BACKGROUND
We are a blank check company incorporated on August 12, 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.
On October 23, 2020, we consummated our initial public offering (“IPO”) of 20,000,000 units, including the issuance of 2,500,000 units as a result of the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option. Each unit consisted of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 4,000,000 warrants (“Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $6,000,000. 3,333,333 of the Private Placement Warrants were purchased by our Sponsor, and 666,667 Private Placement Warrants were purchased by the underwriter. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case, so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchaser or its permitted transferees. The purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants have agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any of the Private Placement Warrants or the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants (except to certain permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and, for as long as the Private Placement Warrants are held by the underwriter or its designees or affiliates, until the expiration of the lock-up and registration rights limitations imposed by FINRA Rule 5110 and five years from the effective date of the registration statement for our IPO.
Following the closing of the IPO, a total of $200,000,000, from the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the IPO and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the Trust Account. The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be invested by the trustee only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. As of [●], 2022, funds held in the Trust Account totaled approximately $[●], and were held in cash and U.S. Treasury Bills.
Our Sponsor, directors and officers have interests in the proposals that may be different from, or in addition to, your interests as a shareholder. These interests include, among other things, direct or indirect ownership of founder shares and warrants that may become exercisable in the future and advances that will not be repaid in the event of our winding up and the possibility of future compensatory arrangements. See the section entitled “The Extraordinary General Meeting - Interests of our Sponsor, Directors and Officers.”
On the record date of the Extraordinary General Meeting, there were 25,000,000 ordinary shares outstanding, of which 20,000,000 were public shares and 5,000,000 were founder shares. The founder shares carry voting rights in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal, and we have been informed by our Sponsor, which holds all 5,000,000 founder shares, that it intends to vote in favor of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal.
Our principal executive offices are located at 660 Steamboat Rd., Greenwich, CT, 06830 and our telephone number is (203) 302-2330.
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