Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No. 2020-06,
Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic
470-20)
and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
815-40):
Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (“ASU
2020-06”),
which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas.
The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2024, using either a modified retrospective or a fully retrospective method of transition and early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.
The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the IPO, the Company issued 17,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit for a total of $175,000,000 (the “Units”). The Sponsor purchased 4,875,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the IPO.
Each Unit consists of one Public Share, and
one-half
of one warrant (each, a “Warrant” and, collectively, the “Warrants”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase 1share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s Initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s Initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Following the closing of the IPO, $175,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) was placed in the Trust Account, which can be invested only in U.S. government securities having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invests only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.
The Company granted the underwriters a
45-day
option from March 16, 2021, to purchase up to 2,625,000 additional Units to cover any over- allotments at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions, which expired unexercised.
Note 4 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On December 29, 2020, the Sponsor purchased 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate price of $25,000. On January 26, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 718,750 Founder Shares to the Company at no cost. On May 3, 2021, because the underwriters did not exercise in full their over-allotment option, 656,250 shares of Founder Shares were forfeited, at 0cost, so that the total number of Founder Shares outstanding were reduced from 5,031,250 to 4,375,000 shares. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, “Founder Shares” shall be deemed to include the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof. The Founder Shares are identical to the Public Shares except that the Founder Shares automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the Initial Business Combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their Founder Shares into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time. The Sponsor forfeited 656,250 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriters, so that the Founder Shares represented 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the IPO. The Sponsor does not have any redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of the Initial Business Combination. If the Initial Business Combination is not completed within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor will not have any rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by it.
The Company’s initial stockholders have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the Initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the Initial Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, 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, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
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