FiscalNote 10Q 2022 Q1 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022


☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 001-39672

DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8/F Printing House 6 Duddell Street Hong Kong	N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

+852 3468 6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	DSAC	The Nasdaq Capital Markets
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	DSACW	The Nasdaq Capital Markets
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant	DSACU	The Nasdaq Capital Markets

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐

As of May 16, 2022, 17,500,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 4,375,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.

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DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Condensed Financial Statements	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 (unaudited) and December 31, 2021	1
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	2
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	3
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	4
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	29
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	29
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION		31
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	31
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	31
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities	31
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	31
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	31
Item 5.	Other Information	31
Item 6.	Exhibits	32
PART III. SIGNATURES

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements.

DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets	(unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash	$	213,287	$	618,138
Prepaid expenses		353,372		462,473
Total current assets		566,659		1,080,611
Investments held in Trust Account		175,124,335		175,101,805
Total Assets	$	175,690,994	$	176,182,416

Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,810,983	$	1,736,244
Accrued expenses		3,973,397		2,942,445
Due to related party		302,160		0
Total current liabilities		6,086,540		4,678,689
Deferred underwriting commissions		6,125,000		6,125,000
Derivative warrant liabilities		10,552,500		19,687,500
Total liabilities		22,764,040		30,491,189

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)

Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; 17,500,000 shares at $10.00 per share at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021		175,000,000		175,000,000

Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; NaN issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021		—		—
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 180,000,000 shares authorized; no non-redeemable shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021		0		0
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 4,375,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021		437		437
Additional paid-in capital		0		0
Accumulated deficit		(22,073,483)		(29,309,210)
Total shareholders’ deficit		(22,073,046)		(29,308,773)
Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit	$	175,690,994	$	176,182,416

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2022		2021
General and administrative expenses	$	1,921,803	$	250,369
Loss from operations		(1,921,803)		(250,369)
Other income
Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account		22,530		45,521
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities		9,135,000		3,705,000
Net income	$	7,235,727	$	3,500,152

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A ordinary shares, basic and diluted		17,500,000		17,500,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption	$	0.33	$	0.16
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B ordinary shares, basic and diluted		4,375,000		4,375,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B ordinary shares	$	0.33	$	0.16

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022


	Ordinary Shares						Additional				Total
	Class A			Class B			Paid-in		Accumulated		Shareholders’
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Deficit
Balance - December 31, 2021	0	$	0	4,375,000	$	437	$	0	$	(29,309,210)	$	(29,308,773)
Net income	0		0	0		0		0		7,235,727		7,235,727
Balance - March 31, 2022 (unaudited)	0	$	0	4,375,000	$	437	$	0	$	(22,073,483)	$	(22,073,046)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021


	Ordinary Shares						Additional				Total
	Class A			Class B			Paid-in		Accumulated		Shareholders’
	Shares	Amount		Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Deficit
Balance - December 31, 2020	0	$	0	4,375,000	$	437	$	0	$	(26,057,955)	$	(26,057,518)
Net income	0		0	0		0		0		3,500,152		3,500,152
Balance - March 31, 2021 (unaudited)	0	$	0	4,375,000	$	437	$	0	$	(22,557,803)	$	(22,557,366)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	7,235,727	$	3,500,152
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Interest income on investments held in Trust Account		(22,530)		(45,520)
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities		(9,135,000)		(3,705,000)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses		109,101		98,068
Accounts payable		74,739		95,674
Accrued expenses		1,030,952		(31,580)
Due to related party		302,160		0
Net cash used in operating activities		(404,851)		(88,206)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from settlement of receivable from related party		0		411,692
Repayment of note payable to related party		0		(175,626)
Net cash provided by financing activities		0		236,066

Net (decrease) increase in cash		(404,851)		147,860

Cash - beginning of the period		618,138		0
Cash - end of the period	$	213,287	$	147,860

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations

Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 28, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with 1 or more businesses (“Business Combination”).

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from August 28, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and the search for and due diligence on a potential target for a Business Combination.

The Company’s sponsor is Duddell Street Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 28, 2020. On November 2, 2020, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 17,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $175.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $10.1 million, inclusive of approximately $6.1 million in deferred underwriting commissions (Note 6).

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,500,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant with the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5.5 million (Note 4). On October 18, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a purchase agreement whereby the Sponsor agreed to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million, with each warrant having substantially the same terms as the Private Placement Warrants issued concurrent with the Initial Public Offering.

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $175.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and 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, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds were placed in the Trust Account and are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to 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 the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction 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 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.

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The Company will provide its holders of the 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 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). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6). These Public Shares are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity following the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and 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 legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association adopted by the Company upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (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 (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal 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. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the founder shares prior to the Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed to vote their founder shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares (except with respect to any Public Shares acquired in or after the Initial Public Offering) in connection with the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the Company has agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial Business Combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s 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 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 20% or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Company’s Sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or November 2, 2022, 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 (less taxes payable and 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 liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.

In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public Shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).

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The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Shareholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares (but not with respect to any Public Shares acquired before the Initial Public Offering) 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 the Combination Period 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 the Company’s Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will 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 entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds 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 share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply 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”). 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 vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), 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.

Proposed Business Combination

On November 7, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Grassroots Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FiscalNote”). The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were approved by the boards of directors of each of the Company, Merger Sub and FiscalNote.

The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the following transactions on the closing date: (i) the Company will domesticate as a Delaware corporation (“Newco”, such transaction, the “Domestication”) and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) each then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically into 1 share of Class A common stock of Newco (the “Newco Class A Common Stock”), (B) each then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically into 1 share of Newco Class A Common Stock, and (C) each then issued and outstanding common warrant of the Company will convert automatically into 1 warrant to purchase one share of Newco Class A Common Stock; and (ii) at least one day after the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into FiscalNote, with FiscalNote as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Newco (the “Merger”).

The Domestication, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Proposed Business Combination.” The time at which the Merger becomes effective are hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time.”

In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, Newco will adopt a dual class stock structure pursuant to which (i) all stockholders of Newco, other than the existing holders of FiscalNote Class B common stock, will hold shares of Newco Class A Common Stock, which will have 1 vote per share, and (ii) the existing holders of FiscalNote Class B common stock will hold shares of Class B common stock of Newco (the “Newco Class B Common Stock”), which will have 25 votes per share. The Newco Class B Common Stock will be subject to conversion to Newco Class A Common Stock upon any transfers of Newco Class B Common Stock (except for certain permitted transfers) and subject to certain other customary terms and conditions.

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The Proposed Business Combination is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022, following the receipt of the required approval by the Company’s and FiscalNote’s shareholders and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions.

In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement (i) each share of FiscalNote Class A common stock (other than dissenting shares) will be canceled and converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of the merger consideration comprised of Newco Class A Common Stock, in an amount determined by dividing the quotient of (A) the sum of $1 billion plus the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to vested FiscalNote options and FiscalNote warrants, divided by (B) the total number of issued and outstanding FiscalNote shares, taking into account the total number of shares issued or issuable as a result of any exercise or conversion of all FiscalNote equity securities outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether issued prior to, at or after the Effective Time), by $10.00 (the “Exchange Ratio”), in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) each share of FiscalNote Class B common stock (other than dissenting shares) will be canceled and converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of the merger consideration comprised of Newco Class B Common Stock, as determined pursuant to the Exchange Ratio, (iii) all of the subordinated convertible promissory notes issued by FiscalNote that are outstanding and unconverted immediately prior to the Effective Time will be automatically assumed and converted into a convertible note issued by Newco with a right of conversion into shares of Newco Class A Common Stock, (iv) all of the warrants to purchase FiscalNote Class A common stock or FiscalNote preferred stock outstanding and unexercised or unconverted, as applicable, immediately prior to the Effective Time will be deemed automatically exercised or converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Newco Class A common stock determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, (v) all options to purchase Class A common stock of FiscalNote, vested or unvested, will convert into stock options to purchase shares of Newco Class A Common Stock determined in accordance with the Exchange Ratio, (vi) vested restricted stock units to acquire shares of Class A common stock of FiscalNote will be automatically deemed settled and converted into the right to receive that number of shares of Newco Class A Common Stock determined in the Business Combination Agreement, and (vii) all of the unvested restricted stock units to acquire shares of Class A common stock of FiscalNote outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be automatically assumed and converted into restricted stock units relating to shares of Newco Class A Common Stock, subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately before the Effective Time.

In addition, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the holders of common stock, warrants, options and RSUs of FiscalNote outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be entitled to receive earnout consideration in the form of shares of Newco Class A Common Stock and/or restricted stock units of Newco upon occurrence of certain triggering events after the Effective Time as determined in the Business Combination Agreement.

Upon consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, the Company will pay its financial advisors a fee of $5 million.

Sponsor Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor, FiscalNote and certain other persons party thereto entered into a sponsor letter agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among other things, to (i) not redeem any ordinary shares in the Company owned by it in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) and (iii) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of the Company held by the Sponsor, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Agreement.

In addition, the Sponsor has agreed that (i) all equity interests of Newco held by the Sponsor immediately after the Effective Time (the “Restricted Securities”) will be subject to a lockup of 180 days from the Effective Time and (ii) 50% of each type of the Restricted Securities held by the Sponsor will be subject to a lockup during the period from the date that is 180 days following after the Effective Time and ending on the first anniversary of the Effective Time, in each case, except to the Permitted Transferees as defined in the Sponsor Agreement.

PIPE Financing (Private Placement)

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investors, on the closing date of, and immediately prior to (but subject to), the Merger, an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Newco Class A Common Stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (the “PIPE Financing”). The Company will pay placement agent fees aggregating 4% of the aggregate gross proceeds from the PIPE financing, upon consummation of the PIPE financing. In connection with the execution of the First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter (as defined in Note 11), the parties to the Subscription Agreements agreed to terminate such Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Voting and Support Agreements

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain stockholders of FiscalNote (collectively, the “Voting Stockholders”) entered into a voting and support agreement (collectively, the “Support Agreements”) with the Company and FiscalNote, pursuant to which each Voting Stockholder has agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) a lockup of all equity interests of Newco held by such Voting Stockholder immediately after the Effective Time for a period of 180 days from the Effective Time (or 12 months, in the case of the Company’s co-founders), and (iii) be bound by certain other covenants and agreements related to the Business Combination. The Voting Stockholders hold sufficient shares of FiscalNote to cause the approval of the Business Combination on behalf of FiscalNote.

Registration Rights Agreement

At the closing of the Business Combination, Newco, the Sponsor, the Backstop Purchasers (as defined below) and certain other holders of Newco Class A Common Stock will enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other matters, certain stockholders of the Company and FiscalNote will be granted certain customary demand and “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Newco Class A Common Stock.

Backstop Agreement

In connection with the signing of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company and certain affiliates of the Sponsor (the “Backstop Purchasers”) entered into a backstop agreement (the “Backstop Agreement”) whereby the Backstop Purchasers have agreed, subject to the other terms and conditions included therein, at the BPS Closing (as defined in the Backstop Agreement), to subscribe for Newco Class A Common Stock in order to fund any redemptions by shareholders of the Company in connection with the Business Combination, in an amount of up to $175,000,000 (the “Sponsor Backstop”). On May 9, 2022, in connection with the execution of the Amendment, the Company and the Backstop Purchasers entered into an Amendment to the Backstop Agreement (the “Backstop Amendment”). Pursuant to the Backstop Amendment, the Company has agreed to a bonus issuance to each Backstop Purchaser of 0.57 shares of Newco Class A Common Stock for each Backstop Purchase Share immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain disclosures included in the annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted from these financial statements as they are not required for interim financial statements under GAAP and the rules of the SEC. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or any future period.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on April 14, 2022, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2021, is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on April 14, 2022.

Liquidity and Going Concern

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As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of approximately $213,000 and a working capital deficit of approximately $5.5 million.

The Company’s liquidity needs through March 31, 2022 have been satisfied through a payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares (as defined below), the loan under the Note of approximately $176,000 (see Note 5) to the Company, and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement of $2.0 million. On October 18, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a warrant purchase agreement whereby the Sponsor agreed to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, members of the Company’s founding team or any of their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). As of March 31, 2022, there were 0 amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” the Company has until November 2, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after November 2, 2022.

Over this time period, the Company will be using funds not held in the Trust account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management is currently evaluating 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 the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

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 auditor 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 unaudited consolidated 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 unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s 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 condensed consolidated financial statements. 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 condensed consolidated 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. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not have any cash equivalents.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage limit of $250,000, and investments held in the Trust Account. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Investments Held in Trust Account

The Company’s portfolio of investments is comprised of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government securities, the investments are classified as trading securities. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market funds, the investments are recognized at fair value. Trading securities and investments in money market funds are presented on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included in interest earned on investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” equal or approximate the carrying amounts represented in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Fair Value Measurement

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 consist of:

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Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

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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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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.

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 warrant liabilities

The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.

The warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”) and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were initially measured at fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation model. Subsequently, the value of the Public Warrants are measured based on the trading price since being separately listed and traded, and the Private Placement Warrants are measured at fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation model, or based on the public warrant trading price taking into account certain provisions in the warrant agreement.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting and other costs incurred that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering and that were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with warrant liabilities are expensed as incurred and presented as non-operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Public Shares were charged against the carrying value of the Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company classifies deferred underwriting commissions as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A 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, Class A 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 the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 17,500,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, respectively, are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Effective with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the remeasurement from initial book value to redemption amount, which resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.

Income Taxes

FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” 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’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were 0 unrecognized tax benefits and 0 amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

Net Income Per Ordinary Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net incomeby the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding for the respective period.

The calculation of diluted net income per ordinary shares does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 15,750,000 ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted income per share, because their exercise is contingent upon future events and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income per share is the same as basic net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income per share for each class of ordinary shares:




	For the Three Months Ended				For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2022				March 31, 2021
	Class A		Class B		Class A		Class B
Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share:
Numerator:
Allocation of net income	$	5,788,582	$	1,447,145	$	2,800,122	$	700,030

Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding		17,500,000		4,375,000		17,500,000		4,375,000

Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share	$	0.33	$	0.33	$	0.16	$	0.16

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Note 3—Initial Public Offering

On November 2, 2020, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 17,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $175.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $10.1 million, inclusive of approximately $6.1 million in deferred underwriting commissions. Of the 17,500,000 Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, 4,000,000 Units were purchased by certain funds affiliated with the Sponsor (the “Affiliated Units”).

Each Unit consists of 1 Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase 1 Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 9).

Note 4—Private Placements

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 5,500,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant with the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5.5 million. On October 18, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a warrants purchase agreement whereby the Sponsor agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million, with each warrant having substantially the same terms as the Private Placement Warrants issued concurrent with the Initial Public Offering.

Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for 1 whole share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable for cash and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

Note 5—Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On August 31, 2020, the Initial Shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000 for certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of 5,031,250 Class B ordinary shares (the “founder shares”). The Sponsor agreed to surrender for no consideration 656,250 founder shares when the option to purchase additional units was not exercised by the underwriters.

The Sponsor transferred 25,000 of its founder shares to each of Marc Holtzman and Bradford Allen and 300,000 of its founder shares to Peter Lee Coker Jr., the three independent directors at that time. All of the transferred founder shares are subject to vesting upon closing of an initial Business Combination. The Company will recognize the compensation cost at fair value for the transferred shares upon the consummation of a business combination. These 350,000 shares were not subject to forfeiture when the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised. On May 24, 2021, Mr. Coker resigned and as a result forfeited all of his 300,000 founder shares that the Sponsor had previously transferred to him and assigned and transferred such founder shares to the Sponsor for no consideration in connection with his resignation.

The Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earlier to occur of (i) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (ii) the date following the completion of the initial Business Combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of 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 the initial Business Combination, the founder shares will be released from the lockup.

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Due To Related Party

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had a payable of $0.3 million due to an affiliate of the Sponsor, resulting from the affiliate paying certain costs on behalf of the Company.

Related Party Loans

On August 28, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $250,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As of December 31, 2021, the Company borrowed approximately $176,000 under the Note. The Company repaid the Note on March 31, 2021.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, members of the Company’s founding team or any of their affiliates 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 will repay such 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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. 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. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 0 borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Note 6—Commitments and Contingencies

Registration and Shareholder Rights

The holders of the founder shares, Private Placement Warrants, and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and underlying shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to 3 demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $3.5 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, $0.35 per unit, or approximately $6.1 million in the aggregate, will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters 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—Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

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 the occurrence of future events. The Company is authorized to issue 180,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are entitled to 1 vote for each share. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 17,500,000 Class A ordinary shares outstanding, which were all subject to possible redemption and classified outside of permanent equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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The Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected on the condensed consolidated balance sheets are reconciled on the following table:


Gross Proceeds	$	175,000,000
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Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants		(7,875,000)
Class A ordinary shares issuance costs		(9,666,677)
Plus:
Remeasurement adjustment on redeemable common stock		17,541,677
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption	$	175,000,000

Note 8—Shareholders’ Deficit

Preference Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 0 preference shares issued or outstanding.

Class A Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 180,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are entitled to 1 vote for each share. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 17,500,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, all of which are subject to possible redemption and therefore classified as temporary equity in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets (see Note 7).

Class B Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 4,375,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to 1 vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders except as required by law.

The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the initial Business Combination on a 1-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by Public Shareholders), including 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, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than 1-for-one basis.

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Note 9—Derivative Warrant Liabilities

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had an aggregate of 15,750,000 warrants outstanding, comprised of 8,750,000 Public Warrants and 7,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.

Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. NaN fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or the Company permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under certain circumstances). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. 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 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. Notwithstanding the above, if the 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” and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

The warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments, and will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. 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 the initial 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 board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Initial Shareholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by the Initial Shareholders 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 the initial Business Combination, and (z) the volume-weighted average trading price of Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company completes its 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, and the $10.00 and $18.00 per share redemption trigger prices described under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” and “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 100% and 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, respectively.

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 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 non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the Initial Shareholders 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.

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Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00:

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the outstanding warrants for redemption (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):

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in whole and not in part;

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at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

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upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

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if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending 3 business days before the Company sends to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like).

The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering 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.

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:

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in whole and not in part;

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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 Class A ordinary shares to be determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares;

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if, and only if, the Reference Value equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like); and

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if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.

The “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares for the above purpose shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. 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).

In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. 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 warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

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Note 10—Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.


	Fair Value Measured as of March 31, 2022
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Investments held in Trust Account	$	175,124,335	$	—	$	—	$	175,124,335
Liabilities
Derivative public warrant liabilities		5,862,500		—		—		5,862,500
Derivative private warrant liabilities		—		4,690,000		—		4,690,000
Total Liabilities	$	5,862,500	$	4,690,000	$	—	$	10,552,500


	Fair Value Measured as of December 31, 2021
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Investments held in Trust Account	$	175,101,805	$	—	$	—	$	175,101,805
Liabilities
Derivative public warrant liabilities		10,937,500		—		—		10,937,500
Derivative private warrant liabilities		—		8,750,000		—		8,750,000
Total Liabilities	$	10,937,500	$	8,750,000	$	—	$	19,687,500

Level 1 assets include investments in money market funds or U.S. Treasury securities. The Company uses inputs such as actual trade data, benchmark yields, quoted market prices from dealers or brokers, and other similar sources to determine the fair value of its investments. For the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Public Offering, the traded market price was used as fair value.

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period.

The estimated fair value of the Private Placement Warrants was transferred from a Level 3 measurement to a level 2 measurement in July 2021, as the key inputs to the valuation model became directly or indirectly observable from the Public Warrants listed price.

The Private Placement Warrants were measured at fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation model prior to July 2021. Inherent in a Monte Carlo simulation are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its warrants based on implied volatility from the Company’s traded warrants and from historical volatility of select peer company’s shares that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero.

Note 11 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company identified the following events that require disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement

On May 9, 2022, the Company, FiscalNote and Merger Sub entered into a First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties thereto agreed to (i) an additional triggering event (the volume-weighted average price of the Newco Class A Common Stock for certain trading periods post-Closing reaching $10.50) for issuing an additional tranche of earnout consideration pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) an extension of the Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) to August 7, 2022 and (iii) a bonus issuance of 0.57 shares of Newco Class A Common Stock to the holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares that do not elect to redeem their shares for each share of Newco Class A Common Stock received by such holders in the Domestication and to the Backstop Purchasers for each Backstop Purchase Share pursuant to the Backstop Amendment. In addition, certain provisions of the Business Combination Agreement were amended to reflect the transactions contemplated by FiscalNote’s execution of a debt commitment letter, the termination of the Subscription Agreements and the removal of the PIPE Financing.

Termination of the PIPE Financing

The parties to the Subscription Agreements (as described in Note 1) agreed to terminate such agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Amendment to Backstop Agreement

On May 9, 2022, in connection with the execution of the Amendment, the Company and the Backstop Purchasers (as defined in Note 1) entered into an Amendment to the Backstop Agreement (the “Backstop Amendment”). Pursuant to the Backstop Amendment, the Company has agreed to a bonus issuance to each Backstop Purchaser of 0.57 shares of Newco Class A Common Stock for each Backstop Purchase Share immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard

On April 29, 2022, the Company received a letter from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Staff”) stating that due to Mr. Collier’s resignation as a director from the Board and audit committee, the Company no longer complies with the Board Composition and Committee Requirement Rules, which require that a majority of the Board must be independent and the audit committee is required to have a minimum of three members, each of whom must be an independent director. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5605(b)(1)(A) and 5605(c)(4), Nasdaq will provide the Company a cure period in order to regain compliance as follows: (i) until the earlier of the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting or April 19, 2023; or (ii) if the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting is held before October 17, 2022, then the Company must evidence compliance no later than October 17, 2022 (the “Cure Period”). If the Company fails to regain compliance within the Cure Period, the Nasdaq Listing Rules require the Staff to provide written notification to the Company that its securities will be delisted.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. This discussion and other parts of this report contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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. 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. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 28, 2020. We were incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (“Business Combination”). We are an emerging growth company and, as such, are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

Our sponsor is Duddell Street Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Sponsor”). The registration statement for our Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 28, 2020. On November 2, 2020, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 17,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $175.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $10.1 million, inclusive of approximately $6.1 million in deferred underwriting commissions. The underwriters were granted a 45-day option from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 2,625,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at $10.00 per Unit. On November 30, 2020, in connection with the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, our sponsor surrendered 656,250 founder shares for no consideration.

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Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,500,000 warrants, at a price of $1.00 per private placement warrant with our Sponsor (the “Private Placement Warrants”), generating gross proceeds of $5.5 million. On October 18, 2021, we entered into an agreement with our Sponsor whereby our Sponsor agreed to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds of $1.5 million, with each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $175.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and 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, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

We intend to complete our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement of the Private Placement Warrants, our capital shares, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt. The issuance of additional shares of our ordinary shares in a business combination:

●	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 shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;

●	may subordinate the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;

●	could cause a change in control if a substantial number of shares of our Class A ordinary shares 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 Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to bank or other lenders or owners of a target, it could result in:

●	default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;

●	acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

●	our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;

●	our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;

●	our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;

●	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, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund 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 industry in which we operate;

●	increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;

●	limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, and execution of our strategy; and

●	other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we have only 24 months from the closing of our initial public offering, or until November 2, 2022 (the “Combination Period”) to complete our initial business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such 24-month 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 (less taxes payable and 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 liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.

Proposed Business Combination

On November 7, 2021, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Grassroots Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FiscalNote”).

The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the following transactions on the closing date: (i) the Company will domesticate as a Delaware corporation (“Newco”, such transaction, the “Domestication”) and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) each then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically into one share of Class A common stock of Newco (the “Newco Class A Common Stock”), (B) each then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically into one share of Newco Class A Common Stock, and (C) each then issued and outstanding common warrant of the Company will convert automatically into one warrant to purchase one share of Newco Class A Common Stock; and (ii) at least one day after the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into FiscalNote, with FiscalNote as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Newco (the “Merger”).

The Domestication, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Proposed Business Combination.” The time at which the Merger becomes effective is hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time.”

In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, Newco will adopt a dual class stock structure pursuant to which (i) all stockholders of Newco, other than the existing holders of FiscalNote Class B common stock, will hold shares of Newco Class A Common Stock, which will have one vote per share, and (ii) the existing holders of FiscalNote Class B common stock will hold shares of Class B common stock of Newco (the “Newco Class B Common Stock”), which will have 25 votes per share. The Newco Class B Common Stock will be subject to conversion to Newco Class A Common Stock upon any transfers of Newco Class B Common Stock (except for certain permitted transfers) and subject to certain other customary terms and conditions.

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Sponsor Agreement

PIPE Financing (Private Placement)

In connection with the signing of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors, including affiliates of Sponsor (the “PIPE Investors”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investors, on the closing date of, and immediately prior to (but subject to), the Merger, an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Newco Class A Common Stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (the “PIPE Financing”). In connection with the execution of the First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter (as defined in “Note 11 — Subsequent Events”), the parties to the Subscription Agreements agreed to terminate such Subscription Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby.

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Voting and Support Agreements

Registration Rights Agreement

Backstop Agreement

Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, the PIPE Financing and the Backstop Agreement

On May 9, 2022, the parties to the Subscription Agreements (as described in Note 1) agreed to terminate such agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby.

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Liquidity and Going Concern

Our liquidity needs through March 31, 2022 have been satisfied through a payment of $25,000 from our Sponsor to cover certain expenses on our behalf in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares (as defined below), a loan under a promissory note with our Sponsor of approximately $176,000 (the “Note”), and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement of $2.0 million. On October 18, 2021, we entered into a warrant purchase agreement with our Sponsor whereby our Sponsor agreed to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, members of the Company’s founding team or any of their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans. As of March 31, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” we have until November 2, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after November 2, 2022.

Over this time period, we will be using funds not held in the Trust account for paying existing accounts payable, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

We continue to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and have concluded that the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the balance sheet. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Results of Operations

Our entire activity since inception up to March 31, 2022 has been related to our formation, Initial Public Offering, which was consummated on November 2, 2020, and since the Initial Public Offering, our activity has been limited to the search for and due diligence on a prospective target for an initial Business Combination. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had a net income of approximately $7.2 million, which consisted approximately $23,000 in interest income from investments held in the trust account, non-operating income of approximately $9.1 million resulting from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, partially offset by approximately $1.9 million in general and administrative expenses.

For the three months ended March 31 2021, we had net income of approximately $3.5 million, which consisted of non-operating income of approximately $3.7 million resulting from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and approximately $46,000 in interest income earned on the Trust Account, partially offset by approximately $250,000 in general and administrative expenses.

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Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On August 31, 2020, our Initial Shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000 for certain expenses on our behalf in exchange for the issuance of 5,031,250 Class B ordinary shares (the “founder shares”). Our Sponsor transferred 25,000 of the founder shares to each of Marc Holtzman and Bradford Allen and 300,000 of the founder shares to Peter Lee Coker Jr., the three independent directors at that time. These 350,000 shares will not be subject to forfeiture in the event the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised. The Sponsor agreed to surrender for no consideration up to 656,250 founder shares, on a pro rata basis, to the extent that the option to purchase additional units was not exercised in full by the underwriters. The forfeiture was adjusted to the extent that the option to purchase additional units is not exercised in full by the underwriters so that the founder shares will represent 20% of our issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. On November 27, 2020, the over-allotment option expired and 656,250 founder shares were surrendered for no consideration. In addition, on May 24, 2021, Mr. Coker resigned and as a result forfeited all of his 300,000 founder shares that the sponsor had previously transferred to him and assigned and transferred such founder shares to the sponsor for no consideration in connection with his resignation.

Private Placement Warrants

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement of 5,500,000 warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant with our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5.5 million. On October 18, 2021, we entered into a warrant purchase agreement with our Sponsor whereby our Sponsor agreed to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million.

Due To Related Party

As of March 31, 2022, we had a payable of $0.3 million due to an affiliate of our Sponsor, resulting from the affiliate paying certain costs on our behalf.

Related Party Loans

On August 28, 2020, our Sponsor agreed to loan us up to $250,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As of December 31, 2020, we owed approximately $176,000 under the Note. We repaid the Note on March 31, 2021.

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Working Capital Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor, members of our founding team or any of their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. 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, we 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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. 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. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or long-term liabilities.

The underwriters are entitled to deferred underwriting commissions of $0.35 per unit, or approximately $6.1 million in the aggregate, which will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. A summary of our significant accounting policies is included in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. Certain of our accounting policies are considered critical, as these policies are the most important to the depiction of our financial statements and require significant, difficult or complex judgments, often employing the use of estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Such policies are summarized in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 14, 2022. There have been no significant changes in the application of our critical accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to the unaudited condensed financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2022, 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.

JOBS Act

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, the financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

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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, (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 CEO’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.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2022, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2022 because a material weakness existed in our internal control over financial reporting. 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 the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, the Company’s management has concluded that our control over the interpretation and accounting for certain complex equity and equity-linked instruments issued by the Company was not effectively designed or maintained. This material weakness resulted in the restatement of the Company’s balance sheet as of November 2, 2020, its financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2020 and its interim financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Additionally, this material weakness could result in a misstatement of the carrying value of equity, equity-linked instruments and related accounts and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As a result, our management performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Accordingly, management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the periods presented. Management understands that the accounting standards applicable to our financial statements are complex and has since the inception of the Company benefited from the support of experienced third-party professionals with whom management has regularly consulted with respect to accounting issues. Management intends to continue to further consult with such professionals in connection with accounting matters.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting except for the below.

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The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer performed additional accounting and financial analyses and other procedures, including consulting with subject matter experts related to the accounting for certain complex equity and equity-linked instruments issued by the Company. The Company’s management has expended, and will continue to expend, a substantial amount of effort and resources for the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. While we have processes to properly identify and evaluate the appropriate accounting technical pronouncements and other literature for all significant or unusual transactions, we have expanded and will continue to improve these processes to ensure that the nuances of such transactions are effectively evaluated in the context of the increasingly complex accounting standards.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Our material risk factors are disclosed in “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 14, 2022, except as set forth below. We may disclose changes to our risk factors or additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we are 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 an initial business combination, and results of operations.

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to, among other items, enhancing disclosures in business combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies; amending the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; effectively limiting the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; increasing the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940. These rules, if adopted, whether in the form proposed or in revised form, may materially adversely affect our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.Other Information

On April 19, 2022, Mr. Mark Derrick Collier notified of his resignation as a director of the Company, effective on April 19, 2022. Mr. Collier served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Collier confirmed that his resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company.

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Item 6.Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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 Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104*		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 16th day of May 2022.


	DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP.
	By:	/s/ Manoj Jain
	Name:	Manoj Jain
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

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