement (the “King Agreement”) with King.com Limited and King.com (US), LLC (collectively, “King”) to develop a branded mobile application with games incorporating their branded intellectual property. King is no cap or ceilinga subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc (“Activision”). Activision was a stockholder and an Activision senior executive served on the reimbursementboard of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such personsdirectors of Old PLAYSTUDIOS. King was responsible for $1.3 million and $7.3 million in connection with activities on our behalf.
Prior torevenue for Old PLAYSTUDIOS in 2018 and 2019, respectively. In June 2019, the consummation of this offering, our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portionagreement terminated, and all of the expensesassociated deferred revenue was recorded as revenue for Old PLAYSTUDIOS during 2019. As of this offering. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecuredMarch 31, 2021 and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2020, Activision owned 64 million shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ preferred stock.
Investor Rights Agreement
Old PLAYSTUDIOS entered into a second amended and restated investor rights agreement dated June 2, 2014, granting registration rights, preemptive rights and information rights, among other things, to certain holders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ preferred stock, including MGM, Activision, the Pascal Family Trust and the closing of this offering. The loan will be repaidPaul D. and Julie A. Mathews Family Trust, among others. This agreement terminated upon the closingClosing.
Right of this offering outFirst Refusal Agreement
Old PLAYSTUDIOS entered into a second amended and restated right of the offering proceeds not heldfirst refusal and co-sale agreement dated June 2, 2014 with certain holders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ preferred stock, pursuant to which such holders have a right of first refusal and co-sale in the trust account.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliaterespect of our sponsor orcertain sales of securities by certain of our officersOld PLAYSTUDIOS, stockholders, including the Pascal Family Trust, the Paul D. and directors may, but are not obligatedJulie A. Mathews Family Trust and MGM, among others. This agreement terminated upon the Closing.
Voting Rights Agreement
Old PLAYSTUDIOS is a party to loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts outa second amended and restated voting agreement dated June 2, 2014 pursuant to which certain holders of the proceeds of the trust account releasedOld PLAYSTUDIOS preferred stock have agreed to us. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may usevote in 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 suchcertain
 
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repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants,way on certain matters, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor, its affiliates or our management team 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.
After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.
We will enter into a registration and shareholder rights agreement pursuant to which our sponsor will be entitled to certain registration rights with respect to the private placement warrants,election of directors of Old PLAYSTUDIOS. Upon the warrants issuable upon conversionClosing, the Voting Rights Agreement terminated and none of working capital loans (if any)Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ stockholders have any special rights regarding the election or designation of members of the Board of Directors.
Andrew Pascal — Family Relationships
Andrew Pascal’s brother, David Pascal, has served as Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ director of marketing since October 2012. David Pascal received approximately $0.2 million in salary, bonus and benefits in each of 2018, 2019 and 2020. These amounts include the Classfair value of 80,000 Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options and 1,000 Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options that were granted to David Pascal under the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option Plan in 2018 and 2020, respectively.
Policies and Procedures for Related Person Transactions
The Board of Directors adopted a written related person transaction policy that sets forth the following policies and procedures for the review and approval or ratification of related person transactions. A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise“related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship in which the post-combination company or any of its subsidiaries was, is or will be a participant, the amount of which involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “related person” means:
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We have policies and procedures designed to minimize potential conflicts of interest arising from any dealings it may have with its affiliates and to provide appropriate procedures for the sectiondisclosure of this prospectus entitled “Descriptionany real or potential conflicts of Securities — Registration and Shareholder Rights.”
Policy for Approval of Related Party Transactions
Theinterest that may exist from time to time. Specifically, pursuant to its audit committee of our board of directors will adopt a charter, providing for the review, approval and/or ratification of “related party transactions,” which are those transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the SEC, by the audit committee. At its meetings, the audit committee shall be provided withhas the details of each new, existing, or proposedresponsibility to review related party transaction, including the terms of the transaction, any contractual restrictions that the company has already committed to, the business purpose of the transaction, and the benefits of the transaction to the company and to the relevant related party. Any member of the committee who has an interest in the related party transaction under review by the committee shall abstain from voting on the approval of the related party transaction, but may, if so requested by the chairman of the committee, participate in some or all of the committee’s discussions of the related party transaction. Upon completion of its review of the related party transaction, the committee may determine to permit or to prohibit the related party transaction.transactions.
 
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIESPRINCIPAL SECURITYHOLDERS
We are a Cayman Islands exempted company and our affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articlesThe following table sets forth information known to us regarding the beneficial ownership of association, the Companies Law and the common lawstock as of the Cayman Islands. Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which will be adopted priorJune 21, 2021, after giving effect to the consummation of this offering, we will be authorized to issue 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, as well as 5,000,000 preference shares, $0.0001 par value each. The following description summarizes the material terms of our shares as set out more particularly in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Because it is only a summary, it may not contain all the information that is important to you.
Units
Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of the company’s Class A ordinary shares. This means only a whole warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder.
The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units are expected to begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class A ordinary shares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least four units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant.
In no event will the Class A ordinary shares and warrants be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants. We will file a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes this audited balance sheet promptly after the completion of this offering. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
Additionally, the units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.
Ordinary Shares
Prior to the date of this prospectus, there were 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding, all of which were held of record by our sponsor, so that our sponsor will own 20% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units (assuming our sponsor does not purchase any units in this offering). Upon the closing of this offering, 37,500,000 of our ordinary shares will be outstanding (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) including:Closing, by:
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The information below is based on an aggregate of 109,623,364 shares of Class A common stock and 16,131,300 shares of Class B ordinarycommon stock issued and outstanding as of June 21, 2021. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if she, he or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Voting power represents the combined voting power of shares heldof Class A common stock and Class B common stock owned beneficially by our sponsor.such person. On all matters to be voted upon, holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the stockholders for their vote or approval. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to the stockholders for their vote or approval. Holders of Class B common stock are entitled to twenty votes per share on all matters submitted to stockholders for their vote or approval.
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If we increase or decreaseUnless otherwise indicated, the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a compulsory redemption or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable,Company believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to ourall shares of common stock beneficially owned by them:
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
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5% Holders PLAYSTUDIOS:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
MGM Resorts International(2)
​​​​16,647,124​​​​​15.2%​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​3.9%​​
Activision Publishing, Inc.(3)
​​​​12,677,398​​​​​11.6%​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​2.9%​​
Directors and Executive Officers:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Andrew Pascal​​​​18,322,093(4)(5)​​​​​14.3%​​​​​18,322,093(5)​​​​​100.0%​​​​​77.0%​​
William Hornbuckle(6)
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Joe Horowitz​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Jason Krikorian​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Judy K. Mencher​​​​567,099(7)​​​​​​*​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​*​​
James Murren​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Scott Peterson​​​​395,105(8)​​​​​​*​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​*​​
Joel Agena​​​​200,028(9)​​​​​​*​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​​*​​
All PLAYSTUDIOS directors and executive officers as a group (8 individuals)​​​​19,484,325(10)​​​​​15.2%​​​​​18,322,091(5)​​​​​100.0%​​​​​77.1%​​
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Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of those listed in the table above is 10150 Covington Cross Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89144.
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The address of MGM Resorts International is 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109.
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Consists of shares of Class B ordinarycommon stock that may be converted into shares immediately prior toof Class A common stock at any time at the consummationelection of this offering in such amount as to maintain the holder thereof.
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numberLLC, (ii) 2,913,005 shares of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering.
Ordinary shareholdersClass B common stock held of record are entitledby the Pascal Family Trust and (iii) 2,191,793 shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date.
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Does not include any shares beneficially owned by MGM Resorts International, as to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Except as described below, holderswhich Mr. Hornbuckle disclaims beneficial ownership.
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Consists of shares of Class A ordinarycommon stock held of record by The Judy K. Mencher Trust 2014.
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Consists of (i) 300,428 shares of Class A common stock held of record by the Scott E Peterson Trust and holders(ii) 94,677 shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date.
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Consists of 200,028 shares underlying options exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date.
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Consists of (i) 16,130,300 shares of Class B ordinarycommon stock that may be converted into shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except as required by law. Unless specified in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or as required by applicable provisions of the Companies Law or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of our ordinary shares that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actions will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, being the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares that are voted, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association; such actions include amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. Our board of directors is divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being appointed in each year. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted for the appointment of directors can elect all of the directors. Our shareholders are entitled to receive ratable dividends when, as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available therefor. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governing the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at our general meeting which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B ordinary shares.
Because our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorize the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, if we were to enter into a business combination, we may (depending on the terms of such a business combination) be required to increase the number of Class A ordinary shares which we will be authorized to issuecommon stock at any time at the same time as our shareholders vote on the business combination to the extent we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination.
Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. In accordance with the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Law for us to hold annual or extraordinary general meetings to elect directors. We may not hold an annual general meeting to elect new directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. Prior to the completion of an initial business combination, any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by a nominee chosen by holders of a majority of our founder shares. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a memberelection of the boardholder thereof, (ii) 867,527 shares of directors for any reason.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their publicClass A common stock and (iii) 2,486,498 shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two businessunderlying options exercisable within 60 days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The redemption rights will include the requirement that a beneficial owner must identify itself in order to valid redeem its shares. Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights withClosing Date.
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respectSELLING SECURITYHOLDERS
The Selling Securityholders acquired the shares of our common stock from us in private offerings pursuant to any founder shares and public shares held by themexemptions from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in connection with (i)a private placement concurrent with the completionIPO and in connection with the Business Combination. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, we agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC for the purposes of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modifyregistering for resale the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holdersshares of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relatingcommon stock issued to the rightsSelling Securityholders pursuant to the Subscription Agreements and Merger Agreement.
Except as set forth in the footnotes below, the following table sets forth, based on written representations from the Selling Securityholders, certain information as of holdersJuly 9, 2021 regarding the beneficial ownership of our Class A ordinary shares. Unlike many blank check companies that hold shareholder votescommon stock and conduct proxy solicitationsWarrants by the Selling Securityholders and the shares of Class A common stock and Warrants being offered by the Selling Securityholders. The applicable percentage ownership of Class A common stock is based on approximately 109,623,364 shares of Class A common stock and 16,130,300 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of June 21, 2021. Information with respect to shares of Class A common stock owned beneficially after the offering assumes the sale of all of the shares of Class A common stock offered (including the possible receipt of Earnout Shares and the vesting of the Unvested Sponsor Shares) and no other purchases or sales of our Class A common stock. The Selling Securityholders may offer and sell some, all or none of their shares of Class A common stock.
We have determined beneficial ownership in conjunctionaccordance with their initial business combinations and provide for related redemptions of public shares for cash upon completion of such initial business combinations even when a vote is not required by law, if a shareholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, if a shareholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents withSEC. Except as indicated by the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require these tender offer documents to contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, orfootnotes below, we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. However, the participation of our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates in privately-negotiated transactions (as described in this prospectus), if any, could result in the approval of our initial business combination even if a majority of our public shareholders vote, or indicate their intention to vote, against such initial business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the majority of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, non-votes will have no effectbelieve, based on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. Our amendedinformation furnished to us, that the Selling Securityholders have sole voting and restated memorandum and articles of association will require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any general meeting.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its sharesinvestment power with respect to Excess Shares, without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ abilityall shares of common stock that they beneficially own, subject to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Our shareholders’ inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce their influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination, and such shareholders could suffer a material loss in their investment if they sell such Excess Shares on the open market. Additionally, such shareholders will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And, as a result, such shareholders will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose such shares would be required to sell their shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.applicable community property laws.
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need 11,250,001, or 37.5% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or 1,875,001, or 6.25% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised), of the 30,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial
Name of Selling Securityholder​​
Shares of Class A
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned Prior to
Offering
​​
Number of
Shares of Class A
Common
Stock Being
Offered
​​
Shares of
Class A Common
Stock Beneficially Owned
After the Offered Shares of
Common Stock are Sold
​
​Number​​Percent​
Andrew Pascal(1)
​​​​2,191,793​​​​​2,191,793​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Activision Publishing, Inc.(2)​
​​​​12,677,398​​​​​14,809,480​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
A-Fund, L.P.(3)​
​​​​3,400,018​​​​​3,940,064​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Alejandro Feely​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Alpine Oil Company(4)​
​​​​125,000​​​​​125,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Andrew Zobler(5)​
​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Anthony McDevitt​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Apollo A-N Credit Fund (Delaware), L.P.(6)​
​​​​98,146​​​​​98,146​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Apollo Atlas Master Fund, LLC(7)​
​​​​84,244​​​​​84,244​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Apollo Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd.(8)​
​​​​1,145,605​​​​​1,145,605​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Apollo PPF Credit Strategies, LLC(9)​
​​​​172,005​​​​​172,005​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
BEMAP Master Fund Ltd(10)​
​​​​582,383​​​​​450,746​​​​​131,637​​​​​*​​
Bespoke Alpha MAC MIM LP(11)​
​​​​72,633​​​​​57,543​​​​​15,090​​​​​*​​
BlackRock, Inc.(12)​
​​​​4,000,000​​​​​4,000,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Blake Morrison​​​​2,500​​​​​2,500​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Brian Goldman​​​​15,000​​​​​15,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Brisa Carleton(13)​
​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Chad Hansing(14)
​​​​233,041​​​​​233,041​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
CHAH Revocable Trust (15)​
​​​​2,503,579​​​​​2,957,945​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
ClearBridge Small Cap CIF(16)​
​​​​51,200​​​​​51,200​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
ClearBridge Small Cap Fund(17)​
​​​​1,120,800​​​​​1,120,800​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
 
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business combination approved. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all.
Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window, 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 liquidation 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. Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame). Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company after a business combination, our shareholders are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities and after provision is made for each class of shares, if any, having preference over the ordinary shares. Our shareholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights. There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to the ordinary shares, except that we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price 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, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein.
Founder Shares
The founder shares are designated as Class B ordinary shares and, except as described below, are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, and holders of founder shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that: (a) prior to our initial business combination, only holders of the founder shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors and holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason; (b) the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below; (c) our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares (ii) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares; and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to consummate an initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame); (d) the founder shares will automatically convert into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as
Name of Selling Securityholder​​
Shares of Class A
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned Prior to
Offering
​​
Number of
Shares of Class A
Common
Stock Being
Offered
​​
Shares of
Class A Common
Stock Beneficially Owned
After the Offered Shares
of
Common Stock are Sold
​
​Number​​Percent​
CVI Investments, Inc.(18)​
​​​​1,000,000​​​​​1,000,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Douglas B. Lowey​​​​50,000​​​​​50,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
DreamStreet Holdings, LLC(19)
​​​​13,217,295​​​​​15,826,985​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
DS Liquid Div RVA MON LLC(20)​
​​​​380,156​​​​​380,156​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Ghisallo Master Fund LP(21)​
​​​​750,000​​​​​750,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Glazer Capital, LLC(22)​
​​​​300,000​​​​​300,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Gordco LLC(23)​
​​​​267,061​​​​​355,295​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Guardian Small Cap Core VIP Fund(24)​
​​​​325,000​​​​​325,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Icon Ventures IV, L.P.(25)​
​​​​4,794,359​​​​​5,479,725​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
James H. Dahl​​​​650,000​​​​​650,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Jane Street Global Trading, LLC(26)​
​​​​350,000​​​​​350,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Jeffrey Scott(27)​
​​​​3,000​​​​​3,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
JM Cox Resources LP(28)​
​​​​125,000​​​​​125,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Joel Agena(29)
​​​​233,043​​​​​233,043​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Katie Bolich(30)
​​​​233,041​​​​​233,041​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Kenneth L. Criss​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
KING FAMILY TRUST(31)​
​​​​867,922​​​​​1,154,674​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Lanx Concentrated Fund I, LP(32)​
​​​​35,000​​​​​35,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Lanx Offshore Partners, Ltd(33)​
​​​​35,000​​​​​35,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Legend Capital Partners(34)​
​​​​250,000​​​​​250,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Linden Capital L.P.(35)​
​​​​450,000​​​​​450,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Lowey Family Investment LLC(36)​
​​​​50,000​​​​​50,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Lowey Family Spray Trust(37)​
​​​​50,000​​​​​50,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Lugard Road Capital Master Fund, LP(38)​
​​​​183,077​​​​​183,077​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Luxor Capital Partners, LP(39)​
​​​​191,225​​​​​191,225​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Luxor Capital Partners Long, LP(40)​
​​​​5,048​​​​​5,048​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Luxor Capital Partners Long Offshore Master Fund, LP(41)
​​​​1,396​​​​​1,396​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP(42)
​​​​120,408​​​​​120,408​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Luxor Wavefront, LP(43)​
​​​​98,846​​​​​98,846​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Melissa Danenebrg​​​​2,500​​​​​2,500​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
MGM Resorts International(44)​
​​​​16,647,124​​​​​18,740,970​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Michael Ashton Hudson ROTH IRA #1(45)​
​​​​200,000​​​​​200,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
MMCAP International Inc. SPC(46)​
​​​​300,000​​​​​300,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
MMF LT, LLC(47)​
​​​​350,000​​​​​350,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Monashee Pure Alpha SPV I LP(48)​
​​​​340,779​​​​​267,906​​​​​72,873​​​​​*​​
Monashee Solitario Fund LP(49)​
​​​​424,046​​​​​343,649​​​​​80,397​​​​​*​​
Neuberger Berman Group LLC(50)​
​​​​1,000,000​​​​​1,000,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
 
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Name of Selling Securityholder​​
Shares of Class A
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned Prior to
Offering
​​
Number of
Shares of Class A
Common
Stock Being
Offered
​​
Shares of
Class A Common
Stock Beneficially Owned
After the Offered Shares
of
Common Stock are Sold
​
​Number​​Percent​
Park West Partners International, Limited(51)​
​​​​31,000​​​​​31,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Park West Investors Master Fund, Limited(52)​
​​​​319,000​​​​​319,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Pascal Family Trust(53)​
​​​​2,913,005​​​​​3,329,427​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Patriot Strategy Partners LLC(54)​
​​​​200,000​​​​​200,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Paul D. and Julie A. Mathews Family Trust(55)​
​​​​5,362,781​​​​​6,351,877​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Paul Mathews(56)
​​​​609,892​​​​​609,892​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Robert Lynn Echols Jr.​​​​250,000​​​​​250,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Samuel H. Kennedy(57)​
​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Scott Peterson(58)
​​​​135,945​​​​​135,945​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.(59)​
​​​​4,500,000​​​​​4,500,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Tech Opportunities, LLC(60)​
​​​​1,258,800​​​​​1,250,000​​​​​8,800​​​​​*​​
The Bolich Family Trust(61)​
​​​​833,208​​​​​1,006,650​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Fetters Family Trust(62)​
​​​​867,922​​​​​1,154,674​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Judy K. Mencher Trust 2004(63)​
​​​​567,099​​​​​662,473​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Lanx Fund, LP(64)​
​​​​35,000​​​​​35,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Murren Family Trust(65)​
​​​​721,157​​​​​959,419​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Venture Lending & Leasing VI, LLC(66)​
​​​​3,524,892​​​​​4,028,786​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fun, A Series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust(67)
​​​​150,000​​​​​150,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Zachary Elias Leonsis(68)​
​​​​25,000​​​​​25,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
ZP Master Utility Fund, Ltd(69)​
​​​​1,000,000​​​​​1,000,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
TOTAL​​​​96,210,372​​​​​107,495,199​​​​​308,797​​​​​*​​
described herein; and (e) the founder shares are entitled to registration rights. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval
​
*
Less than one percent.
​
Name of Selling Securityholder​​
Number of
Private
Placement
Warrants
Beneficially
Owned Prior
to Offering
​​
Number of
Private
Placement
Warrants
Being Offered
​​
Private Placement Warrants
Beneficially Owned After the
Offered Private Placement
Warrants are Sold
​
​Number​​Percent​
Gordco LLC(23)​
​​​​377,279​​​​​377,279​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
KING FAMILY TRUST(31)​
​​​​1,212,803​​​​​1,212,803​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Fetters Family Trust(62)​
​​​​1,212,803​​​​​1,212,803​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
The Murren Family Trust(65)​
​​​​1,018,782​​​​​1,018,782​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
TOTAL​​​​3,821,667​​​​​3,821,667​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
​
(1)
Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 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. In such case, our sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination.
The founder shares are designated as2,191,793 Class B ordinaryOption Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 2,191,793 Class B Option Shares. Shares listed as beneficially owned and shares and will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if weoffered hereby do not consummate an initial business combination) at the timeinclude shares held by DreamStreet Holdings, LLC and Pascal Family Trust.
​
(2)
Shares offered hereby consist of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number12,677,398 shares of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversioncommon stock and up to 2,132,082 Earnout Shares. Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is the holder of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of this offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, its affiliates or any member of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
Except as described herein, our sponsor and our directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the lock-up. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor and our directors and executive officers with respect to any founder shares.
Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at our general meeting which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B ordinary shares. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of our founder shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote.
Register of Members
Under Cayman Islands law, we must keep a register of members and there will be entered therein:
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Under Cayman Islands law,beneficially own the registersecurities offered hereby. Activision Blizzard, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is the holder of membersall the issued and outstanding shares of our company is prima facie evidence of the matters set out therein (i.e.Activision Entertainment Holdings, Inc., the register of members will raise a presumption of fact on the matters referred to above unless rebutted) and a member registered in the register of members will be deemed as a matter of Cayman Islands law to have legal title to the shares as set against its name in the register of members. Upon the closing of this public offering, the register of members will be immediately updated to reflect the issue of shares by us. Once our register of members has been updated, the shareholders recorded in the register of members willmay therefore be deemed to have legal title tobeneficially own the shares set against their name. However, there are certain limited circumstances wheresecurities offered hereby. Marcus Sanford, an application may be made to a Cayman Islands court for a determination on whether the register of members reflects the correct legal position. Further, the Cayman Islands court has the power to order that the register of members maintained by a company should be rectified where it considers that the register of members does not reflect the correct legal position. If an application for an order for rectificationemployee of the register of members were made in respect of our ordinary shares, thenSelling Securityholder’s ultimate parent company, was on the validity of such shares may be subject to re-examination by a Cayman Islands court.
Preference Shares
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorize 5,000,000 preference shares and provide that preference shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Our board of directors will be authorizedof PlayStudios, Inc., prior to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. Our board of directors will be able to, without shareholder approval, issue preference shares with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of the ordinary shares and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of our board of directors to issue preference shares without shareholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management. We have no preference shares issued and outstanding at the date hereof. Although we do not currently intend to issue any preference shares, we cannot assure you that we will not do so in the future. No preference shares are being issued or registered in this offering.
Warrants
Public Shareholders’ Warrants
Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of one year from the closing of this offering and 30 days after the completion of our initialits business combination except as discussed in the immediately succeeding paragraph. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole numberwith Acies Acquisition Corp.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 3,400,018 shares of Class A ordinary shares. This means onlycommon stock and up to 540,046 Earnout Shares.
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James Kelly Cox is trustee, director and beneficial owner of Alpine Oil Company.
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Andrew Zobler was an independent director of Acies Acquisition Corp., the predecessor company to PLAYSTUDIOS.
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Apollo A-N Credit Management, LLC, a whole warrant may be exercised atDelaware limited liability company, serves as the investment manager for the Selling Securityholder. Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a given timeDelaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member of Apollo A-N Credit Management, LLC. Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member and manager of Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, and Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner of Apollo Management Holdings. Joshua Harris, Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter are the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP. The address of Messrs. Harris, Rowan Kleinman and Zelter is 9 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019.Each of Messrs. Harris, Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Class A common stock reported as owned by a warrant holder. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separationA-N Credit, and the filing of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least four units, you willregistrationstatement shall not be able to receiveconstrued as an admission that any such person is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or trade13(g) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
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Apollo Atlas Management, LLC, a whole warrant.Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment manager of the Selling Securityholder. Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member of Apollo Atlas Management, LLC. Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member and manager of Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, and Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner of Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. Joshua Harris, Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter are the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP. The warrants will expire five years after the completionaddress of our initial business combination, at 5:00 p.m.,Messrs. Harris, Rowan Kleinman and Zelter is 9 W. 57th Street, New York, City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
We willN.Y. 10019. Each of Messrs. Harris, Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Class A common stock reported as owned by Atlas Master Fund, and the filing of the registration statement shall not be obligated to deliverconstrued as an admission that any such person is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose
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Apollo ST Fund Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment manager for the Selling Securityholder. Apollo ST Operating LP, a Delaware limited partnership, is the sole member of Apollo ST Fund Management LLC. The general partner of Apollo ST Operating LP is Apollo ST Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. ST Management Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the sole member of Apollo ST Capital LLC. Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is the sole member and manager of ST Management Holdings, LLC. Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company serves as the general partner of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member and manager of Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, and Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company serves as the general partner of Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. Joshua Harris, Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter are the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP. The address of Messrs. Harris, Rowan Kleinman and Zelter is 9 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. Each of Messrs. Harris, Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Class A ordinary shares pursuant tocommon stock reported as owned by Credit Strategies, and the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to our satisfying our obligations described below with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No warrant will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue a Class A ordinary share upon exercise of a warrant unless the Class A ordinary share issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities lawsfiling of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a warrant, the holder of such warrant will not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised warrants, the purchaser of a unit containing such warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the unit solely for the Class A ordinary share underlying such unit.
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We have agreedshall not be construed as an admission that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty business days afterany such person is the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the timebeneficial owner of any exercisesuch securities for purposes of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1)13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act we may, at our option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
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Apollo Credit Strategies Master Fund Ltd, a “cashless basis” in accordance withprivate limited company, serves as sole member of Apollo PPF Credit Strategies, LLC. Apollo ST Fund Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment manager for Apollo PPF Credit Strategies, LLC. Apollo ST Operating LP, a Delaware limited partnership, is the sole member of Apollo ST Fund Management LLC. The general partner of Apollo ST Operating LP is Apollo ST Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. ST Management Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the sole member of Apollo ST Capital LLC. Apollo Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is the sole member and manager of ST Management Holdings, LLC. Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company serves as the general partner of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the sole member and manager of Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC, and Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company serves as the general partner of Apollo Management Holdings, L.P.Joshua Harris, Marc Rowan, Scott Kleinman and James Zelter are the managers, as well as executive officers, of Management Holdings GP. The address of Messrs. Harris, Rowan Kleinman and Zelter is 9 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. Each of Messrs. Harris, Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Class A common stock reported as owned by PPF Credit Strategies, and the filing of the registration statement shall not be construed as an admission that any such person is the beneficial owner of any such securities for purposes of Section 3(a)(9)13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
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Monashee Investment Management LLC is the Investment Advisor for BEMAP Master Fund Ltd and has voting power and investment power over the securities.
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Monashee Investment Management LLC is the Investment Advisor for Bespoke Alpha MAC MIM LP and has voting power and investment power over the securities.
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The registered holders of the referenced shares to be registered are the following funds and accounts under management by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc.: BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc.; BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund of BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.; BlackRock Global Allocation Portfolio of BlackRock Series Fund, Inc.; BlackRock Capital Allocation Trust; BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio of BlackRock Funds V; Master Total Return Portfolio of Master Bond LLC; and BlackRock Global Long/Short Credit Fund of BlackRock Funds IV. BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate parent holding company of such subsidiaries. On behalf of such subsidiaries, the applicable portfolio managers, as managing directors (or in other capacities) of such entities, and/or the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualifyapplicable investment committee members of such funds and accounts, have voting and investment power over the shares under applicable blue sky lawsheld by the funds and accounts which are the registered holders of the referenced shares. Such portfolio managers and/or investment committee members expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by such funds and accounts. The address of such funds and accounts, such subsidiaries and such portfolio managers and/or investment committee members is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. Shares shown include only the securities being registered for resale and may not incorporate all shares deemed to be beneficially held by the extentregistered holders or BlackRock, Inc.
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Brisa Carleton was an exemption is not available. If a registration statement coveringindependent director of Acies Acquisition Corp., the predecessor company to PLAYSTUDIOS.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 233,041 Class A ordinaryOption Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 233,041 Class A Option Shares.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 2,503,579 shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of the initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but we will use our commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of Class A ordinarycommon stock. Shares offered hereby consist of 2,503,579 shares equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excesscommon stock and up to 454,366 Earnout Shares. Chad and Audey Hansing are Trustees and beneficial owners of CHAH Revocable Trust. Chad Hansing was a Co-founder of Old PLAYSTUDIOS and is a current employee of the “fair market value” (defined below) less the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value and (B) 0.361. The “fair market value” as used in this paragraph shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent.
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if, and only if, the closing priceClearBridge Investments, LLC is discretionary manager of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustmentsClearBridge Small Cap CIF and has both dispositive and voting power over the securities offered hereby. The portfolio managers employed by ClearBridge to the number of shares issuable uponmanage this account and who exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.these powers are Albert Grosman and Brian Lund.
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We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
We have established the last of the redemption criterion discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the Class A ordinary shares may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-dilution Adjustments”) as well as the $11.50 (for whole shares) warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.
 
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Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00.   Once the warrants become exercisable, we may redeem the outstanding warrants:
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in wholeClearBridge Investments, LLC is discretionary manager of the ClearBridge Small Cap Fund and not in part;has both dispositive and voting power over the securities offered hereby. The portfolio managers employed by ClearBridge to manage this account and who exercise these powers are Albert Grosman and Brian Lund.
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at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimumHeights Capital Management, Inc., the authorized agent of 30 days’ prior written noticeCVI Investments, Inc. (“CVI”), has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of redemption provided that holders willthe shares held by CVI and may be abledeemed to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis priorbe the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Kobinger, in his capacity as Investment Manager of Heights Capital Management, Inc., may also be deemed to redemptionhave investment discretion and receive that numbervoting power the shares held by CVI. Mr. Kobinger disclaims any such beneficial ownership of shares determined by reference to the table below, based on the redemption date and the “fair market value”shares. The principal business address of our Class A ordinary shares (as defined below) except as otherwise described below;CVI is c/o Heights Capital Management, Inc., 101 California Street, Suite 3250, San Francisco, California 94111.
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if,Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 13,217,295 shares of Class B common stock. Shares offered hereby consist of 13,217,295 shares of Class B common stock and only if,up to 2,609,690 Earnout Shares. Andrew Pascal is the closing pricebeneficial owner of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per public share (as adjusted for adjustments toDreamStreet Holdings, LLC and is the numberCo-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within the 30-trading day period ending three trading days before we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; andCompany.
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ifMonashee Investment Management LLC is the closing price ofInvestment Advisor for DS Liquid Div RVA MON LLC and has voting power and investment power over the Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Anti-dilution Adjustments”), the private placement warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding public warrants, as described above.securities.
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Ghisallo Master Fund LP is managed by Ghisallo Capital Managment LLC (the “Manager”). The Manager has ultimate voting and dispositive control over the datesecurities offered hereby and is ultimately controlled by Michael Germino.
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Includes (i) 79,990 shares held by Glazer Enhanced Fund, L.P., (ii) 185,402 shares held by Glazer Enhanced Offshore Fund, Ltd. and (iii) 34,608 shares held by Highmark Limited, In Respect of its Segregated Account, Highmark Multi-Strategy 2 (collectively, the notice“Glazer Funds”). Voting and investment power over the shares held by such entities resides with their investment manager, Glazer Capital, LLC (“Glazer Capital”). Mr. Paul J. Glazer (“Mr. Glazer”), serves as the Managing Member of redemption is given untilGlazer Capital and may be deemed to be the warrants are redeemed or exercised, holders may elect to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The numbers inbeneficial owner of the table below representshares held by such entities. Mr. Glazer, however, disclaims any beneficial ownership of the numbershares held by such entities.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 267,061 shares of Class A ordinary shares that a warrant holder will receive upon such cashless exercise in connection with a redemption by us pursuantcommon stock and up to this redemption feature, based on88,234 Unvested Sponsor Shares. Christopher Grove and Kimberly Harvey are the “fair market value”beneficial owners of our Class A ordinary shares on the corresponding redemption date (assuming holders elect to exercise their warrants and such warrants are not redeemed for $0.10 per warrant), determined for these purposes based on volume weighted average price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemptionGordco LLC.
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ClearBridge Investments, LLC is sent to the holders of warrants, and the number of months that the corresponding redemption date precedes the expiration datediscretionary manager of the warrants, each as set forth inGuardian Small Cap Core VIP Fund and has both dispositive and voting power over the table below. We will provide our warrant holders with the final fair market value no later than one business day after the 10-trading day period described above ends.securities offered hereby. The portfolio managers employed by ClearBridge to manage this account and who exercise these powers are Albert Grosman and Brian Lund
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Shares offered hereby consist of 4,794,359 shares shall include a security other than Class A ordinary shares into which the Class A ordinary shares have been converted or exchanged for in the event we are not the surviving company in our initial business combination. The numbers in the table below will not be adjusted when determining the number of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock and up to be issued upon exercise685,366 Earnout Shares. Joseph Horowitz is a member of our Board of Directors of the warrants if weCompany. Icon Management Associates IV, LLC is the general partner of Icon Ventures IV, L.P. Joseph Horowitz Thomas Mawhinney, and Jeb Miller are not the surviving entity following our initial business combination.managing members of Icon Management Associates IV, LLC and share voting and dispositive control with respect to the shares held by Icon Ventures IV, L.P.
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Jane Street Global Trading, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jane Street Group, LLC. Michael A. Jenkins and Robert. A. Granieri are the column headingsmembers of the table below will be adjusted asOperating Committee of any date on which the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant or the exercise price of a warrantJane Street Group, LLC.
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ClearBridge Investments, LLC is adjusted as set forth under the heading “— Anti-dilution Adjustments” below. If the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant is adjusted, the adjusted share prices in the column headings will equal the share prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares deliverable upon exercise of a warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the number of shares deliverable upon exercise of a warrant as so adjusted. The number of shares in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant. If the exercise price of a warrant is adjusted, (a) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the fifth paragraph under the heading “— Anti-dilution Adjustments” below, the adjusted share prices in the column headings will equal the unadjusted share price multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the higherdiscretionary manager of the Market ValueJeffrey Scott account and has both dispositive and voting power securities offered hereby. The portfolio managers employed by ClearBridge to manage this account and who exercise these powers are Albert Grosman and Brian Lund.
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James Kelly Cox is trustee, president and beneficial owner of JM Cox Resources LP.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 233,043 Class A Option Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 233,043 Class A Option Shares.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 233,041 Class A Option Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 233,041 Class A Option Shares.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 867,922 shares of Class A common stock and up to 286,752 Unvested Sponsor Shares. Edward King is trustee and beneficial owner of the Newly Issued Price as set forth underKING FAMILY TRUST. Edward King was the heading “— Anti-dilution Adjustments” andCo-CEO of Acies Acquisition Corp., the denominator of which is $10.00 and (b) in the case of an adjustment pursuant to the second paragraph under the heading “— Anti-dilution Adjustments” below, the adjusted share prices in the column headings will equal the unadjusted share price less the decrease in the exercise price of a warrant pursuant to such exercise price adjustment.predecessor company.
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Redemption Date
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60 months​​​​0.261​​​​​0.281​​​​​0.297​​​​​0.311​​​​​0.324​​​​​0.337​​​​​0.348​​​​​0.358​​​​​0.361​​
57 months​​​​0.257​​​​​0.277​​​​​0.294​​​​​0.310​​​​​0.324​​​​​0.337​​​​​0.348​​​​​0.358​​​​​0.361​​
54 months​​​​0.252​​​​​0.272​​​​​0.291​​​​​0.307​​​​​0.322​​​​​0.335​​​​​0.347​​​​​0.357​​​​​0.361​​
51 months​​​​0.246​​​​​0.268​​​​​0.287​​​​​0.304​​​​​0.320​​​​​0.333​​​​​0.346​​​​​0.357​​​​​0.361​​
48 months​​​​0.241​​​​​0.263​​​​​0.283​​​​​0.301​​​​​0.317​​​​​0.332​​​​​0.344​​​​​0.356​​​​​0.361​​
45 months​​​​0.235​​​​​0.258​​​​​0.279​​​​​0.298​​​​​0.315​​​​​0.330​​​​​0.343​​​​​0.356​​​​​0.361​​
42 months​​​​0.228​​​​​0.252​​​​​0.274​​​​​0.294​​​​​0.312​​​​​0.328​​​​​0.342​​​​​0.355​​​​​0.361​​
39 months​​​​0.221​​​​​0.246​​​​​0.269​​​​​0.290​​​​​0.309​​​​​0.325​​​​​0.340​​​​​0.354​​​​​0.361​​
36 months​​​​0.213​​​​​0.239​​​​​0.263​​​​​0.285​​​​​0.305​​​​​0.323​​​​​0.339​​​​​0.353​​​​​0.361​​
33 months​​​​0.205​​​​​0.232​​​​​0.257​​​​​0.280​​​​​0.301​​​​​0.320​​​​​0.337​​​​​0.352​​​​​0.361​​
30 months​​​​0.196​​​​​0.224​​​​​0.250​​​​​0.274​​​​​0.297​​​​​0.316​​​​​0.335​​​​​0.351​​​​​0.361​​
27 months​​​​0.185​​​​​0.214​​​​​0.242​​​​​0.268​​​​​0.291​​​​​0.313​​​​​0.332​​​​​0.350​​​​​0.361​​
24 months​​​​0.173​​​​​0.204​​​​​0.233​​​​​0.260​​​​​0.285​​​​​0.308​​​​​0.329​​​​​0.348​​​​​0.361​​
21 months​​​​0.161​​​​​0.193​​​​​0.223​​​​​0.252​​​​​0.279​​​​​0.304​​​​​0.326​​​​​0.347​​​​​0.361​​
18 months​​​​0.146​​​​​0.179​​​​​0.211​​​​​0.242​​​​​0.271​​​​​0.298​​​​​0.322​​​​​0.345​​​​​0.361​​
15 months​​​​0.130​​​​​0.164​​​​​0.197​​​​​0.230​​​​​0.262​​​​​0.291​​​​​0.317​​​​​0.342​​​​​0.361​​
12 months​​​​0.111​​​​​0.146​​​​​0.181​​​​​0.216​​​​​0.250​​​​​0.282​​​​​0.312​​​​​0.339​​​​​0.361​​
9 months​​​​0.090​​​​​0.125​​​​​0.162​​​​​0.199​​​​​0.237​​​​​0.272​​​​​0.305​​​​​0.336​​​​​0.361​​
6 months​​​​0.065​​​​​0.099​​​​​0.137​​​​​0.178​​​​​0.219​​​​​0.259​​​​​0.296​​​​​0.331​​​​​0.361​​
3 months​​​​0.034​​​​​0.065​​​​​0.104​​​​​0.150​​​​​0.197​​​​​0.243​​​​​0.286​​​​​0.326​​​​​0.361​​
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The exact fair market valueSelling Securityholder is managed by Lanx Management, LLC. Brian Goldman is the natural person who has voting or investment control over the shares held by Lanx Management, LLC, and redemption datethus has voting or investment control over the securities offered hereby.
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The Selling Securityholder is managed by Lanx Management, LLC. Brian Goldman is the natural person who has voting or investment control over the shares held by Lanx Management, LLC, and thus has voting or investment control over the securities offered hereby.
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DeWitt C. Thompson is Managing Partner of Legend Capital Partners, and has sole and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Legend Capital Partners.
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The securities held by Linden Capital L.P. are indirectly held by Linden Advisors LP (the investment manager of Linden Capital L.P.), Linden GP LLC (the general partner of Linden Capital L.P.), and Mr. Siu Min (Joe) Wong (the principal owner and the controlling person of Linden Advisors LP and Linden GP LLC). Linden Capital L.P., Linden Advisors LP, Linden GP LLC and Mr. Wong share voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Linden Capital L.P.
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Doug Lowey is the managing member of Lowey Family Investment LLC and exercises sole investment and voting power over the shares offered herby, on behalf of the funds and accounts which are the registered holders of the shares.
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Doug Lowey is the trustee for Lowey Family Spray Trust and exercises the sole investment and voting power over the shares offered herby, on behalf of the funds and accounts which are the registered holders of the shares.
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Jonathan Green may not be set forth indeemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the table above, in which case, ifsecurities held by Lugard Road Capital Master Fund, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the fair market value is between two values ininvestment manager of Lugard Road Capital Master Fund, LP.
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Christian Leone may be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the table orsecurities held by Luxor Capital Partners, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the redemption date is between two redemption dates ininvestment manager of Luxor Capital Partners, LP.
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Christian Leone may be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the table,securities held by Luxor Capital Partners Long, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the numberinvestment manager of Luxor Capital Partners Long, LP.
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Christian Leone may be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the securities held by Luxor Capital Partners Long Offshore Master Fund, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the investment manager of Luxor Capital Partners Long Offshore Master Fund, LP.
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Christian Leone may be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the securities held by Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the investment manager of Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Master Fund, LP.
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Christian Leone may be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the securities held by Luxor Wavefront, LP on behalf of Luxor Capital Group, LP, the investment manager of Luxor Wavefront, LP.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 16,647,124 shares of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock and up to be issued for each warrant exercised will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of shares set forth for the higher and lower fair market values and the earlier and later redemption dates, as applicable, based on a 365 or 366-day year, as applicable. For example, if the volume weighted average price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent2,093,846 Earnout Shares. Prior to the holdersIPO, MGM Resorts International had a right to nominate a director to the PLAYSTUDIOS Board of Directors. Following the IPO, an affiliate of MGM Resorts, Bill Hornbuckle (CEO, President and a director of MGM Resorts International) serves as a director of the warrantsCompany. His position is $11.00 per share,not subject to any contractual right. MGM Resorts International is also party to the Marketing Agreement. The Selling Stockholder is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and at such time there are 57 months untilis not a controlled company.
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Ashton Hudson is the expirationbeneficiary of the warrants, holders may chooseMichael Ashton Hudson ROTH IRA #1.
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MM Asset Management Inc., of which Matthew MacIsaac is Secretary, is investment advisor to in connection with this redemption feature, exercise their warrants for 0.277 Class A ordinary shares for each whole warrant. For an example whereMMCAP International Inc. SPC.
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Moore Capital Management, LP, the exact fair market valueinvestment manager of MMF LT, LLC, has voting and redemption date are not as set forth in the table above, if the volume weighted average price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holdersinvestment control of the warrants is $13.50 per share,shares held by MMF LT, LLC. Mr. Louis M. Bacon controls the general partner of Moore Capital Management, LP and at such time there are 38 months untilmay be deemed the expirationbeneficial owner of the warrants, holders may choose to, in connection with this redemption feature, exercise their warrants for 0.298 Class A ordinary shares for each whole warrant. In no event will the warrants be exercisable on a cashless basis in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment). Finally, as reflected in the table above, if the warrants are out of the money and about to expire, they cannot be exercised on a cashless basis in connection with a redemption by us pursuant to this redemption feature, since they will not be exercisable for any Class A ordinary shares.Company
This redemption feature differs from the typical warrant redemption features used in many other blank check offerings, which typically only provide for a redemption of warrants for cash (other than the private placement warrants) when the trading price for the Class A ordinary shares exceeds $18.00 per share for a specified period of time. This redemption feature is structured to allow for all of the outstanding warrants to be redeemed when the Class A ordinary shares are trading at or above $10.00 per public share, which may be at a time when the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares is below the exercise price of the​
 
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warrants. Weheld by MMF LT, LLC. Mr. Bacon also is the indirect majority owner of MMF LT, LLC. The address of MMF LT, LLC, Moore Capital Management, LP and Mr. Bacon is 11 Times Square, New York, New York 10036.
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Monashee Investment Management LLC is the Investment Advisor for Monashee Pure Alpha SPV I LP and has voting power and investment power over the securities.
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Monashee Investment Management LLC is the Investment Advisor for Monashee Solitario Fund LP and has voting power and investment power over the securities.
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Shares offered hereby consist of (i) 600,000 held by LMA SPC for and on behalf of MAP 204 Segregated Portfolio (“MAP 204”) and (ii) 400,000 held by Neuberger Berman Principal Strategies Master Fund L.P. (the “NB PSG Fund”). Neuberger Berman Group LLC (“NBG”) and certain of its affiliates, including Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, as sub-adviser of MAP 204 and investment adviser of the NB PSG Fund, have established this redemption featurevoting power and investment power over the securities. NBG and its affiliates do not, however, have any economic interest in the securities.
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Park West Asset Management LLC is the investment manager to provide usPark West Partners International, Limited. Peter S. Park, through one or more affiliated entities is the controlling manager of Park West Asset Management LLC.
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Park West Asset Management LLC is the investment manager to Park West Investors Master Fund, Limited. Peter S. Park, through one or more affiliated entities, is the controlling manager of Park West Asset Management LLC.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 2,913,005 shares of Class B common stock and up to 416,422 Earnout Shares. Andrew Pascal is the beneficial owner of Pascal Family Trust and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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Lara Brody is Managing Member of Patriot Strategy Partners LLC. Lara Brody is a natural person and has both voting and dispositive control with respect to the flexibility to redeem the warrants without the warrants having to reach the $18.00 per share threshold set forth above under “— Redemptionshares held by Patriot Strategy Partners LLC
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of warrants when the price per5,065,655 shares of Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00.” Holders choosingcommon stock. Shares offered hereby consist of 5,065,655 shares of Class A common stock and up to exercise their warrants in connection with a redemption pursuant to this feature will, in effect, receive a number of shares for their warrants based on an option pricing model with a fixed volatility input as989,096 Earnout Shares. Paul D. and Julie A. Mathews are Trustees and beneficial owners of the of this prospectus. This redemption right provides us with an additional mechanism by which to redeem allPaul D. and Julie A. Mathews Family Trust. Paul D. Mathews was a Co-Founder of the outstanding warrants,Company and therefore have certainty as to our capital structure as the warrants would no longer be outstanding and would have been exercised or redeemed. We will be required to pay the applicable redemption price to warrant holders if we choose to exercise this redemption right and it will allow us to quickly proceed withis a redemptioncurrent employee of the warrants if we determineCompany.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 609,892 Class A Option Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 609,892 Class A Option Shares.
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Samuel H. Kennedy was an independent director of Acies Acquisition Corp., the predecessor company to PLAYSTUDIOS.
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Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of 135,945 Class A Option Shares. Shares offered hereby consist of 135,945 Class A Option Shares.
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Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”) is the investment adviser for SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (“SCWF”). For purposes of the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, CRMC and Capital Research Global Investors (“CRGI”) may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Class A common stock held by SCWF; however, each of CRMC and CRGI expressly disclaims that it is, in our best interest to do so. Asfact, the beneficial owner of such we would redeemsecurities. Brady L. Enright, Julian N. Abdey, Jonathan Knowles, Gregory W. Wendt, Peter Eliot, Bradford F. Freer, Leo Hee, Roz Hongsaranagon, Harold H. La, Dimitrije Mitrinovic, Aidan O’Connell, Samir Parekh, Andraz Razen, Renaud H. Samyn, Michael Beckwith, and Arun Swaminathan, as portfolio managers, have voting and investment powers over the warrantsshares held by SCWF. The address for SCWF is c/o Capital Research and Management Company, 333 S. Hope St., 50th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071. SCWF acquired the securities being registered hereby in this manner when we believe itthe ordinary course of its business.
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Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, the investment manager of Tech Opportunities LLC, has voting and investment power over these securities. Sander Gerber is in our best interest to update our capital structure to remove the warrants and pay the redemption price to the warrant holders.
As stated above, we can redeem the warrants when the Class A ordinary shares are trading at a price starting at $10.00,managing member of Hudson Bay Capital GP LLC, which is below the exercise pricegeneral partner of $11.50, because it will provide certainty with respect to our capital structureHudson Bay Capital Management LP. Each of Tech Opportunities LLC and cash position while providing warrant holders with the opportunity to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis for the applicable number of shares. If we choose to redeem the warrants when the Class A ordinary shares are trading at a price below the exercise price of the warrants, this could result in the warrant holders receiving fewer Class A ordinary shares than they would have received if they had chosen to wait to exercise their warrants for Class A ordinary shares if and when such Class A ordinary shares were trading at a price higher than the exercise price of $11.50.Sander Gerber disclaims beneficial ownership over these securities.
No fractional Class A ordinary shares will be issued upon exercise. If, upon exercise, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will round down to the nearest whole number of the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the holder. If, at the time of redemption, the warrants are exercisable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the warrant agreement (for instance, if we are not the surviving company in our initial business combination), the warrants may be exercised for such security. At such time as the warrants become exercisable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares, the Company (or surviving company) will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register under the Securities Act the security issuable upon the exercise of the warrants.
Redemption procedures.   A holder of a warrant may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% (or such other amount as a holder may specify) of the Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.
Anti-dilution Adjustments.   If the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a capitalization or share dividend payable in Class A ordinary shares, or by a split-up of ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such capitalization or share dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding ordinary shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the “historical fair market value” (as defined below) will be deemed a share dividend of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) and (ii) one minus the quotient of (x) the price per Class A ordinary share paid in such rights offering and (y) the historical fair market value. For these purposes, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable for Class A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “historical fair market value” means the volume weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the 10 trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A ordinary shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.​
 
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In addition, if we, at any time while the warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to all or substantially all(61)
Shares listed as beneficially owned consist of the holders of the Class A ordinary833,208 shares on account of such Class A ordinary shares (or other securities into which the warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described above, (b) any cash dividends or cash distributions which, when combined on a per share basis with all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Class A ordinary shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution does not exceed $0.50 (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any other adjustments and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the exercise price or to the number of Class A ordinarycommon stock. Shares offered hereby consist of 833,208 shares issuable on exercise of each warrant) but onlyClass A common stock and up to 173,442 Earnout Shares. Kathleen Connors Bolich and Bryan David Bolich are Trustees and beneficial owners The Bolich Family Trust. Kathleen Connors Bolich is a current employee of the Company.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 867,922 shares of Class A common stock and up to 286,752 Unvested Sponsor Shares. Daniel Fetters and Lisa Fetters are the trustees and beneficial owners of The Fetters Family Trust. Daniel Fetters was the Co-CEO of Acies Acquisition Corp., the predecessor company.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 567,099 shares of Class A common stock and up to 95,374 Earnout Shares. Judy Mencher is a director of the Company.
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The Selling Securityholder is managed by Lanx Management, LLC. Brian Goldman is the natural person who has voting or investment control over the shares held by Lanx Management, LLC, and thus has voting or investment control over the securities being offered.
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Shares offered hereby consist of 721,157 shares of Class A common stock and up to 238,262 Unvested Sponsor Shares. Jim Murren and Heather Murren are the Co-trustees of The Murren Family Trust and share voting and dispositive power with respect to the amountsecurities held by The Murren Family Trust.
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Shares offered hereby consist of the aggregate cash dividends or cash distributions equal to or less than $0.50 per share, (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders3,524,892 shares of Class A ordinary shares in connection with a proposed initial business combination, (d)common stock and up to satisfy503,894 Earnout Shares. Westech Investment Advisors LLC is the redemption rightsManaging Member of Venture Lending & Leasing VI, LLC. Ron Swenson, Sal Gutierrez, Maurice Werdegar are the three directors of the holdersManaging Member.
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Wells Fargo Global Small Cap Fund is a mutual fund registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our1940, as amended, and restated memorandum and articleswhose account is sub-advised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated, including dispositive power over the shares. The Board of association (A) to modifyTrustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust has delegated the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provisionresponsibility for voting proxies relating to the rightsWells Fargo Funds’ portfolio securities to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, the investment manager of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, or (e) in connection with the redemption of our public shares upon our failureWells Fargo Funds, and has adopted policies and procedures that are used to complete our initial business combination, then the warrant exercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event,determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the amountWells Fargo Funds.
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Zachary Elias Leonsis was an independent director of cash and/orAcies Acquisition Corp., the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid onpredecessor company to PLAYSTUDIOS.
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ZP Master Utility Fund, Ltd. (the “Fund”) has delegated to Zimmer Partners, LP, as investment manager (the “Investment Manager”), sole voting and investment power over the Registrable Securities held by the Fund pursuant to its investment management agreement with Zimmer Partners, LP. As a result, each Class A ordinary share in respect of such event.
If the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share sub-division or reclassification of Class A ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share sub-division, reclassification or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Class A ordinary shares.
Whenever the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is adjusted,Investment Manager, Zimmer Partners GP, LLC, as described above, the warrant exercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon the exercisegeneral partner of the warrants immediately priorInvestment Manager, Sequentis Financial LLC, as the sole member of Zimmer Partners GP, LLC, and Stuart J. Zimmer, as the managing member of Sequentis Financial LLC, may be deemed to such adjustmentexercise voting and (y)investment power over the denominator of which will be the number of Class A ordinary shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
In addition, if (x) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by our sponsor orthe Fund and thus may be deemed to beneficially own 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 our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, 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 warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” and “— Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary shares 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 warrants when the price per Class A ordinary 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.securities.
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any merger or consolidationDESCRIPTION OF OUR SECURITIES
The following summary of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which we are the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganizationmaterial terms of our outstanding Class A ordinary shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyancesecurities is not intended to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of us as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which we are dissolved, the holders of the warrants will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the warrants and in lieu of the Class A ordinary shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercisebe a complete summary of the rights represented thereby,and preferences of such securities. The descriptions below are qualified by reference to the kind and amount of Class A ordinary shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holderactual text of the warrants would have received if such holder had exercisedCertificate of Incorporation. We advise you to read our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws in their warrants immediately prior to such event. However, if such holders were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets for which each warrant will become exercisable will be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by such holders in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and if a tender, exchange or redemption offer has been made to and accepted by such holders (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the company in connection with redemption rights held by shareholders of the company as provided for in the company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as a result of the redemption of Class A ordinary shares by the company if a proposed initial business combination is presented to the shareholders of the company for approval) under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) more than 50% of the issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, the holder of a warrant will be entitled to receive the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a shareholder if such warrant holder had exercised the warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the Class A ordinary shares held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustment (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in the warrant agreement. If less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of Class A ordinary shares in such a transaction is payable in the form of Class A ordinary shares in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder of the warrant properly exercises the warrant within thirty days following public disclosure of such transaction, the warrant exercise price will be reduced as specified in the warrant agreement based on the Black-Scholes value (as defined in the warrant agreement) of the warrant. The purpose of such exercise price reduction is to provide additional value to holders of the warrants when an extraordinary transaction occurs during the exercise period of the warrants pursuant to which the holders of the warrants otherwise do not receive the full potential value of the warrants. The purpose of such exercise price reduction is to provide additional value to holders of the warrants when an extraordinary transaction occurs during the exercise period of the warrants pursuant to which the holders of the warrants otherwise do not receive the full potential value of the warrants.
The warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in this prospectus, or defective provision, (ii) amending the provisions relating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then-outstanding public warrants is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders. You should review a copy of the warrant agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part,entirety for a complete description of the termsrights and conditionspreferences of our securities.
General
   Authorized Capitalization
Authorized capital stock consists of shares of capital stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which:
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2,000,000,000 shares are designated as Class A common stock;
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25,000,000 shares are designated as Class B common stock; and
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The Board of Directors is authorized, without stockholder approval, except as required by the listing standards of Nasdaq, to issue additional shares of capital stock.
As of June 21, 2021, we have approximately 109,623,364 shares of Class A common stock outstanding and approximately 16,130,300 shares of Class B common stock outstanding. There are also 10,996,631 warrants consisting of 7,174,964 public warrants and 3,821,667 private placement warrants issued and outstanding.
   Common Stock
We have two classes of authorized common stock, Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion.
Dividend Rights
Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any preferred stock outstanding at the warrants.time, the holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive ratably any dividends declared by the Board of Directors out of assets legally available. See the section titled “Dividend Policy” for additional information.
Voting Rights
Shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share. Shares of Class B common stock are entitled to 20 votes per share. The holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will generally vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders unless otherwise required by Delaware law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
The Certificate of Incorporation provides that prior to the Final Conversion Date (as defined below), we shall not, without the prior affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock, voting as a separate class, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation:
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The warrant holders do not have•
decrease or increase the rights or privilegesnumber of holders of ordinaryauthorized shares and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive Class A ordinary shares. After the issuance of Class A ordinaryB common stock or issue any shares of Class B common stock (other than shares of Class B common stock issued by us upon Closing or pursuant to the exercise or conversion of options or warrants or settlements of other equity awards that, in each case, are outstanding as of the warrants, each holder will be entitleddate of the Closing); or
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authorize, or issue any shares of, any class or series of capital stock having the right to more than one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders.thereof other than Class B common stock.
No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number​
Additionally, Delaware law could require either holders of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or Class B common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.
We have agreed that, subject to applicable law, any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement will be brought and enforcedvote separately as a single class in the courtsfollowing circumstances:
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if we were to seek to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to increase or decrease the Statepar value of New Yorka class of capital stock, then that class would be required to vote separately to approve the proposed amendment; and
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Liquidation Rights
If we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction will be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceedingare involved in a liquidation, dissolution or claim. See “Risk Factors — Our warrant agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated byare wound up, holders of our warrants, which could limitcommon stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and the abilityliquidation preference of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.” This provision applies to claims under the Securities Act but does not apply to claims under the Exchange Actany then outstanding shares of preferred stock. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that any merger or any claim for which the federal district courtsconsolidation of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum.
Private Placement Warrants
Except as described below, the private placement warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to thoseCompany with or into another entity must be approved by a majority of the warrants being soldoutstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, each voting separately as parta class, unless (i) the shares of our common stock are treated equally, identically and ratably, on a per share basis and (ii) such shares are converted on a pro rata basis into shares of the unitssurviving entity or its parent in this offering. The private placement warrants (includingsuch transaction having substantially identical rights, powers and privileges to the shares of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completioncommon stock and Class B common stock, respectively, in effect immediately prior to such transaction. Holders of our initial business combination (except pursuantcommon stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights.
No Preemptive or Similar Rights
Our common stock is not entitled to limited exceptions as described under “Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Sharespreemptive rights, and Private Placement Warrants,”there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with the initial purchaserscommon stock.
Conversion Rights
Each share of the private placement warrants) and theyClass B common stock will not be redeemable by us (except as described under “— Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemptionautomatically convert into one share of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”) so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees (except as otherwise set forth herein). Our sponsor, or its permitted transferees, has the option to exercise the private placement warrants on a cashless basis. If the private placement warrants are held by holders other than our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by the holderscommon stock on the same basis asFinal Conversion Date, which is the warrants included in earliest to occur of:
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the units being sold in this offering. Any amendment todate specified by the terms of the private placement warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants will require a vote of holders of at least 65%a majority the then outstanding shares of Class B common stock voting as a separate class;
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the date that is nine months after the death or permanent and total disability of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00,” if holdersAndrew Pascal, provided that such date may be extended by a majority of the private placement warrants electindependent members of the Board of Directors to exercise them on a cashless basis, they would paydate that is not longer than 18 months from the exercise pricedate of such death or disability, provided, however, that from the time of the death or permanent and total disability of Andrew Pascal, the voting power of such shares of Class B common stock shall only be exercised in accordance with an approved transition agreement or a person previously designated by surrendering his, her or its warrants for that numberAndrew Pascal and approved by a majority of the independent members of the Board of Directors.
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In addition, a holder’s shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A ordinary shares equal tocommon stock upon (i) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the productaffirmative written election of the numbersuch stockholder, or (ii) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, hypothecation, or other transfer or disposition, directly or indirectly, of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Sponsor fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the Sponsor fair market value. For these purposes, the “Sponsor fair market value” shall mean the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of warrant exercise is sent to the warrant agent. The reason that we have agreed that these warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by our sponsor and its permitted transferees is because it is not known at this time whether they will be affiliated with us following a business combination. If they remain affiliated with us, their ability to sell our securities in the open market will be significantly limited. We expect to have policies in place that restrict insiders from selling our securities except during specific periods of time. Even during such periods of time when insiders will be permitted to sell our securities, an insider cannot trade in our securities if he or she is in possession of material non-public
 
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information. Accordingly, unlike public shareholders who could exercise their warrantsany shares of Class B common stock or any legal or beneficial interest in such share, whether or not for value and sellwhether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (including by merger, consolidation, or otherwise), including, without limitation the transfer of a share of Class A ordinary shares received uponB common stock to a broker or other nominee or the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to, voting control over such exercise freelyshare by proxy or otherwise, other than certain permitted transfers set forth in the open marketCertificate of Incorporation.
Lock-up Restrictions
Pursuant to the Bylaws and the Sponsor Support Agreement, after the completion of the Business Combination, without the prior written consent of the Board of Directors in orderits sole discretion at any time, holders of any of the (i) shares of common stock issued as consideration pursuant to recoup the costMergers, (ii) Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options, (iii) shares of such exercise,common stock underlying the insiders could be significantlyOld PLAYSTUDIOS Options, (iv) Sponsor Shares and (v) Private Placement Warrants, in each case, are contractually restricted from selling or transferring any of the securities described in clauses (i) through (v) (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), and in each case, may not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any such securities. As a result, we believesecurity, or enter into any hedging, swap or other agreement or transaction that allowingtransfers, in whole or in part, any of the holderseconomic consequences of ownership of any of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction is to exercise such warrants on a cashless basis is appropriate.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Up to $1,500,000settled by delivery of such loans may be convertible into warrants ofsecurities, in cash or otherwise, until the post business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants.
Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. If we increase the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or other appropriate mechanism immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with a business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
Our Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent
The transfer agent for our ordinary shares and warrant agent for our warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. We have agreed to indemnify Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company in its roles as transfer agent and warrant agent, its agents and each of its shareholders, directors, officers and employees against all claims and losses that may arise out of acts performed or omitted for its activities in that capacity, except for any claims and losses due to any gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the indemnified person or entity.
Certain Differences in Corporate Law
Cayman Islands companies are governed by the Companies Law. The Companies Law is modeled on English Law but does not follow recent English Law statutory enactments, and differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the material differences between the provisions of the Companies Law applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.
Mergers and Similar Arrangements.   In certain circumstances, the Companies Law allows for mergers or consolidations between two Cayman Islands companies, or between a Cayman Islands exempted company and a company incorporated in another jurisdiction (provided that is facilitated by12 months after the laws ofClosing (the “Lock-Up Period”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, beginning on the date that other jurisdiction).
Whereis 180 days after the merger or consolidation is between two Cayman Islands companies, the directors of each company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation containing certain prescribed information. That plan or merger or consolidation must then be authorized by either (a) a special resolution (usually a majority of 662∕3% in value of the voting shares voted at a general meeting) of the shareholders of each company; or (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. No shareholder resolution is required for a merger between a parent company (i.e., a company that owns at least 90% of the issued shares of each class in a subsidiary company) and its subsidiary company. The consent ofClosing, each holder of Lock-Up Securities that is subject to these restrictions may freely transfer the lesser of (i) 5.00% of the Lock-Up Securities held by such holder and (ii) 50,000 of the Lock-Up Securities held by such holder (any Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options will be assumed as if exercised for cash for purposes of clause (i)).
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to a partnership, limited liability company must be obtained, unlessor other entity of which the court waivesholder of such requirement. Ifsecurity and the Cayman Islands Registrarimmediate family of Companies is satisfied thatsuch holder are the requirementslegal and beneficial owner of all of the Companies Law (which includes certainoutstanding equity securities or similar interests;
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if the holder of such security is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other formalities) have been compliedbusiness entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) of such holder, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with such holder or affiliates of such holder (including, for the Registraravoidance of Companies will registerdoubt, where such holder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership), or (B) as part of a distribution to members or shareholders of such holder;
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Wherea change of control (including negotiating and entering into an agreement providing for any such transaction), provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, or consolidation involves a foreign company, the procedure is similar, save that with respect to the foreign company, the directors of the Cayman Islands exempted company are required to make a declaration to the effect that, having made due enquiry, they are of the opinion that the requirements set out below have been met: (i) that the merger or consolidation is permitted or not prohibited by the constitutional documents of the foreign company and by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the foreign company is incorporated, and that those laws and any requirements of those constitutional documents have been or will be complied with; (ii) that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adoptedtransaction is not completed, such securities shall remain subject to wind up or liquidate the foreign company in any jurisdictions; (iii) that no receiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the foreign company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; and (iv) that no scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the foreign company are and continue to be suspended or restricted.these restrictions;
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to the effect that, having made due enquiry, they are ofCompany in connection with the opinion that the requirements set out below have been met: (i) that the foreign company is able to pay its debts as they fall due and that the merger or consolidated is bona fide and not intended to defraud unsecured creditors of the foreign company; (ii) that in respect of the transferexercise of any security interest grantedOld PLAYSTUDIOS option (including by way of “net” or “cashless” exercise) which would expire if not exercised during the foreign company toperiod during which these restrictions are in effect, including for the surviving or consolidated company (a) consent or approval to the transfer has been obtained, released or waived; (b) the transfer is permitted by and has been approved in accordance with the constitutional documents of the foreign company; and (c) the laws of the jurisdiction of the foreign company with respect to the transfer have been or will be complied with; (iii) that the foreign company will, upon the merger or consolidation becoming effective, cease to be incorporated, registered or exist under the laws of the relevant foreign jurisdiction; and (iv) that there is no other reason why it would be against the public interest to permit the merger or consolidation.
Where the above procedures are adopted, the Companies Law provides for a right of dissenting shareholders to be paid a payment of the fair valuerelated exercise price and for the purpose of his shares upon their dissentingsatisfying any withholding taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of such exercise; or
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pursuant to transactions to satisfy any U.S. federal, state, or local income tax obligations of the mergerholder of such securities (or its direct or consolidation if they followindirect owners) arising from a prescribed procedure. In essence, that procedure is as follows: (a)change in the shareholder must give his written objection toInternal Revenue Code or the merger or consolidation to the constituent company before the vote on the merger or consolidation, including a statement that the shareholder proposes to demand payment for his shares if the merger or consolidation is authorized by the vote; (b) within 20 days followingU.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Regulations”) after the date on which the mergerMerger Agreement was executed, and such change prevents such transaction from qualifying as a “reorganization” pursuant to Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code (and such transaction does not qualify for similar tax-free treatment pursuant to any successor or consolidation is approved byother provision of the shareholders,Internal Revenue Code or Regulations taking into account such changes);
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provided, however, that (i) any shares of common stock received upon the constituent company must give written noticeexercise of Old PLAYSTUDIOS Options will remain subject to each shareholder who madethese restrictions; (ii) in the case of any transfer of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the first through seventh bullets, above, (w) such transfer shall not involve a written objection; (c) a shareholder must within 20 days following receiptdisposition for value, (x) the Lock-Up Securities shall remain subject to these restrictions, (y) any required public report or filing (including filings under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act), shall disclose the nature of such notice fromtransfer and that the constituent company, giveLock-Up Securities remain subject to these restrictions and (z) there shall be no voluntary public disclosure or other announcement of such transfer; and (iii) a holder of Lock-Up Securities may enter into a trading plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the constituent company a written notice of his intentionExchange Act during the Lock-Up Period so long as no transfers are effected under such trading plan prior to dissent including, among other details, a demand for payment of the fair value of his shares; (d) within seven days following the date of the expiration of the period set outLock-Up Period.
   Preferred Stock
Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue from time to time shares of preferred stock in paragraph (b) aboveone or seven days followingmore series. The Board of Directors may designate the date on whichrights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the planpreferred stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation preference, sinking fund terms, and the number of merger or consolidation is filed, whichever is later, the constituent company, the surviving companyshares constituting any series or the consolidated company must makedesignation of any series. There were no shares of preferred stock outstanding upon the completion of the Business Combination.
The issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of restricting dividends on our common stock, diluting the voting power of our common stock, impairing the liquidation rights of our common stock or delaying, deterring, or preventing a written offerchange in control. Such issuance could have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock. There are currently no plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.
   Stock Options
At the Effective Time, each dissenting shareholderOld PLAYSTUDIOS Option that was outstanding and unexercised, whether or not then vested or exercisable, was converted into an option to acquire shares of Class A common stock (other than in the case of Andrew Pascal, who received options exercisable for Class B common stock ) with the same terms and conditions as applied to the Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, provided that the number of shares underlying such Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option was determined by multiplying the number of shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock subject to such option immediately prior to the effective time, by the ratio determined by dividing the Per Share Merger Consideration Value by $10.00 (the product being the “option exchange ratio”) and the per share exercise price of such Old PLAYSTUDIOS Option was determined by dividing the per share exercise price immediately prior to the Closing by the option exchange ratio. As of March 31, 2021, Old PLAYSTUDIOS had outstanding options to purchase his74,275,300 shares at a price that the company determines is the fair value and if the company and the shareholder agree the price within 30 days following the date on which the offer was made, the company must pay the shareholder such amount; and (e) if the company and the shareholder fail to agree a price within such 30 day period, within 20 days following the date on which such 30 day period expires, the company (and any dissenting shareholder) must file a petition with the Cayman Islands Grand Court to determine the fair value and such petition must be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of the dissenting shareholders with whom agreements as to the fair value of their shares have not been reached by the company. At the hearing of that petition, the court has the power to determine the fair value of the shares togetherOld PLAYSTUDIOS common stock, with a fair rateweighted average exercise price of interest, if any, to be paid by the company upon the amount determined to be the fair value. Any dissenting shareholder whose name appears on the list filed by the company may participate fully in all proceedings until the determination of fair value is reached. These rights of a dissenting shareholder are not available in certain circumstances, for example, to dissenters holding shares of any class in respect of which an open market exists on a recognized stock exchange or recognized interdealer quotation system at the relevant date or where the consideration for such shares to be contributed are shares of any company listed on a national securities exchange or shares of the surviving or consolidated company.$0.21 per share.
 
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Moreover, Cayman Islands law   Warrants
As of March 31, 2021, Acies has separate statutoryissued Acies warrants to purchase 11,711,667 Acies Class A ordinary shares, of which Acies warrants to purchase 4,536,667 Acies Class A ordinary shares were held by the Sponsor. After giving effect to the forfeiture of certain Acies warrants held by the Sponsor pursuant to the Sponsor Support Agreement, each Acies warrant that was outstanding was automatically converted into a warrant to acquire our Class A common stock on substantially the same terms and conditions as specified in the Acies warrant but with references to Acies Class A ordinary shares replaced with references to shares of our Class A common stock and such other changes as reasonably necessary to give effect to the Domestication.
Anti-takeover Effects of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws
The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that facilitatecould have the reconstructioneffect of delaying, deferring or amalgamationdiscouraging another party from acquiring control of companiesus. These provisions and certain provisions of Delaware law, which are summarized below, could discourage takeovers, coercive or otherwise. These provisions are also designed, in certain circumstances, schemespart, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of arrangement will generally be more suited for complex mergersus to negotiate first with the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors believes that the benefits of increased protection of the potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us.
   Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock
As discussed above in the section titled “— Preferred Stock,” the Board of Directors has the ability to designate and issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could deter hostile takeovers or delay changes in our control or management.
   Dual Class Stock
As described above, the Certificate of Incorporation provides for a dual class common stock structure which provides Andrew Pascal with the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even though he owns significantly less than a majority of the shares of outstanding common stock, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, involving widely held companies, commonly referredsuch as a merger or other sale of the Company or our assets.
   Limits on Ability of Stockholders to Act by Written Consent or Call a Special Meeting
The Certificate of Incorporation provides that stockholders may not act by written consent after the first date on which the number of outstanding shares of Class B common stock represents less than a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock that would then be entitled to vote in the Cayman Islands aselection of directors at an annual meeting of the stockholders (such date, the “Voting Threshold Date”). Prior to the Voting Threshold Date, stockholders may act by written consent only if the action is first recommended or approved by the Board of Directors. This limit on the ability of stockholders to act by written consent may lengthen the amount of time required to take stockholder actions. As a “schemeresult, the holders of arrangement” whicha majority of common stock would not be able to amend the Bylaws or remove directors without holding a meeting of stockholders called in accordance with the Bylaws.
In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that special meetings of the stockholders may be tantamount to a merger. Incalled only by the event that a merger was soughtchairman of the board, the chief executive officer, or the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (the procedures for which are more rigorous and take longer to complete than the procedures typically required to consummate a merger in the United States), the arrangement in question must be approvedresolution adopted by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made and who must in addition represent three-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meeting summoned for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequentlyBoard of Directors. A stockholder may not call a special meeting, which may delay the termsability of stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for holders controlling a majority of the arrangement must be sanctionedcapital stock to take any action, including the removal of directors.
   Advance Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals
The Bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the Grand Courtdirection of the Cayman Islands. WhileBoard of Directors or a dissenting shareholder wouldcommittee thereof. These advance notice procedures may have the right to express to the court the view that the transaction should not be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it satisfies itself that:
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If a scheme of arrangement or takeover offer (as described below) is approved, any dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights (providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares), which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of United States corporations.
Squeeze-out Provisions.   When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of 90% of the shares to whom the offer relates within four months, the offeror may, within a two-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, but this is unlikely to succeed unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith, collusion or inequitable treatment of the shareholders.
Further, transactions similar to a merger, reconstruction and/or an amalgamation may in some circumstances be achieved through means other than these statutory provisions, such as a share capital exchange, asset acquisition or control, or through contractual arrangements of an operating business.
Shareholders’ Suits.   Maples and Caldor, our Cayman Islands counsel, is not aware of any reported class action having been brought in a Cayman Islands court. Derivative actions have been brought in the Cayman Islands courts, and the Cayman Islands courts have confirmed the availability for such actions. In most cases, we will be the proper plaintiff in any claim based on a breach of duty owed to us, and a claim against (for example) our officers or directors usually may not be brought by a shareholder. However, based both on Cayman Islands authorities and on English authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority and be applied by a court in the Cayman Islands, exceptions to the foregoing principle apply in circumstances in which:
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A shareholder may have a direct right of action against us where the individual rights of that shareholder have been infringed or are about to be infringed.
Enforcement of Civil Liabilities.   The Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States and provides less protection to investors. Additionally, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the Federal courts of the United States.
 
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We have been advised by Maplesprecluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed and Calder, our Cayman Islands counsel, that the courtsmay also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempt to obtain control of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognize or enforce against us judgmentsCompany.
   Election and Removal of courtsDirectors
The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that establish specific procedures for appointing and removing members of the United States predicated uponBoard of Directors. Under the civil liabilityCertificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, vacancies and newly created directorships on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the directors then serving on the Board of Directors. Under the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of all of our outstanding securities generally entitled to vote in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
   No Cumulative Voting
The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise. The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws do not expressly provide for cumulative voting. Without cumulative voting, a minority stockholder may not be able to gain as many seats on the Board of Directors as the stockholder would be able to gain if cumulative voting were permitted. The absence of cumulative voting makes it more difficult for a minority stockholder to gain a seat on the Board of Directors to influence the Board of Directors’ decision regarding a takeover.
   Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation Provisions
Certain amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation will require the approval of two-thirds of the then outstanding voting power of our capital stock.
   Lock-Up Restrictions
As discussed above in the section titled “Lock-Up Restrictions,” without the prior written approval of the Board of Directors, holders of a substantial majority of our capital stock will not be permitted to transfer their shares until the date that is 12 months after the Closing of the Mergers, subject to certain exceptions as detailed above.
   Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute
We are subject to the provisions of the federal securities lawsSection 203 of the United States or any state; and (ii)DGCL regulating corporate takeovers. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging, under certain circumstances, in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtorbusiness combination with an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive andinterested stockholder for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respectperiod of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect ofthree years following the same matter, impeachable ondate the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, and or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
Special Considerations for Exempted Companies.   We areperson became an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Law. The Companies Law distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is registered in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. The requirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except for the exemptions and privileges listed below:interested stockholder unless:
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Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will contain provisions designed to provide certain rights and protections relating to this offering that will apply to us until the completion of our initial business combination. These provisions cannot be amended without a special resolution under Cayman Islands law. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a resolution is deemed to be a special resolution where it has been approvedwritten consent, by either (i) the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (or any higher threshold specified in a company’s articles of association) of a company’s shareholders entitled to vote and so voting at a general meeting for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been given; or (ii) if so authorized by a company’s articles of association, by a unanimous written resolution of all of the company’s shareholders. Other than as described above, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provideoutstanding voting stock that special resolutions must be approved eitheris not owned by at least two-thirds of our shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company (i.e., the lowest threshold permissible under Cayman Islands law), or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders.interested stockholder.
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Our sponsorGenerally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and its permitted transferees, if any, who will collectively beneficiallyassociates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own 20%15% or more of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock. The Acies Board of Directors expects the existence of this provision to have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions the Board of Directors does not approve in advance. The Board of Directors also anticipates that Section 203 may discourage attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of our ordinary shares uponcommon stock held by stockholders.
The provisions of Delaware law and the closingprovisions of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amendedthe Certificate of Incorporation and restated memorandum and articles of association and willBylaws could have the discretioneffect of discouraging others from attempting hostile takeovers and as a consequence, they might also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our Class A common stock that often result from actual or rumored hostile takeover attempts. These provisions might also have the effect of preventing changes in our management. It is also possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to voteaccomplish transactions that stockholders might otherwise deem to be in any manner they choose. Specifically, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide, among other things, that:their best interests.
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If we have not consummated an initial business combinationThe Certificate of Incorporation provides that the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (2) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, or other employees to the Company or its stockholders, (3) any action asserting a claim against us or any director or officer of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, (4) any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (5) any other action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the completion window, we will (i) ceaseState of Delaware, in all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no 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 that were paid by us or are payable by us, 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 liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption,cases subject to the approvalcourt having jurisdiction over indispensable parties named as defendants. However, this exclusive forum provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Act or Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the U.S. have exclusive jurisdiction.
In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the U.S. will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, subject to and contingent upon a final adjudication in the State of Delaware of the enforceability of such exclusive forum provision.
Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to these provisions and will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Although the Board of Directors believes these provisions benefit the Company by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law or federal law for the specified types of actions and proceedings, these provisions may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against us or its directors and officers.
Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The Certificate of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify our directors to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law. We expect to enter into agreements to indemnify our directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by the Board of Directors. Under the Bylaws, we are required to indemnify each of our remaining shareholdersdirectors and officers if the basis of the indemnitee’s involvement was by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company or was serving at our board ofrequest as a director, officer, employee or agent for another entity. We must indemnify our officers and directors liquidateagainst all expenses, judgments, fines and dissolve, subjectamounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by 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;
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Although we do not intend to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, Founders, our directors or our officers, we are not prohibited from doing so. In the event we enter into such a transaction, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that such a business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view;
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So long as our securities are then listed on Nasdaq, our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in trust and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination;
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pay our taxes, ifCorporate Opportunities
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In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articlesits officers, directors or stockholders. The Certificate of association will provide that under no circumstances will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately prior to and upon consummation of the initial business combination.
The Companies Law permits a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands to amend its memorandum and articles of association with the approval of a special resolution which requires the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of such company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting or by way of unanimous written resolution. A company’s articles of association may specify that the approval of a higher majority is required but, provided the approval of the required majority is obtained, any Cayman Islands exempted company may amend its memorandum and articles of association regardless of whether its memorandum and articles of association provide otherwise. Accordingly, although we could amend any of the provisions relating to our proposed offering, structure and business plan which are contained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we view all of these provisions as binding obligations to our shareholders and neither we, nor our officers or directors, will take any action to amend or waive any of these provisions unless we provide dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares.
Anti-Money Laundering — Cayman Islands
If any person in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that another person is engaged in criminal conduct or money laundering or is involved with terrorism or terrorist financing and property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) the Financial Reporting Authority of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Law (2020 Revision) of the Cayman Islands if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering, or (ii) a police officer of the rank of constable or higher, or the Financial Reporting Authority, pursuant to the Terrorism Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and property. Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.
Data Protection — Cayman Islands
We have certain duties under the Data Protection Law, 2017 of the Cayman Islands (the “DPL”) based on internationally accepted principles of data privacy.
Privacy Notice
Introduction
This privacy notice puts our shareholders on notice that through your investment in the Company you will provide us with certain personal information which constitutes personal data within the meaning of the DPL (“personal data”). In the following discussion, the “company” refers to us and our affiliates and/or delegates, except where the context requires otherwise.
Investor Data
We will collect, use, disclose, retain and secure personal dataIncorporation, to the extent reasonably required onlypermitted by Delaware law, renounces any interest or expectancy that the Company has in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, specified business opportunities that are from time to time presented to a member of the Board of Directors who is not an employee, or any partner, member, director, stockholder, employee or agent of such member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate of Incorporation does not renounce any interest in a business opportunity that is expressly offered to a director solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Company.
Transfer Agent
The transfer agent for our Class A common stock and within the parameters that could be reasonably expected during the normal course of business. We will only process, disclose, transfer or retain personal data to the extent legitimately required to conduct our activities of on an ongoing basis or to comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject. We willClass B common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
 
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only transfer personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DPL, and will apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of the personal data and against the accidental loss, destruction or damage to the personal data.
In our use of this personal data, we will be characterized as a “data controller” for the purposes of the DPL, while our affiliates and service providers who may receive this personal data from us in the conduct of our activities may either act as our “data processors” for the purposes of the DPL or may process personal information for their own lawful purposes in connection with services provided to us.
We may also obtain personal data from other public sources. Personal data includes, without limitation, the following information relating to a shareholder and/or any individuals connected with a shareholder as an investor: name, residential address, email address, contact details, corporate contact information, signature, nationality, place of birth, date of birth, tax identification, credit history, correspondence records, passport number, bank account details, source of funds details and details relating to the shareholder’s investment activity.
Who this Affects
If you are a natural person, this will affect you directly. If you are a corporate investor (including, for these purposes, legal arrangements such as trusts or exempted limited partnerships) that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to you for any reason in relation your investment in the company, this will be relevant for those individuals and you should transmit the content of this Privacy Notice to such individuals or otherwise advise them of its content.
How the Company May Use a Shareholder’s Personal Data
The company, as the data controller, may collect, store and use personal data for lawful purposes, including, in particular:
(a)   where this is necessary for the performance of our rights and obligations under any purchase agreements;
(b)   where this is necessary for compliance with a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or
(c)   where this is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms.
Should we wish to use personal data for other specific purposes (including, if applicable, any purpose that requires your consent), we will contact you.
Why We May Transfer Your Personal Data
In certain circumstances we may be legally obliged to share personal data and other information with respect to your shareholding with the relevant regulatory authorities such as the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority or the Tax Information Authority. They, in turn, may exchange this information with foreign authorities, including tax authorities.
We anticipates disclosing personal data to persons who provide services to us and their respective affiliates (which may include certain entities located outside the United States, the Cayman Islands or the European Economic Area), who will process your personal data on our behalf.
The Data Protection Measures We Take
Any transfer of personal data by us or our duly authorized affiliates and/or delegates outside of the Cayman Islands shall be in accordance with the requirements of the DPL.
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We shall notify you of any personal data breach that is reasonably likely to result in a risk to your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms or those data subjects to whom the relevant personal data relates.
Certain Anti-takeover Provisions of our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that our board of directors will be classified into three classes of directors. As a result, in most circumstances, a person can gain control of our board only by successfully engaging in a proxy contest at two or more annual general meetings.
Our authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares and preference shares will be available for future issuances without shareholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved Class A ordinary shares and preference shares could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Securities Eligible for Future Sale
Immediately after this offering, we will have 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (or 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) issued and outstanding on an as-converted basis. Of these shares, the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering (30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except for any Class A ordinary shares purchased by one of our affiliates within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. All of the outstanding founder shares (7,500,000 founder shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 8,625,000 founder shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) and all of the outstanding private placement warrants (5,666,667 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 6,266,667 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be restricted securities under Rule 144, in that they were issued in private transactions not involving a public offering.
Rule 144
Pursuant to Rule 144, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares or warrants for at least six months would be entitled to sell their securities provided that (i) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three months before the sale and have filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the twelve months (or such shorter period as we were required to file reports) preceding the sale.
Persons who have beneficially owned restricted shares or warrants for at least six months but who are our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of securities that does not exceed the greater of:
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Restrictions on the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies
Rule 144 is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by shell companies (other than business combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously a shell company. However, Rule 144 also includes an important exception to this prohibition if the following conditions are met:
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Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of the founder shares, private placement warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the private placement warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period, which occurs (i) in the case of the founder shares, as described in the following paragraph, and (ii) in the case of the private placement warrants and the respective Class A ordinary shares underlying such warrants, 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Except as described herein, our sponsor and our directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell their founder shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor with respect to any founder shares. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the lock-up.
Listing of Securities
We intend to apply to have our units listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “ACACU.” Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “ACAC” and “ACACW,” respectively. The units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded following the completion of our initial business combination.

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TAXATIONMATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following summaryis a discussion of certain Cayman Islands and U.S.material United States federal income tax considerations generally applicable to an investment inconsequences of the ownership and disposition of our units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary sharecommon stock and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant,Private Placement Warrants, which we refer to collectively as our securities, is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subjectsecurities. This discussion applies only to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our Class A ordinary shares and warrants, such as the tax consequences under state, local and other tax laws.
Prospective investors should consult their advisors on the possible tax consequences of investing in our securities under the laws of their country of citizenship, residence or domicile.
Cayman Islands Tax Considerations
The following is a discussion on certain Cayman Islands income tax consequences of an investment in the securities of the Company. The discussion is a general summary of present law, which is subject to prospective and retroactive change. It is not intended as tax advice, does not consider any investor’s particular circumstances, and does not consider tax consequences other than those arising under Cayman Islands law.
Under Existing Cayman Islands Laws
Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our securities will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of the securities nor will gains derived from the disposal of the securities be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax. The Cayman Islands currently has no income, corporate or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.
No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of the warrants. An instrument of transfer in respect of a warrant is stampable if executed in or brought into the Cayman Islands.
No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of our Class A ordinary shares or on an instrument of transfer in respect of such shares.
The Company has been incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability and, as such, has applied for and received an undertaking from the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands in the following form:
The Tax Concessions Law
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Undertaking as to Tax Concessions
In accordance with the provision of Section 6 of The Tax Concessions Law (2018 Revision), the Financial Secretary undertakes with Acies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”):
1.   That no law which is hereafter enacted in the Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and
2.   In addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable:
2.1   On or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company; or
2.2   by way of the withholding in whole or part, of any relevant payment as defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Law (2018 Revision).
These concessions shall be for a period of 20 years from the date hereof.
United States Federal Income Tax Considerations
General
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Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below). Because the components of a unit are generally separable at the option of the holder, the holder of a unit generally should be treated,held as capital assets for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the owner of the underlying Class A ordinary share and warrant components of the unit. As a result, the discussion below with respectis applicable only to holders of Class A ordinary shares and warrants should also apply to holders of units (as the deemed owners of the underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants that constitute the units).
This discussion is limited to certain U.S. federal income tax considerations to beneficial owners ofpersons who are receiving our securities who are initial purchasers of a unit pursuant toin this offering and hold the unit and each component of the unit as a capital asset under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). This discussion assumes that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants will trade separately and that any distributions made (or deemed made) by us on our Class A ordinary shares and any consideration received (or deemed received) by a holder in consideration for the sale or other disposition of our securities will be in U.S. dollars. offering.
This discussion is a summary only and does not considerdescribe all aspects of U.S. federal income taxationthe tax consequences that may be relevant to the ownership and disposition of a unit by a prospective investoryou in light of itsyour particular circumstances, including:including but not limited to the alternative minimum tax, the Medicare tax on certain investment income and the different consequences that may apply if you are subject to special rules that apply to certain types of investors, including but not limited to:
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This discussion below is based upon the provisions ofon the Code, theand administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof. Those authorities may be repealed, revoked, modified orhereof, which are subject to differing interpretations,change, possibly on a retroactive basis, so asand changes to result in U.S. federal incomeany of which subsequent to the date of this prospectus may affect the tax consequences different from those discussed below. Furthermore, thisdescribed herein. This discussion does not address any aspect of U.S. federal non-income tax laws, such as gift, estate or Medicare contribution tax laws, or state, local or non-U.S. tax laws.
taxation, or any U.S. federal taxes other than income taxes (such as gift and estate taxes). We have not sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRSInternal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) as to any U.S. federal income tax consequence described herein. The IRS may disagree with the discussion herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Moreover, there can be no assurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions will not adversely affect the accuracy of the statements in this discussion.
THIS DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. WE URGE PROSPECTIVE HOLDERS TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF OWNING AND DISPOSING OF OUR SECURITIES, AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION OF ANY, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. INCOME, ESTATE AND OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS.
U.S. Holders
This section applies to you if you are a “U.S. holder.” As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder”holder” means a beneficial owner of units,our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants who or that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
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This discussion does not consider the tax treatment of partnerships or other pass-through entities or persons who hold our securities through such entities. If a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is the beneficial owner of our securities, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partner and the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding our securities, we urge you to consult your own tax advisor.
THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SECURITIES, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN OUR SECURITIES IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH INVESTOR OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND NON-UNITED STATES TAX LAWS, AS WELL AS UNDER ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATY.
Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit
No statutory, administrative or judicial authority directly addresses the treatment of a unit or instruments similar to a unit for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and therefore, that treatment is not entirely clear. The acquisition of a unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the acquisition of one Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant, a whole one of which is exercisable to acquire one Class A ordinary share. We intend to treat the acquisition of a unit in this manner and, by purchasing a unit, you agree to adopt such treatment for applicable tax purposes. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each holder of a unit must allocate the purchase price paid by such holder for such unit between the one Class A ordinary share and the one-quarter of one redeemable warrant based on the relative fair market value of each at the time of issuance. Under U.S. federal income tax law, each investor must make his or her own determination of such value based on all the relevant facts and circumstances. Therefore, we strongly urge each investor to consult his or her tax advisor regarding the determination of value for these purposes. The price allocated to each Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant should constitute the shareholder’s initial tax basis in such share or warrant. Any disposition of a unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a disposition of the Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant comprising the unit, and the amount realized on the disposition should be allocated between the Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time of disposition (as determined by each such unit holder based on all relevant facts and circumstances). Neither the separation of the Class A ordinary share and the one-quarter of one redeemable warrant constituting a unit nor the combination of quarters of warrants into a single warrant should be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The foregoing treatment of the units, the Class A ordinary shares and warrants and a holder’s purchase price allocation are not binding on the IRS or the courts. Because there are no authorities that directly address instruments that are similar to the units, no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree with the characterization described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each prospective investor is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of an investment in a unit (including alternative characterizations of a unit). The balance of this discussion assumes that the characterization of the units described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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U.S. Holders
Taxation of Distributions
Subject to the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder generally will be required to includeIf we pay distributions in gross income as dividends the amount of any distribution of cash or other property (other than certain distributions of our stock or rights to acquire our stock) paid onto U.S. holders of shares of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock, such distributions generally will constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent the distribution is paid out offrom our current or accumulated earnings and profits, (asas determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). Such dividends paid by us will be taxable to a corporate U.S. Holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction generally allowed to domestic corporations in respect of dividends received from other domestic corporations.principles. Distributions in excess of suchcurrent and accumulated earnings and profits generallywill constitute a return of capital that will be applied against and reduce the U.S. Holder’s basis in its Class A ordinary shares (but not below zero) and, to the extentU.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in our Class A common stock. Any remaining excess of such basis, will be treated as gain fromrealized on the sale or exchangeother disposition of suchthe Class A ordinary shares (see “—common stock and will be treated as described below under “U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Ordinary SharesCommon Stock and Warrants” below)Private Placement Warrants.
With respect” Dividends we pay to non-corporatea U.S. Holders, under tax laws currently in effect and subject to certain exceptions (including, but not limited to, dividends treated as investment income for purposes of investment interest deduction limitations), dividendsholder that is a taxable corporation generally will be taxed atqualify for the lower applicable long-term capital gains rate (see “— Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants” below) onlydividends received deduction if our Class A ordinary sharesthe requirements relating to the requisite holding period are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, the Company is not treated as a PFIC at the time the dividend was paid or in the preceding yearsatisfied. With certain exceptions, and provided certain holding period requirements are met. It is unclear, however, whether certain redemption rights described in this prospectusmet, dividends we pay to a non-corporate U.S. holder generally will constitute “qualified dividends” that currently are subject to tax at preferential long-term capital gains rates.
Possible Constructive Distributions
The terms of each Private Placement Warrant provide for an adjustment to the number of shares of Class A common stock for which the Private Placement Warrant may suspendbe exercised or to the runningexercise price of the applicable holding periodPrivate Placement Warrant on the occurrence of certain events. An adjustment which has the effect of preventing dilution generally is not a taxable event. U.S. holders of the Private Placement Warrants would, however, be treated as receiving a constructive distribution from us if, for this purpose. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regardingexample, the availabilityadjustment to the number of such lower rate for any dividends paid with respectshares or to such exercise price increases the warrant holders’ proportionate interest in our assets or earnings and profits (e.g., through an increase in the number of shares of Class A ordinary shares.common stock that would be obtained upon exercise or through a decrease in the exercise price of the Private Placement Warrants), including as a result of a distribution of cash or other property to the holders of shares of our

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Class A common stock which is taxable to such holders of such shares as a distribution. Any constructive distribution received by a U.S. holder would be subject to tax in the same manner as if such U.S. holders of the Private Placement Warrants received a cash distribution from us equal to the fair market value of such increased interest resulting from the adjustment. Generally, a U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Private Placement Warrants would be increased to the extent any such constructive distribution is treated as a dividend.
Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Ordinary SharesCommon Stock and Private Placement Warrants
Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below,Upon a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or other taxable disposition of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrants (including onPrivate Placement Warrants (which, in general, would include a redemption of our dissolutionPrivate Placement Warrants that is treated as a taxable exchange of such Private Placement Warrants as described below under “Exercise, Lapse or Redemption of a Private Placement Warrant”), a U.S. holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized and liquidation if we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period).U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Class A common stock or Private Placement Warrants. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’sholder’s holding period for suchthe Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants so disposed of exceeds one year. ItLong-term capital gains recognized by non-corporate U.S. holders currently are eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is unclear, however, whether certain redemption rights described in this prospectus may suspendsubject to limitations.
Generally, the running of the applicable holding period for this purpose.
The amount of gain or loss recognized onby a sale or other taxable disposition generally will beU.S. holder is an amount equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received in such disposition (or, if the Class A ordinary shares or warrants are held as part of units at the time of the disposition, the portion of the amount realized on such disposition that is allocated to the Class A ordinary shares or warrants based upon the then relative fair market values of the Class A ordinary shares and the warrants included in the units) and (ii) the U.S. Holder’sholder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrants so disposed of. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A ordinary shares and warrants generally will equal the U.S. Holder’s acquisition cost (that is, the portion of the purchase price of a unit allocated to a Class A ordinary share or one-quarter of one redeemable warrant, as described above under “— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”) reduced by any prior distributions treated as a return of capital. Long-term capital gain realized by a non-corporate U.S. Holder is currently eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. See “— Exercise or Lapse of a Warrant” below for a discussion regarding a U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Class A ordinary share acquired pursuant to the exercise of a warrant. The deduction of capital losses is subject to certain limitations.
Redemption of Class A Ordinary Shares
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Securities — Ordinary Shares” or if we purchase a U.S. Holder’s Class A ordinary shares in an open market transaction (referred to herein as a “redemption”), the treatment of the redemption for U.S. federal income tax purposes will depend on whether it qualifies as a sale of the Class A ordinary shares under Section 302 of the Code. If the redemption qualifies as a sale of Class A ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder will be treated as described under “— Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants” above. If the redemption does not qualify as a sale of Class A ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a corporate distribution with the tax consequences described above under “— Taxation of Distributions.” Whether a redemption qualifies for sale treatment will depend largely on the total number of our shares treated as held by the U.S. Holder (including any shares constructively owned by the U.S. Holder described in the following paragraph) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after such redemption. The redemption of Class A ordinary shares generally will be treated as a sale of the Class A ordinary shares (rather than as a corporate distribution) if such redemption (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the U.S. Holder, (ii) results in a “complete termination” of the U.S. Holder’s interest in us or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the U.S. Holder. These tests are explained more fully below.
In determining whether any of the foregoing tests are satisfied, a U.S. Holder takes into account not only our Class A ordinary shares actually owned by the U.S. Holder, but also our shares that are constructively owned by it. A U.S. Holder may constructively own, in addition to shares owned directly, shares owned by certain related individuals and entities in which the U.S. Holder has an interest or that have an interestPrivate Placement Warrants transferred in such U.S. Holder, as well as any shares the U.S. Holder has a right to acquire by exercise of an option, which would generally include Class A ordinary shares which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of the warrants. In order to meet the substantially disproportionate test, the percentage of our outstanding voting shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately following the redemption of Class A ordinary shares must, among other requirements, be less than 80 percent of the percentage of our outstanding voting shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately before the redemption. Prior to our initial business combination, the Class A ordinary shares may not be treated as voting shares for this purpose and, consequently, this substantially disproportionate test may not be applicable. There will be a complete termination of a U.S. Holder’s interest if either (i) all of our shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder are redeemed or (ii) all of our shares actually owned by the U.S. Holder are redeemed and the U.S. Holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives in accordance with specific rules, the attribution of shares owned by certain family members and the U.S. Holder does not constructively own any other shares of ours. The redemption of the Class A ordinary shares will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to a U.S. Holder if it results in a “meaningful reduction” of the U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us. Whether the redemption will result in a meaningful reduction in a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us will depend on the particular facts and circumstances. However, the IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation who exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.” A U.S. Holder should consult with its tax advisors as to the tax consequences of a redemption.
If none of the foregoing tests are satisfied, then the redemption will be treated as a corporate distribution and the tax effects will be as described under “— Taxation of Distributions” above. After the application of those rules, any remaining tax basis of the U.S. Holder in the redeemed Class A ordinary shares will be added to the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its remaining shares, or, if it has none, to the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its warrants or possibly in other shares constructively owned by it.disposition.
Exercise, Lapse or Redemption of a Private Placement Warrant
Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below and exceptExcept as discussed below with respect to the cashless exercise of a warrant,Private Placement Warrant, a U.S. Holderholder generally will not recognize taxable gain or loss onas a result of the acquisition of Class A common stock upon exercise of a warrant. APrivate Placement Warrant for cash. The U.S. Holder’s initialholder’s tax basis in athe shares of our Class A ordinary sharecommon stock received upon exercise of the warrantPrivate Placement Warrants generally will be an amount equal to the sum of the U.S. Holder’sholder’s initial investment in the warrant (that is, the portion of the U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the units that is allocated to the warrant, as described above under “— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”)Private Placement Warrants and the exercise price. Itprice of such Private Placement Warrants. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is unclear whether athe U.S. Holder’sholder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary sharecommon stock received upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will commencebegin on the date following the date of exercise or on the date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant;Private Placement Warrants; in either case, the holding period will not include

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the period during which the U.S. Holderholder held the warrant.Private Placement Warrants. If a warrantPrivate Placement Warrant is allowed to lapse unexercised, a U.S. Holderholder generally will recognize a capital loss equal to such U.S. holder’s tax basis in the warrant.Private Placement Warrant.
The tax consequences of a cashless exercise of a warrantPrivate Placement Warrant are not clear under current tax law. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, aA cashless exercise may not be taxable,tax-free, either because the exercise is not a realization event or because the exercise is treated as a “recapitalization”recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In either tax-free situation, a U.S. Holder’sholder’s tax basis in the Class A ordinary sharescommon stock received generally would equal the U.S. Holder’s taxholder’s basis in the warrants.Private Placement Warrants exercised therefor. If the cashless exercise waswere treated as not being a realization event, it is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’sholder’s holding period forin the Class A ordinary share will commencecommon stock would be treated as commencing on the date following the date of exercise or on the date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant.Private Placement Warrant. If the cashless exercise were treated as a recapitalization, the holding period of the Class A ordinary sharescommon stock would include the holding period of the warrants.Private Placement Warrants exercised therefor.
It is also possible that a cashless exercise maycould be treated in part as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized. In such event, a portion of the Private Placement Warrants to be exercised on a cashless basis could, for U.S. Holder mayfederal income tax purposes, be deemed to have been surrendered in consideration for the exercise price of the remaining Private Placement Warrants, which would be deemed to be exercised. For this purpose, a U.S. holder would be deemed to have surrendered a number of warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants having aan aggregate value equal to the exercise price for the total number of warrants to bePrivate Placement Warrants deemed exercised. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, theThe U.S. Holderholder would recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market valueexercise price of the warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants deemed surrenderedexercised and the U.S. Holder’sholder’s tax

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basis in such warrants.the Private Placement Warrants deemed surrendered. Such gain or loss would be long-term or short-term depending on the U.S. Holder’s holding period in the Private Placement Warrants deemed surrendered. In this case, a U.S. Holder’sholder’s tax basis in the Class A ordinary sharescommon stock received would equal the sum of the U.S. Holder’sholder’s initial investment in the warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants deemed exercised (i.e., the portion of the U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the units that is allocated to the warrant, as described above under “— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”) and the exercise price of such warrants.Private Placement Warrants. It is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’sholder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary sharecommon stock would commence on the date following the date of exercise or on the date of exercise of the warrant orwarrant; in either case, the day followingholding period would not include the date of exercise ofperiod during which the warrant.U.S. holder held the Private Placement Warrant.
Due to the absence of authority on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise, including when a U.S. holder’s holding period would commence with respect to the Class A common stock received, there can be no assurance as to which, if any, of the alternative tax consequences and holding periods described above would be adopted by the IRS or a court of law. Accordingly, a U.S. Holderholders should consult itstheir tax advisoradvisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exercise.
If we provide notice thatredeem Private Placement Warrants for cash or if we purchase Private Placement Warrants in an open market transaction, such redemption or purchase generally will redeem warrants for $0.10be treated as a taxable disposition to the U.S. holder, taxed as described in the section entitled “Descriptionabove under “U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Securities — Redeemable Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants.”
If we give notice of an intention to redeem Private Placement Warrants and a U.S. Holderholder exercises its warrantPrivate Placement Warrants on a cashless basis and receives thean amount of Class A ordinary shares as determined by reference to the table set forth therein,common stock in respect thereof, we intend to treat such exercise as a redemption of warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants for Class A ordinary sharescommon stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such redemption should be treated as a “recapitalization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code. Accordingly, subject to the PFIC rules described below, a U.S. Holderholder should not recognize any gain or loss on the redemption of warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants for shares of Class A ordinary shares. In such event, acommon stock. A U.S. Holder’sholder’s aggregate tax basis in the shares of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock received in the redemption generally should equal the U.S. Holder’sholder’s aggregate tax basis in the warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants redeemed and the holding period for the shares of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock received should include the U.S. Holder’sholder’s holding period for the surrendered warrants.Private Placement Warrants. However, there is some uncertainty regarding this tax treatment and it is possible such a redemption could be treated differently, including as, an exercise as described above in the first paragraph under “U.S. Holders — Exercise, Lapse or Redemption of a Warrant,” or in part, as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized in a manner similar to that discussed above for a cashless exercise of warrants. Accordingly, a U.S. Holderholder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of a redemption of warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants for Class A ordinary shares.
Subject to the PFIC rules described below, if we redeem warrants for cash pursuant to the redemption provisions described in the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants” or if we purchase warrants in an open market transaction, such redemption or purchase generally will be treated as a taxable disposition to the U.S. Holder, taxed as described above under “— Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Dispositionshares of Class A Ordinary Sharescommon stock.
Information Reporting and Warrants.”
Possible Constructive DistributionsBackup Withholding
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the section of this prospectus captioned “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Shareholders’ Warrants.” An adjustment which has the effect of preventing dilution generally is not taxable. The U.S. Holders of the warrants would, however, be treated as receiving a constructive distribution from us if, for example, the adjustment increases such U.S. Holders’ proportionate interest in our assets or earnings and profits (e.g., through an increase in the number of Class A ordinary shares that would be obtained upon exercise or through a decrease to the exercise price, including, for example, the decrease to the exercise price of the warrants where additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share, as described under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) as a result of a distribution of cash or other property to the holders of our Class A ordinary shares which is taxable to the U.S. Holders of such Class A ordinary shares as described under “— Taxation of Distributions” above. Such constructive distribution would be subject to tax as described under that section in the same manner as if the U.S. Holders of the warrants received a cash distribution from us equal to the fair market value of such increased interest.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules
A foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either (i) at least 75% of its gross income in a taxable year, including its pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, is passive income or (ii) at least 50% of its assets in a taxable year (ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over the year), including its pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets.
Because we are a blank check company, with no current active business, we believe that it is likely that we will meet the PFIC asset or income test for our current taxable year. However, pursuant to a start-up exception, a corporation will not be a PFIC for the first taxable year the corporation has gross income (the “start-up year”), if (1) no predecessor of the corporation was a PFIC; (2) the corporation satisfies the IRS that it will not be a PFIC for either of the two taxable years following the start-up year; and (3) the corporation is not in fact a PFIC for either of those years. The applicability of the start-up exception to us is uncertain and will not be known until after the close of our current taxable year (or possibly not until after the close of the first two taxable years following our start-up year, as described under the start-up exception). After the acquisition of a company or assets in a business combination, we may still meet one of the PFIC tests depending on the timing of the acquisition and the amount of our passive income and assets as well as the passive income and assets of the acquired business. If the company that we acquire in a business combination is a PFIC, then we will likely not qualify for the start-up exception and will be a PFIC for our current taxable year. Our actual PFIC status for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year, however, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any future taxable year.
Although our PFIC status is determined annually, an initial determination that our company is a PFIC will generally apply for subsequent yearspaid to a U.S. Holder who held Class A ordinary shares or warrants while we were a PFIC, whether or not we meetholder and to the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding periodproceeds of a U.S. Holder of our Class A ordinary shares or warrants and, in the case of our Class A ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder did not make either a qualified electing fund (“QEF”) election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) Class A ordinary shares, a QEF election along with a purging election, or a mark-to-market election, each as described below, such U.S. Holder generally will be subject to special rules with respect to (i) any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its Class A ordinary shares or warrants and (ii) any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect of the Class A ordinary shares during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares).

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In general, if we are determined to be a PFIC, a U.S. Holder may avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect of our Class A ordinary shares (but not our warrants) by making a timelycommon stock and valid QEF election (if eligible to do so) to include in income its pro rata share of our net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends. A U.S. Holder generally may make a separate election to defer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions under the QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge.
A U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election with respect to its warrants to acquire our Class A ordinary shares. As a result, if a U.S. Holder sells or otherwise disposes of such warrants (other than upon exercise of such warrants) and we were a PFIC at any time during the U.S. Holder’s holding period of such warrants, any gain recognized generally will be treated as an excess distribution, taxed as described above. If a U.S. Holder that exercises such warrants properly makes a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired Class A ordinary shares (or has previously made a QEF election with respect to our Class A ordinary shares), the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired Class A ordinary shares. Notwithstanding such QEF election, the adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC shares, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to such newly acquired Class A ordinary shares (which generally will be deemed to have a holding period for purposes of the PFIC rules that includes the period the U.S. Holder held the warrants),Private Placement Warrants, unless the U.S. Holder makesholder is an exempt recipient. Backup withholding may apply to such payments if the U.S. holder fails to provide a purging electiontaxpayer identification number or a certification of exempt status or has been notified by the IRS that it is subject to backup withholding (and such notification has not been withdrawn).
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the PFIC rules. Under one type of purging election, the U.S. Holderbackup withholding rules will be deemed to have sold such shares at their fair market value and any gain recognized on such deemed sale will be treatedallowed as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of this election, therefund or a credit against a U.S. Holder will have additional basis (to the extent of any gain recognized on the deemed sale) and, solely for purposes of the PFIC rules, a new holding period in the Class A ordinary shares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors as to the application of the rules governing purging elections to their particular circumstances (including a potential separate “deemed dividend” purging election that may be available if we are a controlled foreign corporation.
The QEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC Annual Information Statement, to a timely filedholder’s U.S. federal income tax return forliability provided the tax yearrequired information is timely furnished to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filing a protective statement with such return and if certain other conditions are met or with the consent of the IRS.
All U.S. Holdersholders should consult their tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.
In order to comply with the requirements of a QEF election, a U.S. Holder must receive a PFIC Annual Information Statement from us. If we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, upon written request, we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC Annual Information Statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a QEF election,

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but there is no assurance that we will timely provide such required information. There is also no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of our status as a PFIC in the future or of the required information to be provided.
If a U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to our Class A ordinary shares, and the excess distribution rules discussed above do not apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) such shares or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale of our Class A ordinary shares generally will be taxable as capital gain and no additional tax or interest charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules. As discussed above, if we are a PFIC for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder of our Class A ordinary shares that has made a QEF election will be currently taxed on its pro rata share of our earnings and profits, whether or not distributed for such year. A subsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable when distributed to such U.S. Holder. The tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s shares in a QEF will be increased by amounts that are included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the above rules. In addition, if we are not a PFIC for any taxable year, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to our Class A ordinary shares for such taxable year.
Alternatively, if we are a PFIC and our Class A ordinary shares constitute “marketable stock,” a U.S. Holder may avoid the adverse PFIC tax consequences discussed above if such U.S. Holder, at the close of the first taxable year in which it holds (or is deemed to hold) our Class A ordinary shares, makes a mark-to-market election with respect to such shares for such taxable year. Such U.S. Holder generally will include for each of its taxable years as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its Class A ordinary shares at the end of such year over its adjusted basis in its Class A ordinary shares. The U.S. Holder also will recognize an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis of its Class A ordinary shares over the fair market value of its Class A ordinary shares at the end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). The U.S. Holder’s basis in its Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of its Class A ordinary shares will be treated as ordinary income. Currently, a mark-to-market election may not be made with respect to warrants.
The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” generally, stock that is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Nasdaq (on which we intend to list the Class A ordinary shares), or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determines has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. If made, a mark-to-market election would be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made and for all subsequent taxable years unless the ordinary shares ceased to qualify as “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consented to the revocation of the election. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election with respect to our Class A ordinary shares under their particular circumstances.
If we are a PFIC and, at any time, have a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, U.S. Holders generally would be deemed to own a portion of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interest charge described above if we receive a distribution from, or dispose of all or part of our interest in, the lower-tier PFIC or the U.S. Holders otherwise were deemed to have disposed of an interest in the lower-tier PFIC. We will endeavor to cause any lower-tier PFIC to provide to a U.S. Holder the information that may be required to make or maintain a QEF election with respect to the lower-tier PFIC. There can be no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of the status of any such lower-tier PFIC. In addition, we may not hold a controlling interest in any such lower-tier PFIC and thus there can be no assurance we will be able to cause the lower-tier PFIC to provide such required information. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the tax issues raised by lower-tier PFICs.
A U.S. Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether or not a QEF or market-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. Failure to do so, if required, will extend the statute of limitations until such required information is furnished to the IRS.

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The rules dealing with PFICs and with the QEF and mark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in addition to those described above. Accordingly, U.S. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares and warrants should consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rulesinformation reporting and backup withholding to our securities under their particular circumstances.
Tax Reporting
Certain U.S. Holders may be required to file an IRS Form 926 (Return by a U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation) to report a transfer of property (including cash) to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed on a U.S. Holder that fails to comply with this reporting requirement and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. Furthermore, certain U.S. Holders who are individuals and certain entities will be required to report information with respect to such U.S. Holder’s investment in “specified foreign financial assets” on IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets), subject to certain exceptions. An interest in the Company constitutes a specified foreign financial asset for these purposes. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. Potential investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the foreign financial asset and other reporting obligations and their application to an investment in our Class A ordinary shares and warrants.them.
Non-U.S. Holders
This section applies to you if you are a “Non-U.S. Holder.holder.” As used herein, the term “Non-U.S. Holder”holder” means a beneficial owner of our units, Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrants (other than a partnership or other entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes)Private Placement Warrants who or that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
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but generally does not include an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition. If you are such an individual, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership or sale or other disposition of our securities.
Dividends (including constructive dividends) paidTaxation of Distributions
In general, any distributions (other than certain distributions of our stock or deemed paidrights to acquire our stock) made to a Non-U.S. Holder in respectholder of shares of our Class A ordinary shares generally will not be subjectcommon stock, to the extent paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax unless theprinciples), will constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, provided such dividends are not effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’sholder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States, (and, ifwe will be required byto withhold tax from the gross amount of the dividend at a rate of 30%, unless such Non-U.S. holder is eligible for a reduced rate of withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty are attributableand provides proper certification of its eligibility for such reduced rate (usually on an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E). In the case of any constructive dividend to a permanent establishmentNon-U.S. holder of Private Placement Warrants (as described above in “U.S. Holders — Possible Constructive Dividends”), it is possible that this tax would be withheld from any amount owed to the Non-U.S. holder by the applicable withholding agent, including cash distributions on other property or fixed basesale proceeds from Private Placement Warrants or other property subsequently paid or credited to such Non-U.S. holder. Any distribution not constituting a dividend will be treated first as reducing (but not below zero) the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in its shares of our Class A common stock and, to the extent such distribution exceeds the Non-U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis, as gain realized from the sale or other disposition of our Class A common stock, which will be treated as described below under “Non-U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants” below.
The withholding tax generally does not apply to dividends paid to a Non-U.S. holder who provides a Form W-8ECI, certifying that such holder maintains inthe dividends are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States). In addition,States. Instead, the effectively connected dividends will be subject to regular U.S. federal income tax as if the Non-U.S. holder were a U.S. resident, subject to an applicable income tax treaty providing otherwise. A corporate Non-U.S. Holderholder receiving effectively connected dividends may also be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” imposed at a rate of 30% (or a lower applicable treaty rate).
Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants
A Non-U.S. holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on anyin respect of gain attributable torecognized on a sale, taxable exchange or other taxable disposition of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock or warrants unless suchour Private Placement Warrants (including the expiration or redemption of our Private Placement Warrants), unless:
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the gain is effectively connected with itsthe conduct by the Non-U.S. holder of a trade or business inwithin the United States (and, if required by an applicableunder certain income tax treaty,treaties, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).
Dividends (including constructive dividends) and gains that are effectively connected withmaintained by the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or businessholder);
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such Non-U.S. holder is an individual who was present in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishmentfor 183 days or fixed basemore in the United States) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable totaxable year of such disposition and certain other requirements are met; or
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we are or have been a comparable U.S. Holder and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation“United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes also may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate.
The characterization for U.S. federal income tax purposesany time during the shorter of the exercise, lapsefive-year period ending on the date of disposition or redemptionthe period that the Non-U.S. holder held our Class A common stock or Private Placement Warrants and, in the case where shares of a warrant held by aour Class A common stock are regularly traded on an established securities market, the Non-U.S. Holder will generally correspond toholder has owned, directly or constructively, more than five percent (5%) of our Class A common stock at any time within the characterization described undershorter of the five-year period preceding the
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disposition or such Non-U.S. holder’s holding period for the shares of our Class A common stock or Private Placement Warrants. There can be no assurance that our Class A common stock is or has been treated as regularly traded on an established securities market for this purpose.
Unless an applicable treaty provides otherwise, gain described in the first bullet point above will be subject to tax at generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rates as if the Non-U.S. holder were a U.S. resident. Any gains described in the first bullet point above of a corporate Non-U.S. holder may also be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a thirty percent (30%) rate (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate). If the second bullet point applies to a Non-U.S. holder, such Non-U.S. holder will be subject to U.S. tax on such Non-U.S. holder’s net capital gain for such year (which will include any gain realized in connection with the redemption and may be reduced by certain U.S. source capital losses) at a tax rate of thirty percent (30%).
If the third bullet point above applies to a Non-U.S. holder, gain recognized by such holder will be subject to tax at generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rates. In addition, a buyer may be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax at a rate of fifteen percent (15%) of the amount realized upon such disposition. We believe that we are not, and do not anticipate becoming, a United States real property holding corporation. However, such determination is factual in nature and subject to change and no assurance can be provided as to whether we would be treated as a United States real property holding corporation in any future year.
Exercise, Lapse or Redemption of a Private Placement Warrant
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a Non-U.S. holder’s exercise of a Private Placement Warrant, or the lapse of a Private Placement Warrant held by a Non-U.S. holder, or the redemption of a Private Placement Warrant held by a Non-U.S. holder generally will correspond to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the exercise, lapse or redemption of a Private Placement Warrant by a U.S. holder, as described above under “— U.S. Holders — Exercise, Lapse or LapseRedemption of a Private Placement Warrant” above, although to the extent a cashless exercise or redemption of a Private Placement Warrant results in a taxable exchange, the consequences would be similar to those described above under “Non-U.S. Holders — Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants.”
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Information returns will be filed with the IRS in connection with payments of dividends and the preceding paragraphs above forproceeds from a Non-U.S. Holder’s gain on the sale or other disposition of our Class A ordinary sharescommon stock and warrants.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Dividend paymentsPrivate Placement Warrants. A Non-U.S. holder may have to comply with respectcertification procedures to our Class A ordinary shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of our Class A ordinary shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possibleestablish that it is not a United States backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however,person in order to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes other required certifications, or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status. A Non-U.S. Holder generally will eliminate the requirement foravoid information reporting and backup withholding by providingrequirements. The certification procedures required to claim a reduced rate of its foreign status,withholding under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.treaty generally will satisfy the certification requirements necessary to avoid the backup withholding as well.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld asThe amount of any backup withholding mayfrom a payment to a Non-U.S. holder will be creditedallowed as a credit against asuch holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and amay entitle such holder generally may obtainto a refund, of any excess amounts withheld underprovided that the backup withholding rules byrequired information is timely filingfurnished to the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.IRS.
The U.S. federal income tax discussion set forth above is included for general information only and may not be applicable depending upon a holder’s particular situation. Holders are urged toAll Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of information reporting and backup withholding to them.
FATCA Withholding Taxes
Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and the Treasury regulations and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder (commonly referred as the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act” or “FATCA”) generally impose withholding at a rate of thirty percent (30%) in certain circumstances on dividends in respect of our securities which are held by or through certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds), unless any such institution (1) enters into, and complies with, an agreement with the IRS to report, on an annual basis, information with respect to interests in, and accounts maintained by, the tax consequences to them of the acquisition, ownershipinstitution that are owned by certain U.S. persons and disposition of our Class A ordinary shares and warrants, including the tax consequences under state, local, estate, foreign and other tax laws and tax treaties and the possible effects of changes in U.S.by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or other tax laws.partially owned by
 
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U.S. persons and to withhold on certain payments, or (2) if required under an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, reports such information to its local tax authority, which will exchange such information with the U.S. authorities. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country may modify these requirements. Accordingly, the entity through which our securities are held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Similarly, dividends in respect of our securities held by an investor that is a non-financial non-U.S. entity that does not qualify under certain exceptions will generally be subject to withholding at a rate of thirty percent (30%), unless such entity either (1) certifies to us or the applicable withholding agent that such entity does not have any “substantial United States owners” or (2) provides certain information regarding the entity’s “substantial United States owners,” which will in turn be provided to the U.S. Department of Treasury. All prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of FATCA on their investment in our securities.

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UNDERWRITINGPLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement dated               , 2020, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters named below, for whom Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. are acting as representatives, the following respective numbers of units:
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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC​​​​​​​
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC​​​​​​​
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.​​​​​​​
Total​​​​30,000,000​​
The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are obligated to purchase all the units in this offering if any are purchased, other than those units covered by the over-allotment option described below.
We have granted toare registering the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase on a pro rata basisissuance by us of up to 4,500,000 additional units at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The option may be exercised only to cover any over-allotments of units.
The underwriters propose to offer the units initially at the public offering price on the cover page of this prospectus and to selling group members at that price less a selling concession of $      per unit. After the initial public offering, the underwriters may change the public offering price and concession and discount to broker-dealers.
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Includes $0.35 per unit, or $10,500,000 (or $12,075,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the underwriters only on completion of an initial business combination, in an amount equal to $0.35 multiplied by the number10,996,631 shares of Class A ordinary shares sold as partcommon stock that are issuable upon the exercise of the units in this offering,Warrants by the holders thereof. We are also registering the resale by the Selling Securityholders or their permitted transferees from time to time of (i) up to 107,495,199 shares of Class A common stock, including up to 10,693,624 shares that are issuable as described in this prospectus.
​Earnout Shares and 3,636,755 Option Shares, and (ii) 3,821,667 Private Placement Warrants.
We estimate that our non-reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses for this offering will be approximately $1,000,000. We have agreedare required to pay for the FINRA-relatedall fees and expenses incident to the registration of the underwriters’ legal counsel, notshares of our common stock to exceed $45,000.
be offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus. The representatives have informed us that the underwriters do not intendSelling Securityholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to make sales to discretionary accounts.their sale of shares of our common stock.
We our sponsor and our directors and officers have agreed that we will not offer, sell, contractreceive any of the proceeds from the sale of the securities by the Selling Securityholders. We will receive proceeds from Warrants exercised in the event that such Warrants are exercised for cash. The aggregate proceeds to sell, pledgethe Selling Securityholders will be the purchase price of the securities less any discounts and commissions borne by the Selling Securityholders. The shares of common stock beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholders covered by this prospectus may be offered and sold from time to time by the Selling Securityholders. The term “Selling Securityholders” includes donees, pledgees, transferees or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. for a period of 180 daysother successors in interest selling securities received after the date of this prospectus any units, warrants, from a Selling Securityholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer. The Selling Securityholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. Such sales may be made on one or more exchanges or in the over-the-counter market or otherwise, at prices and under terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price or in negotiated transactions. The Selling Securityholders may sell their shares of common stock by one or more of, or a combination of, the following methods:
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with our initial business combination. However, the foregoing shall not apply to the forfeiture of any founder shares pursuant to their terms or any transfer of founder shares to any current or future independent director of the company (as long as such current or future independent director transferee is subject to the letter agreement, filed herewith, or executes an agreement substantially identical to the letter agreement, as applicable to directors and officersplace at the time of such transfer;an offering pursuant to this prospectus and as long as, to the extent any Section 16 reporting obligation is triggered as a result of such transfer, any related Section 16 filing includes a practical explanation as to the nature of the transfer). Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in their sole discretion may release any of the securities subject to these lock-up agreements at any time without notice.
Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell anyapplicable prospectus supplement hereto that provide for periodic sales of their founder shares untilsecurities on the earlier basis of parameters described in such trading plans;
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in “at the completion of our initial business combination; and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination (x) if the last reported sale price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, rights issuances, consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that resultsmarket” offerings, as defined in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property (except with respect to permitted transferees as described herein under “Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants”). Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares.
The private placement warrants (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except with respect to permitted transferees as described herein under “Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants”).
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilitiesRule 415 under the Securities Act, at negotiated prices, at prices prevailing at the time of sale or contributeat prices related to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in that respect.
We expect our units to be listed on Nasdaq, under the symbol “ACACU” and, once the Class A ordinary shares and warrants begin separate trading, to have our Class A ordinary shares and warrants listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “ACAC” and “ACACW,” respectively.
Prior to this offering, there has been no publicsuch prevailing market for our securities. Consequently, the initial public offering price for the units was determined by negotiations between us and the representatives.
The determination of our per unit offering price was more arbitrary than would typically be the case if we were an operating company. Among the factors considered in determining the initial public offering price were the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies, prior offerings of those companies, our management, our capital structure, and currently prevailing general conditions in equity securities markets,prices, including current market valuations of publicly traded companies considered comparable to our company. We cannot assure you, however, that the price at which the units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants will sell in the public market after this offering will not be lower than the initial public offering price or that an active trading market in our units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants will develop and continue after this offering.
If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the trustee and the underwriters have agreed that: (1) they will forfeit any rights or claims to their deferred underwriting discounts and commissions, including any accrued interest thereon, then in the trust account; and (2) the deferred underwriters’ discounts and commissions will be distributedsales made directly on a pro rata basis, together with any interest earnednational securities exchange or sales made through a market maker other than on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to fund our working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of $1,500,000, and/exchange or to pay our taxes (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) to the public shareholders.other similar offerings through sales agents;
In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.​
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through the distribution of the securities by any Selling Securityholder to purchaseits partners, members or stockholders;
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Over-allotment involves sales by the underwritersthrough a combination of units in excessany of the numberabove methods of units the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short positionsale; or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of units over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of units that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of units involved is greater than the number of units in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option and/or purchasing units in the open market.
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Syndicate covering transactions involve purchasesany other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
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In addition, any shares that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus.
To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution. In connection with distributions of the unitsshares or otherwise, the Selling Securityholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions. In connection with such transactions, broker-dealers or other financial institutions may engage in short sales of shares of common stock in the open market aftercourse of hedging the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicatepositions they assume with Selling Securityholders. The Selling Securityholders may also sell shares of common stock short positions. In determiningand redeliver the source of unitsshares to close out such short positions. The Selling Securityholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction). The Selling Securityholders may also pledge shares to a broker-dealer or other financial institution, and, upon a default, such broker-dealer or other financial institution, may effect sales of the pledged shares pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
A Selling Securityholder may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If an applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by any Selling Securityholder or borrowed from any Selling Securityholder or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from any Selling Securityholder in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. If applicable through securities laws, the third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition, any Selling Securityholder may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities short using this prospectus. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.
In effecting sales, broker-dealers or agents engaged by the underwriters will consider, amongSelling Securityholders may arrange for other things,broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the priceSelling Securityholders in amounts to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale.
In offering the securities covered by this prospectus, the Selling Securityholders and any broker-dealers who execute sales for the Selling Securityholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of units availablethe Securities Act in connection with such sales. Any profits realized by the Selling Securityholders and the compensation of any broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.
In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if applicable, the securities must be sold in such jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain states the securities may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for purchasesale in the open market as comparedapplicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
We have advised the Selling Securityholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to the price at which they may purchase units through the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more units than could be covered by the over-allotment option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying units in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the pricesales of the units in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering.
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Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the units originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.
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These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our units or preventing or retarding a declinesecurities in the market priceand to the activities of the units. As a result, the price of our units may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be effected on Nasdaq or otherwiseSelling Securityholders and if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
We are not under any contractual obligation to engage any of the underwriters to provide any services for us after this offering, and have no present intent to do so. However, any of the underwriters may introduce us to potential target businesses or assist us in raising additional capital in the future. If any of the underwriters provide services to us after this offering,their affiliates. In addition, we may pay such underwriter fair and reasonable fees that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation; provided that no agreement will be entered into with any of the underwriters and no fees for such services will be paid to any of the underwriters prior to the date that is 60 days from the datemake copies of this prospectus unless FINRA determines that such payment would not be deemed underwriters’ compensation in connection with this offering, and we may payavailable to the underwritersSelling Securityholders for the purpose of this offering or any entity with which they are affiliated, a finder’s fee or other compensation for services rendered to us in connection withsatisfying the completion of a business combination.
Someprospectus delivery requirements of the underwriters and their affiliates have engagedSecurities Act. The Selling Securityholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in and may intransactions involving the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates, including in connection with acting in an advisory capacity or as a potential financing source in conjunction with our potential acquisition of a company. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.
In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.
A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by one or moresale of the underwriters, or selling group members,shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
At the time a particular offer of securities is made, if any, participating in this offeringrequired, a prospectus supplement will be distributed that will set forth the number of securities being offered and one or morethe terms of the underwriters participating in this offering, may distribute prospectuses electronically. The representatives mayincluding the name of any underwriter, dealer or agent, the purchase price paid by any underwriter, any discount,
 
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agree to allocate a number of units to underwriters and selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriters and selling group members that will make Internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.
The units are offered for sale in the United States, Europe, Asiacommission and other jurisdictions where it is lawfulitem constituting compensation, any discount, commission or concession allowed or reallowed or paid to make such offers.
Each ofany dealer, and the underwriters has represented and agreed that it has not offered, sold or delivered and will not offer, sell or deliver any of the units directly or indirectly, or distribute this prospectus or any other offering material relatingproposed selling price to the units, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and that will not impose any obligations on us except as set forth in the underwriting agreement.public.
European Economic Area
In relation to each Member StateA holder of the European Economic Area (each a “Member State”), no units have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public in that Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the units that has been approved by the competent authority in that Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member State, allWarrants may exercise its Warrants in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation), except that offersWarrant Agreement on or before the expiration date set forth therein by surrendering, at the office of Shares may be madethe Warrant Agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the certificate evidencing such Warrant, with the form of election to purchase set forth thereon, properly completed and duly executed, accompanied by full payment of the publicexercise price and any and all applicable taxes due in that Member State at any time underconnection with the following exemptions underexercise of the Prospectus Regulation:
(a)
Warrant, subject to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation;
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to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or
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in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,
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provided that no such offer of Shares shall require the Issuer or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.
For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any Shares in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any Shares, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
Notice to Investors in the United Kingdom
Each of the underwriters severally represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
(a)
it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in mattersapplicable provisions relating to investments falling with Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 orcashless exercises in circumstances in which section 21 of FSMA does not apply to the company; and
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it has complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the units in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
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Notice to Residents of Japan
The underwriters will not offer or sell any of our units directly or indirectly in Japan or to, or for the benefit of any Japanese person or to others, for re-offering or re-sale directly or indirectly in Japan or to any Japanese person, except in each case pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in complianceaccordance with the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and any other applicable laws andWarrant Agreement.
 
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regulations of Japan. For purposes of this paragraph, “Japanese person” means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan.
Notice to Residents of Hong Kong
The underwriters and each of their affiliates have not (1) offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, in Hong Kong, by means of any document, our units other than (A) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance or (B) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32 of Hong Kong) or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance or (2) issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere any advertisement, invitation or document relating to our units which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to our securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance. The contents of this document have not been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercise caution in relation to the offer. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this document, you should obtain independent professional advice.
Notice to Residents of Singapore
This prospectus or any other offering material relating to our units has not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the units will be offered in Singapore pursuant to exemptions under Section 274 and Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “Securities and Futures Act”). Accordingly our units may not be offered or sold, or be the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material relating to our units be circulated or distributed, whether directly or indirectly, to the public or any member of the public in Singapore other than (a) to an institutional investor or other person specified in Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, (b) to a sophisticated investor, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act or (c) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the Securities and Futures Act.
Notice to Residents of Germany
Each person who is in possession of this prospectus is aware that no German sales prospectus (Verkaufsprospekt) within the meaning of the Securities Sales Prospectus Act (Wertpapier-Verkaufsprospektgesetz, the “Act”) of the Federal Republic of Germany has been or will be published with respect to our units. In particular, each underwriter has represented that it has not engaged and has agreed that it will not engage in a public offering (offentliches Angebot) within the meaning of the Act with respect to any of our units otherwise then in accordance with the Act and all other applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Notice to Residents of France
The units are being issued and sold outside the Republic of France and that, in connection with their initial distribution, it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any units to the public in the Republic of France, and that it has not distributed and will not distribute or cause to be distributed to the public in the Republic of France this prospectus or any other offering material relating to the units, and that such offers, sales and distributions have been and will be made in the Republic of France only to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) in accordance with Article L.411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and decrét no. 98-880 dated October 1, 1998.
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situated in The Netherlands who or which trade or invest in securities in the conduct of a business or profession (which includes banks, securities intermediaries (including dealers and brokers), insurance companies, pension funds, collective investment institution, central governments, large international and supranational organizations, other institutional investors and other parties, including treasury departments of commercial enterprises, which as an ancillary activity regularly invest in securities; hereinafter, “Professional Investors”); provided that in the offer, prospectus and in any other documents or advertisements in which a forthcoming offering of our units is publicly announced (whether electronically or otherwise) in The Netherlands it is stated that such offer is and will be exclusively made to such Professional Investors. Individual or legal entities who are not Professional Investors may not participate in the offering of our units, and this prospectus or any other offering material relating to our units may not be considered an offer or the prospect of an offer to sell or exchange our units.
Notice to Prospective Investors in the Cayman Islands
No invitation, whether directly or indirectly, may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for our securities.
Notice to Canadian Residents
Resale Restrictions
The distribution of units in Canada is being made on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of these securities are made. Any resale of the units in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws which may vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the securities.
Representations of Canadian Purchasers
By purchasing units in Canada and accepting delivery of a purchase confirmation, a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:
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the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the units without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws as it is an “accredited investor” as defined under National Instrument 45-106 — Prospectus Exemptions or Section 73.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario), as applicable;
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the purchaser is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103 — Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations;
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the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions.
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Conflicts of Interest
Canadian purchasers are hereby notified that Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. are relying on the exemption set out in section 3A.3 or 3A.4, if applicable, of National Instrument 33-105 — Underwriting Conflicts from having to provide certain conflict of interest disclosure in this document.
Statutory Rights of Action
Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if the prospectus (including any amendment thereto) such as this document contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or

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territory. The purchaser of these securities in Canada should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.
Enforcement of Legal Rights
All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.
Taxation and Eligibility for Investment
Canadian purchasers of units should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in the units in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of the units for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.

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LEGAL MATTERS
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP will pass upon theThe validity of theany securities offered inby this prospectus with respect to units and warrants. Maples and Calder will passbe passed upon the validity of the securities offered in this prospectus with respect to the ordinary shares and matters of Cayman Islands law. In connection with this offering, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagherfor us by Davis Polk & FlomWardwell LLP, New York, New York advised the underwriters in connection with the offering of the securities.Menlo Park, California.
EXPERTS
The financial statements of Acies Acquisition Corp. as of September 15,December 31, 2020 and for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 15,December 31, 2020 appearing in this prospectus have been audited by Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to substantial doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the financial statements), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus,herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are offering by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain allThe consolidated financial statements of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and for each of the information includedthree years in the registration statement. For further information about us and our securities, you should refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement. Whenever we make referenceperiod ended December 31, 2020 included in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein. Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
CHANGE IN AUDITOR
On June 22, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, subject to satisfactory completion of their client acceptance procedures. Deloitte served as Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, also on June 22, 2021, the Company dismissed Marcum, LLP (“Marcum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
The reports of Marcum on Acies’ balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from October 22, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “Acies financial statements”) did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
The reports of Marcum on the Acies financial statements contained an explanatory paragraph which noted that there was substantial doubt as to Acies’ ability to continue as a going concern as Acies had a working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations.
During the period from October 22, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through June 21, 2021, there were no (i) disagreements with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with their report, or (ii) reportable events (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
During the period from October 22, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through June 21, 2021, neither Acies nor anyone on its behalf consulted Deloitte regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Acies’ financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to Acies that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by Acies in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of our contracts, agreementsa “disagreement” or other documents, the references are materially complete but may not include a description of all aspects of such contracts, agreements or other documents,“reportable event,” each as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.
Upon completion of this offering, we will be subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and will file annual, quarterly and current event reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You can read our SEC filings, including the registration statement, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.304(a)(1)(v), respectively.
 
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act. You can read our SEC filings, including this prospectus, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Our website address is https://playstudios.com Through our website, we make available, free of charge, the following documents as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K; our proxy statements for our annual and special stockholder meetings; our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q; our Current Reports on Form 8-K; Forms 3, 4, and 5 and Schedules 13D with respect to our securities filed on behalf of our directors and our executive officers; and amendments to those documents. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus.

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PLAYSTUDIOS INC. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of PlayStudios, Inc.​​​​​​​
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and
2018
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements of PlayStudios, Inc.​​​​​​​
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 and as of December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Financial Statements (Audited) for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020​​​​​​​
Report of independent registered public accounting firm
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Balance Sheet
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Statement of Operations
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Statement of Changes in Shareholder’s Equity
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Statement of Cash Flows
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Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements (Unaudited) for the quarter ended March 31, 2021​​​​​​​
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) and as of December 31,
2020
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholder’s Equity for the three months ended
March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholdershareholders and the Board of Directors of
Acies Acquisition Corp. PlayStudios Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheetsheets of Acies Acquisition Corp.PlayStudios, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of September 15,December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholder’scomprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 15,ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September 15,December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 15,ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory ParagraphBasis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Las Vegas, Nevada
March 26, 2021
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
​​​December 31,​
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ASSETS​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash and cash equivalents​​​$48,927​​​​$31,022​​
Receivables​​​​16,616​​​​​14,249​​
Prepaid expenses​​​​2,429​​​​​2,341​​
Income tax receivable​​​​6,959​​​​​2,057​​
Other current assets​​​​2,854​​​​​383​​
Total current assets​​​​77,785​​​​​50,052​​
Property and equipment, net​​​​6,201​​​​​7,335​​
Internal-use software, net​​​​38,756​​​​​30,994​​
Goodwill​​​​5,059​​​​​5,059​​
Intangibles, net​​​​1,624​​​​​2,322​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​3,109​​​​​2,362​​
Other long-term assets​​​​1,927​​​​​1,146​​
Total non-current assets​​​​56,676​​​​​49,218​​
Total assets​​​$134,461​​​​$99,270​​
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Accounts payable​​​$4,717​​​​$5,351​​
Accrued liabilities​​​​29,089​​​​​6,517​​
Total current liabilities​​​​33,806​​​​​11,868​​
Minimum guarantee liability​​​​300​​​​​500​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​2,970​​​​​5,791​​
Other long-term liabilities​​​​1,306​​​​​798​​
Total non-current liabilities​​​​4,576​​​​​7,089​​
Total liabilities​​​$38,382​​​​$18,957​​
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 12)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Stockholders’ equity:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Preferred stock, $0.00005 par value (168,637,840 shares authorized, 162,595,680 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019; aggregate liquidation preference of $33,750 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019)​​​​8​​​​​8​​
Common stock, $0.00005 par value (506,000,000 shares authorized, 238,186,070 and 225,490,157 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019)​​​​12​​​​​11​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​71,776​​​​​66,661​​
Retained earnings​​​​23,802​​​​​13,535​​
Accumulated other comprehensive income​​​​481​​​​​98​​
Total stockholders’ equity​​​​96,079​​​​​80,313​​
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity​​​$134,461​​​​$99,270​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Net revenues​​​$269,882​​​​$239,421​​​​$195,499​​
Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue(1)
​​​​91,469​​​​​80,267​​​​​66,784​​
Selling and marketing​​​​57,124​​​​​59,931​​​​​54,068​​
General and administrative​​​​16,960​​​​​16,712​​​​​19,620​​
Research and development​​​​51,696​​​​​38,986​​​​​30,168​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​22,192​​​​​25,154​​​​​16,246​​
Restructuring expense​​​​20,092​​​​​1,234​​​​​2,316​​
Total operating costs and expenses​​​​259,533​​​​​222,284​​​​​189,202​​
Income from operations​​​​10,349​​​​​17,137​​​​​6,297​​
Other income (expense), net:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest expense​​​​(142)​​​​​(264)​​​​​(284)​​
Other income (expense), net​​​​929​​​​​716​​​​​(227)​​
Total other income (expense), net​​​​787​​​​​452​​​​​(511)​​
Income before income taxes​​​​11,136​​​​​17,589​​​​​5,786​​
Income tax benefit (expense)​​​​1,671​​​​​(3,975)​​​​​(2,964)​​
Net income attributable to PlayStudios, Inc.(2)
​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders(3):​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$5,985​​​​$6,440$​​​​$3,367​​
Diluted​​​$6,420​​​​$6,669​​​​$3,477​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$0.03​​​​$0.03​​​​$0.01​​
Diluted​​​$0.02​​​​$0.03​​​​$0.01​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​236,118,856​​​​​234,070,277​​​​​229,409,649​​
Diluted​​​​283,067,558​​​​​255,453,583​​​​​248,179,915​​
​
(1)
Amounts exclude depreciation and amortization.
​
(2)
As further discussed in Note 13, a related party held a noncontrolling interest in the Company’s subsidiary, PlayStudios International Limited (“International”). As International incurred losses prior to the Company’s purchase of the noncontrolling interest in 2018 and losses of International were not allocable to the noncontrolling interest, net and comprehensive losses of International were not allocated to the noncontrolling interest.
​
(3)
Refer to Note 15 for determination of net come attributable to common stockholders versus participating preferred stockholders, including discussion of deemed contributions related to the redemption of preferred NCI and the associated impact on 2018 net income attributable to common stockholders.
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Net income attributable to PlayStudios, Inc.(1)
​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Other comprehensive income (loss):​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment(2)
​​​​383​​​​​179​​​​​188​​
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)​​​$383​​​​$179​​​​$(188)​​
Comprehensive income attributable to PlayStudios, Inc.(1)
​​​$13,190​​​​$13,793​​​​$2,634​​
​
(1)
As further discussed in Note 13, a related party held a noncontrolling interest in the Company’s subsidiary, International. As International incurred losses prior to the Company’s purchase of the noncontrolling interest in 2018 and losses of International were not allocable to the noncontrolling interest, net and comprehensive losses of International were not allocated to the noncontrolling interest.
​
(2)
These amounts are presented gross of the effect of income taxes. The total change in foreign currency translation adjustment and the corresponding effect of income taxes are immaterial.
​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
​​​
Preferred Stock(1)
​​
common stock(1)
​​
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
​​
Other
Comprehensive
Income (loss)
​​
Retained
Earnings
​​
Total
PlayStudios,
Inc.
Stockholders’
Equity
​​
Non
controlling
Interest
​​
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
​
​​​Shares​​Amount​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance as of December 31, 2017​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​223,122​​​​$11​​​​$40,254​​​​$107​​​​$4,679​​​​$45,059​​​​$8,000​​​​$53,059​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​2,822​​​​​2,822​​​​​​​​​​​2,822​​
Exercise of stock options​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,362​​​​​—​​​​​550​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​550​​​​​—​​​​​550​​
Stock-based compensation
expense
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​11,752​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​11,752​​​​​—​​​​​11,752​​
Repurchase and retirement
of common stock
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(2,130)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(1,404)​​​​​(1,404)​​​​​—​​​​​(1,404)​​
Other comprehensive income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(188)​​​​​—​​​​​(188)​​​​​—​​​​​(188)​​
Restricted stock awards​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1,760​​​​​—​​​​​555​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​555​​​​​—​​​​​555​​
Purchase of noncontrolling
interest
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1,100​​​​​—​​​​​6,000​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​6,000​​​​​(8,000)​​​​​(2,000)​​
Balance as of December 31, 2018​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​229,214​​​​$11​​​​$59,111​​​​$(81)​​​​$6,097​​​​$65,146​​​​$—​​​​$65,146​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​13,614​​​​​13,614​​​​​—​​​​​13,614​​
Exercise of stock options​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,846​​​​​—​​​​​754​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​754​​​​​—​​​​​754​​
Stock-based compensation
expense
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​6,796​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​6,796​​​​​—​​​​​6,796​​
Repurchase and retirement
of common stock
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(9,570)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(6,176)​​​​​(6,176)​​​​​—​​​​​(6,176)​​
Other comprehensive income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​179​​​​​—​​​​​179​​​​​—​​​​​179​​
Balance as of December 31, 2019​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​225,490​​​​$11​​​​$66,661​​​​$98​​​​$13,535​​​​$80,313​​​​$—​​​​$80,313​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​12,807​​​​​12,807​​​​​—​​​​​12,807​​
Exercise of stock options​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​16,314​​​​​1​​​​​991​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​992​​​​​—​​​​​992​​
Stock-based compensation
expense
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​4,124​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​4,124​​​​​—​​​​​4,124​​
Repurchase and retirement
of common stock
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(3,618)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(2,540)​​​​​(2,540)​​​​​—​​​​​(2,540)​​
Other comprehensive income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​383​​​​​—​​​​​383​​​​​—​​​​​383​​
Balance as of December 31, 2020​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​238,186​​​​$12​​​​$71,776​​​​$481​​​​$23,802​​​​$96,079​​​​$—​​​​$96,079​​
​
(1)
All share amounts have been retroactively restated to adjust for the two-for-one forward stock split effected on February 27, 2019.
​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Cash flows from operating activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Adjustments:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​22,192​​​​​25,154​​​​​16,246​​
Amortization of loan costs​​​​—​​​​​59​​​​​35​​
Stock-based compensation expense​​​​3,519​​​​​5,884​​​​​10,902​​
Deferred income tax expense​​​​(3,568)​​​​​2,456​​​​​1,884​​
Loss on disposal of equipment​​​​2​​​​​28​​​​​1,297​​
(Gain)/loss on foreign currency translation​​​​(469)​​​​​(343)​​​​​503​​
Changes in operating assets and liabilities​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Accounts receivable​​​​(2,367)​​​​​(517)​​​​​893​​
Income tax receivable​​​​(4,902)​​​​​(938)​​​​​(1,119)​​
Prepaid expenses and other current assets​​​​(8)​​​​​(202)​​​​​(909)​​
Accounts payable & accrued liabilities​​​​21,975​​​​​(1,591)​​​​​3,855​​
Deferred revenue​​​​—​​​​​(7,379)​​​​​883​​
Other​​​​(781)​​​​​(137)​​​​​(564)​​
Net cash provided by operating activities​​​​48,400​​​​​36,088​​​​​36,728​​
Cash flows from investing activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Purchase of property and equipment​​​​(1,847)​​​​​(4,296)​​​​​(3,569)​​
Additions to internal-use software​​​​(25,155)​​​​​(20,996)​​​​​(20,844)​​
Other​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​4​​
Net cash used in investing activities​​​​(27,002)​​​​​(25,292)​​​​​(24,409)​​
Cash flows from financing activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Proceeds from option exercises​​​​992​​​​​754​​��​​550​​
Repurchases of common stock for retirement​​​​(2,540)​​​​​(6,176)​​​​​(1,404)​​
Repayment of long-term debt​​​​—​​​​​(1,926)​​​​​(1,279)​​
Purchase of noncontrolling interest​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(2,000)​​
Payments for capitalized offering costs​​​​(2,087)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Net cash used in financing activities​​​​(3,635)​​​​​(7,348)​​​​​(4,133)​​
Foreign currency translation​​​​142​​​​​(26)​​​​​(343)​​
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents​​​​17,905​​​​​3,422​​​​​7,843​​
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period​​​​31,022​​​​​27,600​​​​​19,757​​
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period​​​$48,927​​​​$31,022​​​​$27,600​​
Supplemental Cash Flow Data:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest paid​​​$53​​​​$233​​​​$259​​
Income taxes paid, net of refunds​​​​7,015​​​​​2,046​​​​​2,145​​
Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Capitalization of stock-based compensation​​​$605​​​​$912​​​​$$1,405​​
Noncash additions to intangible assets related to license agreements​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1,000​​
Purchases of property and equipment included in accrued liabilities​​​​—​​​​​196​​​​​—​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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NOTE 1 — BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization and Description of Business
PlayStudios, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in March 2011. The Company develops and operates online and mobile social gaming applications (“games” or “game”) and leverages marketing relationships with various partners to provide players a unique social gaming experience while earning “real world” rewards provided by the Company’s rewards partners. The Company’s games are free- to-play and available via the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook (collectively, “platforms” or “platform operators”). The Company creates games based on its own original content as well as third-party licensed brands. The Company generates revenue through the in-game sale of virtual currency and through advertising.
The Company has the following four foreign subsidiaries:
a.
PlayStudios Asia Limited (“Asia”)
​
b.
PlayStudios International Limited (“International”)
​
c.
PlayStudios International Israel Limited (“Israel”)
​
d.
PlayStudios Orion Labs Private Limited (“Orion”)
​
Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to “PlayStudios,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” are used to refer collectively to PlayStudios, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PlayStudios, Inc. and its owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. Certain reclassifications in these financial statements have been made to comply with US GAAP applicable to public companies and SEC Regulation S-X.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the estimated consumption rate of virtual goods that is used in the determination of revenue recognition, useful lives of property and equipment and definite-lived intangible assets, the expensing and capitalization of research and development costs for internal-use software, assumptions used in accounting for income taxes, stock-based compensation, the associated valuation of the Company’s common stock and the evaluation of goodwill and long-lived assets for impairment. The Company believes the accounting estimates are appropriate and reasonably determined. Due to the inherent uncertainties in making these estimates, actual amounts could differ materially.
Segments
Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The CODM, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, reviews financial information on a consolidated basis for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. As such, the Company has one operating and reportable segment.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase and are stated at the lower of cost or market value.

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Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and receivables. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalent balances at several banks. Cash accounts located in the United States are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Although balances may exceed amounts insured by the FDIC, the Company believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk related to its cash or cash equivalents and has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company’s receivables consist primarily of amounts due from social and mobile game platform operators, including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Accounts receivable are typically noninterest bearing and are initially recorded at cost. The Company regularly reviews accounts receivable, considers current economic conditions and the financial positions of the Company’s platform operators. Accounts are written off when the Company deems the account to be uncollectible. Recoveries of accounts previously written off are recorded when received. The Company reserves an estimated amount for receivables that may not be collected to reduce receivables to their net carrying amount, which approximates fair value. Methodologies for estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts range from specific reserves to various percentages applied to aged receivables. Historical collection rates are considered in determining reserves.
Property and Equipment, net
The Company states property and equipment at cost net of accumulated depreciation. The Company capitalizes the costs of improvements that extend the life of the asset, while costs of repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Gains or losses on the disposition of property and equipment are included in the determination of income.
Computer equipment, furniture and fixtures are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the related lease, as follows:
​​​Estimated Useful Life​
Computer equipment​​3 years​
Purchased software​​3 years​
Furniture and fixtures​​7 years​
Leasehold improvements​​Lesser of 10 years or remaining lease term​
Property and equipment are reviewed for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If property and equipment are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair market value. If the Company reduces the estimated useful life assumption for any asset, the remaining unamortized balance would be amortized or depreciated over the revised estimated useful life.
Internal-Use Software
The Company recognizes internal-use software development costs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 350-40, Internal-Use Software. Capitalized costs include consulting fees, payroll and payroll-related costs and stock-based compensation for employees who devote time to the Company’s internal-use software projects. Capitalization begins when the preliminary project stage is complete and the Company commits resources to the software project and continues during the application development stage. Capitalization ceases when the software has been tested and is ready for its intended use. Qualified costs incurred during the post-implementation/post-operation stage of the Company’s software applications relating to upgrades and enhancements are capitalized to the extent it is probable that they will result in added functionality. Costs that cannot be separated between maintenance of, and minor upgrades and enhancements to, internal-use software are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software

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development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over a three-year estimated useful life. The Company believes that a straight-line basis for amortization best represents the pattern through which the Company derives value from internal-use software. The Company evaluates the useful lives of these assets and test for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact the recoverability of these assets.
Goodwill
In accordance with Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-02, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Accounting for Goodwill, goodwill is recorded as the excess of the purchase price over acquisition-date fair value of identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually as of October 1st of each year, or when a triggering event occurs. If a triggering event occurs, qualitative factors are first assessed to determine whether a quantitative impairment test is required. Any impairment would be recognized for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount limited to the carrying amount of goodwill. Impairment testing for goodwill is performed at the reporting unit level. The Company has identified a single reporting unit based on the Company’s management structure.
Intangible Assets’
Intangible assets are classified into one of the two categories: (1) intangible assets with definite lives subject to amortization and (2) intangible assets with indefinite lives not subject to amortization.
For definite-lived intangible assets, amortization is recorded using the straight-line method, which materially approximates the pattern of the assets’ use. The Company continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of intangible assets may warrant revision or that the remaining balance may not be recoverable. These factors may include a significant deterioration of operating results, changes in business plans, or changes in anticipated cash flows. The estimated useful lives of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows:
​​​
Estimated Useful
Life
​
Licenses​​​​3 – 5 years​​
Trade names​​​​5 years​​
When factors indicate that a definite-lived intangible asset should be evaluated for possible impairment, the Company reviews intangible assets to assess recoverability from future operations using undiscounted cash flows. If future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment is recognized in earnings to the extent that the carrying value exceeds fair value.
For indefinite-lived intangible assets, the Company conducts impairment tests annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived asset is less than its carrying value, or when circumstances no longer continue to support an indefinite useful life. If a triggering event occurs, qualitative factors are first assessed to determine whether a quantitative impairment test is required. If a quantitative test is required, the fair value of the intangible is compared to the asset’s carrying amount. Any impairment would be recognized for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount. The Company performs its annual impairment testing as of October 1 of each year.
Fair Value Measurements
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate fair value because of their short-term maturities.

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According to ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy establishes three tiers, which prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1 — Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
Entities are permitted to choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value. The Company has not elected the fair value measurement option for any of the Company’s assets or liabilities that meet the criteria for this election.
License Agreements & Minimum Guarantees
The Company enters into long-term license agreements with third parties in which it is obligated to pay a minimum guaranteed amount of royalties, typically annually over the life of the contract. The Company accounts for the minimum guaranteed obligations within “Accrued liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” at the onset of the license arrangement and record a corresponding licensed asset within “Intangibles, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The licensed intangible assets related to the minimum guaranteed obligations are amortized over the term of the license agreement with the amortization expense recorded in “Depreciation and amortization” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company classifies minimum royalty payment obligations as current liabilities to the extent they are contractually due within the next 12 months. The long-term portion of the liability related to the minimum guaranteed obligations is reduced as royalty payments are made as required under the license agreement. The Company assesses the recoverability of license agreements whenever events arise or circumstances change that indicate the carrying value of the licensed asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of the licensed asset and the amount of impairment, if any, are determined using the Company’s policy for intangible assets with finite useful lives.
Revenue Recognition
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 combined with all subsequent amendments, which is collectively ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, provides guidance outlining a single five-step comprehensive revenue model in accounting for revenue from contracts with customers which supersedes all existing revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. ASU 2014-09 also required expanded disclosures relating to the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new accounting standard and related amendments (collectively, the “new revenue accounting standard”) using the modified retrospective method.
The Company determines revenue recognition by:
e.
identifying the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
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f.
identifying the performance obligations in each contract;
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g.
determining the transaction price;
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h.
allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in each contract; and
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i.
recognizing revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies performance obligations by transferring the promised goods or services.
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Virtual Currency
The Company develops and operates free-to-play games which are downloaded and played on social and mobile platforms. Players may collect virtual currency free of charge through the passage of time or through targeted marketing promotions. Additionally, players can send free “gifts” of virtual currency to their friends through interactions with certain social platforms. Players may also purchase additional virtual currency through accepted payment methods offered by the respective platform. Once a purchase is completed, the virtual currency is deposited into the player’s account and are not separately identifiable from previously purchased virtual currency obtained by the player for free. Once obtained, virtual currency (either free or purchased) cannot be redeemed for cash nor exchanged for anything other than game play. When virtual currency is consumed in the games, the player could “win” and would be awarded additional virtual currency or could “lose” and lose the future use of that virtual currency. As the player does not receive any additional benefit from the games, nor is the player entitled to any additional rights once the player’s virtual currency is substantially consumed, the Company has concluded that the virtual currency represents consumable goods.
Players can earn loyalty points through a variety of activities, including but not limited to playing the Company’s games, engaging with in-game advertising, engaging with marketing emails, and logging into the game. The loyalty points can be redeemed for rewards offered by the Company’s partners. There is no obligation for the Company to pay or otherwise compensate the Company’s rewards partners for any player redemptions under the Company’s partner agreements. In addition, both paying and non-paying players can earn loyalty points. Therefore, the loyalty points earned by players are marketing offers and do not provide players with material rights. Accordingly, the loyalty points do not require any allocation to the transaction price of virtual currency.
Additionally, certain of the Company’s games participate in an additional program which ranks players into different tiers based on tier points earned during a given time frame. Tier points can be earned through a variety of player engagement activities, including but not limited to logging into the games, achieving multi-day log-in streaks, collecting hourly bonuses, and purchasing virtual currency bundles. Depending on the tier, players are granted access to special benefits at the Company’s discretion. Similar to loyalty points that are redeemable into real-world rewards, the tier points are not awarded as a result of a contract with a customer since both paying and non-paying players can earn these tier points. As a result, the tier points earned by players do not provide players with material rights and do not require any allocation to the transaction price of virtual currency.
The Company has the performance obligation to display and provide access to the virtual currency purchased by the Company’s player within the game whenever the player accesses the game until the virtual currency is consumed. Payment is required at the time of purchase and the transaction price is fixed. The transaction price, which is the amount paid for the virtual currency by the player is allocated entirely to this single performance obligation.
As virtual currency represents consumable goods, the Company recognizes revenue as the virtual currency is consumed over the estimated consumption period. Since the Company is unable to distinguish between the consumption of purchased or free virtual currency, the Company must estimate the amount of outstanding purchased virtual currency at each reporting date based on player behavior. The Company has determined through a review of player behavior that players who purchase virtual currency generally are not purchasing additional virtual currency if their existing virtual currency balances have not been substantially consumed. As the Company can track the duration between purchases of virtual currency for individual players, the Company is able to reliably estimate the period over which virtual currency is consumed. Based upon an analysis of players’ historical play behavior, the timing difference between when virtual currency is purchased by a player and when those virtual currency are consumed in gameplay is relatively short, currently one to seven days with an average consumption period of approximately one day. The Company recognizes revenue from in-game purchases of virtual currency over this estimated average period between when the virtual currency is purchased and consumed. If applicable, the Company records the unconsumed virtual currency in “Deferred revenue” and record within “Prepaid expenses” the prepaid payment processing fees associated with this deferred revenue.
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and assumptions used for revenue recognition prospectively on the basis that such changes are caused by new factors indicating a change in player behavior patterns.
Advertising Revenue
The Company has contractual relationships with various advertising service providers for advertisements within the Company’s games. Advertisements can be in the form of an impression, click-throughs, banner ads or offers. Offers are advertisements where the players are rewarded with virtual currency for watching a short video. The Company has determined the advertising service provider to be its customer and displaying the advertisements within its games is identified as the single performance obligation. Revenue from advertisements and offers are recognized at a point in time when the advertisements are displayed, or when the player has completed the offer as the advertising network simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided from these services. The price can be determined by the applicable evidence of the arrangement, which may include a master contract or a third-party statement of activity.
The transaction price is generally the product of the advertising units delivered (e.g. impressions, videos viewed) and the contractually agreed upon price per advertising unit. Further, the price per advertising unit can also be based on revenue share percentages stated in the contract. The number of advertising units delivered is determined at the end of each month so there is no uncertainty about the transaction price. Payment terms are stipulated as a specific number of days subsequent to end of the month, ranging from 45 to 60 days.
Principal Agent Considerations
The Company’s games are played on various social and mobile third-party platforms for which such third parties collect monies from players and remit net proceeds after deducting payment processing fees. The Company is primarily responsible for providing access to the virtual currency, has control over the content and functionality of games before they are accessed by players, and has the discretion to establish the pricing for the virtual currency. Therefore, the Company concluded that it is the principal and as a result, revenues are reported gross of payment processing fees. Payment processing fees are recorded as a component of “Cost of revenue” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company reports its advertising revenue net of amounts retained by advertising service providers.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue relate to direct expenses incurred to generate online and mobile social revenue and are recorded as incurred. The Company’s cost of revenue consists primarily of payment processing fees, hosting and data center costs related to operating its games, and royalties for licensed games. Payment processing fees consist of fees paid to third-party social and mobile platform operators. If applicable, other than the deferral of payment processing fees associated with deferred revenues, payment processing fees are expensed as incurred.
Research and Development
The Company incurs various direct costs in relation to the development of future social and mobile games along with costs to improve current social and mobile games. Research and development costs consist primarily of payroll and related personnel costs, stock-based compensation and consulting fees. The Company evaluates research and development costs incurred to determine whether the costs relate to the development of software and are, therefore, qualified to be capitalized under ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software. All other research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Advertising
Advertising expense was $49.3 million, $53.8 million and $48.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively. Advertising expense is included in “Selling and marketing” expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Stock-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors based on estimated fair values on the date of grant in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black- Scholes model”) as its valuation method for stock option awards. The Black-Scholes model requires the following assumptions: (i) expected volatility of its common stock, which is based on its industry peer group; (ii) expected life of the option award, which the Company elected to calculate using the simplified method; (iii) expected dividend yield; and (iv) the risk-free interest rate, which is based on the US Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
The fair value of all stock-based compensation is either capitalized and amortized in accordance with the Company’s internal-use software accounting policy or recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the full vesting period of the awards for time-based stock awards and on an accelerated attribution method for performance-based stock awards. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded net of forfeitures as they occur.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The functional currency of each of the Company’s wholly owned foreign subsidiaries is the applicable local currency. The translation of foreign currencies into US dollars is performed for assets and liabilities using current foreign currency exchange rates in effect at the consolidated balance sheet date and for revenue and expense accounts using average foreign currency exchange rates during the year. Capital accounts are translated at historical foreign currency exchange rates. Translation gains and losses are included in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Adjustments that arise from foreign currency exchange rate changes on transactions, primarily driven by intercompany transactions, denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in “Other expense, net” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in its consolidated financial statements or tax returns. Under ASC 740, the Company determines deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the temporary difference between the consolidated financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which it expects the differences to be recovered or settled. The Company establishes valuation allowances when necessary, based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.
The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740, which requires companies to adjust their consolidated financial statements to reflect only those tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the issue. ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for the consolidated financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes.
We have elected to account for the impact of the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) inclusion and base erosion anti-avoidance tax (BEAT) based on the period cost method.
Net Income Per Share
Net income per share (“EPS”) is calculated using the two-class method required for participating securities and multiple classes of common stock. The Company considers its preferred stock to be participating securities as the holders have the right to participate in dividends with the common stockholders on a pro-rata, as converted basis. Prior to any dividends or earnings distribution to the common stock, the holders of preferred stock have a right to preferential dividends. Thus, earnings are allocated to common

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stock and preferred stock on a pro rata, as converted basis following distribution of the preferential dividends to preferred stockholders. Since application of the if-converted method results in anti-dilution, the two-class method is applied to preferred stock in the diluted EPS calculation. The dilutive effect of warrants and stock options is computed using the treasury stock method. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.
NOTE 3 — RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The amended guidance is intended to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The adoption of this guidance is expected to result in a significant portion of the Company’s operating leases, where the Company is the lessee, to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The guidance requires lessees and lessors to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022 with earlier adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326). The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current guidance with a current expected credit loss model (“CECL”) that incorporates a broader range of reasonable and supportable information including the forward-looking information. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Application of the amendments is through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the effective date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This update simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Under the new amendment, an entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity must recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. The standard is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The new guidance removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. It also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted with simultaneous adoption of all provisions of the new standard. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This temporary guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying US GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 is effective as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020 and may be applied prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this temporary guidance.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
As described in the Company’s Revenue Recognition accounting policy in Note 2, the Company adopted ASC 606 effective January 1, 2019. The Company utilized the modified retrospective method upon adoption and as a result, the comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported

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under legacy GAAP. The Company elected to apply the new revenue accounting standard only to contracts not completed as of the adoption date.
As part of the adoption of ASC 606, the Company elected the transition practical expedient of using a portfolio approach to our advertising contracts since they have similar characteristics and reasonably expect that application of the revenue recognition model to the portfolio would not differ materially from the application to the individual contracts or performance obligations in that portfolio.
The adoption of ASC 606 did not result in a change to the accounting for revenues; as such, no cumulative effect adjustment was recorded. Additionally, the adoption of ASC 606 had no impact on the Company’s cash flows from operations. See Note 9 for additional disclosures related to this standard.
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Scope of Modification Accounting. This update clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. The guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, for nonpublic entities. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2018 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In June 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-07, Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This standard eliminates the separate guidance for stock compensation paid to non-employees and aligns it with the guidance for stock compensation paid to employees. This standard is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2019 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract, that requires implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements to be deferred and recognized over the term of the arrangement, if those costs would be capitalized by the customer in a software licensing arrangement under the internal-use software guidance in ASC Topic 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company early adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2020, and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 4 — RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following table is a summary of balance sheet assets and liabilities from related parties (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​​
​​​2020​​2019​​Financial Statement Line Item​
Marketing Agreement​​​$1,000​​​​$1,000​​​Intangibles, net​
Marketing Agreement​​​$20,000​​​​$—​​​Accrued liabilities​
The following table is a summary of revenues and expenses recognized from related parties (in thousands):
​​​Year Ended December 31,​​​​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​​Financial Statement Line Item​
Marketing Agreement​​​$20,000​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​Restructuring expense​
Marketing Agreement​​​$319​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​Cost of revenue​
King Agreement​​​$​​​​$7,312​​​​$1,294​​​Net revenues​

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MGM Resorts International (“MGM”)
MGM is a stockholder and an MGM senior executive also serves on the Company’s board of directors. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, MGM owns approximately 30.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock and 32.6 million shares of the Company’s outstanding preferred stock. As further described in Note 14, in January 2018, certain employees sold shares of the Company’s common stock to MGM in a secondary transaction.
Marketing Agreement
In April 2011, the Company entered into a joint marketing agreement with MGM (as amended, the “Marketing Agreement”) in exchange for assistance with marketing campaigns and the exclusive right to utilize MGM’s licensed marks and licensed copyrights for the development of certain of the Company’s social casino games. The initial term was for one year from the go-live date of the first such game in July 2012, with an automatic renewal provision for successive two-year terms based on the games meeting certain performance criteria. If the games do not achieve the specified performance criteria, the term will be automatically renewed for a one-year period and the right to utilize MGM’s licensed marks and copyrights will become non-exclusive. The non-exclusive term will be automatically renewed for successive one-year periods so long as the games meet certain other performance criteria. As consideration for the use of MGM’s intellectual property, the Company issued 19,200,000 shares of its common stock representing 10% of its then-outstanding common stock; and in lieu of royalty payments, the Company agreed to pay MGM a profit share of: (i) during the exclusive term, a mid- to high-single digit percentage of cumulative net operating income, as defined in the Marketing Agreement, and (ii) during the non-exclusive term, a low- to mid-single digit percentage of cumulative net operating income. As further described in Note 7, the Marketing Agreement was recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset.
On October 30, 2020, the Company and MGM agreed to amend the Marketing Agreement (the “MGM Amendment”), under which the Company and MGM agreed to terminate the profit share provision. In exchange, the Company agreed to remit to MGM a one-time payment of $20.0 million, payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the PIPE Investment, (ii) the date that the Company waives MGM’s commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment, or (iii) two years from the date of the MGM Amendment. In addition, MGM agreed to reinvest in the Company at a minimum amount of $20 million by participating in the PIPE Investment or a private placement of equity offering to third party investors for a minimum gross proceeds to the Company of $50 million. As a result of the termination, the Company is no longer obligated to make profit share payments, but the other rights and obligations under the Marketing Agreement continue in full force and effect.
In connection with the Marketing Agreement, the Company recorded $0.3 million in profit share expense during the year ended December 31, 2020. There was no profit share expense during the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. Of the $0.6 million profit share expense recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company and MGM agreed that $0.3 million represented a part of the $20 million one-time termination payment. Accordingly, the Company recognized $20.0 million, inclusive of $0.3 million which was reclassified from cost of revenue into “Restructuring expense” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company does not expect to incur additional expenses in relation to the termination of the profit share provision.
Rewards Agreement
In January 2016, the Company entered into a rewards agreement with MGM where at MGM’s discretion, the Company has the right to offer MGM rewards via its games. Players of the Company’s games can redeem their accumulated loyalty points for MGM rewards. There is no cost charged to the Company by MGM for the redemption of these rewards. In addition, the Company does not have any obligations associated with the rewards to the players or MGM. As such, the rewards agreement does not have any impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Activision Publishing, Inc. (“Activision”)
Activision is a stockholder and an Activision senior executive serves on the Company’s board of directors. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Activision owns 64 million shares of the Company’s outstanding preferred stock.

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King Agreement
In April 2017, the Company entered into a game publishing and distribution agreement (the “King Agreement”) with King.com Limited and King.com (US), LLC (collectively, “King”) to develop a branded mobile application with games incorporating their branded intellectual property. In connection with the agreement, the Company had outstanding deferred revenue of $7.4 million as of December 31, 2018. In June 2019, the agreement terminated, and all of the associated deferred revenue was recorded as revenue during the year ended December 31, 2019, as further described in Note 9. Activision and King are both subsidiaries of Activision Blizzard, Inc. The Company also paid King for cross promotions of the Company’s games, which was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Resorts World Inc, Pte Ltd (“Resorts World”)
In December 2015 and September 2016, International issued a total of 5,333,333 Series A preferred stock for $8 million to Resorts World. As further described in Note 13, in December 2018, the Company repurchased Resorts World’s interest in International. Resorts World is also a stockholder of the Company. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Resorts World owned 1.1 million shares of the Company’s common stock.
Resorts World is also a rewards partner of the Company. Similar to the rewards program with MGM, there is no cost charged to the Company by Resorts World for the redemption of these rewards. In addition, the Company does not have any obligations associated with the rewards to the players or Resorts World. As such, the rewards agreement does not have any impact to financial statements.
NOTE 5 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Computer equipment​​​$8,328​​​​$7,176​​
Leasehold improvements​​​​6,365​​​​​5,953​​
Furniture and fixtures​​​​2,266​​​​​2,081​​
Construction in progress​​​​90​​​​​14​​
Total property and equipment​​​​17,049​​​​​15,224​​
Less: accumulated depreciation​​​​(10,848)​​​​​(7,889)​​
Total property and equipment, net​​​$6,201​​​​$7,335​​
The aggregate depreciation expense for property and equipment, net is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, depreciation expense was $2.8 million, $2.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively. No impairment charges or material write-offs were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Property and equipment, net by region consists of the following (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
United States​​​$2,098​​​​$2,748​​
EMEA(1)​​​​3,436​​​​​3,607​​
All other countries​​​​667​​​​​980​​
Total property and equipment, net​​​$6,201​​​​$7,335​​
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(1)
Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”). Amounts primarily represent leasehold improvements of local office space and computer equipment.
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NOTE 6 — INTERNAL-USE SOFTWARE, NET
Internal-use software, net consists of the following (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Internal-use software​​​$103,041​​​​$75,781​​
Less: accumulated amortization​​​​(64,285)​​​​​(44,787)​​
Total internal-use software, net​​​$38,756​​​​$30,994​​
The Company capitalized internal-use software development costs of $25.8 million, $21.9 million and $22.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Total amortization expense associated with its capitalized internal-use software development costs for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $18.7 million, $21.1 million and $13.1 million, respectively.
Due to the removal of Royal Charm Slots from all platforms as described in Note 9, the Company reevaluated the associated useful lives which resulted in accelerated amortization of $4.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. In 2018, the Company cancelled the development of a game which was written down to its carrying value of zero. As a result, the Company recognized a loss on disposal of $1.3 million which is included within “General and administrative” expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018. In connection with the cancellation and as further discussed in Note 8, the Company also accrued a termination fee of $2.0 million as of December 31, 2018. There were no write-offs or impairment charges recorded for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
The aggregate amortization expense for internal-use software, net is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
NOTE 7 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill
In 2016, the Company acquired the assets of Scene 53, Limited, an Israeli mobile games developer (the “Acquisition”) together with the employees of the company. The Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. In connection with the Acquisition, the Company recognized $5.1 million in goodwill. The carrying value of the goodwill remained at $5.1 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. There were no business combinations for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 the Company performed its annual goodwill impairment test by performing a qualitative assessment for its single reporting unit. Based on the assessment, the Company concluded that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was greater than its carrying amount, and as a result, did not proceed to further impairment testing. There were no impairment charges for goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Intangible Assets
The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset other than goodwill (in thousands):
​​​December 31, 2020​​December 31, 2019​
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Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
​​
Net Carrying
Amount
​​
Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
​​
Net Carrying
Amount
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Amortizable intangible assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Licenses​​​$1,000​​​​$(500)​​​​$500​​​​$3,500​​​​$(2,550)​​​​$950​​
Trade names​​​​1,240​​​​​(1,116)​​​​​124​​​​​1,240​​​​​(868)​​​​​372​​
​​​​​2,240​​​​​(1,616)​​​​​624​​​​​4,740​​​​​(3,418)​​​​​1,322​​

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​​​December 31, 2020​​December 31, 2019​
​​​
Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
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Net Carrying
Amount
​​
Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
​​
Net Carrying
Amount
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Nonamortizable intangible assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Marketing Agreement with a related party​​​​1,000​​​​​—​​​​​1,000​​​​​1,000​​​​​—​​​​​1,000​​
Total intangible assets​​​$3,240​​​​$(1,616)​​​​$1,624​​​​$5,740​​​​$(3,418)​​​​$2,322​​
​
Intangible assets consist of trade names and long-term license agreements with various third parties as described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. As further described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the MGM Marketing Agreement is an indefinite-lived intangible asset, which gives us the exclusive rights to feature MGM’s intellectual property in the Company’s games subject to automatic renewal provisions described in Note 4. The weighted-average period remaining until the next renewal is 0.54 years as of December 31, 2020. The Company is reasonably certain that it will renew the Marketing Agreement.
The aggregate amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, amortization was $0.7 million, $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively. There were no impairment charges for intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
As of December 31, 2020, the estimated annual amortization expense for the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2025 is as follows (in thousands):
Year Ending December 31,​​Projected Amortization Expense​
2021​​​$324​​
2022​​​​200​​
2023​​​​100​​
2024​​​​—​​
2025​​​​—​​
Total​​​$624​​
NOTE 8 — ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
MGM Profit Share Buyout​​​$20,000​​​​$—​​
Accrued payroll and vacation​​​​4,860​​​​​2,915​​
Accrued royalties​​​​100​​​​​1,389​​
Other accruals​​​​2,657​​​​​1,013​​
Accrued advertising​​​​534​​​​​297​​
Income taxes payable​​​​655​​​​​707​​
Accrued property and equipment​​​​283​​​​​196​​
Total accrued liabilities​​​$29,089​​​​$6,517​​
Accrued Royalties
Accrued royalties are mostly composed of the short-term minimum guaranteed amount of royalties due to a long-term license agreement with a third party. Refer to Note 2 — “License Agreements & Minimum Guarantees” and Note 12 — “Minimum Guarantee Liability” for further details.

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MGM Profit Share Buyout
As further described in Note 4 to consolidated financial statements, in October 2020, the Company and MGM agreed to amend the Marketing Agreement to terminate the profit share provision. In exchange, the Company agreed to remit to MGM a one-time payment of $20.0 million, payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the PIPE Investment, (ii) the date that the Company waives MGM’s commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment, or (iii) two years from the date of the MGM Amendment. As the Company expects the payment to occur within one year, the Company recorded an accrual for the one-time payment within accrued liabilities.
Other Accruals
Other accruals include various expenses for accrued accounts payable and deferred rent.
NOTE 9 — REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by type:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Virtual currency (over time)(1)
​​​$268,137​​​​$231,726​​​​$193,849​​
Advertising (point in time)​​​​1,745​​​​​383​​​​​356​​
Other (over time)(2)
​​​​—​​​​​7,312​​​​​1,294​​
Total net revenue​​​$269,882​​​​$239,421​​​​$195,499​​
​
(1)
Virtual currency revenue is recognized over the estimated consumption period.
​
(2)
Amounts classified as Other primarily represent the release of deferred revenue under the King Agreement.
​
The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by geography:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
United States​​​$228,568​​​​$200,418​​​​$162,135​​
All other countries​​​​41,314​​​​​39,003​​​​​33,364​​
Total net revenue​​​$269,882​​​​$239,421​​​​$195,499​​
Contract Balances
The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from contracts with customers (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Contract receivables, included in Receivables​​​$16,616​​​​$14,249​​
Receivables represent amounts due to the Company from social and mobile platform operators, including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. Receivables are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional. No allowance for doubtful accounts was considered necessary as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. Contract assets represent the Company’s ability to bill customers for performance obligations completed under a contract. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no contract assets recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The deferred revenue balances related to the purchase of virtual currency was $0 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.

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Deferred Revenue
As part of the King Agreement referenced in Note 4 to consolidated financial statements, the Company received quarterly cash advances for development costs during 2017 and 2018 according to the initial development budget and subsequent updates to the budget as defined in the King Agreement. According to this agreement, once the game was published and operational, the Company would be reimbursed for its operating expenses and would earn a portion of the game’s operating profit. Therefore, the Company deferred all advances received until revenue was recognizable after the game launches. In June 2019, the Company executed a wind down agreement with King to remove the Royal Charm Slots branded game from all platforms in July 2019 which also terminated the original King Agreement. In July 2019, the Company remitted $67 thousand to King for the liquidation value of hardware previously acquired during development. Since the game launched in June 2018, the Company recognized $7.3 million and $1.3 million in revenue for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Concentration of Credit Risk
As of December 31, 2020, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 48.9% and 42.7% of the Company’s total receivables, respectively, while as of December 31, 2019, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 46% and 43% of the Company’s total receivables, respectively. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not have any additional counterparties that exceeded 10% of the Company’s net accounts receivable.
NOTE 10 — LONG-TERM DEBT
Private Venture Growth Capital Loans
On March 27, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). The Revolver is secured by the assets including intellectual property of the Company and matures on September 27, 2022. Borrowings under the Revolver may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by the Company, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions. Up to $3.0 million of the Revolver may be used for letters of credit.
The Revolver bears interest at a variable rate at the Company’s option of either (i) the Prime Rate (as defined) minus a margin ranging from 0.25% to 0.75% or (ii) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75%. LIBOR will be subject to a floor of 0%, and the Prime Rate will be subject to a floor of 3.25%. The applicable margins for each rate are determined by reference to a pricing grid based on the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio.
The Revolver includes customary reporting requirements, conditions precedent to borrowing and affirmative, negative and financial covenants. Specific financial covenants include the following:
j.
Minimum Liquidity of $7.5 million
​
k.
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio of 2.25 to 1.00
​
l.
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio of 4.00 to 1.00
​
At issuance, the Company capitalized $0.2 million in debt issuance costs. As of December 31, 2020 the Company has not made any drawdowns on the Revolver.
NOTE 11 — INCOME TAXES
As of December 31, 2020, unremitted earnings in foreign subsidiaries are indefinitely reinvested. Should these earnings be distributed in the future in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to withholding taxes payable to various jurisdictions. Due to the 2017 Tax Act, there is no U.S. federal tax on cash repatriation from foreign subsidiaries, but it could be subject to foreign withholding tax and U.S. state income taxes. Effective January 1, 2020, Israel made a check-the-box election to be treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, resulting in discrete tax adjustments to the Company’s provision.

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Income before income taxes by tax jurisdiction consisted of the following (in thousands):
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
United States​​​$8,738​​​​$11,164​​​​$4,696​​
Foreign​​​​2,398​​​​​6,425​​​​​1,090​​
Total​​​$11,136​​​​$17,589​​​​$5,786​​
Provision for current and deferred income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Current tax expense:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Federal​​​$945​​​​$241​​​​$708​​
State​​​​297​​​​​720​​​​​90​​
Foreign​​​​791​​​​​665​​​​​259​​
​​​​​2,033​​​​​1,626​​​​​1,057​​
Deferred tax expense (benefit):​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Federal​​​​(3,045)​​​​​1,997​​​​​1,527​​
State​​​​(748)​​​​​55​​​​​(322)​​
Foreign​​​​89​​​​​297​​​​​702​​
​​​​​(3,704)​​​​​2,349​​​​​1,907​​
Income tax expense (benefit)​​​$(1,671)​​​​$3,975​​​​$2,964​​
The difference between the actual rate and the federal statutory rate was as follows:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Statutory rate​​​​21.0%​​​​​21.0%​​​​​21.0%​​
Foreign provision​​​​(0.3)​​​​​(6.5)​​​​​10.2​​
State/province income tax​​​​0.1​​​​​5.6​​​​​5.6​​
Stock compensation​​​​(19.2)​​​​​7.5​​​​​40.1​​
Other effects of check-the-box election​​​​(6.2)​​​​​0.2​​​​​—​​
Research credit​​​​(11.5)​​​​​(5.9)​​​​​(24.1)​​
Adjustment to carrying value​​​​(4.0)​​​​​(0.3)​​​​​(0.9)​​
Foreign tax credit​​​​(9.1)​​​​​(0.7)​​​​​—​​
Valuation allowance​​​​9.0​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Foreign-derived intangible income deduction (FDII)​​​​(2.7)​​​​​(1.1)​​​​​(3.4)​​
Non-deductible expenses-other​​​​2.4​​​​​2.0​​​​​3.6​​
Foreign branch income​​​​4.5​​​​​1.0​​​​​—​​
Other​​​​1.0​​​​​(0.2)​​​​​(0.9)​​
Effective tax rate​​​​(15.0)%​​​​​22.6%​​​​​51.2%​​

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Deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Deferred tax assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Tax credits​​​$6,882​​​​$3,856​​
Accrued liabilities​​​​5,576​​​​​486​​
Stock compensation​​​​1,457​​​​​365​​
Intangibles​​​​—​​​​​40​​
Deferred rent​​​​74​​​​​78​​
Other​​​​276​​​​​234​​
Total gross deferred tax assets​​​​14,265​​​​​5,059​​
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Less: Valuation allowance​​​​(1,002)​​​​​—​​
Total deferred tax asset​​​​13,263​​​​​5,059​​
Deferred tax liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Intangibles​​​​185​​​​​—​​
Property and equipment​​​​12,457​​​​​8,123​​
Prepaid taxes​​​​482​​​​​365​​
Total deferred tax liabilities​​​​13,124​​​​​8,488​​
Deferred tax asset (liability), net​​​$139​​​​$(3,429)​​
The Company had $2.9 million of California research credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2020, which may be carried forward indefinitely to reduce future California income taxes payable. The Company also had $0.5 million of Texas research credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2020, which may be carried forward for 20 years and will expire starting in 2037.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had a deferred tax asset recorded on the balance sheet of approximately $3.4 million related to foreign tax credits, of which $2.6 million are associated with future income from Asia and Israel. Foreign tax credits can be carried forward to offset future U.S. taxable income subject to certain limitations for a period of 10 years. Foreign tax credits of $0.8 million will expire in 2030. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had a valuation allowance related to the foreign tax credit deferred tax asset of $1.0 million, due to the uncertainty of future foreign source taxable income, primarily due to projected tax deductions associated with future exercises of non-qualified stock options. In making such determination, the Company considered all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, projected future foreign source income, tax planning strategies and recent financial operations. These assumptions required significant judgment about the forecasts of future taxable and foreign source income.
The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of deferred tax asset valuation allowance (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Balance at beginning of period​​​$—​​​​$—​​
Charged to provision for income taxes​​​​1,002​​​​​—​​
Other​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Balance at end of period​​​$1,002​​​​$—​​

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The Company has analyzed filing positions in all of the federal, state and foreign jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns and for all open tax years. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained upon audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material change to its financial position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits and unrecognized tax benefits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.
The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is subject to examination for both U.S. federal and state tax returns for the years 2012 to present as a result of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards, which were utilized in the 2016 and later tax years. In June 2020, the Company was notified by the Internal Revenue Service that the Company’s federal income tax return for the tax year ended December 31, 2017 is under examination. In late 2019, the Company was notified by the Israel Tax Authority that the Company’s Israel tax returns for the tax years ended December 31, 2016 through 2018 are under examination. The tax year 2019 remains open to examination under the statute of limitations by the Israel Tax Authority for Israel. The tax years starting from 2016 remain open to examination by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department for Asia.
NOTE 12 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Minimum Guarantee Liability
The following are the Company’s total minimum guaranteed obligations as of the years ended (in thousands):
​​​December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​
Accrued royalties(1)
​​​$100​​​​$1,100​​
Minimum guarantee liability​​​​300​​​​​500​​
Total minimum guarantee obligations​​​$400​​​​$1,600​​
Weighted-average remaining term (in years)​​​​2.50​​​​​3.53​​
​
(1)
Accrued royalties are included within the Accrued liabilities line item on the consolidated balance sheet.
​
The following are the Company’s remaining expected future payments of minimum guarantee obligations as of December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
Year Ending December 31,​​
Minimum Guarantee
Obligations
​
2021​​​$200​​
2022​​​​200​​
2023​​​​—​​
2024​​​​—​​
2025​​​​—​​
Total​​​$400​​
Leases
The Company leases both office space and office equipment and classifies these leases as either operating or capital leases for accounting purposes based upon the terms and conditions of the individual lease agreements. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, all leases were classified as operating leases and expire at various dates through 2024, with certain leases containing renewal option periods of two to five years at the end of the current lease terms.

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The Company’s future minimum rental commitments as of December 31, 2020, are as follows (in thousands):
Year Ending December 31,​​
Minimum Rental
Commitments
​
2021​​​$4,667​​
2022​​​​3,221​​
2023​​​​1,160​​
2024​​​​430​​
2025​​​​—​​
Total​​​$9,478​​
Certain lease agreements have rent escalation provisions over the lives of the leases. The Company recognizes rental expense based on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases. Rental expense was $4.7 million, $4.3 million and $3.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which is included within “General and administrative” expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Other
The Company is party to ordinary and routine litigation incidental to its business. On a case-by-case basis, the Company engages inside and outside counsel to assess the probability of potential liability resulting from such litigation. After making such assessments, the Company makes an accrual for the estimated loss only when the loss is reasonably probable and an amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company does not expect the outcome of any pending litigation to have a material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
NOTE 13 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Forward Stock Split
The Company’s board of directors approved a two-for-one forward stock split of the Company’s outstanding preferred stock and common stock, which was effected on February 27, 2019. Upon the effectiveness of the forward stock split, each share of issued and outstanding preferred stock and common stock was split into two issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock and common stock, respectively, with the par value per share reduced by half. All share and per share amounts for preferred and common stock, including stock options and other equity instruments, have been retroactively restated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for all periods presented to reflect the forward stock split.
common stock
As of December 31, 2020, the Company was authorized to issue 506,000,000 shares of common stock. The company had 238,186,070 and 225,490,157 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of preferred stock, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of the funds legally available at the times and in the amounts determined by the board of directors. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held. After the full preferential amounts due, the holders of all preferred stock have been paid or set aside, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, if any, are distributed to the holders of common stock ratably in proportion to the number of shares of common stock then held by each such holder. None of the Company’s common stock is entitled to preemptive rights and neither is subject to redemption. The Company’s common stock is not convertible into any other shares of the Company’s capital stock.

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Stock Repurchases
As further discussed in Note 14, the Company exercised its right of first refusal to repurchase 3.6 million, 9.6 million and 2.1 million shares of the Company’s common stock during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. All shares of common stock repurchased were immediately retired.
Preferred Stock
From July 2011 through June 2014, the Company raised approximately $33.7 million of capital contributions through three preferred stock financings in PlayStudios, Inc. The Company’s four classes of preferred stock are: Class A preferred stock, Class B preferred stock, Class C-1 preferred stock and Class C preferred stock (collectively, the “preferred stock”).
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s preferred stock consisted of:
Series​​
Shares
Outstanding
(In Thousands)
​​
Liquidation
Price Per Share
​​
Conversion Price
Per Share
​​
Annual
Noncumulative
Dividend Rights
Per Share
​
A​​​​80,800​​​​$0.06​​​​$0.06​​​​$0.01​​
B​​​​41,348​​​​​0.21​​​​​0.21​​​​​0.02​​
C-1​​​​13,556​​​​​0.27​​​​​0.27​​​​​0.02​​
C​​​​26,892​​​​​0.61​​​​​0.61​​​​​0.05​​
Total​​​​162,596​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Voting Rights and Dividends
Each holder of preferred stock is entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of common stock into which such holder’s shares are convertible as defined in the Company’s sixth amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “certificate of incorporation”). The holders of outstanding preferred stock are entitled to receive defined dividends per share, when, if, and as declared by the board of directors. These rights are not cumulative, and no right accrues by reason of the fact that dividends on said shares are not declared in any period, nor any undeclared or unpaid dividend bears or accrues interest. After payment of such dividends, additional dividends or distributions are distributed to all holders of common stock and preferred stock in proportion to the number of shares of common stock that would be held on an “as converted” basis. Through December 31, 2020, no dividends have been declared or paid.
Liquidation
In the event of a liquidation event (as defined in the certificate of incorporation), the assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to stockholders in connection with such liquidation event are distributed as follows:
The holders of outstanding shares of Series B preferred stock, Series C preferred stock and Series C-1 preferred stock (the “First Liquidation Group”) shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis, out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment is made in respect of the Company’s Series A preferred stock and common stock, their liquidation price per share, plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for such distribution. If the assets of the Company legally available for distribution are insufficient to permit the payment of the full preferential amounts to the First Liquidation Group, then the entire assets available for distribution to stockholders are distributed to the First Liquidation Group on a pro rata basis.
After the First Liquidation Group has been paid or set aside, the holders of outstanding shares of Series A preferred stock is entitled to receive their liquidation price per share, plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for such distribution before any payment is made in respect of the Company’s common stock. If the assets of the Company legally available for distribution after payment to the First Liquidation Group are insufficient to permit the payment of the full preferential amount, then the

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entire remaining assets after distribution to the First Liquidation Group are distributed to the holders of the Series A preferred stock, ratably in proportion to the full preferential amount they would have otherwise been entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of determining the amount each holder of preferred stock is entitled to receive with respect to a liquidation event, each such holder shall be deemed to have converted (regardless of whether such holder actually converted) such holder’s shares of preferred stock into shares of common stock immediately prior to the liquidation event if, as a result of an actual conversion, such holder would receive, in the aggregate, an amount greater than the amount that would be distributed to such holder if such holder did not convert such shares of preferred stock into shares of common stock. If any such holder shall be deemed to have converted shares of preferred stock into common stock, then such holder shall not be entitled to receive any distribution that would otherwise be made to holders of preferred stock that have not converted (or have not been deemed to have converted) into shares of common stock.
Preemptive or Similar Rights
Preferred stockholders who are classified as a major investor (as defined in the Company’s second amended and restated investor rights agreement) are entitled to certain preemptive rights. A major investor is defined as any preferred stockholder with outstanding shares of registrable securities with an original aggregate paid purchase price of at least $500,000 and who is not deemed to be a competitor of the Company. Registrable securities means (a) the shares of common stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the preferred stock and (b) any other shares of common stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, such shares. If the Company decides to issue additional shares of capital stock, options, warrants, convertible securities or rights to purchase capital stock of the Company (the “Additional Shares”), then the Company shall, in writing, inform each major investor of the proposed terms of such issuance and each major investor, subject to applicable federal and state securities laws, shall be entitled and may elect at the time of each such proposed issuance to purchase up to the portion of the Additional Shares offered equal to the product of (i) that percentage of the preferred stock then held by all major investors that is then held by such major investor immediately prior to the proposed issuance of Additional Shares, multiplied by (ii) the total amount of Additional Shares being sold by the Company. Preferred stock is not subject to redemption.
Conversion
The holders of the preferred stock shall have conversion rights as follows:
Right to Convert: Each share of preferred stock shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing the liquidation preference by the conversion price for each series, respectively.
Automatic Conversion: Each share of preferred stock shall automatically be converted into fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, at the then-effective conversion rates upon the earlier of (i) the vote or written consent of holders of at least a majority of the voting power represented by the then- outstanding shares of preferred stock or (ii) the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale of common stock at an offering price of not less than $1.22 per share and with aggregate gross proceeds to the Company (prior to deduction of underwriters’ commissions and expenses) of not less than $25,000,000.
Warrants to Purchase Preferred Stock.
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, there was a total of 6 million outstanding warrants that were issued from 2011 to 2016 to purchase various classes of preferred stock. Each warrant can purchase one share of the respective class of preferred stock, which is, in turn, convertible to one share of common stock. The number of warrants outstanding and exercise price of each series are as follows:

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Warrant Series​​
Warrants
Outstanding (In
Thousands)
​​Exercise Price​
A​​​​560​​​​$0.06​​
B​​​​2,563​​​​​0.21​​
C-1​​​​2,302​​​​​0.27​​
C​​​​617​​​​​0.61​​
Total​​​​6,042​​​​​​​​
As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Series A, C-1 and C warrants are exercisable at the option of the holder. Of the 2.6 million Series B warrants that are outstanding as of December 31, 2020, 1.3 million are exercisable as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the remainder are contingently exercisable only upon an event such as a change in control or an initial public offering (“IPO”). As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the weighted-average exercise price of all warrants was approximately $0.26 per warrant. As of December 31,
2020, the weighted-average remaining contractual term of the warrants is 3.3 years. The aggregate intrinsic value was approximately $6.6 million and $2.6 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There were no exercises during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Change in Control
In the event of a change in control or an IPO, all Series A and B outstanding warrants will be automatically exercised, without any additional payments by the warrant holders, for a number of preferred shares of the Company’s securities, such number of shares being equal to the maximum number of shares issuable had the warrant holders elected to exercise the warrants immediately prior to the closing of such change in control or an IPO. Additionally, all Series C and C-1 outstanding warrants will be automatically exercised, without any additional payments by the warrant holders unless the net proceeds per share price for one share of preferred stock or IPO price of the company is greater than or equal to three times the exercise price of such warrants, in which case, the warrant holders would be required to pay the exercise price that would be otherwise payable upon a normal exercise of the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreements, an acquisition of the Company directly or indirectly by a blank check company, special purpose acquisition company or equivalent entity qualifies as an IPO.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table shows a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
​​​
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
​​
Total Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
​
Balance as of December 31, 2018​​​$(81)​​​​$(81)​​
Foreign currency translation gain​​​​179​​​​​179​​
Balance as of December 31, 2019​​​$98​​​​$98​​
Foreign currency translation gain​​​​383​​​​​383​​
Balance as of December 31, 2020​​​$481​​​​$481​​
Noncontrolling Interest
As described in Note 4, prior to December 3, 2018, Resorts World was entitled to 10.4% of voting power in International, based upon their equity contributions, resulting in a noncontrolling interest for the Company (“NCI”). In addition, Resorts World was entitled to an allocation of net and comprehensive income of International based on the preferred stock’s stated dividend and liquidation rights. Since International has incurred losses since its inception, net and comprehensive losses of International were not allocated to

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Resorts World’s noncontrolling interest. As a result, the noncontrolling interest balance was equal to its liquidation preference of $8 million immediately prior to the transaction described below.
On December 3, 2018, PlayStudios, Inc. purchased Resorts World’s entire interest in International for $2 million in cash and the issuance of 1.1 million shares of PlayStudios, Inc.’s common stock at $0.335 per share based on the most recent third-party valuation at the time of the transaction. The purchase was accounted for as an equity transaction in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation. Accordingly, the noncontrolling interest in the consolidated subsidiary was reduced to zero, and the deemed contribution representing the excess carrying value of the noncontrolling interest over the fair value of the purchase price paid was recorded as additional paid-in capital.
NOTE 14 — STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
On July 13, 2011, the Company approved the 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Under this Plan, the board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors is authorized to provide stock-based compensation in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and other performance or value-based awards within parameters set forth in the Plan.
Through December 31, 2020, the board of directors approved an aggregate of 149,150,000 shares available for awards under the Plan, of which 5,705,118 shares are still available for award. If any shares previously granted are forfeited, canceled, exchanged, or surrendered or if an award otherwise terminates or expires without a distribution of shares, the shares of stock with respect to such award are again available for award under the Plan, provided that in the case of restricted stock or other award to which dividends have been paid or accrued, the number of shares with respect to such awards are not available, unless such dividends are forfeited, canceled, exchanged, or surrendered.
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense that the Company recorded in income from operations for the years shown (in thousands):
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Selling and marketing​​​$94​​​​$85​​​​$442​​
General and administrative​​​​1,044​​​​​964​​​​​7,328​​
Research and development​​​​2,381​​​​​4,835​​​​​3,132​​
Stock-based compensation expense​​​$3,519​​​​$5,884​​​​$10,902​​
Capitalized stock-based compensation​​​$605​​​​$912​​​​$1,405​​
The total income tax benefit recognized from stock-based compensation expense was $0.7 million, $0.1 million and $0.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In addition, the Company recognized an income tax benefit from the conversion of incentive stock options to non-qualified stock options in the amount of $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Stock Options
All of the options granted under the 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan have time-based vesting periods vesting over a period of three to four years and a maximum term of 10 years from the grant date. Separate from the Plan, and in connection with the Acquisition mentioned in Note 7, a limited number of employees have been granted performance-based stock options. The Company awarded 4.2 million performance-based stock options in 2017. These options had vesting that was tied to the achievement of defined performance and profitability metrics. The performance-based stock options have a weighted- average grant-date fair value of $0.24 per share. The performance-based stock options fully vested in 2018. There were 3.6 million performance-based stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2019. During the year ended 2020, the majority of performance-based stock options were exercised, resulting in 53,820 options outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

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The following is a summary of stock option activity for time-based and performance-based options for the year ended December 31, 2020 (in thousands, except weighted-average exercise price and remaining term):
​​​
No. of
Options
​​
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
​​
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Term (in
Years)
​​
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
​
Outstanding – December 31, 2019​​​​91,300​​​​$0.16​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Granted​​​​7,080​​​​​0.40​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Exercised​​​​(16,314)​​​​​0.06​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Forfeited​​​​(3,255)​​​​​0.33​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Expired​​​​(1,171)​​​​​0.19​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Outstanding – December 31, 2020​​​​77,640​​​​​0.20​​​​​7.1​​​​$88,615​​
Unvested – December 31, 2020​​​​39,942​​​​​0.17​​​​​8.3​​​​​46,669​​
Exercisable – December 31, 2020​​​​37,698​​​​​0.23​​​​​5.8​​​​​41,946​​
The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options granted in the Company’s consolidated financial statements:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Expected term (in years)​​​​5.96​​​​​5.93​​​​​5.99​​
Expected volatility​​​​59.56%​​​​​70.00%​​​​​63.12%​​
Risk-free interest rate range​​0.24% – 0.51%​​1.54% – 2.59%​​2.77% – 3.13%​
Dividend yield​​​​0%​​​​​0%​​​​​0%​​
Grant-date fair value​​​$0.60​​​​$0.27​​​​$0.19​​
As of December 31, 2020, there was approximately $10.5 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options to employees. As of December 31, 2020, this cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining average period of 2.4 years. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised under the provisions of the Plan during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $19.6 million, $1.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively.
The income tax benefit recognized from the exercise of non-qualified stock options was $13.4 million and $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The income tax benefit recognized from disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options was $0.1 million and $0.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Restricted Stock
In 2018, the Company recorded $555 thousand of stock-based compensation expense in conjunction with the issuance of 1.8 million shares of restricted stock which vested immediately. There were no shares of restricted stock issued in 2020 or 2019.
Repurchases and Sales of Company Stock
Separate from the issuance of awards under the 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized, related to repurchases and sales of common stock in which the purchase price was in excess of the fair value of such shares.
Stock Repurchase
During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company exercised its right of first refusal to repurchase shares of the common stock from its employees. The excess purchase price over the fair value of the common stock was recorded as stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized.

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Secondary Transactions
During 2018, the Company assisted in the organization of a transaction between an economic interest holder in the entity and employees of the entity wherein the economic interest holder purchased shares of outstanding stock from employees. In the transaction, the economic interest holder paid a premium above the fair value of the shares. The excess purchase price over the fair value of common stock was recorded as compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized.
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to stock repurchases and sales for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands).
​​​Year Ended December 31, 2020​
​​​Shares​​Expensed​​Capitalized​​Total​
Stock repurchase through exercise of right of first refusal​​​​25​​​​$25​​​​$  ​​​​$25​​
Total​​​​​​​​​$25​​​​$  ​​​​$25​​
​​​Year Ended December 31, 2019​​​​​​​​​​
​​​Shares​​Expensed​​Capitalized​​Total​​​​
Stock repurchase through exercise of right of first refusal​​​​9,570​​​​$2,881​​​​$119​​​​$3,000​​​​​
Total​​​​​​​​​$2,881​​​​$119​​​​$3,000​​​​​
​​​Year Ended December 31, 2018​​​​​​​​​​
​​​Shares​​Expensed​​Capitalized​​Total​​​​
Secondary transaction between employees and MGM​​​​10,050​​​​$6,485​​​​$349​​​​$6,834​​​​​
Secondary transaction between employees and existing investors​​​​6,128​​​​​2,040​​​​​190​​​​​2,230​​​​​
Stock repurchase through exercise of right of first refusal​​​​2,130​​​​​707​​​​​148​​​​​855​​​​​
Total​​​​​​​​​$9,232​​​​$687​​​​$9,919​​​​​
NOTE 15 — NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common stock outstanding, including the potential dilutive securities. For the calculation of diluted net income per share, net income attributable to common stockholders is adjusted to reflect the potential effect of dilutive securities.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per share (in thousands except share and per share data):
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Net income attributable to common stockholders-basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Deemed contribution related to redemption of preferred
NCI
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,632​​
Income allocated to participating preferred stock​​​​(6,822)​​​​​(7,174)​​​​​(5,087)​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders – basic​​​$5,985​​​​$6,440​​​​$3,367​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders-diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$12,807​​​​$13,614​​​​$2,822​​
Deemed contribution related to redemption of preferred
NCI(1)
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,632​​

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​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Income allocated to participating preferred stock​​​​(6,387)​​​​​(6,945)​​​​​(4,977)​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders – diluted​​​$6,420​​​​$6,669​​​​$3,477​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic weighted average shares of common stock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
outstanding​​​​236,118,856​​​​​234,070,277​​​​​229,409,649​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series A warrants​​​​509,959​​​​​466,040​​​​​452,308​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series B warrants​​​​930,400​​​​​579,050​​​​​469,189​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series C-1 warrants​​​​1,413,452​​​​​633,290​​​​​389,348​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series C warrants​​​​142,960​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average stock options​​​​43,951,931​​​​​19,704,926​​​​​17,459,421​​
Dilutive weighted average shares of common stock outstanding​​​​283,067,558​​​​​255,453,583​​​​​248,179,915​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$0.03​​​​$0.03​​​​$0.01​​
Diluted​​​$0.02​​​​$0.03​​​​$0.01​​
​
​
(1)
As further discussed in Note 13, the Company purchased Resort World’s noncontrolling interest in International on December 3, 2018. The excess carrying value of the redeemed preferred stock over the fair value of the purchase price paid was treated as a deemed contribution.
​
The following equity awards outstanding at the end of each period presented have been excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share of common stock for the periods presented due to their anti-dilutive effect:
​​​Year Ended December 31,​
​​​2020​​2019​​2018​
Series C warrants​​​​—​​​​​617,192​​​​​617,192​​
Series B warrants(2)
​​​​1,231,872​​​​​1,231,872​​​​​1,231,872​​
Stock options​​​​340,000​​​​​27,796,684​​​​​36,020,008​​
​
(2)
A portion of the Series B warrants were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculation because they are only exercisable upon a change in control or an IPO.
​
NOTE 16 — EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
The Company offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan to eligible employees. Employee contributions are voluntary and made on a pretax basis subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. The Company does not match any of the contributions made by its employees.
NOTE 17 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events through March 26, 2021, the date the financial statements were available to be issued and determined the Company has the following material subsequent events:
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with Acies Acquisition Corp. (“Acies”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Acies Acquisition LLC, Catalyst Merger Sub I, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acies (“Merger Sub I”), and Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acies (“Merger Sub II”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger

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Agreement, (i) Acies, a Cayman Islands exempted company, will domesticate as a Delaware corporation (“Domestication”), (ii) following the Domestication, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub I, with the Company surviving the merger (“First Merger”) and (iii) following the First Merger, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger (collectively, “Business Combination”). Upon completion of the Business Combination, Acies will be named PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MYPS”. The transaction is expected to close in 2021.
On February 17, 2021, the Company provided $5 million in cash to Boss Fight Entertainment, Inc. (“Boss Fight”) in exchange for a Secured Promissory Note. Boss Fight is an independent game development studio that the Company had previously engaged with for the development of two games. The proceeds of this note are to be used primarily for Boss Fight’s development of another new game, as well as over-budget allocations related to the development of the existing two games. The note is secured by all intellectual property created, developed or acquired by Boss Fight in connection with the development of the new game. Interest will accrue on the principal amount of the note at a rate of 0.14% per annum. All unpaid principal and accrued interest will become due no later than December 31, 2023.

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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited, in thousands, except par value amounts)
​​​March 31, 2021​​
December 31,
2020
​
ASSETS​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash and cash equivalents​​​$39,475​​​​$48,927​​
Receivables​​​​31,961​​​​​16,616​​
Prepaid expenses​​​​2,566​​​​​2,429​​
Income tax receivable​​​​5,938​​​​​6,959​​
Other current assets​​​​6,113​​​​​2,854​​
Total current assets​​​​86,053​​​​​77,785​​
Property and equipment, net​​​​5,687​​​​​6,201​​
Internal-use software, net​​​​40,074​​​​​38,756​​
Goodwill​​​​5,059​​​​​5,059​​
Intangibles, net​​​​1,512​​​​​1,624​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​3,109​​​​​3,109​​
Other long-term assets​​​​4,379​​​​​1,927​​
Total non-current assets​​​​59,820​​​​​56,676​​
Total assets​​​$145,873​​​​$134,461​​
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Accounts payable​​​$5,348​​​​$4,717​​
Accrued liabilities​​​​32,612​​​​​29,089​​
Total current liabilities​​​​37,960​​​​​33,806​​
Minimum guarantee liability​​​​250​​​​​300​​
Deferred income taxes​​​​2,860​​​​​2,970​​
Other long-term liabilities​​​​1,185​​​​​1,306​​
Total non-current liabilities​​​​4,295​​​​​4,576​​
Total liabilities​​​$42,255​​​​$38,382​​
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 14)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Stockholders’ equity:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Preferred stock, $0.00005 par value (168,638 shares authorized, 162,596 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; aggregate liquidation preference of $33,750 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)​​​​8​​​​​8​​
Common stock, $0.00005 par value (506,000 shares authorized, 241,347 and
238,186 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and
December 31, 2020)
​​​​12​​​​​12​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​73,693​​​​​71,776​​
Retained earnings​​​​29,720​​​​​23,802​​
Accumulated other comprehensive income​​​​185​​​​​481​​
Total stockholders’ equity​​​​103,618​​​​​96,079​​
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity​​​$145,873​​​​$134,461​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​
Net revenues​​​$74,097​​​​$58,302​​
Operating expenses:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cost of revenue​​​​24,488​​​​​19,734​​
Selling and marketing​​​​17,000​​​​​11,926​​
General and administrative​​​​4,279​​​​​5,710​​
Research and development​​​​14,746​​​​​9,483​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​6,034​​​​​5,388​​
Total operating costs and expenses​​​​66,547​​​​​52,241​​
Income from operations​​​​7,550​​​​​6,061​​
Other expense, net:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest income (expense), net​​​​(42)​​​​​54​​
Other expense, net​​​​(242)​​​​​(188)​​
Total other expense, net​​​​(284)​​​​​(134)​​
Income before income taxes​​​​7,266​​​​​5,927​​
Income tax expense​​​​(1,348)​​​​​(435)​​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders(2):​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$1,918​​​​$1,654​​
Diluted​​​$2,099​​​​$1,729​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$0.01​​​​$0.01​​
Diluted​​​$0.01​​​​$0.01​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​​239,946​​​​​236,367​​
Diluted​​​​305,007​​​​​264,323​​
​
(1)
Amounts exclude depreciation and amortization.
​
(2)
Refer to Note 17 for determination of net income attributable to common stockholders versus participating preferred stockholders.
​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(unaudited, in thousands)
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​
Other comprehensive loss:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment(1)
​​​​(296)​​​​​(55)​​
Total other comprehensive loss​​​$(296)​​​​​(55)​​
Comprehensive income​​​$5,622​​​​$5,437​​
​
(1)
These amounts are presented gross of the effect of income taxes. The total change in foreign currency translation adjustment and the corresponding effect of income taxes are immaterial.
​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(unaudited, in thousands)
​​​Preferred Stock​​common stock​​
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
​​
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
​​
Retained
Earnings
​​
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
​
​​​Shares​​Amount​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance as of December 31,
2020
​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​238,186​​​​$12​​​​$71,776​​​​$481​​​​$23,802​​​​$96,079​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,918​​​​​5,918​​
Exercise of stock options​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​3,161​​​​​—​​​​​808​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​808​​
Stock-based compensation
expense
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1,109​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​1,109​​
Foreign currency translation adjustment​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(296)​​​​​—​​​​​(296)​​
Balance as of March 31, 2021​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​241,347​​​​$12​​​​$73,693​​​​$185​​​​$29,720​​​​$103,618​​
​​​Preferred Stock​​common stock​​
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
​​
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
​​
Retained
Earnings
​​
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
​
​​​Shares​​Amount​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance as of December 31,
2019
​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​225,490​​​​$11​​​​$66,661​​​​$98​​​​$13,535​​​​$80,313​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,492​​​​​5,492​​
Exercise of stock options​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​446​​​​​—​​​​​21​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​21​​
Stock-based compensation
expense
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​787​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​787​​
Foreign currency translation adjustment​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(55)​​​​​—​​​​​(55)​​
Balance as of March 31, 2020​​​​162,596​​​​$8​​​​​225,936​​​​$11​​​​$67,469​​​​$43​​​​$19,027​​​​$86,558​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited, in thousands)
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​
Cash flows from operating activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​
Adjustments:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Depreciation and amortization​​​​6,034​​​​​5,388​​
Amortization of loan costs​​​​20​​​​​—​​
Stock-based compensation expense​​​​900​​​​​625​​
Deferred income tax benefit​​​​(110)​​​​​(828)​​
Loss on disposal of equipment​​​​1​​​​​—​​
Loss on foreign currency translation​​​​241​​​​​188​​
Changes in operating assets and liabilities​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Receivables​​​​(10,311)​​​​​(6,271)​​
Income tax receivable​​​​1,021​​​​​821​​
Prepaid expenses and other current assets​​​​(164)​​​​​255​​
Accounts payable & accrued liabilities​​​​1,220​​​​​(290)​​
Other​​​​28​​​​​85​​
Net cash provided by operating activities​​​​4,798​​​​​5,465​​
Cash flows from investing activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Purchase of property and equipment​​​​(197)​​​​​(348)​​
Additions to internal-use software​​​​(6,710)​​​​​(5,778)​​
Additions to notes receivable​​​​(5,034)​​​​​—​​
Net cash used in investing activities​​​​(11,941)​​​​​(6,126)​​
Cash flows from financing activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Proceeds from option exercises​​​​808​​​​​21​​
Payments for capitalized offering costs​​​​(2,968)​​​​​—​​
Net cash used in financing activities​​​​(2,160)​​​​​21​​
Foreign currency translation​​​​(149)​​​​​(24)​​
Net change in cash and cash equivalents​​​​(9,452)​​​​​(664)​​
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period​​​​48,927​​​​​31,022​​
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period​​​$39,475​​​​$30,358​​
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:��​​​​​​​​​​​​
Interest paid​​​$27​​​​$​​
Income taxes paid, net of refunds​​​​487​​​​​382​​
Non-cash investing and financing activities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Capitalization of stock-based compensation​​​$209​​​​$162​​
Capitalization of deferred transaction costs included in accrued liabilities and
accounts payable
​​​​263​​​​​—​​
Addition to note receivable included in accrued liabilities​​​​2,500​​​​​​​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited, in thousands unless otherwise stated)
NOTE 1 — BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization and Description of Business
PlayStudios, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in March 2011. The Company develops and operates online and mobile social gaming applications (“games” or “game”) and leverages marketing relationships with various partners to provide players a unique social gaming experience while earning “real world” rewards provided by the Company’s rewards partners. The Company’s games are free- to-play and available via the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore and Facebook (collectively, “platforms” or “platform operators”). The Company creates games based on its own original content as well as third-party licensed brands. The Company generates revenue through the in-game sale of virtual currency and through advertising.
The Company has the following four foreign subsidiaries:
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PlayStudios Asia Limited (“Asia”)
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PlayStudios International Limited (“International”)
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PlayStudios International Israel Limited (“Israel”)
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PlayStudios Orion Labs Private Limited (“Orion”)
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Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to “PlayStudios,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” are used to refer collectively to PlayStudios, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
For information on business combinations, see Note 19.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PlayStudios, Inc. and its owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. Certain reclassifications in these financial statements have been made to comply with US GAAP applicable to public companies and SEC Regulation S-X.
In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of its financial position as of March 31, 2021, and its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021, and 2020, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021, and 2020. The Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 was derived from audited annual financial statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the estimated consumption rate of virtual goods that is used in the determination of revenue recognition, useful lives of property and equipment and definite-lived intangible assets, the expensing and capitalization of research and development costs for internal-use software, assumptions used in accounting for income taxes, stock-based compensation, the associated valuation of the Company’s common stock and the evaluation of goodwill and long-lived assets for impairment. The Company believes the accounting

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estimates are appropriate and reasonably determined. Due to the inherent uncertainties in making these estimates, actual amounts could differ materially.
Segments
Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources to an individual segment and in assessing performance. The CODM, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, reviews financial information on a consolidated basis for purposes of evaluating performance and allocating resources. As such, the Company has one operating and reportable segment.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase and are stated at the lower of cost or market value.
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and receivables. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalent balances at several banks. Cash accounts located in the United States are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Although balances may exceed amounts insured by the FDIC, the Company believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk related to its cash or cash equivalents and has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company’s receivables consist primarily of amounts due from social and mobile game platform operators, including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Accounts receivable are typically noninterest bearing and are initially recorded at cost. The Company regularly reviews accounts receivable, considers current economic conditions and the financial positions of the Company’s platform operators. Accounts are written off when the Company deems the account to be uncollectible. Recoveries of accounts previously written off are recorded when received. The Company reserves an estimated amount for receivables that may not be collected to reduce receivables to their net carrying amount, which approximates fair value. Methodologies for estimating the allowance for doubtful accounts range from specific reserves to various percentages applied to aged receivables. Historical collection rates are considered in determining reserves.
The Company accounts for its notes receivable at amortized cost, net of unamortized fees and costs, if any, and adjusts for any impairment losses. The Company accrues interest on notes receivable, including the accretion of unamortized fees and costs, based on the contractual life of the note using the effective interest method. The Company monitors the credit quality of its counterparties through an assessment of each party’s financial information and other relevant information which may indicate the party’s ability to perform according to the terms of the note or loan. If necessary, the Company establishes an allowance for credit losses based on historical losses, existing economic conditions, counterparty payment trends, and other reasonable and supported information relevant to the counterparty’s ability to perform according to the terms of the agreement. As a general policy, the Company does not require collateral from its counterparties, but the counterparty’s financial condition and credit worthiness are evaluated regularly. The long-term portion of notes receivable are recognized within “Other long-term assets” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Property and Equipment, net
The Company states property and equipment at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. The Company capitalizes the costs of improvements that extend the life of the asset, while costs of repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Gains or losses on the disposition of property and equipment are included in the determination of income.

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Computer equipment, furniture and fixtures are depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the related lease, as follows:
​​​Estimated Useful Life​
Computer equipment​​3 years​
Purchased software​​3 years​
Furniture and fixtures​​7 years​
Leasehold improvements​​Lesser of 10 years or remaining lease term​
Property and equipment are reviewed for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is measured by a comparison of the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If property and equipment are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair market value. If the Company reduces the estimated useful life assumption for any asset, the remaining unamortized balance would be amortized or depreciated over the revised estimated useful life.
Internal-Use Software
The Company recognizes internal-use software development costs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 350-40, Internal-Use Software. Capitalized costs include consulting fees, payroll and payroll-related costs and stock-based compensation for employees who devote time to the Company’s internal-use software projects. Capitalization begins when the preliminary project stage is complete and the Company commits resources to the software project and continues during the application development stage. Capitalization ceases when the software has been tested and is ready for its intended use. Qualified costs incurred during the post-implementation/post-operation stage of the Company’s software applications relating to upgrades and enhancements are capitalized to the extent it is probable that they will result in added functionality. Costs that cannot be separated between maintenance of, and minor upgrades and enhancements to, internal-use software are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software development costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over a three-year estimated useful life. The Company believes that a straight-line basis for amortization best represents the pattern through which the Company derives value from internal-use software. The Company evaluates the useful lives of these assets and test for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact the recoverability of these assets.
Goodwill
Goodwill is recorded as the excess of the purchase price over acquisition-date fair value of identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually as of October 1st of each year, or when a triggering event occurs. If a triggering event occurs, qualitative factors are first assessed to determine whether a quantitative impairment test is required. Any impairment would be recognized for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount limited to the carrying amount of goodwill. Impairment testing for goodwill is performed at the reporting unit level. The Company has identified a single reporting unit based on the Company’s management structure.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets are classified into one of the two categories: (1) intangible assets with definite lives subject to amortization and (2) intangible assets with indefinite lives not subject to amortization.
For definite-lived intangible assets, amortization is recorded using the straight-line method, which materially approximates the pattern of the assets’ use. The Company continually evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate the remaining estimated useful life of intangible assets may warrant revision or that the remaining balance may not be recoverable. These factors may include a significant deterioration of operating results, changes in business plans, or changes in anticipated cash flows. The estimated useful lives of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows:

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​​​Estimated Useful Life​
Licenses​​3-5 years​
Trade names​​5 years​
When factors indicate that a definite-lived intangible asset should be evaluated for possible impairment, the Company reviews intangible assets to assess recoverability from future operations using undiscounted cash flows. If future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment is recognized in earnings to the extent that the carrying value exceeds fair value.
For indefinite-lived intangible assets, the Company conducts impairment tests annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived asset is less than its carrying value, or when circumstances no longer continue to support an indefinite useful life. If a triggering event occurs, qualitative factors are first assessed to determine whether a quantitative impairment test is required. If a quantitative test is required, the fair value of the intangible is compared to the asset’s carrying amount. Any impairment would be recognized for the difference between the fair value and the carrying amount. The Company performs its annual impairment testing as of October 1 of each year.
Fair Value Measurements
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate fair value because of their short-term maturities.
According to ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy establishes three tiers, which prioritize the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1— Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2— Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3— Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.
Entities are permitted to choose to measure certain financial instruments and other items at fair value. The Company has not elected the fair value measurement option for any of the Company’s assets or liabilities that meet the criteria for this election.
License Agreements & Minimum Guarantees
The Company enters into long-term license agreements with third parties in which it is obligated to pay a minimum guaranteed amount of royalties, typically annually over the life of the contract. The Company accounts for the minimum guaranteed obligations within “Accrued liabilities” and “Other long-term liabilities” at the onset of the license arrangement and record a corresponding licensed asset within “Intangibles, net” in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The licensed intangible assets related to the minimum guaranteed obligations are amortized over the term of the license agreement with the amortization expense recorded in “Depreciation and amortization” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company classifies minimum royalty payment obligations as current liabilities to the extent they are contractually due within the next 12 months. The long-term portion of the liability related to the minimum guaranteed obligations is reduced as royalty payments are made as required under the license agreement. The Company assesses the recoverability of license agreements whenever events arise or circumstances change that indicate the carrying value of the licensed asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of the licensed asset and the amount of impairment, if any, are determined using the Company’s policy for intangible assets with finite useful lives.

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Revenue Recognition
The Company generates revenue from the sale of virtual currency which players can use to enhance the in-game experience of the games offered by the Company. Virtual currency is sold through in-application purchases within its games which are offered on smartphones, tablets, and web-based devices. In addition, the Company also derives revenue from the placement of advertisements within its games. The Company determines revenue recognition by:
q.
identifying the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
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identifying the performance obligations in each contract;
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determining the transaction price;
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allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in each contract; and
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recognizing revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies performance obligations by transferring the promised goods or services.
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Virtual Currency
The Company develops and operates free-to-play games which are downloaded and played on social and mobile platforms. Players may collect virtual currency free of charge through the passage of time or through targeted marketing promotions. Additionally, players can send free “gifts” of virtual currency to their friends through interactions with certain social platforms. Players may also purchase additional virtual currency through accepted payment methods offered by the respective platform. Once a purchase is completed, the virtual currency is deposited into the player ‘s account and are not separately identifiable from previously purchased virtual currency obtained by the player for free. Once obtained, virtual currency (either free or purchased) cannot be redeemed for cash nor exchanged for anything other than game play. When virtual currency is consumed in the games, the player could “win” and would be awarded additional virtual currency or could “lose” and lose the future use of that virtual currency. As the player does not receive any additional benefit from the games, nor is the player entitled to any additional rights once the player’s virtual currency is substantially consumed, the Company has concluded that the virtual currency represents consumable goods.
Players can earn loyalty points through a variety of activities, including but not limited to playing the Company’s games, engaging with in-game advertising, engaging with marketing emails, and logging into the game. The loyalty points can be redeemed for rewards offered by the Company’s partners, including but not limited to certain related parties, such as MGM Resorts International and Resorts World Inc, Ptd Ltd. There is no obligation for the Company to pay or otherwise compensate the Company’s rewards partners for any player redemptions under the Company’s partner agreements. In addition, both paying and non-paying players can earn loyalty points. Therefore, the loyalty points earned by players are marketing offers and do not provide players with material rights. Accordingly, the loyalty points do not require any allocation to the transaction price of virtual currency.
Additionally, certain of the Company’s games participate in an additional program which ranks players into different tiers based on tier points earned during a given time frame. Tier points can be earned through a variety of player engagement activities, including but not limited to logging into the games, achieving multi-day log-in streaks, collecting hourly bonuses, and purchasing virtual currency bundles. Depending on the tier, players are granted access to special benefits at the Company’s discretion. Similar to loyalty points that are redeemable into real-world rewards, the tier points are not awarded as a result of a contract with a customer since both paying and non-paying players can earn these tier points. As a result, the tier points earned by players do not provide players with material rights and do not require any allocation to the transaction price of virtual currency.
The Company has the performance obligation to display and provide access to the virtual currency purchased by the Company’s player within the game whenever the player accesses the game until the virtual currency is consumed. Payment is required at the time of purchase and the transaction price is fixed. The transaction price, which is the amount paid for the virtual currency by the player is allocated entirely to this single performance obligation.

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As virtual currency represents consumable goods, the Company recognizes revenue as the virtual currency is consumed over the estimated consumption period. Since the Company is unable to distinguish between the consumption of purchased or free virtual currency, the Company must estimate the amount of outstanding purchased virtual currency at each reporting date based on player behavior. The Company has determined through a review of player behavior that players who purchase virtual currency generally are not purchasing additional virtual currency if their existing virtual currency balances have not been substantially consumed. As the Company can track the duration between purchases of virtual currency for individual players, the Company is able to reliably estimate the period over which virtual currency is consumed. Based upon an analysis of players’ historical play behavior, the timing difference between when virtual currency is purchased by a player and when those virtual currency are consumed in gameplay is relatively short, currently one to seven days with an average consumption period of approximately one day. The Company recognizes revenue from in-game purchases of virtual currency over this estimated average period between when the virtual currency is purchased and consumed. If applicable, the Company records the unconsumed virtual currency in “Deferred revenue” and record within “Prepaid expenses” the prepaid payment processing fees associated with this deferred revenue.
The Company continues to gather detailed player behavior and assess this data in relation to its revenue recognition policy. To the extent the player behavior changes, the Company reassesses its estimates and assumptions used for revenue recognition prospectively on the basis that such changes are caused by new factors indicating a change in player behavior patterns.
Advertising Revenue
The Company has contractual relationships with various advertising service providers for advertisements within the Company’s games. Advertisements can be in the form of an impression, click-throughs, banner ads or offers. Offers are advertisements where the players are rewarded with virtual currency for watching a short video. The Company has determined the advertising service provider to be its customer and displaying the advertisements within its games is identified as the single performance obligation. Revenue from advertisements and offers are recognized at a point in time when the advertisements are displayed, or when the player has completed the offer as the advertising network simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided from these services. The price can be determined by the applicable evidence of the arrangement, which may include a master contract or a third- party statement of activity.
The transaction price is generally the product of the advertising units delivered (e.g. impressions, videos viewed) and the contractually agreed upon price per advertising unit. Further, the price per advertising unit can also be based on revenue share percentages stated in the contract. The number of advertising units delivered is determined at the end of each month so there is no uncertainty about the transaction price. Payment terms are stipulated as a specific number of days subsequent to end of the month, ranging from 45 to 60 days.
Principal Agent Considerations
The Company’s games are played on various social and mobile third-party platforms for which such third parties collect monies from players and remit net proceeds after deducting payment processing fees. The Company is primarily responsible for providing access to the virtual currency, has control over the content and functionality of games before they are accessed by players, and has the discretion to establish the pricing for the virtual currency. Therefore, the Company concluded that it is the principal and as a result, revenues are reported gross of payment processing fees. Payment processing fees are recorded as a component of “Cost of revenue” in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company reports its advertising revenue net of amounts retained by advertising service providers.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue relate to direct expenses incurred to generate online and mobile social revenue and are recorded as incurred. The Company’s cost of revenue consists primarily of payment processing fees, hosting and data center costs related to operating its games, and royalties for licensed games. Payment processing

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fees consist of fees paid to third-party social and mobile platform operators. If applicable, other than the deferral of payment processing fees associated with deferred revenues, payment processing fees are expensed as incurred.
Research and Development
The Company incurs various direct costs in relation to the development of future social and mobile games along with costs to improve current social and mobile games. Research and development costs consist primarily of payroll and related personnel costs, stock-based compensation and consulting fees. The Company evaluates research and development costs incurred to determine whether the costs relate to the development of software and are, therefore, qualified to be capitalized under ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software. All other research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
Advertising
Advertising expense was $15.1 million and $10.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Advertising expense is included in “Selling and marketing” expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors based on estimated fair values on the date of grant in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (“Black- Scholes model”) as its valuation method for stock option awards. The Black-Scholes model requires the following assumptions: (i) expected volatility of its common stock, which is based on its industry peer group; (ii) expected life of the option award, which the Company elected to calculate using the simplified method; (iii) expected dividend yield; and (iv) the risk-free interest rate, which is based on the US Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
The fair value of all stock-based compensation is either capitalized and amortized in accordance with the Company’s internal-use software accounting policy or recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the full vesting period of the awards for time-based stock awards and on an accelerated attribution method for performance-based stock awards. Stock-based compensation expense is recorded net of forfeitures as they occur.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
The functional currency of each of the Company’s wholly owned foreign subsidiaries is the applicable local currency. The translation of foreign currencies into US dollars is performed for assets and liabilities using current foreign currency exchange rates in effect at the consolidated balance sheet date and for revenue and expense accounts using average foreign currency exchange rates during the year. Capital accounts are translated at historical foreign currency exchange rates. Translation gains and losses are included in stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). Adjustments that arise from foreign currency exchange rate changes on transactions, primarily driven by intercompany transactions, denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in “Other expense, net” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in its consolidated financial statements or tax returns. Under ASC 740, the Company determines deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the temporary difference between the consolidated financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which it expects the differences to be recovered or settled. The Company establishes valuation allowances when necessary, based on the weight of the available positive and negative evidence, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

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The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740, which requires companies to adjust their consolidated financial statements to reflect only those tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the issue. ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for the consolidated financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes.
We have elected to account for the impact of the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) inclusion and base erosion anti-avoidance tax (BEAT) based on the period cost method.
Net Income Per Share
Net income per share (“EPS”) is calculated using the two-class method required for participating securities and multiple classes of common stock. The Company considers its preferred stock to be participating securities as the holders have the right to participate in dividends with the common stockholders on a pro-rata, as converted basis. Prior to any dividends or earnings distribution to the common stock, the holders of preferred stock have a right to preferential dividends. Thus, earnings are allocated to common stock and preferred stock on a pro rata, as converted basis following distribution of the preferential dividends to preferred stockholders. Since application of the if-converted method results in anti-dilution, the two-class method is applied to preferred stock in the diluted EPS calculation. The dilutive effect of warrants and stock options is computed using the treasury stock method. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.
NOTE 3 — RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The amended guidance is intended to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The adoption of this guidance is expected to result in a significant portion of the Company’s operating leases, where the Company is the lessee, to be recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The guidance requires lessees and lessors to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022 with earlier adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326). The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current guidance with a current expected credit loss model (“CECL”) that incorporates a broader range of reasonable and supportable information including the forward-looking information. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Application of the amendments is through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the effective date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The new guidance removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. It also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted with simultaneous adoption of all provisions of the new standard. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
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eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Under the new amendment, the Company is required to perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, and recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. The guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2021, and it did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract, that requires implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements to be deferred and recognized over the term of the arrangement, if those costs would be capitalized by the customer in a software licensing arrangement under the internal-use software guidance in ASC Topic 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other. This guidance is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company early adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2020, and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This temporary guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying US GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 is effective as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020 and may be applied prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company adopted this guidance prospectively on January 1, 2021, and it did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 4 — RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following table is a summary of assets and liabilities from related parties:
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March 31,
2021
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December 31,
2020
​​Financial Statement Line Item​
Marketing Agreement​​​$1,000​​​​$1,000​​​Intangibles, net​
Marketing Agreement​​​$20,000​​​​$20,000​​​Accrued liabilities​
The Company did not have any revenues recognized from related parties during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company’s expenses recognized from related parties were immaterial during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
MGM Resorts International (“MGM”)
MGM is a stockholder and an MGM senior executive also serves on the Company’s board of directors. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, MGM owns approximately 30.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock and 32.6 million shares of the Company’s outstanding preferred stock.
Marketing Agreement
In April 2011, the Company entered into a joint marketing agreement with MGM (as amended, the “Marketing Agreement”) in exchange for assistance with marketing campaigns and the exclusive right to utilize MGM’s licensed marks and licensed copyrights for the development of certain of the Company’s social casino games. The initial term was for one year from the go-live date of the first such game in July 2012, with an automatic renewal provision for successive two-year terms based on the games meeting certain performance criteria. If the games do not achieve the specified performance criteria, the term will be automatically renewed for a one-year period and the right to utilize MGM’s licensed marks and copyrights will become non-exclusive. The non-exclusive term will be automatically renewed for successive one-year periods so long as the games meet certain other performance criteria. As consideration for the use of MGM’s intellectual property, the Company issued 19,200,000 shares of its common stock representing 10%

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of its then-outstanding common stock; and in lieu of royalty payments, the Company agreed to pay MGM a profit share of: (i) during the exclusive term, a mid- to high-single digit percentage of cumulative net operating income, as defined in the Marketing Agreement, and (ii) during the non-exclusive term, a low- to mid-single digit percentage of cumulative net operating income. As further described in Note 9, the Marketing Agreement was recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset.
On October 30, 2020, the Company and MGM agreed to amend the Marketing Agreement (the “MGM Amendment”), under which the Company and MGM agreed to terminate the profit share provision. In exchange, the Company agreed to remit to MGM a one-time payment of $20.0 million, payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the PIPE Investment, (ii) the date that the Company waives MGM’s commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment, or (iii) two years from the date of the MGM Amendment. In addition, MGM agreed to reinvest in the Company at a minimum amount of $20 million by participating in the PIPE Investment or a private placement of equity offering to third party investors for a minimum gross proceeds to the Company of $50 million. As a result of the termination, the Company is no longer obligated to make profit share payments, but the other rights and obligations under the Marketing Agreement continue in full force and effect. In connection with the MGM Amendment, the Company recorded a $20 million liability in “Accrued liabilities”, which remains outstanding as of March 31, 2021.
NOTE 5 — RECEIVABLES
Receivables consist of the following:
​​​
March 31,
2021
​​
December 31,
2020
​
Trade receivables​​​$26,927​​​​$16,616​​
Notes receivables​​​​5,034​​​​​—​​
Total receivables​​​$31,961​​​​$16,616​​
Trade receivables represent amounts due to the Company from social and mobile platform operators, including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. Trade receivables are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional. No allowance for doubtful accounts was considered necessary as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Concentration of Credit Risk.
As of March 31, 2021, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 60.6% and 32.4% of the Company’s total trade receivables, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 48.9% and 42.7% of the Company’s total trade receivables, respectively. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any additional counterparties that exceeded 10% of the Company’s trade receivable.
As of March 31, 2021, 95.8% of the Company’s total notes receivables were concentrated in amounts due from game developers. Each of the counterparties within the concentrated group are engaged in game development services as their primary form of business, subjecting the group to similar activities and economic risks. In the event that the group fails completely to perform according to the terms of the notes, and any collateral applicable proved to be of no value, the maximum amount of loss which the Company may incur is approximately $8.0 million, $3 million of which is reported within the Other long-term assets line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Approximately 62.5% of the notes subject to risk are secured by certain intellectual property created, developed or acquired by the developers.
NOTE 6 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The composition of our financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

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​​​December 31, 2020​​​​
​​​
Carrying
Value
​​
Estimated
Fair Value
​​Level 1​​Level 2​​Level 3​​Financial Statement Line Item​
Financial assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Notes
receivable — non-current
​​​$815​​​​$815​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​$815​​​Other long-term assets​
Total financial assets​​​$815​​​​$815​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​$815​​​​​
​​​December 31, 2020​​​​
​​​
Carrying
Value
​​
Estimated
Fair Value
​​Level 1​​Level 2​​Level 3​​Financial Statement Line Item​
Financial assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Notes receivable — current​​​$5,034​​​​$5,034​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​$5,034​​​Receivables​
Notes receivable — non-current​​​​3,316​​​​​3,316​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​3,316​​​Other long-term assets​
Total financial assets​​​$8,350​​​​$8,350​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​$8,350​​​​​
The carrying value of other financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short maturities or variable-rate nature of the respective balances.
NOTE 7 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment, net consists of the following:
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
Computer equipment​​​$8,550​​​​$8,328​​
Leasehold improvements​​​​6,233​​​​​6,365​​
Furniture and fixtures​​​​2,243​​​​​2,266​​
Construction in progress​​​​87​​​​​90​​
Total property and equipment​​​​17,113​​​​​17,049​​
Less: accumulated depreciation​​​​(11,426)​​​​​(10,848)​​
Total property and equipment, net​​​$5,687​​​​$6,201​​
The aggregate depreciation expense for property and equipment, net is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, depreciation expense was $0.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively. No impairment charges or material disposals were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
Property and equipment, net by region consists of the following:
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
United States​​​$1,850​​​​$2,098​​
EMEA(1)​​​​3,282​​​​​3,436​​
All other countries​​​​555​​​​​667​​
Total property and equipment, net​​​$5,687​​​​$6,201​​
​
(1)
Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”). Amounts primarily represent leasehold improvements of local office space and computer equipment.
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NOTE 8 — INTERNAL-USE SOFTWARE, NET
Internal-use software, net consists of the following:
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
Internal-use software​​​$109,106​​​​$103,041​​
Less: accumulated amortization​​​​(69,032)​​​​​(64,285)​​
Total internal-use software, net​​​$40,074​​​​$38,756​​
The Company capitalized internal-use software development costs of $6.9 million and $5.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Total amortization expense associated with its capitalized internal-use software development costs during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $5.2 million and $4.3 million, respectively. The aggregate amortization expense for internal-use software, net is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no write-offs or impairment charges recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
NOTE 9 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill
The Company had $5.1 million in goodwill as of Mach 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. There were no business combinations during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. There were no indicators of impairment as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Intangible Assets’
The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset other than goodwill:
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
​​​
Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
​​
Net
Carrying
Amount
​​
Gross
Carrying
Amount
​​
Accumulated
Amortization
​​
Net
Carrying
Amount
​
Amortizable intangible assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Licenses​​​$1,000​​​​$(550)​​​​$450​​​​$1,000​​​​$(500)​​​​$500​​
Trade names​​​​1,240​​​​​(1,178)​​​​​62​​​​​1,240​​​​​(1,116)​​​​​124​​
​​​​​2,240​​​​​(1,728)​​​​​512​​​​​2,240​​​​​(1,616)​​​​​624​​
Nonamortizable intangible assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Marketing Agreement with a related party​​​​1,000​​​​​—​​​​​1,000​​​​​1,000​​​​​—​​​​​1,000​​
Total intangible assets​​​$3,240​​​​$(1,728)​​​​$1,512​​​​$3,240​​​​$(1,616)​​​​$1,624​​
Intangible assets consist of trade names and long-term license agreements with various third parties as described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. As further described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the MGM Marketing Agreement is an indefinite-lived intangible asset, which provides the Company with the exclusive rights to feature MGM’s intellectual property in the Company’s games subject to automatic renewal provisions described in Note 4. The weighted-average period remaining until the next renewal is 0.3 years as of March 31, 2021. The Company is reasonably certain that it will renew the Marketing Agreement.
The aggregate amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, amortization was $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. There were no impairment charges for intangible assets during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

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As of March 31, 2021, the estimated annual amortization expense for the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2025 is as follows:
​Year Ending December 31,​​
Projected
Amortization
Expense
​
​Remainder of 2021​​​$212​​
​2022​​​​200​​
​2023​​​​100​​
​2024​​​​—​​
​2025​​​​—​​
​Total​​​$512​​
NOTE 10 — ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consist of the following:
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
MGM profit share buyout​​​$20,000​​​​$20,000​​
Accrued payroll and vacation​​​​5,847​​​​​4,860​​
Accrued liability to fund note receivable​​​​2,500​​​​​—​​
Other accruals​​​​4,265​​​​​4,229​​
Total accrued liabilities​​​$32,612​​​​$29,089​​
MGM Profit Share Buyout
As further described in Note 4 to consolidated financial statements, in October 2020, the Company and MGM agreed to amend the Marketing Agreement to terminate the profit share provision. In exchange, the Company agreed to remit to MGM a one-time payment of $20.0 million, payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the PIPE Investment, (ii) the date that the Company waives MGM’s commitment to participate in the PIPE Investment, or (iii) two years from the date of the MGM Amendment. As the Company expects the payment to occur within one year, the Company recorded an accrual for the one-time payment within accrued liabilities.
Accrued Liability to Fund Note Receivable
On March 29, 2021, the Company entered into a promissory note agreement with a third-party game developer in which the Company agreed to lend the developer $2.5 million.
Other Accruals
Other accruals include various expenses for accrued accounts payable, deferred rent, accrued legal and accounting services, accrued royalties, accrued property and equipment, accrued advertising, and income taxes payable.
NOTE 11 — REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by type:

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​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​
Virtual currency (over time)(1)
​​​$73,226​​​​$58,168​​
Advertising (point in time)​​​​871​​​​​134​​
Total net revenue​​​$74,097​​​​$58,302​​
​
(1)
Virtual currency revenue is recognized over the estimated consumption period.
​
The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by geography:
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​​​2021​​2020​
United States​​​$64,074​​​​$49,152​​
All other countries​​​​10,023​​​​​9,150​​
Total net revenue​​​$74,097​​​​$58,302​​
Contract Balances
Contract assets represent the Company’s ability to bill customers for performance obligations completed under a contract. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no contract assets recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred revenue balances related to the purchase of virtual currency was $0 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The opening and closing balance of trade receivables is further described in Note 5.
NOTE 12 — LONG-TERM DEBT
Private Venture Growth Capital Loans
On March 27, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement for a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). The Revolver is secured by the assets including intellectual property of the Company and matures on September 27, 2022. Borrowings under the Revolver may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by the Company, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions. Up to $3.0 million of the Revolver may be used for letters of credit.
The Revolver bears interest at a variable rate at the Company’s option of either (i) the Prime Rate (as defined) minus a margin ranging from 0.25% to 0.75% or (ii) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.25% to 2.75%. LIBOR will be subject to a floor of 0%, and the Prime Rate will be subject to a floor of 3.25%. The applicable margins for each rate are determined by reference to a pricing grid based on the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio.
The Revolver includes customary reporting requirements, conditions precedent to borrowing and affirmative, negative and financial covenants. Specific financial covenants include the following:
v.
Minimum Liquidity of $7.5 million
​
w.
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio of 2.25 to 1.00
​
x.
Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio of 4.00 to 1.00
​
At issuance, the Company capitalized $0.2 million in debt issuance costs. As of March 31, 2021 the Company has not made any drawdowns on the Revolver.
NOTE 13 — INCOME TAXES
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applying a forecasted annual effective tax rate to income before income taxes. Any discrete items arising during the quarter are adjusted to the provision.
The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is subject to examination for both US federal and state tax returns for the years 2012 to present as a result of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards, which were utilized in the 2016 and later tax years. In June 2020, the Company was notified by the Internal Revenue Service that the Company’s federal income tax return for the tax year ended December 31, 2017 is under examination. In late 2019, the Company was notified by the Israel Tax Authority that the Company’s Israel tax returns for the tax years ended December 31, 2016 through 2018 are under examination. The tax year 2019 remains open to examination under the statute of limitations by the Israel Tax Authority for Israel. The tax years starting from 2016 remain open to examination by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department for Asia.
The Company has analyzed filing positions in all of the federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns and for all open tax years. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained upon audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material change to its financial position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits and unrecognized tax benefits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.
NOTE 14 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Minimum Guarantee Liability
The following are the Company’s total minimum guaranteed obligations as of the years ended:
​​​
March 31,
2021
​​
December 31,
2020
​
Accrued royalties(1)
​​​$150​​​​$100​​
Minimum guarantee liability​​​​250​​​​​300​​
Total minimum guarantee obligations​​​$400​​​​$400​​
Weighted-average remaining term (in years)​​​​2.25​​​​​2.50​​
​
(1)
Accrued royalties are included within the Accrued liabilities line item on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
​
The following are the Company’s remaining expected future payments of minimum guarantee obligations as of March 31, 2021:
Year Ending December 31,​​Minimum Guarantee Obligations​
Remainder of 2021​​​$200​​
2022​​​​200​​
2023​​​​—​​
2024​​​​—​​
2025​​​​—​​
Total​​​$400​​
Leases
The Company leases both office space and office equipment and classifies these leases as either operating or capital leases for accounting purposes based upon the terms and conditions of the individual lease agreements. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, all leases were classified as operating leases and expire at various dates through 2024, with certain leases containing renewal option periods of two to five years at the end of the current lease terms.

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The Company’s future minimum rental commitments as of March 31, 2021, are as follows:
Year Ending December 31,​​
Minimum
Rental
Commitments
​
Remainder of 2021​​​$3,474​​
2022​​​​3,172​​
2023​​​​1,143​​
2024​​​​429​​
2025​​​​—​​
Total​​​$8,218​​
Certain lease agreements have rent escalation provisions over the lives of the leases. The Company recognizes rental expense based on a straight-line basis over the term of the leases. Rental expense was $1.2 million and $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is included within “General and administrative” expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Other
The Company is party to ordinary and routine litigation incidental to its business. On a case-by-case basis, the Company engages inside and outside counsel to assess the probability of potential liability resulting from such litigation. After making such assessments, the Company makes an accrual for the estimated loss only when the loss is reasonably probable and an amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company does not expect the outcome of any pending litigation to have a material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Operations, or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
NOTE 15 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
common stock
As of March 31, 2021, the Company was authorized to issue 506,000,000 shares of common stock. The company had 241,347,089 and 238,186,070 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of preferred stock, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of the funds legally available at the times and in the amounts determined by the board of directors. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held. After the full preferential amounts due, the holders of all preferred stock have been paid or set aside, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, if any, are distributed to the holders of common stock ratably in proportion to the number of shares of common stock then held by each such holder. None of the Company’s common stock is entitled to preemptive rights and neither is subject to redemption. The Company’s common stock is not convertible into any other shares of the Company’s capital stock.
Preferred Stock
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company’s preferred stock consisted of:
Series​​
Shares
Outstanding
​​
Liquidation
Price Per
Share
​​
Conversion
Price Per
Share
​​
Annual
Noncumulative
Dividend Rights Per
Share
​
A​​​​80,800​​​​$0.06​​​​$0.06​​​​$0.01​​
B​​​​41,348​​​​​0.21​​​​​0.21​​​​​0.02​​
C-1​​​​13,556​​​​​0.27​​​​​0.27​​​​​0.02​​
C​​​​26,892​​​​​0.61​​​​​0.61​​​​​0.05​​
Total​​​​162,596​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Voting Rights and Dividends
Each holder of preferred stock is entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of common stock into which such holder’s shares are convertible as defined in the Company’s sixth amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “certificate of incorporation”). The holders of outstanding preferred stock are entitled to receive defined dividends per share, when, if, and as declared by the board of directors. These rights are not cumulative, and no right accrues by reason of the fact that dividends on said shares are not declared in any period, nor any undeclared or unpaid dividend bears or accrues interest. After payment of such dividends, additional dividends or distributions are distributed to all holders of common stock and preferred stock in proportion to the number of shares of common stock that would be held on an “as converted” basis. Through March 31, 2021, no dividends have been declared or paid.
Liquidation
In the event of a liquidation event (as defined in the certificate of incorporation), the assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to stockholders in connection with such liquidation event are distributed as follows:
The holders of outstanding shares of Series B preferred stock, Series C preferred stock and Series C-1 preferred stock (the “First Liquidation Group”) shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis, out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, before any payment is made in respect of the Company’s Series A preferred stock and common stock, their liquidation price per share, plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for such distribution. If the assets of the Company legally available for distribution are insufficient to permit the payment of the full preferential amounts to the First Liquidation Group, then the entire assets available for distribution to stockholders are distributed to the First Liquidation Group on a pro rata basis.
After the First Liquidation Group has been paid or set aside, the holders of outstanding shares of Series A preferred stock is entitled to receive their liquidation price per share, plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for such distribution before any payment is made in respect of the Company’s common stock. If the assets of the Company legally available for distribution after payment to the First Liquidation Group are insufficient to permit the payment of the full preferential amount, then the entire remaining assets after distribution to the First Liquidation Group are distributed to the holders of the Series A preferred stock, ratably in proportion to the full preferential amount they would have otherwise been entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of determining the amount each holder of preferred stock is entitled to receive with respect to a liquidation event, each such holder shall be deemed to have converted (regardless of whether such holder actually converted) such holder’s shares of preferred stock into shares of common stock immediately prior to the liquidation event if, as a result of an actual conversion, such holder would receive, in the aggregate, an amount greater than the amount that would be distributed to such holder if such holder did not convert such shares of preferred stock into shares of common stock. If any such holder shall be deemed to have converted shares of preferred stock into common stock, then such holder shall not be entitled to receive any distribution that would otherwise be made to holders of preferred stock that have not converted (or have not been deemed to have converted) into shares of common stock.
Preemptive or Similar Rights
Preferred stockholders who are classified as a major investor (as defined in the Company’s second amended and restated investor rights agreement) are entitled to certain preemptive rights. A major investor is defined as any preferred stockholder with outstanding shares of registrable securities with an original aggregate paid purchase price of at least $500,000 and who is not deemed to be a competitor of the Company. Registrable securities means (a) the shares of common stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the preferred stock and (b) any other shares of common stock of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, such shares. If the Company decides to issue additional shares of capital stock, options, warrants, convertible securities or rights to purchase capital stock of the Company (the “Additional Shares”), then the Company shall, in writing, inform each

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major investor of the proposed terms of such issuance and each major investor, subject to applicable federal and state securities laws, shall be entitled and may elect at the time of each such proposed issuance to purchase up to the portion of the Additional Shares offered equal to the product of (i) that percentage of the preferred stock then held by all major investors that is then held by such major investor immediately prior to the proposed issuance of Additional Shares, multiplied by (ii) the total amount of Additional Shares being sold by the Company. Preferred stock is not subject to redemption.
Conversion
The holders of the preferred stock shall have conversion rights as follows:
Right to Convert: Each share of preferred stock shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock as is determined by dividing the liquidation preference by the conversion price for each series, respectively.
Automatic Conversion: Each share of preferred stock shall automatically be converted into fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, at the then-effective conversion rates upon the earlier of (i) the vote or written consent of holders of at least a majority of the voting power represented by the then- outstanding shares of preferred stock or (ii) the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale of common stock at an offering price of not less than $1.22 per share and with aggregate gross proceeds to the Company (prior to deduction of underwriters’ commissions and expenses) of not less than $25,000,000.
Warrants to Purchase Preferred Stock
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there was a total of 6 million outstanding warrants that were issued from 2011 to 2016 to purchase various classes of preferred stock. Each warrant can purchase one share of the respective class of preferred stock, which is, in turn, convertible to one share of common stock. The number of warrants outstanding and exercise price of each series are as follows:
Warrant Series​​
Warrants
Outstanding
​​
Exercise
Price
​
A​​​​560​​​​$0.06​​
B​​​​2,563​​​​​0.21​​
C-1​​​​2,302​​​​​0.27​​
C​​​​617​​​​​0.61​​
Total​​​​6,042​​​​​​​​
As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Series A, C-1 and C warrants are exercisable at the option of the holder. Of the 2.6 million Series B warrants that are outstanding as of March 31, 2021, 1.3 million are exercisable as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and the remainder are contingently exercisable only upon an event such as a change in control or an initial public offering (“IPO”). As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the weighted-average exercise price of all warrants was approximately $0.26 per warrant. As of March 31, 2021, the weighted-average remaining contractual term of the warrants is 3.0 years. The aggregate intrinsic value was approximately $8.3 million and $6.6 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. There were no exercises during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
Change in Control
In the event of a change in control or an IPO, all Series A and B outstanding warrants will be automatically exercised, without any additional payments by the warrant holders, for a number of preferred shares of the Company’s securities, such number of shares being equal to the maximum number of shares issuable had the warrant holders elected to exercise the warrants immediately prior to the closing of such change in control or an IPO. Additionally, all Series C and C-1 outstanding warrants will be automatically exercised, without any additional payments by the warrant holders unless the net proceeds per share price

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for one share of preferred stock or IPO price of the company is greater than or equal to three times the exercise price of such warrants, in which case, the warrant holders would be required to pay the exercise price that would be otherwise payable upon a normal exercise of the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreements, an acquisition of the Company directly or indirectly by a blank check company, special purpose acquisition company or equivalent entity qualifies as an IPO.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The following table shows a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income from December 31, 2019 to March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021:
​​​
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
​​
Total Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
​
Balance as of December 31, 2020​​​$481​​​​$481​​
Foreign currency translation​​​​(296)​​​​​(296)​​
Balance as of March 31, 2021​​​$185​​​​$185​​
​​​
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
​​
Total Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
​
Balance as of December 31, 2019​​​$98​​​​$98​​
Foreign currency translation​​​​(55)​​​​​(55)​​
Balance as of March 31, 2020​​​$43​​​​$43​​
NOTE 16 — STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
On July 13, 2011, the Company approved the 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Under this Plan, the board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors is authorized to provide stock-based compensation in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and other performance or value-based awards within parameters set forth in the Plan.
Through March 31, 2021, the board of directors approved an aggregate of 149,150,000 shares available for awards under the Plan, of which 5.9 million shares are still available for award. If any shares previously granted are forfeited, canceled, exchanged, or surrendered or if an award otherwise terminates or expires without a distribution of shares, the shares of stock with respect to such award are again available for award under the Plan, provided that in the case of restricted stock or other award to which dividends have been paid or accrued, the number of shares with respect to such awards are not available, unless such dividends are forfeited, canceled, exchanged, or surrendered.
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense that the Company recorded in income from operations for the years shown:
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​2021​​2020​
Selling and marketing​​​$21​​​​$24​​
General and administrative​​​​383​​​​​263​​
Research and development​​​​496​​​​​338​​
Stock-based compensation expense​​​$900​​​​$625​​
Capitalized stock-based compensation expense​​​$209​​​​$162​​

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Stock Options
All of the options granted under the 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan have time-based vesting periods vesting over a period of three to four years and a maximum term of 10 years from the grant date. Separate from the Plan, and in connection with the acquisition of Israel, a limited number of employees have been granted performance-based stock options. The Company awarded 4.2 million performance-based stock options in 2017. These options had vesting that was tied to the achievement of defined performance and profitability metrics. The performance-based stock options have a weighted-average grant-date fair value of $0.24 per share. The performance-based stock options fully vested in 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the majority of performance-based stock options were exercised, resulting in 0.1 million options outstanding as of March 31, 2021.
The following is a summary of stock option activity for time-based and performance-based options during the three months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands, except weighted-average exercise price and remaining term):
​​​No. of Options​​
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
​​
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Term (in
Years)
​​
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
​
Outstanding – December 31, 2020​​​​77,640​​​​$0.20​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Granted​​​​550​​​​​1.83​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Exercised​​​​(3,161)​​​​​0.26​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Forfeited​​​​(695)​​​​​0.36​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Expired​​​​(59)​​​​​0.32​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Outstanding — March 31, 2021​​​​74,275​​​​​0.21​​​​​6.9​​​​$84,448​​
Unvested – March 31, 2021​​​​36,467​​​​​0.18​​​​​8.1​​​​​42,426​​
Exercisable – March 31, 2021​​​​37,808​​​​​0.23​​​​​5.6​​​​​42,022​​
The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options granted in the Company’s consolidated financial statements:
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​2021​​2020​
Expected term (in years)​​5.86​​5.85​
Expected volatility​​51.24%​​58.45%​
Risk-free interest rate range​​0.54%-0.60%​​0.41%-0.47%​
Dividend yield​​0%​​0%​
Grant-date fair value​​$0.52​​$0.29​
As of March 31, 2021, there was approximately $9.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options to employees, which is expected to be recognized over a remaining average period of 2.3 years. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised under the provisions of the Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $4.9 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
NOTE 17 — NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common stock outstanding, including the potential dilutive securities. For the calculation of diluted net income per share, net income attributable to common stockholders is adjusted to reflect the potential effect of dilutive securities.

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The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income attributable to common stockholders per share (in thousands except share and per share data):
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​2021​​2020​
Net income attributable to common stockholders-basic​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​
Income allocated to participating preferred stock​​​​(4,000)​​​​​(3,838)​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders – basic​​​$1,918​​​​$1,654​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders-diluted​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net income​​​$5,918​​​​$5,492​​
Income allocated to participating preferred stock​​​​(3,819)​​​​​(3,763)​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders – diluted​​​$2,099​​​​$1,729​​
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic weighted average shares of common stock outstanding​​​​239,946​​​​​236,367​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series A warrants​​​​539​​​​​483​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series B warrants​​​​1,167​​​​​715​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series C-1 warrants​​​​1,938​​​​​936​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average Series C warrants​​​​397​​​​​—​​
Dilutive effect of weighted average stock options​​​​61,020​​​​​25,822​​
Dilutive weighted average shares of common stock outstanding​​​​305,007​​​​​264,323​​
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Basic​​​$0.01​​​​$0.01​​
Diluted​​​$0.01​​​​$0.01​​
The following equity awards outstanding at the end of each period presented have been excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share of common stock for the periods presented due to their antidilutive effect:
​​​Three Months Ended March 31,​
​2021​​2020​
Series C warrants​​​​—​​​​​617​​
Series B warrants(2)
​​​​1,232​​​​​1,232​​
Stock options​​​​885​​​​​20,053​​
​
(2)
A portion of the Series B warrants were excluded from the diluted net income per share calculation because they are only exercisable upon a change in control or an IPO.
​
NOTE 18 — EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
The Company offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan to eligible employees. Employee contributions are voluntary and made on a pretax basis subject to Internal Revenue Service limitations. The Company does not match any of the contributions made by its employees.
NOTE 19 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing, the date the financial statements were available to be issued.
On April 1, 2021, the Company funded $2.5 million of its note receivable from a third-party game developer. Refer to Note 10 for further details of the note receivable.

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In May 2021, the Company became party to a litigation matter brought by TeamSava d.o.o. Beograd (“TeamSava”) and other related parties. The plaintiffs filed a Statement of Claim in May 2021 in Tel Aviv District Court in Israel, alleging claims, among other things, that the Company breached the terms of a commercial contract relating to services provided by TeamSava and related parties in connection with the sourcing and administrative management of personnel in Serbia who provided game development services exclusively for the Company. The pending litigation seeks damages of 27.3 million New Israeli Shekels (or approximately $8.5 million based on prevailing exchange rates as of May 19, 2021). The Company believes that the claims are without merit and the Company intends to vigorously defend against them; however, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in the defense of this litigation. The Company’s range of possible loss could be up to 27.3 million NIS based on the claim amount of the litigation, but the Company is not able to reasonably estimate the probability or amount of loss and therefore has not made any accruals.
Merger with Acies Acquisition Corp.
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with Acies Acquisition Corp. (“Acies”), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Acies Acquisition LLC, Catalyst Merger Sub I, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acies (“Merger Sub I”), and Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acies (“Merger Sub II”).
Subsequent to the balance sheet date, upon completion of the transaction contemplated by the terms of the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”) on June 21, 2021, Acies, a Cayman Islands exempted company, filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of Delaware, under which Acies was domesticated as a Delaware corporation (“Domestication”). Following the Domestication on June 21, 2021, the Company merged with and into Merger Sub I, with the Company surviving the merger (“First Merger”) and following the First Merger, the Company merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger and changing its name to PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC (“Old PLAYSTUDIOS”). These transactions are collectively referred to as the “Business Combination”. Upon completion of the Business Combination, Acies changed its name to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (“New PLAYSTUDIOS”)
The Business Combination was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization whereby Acies was determined to be the accounting acquiree and Old PLAYSTUDIOS to be the accounting acquirer. This accounting treatment is the equivalent of Old PLAYSTUDIOS issuing stock for the net assets of Acies, accompanied by a recapitalization whereby no goodwill or other intangible assets are recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination are those of Old PLAYSTUDIOS. At the Closing, we received gross cash consideration of $465.3 million as a result of the reverse recapitalization, which was then reduced by:
•
a redemption of Acies’ redeemable ordinary shares of $113.4 million;
​
•
a payment to the shareholders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS of $102.0 million;
​
•
our equity issuance costs.
​
In connection with the Business Combination, the Company incurred $27.0 million of equity issuance costs, consisting of advisory, legal and other professional fees, which are recorded to additional paid-in capital as a reduction of proceeds. A portion of the equity issuance costs ($5.8 million) was included within other current assets as of March 31, 2021, and we paid a portion of the equity issuance costs during 2020 ($2.6 million) and the first quarter of 2021 ($2.2 million). We paid the balance of the equity issuance costs during the second quarter of 2021.
In connection with the Business Combination, Acies entered into subscription agreements with certain investors, whereby it issued 25,000,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share (“PIPE Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million (“PIPE Investment”), which closed simultaneously with the consummation of the Business Combination. Upon the Closing, the PIPE Shares were automatically converted into shares of New PLAYSTUDIOS Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

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Upon the Closing, holders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock received shares of New PLAYSTUDIOS common stock in an amount determined by application of the exchange ratio of 0.233 (“Exchange Ratio”), which was based on Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ implied price per share prior to the Business Combination. Additionally, holders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS preferred stock and holders of Old PLAYSTUDIOS warrants to purchase preferred stock received commons stock in Old PLAYSTUDIOS immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination.
Credit Agreement
On June 24, 2021, in connection with the Closing, Old PLAYSTUDIOS terminated and replaced its then existing revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank (the “SVB Revolver”). The Company, a subsidiary of the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) which provides for a five-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75 million. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by the Company, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions. Commitment fees and interest rates are determined on the basis of either a Eurodollar rate or an Alternate Base Rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins are initially 2.50%, in the case of Eurodollar loans, and 1.50%, in the case of Alternate Base Rate loans. The applicable margin is subject to adjustment based upon the Company’s Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Eurodollar rates and the Alternate Base Rate are subject to floors of 0.00% and 1.00%, respectively. The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative financial and operational covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company is also obligated to comply with two financial maintenance covenants as of the end of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 2021: (i) the Company must maintain a Total Net Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.50:1.00 (subject to increase to 4.00:1.00 following consummation of certain material acquisitions) and (ii) the Company must maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25:1.00.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Acies Acquisition Corp.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Acies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020 and the related statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and the related statement of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company’s ability to execute its business plan is dependent upon itson the completion of a business combination and the proposed initial public offering described in Note 3 to the financial statements. The Company has aCompany’s cash and working capital deficiency as of September 15,December 31, 2020 and lacks the financial resources it needsare not sufficient to sustain operationscomplete its planned activities for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans within regard to these matters are also described in Notes 1 and 3.Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might become necessary shouldresult from the Company be unableoutcome of this uncertainty.
Restatement of 2020 Financial Statements
As discussed in Note 2 to continuethe financial statements, the accompanying financial statements as a going concern.of December 31, 2020 and for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020 have been restated.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”(“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.
New York, NY
September 21, 2020March 25, 2021, except for the effects of the restatements discussed in Note 2, 2A, 7 and 9 as to which the date is May 10, 2021.
 
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 15,DECEMBER 31, 2020 (AS RESTATED)
​ASSETS​​​​​​​
​Current assets- Cash​​​$25,000​​
​Security deposit​​​​2,875​​
​Deferred offering costs​​​​67,003​​
​Total Assets​​​$94,878​​
​LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY​​​​​​​
​Current liabilities​​​​​​​
​Accrued offering costs​​​​5,000​​
​Promissory note – related party​​​​79,596​​
​Total Liabilities​​​​84,596​​
​Commitments​​​​​​​
​Shareholder’s Equity​​​​​​​
​Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding​​​​—​​
​Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding​​​​—​​
​
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 8,625,000 shares issued and outstanding(1)
​​​​863​​
​Additional paid-in capital​​​​24,137​​
​Accumulated deficit​​​​(14,718)​​
​Total Shareholder’s Equity​​​​10,282​​
​Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity​​​$94,878​​
​
(1)
Includes up to 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
​
​​​
December 31, 2020
(As Restated)
​
ASSETS​​​​​​​
Current Assets​​​​​​​
Cash​​​$1,061,717​​
Prepaid expenses​​​​676,797​​
Total Current Assets​​​​1,738,514​​
Security deposit​​​​2,875​​
Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​215,275,732​​
Total Assets​​​$217,017,121​​
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY​​​​​​​
Current liabilities  —  accrued expenses​​​$6,150​​
Deferred underwriting fee payable​​​​7,533,750​​
Warrant liabilities​​​​24,945,850​​
Total Liabilities​​​​32,485,750​​
Commitments and Contingencies​​​​​​​
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption 17,950,991 shares at redemption
value
​​​​179,531,370​​
Shareholders’ Equity​​​​​​​
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding​​​​—​​
Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 3,574,009 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 17,950,991 shares subject to possible redemption)​​​​357​​
Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,381,250 shares issued and outstanding​​​​538​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​12,619,799​​
Accumulated deficit​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Total Shareholders’ Equity​​​​5,000,001​​
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity​​​$217,017,121​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese financial statements.
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15,DECEMBER 31, 2020 (AS RESTATED)
​Formation costs​​​$14,718​​
​Net loss​​​$(14,718)​​
​
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)
​​​​7,500,000​​
​Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share​​​$(0.00)​​
​
(1)
Excludes up to 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
​
​Formation and operating costs​​​$1,439,242​​
​Loss from operations​​​​(1,439,242)​​
​Other expense:​​​​​​​
​Interest income​​​​22,174​​
​Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​3,558​​
​Change in fair value of warrant liabilities​​​​(6,207,183)​​
​Other expense​​​​(6,181,451)​​
​Net loss​​​$(7,620,693)​​
​Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​18,321,541​​
​Basic and diluted net income per share, Common stock subject to possible redemption​​​$0.00​​
​Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted​​​​6,764,617​​
​Basic and diluted net loss per non-redeemable common share​​​$(1.13)​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese financial statements.
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’SSHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15,DECEMBER 31, 2020 (AS RESTATED)
​​​
Class B Ordinary
Shares(1)
​​
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
​​
Accumulated
Deficit
​​
Shareholder’s
Equity
​
​​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance – August 14, 2020 (Inception)​​​​—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1)
​​​​8,625,000​​​​​863​​​​​24,137​​​​​—​​​​​25,000​​
Net loss​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(14,718)​​​​​(14,718)​​
Balance – September 15, 2020​​​​8,625,000​​​​$863​​​​$24,137​​​​$(14,718)​​​​$10,282​​
​
(1)
Includes up to 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriter (see Note 5).
​
​​​Class A Ordinary Shares​​Class B Ordinary Shares​​
Additional
Paid-in Capital
​​
Accumulated
Deficit
​​
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
​
​​​Shares​​Amount​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance  —  August 14, 2020 (inception)​​​​—​​​​$—​​​​​—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​
Issuance of Class B Ordinary Shares to Sponsor​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​5,750,000​​​​​575​​​​​24,425​​​​​—​​​​​25,000​​
Sale of 21,525,000 Units, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs​​​​21,525,000​​​​​2,153​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​192,124,911​​​​​—​​​​​192,127,064​​
Forfeiture of Founder
Shares
​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(368,750)​​​​​(37)​​​​​37​​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption​​​​(17,950,991)​​​​​(1,796)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(179,529,574)​​​​​—​​​​​(179,531,370)​​
Net loss​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(7,620,693)​​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Balance  —  December 31, 2020​​​​3,574,009​​​​$357​​​​​5,381,250​​​​$538​​​​$12,619,799​​​​$(7,620,693)​​​​$5,000,001​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese financial statements.
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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15,DECEMBER 31, 2020 (AS RESTATED)
​Cash flows from Operating Activities:​​​​​​Cash Flows from Operating Activities:​​​​​​
​Net loss​​$(14,718)​​Net loss​​$(7,620,693)​​
​Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:​​​​​​Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:​​​​​​
​Changes in operating assets and liabilities:​​​​​​Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​(22,174)​​
​Security deposit​​​(2,875)​​Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​(3,558)​​
​Net cash used in operating activities​​​(17,593)​​Change in fair value of warrant liabilities​​​6,207,183​​
​Cash Flows from Financing Activities:​​​​​​Allocation of IPO costs to warrant liabilities​​​720,885​​
​Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor​​​25,000​​Compensation expense — Private Warrants​​​453,667​​
​Proceeds from promissory note- related party​​​79,596​​Changes in operating assets and liabilities:​​​​​​
​Payment of offering costs​​​(62,003)​​Prepaid expenses​​​(676,797)​​
​Net cash provided by financing activities​​​42,593​​Accrued expenses​​​6,150​​
​Net Change in Cash​​​25,000​​Net cash used in operating activities​​​(935,337)​​
​Cash – Beginning​​​—​​Cash Flows from Investing Activities:​​​​​​
​Cash – Ending​​$25,000​​Investment of cash in Trust Account​​​(215,250,000)​​
​Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:​​​​​​Security deposit​​​(2,875)​​
​Offering costs included in accrued offering costs​​$5,000​​Net cash used in investing activities​​​(215,252,875)​​
​Cash Flows from Financing Activities:​​​​​​
​Proceeds from issuance of Class B Ordinary Shares to Sponsor​​​25,000​​
​Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid​​​210,945,000​​
​Proceeds from advance  —  related party​​​2,621,369​​
​Repayment of advance  —  related party​​​(2,621,369)​​
​Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Warrants​​​6,805,000​​
​Proceeds from promissory note  —  related party​​​278,631​​
​Repayment of promissory note  —  related party​​​(278,631)​​
​Payment of offering costs​​​(525,071)​​
​Net cash provided by financing activities​​​217,249,929​​
​Net Change in Cash​​​1,061,717​​
​Cash  —  Beginning​​​—​​
​Cash  —  Ending​​$1,061,717​​
​Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:​​​​​​
​Initial classification of Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption​​$185,930,930​​
​Change in value of Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption​​$(6,399,560)​​
​Initial classification of warrant liabilities​​$18,738,667​​
​Deferred underwriting fee payable​​$7,533,750​​
The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese financial statements.
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NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Acies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 14, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combinationBusiness Combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).The.
The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such,has two subsidiaries, Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company is subject to allincorporated in Delaware on January 27, 2021 (“First Merger Sub”) and Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.Company incorporated in Delaware on January 27, 2021 (“Second Merger Sub”) (see Note 10).
As of September 15,December 31, 2020, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 15,December 31, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation and the proposed initial public offeringInitial Public Offering (the “Proposed“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, identifying a target company for a Business Combination, activities in connection with the proposed acquisition of PlayStudios, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PlayStudios”) (see Note 10). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources throughInitial Public Offering became effective on October 22, 2020. On October 27, 2020, the ProposedCompany consummated the Initial Public Offering of 30,000,00020,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (or 34,500,000 units if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full) (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares included in the Units being offered,sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000 which is discusseddescribed in Note 3 and3.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 5,666,6674,333,333 warrants (or 6,266,667 warrants if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full) (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant that will close in a private placement to Acies Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), simultaneously withgenerating gross proceeds of $6,500,000, which is described in Note 4.
Following the closing of the ProposedInitial Public Offering (see Note 4).
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific applicationon October 27, 2020, an amount of $200,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the Proposedsale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completingwas placed in a Business Combination. The Company must complete its initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business 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”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that $10.00 per Unit sold in the Proposed Public Offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, will be held in a trust account (“Trust“Trust Account”) 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 a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
On November 9, 2020, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 1,525,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, and the sale of an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants, at $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $15,555,000. A total of $15,250,000 of the net proceeds was deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $215,250,000.
Transaction costs amounted to $12,363,821, consisting of $4,305,000 of underwriting fees, $7,533,750 of deferred underwriting fees and $525,071 of other offering costs. In accordance with the reclassification of the public and private warrants, $720,885 of the transaction costs were expensed through the Statement of Operations.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing a Business Combination. The Company must complete its initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter

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into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to effect a Business Combination successfully.
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 shareholder 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, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, 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). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

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The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law 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 (the “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 law, 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 (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the ProposedInitial Public Offering 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 don’t 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​(as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
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, (b) to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within 24 months fromby October 27, 2022 (or by January 27, 2023, if the closing of the Proposed Public Offering (or 27 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering if we haveCompany has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering)by October 27, 2022) (the “Combination Period”) and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (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 combinationBusiness Combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

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The Company will have until the end of the Combination Period to complete a Business Combination. 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 in 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), 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 Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
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Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the ProposedInitial 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 underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in 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 ProposedInitial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered 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) $10.00 per Public Share or (2) the actual 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 the Company’s taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial 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 such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had $1,061,717 in its operating bank accounts, $215,275,732 in securities held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and working capital of $1,732,364.
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on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
If the Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through one year from the date of these financial statements if a Business Combination is not consummated. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
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 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 the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 2  —  RESTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company previously accounted for its outstanding Public Warrants (as defined in Note 4) and Private Placement Warrants issued in connection with its Initial Public Offering as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities. The warrant agreement governing the warrants includes a provision that provides for potential changes to the settlement amounts dependent upon the characteristics of the holder of the warrant. In addition, the warrant agreement includes a provision that in the event of a tender or exchange offer made to and accepted by holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of a single class of ordinary shares, all holders of the warrants would be entitled to receive cash for their warrants (the “tender offer provision”).
On April 12, 2021, the SEC released a Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (the “SEC Staff Statement”). Specifically, the SEC Staff Statement focused on certain settlement terms and provisions related to certain tender offers following a business combination, which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing our warrants. Following the SEC Staff Statement, the Company’s management further evaluated the warrants under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Subtopic 815-40, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. ASC Section 815-40-15 addresses equity versus liability treatment and classification of equity-linked financial instruments, including warrants, and states that a warrant may be classified as a component of equity only if, among other things, the warrant is indexed to the issuer’s common stock. Under ASC Section 815-40-15, a warrant is not indexed to the issuer’s common stock if the terms of the warrant require an adjustment to the exercise price upon a specified event and that event is not an input to the fair value of the warrant. Based on management’s evaluation, the Company’s audit committee, in consultation with management and after discussion with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the Company’s Private Placement Warrants are not indexed to the Company’s common shares in the manner contemplated by ASC Section 815-40-15 because the holder of the instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares. In addition, based on management’s

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evaluation, the Company’s audit committee, in consultation with management and after discussion with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, concluded the tender offer provision included in the warrant agreement fails the “classified in shareholders’ equity” criteria as contemplated by ASC Section 815-40-25.
As a result of the above, the Company should have classified the warrants as derivative liabilities in its previously issued financial statements. Under this accounting treatment, the Company is required to measure the fair value of the warrants at the end of each reporting period and recognize changes in the fair value from the prior period in the Company’s operating results for the current period.
The Company’s accounting for the warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities did not have any effect on the Company’s previously reported operating expenses, cash flows or cash.
​​​As Previously Reported​​Adjustments​​As Revised​
Balance sheet as of October 27, 2020 (audited)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Warrant Liabilities​​​$—​​​​$17,600,000​​​​$17,600,000​​
Total Liabilities​​​​9,979,556​​​​​17,600,000​​​​​27,579,556​​
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption​​​​189,953,340​​​​​(17,600,000)​​​​​172,353,340​​
Class A Ordinary Shares​​​​100​​​​​176​​​​​276​​
Additional Paid-in Capital​​​​5,045,914​​​​​1,129,643​​​​​6,175,557​​
Accumulated Deficit​​​​(46,579)​​​​​(1,129,643)​​​​​(1,176,398)​​
​​​As Previously Reported​​Adjustments​​As Revised​
Balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 (audited)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Warrant Liabilities​​​$—​​​​$24,945,850​​​​$24,945,850​​
Total Liabilities​​​​7,539,900​​​​​24,945,850​​​​​32,485,750​​
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption​​​​204,477,211​​​​​(24,945,841)​​​​​179,531,370​​
Class A Ordinary Shares​​​​108​​​​​249​​​​​357​​
Additional Paid-in Capital​​​​5,238,322​​​​​7,381,477​​​​​12,619,799​​
Accumulated Deficit​​​​(238,958)​​​​​(7,381,735)​​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Shareholders’ Equity​​​​5,000,010​​​​​(9)​​​​​5,000,001​​
Statement of Operations for the period from August 20, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020 (audited)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities​​​$—​​​​$(6,207,183)​​​​$(6,207,183)​​
Transaction Costs – warrant liabilities​​​​—​​​​​(720,885)​​​​​(720,885)​​
Compensation expense – Private Warrants​​​​—​​​​​(453,667)​​​​​(453,667)​​
Formation and operating costs​​​​(264,690)​​​​​(1,174,552)​​​​​(1,439,242)​​
Net loss​​​​(238,958)​​​​​(7,381,735)​​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​20,172,634​​​​​(1,851,093)​​​​​18,321,541​​
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and
diluted Basic and diluted weighted average shares
outstanding Non-redeemable common stock
​​​​5,744,947​​​​​1,019,670​​​​​6,764,617​​

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​​​As Previously Reported​​Adjustments​​As Revised​
Basic and diluted net loss per non-redeemable common share​​​​(0.05)​​​​​(1.08)​​​​​(1.13)​​
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from
August 20, 2020 (inception) through December 31,
2020 (audited)
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Net loss​​​​(238,958)​​​​​(7,381,735)​​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities​​​​—​​​​​6,207,183​​​​​6,207,183​​
Allocation of IPO costs to warrant liabilities​​​​—​​​​​720,885​​​​​720,885​​
Compensation expense – Private Warrants​​​​—​​​​​453,667​​​​​453,667​​
Initial classification of Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption​​​​204,669,590​​​​​(18,738,660)​​​​​185,930,930​​
Change in value of Class A Ordinary Shares subject
to possible redemption
​​​​(192,379)​​​​​(6,207,181)​​​​​(6,399,560)​​
Initial classification of warrant liabilities​​​​—​​​​​18,738,667​​​​​18,738,667​​
NOTE 2A. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 of 2002, 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.
Further, 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 an emerging growth 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 which 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 financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires 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. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
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 not have any cash equivalents as of December 31, 2020.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At December 31, 2020, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in U.S. Treasury Bills.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A 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’ equity. The Company’s Class A 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, Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Warrant Liabilities (Restated)
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
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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. The fair value of the warrants was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation approach (see Note 9).
Components of Equity
Upon the IPO, the Company issued Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants. The Company allocated the proceeds received from the issuance using the with-and-without method. Under that method, the Company first allocated the net proceeds to the Warrants based on their initial fair value measurement of $18,738,667 and then allocated the remaining proceeds, net of the remaining underwriting discounts and offering costs of $11,525,071, to the Class A Ordinary Shares. A portion of the Class A Ordinary Shares are presented within temporary equity, as certain shares are subject to redemption upon the occurrence of events not solely within the Company’s control. For the sale of the Private Warrants, the Company recorded a warrant liability for the initial fair value of the warrants in the amount of $7,258,667, with the amount of the proceeds in excess of the initial fair value recorded as additional paid in capital.
Income Taxes
The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company is considered 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.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Restated)
Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 11,711,667 shares in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.
The Company’s statement of operations includes a presentation of income (loss) per share for common shares subject to possible redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of income (loss) per share. Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted, for Common stock subject to possible redemption is calculated by dividing the proportionate share of income or loss on marketable securities held by the Trust Account by the weighted average number of Common stock subject to possible redemption outstanding since original issuance.

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Net loss per share, basic and diluted, for non-redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), adjusted for income or loss on marketable securities attributable to Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, by the weighted average number of non-redeemable common stock outstanding for the period.
Non-redeemable common stock includes Founder Shares and non-redeemable Class A shares as these shares do not have any redemption features. Non-redeemable common stock participates in the income or loss on marketable securities based on Class A non-redeemable share’s proportionate interest.
The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
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For the Period from
August 14, 2020
(Inception) through
December 31,2020
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Common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​​​​
Numerator: Earnings allocable to Common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​​​​
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​$18,493​​
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​2,967​​
Net Income allocable to shares subject to redemption​​​$21,460​​
Denominator: Weighted Average Class A common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​​​​
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding​​​​18,321,541​​
Basic and diluted net income per share​​​$0.00​​
Non-Redeemable common stock​​​​​​​
Numerator: Net Loss minus Net Earnings​​​​​​​
Net loss​​​$(7,620,693)​​
Less: Net income allocable to Class A common stock subject to possible redemption​​​​(21,460)​​
Non-Redeemable Net Loss​​​$(7,642,153)​​
Denominator: Weighted Average Non-Redeemable common stock​​​​​​​
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding​​​​6,764,617​​
Basic and diluted net loss per share​​​$(1.13)​​
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements (Restated)
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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:
a.
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
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b.
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
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c.
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.
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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.
Derivative Financial Instruments (Restated)
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 balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date
Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 21,525,000 Units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, inclusive of 1,525,000 Units sold to the underwriters on November 9, 2020 upon the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-third of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant ($6,500,000 in the aggregate), each exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share. On November 9, 2020, in connection with the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, the Company sold an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $305,000. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination

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Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants 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.
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On September 15, 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000 in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”). On October 20, 2020, the Sponsor surrendered and the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B Ordinary Shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding. All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share cancellation. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor would collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option on November 9, 2020, a total of 381,250 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture and 368,750 Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in an aggregate of 5,381,250 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination; and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, 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, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on October 22, 2020, to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, the Company incurred and paid $20,000 in fees for these services.
Due to Sponsor
The Sponsor advanced $2,621,369 to the Company in anticipation of the amount to be paid for the purchase of additional Private Placement Warrants in the event the underwriters’ exercised their over-allotment option. The advance was due on demand should the over-allotment option not be exercised by the underwriters. Subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, on October 29, 2020, the Company repaid $2,621,369.
Promissory Note   —   Related Party
On September 4, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2020 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The outstanding balance under the Note of $278,631 was repaid at the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 27, 2020.

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Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers 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 would 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. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such 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 $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on October 22, 2020, the holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Company’s completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On November 9, 2020, the underwriter’s partially exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,525,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, and forfeited the remaining option to purchase additional Units.
The underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $7,533,750 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter 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.
NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Restated)
Preferred Shares  —  The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred shares. At December 31, 2020, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares  —  The Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for

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each share. At December 31, 2020, there were 3,574,009 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, excluding 17,950,991 Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2020, there were 5,381,250 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, except as required by law.
The Class B Ordinary Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of a Business Combination, excluding any Class A Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, its affiliates or any member of management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B Ordinary Shares convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
NOTE 8. WARRANTS
Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) one year from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A Ordinary 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 covering the issuance of the Class A Ordinary 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. No warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue Class A Ordinary Shares upon exercise of a warrant unless Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon such 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 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 registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and it 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 Shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares are at the time of any exercise of a 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 elect, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, 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. If a registration statement covering

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the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of a Business Combination, 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 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.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00  —  Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:
d.
in whole and not in part;
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e.
at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant;
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f.
upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder and
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g.
if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), 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.
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If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company 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.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $10.00  —  Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
h.
in whole and not in part;
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i.
at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption 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 Shares; and
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j.
if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) 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 send the notice of redemption to warrant holders.
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The exercise price and number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of Ordinary Shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A Ordinary Shares or equity-linked 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 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

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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 its Class A Ordinary Shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, 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 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 will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable, except as described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. 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 and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Restated)
The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
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Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
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Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
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The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2020 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

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​​​Level​​December 31, 2020​
Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​1​​​​$215,275,732​​
Liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Warrant Liabilities  –   Public Warrants​​​​1​​​​$15,282,749​​
Warrant Liabilities  –  Private Placement Warrants​​​​3​​​​$9,663,101​​
The Warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the balance sheet. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations.
Initial Measurement
The Company established the initial fair value for the Warrants on October 27, 2020, the date of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, using a Monte Carlo simulation model for the Private Placement Warrants and the Public Warrants. The Company allocated the proceeds received from (i) the sale of Units (which is inclusive of one share of Class A ordinary shares and one-fourth of one Public Warrant), (ii) the sale of Private Placement Warrants, and (iii) the issuance of Class B ordinary shares, first to the Warrants based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, with the remaining proceeds allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares based on their relative fair values at the initial measurement date. The Warrants were classified as Level 3 at the initial measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs.
The key inputs into the Monte Carlo simulation model for the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants were as follows at initial measurement:
Input​​
October 27, 2020
(Initial Measurement)
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Risk-free interest rate​​​​0.34%​​
Trading days per year​​​​252​​
Expected volatility​​​​27.0%​​
Exercise price​​​$11.50​​
Stock Price​​​$10.00​​
On October 27, 2020, the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants were determined to be $1.60 per warrant for aggregate values of $6.9 million and $10.7 million, respectively.
Subsequent Measurement
The Warrants are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The subsequent measurement of the Public Warrants as of December 31, 2020 is classified as Level 1 due to the use of an observable market quote in an active market.
As of December 31, 2020, the aggregate values of the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants were $9.7 million and $15.3 million, respectively.

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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
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Private
Placement
​​Public​​
Warrant
Liabilities
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Fair value as of October 27, 2020​​​$—​​​​$—​​​​$—​​
Initial measurement on October 27, 2020 (IPO)​​​​6,933,333​​​​​10,666,667​​​​​17,600,000​​
Measurement on November 9, 2020 (Over-Allotment)​​​​325,334​​​​​813,333​​​​​1,138,667​​
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions​​​​2,404,434​​​​​3,802,749​​​​​6,207,183​​
Fair value as of December 31, 2020​​​$9,663,101​​​​$15,282,749​​​​$24,945,850​​
Due to the use of quoted prices in an active market (Level 1) to measure the fair value of the Public Warrants, subsequent to initial measurement, the Company had transfers out of Level 3 totaling $11,480,000 during the period from October 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the Private Placement Warrant liability for which there is no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate.
NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below and above for the restatement, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and PlayStudios, relating to a proposed Business Combination transaction between the Company and PlayStudios (the “Transaction”).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, First Merger Sub will merge with and into PlayStudios, with PlayStudios surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and immediately following the First Merger, PlayStudios will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”).
As a result of the Mergers, among other things, each outstanding share of common stock of PlayStudios (“PlayStudios common stock”) and each share of preferred stock of PlayStudios (“PlayStudios Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding as of the effective time of the First Merger (the “Effective Time”) will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive Cash Electing Share (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or New PlayStudios Class A common stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
The Transaction will be consummated subject to the deliverables and provisions as further described in the Merger Agreement.
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investors have collectively subscribed for 25,000,000 shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $250 million (the “PIPE Investment”). The PIPE Investment will be consummated substantially concurrently with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements.
The Subscription Agreements for the PIPE Investors provide for certain registration rights. In particular, New PlayStudios will be required to, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following the

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closing of the Transaction, submit to or file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale of such shares. Additionally, New PlayStudios will be required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 60th calendar day following the filing date thereof, (ii) the 90th calendar day following the filing date thereof if the SEC notifies New PlayStudios that it will “review” the registration statement and (iii) the 10th business day after the date New PlayStudios is notified in writing by the SEC that the registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. New PlayStudios must use reasonable best efforts to keep the registration statement effective until the earliest of: (i) the date on which all of the shares covered by the registration statement have been sold, (ii) with respect to shares held by a particular subscriber, the date all shares held by such subscriber may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 and (iii) three years from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement.
In January 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, LionTree Advisors LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (collectively, the “Placement Agents”) whereby the Placement Agents will work on behalf of the Company to secure the Pipe Investment. The agreement specifies that the fee payable to the Placement Agents will be 3% of the total securities sold by the Company plus expenses and is payable upon successful placement of the securities.
In January 2021, the Company entered into two agreements with a vendor to perform due diligence, tax diligence and structuring services associated with the Merger Agreement. The agreements specify for a total payment of $400,000 in the event of a successful Business Combination, $120,000 in the event the Business Combination does not consummate and $280,000 in the event the Business Combination does not consummate but the Company receives a break-up fee.
In January 2021, the Company entered an agreement with a vendor for the delivery of an opinion as to whether or not the Merger Agreement is fair to the Company from a financial point of view. The agreements specifies for a payment of $400,000 plus expenses with $150,000 due upon execution of the agreement and the remainder due upon the successful closing of the Business Combination.
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor and each director of the Company agreed, among other things, (i) to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) that 900,000 of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor shall become unvested and subject to forfeiture if certain earnout conditions described more fully in the Sponsor Support Agreement are not satisfied, (iii) to forfeit, for no consideration, 850,000 of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor and 715,000 of the Company’s Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement), (iv) to forfeit additional of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares conditioned on certain redemptions of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares that are more fully set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement and (v) not to transfer any of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares or the Company’s Private Placement Warrants (together, the “Sponsor Lockup Securities”) until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except that on the date that is 180 days after the Closing, an amount of Sponsor Lockup Securities equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the Sponsor Lockup Securities held by each holder of Sponsor Lockup Securities and (B) 50,000 Sponsor Lockup Securities held by each holder of Sponsor Lockup Securities, will no longer be subject to the transfer restrictions in each case, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Sponsor Support Agreement.
On February 2, 2021, the Company entered into Voting and Support Agreements (the “Company Support Agreements”), by and among the Company, PlayStudios and certain stockholders of PlayStudios (the “Key Stockholders”). Under the Company Support Agreements, the Key Stockholders agreed, within forty-eight (48) hours following the SEC declaring effective the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the approval by the Company shareholders of the Business Combination, to execute and deliver a written consent with respect to the outstanding shares of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock held by the Key Stockholders adopting the Merger Agreement and related transactions and approving the Business Combination. The shares of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock that are owned

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by the Key Stockholders and subject to the Company Support Agreements represent (i) a majority of the outstanding voting power of PlayStudios Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class and (ii) a majority of the outstanding voting power of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock (on an as converted basis), voting together as a single class.
On March 2, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, by a purported Company stockholder in connection with the Business Combination: McCart v. Acies Acquisition Corp., et al., (Sup. Ct. L.A. County) (the “Complaint”). The Complaint names the Company and members of the Company’s Board of Directors as defendants. The Complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duties against members of the Company’s Board of Directors and aiding and abetting the Company’s Board of Directors’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties against the Company. The Complaint also alleges that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company containing the proxy statement / prospectus related to the Business Combination is materially deficient and omits and/or misrepresents material information including, among other things, certain financial information, certain details regarding the Company’s financial advisors, and other information relating to the background of the Business Combination. The Complaint generally seeks to enjoin the Business Combination or in the event that it is consummated, recover damages. Another purported Company stockholder sent a demand letter on February 19, 2021 (the “Demand”), making similar allegations to those made in the Complaint and demanding additional disclosure regarding the Business Combination. The Company believes the allegations made in the Complaint and Demand are without merit and intends to defend these lawsuits; however, the Company cannot predict with certainty the ultimate resolution of any proceedings that may be brought in connection with these allegations.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
​​​March 31, 2021​​December 31, 2020​
ASSETS​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current Assets​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash​​​$264,630​​​​$1,061,717​​
Prepaid expenses​​​​633,767​​​​​676,797​​
Total Current Assets​​​​898,397​​​​​1,738,514​​
Security deposit​​​​2,875​​​​​2,875​​
Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​215,289,800​​​​​215,275,732​​
Total Assets​​​$216,191,072​​​​$217,017,121​​
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Current liabilities  –  accrued expenses​​​$65,519​​​​$6,150​​
Deferred underwriting fee payable​​​​7,533,750​​​​​7,533,750​​
Warrant liabilities​​​​17,801,733​​​​​24,945,850​​
Total Liabilities​​​​25,401,002​​​​​32,485,750​​
Commitments and Contingencies​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 18,575,572 and 17,950,991 shares at redemption value at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively​​​​185,790,066​​​​​179,531,370​​
Shareholders’ Equity​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding​​​​—​​​​​—​​
Class A Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 2,949,428 and 3,574,009 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 18,575,572 and 17,950,991 shares subject to possible redemption) at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively​​​​295​​​​​357​​
Class B Ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,381,250 shares issued and outstanding​​​​538​​​​​538​​
Additional paid-in capital​​​​6,361,165​​​​​12,619,799​​
Accumulated deficit​​​​(1,361,994)​​​​​(7,620,693)​​
Total Shareholders’ Equity​​​​5,000,004​​​​​5,000,001​​
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity​​​$216,191,072​​​​$217,017,121​​

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
March 31,2021
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General and administrative costs​​​$899,486​​
Loss from operations​​​​(899,486)​​
Other income:​​​​​​​
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​17,626​​
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​(3,558)​​
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities​​​​7,144,117​​
Net income​​​$6,258,699​​
Weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable ordinary shares​​��​17,950,991​​
Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share, redeemable​​​$0.00​​
Weighted average shares outstanding of non-redeemable ordinary shares​​​​8,955,259​​
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share, non-redeemable​​​$0.70​​

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
​​​
Class A
Ordinary Shares
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Class B
Ordinary Shares
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Additional
Paid-in
Capital
​​
Accumulated
Deficit
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Total
Shareholders’
Equity
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​Shares​​Amount​​Shares​​Amount​
Balance  – January 1, 2021​​​​3,574,009​​​​$357​​​​​5,381,250​​​​$538​​​​$12,619,799​​​​$(7,620,693)​​​​$5,000,004​​
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption​​​​(624,581)​​​​​(62)​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​(6,258,634)​​​​​—​​​​​(6,258,696)​​
Net income​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​—​​​​​6,258,699​​​​​6,258,699​​
Balance  – March 31, 2021​​​​2,949,428​​​​$295​​​​​5,381,250​​​​$538​​​​$6,361,165​​​​$(1,361,994)​​​​$5,000,004​​

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
​Cash Flows from Operating Activities:​​​​​​​
​Net income​​​$6,258,699​​
​Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:​​​​​​​
​Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​(17,626)​​
​Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​3,558​​
​Change in fair value of derivative liability​​​​(7,144,117)​​
​Change in operating assets and liabilities​​​​​​​
​Prepaid expenses​​​​43,030​​
​Accrued expenses​​​​59,369​​
​Net cash used in operating activities​​​​(797,087)​​
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Net Change in Cash
​​​​(797,087)​​
​Cash  –  Beginning of period​​​​1,061,717​​
​Cash  –  End of period​​​$264,630​​
​Non-Cash investing and financing activities:​​​​​​​
​Change in value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption​​​$6,258,696​​

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2021
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NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Acies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 14, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and PlayStudios, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, (“PlayStudios”) relating to a proposed Business Combination transaction between the Company and PlayStudios (the “Transaction”).
The Company has two subsidiaries, Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Delaware on January 27, 2021 (“First Merger Sub”) and Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Delaware on January 27, 2021 (“Second Merger Sub”) (see Note 8).
As of March 31, 2021, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period August 14, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, identifying a target company for a Business Combination and activities in connection with the proposed acquisition of PlayStudios (see Note 9).
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering became effective on October 22, 2020. On October 27, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000 which is described in Note 3.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 4,333,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to Acies Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $6,500,000, which is described in Note 4.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 27, 2020, an amount of $200,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) 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 a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
On November 9, 2020, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 1,525,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, and the sale of an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants, at $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $15,555,000. A total of $15,250,000 of the net proceeds was deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $215,250,000.
Transaction costs amounted to $12,363,821, consisting of $4,305,000 of underwriting fees, $7,533,750 of deferred underwriting fees and $525,071 of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing a Business Combination.

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The Company must complete its initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to effect a Business Combination successfully.
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 shareholder 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, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, 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). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law 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 (the “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 law, 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 (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering 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 don’t 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 restricted 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.
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, (b) to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination by October 27, 2022 (or by January 27, 2023, if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination by October 27, 2022) (the “Combination Period”) and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (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.

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The Company will have until the end of the Combination Period to complete a Business Combination. 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 in 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), 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 Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to 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 Initial 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 underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in 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 Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered 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) $10.00 per Public Share or (2) the actual 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 our taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the ProposedInitial 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 such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
At September 15, 2020,March 31, 2021, we have $264,630 in its operating bank accounts, $215,289,800 in securities held in the Trust Account, to be for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its ordinary shares in connection therewith and working capital of $832,878.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company had $25,000will be using the funds not held in cashthe Trust Account for identifying and aevaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating, and consummating the Business Combination.
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The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital deficitneeds. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of $59,596.a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company has incurred and expectscannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans.it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time withinthrough one year afterfrom the date that theof these financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through the Proposed Public Offering as discussed in Note 3. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummateif a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period. Theis not consummated. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might result frombe necessary should the outcome of this uncertainty.Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluatingcontinues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on 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 thesethe financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements are presentedhave been prepared in U.S. dollars in conformityaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. 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.SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the period from August 14, 2020 (Inception) through December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2021, and amended on May 12, 2021. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021 or for any future periods.
Emerging Growth Company
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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 of 2002, 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.
Further, 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 an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended

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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 which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires 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. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
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 not have any cash equivalents as of September 15,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Deferred Offering CostsMarketable Securities Held in Trust Account
Deferred offering costs consistAt March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, substantially all of legal, accountingthe assets held in the Trust Account were held in U.S. Treasury Bills.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A 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 expenses incurred throughtimes, Ordinary Shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A 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, Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.
Warrant Liability
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the

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use of professional judgment, 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 that are directly related tothereafter. Changes in the Proposed Public Offering and that will be charged to shareholder’s equity upon the completionestimated fair value of the Proposed Public Offering. Shouldwarrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the Proposed Public Offering prove to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well as additional expenses incurred, will be charged tostatements of operations. The fair value of the warrants was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation approach (see Note 10).
Income Taxes
The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
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those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 15,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company is considered 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.
Net Loss PerIncome per Ordinary Share
Net lossincome per ordinary share is computed by dividing net lossincome by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excludingperiod. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 11,711,667 shares in the calculation of diluted income per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.
The Company’s statement of operations includes a presentation of income per share for ordinary shares subject to forfeiture. Weightedpossible redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of income per share. Net income per ordinary share, basic and diluted, for ordinary shares subject to possible redemption is calculated by dividing the proportionate share of income or loss on marketable securities held by the Trust Account by the weighted average number of ordinary shares were reducedsubject to possible redemption outstanding since original issuance.
Net income per share, basic and diluted, for non-redeemable ordinary shares is calculated by dividing the net income, adjusted for income or loss on marketable securities attributable to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, by the weighted average number of non-redeemable ordinary shares outstanding for the effect of an aggregate of 1,125,000 Class Bperiod.
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The following table reflects the calculation of the Company. As a result,basic and diluted lossnet income per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share isamounts):
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Numerator: Earnings allocable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption​​​​​​​
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​$15,212​​
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​(3,071)​​
Net Income allocable to shares subject to redemption​​​$12,141​​
Denominator: Weighted Average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption​​​​​​​
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding​​​​17,950,991​​
Basic and diluted net income per share​​​$0.00​​
Non-Redeemable Ordinary Shares​​​​​​​
Numerator: Net Income minus Net Earnings​​​​​​​
Net Income​​​$6,258,699​​
Less: Net income allocable to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible
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Non-Redeemable Net Income​​​$6,246,558​​
Denominator: Weighted Average Non-Redeemable Ordinary Shares​​​​​​​
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding​​​​8,955,259​​
Basic and diluted net Income per share​​​$0.70​​
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the same as basic loss per share forCompany to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the period presented.Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheet,sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements
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:
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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.
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 balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’saccompanying condensed financial statements.
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE 3. PROPOSEDINITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the ProposedInitial Public Offering, the Company will offer for sale up to 30,000,000sold 21,525,000 Units, (or 34,500,000 Units if the underwriter’s overallotment option is exercised in full) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit.Unit, inclusive of 1,525,000 Units sold to the underwriters on November 9, 2020 upon the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option. Each Unit will consistconsists of one Class A ordinary share and one-quarterone-third of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant will entitleentitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7)8).
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
TheSimultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor has agreed to purchasepurchased an aggregate of 5,666,6674,333,333 Private Placement Warrants (or 6,266,667 Private Placement Warrants if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant ($8,500,0006,500,000 in the aggregate, or $9,400,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full)aggregate), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share,share. On November 9, 2020, in a private placement that will close simultaneouslyconnection with the closingunderwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, the Company sold an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor, at a price of Proposed Public Offering.$1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $305,000. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will bewere added to the net proceeds from the ProposedInitial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants 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
On September 15, 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000 in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”). On October 20, 2020, the Sponsor surrendered and the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share cancellation. The Founder Shares includeincluded an aggregate of up to 1,125,000750,000 shares subject

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to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment iswas not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor willwould collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the ProposedInitial Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor doesdid not purchase any Public Shares in the ProposedInitial Public Offering). As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option on November 9, 2020, a total of 381,250 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture and 368,750 Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in an aggregate of 5,381,250 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination; and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, 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, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Promissory Note — Related PartyAdministrative Support Agreement
On September 4,The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on October 22, 2020, to pay the Sponsor agreed to loana total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company an aggregatewill cease paying these monthly fees. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company incurred and paid $30,000 in fees for these services. Additionally, the Company has prepaid $20,000 as of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Proposed Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note is non-interest bearingMarch 31, 2021 and is payable on the earlier of December 31, 2020 orwhich is included in prepaid expenses which is included in the completion of the Proposed Public Offering. As of September 15, 2020, the Company had $79,596 outstanding under the Note.accompanying condensed balance sheets.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers 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 would 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. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such 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 $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company intends to enter into an agreement, commencing on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering, to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
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Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering.rights. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business

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combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriter’sUnderwriting Agreement
The Company will grant the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Proposed Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriter will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $6,000,000 in the aggregate (or $6,900,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $10,500,000$7,533,750 in the aggregate (or $12,075,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter 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.
Legal Proceedings
On March 2, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, by a purported Acies stockholder in connection with the Business Combination: McCart v. Acies Acquisition Corp., et al., (Sup. Ct. L.A. County) (the “Complaint”). The Complaint names Acies and members of our Board of Directors as defendants. The Complaint alleges breach of fiduciary duty against members of our Board of Directors and aiding and abetting our Board of Directors’ breach of fiduciary duties against Acies. The Complaint also alleges that the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Acies containing the proxy statement / prospectus related to the Business Combination is materially deficient and omits and/or misrepresents material information including, among other things, certain financial information, details regarding Acies’ financial advisors, and other information relating to the background of the Business Combination. The Complaint generally seeks to enjoin the Business Combination or in the event that it is consummated, recover damages.
Another purported Acies stockholder sent a demand letter on February 19, 2021 (the “Demand”), making similar allegations to those made in the Complaint and demanding additional disclosure regarding the Business Combination.
Acies believes the allegations made in the Complaint and Demand are without merit and intends to defend these lawsuits; however, Acies cannot predict with certainty the ultimate resolution of any proceedings that may be brought in connection with these allegations.
NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDER’SSHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Shares — — The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred shares. At September 15,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — — The Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 15,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no2,949,428 and 3,574,009 Class A ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares issued or outstanding.and outstanding, excluding 18,575,572 and 17,950,991 Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption, respectively.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 15,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 8,625,0005,381,250 Class B ordinary sharesOrdinary Shares issued and outstanding, of which an aggregate of up to 1,125,000 shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part so that the Sponsor will own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Proposed Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Proposed Public Offering).outstanding.

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Holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, except as required by law.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-convertedas converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the ProposedInitial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of a Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, its affiliates or any member of management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
Warrants —NOTE 8. WARRANT LIABILITY
Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) one year from the closing of the ProposedInitial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

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The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary 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 covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary 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. No warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of a warrant unless Class A ordinary shares issuable upon such 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 warrants.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty20 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and it 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 shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a 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 elect, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, 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. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of a Business Combination, 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 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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The exercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked 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 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 its Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, 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 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 will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants will beare identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the ProposedInitial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable, except as

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described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. 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 and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
NOTE 8.9. BUSINESS COMBINATION
The Mergers
On February 1, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of ours (“First Merger Sub”), Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of ours (“Second Merger Sub”), and PlayStudios, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PlayStudios”). The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the approval of Acies’ shareholders and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”):
(i)   at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”) (x) in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), First Merger Sub will merge with and into PlayStudios and PlayStudios will be the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies (the “First Merger”) and (y) immediately following the First Merger, and as part of an integrated transaction with the First Merger, PlayStudios will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Second Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”);
(ii)   as a result of the Mergers, among other things, each outstanding share of common stock of PlayStudios (“PlayStudios common stock”) and each share of preferred stock of PlayStudios (“PlayStudios Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding as of the effective time of the First Merger (the “Effective Time”) will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive the following:
(a)   if the holder of such share makes an election to receive cash (“Cash Electing Share”), an amount of cash, without interest, equal to the quotient of $1,041,000,000 divided by the sum of, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (x) the number of issued and outstanding shares of PlayStudios common stock (including, without duplication, the number of issued and outstanding shares of PlayStudios Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis); (y) the number of shares of PlayStudios common stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding, vested and unexercised options to purchase shares of PlayStudios common stock; and (z) the shares of PlayStudios common stock underlying any issued and outstanding warrants of PlayStudios, in the case of (y) and (z) as determined on a net exercise basis (the “Per Share Merger Consideration Value”); provided, however, that (1) the aggregate amount of Cash Electing Shares available to each holder shall not exceed 15% of the shares of PlayStudios capital stock held by such holder; and (2) if the sum of the aggregate number of Dissenting Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the aggregate number of Cash Electing Shares multiplied by (y) the Per Share Merger Consideration Value (such product, the “Aggregate Cash Election Amount”), exceeds the Available Cash Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement, such Available Cash Consideration not to exceed $150,000,000), then each Cash Electing Share shall be converted into the right to receive (A) an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the product of (1) the Per Share Merger Consideration Value and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Available Cash Consideration and the denominator of which shall be the Aggregate Cash Election Amount (such fraction, the “Cash Fraction”) and (B) an amount of the stock consideration described in clause (b), below, multiplied by one minus the Cash Fraction;
(b)   if the holder of such share does not make a cash election, a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock (as defined below) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Per Share Merger Consideration Value by (B) $10.00, except that if any such shares are owned by Andrew S. Pascal (the “Founder”), or any member of the Pascal Family Trust and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Founder Group”), such share will instead receive a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of New

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PlayStudios Class B common stock par value $0.0001 per share (the “New PlayStudios Class B common stock”), equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Per Share Merger Consideration Value by (B) $10.00. The shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock will have the same economic terms as the shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock, but the shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote per share, and the shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock will be entitled to 20 votes per share. Any shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock that are transferred outside the Founder Group (except for certain permitted transfers) will automatically convert into shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock. In addition, the outstanding shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock will be subject to a “sunset” provision by which all outstanding shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock (i) if holders representing a majority of the New PlayStudios Class B common stock vote to convert the New PlayStudios Class B common stock into New PlayStudios Class A common stock, (ii) if the Founder Group and its permitted transferees collectively no longer beneficially own at least 20% of the number of shares of New PlayStudios Class B common stock collectively held by the Founder Group as of the Effective Time, or (iii) on the nine-month anniversary of the Founder’s death or disability, unless such date is extended by a majority of independent directors;
(iii)   as a result of the Mergers, each outstanding share of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time as well as any outstanding unexercised vested options to purchase shares of PlayStudios common stock will also receive the contingent right to receive the applicable Earnout Pro Rata Portion (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of an aggregate of 15,000,000 additional shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock (the “Earnout Shares”), which right shall be contingent upon certain price milestones that are more fully set out in the Merger Agreement (the consideration described in the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), collectively, the “Merger Consideration”); and
(iv)   as a result of the Mergers, each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase PlayStudios common stock, whether or not vested or exercisable, will be converted into an option to purchase a share of New PlayStudios Class A common stock, except for any such option that is held by any member of the Founder Group, which will be converted into an option to purchase a share of New PlayStudios Class B common stock.
The Board of Directors of Acies (the “Board”) has (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and related matters by the shareholders of Acies.
The Domestication
Prior to the Closing, subject to the approval of Acies’ shareholders, and in accordance with the DGCL, Cayman Islands Companies Law (2021 Revision) (the “CICL”) and Acies’ Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (as may be amended from time to time, the “Cayman Constitutional Documents”), Acies will effect a deregistration under the CICL and a domestication under Section 388 of the DGCL (by means of filing a certificate of domestication (the “Certificate of Domestication”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware), pursuant to which Acies’ jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”).
In connection with the Domestication, (i) each of the then issued and outstanding Acies Class A Ordinary Shares will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of New PlayStudios (after its Domestication) (the “New PlayStudios Class A common stock”, and together with the New PlayStudios Class B common stock, the “New PlayStudios common stock”), (ii) each of the then issued and outstanding Acies Class B Ordinary Shares will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of New PlayStudios Class A common stock, after giving effect to the forfeiture of certain Acies Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor pursuant to that certain Sponsor agreement by and among PlayStudios, Acies and the Sponsor (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), (iii) each then issued and outstanding warrant of Acies will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a warrant to acquire one share of New PlayStudios Class A common stock (“New PlayStudios Warrant”), on substantially the same terms and conditions as specified in the Warrant

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Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between Acies and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, after giving effect to the forfeiture of certain warrants of Acies held by the Sponsor pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement.
Conditions to Closing
The Merger Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions, including, among others, (i) approval of the Business Combination and related agreements and transactions by the respective shareholders of Acies and PlayStudios, (ii) effectiveness of the proxy statement / prospectus on Form S-4 filed by Acies in connection with the Business Combination, (iii) expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, (iv) receipt of approval for listing on Nasdaq of the shares of New PlayStudios common stock to be issued in connection with the Mergers, (v) that Acies shall not have redeemed Acies Class A Ordinary Shares that would cause Acies to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets upon Closing, and (vi) the absence of any injunctions or statute, rule or regulation prohibiting the transactions.
Other conditions to PlayStudios’ obligations to consummate the Mergers include, among others, that as of the Closing, the amount of cash available in (x) the Trust Account, after deducting the amount required to satisfy Acies’ obligations to its shareholders (if any) that exercise their rights to redeem their Acies Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Cayman Constitutional Documents (but prior to payment of (A) any deferred underwriting commissions being held in the Trust Account and (B) any transaction expenses of Acies or its affiliates) plus (y) the PIPE Investment (as defined below), is at least $200,000,000 minus qualified expenses related to the cost of filing fees and seeking governmental approval of the Mergers.
Covenants
The Merger Agreement contains additional covenants, including, among others, providing for (i) the parties to conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course through the Closing, (ii) PlayStudios to prepare certain audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of PlayStudios for inclusion in the proxy statement / prospectus on Form S-4 related to the Business Combination, (iii) Acies and PlayStudios to prepare and Acies file a proxy statement / prospectus on Form S-4 and take certain other actions to obtain the requisite approval of Acies shareholders of certain proposals regarding the Business Combination (including the Domestication), and (iv) the parties to use reasonable best efforts to obtain necessary approvals from governmental agencies.
Representations and Warranties
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by Acies, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and PlayStudios. The representations and warranties of the respective parties to the Merger Agreement generally will not survive the Closing.
Termination
The Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing (i) by mutual written agreement of Acies and PlayStudios, (ii) by PlayStudios or Acies, if (a) Closing has not occurred on or before August 15, 2021, subject to requirements set forth in the Merger Agreement, (b) any Governmental Order (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have issued making consummation of the Mergers illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Mergers or (c) Acies shareholder approval is not obtained at an extraordinary general meeting of Acies shareholders, (iii) by Acies, if (a) the Company Support Agreements (as defined below) are not delivered to Acies within twenty-four (24) hours after the date of the Merger Agreement, (b) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of PlayStudios set forth in the Merger Agreement, subject to the conditions and certain exceptions contained therein, or (c) PlayStudios stockholder approval of the Mergers is not obtained within forty-eight (48) hours of the time the Registration Statement becomes effective), or (iv) by PlayStudios, upon any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Acies set forth in the Merger Agreement, subject to the conditions and certain exceptions contained therein.

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Subscription Agreements
On February 1, 2021, Acies entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, the PIPE Investors have collectively subscribed for 25,000,000 shares of New PlayStudios Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $250 million (the “PIPE Investment”). The PIPE Investment will be consummated substantially concurrently with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements.
The Subscription Agreements for the PIPE Investors provide for certain registration rights. In particular, New PlayStudios will be required to, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following the Closing, submit to or file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale of such shares. Additionally, New PlayStudios will be required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 60th calendar day following the filing date thereof, (ii) the 90th calendar day following the filing date thereof if the SEC notifies New PlayStudios that it will “review” the registration statement and (iii) the 10th business day after the date New PlayStudios is notified in writing by the SEC that the registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. New PlayStudios must use reasonable best efforts to keep the registration statement effective until the earliest of: (i) the date on which all of the shares covered by the registration statement have been sold, (ii) with respect to shares held by a particular subscriber, the date all shares held by such subscriber may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 and (iii) three years from the date of effectiveness of the registration statement.
The Subscription Agreements will terminate with no further force and effect upon the earliest to occur of: (a) such date and time as the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms; (b) the mutual written agreement of the parties to such Subscription Agreement; (c) if any of the conditions to closing set forth in such Subscription Agreement are not satisfied on or prior to the Closing and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement fail to occur; and (d) August 16, 2021, if the Closing has not occurred by such date.
Sponsor Support Agreement
On February 1, 2021, Acies entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor and each director of Acies agreed, among other things, (i) to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) that 900,000 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor shall become unvested and subject to forfeiture if certain earnout conditions described more fully in the Sponsor Support Agreement are not satisfied, (iii) to forfeit, for no consideration, 850,000 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor and 715,000 Acies Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement), (iv) to forfeit additional Acies Class B Ordinary Shares conditioned on certain redemptions of Acies Class A Ordinary Shares that are more fully set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement and (v) not to transfer any Acies Class B Ordinary Shares or Acies Private Placement Warrants (together, the “Sponsor Lockup Securities”) until the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except that on the date that is 180 days after the Closing, an amount of Sponsor Lockup Securities equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the Sponsor Lockup Securities held by each holder of Sponsor Lockup Securities and (B) 50,000 Sponsor Lockup Securities held by each holder of Sponsor Lockup Securities, will no longer be subject to the transfer restrictions in each case, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Sponsor Support Agreement.
Company Support Agreements
On February 2, 2021, Acies also entered into Voting and Support Agreements (the “Company Support Agreements”), by and among Acies, PlayStudios and certain stockholders of PlayStudios (the “Key Stockholders”). Under the Company Support Agreements, the Key Stockholders agreed, within forty-eight (48) hours following the SEC declaring effective the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the approval by Acies shareholders of the Business Combination, to execute and deliver a written consent with respect to the outstanding shares of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock held by the Key Stockholders adopting the Merger Agreement and related transactions and approving the Business

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Combination. The shares of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock that are owned by the Key Stockholders and subject to the Company Support Agreements represent (i) a majority of the outstanding voting power of PlayStudios Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class and (ii) a majority of the outstanding voting power of PlayStudios common stock and PlayStudios Preferred Stock (on an as converted basis), voting together as a single class.
Transfer Restrictions and Registration Rights
The Merger Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, New PlayStudios, the Sponsor and certain of PlayStudios’ stockholders and certain of their respective affiliates will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which New PlayStudios will agree to register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, certain shares of New PlayStudios common stock and other equity securities of New PlayStudios that are held by the parties thereto from time to time. Additionally, the Bylaws of New PlayStudios (the “Bylaws”) contain certain restrictions on transfer with respect to the shares of New PlayStudios common stock received as Merger Consideration immediately following Closing (the “PlayStudios Lockup Securities”). Such restrictions begin at Closing and end at the date that is 12 months after the Closing, except that on the date that is 180 days after the Closing, an amount of PlayStudios Lockup Securities equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the PlayStudios Lockup Securities held by each holder of PlayStudios Lockup Securities and (B) 50,000 PlayStudios Lockup Securities held by each holder of PlayStudios Lockup Securities, will no longer be subject to the transfer restrictions.
The Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement and the Company Support Agreements have been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about Acies or its affiliates. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Company Support Agreements and the other documents related thereto were made only for purposes and as of the specific dates set forth therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement and the Company Support Agreements, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement or Company Support Agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement or the Company Support Agreements and should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the date of the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreements or the Company Support Agreements, as applicable, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Acies’ public disclosures.
Initial Business Combination — Other
In the event Acies does not consummate its initial Business Combination with PlayStudios, it will continue to search for an appropriate target up until the Completion Window. Specific sectors that we may target span live events, family entertainment, casino gaming, destination hospitality, sports, sports betting and iGaming, and social and casual mobile games. We are pursuing both consumer-facing operators as well as the business-to-business platforms that support them. We are predominantly focused on the U.S.; however our search may expand to international markets.
Experiential entertainment, consumed through live, location-based venues or played across mobile platforms, has become a prime pursuit of American consumers. Companies able to create unique or memorable experiences that foster communal connections through shared values have captured an increasing share of consumers’ entertainment time and budgets. In turn, the industry has become one of the most important drivers of the U.S. economy, led to the dynamic creation of new concepts, companies, and distribution channels, and attracted significant private growth capital. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, it is estimated that in excess of $1 trillion was spent on entertainment in the United States in

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2019, approximately 4.5x that which was spent in 1990. Consumers’ entertainment expenditures grew almost 25% faster during this period than U.S. GDP, as consumers dedicated an increasing portion of their expenditures to entertainment. Our expertise strongly positions us to capitalize on what we believe to be newly created and actionable acquisition opportunities across this ecosystem.
NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
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Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
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Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
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The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value.
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Assets:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account​​​​1​​​​$215,289,800​​​​$215,275,732​​
Liabilities:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Warrant Liability — Public Warrants​​​​1​​​​$10,906,000​​​​$15,282,750​​
Warrant Liability — Private Placement Warrants​​​​3​​​​$6,895,734​​​​$9,663,101​​
The Warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the balance sheet. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations.
The Private Warrants were initially valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Modified Black Scholes model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the ordinary shares. The expected volatility as of the IPO date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own public warrant pricing. A Monte Carlo simulation methodology was used in estimating the fair value of the public warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available, using the same expected volatility as was used in measuring the fair value of the Private Warrants. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the warrants from the Units, the close price of the public warrant price was used as the fair value as of each relevant date.

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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
​​​Private Placement​​Public​​Warrant Liabilities​
Fair value as of January 1, 2021​​​$9,663,101​​​​$15,282,750​​​​$24,945,850​​
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions​​​​(2,767,367)​​​​​(4,376,750)​​​​​(7,144,117)​​
Fair value as of March 31, 2021​​​$6,895,734​​​​$10,906,000​​​​$17,801,733​​
Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the Private Placement Warrant liability for which there is no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate.
NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to September 21, 2020, the date that the condensed financial statements were available to be issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.
 
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Acies Acquisition Corp.
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUSInformation Not Required in Prospectus
Item 13.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
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The estimatedfollowing is an estimate of the expenses payable(all of which are to be paid by usthe registrant) that we may incur in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:securities being registered hereby.
​SEC expenses​​​$37,640​​
​FINRA expenses​​​​52,250​​
​Accounting fees and expenses​​​​35,000​​
​Printing and engraving expenses​​​​40,000​​
​Travel and road show expenses​​​​15,000​​
​Legal fees and expenses​​​​300,000​​
​Nasdaq listing and filing fees​​​​75,000​​
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Director & Officers liability insurance premiums(1)
​​​​350,000​​
​Miscellaneous​​​​95,110​​
​Total​​​$1,000,000​​
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(1)
This amount represents the approximate amount of annual director and officer liability insurance premiums the registrant anticipates paying following the completion of its initial public offering and until it completes a business combination.
​​​Amount​
SEC registration fee​​​$90,419​​
Legal fees and expenses​​​​125,000​​
Accounting fees and expenses​​​​25,000​​
Miscellaneous​​​​60,000​​
Total​​​$300,419​​
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Item 14.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Cayman Islands law doesSection 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not limit the extentexclusive of other rights to which a company’s memorandum and articlesthose seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of association may providestockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Article 8 of our Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification by the registrant of its directors, officers and directors, exceptemployees to the fullest extent any such provision may be heldpermitted by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such asDelaware General Corporation Law. The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to provide these directors and executive officers additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud orset forth in the consequences of committing a crime. Ourregistrant’s amended and restated memorandumcertificate of incorporation and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We will enter into agreements with our directors and officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated memorandumbylaws and articlesto provide additional procedural protections. There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officer of association. the registrant for which indemnification is sought.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.
We expecthave purchased and intend to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liabilitymaintain insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.
Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claimon behalf of any kindperson who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in orany such capacity, subject to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.certain exclusions.
Item 15.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
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Common Stock
On September 15, 2020, the sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, in considerationSponsor purchased 8,625,000 shares of 8,625,000Acies Class B ordinaryOrdinary Shares for an aggregate price of $25,000. On October 20, 2020, the Sponsor surrendered and Acies canceled 2,875,000 Class B Ordinary Shares resulting in 5,750,000 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding. The Acies Class B Ordinary Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares par value $0.0001 per share. Such securities weresubject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor would collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Acies’ issued in connectionand outstanding shares after the
 
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with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expirationInitial Public Offering. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option on November 9, 2020, a total of 381,250 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares were no longer subject to purchase additional units will equal 20%forfeiture and 368,750 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares were forfeited, resulting in an aggregate of 5,381,250 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. The Acies Class B Ordinary Shares automatically converted, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of our Class A common stock. In connection with the execution of the total numberMerger Agreement, the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (i) that 900,000 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor would become unvested and subject to forfeiture if certain earnout conditions are not satisfied, (ii) to forfeit, for no consideration, 850,000 Acies Class B Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor and (iii) to forfeit additional Acies Class B Ordinary Shares conditioned on certain redemptions of Acies Class A ordinary shares. As a result of the amount of redemptions of Acies Class A ordinary shares andmade in connection with the Business Combination, the Sponsor forfeited an additional 807,188 Acies Class B ordinaryOrdinary Shares at the Closing.
Additionally, in connection with the Business Combination, Acies entered into support agreements with Old PLAYSTUDIOS and certain of its stockholders, pursuant to which such stockholders agreed to, among other things, execute and deliver a written consent with respect to the outstanding shares outstanding atof Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ capital stock held by such time. Thestockholders adopting the Merger Agreement and related transactions and approving the Business Combination. At the Closing, these stockholders received, as consideration for the shares of Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ capital stock held by such stockholders, such stockholders received an aggregate of 34,867,877 shares of Class A common stock and 16,130,300 shares of Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrentlycommon stock.
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option ofIPO, the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional units in full).
Our sponsor is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D. Each of the equity holders in our sponsor is an accredited investor under Rule 501 of Regulation D. The sole business of our sponsor is to act as the company’s sponsor in connection with this offering.
Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 5,666,667 private placement warrants (or 6,266,667 private placement warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment,Sponsor purchased from Acies 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant, ($8,500,000or $6,500,000 in the aggregate, or $9,400,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement. Each private placement that will close simultaneouslywarrant entitled the holder to purchase one share of our Class A common stock for $11.50 per share. Additionally, as a result of the IPO underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option on November 9, 2020, on November 9, 2020, the Sponsor purchased an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants, for total gross proceeds to Acies of $305,000. In connection with the closingBusiness Combination, each of this offering. This issuance will be madethe private placement warrants automatically converted into a warrant to acquire one share of our Class A common stock pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2)Warrant Agreement. In connection with the execution of the Securities Act.Merger Agreement, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit, for no consideration, 715,000 Private Placement Warrants.
No underwriting discounts or commissions were paidSubscription Agreements
On February 1, 2021, Acies entered into the Subscription Agreements with respectthe PIPE Investors, pursuant to, such sales.and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, the PIPE Investors collectively subscribed for 25,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $250 million, $20.0 million was used to terminate the profit share provision of an agreement with MGM Resorts International, one of the PIPE Investors. The PIPE Investment closed immediately prior to the Business Combination on the Closing Date.
Item 16.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.​​Description​
 2.1​​Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 1, 2021, by and among Acies Acquisition Corp., Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies Acquisition Corp., Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies Acquisition Corp. and PlayStudios, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Acies Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 2, 2021).​
 3.1​​Certificate of Incorporation of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​

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Exhibit No.​​Description​
 3.2​​Bylaws of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., effective as of June 21, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
 4.1​​Specimen Class A common stock Certificate of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-253135) filed March 26, 2021) (“Amendment No. 1 to the S-4”.).​
 4.2​​Warrant Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between Acies Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Acies Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 27, 2020).​
 5.1*​​Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP​
10.1​​Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Acies Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 2, 2021).​
10.2​​Sponsor Support Agreement, dated February 1, 2021, by and among Acies Acquisition LLC, Acies Acquisition Corp. and PlayStudios, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Acies Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 2, 2021).​
10.3​​Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, by and among Acies Acquisition Corp., Acies Acquisition LLC, and certain stockholders of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
10.4^​​PlayStudios, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Acies Acquisition Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed February 16, 2021).​
10.5^​​Form of Stock Option Award Agreement under the PlayStudios, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (as amended) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4).​
10.6^​​PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
10.7^​​PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
10.8^​​Offer Letter dated December 17, 2018 from PlayStudios, Inc. to Joel Agena (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Amendment No. 1 to the S-4).​
10.9^​​Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
10.10​​Marketing Agreement, dated April 13, 2011, between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International (the “Marketing Agreement”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to Amendment No. 1 to the S-4).​
10.11​​Letter Agreement, dated July 13, 2011 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-253135 filed May 10, 2021 (“Amendment No. 2 to the S-4”).​
10.12​​Corrective Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated July 20, 2011 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).​
10.13​​Third Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated June 18, 2014 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).​
10.14​​Fourth Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated May 1, 2015 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).​

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Exhibit No.​​Description​
10.15​​Fifth Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated January 4, 2016 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).​
10.16​​Sixth Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated December 4, 2019 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).​
10.17†​​
Seventh Amendment to Marketing Agreement, dated October 30, 2020 between PlayStudios, Inc. and MGM Resorts International (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Amendment No. 2 to the S-4).
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10.18​​Credit Agreement among PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto, dated June 24, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
10.19​​Pledge and Security Agreement among PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, dated June 24, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
16.1​​Letter from Marcum LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated June 25, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
21.1​​List of Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2021).​
23.1*​​
Consent of Marcum LLP.
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23.2*​​
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
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23.3*​​
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
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24.1​​Power of Attorney (included on page II-7 of the original filing of this registration statement).​
101.INS​​XBRL Instance Document​
101.SCH​​XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document​
101.CAL​​XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document​
101.DEF​​XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definitions Linkbase Document​
101.LAB​​XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document​
101.PRE​​XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document​
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*
Filed herewith
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(a)^
The Exhibit Index is incorporated hereinIndicates management contract or compensatory plan
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†
Certain confidential portions of this exhibit were omitted by reference.means of marking such portions with asterisks because the identified confidential portions (i) are not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed.
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Item 17.
Undertakings.
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(i)(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakesundertakes:
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(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to providethis registration statement:
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(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
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statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the underwritersplan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
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provided, however, that: Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the closing specifiedtermination of the offering.
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(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
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(i)
if the registrant is relying on Rule 430B
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(A)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the underwriting agreements, certificatesregistration statement; and
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(B)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in such denominations and registered in such names asreliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the underwritersSecurities Act shall be deemed to permit prompt deliverybe part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
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(ii)
If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C (§ 230.430C of this chapter), each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§ 230.430A of this chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
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registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
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(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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(ii)(b)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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(iii)(c)
The undersigned registrantregistrants hereby undertakes that:undertakes:
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1.(1)
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
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2.(2)
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
​​Description​
​​​1.1​​​Form of Underwriting Agreement.​
​​​3.1​​​Memorandum and Articles of Association.​
​​​3.2​​​Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.​
​​​4.1​​​Specimen Unit Certificate.*​
​​​4.2​​​Specimen Class A Ordinary Share Certificate.*​
​​​4.3​​​Specimen Warrant Certificate.*​
​​​4.4​​​Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*​
​​​5.1​​​Opinion of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.​
​​​5.2​​​Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands Counsel to the Registrant.​
​​​10.1​​​Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*​
​​​10.2​​​Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, the Sponsor and the Holders signatory thereto.​
​​​10.3​​​Form of Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.​
​​​10.4​​​Form of Indemnity Agreement.*​
​​​10.5​​​Form of Administrative Services Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.*​
​​​10.6​​​Promissory Note, dated as of September 4, 2020, between the Registrant and the Sponsor.​
​​​10.7​​​Securities Subscription Agreement, dated September 4, 2020, between the Registrant and the Sponsor.​
​​​10.8​​​Form of Letter Agreement between the Registrant, the Sponsor and each director and executive officer of the Registrant.​
​​​23.1​​​Consent of Marcum LLP.​
​​​23.2​​​Consent of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (included on Exhibit 5.1).​
​​​23.3​​​Consent of Maples and Calder (included on Exhibit 5.2).​
​​​24​​​Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*​
​​​99.1​​​Consent of Zach Leonsis*​
​​​99.2​​​Consent of Brisa Trinchero*​
​​​99.3​​​Consent of Andrew Zobler*​
​​​99.4​​​Consent of Sam Kennedy*​
​​​99.5​​​Audit Committee Charter​
​​​99.6​​​Compensation Committee Charter​
​​​99.7​​​Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter​
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statementregistration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the cityCity of New York, New York,Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on the 19th28th day of October, 2020.July, 2021.
ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
By:
/s/ Edward King
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​
Name: Edward King
Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer
​​​​PLAYSTUDIOS INC.​
​​​​By:​​/s/ Andrew Pascal​
​​​​​​​Name:​​Andrew Pascal​
​​​​​​​Title:​​Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors		​
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the datesdate indicated.
​NameSignature​​PositionTitle​​Date​
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/s/ Edward KingAndrew Pascal
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Edward KingAndrew Pascal
​​Co-Chief
Chief Executive Officer (Principaland Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
​​October 19, 2020July 28, 2021​
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/s/ Daniel Fetters*
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Daniel FettersScott Peterson
​​Co-Chief Executive
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
​​October 19, 2020July 28, 2021​
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/s/ James Murren*
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William J. Hornbuckle
​​Director​​July 28, 2021​
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*
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Joe Horowitz
​​Director​​July 28, 2021​
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*
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Jason Krikorian
​​Director​​July 28, 2021​
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Judy K. Mencher
​​Director​​July 28, 2021​
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*
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James Murren
​​Chairman of the Board of DirectorsDirector​​October 19, 2020July 28, 2021​
​*By:​​/s/ Andrew Pascal​
​​​​Andrew Pascal
Attorney-in-Fact		​
 
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