Description of Organization and Business Operations | Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations CM Life Sciences III Inc. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 25, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 25, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the preparation for the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) described below, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company’s sponsor is CMLS Holdings III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on April 6, 2021. On April 9, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 55,200,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), including 7,200,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments (the “Over-Allotment Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $552.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $31.0 million, of which approximately $19.3 million was for deferred underwriting fees (see Note 3). Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 8,693,333 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor and certain of the Company’s directors (and/or entities controlled by them), generating proceeds of approximately $13.0 million (see Note 4). Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $552.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and was invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (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 will be invested only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of initial Business Combination, (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 the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the 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 of signing 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. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company will provide its holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) without a stockholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein. The amount in the Trust Account is at $10.00 per Public Share plus the pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account that are available for distribution to Public Stockholders. The per share amount the Company will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters. The shares of common stock subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, 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, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company will have 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or April 9, 2023, to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”) or during any extended period of time that the Company may have to consummate an initial Business Combination as a result of an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (an “Extension Period”). However, if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or during any Extension 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, 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 the Company to pay its taxes (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), 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, liquidate and dissolve, 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. The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and Public Shares they hold in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any founder shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or during any Extension Period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within such time period, and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination. The Sponsor 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 will enter 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. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. Proposed Business Combination On August 5, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with EQRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EQRx”), and Clover III Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). Business Combination Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company will acquire EQRx through the merger of Merger Sub with and into EQRx, with EQRx surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, the Company will be renamed. The Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (collectively, the “EQRx Business Combination”) were approved by the boards of directors of each of the Company and EQRx. The EQRx Business Combination is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, following the receipt of the required approval by EQRx’s and the Company’s stockholders and the satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions. Business Combination Consideration At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of EQRx’s common stock and preferred stock (collectively, “EQRx Capital Sock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive a portion of the total consideration, with each EQRx’s stockholder (as applicable) being entitled to receive a number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock”) equal to: (x) such EQRx stockholder’s total shares of EQRx Capital Stock multiplied by (y) the number equal to the final quotient of: (i) $3,650,000,000 divided by (ii) 10 divided by (iii) the Aggregate Company Share Amount (as defined in the Merger Agreement). In addition, at the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase EQRx Capital Stock will be rolled over into options to purchase Class A Common Stock, as further set forth in and in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement; and each outstanding EQRx restricted stock award will be cancelled and converted into restricted stock awards of Class A Common Stock calculated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Refer to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 6, 2021, for more information. Liquidity and Capital Resources As of June 30, 2021, the Company had approximately $1.2 million in cash, and working capital of approximately $1.2 million. The Company’s liquidity needs through June 30, 2021 were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), and loan proceeds from the Sponsor of $156,000 under the Note (as defined in Note 5) and the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. Subsequent to March 31, 2021, the Company borrowed an additional amount of $44,000, for a total of $200,000 outstanding balance under the Note. On April 9, 2021, the Company repaid the Note in full and borrowings under the Note are no longer available. Subsequent from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor may, but is not obligated to, provide us Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5). As of June 30, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loan. Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds held outside of 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. |