Other than the foregoing, none of the Directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.
Copies of the D&O Letter Agreement and indemnity agreements are attached as Exhibits 10.2, 10.11 through 10.16 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year |
On February 8, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Charter”), effective the same day. The terms of the Amended and Restated Charter are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Charter is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the IPO, Messrs. Miotto and Betti-Berutto and Ms. Hayes were appointed on February 8, 2021 to the Board’s Audit Committee, with Mr. Miotto serving as chair of the Audit Committee; Messrs. Miotto and Betti-Berutto and Ms. Hayes were appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Ms. Hayes serving as chair of the Compensation Committee; and Messrs. Miotto and Betti-Berutto, and Ms. Hayes were appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with Ms. Hayes serving as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
A total of $358,800,000, consisting of the entirety of the proceeds received by us after deduction for commissions from the IPO, and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Units (which amount includes $12,558,000 of deferred underwriting commissions), were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, the funds in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination within the required time period, (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares if the Company has not completed its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or during any extension period that may apply as a result of an amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter, subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Charter to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.