THE EXTENSION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL
Background
We are a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We were incorporated in Delaware on October 2, 2020. On October 13, 2020, we issued an aggregate of 431,250 founder shares to the Sponsor in exchange for an aggregate capital contribution of $25,000. On January 27, 2021, the Company effected a stock dividend of 0.15942029 of a share of Class F common stock for each outstanding share of Class F common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Class F common stock outstanding. The Sponsor has agreed to forfeit for no consideration 5,000,000 shares of Class F common stock in connection with the Extension, which shares of Class F common stock will be cancelled. Such forfeiture will be made effective after the Extension is approved.
On February 1, 2021, we consummated the IPO of 40,000,000 units, including the underwriters’ over-allotment option of 5,000,000 units that was exercised in full. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock for $11.50 per share. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $400,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the sale of an aggregate of 6,666,667 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor and RBC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $10,000,000.
A total of $400,000,000 of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and the private placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.
The Extension Amendment
The Company is proposing to amend its charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination to the Extended Date.
The sole purpose of the Extension Amendment is to provide the Company with sufficient time to complete its previously announced Business Combination with Electriq. Approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal is a condition to the implementation of the Extension.
The Extension is also conditioned upon receipt of no more than 30.0 million of the public shares being put to the Company for redemption, WHICH REQUIRES THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC STOCKHOLDERS DO NOT REDEEM OR REDEEM ONLY A PORTION OF THEIR PUBLIC SHARES. The Company reserves the right to waive such condition and proceed with the Extension, in its sole discretion. In addition, the Company will not proceed with the Extension if the number of redemptions of our public shares causes the Company to have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
For more information regarding the Business Combination and the Merger Agreement, please read the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Business Combination that was filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022, including the complete text of the Merger Agreement provided as an exhibit thereto, and the preliminary joint proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 that the Company filed on November 14, 2022, in connection with the stockholder vote for the Merger Agreement, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
If the Extension Amendment Proposal is not approved and the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within the Combination Period, 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, and
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