SCHEDULE 13D/A
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Schedule 13D/A”) is being filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons for the sole purpose of updating the ownership percentages of the Reporting Persons reported in the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the SEC on January 17, 2023 (the “Schedule 13D”). This Schedule 13D/A reflects the transfer of warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer by Pangaea Three-B, LP.
This Schedule 13D/A is being filed to report amendments to the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein and only those items that are amended or supplemented are reported herein. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. | Identity and Background. |
Item 2(c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(c) The present principal business of Sponsor is to hold the securities of the Issuer, as described in this Schedule 13D. Pangaea’s present principal business is to serve as a vehicle for private equity investments. Mr. Yu’s present principal occupation is to serve as Managing Partner of Cartesian Capital Group. Mr. Yu also serves as a director on the board of directors of the Issuer.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a)-(b) The aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which this Schedule 13D relates is 7,045,483 shares, including (i) 6,039,292 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Sponsor, (ii) 374,428 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Pangaea and (iii) 631,763 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying warrants held directly by Pangaea that became exercisable on February 2, 2023. Pangaea is the sole member of Sponsor, and both Sponsor and Pangaea are controlled by Peter Yu, one of the Issuer’s directors. Consequently, each of Pangaea and Mr. Yu may be deemed to share voting and dispositive control over the securities held by Sponsor and thus to share beneficial ownership of such securities, and Mr. Yu may be deemed to share voting and dispositive control over the securities held by Sponsor and Pangaea and thus to share beneficial ownership of such securities. Mr. Yu disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held by Sponsor and Pangaea, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
Items 7-11, inclusive, set forth on the cover page to this Schedule 13D/A are hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.
(c) The information set forth in Item 3 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.
On May 24, 2023 and May 25, 2023, Pangaea transferred 2,118,091 warrants and 1,290,809 warrants, respectively, in exchange for certain option agreements to purchase securities of the Issuer from the Sponsor, dated September 19, 2021, by and between the Sponsor and certain of the Issuer’s investors, as amended on October 25, 2022 (the “Option Agreements”), as described in the Issuer’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-271672).
The foregoing description of the Option Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Option Agreement and Form of Amendment to Option Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and Exhibit 99.4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Except as otherwise described herein, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, only the Reporting Persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer reported by this Schedule 13D.
(e) Not applicable.