BACKGROUND
We are a blank check company incorporated on July 31, 2019 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
On November 26, 2019, we consummated the IPO of 30,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, which included the partial exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 2,500,000 units, generating gross proceeds to us of $300,000,000. Each “unit” consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each public warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A common stock for $11.50 per share. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated a private placement with our Sponsor of 8,000,000 warrants (the “private placement warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of $8,000,000. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments.
Transaction costs incurred in connection with our IPO amounted to $17,070,862, consisting of $6,000,000 of underwriting fees, $10,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $570,862 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of the initial public offering, an amount of $300,000,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the IPO and the sale of the private placement warrants was placed in the Trust Account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, which is invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the 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, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Charter (A) 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 the public shares if the Company does not complete a business combination by November 26, 2021 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) the distribution of the trust account, as described below. Except for the withdrawal from interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account to fund franchise and income taxes payable, or upon the redemption by public stockholders of Class A common stock in connection with certain amendments to the Charter, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of the completion of the Company’s initial business combination and the redemption of 100% of the shares of Class A common stock included in the units and issued by the Company in the IPO if the Company is unable to consummate an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO.
Prior to the consummation of the IPO on August 7, 2019, our Sponsor purchased 7,187,500 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or $0.004 per share. On November 21, 2019, we effected a stock dividend of 718,750 shares with respect to our Class B common stock, resulting in our initial stockholders holding an aggregate of 7,906,250 founder shares. In October 2019, our Sponsor transferred 25,000 founder shares to each of our independent director nominees (for a total of 75,000 founder shares). As a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option, 406,250 founder shares were forfeited.
As of September 30, 2021, there was approximately $301.7 million in investments held in the Trust Account and approximately $380,589.26 of cash held outside the Trust Account.
Our Sponsor, directors and officers have interests in the proposals that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a stockholder. These interests include ownership of founder shares and warrants that may become exercisable in the future and the possibility of future compensatory arrangements. See the section entitled “The Extension Proposal—Interests of our Sponsor, Directors and Officers.”