Stock, sold in its initial public offering, exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.00 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $132,300. The per share redemption price of $10.00 for public stockholders electing redemption was paid out of the Company’s Trust Account, which after taking into account the redemption, had a balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately $230.0 million.
Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination (including as a result of the redemptions described above, the conversion of all 5,750,000 outstanding founder shares into shares of Class A common stock on a 1-for-one basis and the issuance of an additional 40,000,000 shares of Class A common stock in the PIPE as described below), there were 264,536,770 shares of Common Stock, including 68,736,770 shares of Class A common stock and 195,800,000 shares of Class B common stock, issued and outstanding and warrants, to purchase 18,099,988 shares of Class A common stock of the Company’s issued and outstanding.
Business Combination & Related PIPE
On January 21, 2021, the Company and SPAC Sub, entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Holdings, EVgo HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings ( “HoldCo”) and EVGO OPCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings (“OpCo” and, together with Holdings and HoldCo, the “EVgo Parties”). On July 1, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated the Business Combination pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement.
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, on July 1, 2021:
(i)the Company contributed all of its assets to CRIS Thunder Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), including but not limited to (1) funds held in the Trust Account (as defined below), net cash proceeds from the PIPE (as defined below) (the “PIPE Proceeds”), any cash held by the Company in any working capital or similar account (net of transaction expenses); and (2) 195,800,000 newly issued shares (the “Holdings Class B Shares”) of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B common stock” and, together with Class A common stock, “Common Stock”) of the Company (such transaction, the “SPAC Contribution”);
(ii)immediately following the SPAC Contribution, Holdings contributed to OpCo all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of HoldCo and, in connection therewith, (1) OpCo as recapitalized as set forth in the OpCo A&R LLC Agreement (as defined below), and (2) OpCo issued to Holdings 195,800,000 units of OpCo (“OpCo Units” and such transactions, the “Holdings Contribution”);
(iii)immediately following the Holdings Contribution, Merger Sub transferred to Holdings the Holdings Class B Shares and the right to enter into the Tax Receivable Agreement (as defined below) (such transactions, the “Merger Sub Transfer”); and
(iv)immediately following the Merger Sub Transfer, Merger Sub contributed to OpCo all of its remaining assets in exchange for the issuance by OpCo to Merger Sub of a number of OpCo Units equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to the Business Combination and the PIPE (the “Issued OpCo Units,” such transaction, the “Merger Sub Contribution” and together with the SPAC Contribution, the Holdings Contribution and the Merger Sub Transfer, the “Transactions”).
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, on January 21, 2021, the Company entered into separate subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with a number of investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of Class A common stock (the “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of $400.0 million, in a private placement (the “PIPE”). CRIS PIPE ONE, LLC purchased 500,000 shares of Class A common stock in the PIPE for a total purchase price of $5,000,000. Ms. Comstock, a member of the Company’s board of directors, is an investor in CRIS PIPE ONE, LLC. In addition, the PIMCO private funds or their affiliates purchased 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock in the PIPE for a total purchase price of $50,000,000. The PIPE Financing was consummated concurrently with the Closing.