Upon the closing of the initial public offering and the private placement, approximately $305.0 million ($10.20 per unit) of net proceeds, including the net proceeds of the initial public offering and certain of the proceeds of the private placement, was placed in the trust account (the “trust account”), located in the United States and invested only in 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 in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the company meeting the conditions of Rule
2a-7
of the Investment Company Act, 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. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released until the earliest to occur of: (a) the completion of our initial business combination; (b) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of the initial public offering (or 24 months, if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination) or (ii) with respect to any other provisions relating to the rights of holders of our Class A common stock; and (c) the redemption of all of our public shares if we have not completed our initial business combination within 18 months (or 24 months, if extended) from the closing of the initial public offering, subject to applicable law. Based on current interest rates, we expect that interest income earned on the trust account (if any) will be sufficient to pay our income and franchise taxes.
If we are unable to complete a business combination within 18 months from the closing of the initial public offering, or May 8, 2023, (or 24 months, if extended), we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 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 and not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations (less 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 stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the company’s remaining stockholders and the company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Our entire activity since inception up to June 30, 2022 related to our formation, the preparation for the initial public offering, and since the closing of the initial public offering, the search for a prospective initial business combination. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination, at the earliest.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we had a net income of approximately $6.4 million, which consisted of approximately $211,000 in interest income from investments held in the trust account,
non-operating
income of approximately $6.6 million resulting from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, partially offset by approximately $306,000 in general and administrative expenses, approximately $50,000 in franchise tax expense, $30,000 general and administrative expenses - related party and approximately $13,000 in income tax benefit.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $4, which consisted entirely of general and administrative expenses.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we had a net income of approximately $17.5 million, which consisted of approximately $217,000 in interest income from investments held in the trust account,
non-operating
income of approximately $18.1 million resulting from changes in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, partially offset by approximately $629,000 in general and administrative expenses, approximately $99,000 in general and administrative expenses - related party and approximately $13,000 in income tax benefit.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of approximately $51,000, which consisted of approximately $49,000 in franchise tax expense and approximately $2,000 in general and administrative expenses.