Organization and Business Operations | Note 1— Organization and Business Operations Organization and General Bannix Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the state of Delaware on January 21, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting mergers, capital stock exchange, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, reorganization or similar business combinations with one or more businesses (“Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and the Company has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to the Business Combination. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “IPO”) (as defined below) and the Company’s search for a target for an initial 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 on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO and non-operating income or expense from the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities. 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. Financing The Company’s original sponsors were Subash Menon and Sudeesh Yezhuvath (through their investment entity Bannix Management LLP), Suresh Yezhuvath (“Yezhuvath”) and Seema Rao (“Rao”). On October 20, 2022, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”), Instant Fame LLC, a Nevada limited liability company controlled by a U.S. person (“Instant Fame”) (the “new Sponsors”), acquired an aggregate of 385,000 As a result of the above, Subash Menon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Nicholas Hellyer resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Head of Strategy. Douglas Davis was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Further, Balaji Venugopal Bhat, Subbanarasimhaiah Arun and Vishant Vora resigned as Directors of the Company. Mr. Bhat, Mr. Arun and Mr. Vora served on the Audit Committee with Mr. Bhat serving as the committee chair. Mr. Bhat, Mr. Arun and Mr. Vora served on the Compensation Committee with Mr. Arun serving as the committee chair. The Board was also increased from two to seven and Craig Marshak and Douglas Davis were appointed as Co-Chairmans of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Further, Jamal Khurshid, Eric T. Shuss and Ned L. Siegel were appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. The resignations referenced above were not the result of any disagreement with management or the Board. On November 10, 2022, Sudeesh Yezhuvath resigned as a director of the Company for personal reasons. The resignation was not the result of any disagreements with management or the Board. Due to vacancies as results of board members departure, on November 11, 2022 the Board made the following decisions: (i) Jamie Khurshid, Ned Siegel and Eric Shuss each have been identified as being financially literate and independent under the SEC and Nasdaq Rules have been appointed to the Audit Committee to serve until their successors are qualified and appointed with such appointment subject to the mailing of that certain Schedule 14F Information Statement. Mr. Khurshid chairs the audit committee. (ii) Mr. Siegel, Mr. Shuss and Craig Marshak each have been identified as being independent under the SEC and Nasdaq Rules were appointed to the Compensation Committee to serve until their successors are qualified and appointed with such appointment subject to the mailing of that certain Schedule 14F Information Statement. (iii) Messrs. Davis and Marshak have been appointed as Class III directors, Subash Menon has been appointed as a Class I director and, subject to the mailing of the Schedule 14F Information Statement, Messrs. Khurshid, Siegel and Shuss have been appointed as the Class II directors. The Schedule 14F Information Statement was mailed on or about November 15, 2022. The registration statements for the Company’s IPO were declared effective on September 9, 2021 and September 10, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On September 14, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 6,900,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Units”), which is discussed in Note 2. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock (the “Public Shares”), one redeemable warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share and one right. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination. Concurrent with the IPO, the Company consummated the issuance of 406,000 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”) as follows: the Company sold 181,000 Private Placement Units to certain investors for aggregate cash proceeds of $2,460,000 and issued an additional 225,000 private placement units to the Sponsor in exchange for the cancellation of $1,105,000 in loans and a promissory note due to them (see Note 5). Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of common stock, one redeemable warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share and one right. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination. Trust Account Following the closing of the IPO on September 14, 2021, an amount of $69,690,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and Private Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its franchise and income tax obligations (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (a) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (c) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 15 months from the closing of this offering, or within any period of extension, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. On December 13, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in favor of Instant Fame, in the principal amount of $ 690,000 75,000 The Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on March 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the stockholder approved the filing of an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State (the “Extension Amendment”), to extend the date (the “Extension”) by which the Company must (1) complete a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses (an “initial business combination”), (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial business combination, and (3) redeem 100% of the Company’s common stock (“common stock”) included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on September 14, 2021 (the “IPO”), from March 14, 2023, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend the date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to twelve (12) times by an additional one (1) month each time after March 14, 2023 or later extended deadline date, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), if requested by Instant Fame upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline date, until March 14, 2024, or a total of up to twelve (12) months after March 14, 2023 (such date as extended, the “Deadline Date”), unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company has deposited $ 225,000 300,000 0 Initial Business Combination The Company had until December 13, 2022 to consummate the initial Business Combination. Pursuant to the terms of the bylaws and the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate the initial Business Combination, the new Sponsors, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account for each three-month extension, $690,000 ($0.10 per share in either case) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, up to an aggregate of $1,380,000, or approximately $0.20 per share. On December 13, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “December 2022 Note”) in favor of Instant Fame, in the principal amount of $ 690,000 75,000 0.07 75,000 In the event that the Company receives notice from Instant Fame five days prior to the applicable deadline of its wish for the Company to effect an extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Instant Fame and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete the initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to consummate the initial Business Combination within the applicable time period, the Company will, promptly but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account and promptly following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, the rights and warrants will be worthless. Additionally, pursuant to Nasdaq rules, any initial Business Combination must be approved by a majority of the independent directors. The Company anticipates structuring the initial Business Combination so that the post-transaction company in which the public stockholders’ own shares will own or acquire substantially all of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. The Company may, however, structure the initial Business Combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than substantially all of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders or for other reasons, but the Company will only complete such 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 of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, the stockholders prior to the initial Business Combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and the Company in the Business Combination transaction. For example, the Company could pursue a transaction in which the Company issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of shares or other equity interests. In this case, the Company would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, the stockholders immediately prior to the initial Business Combination could own less than a majority of the outstanding shares subsequent to the initial Business Combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If the initial Business Combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses even if the acquisitions of the target businesses are not closed simultaneously. Although the Company believes that the net proceeds of the offering will be sufficient to allow the Company to consummate a Business Combination the Company cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of this offering prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of the Business Combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, or because the Company becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of the Public Shares upon consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Company will be required to seek additional financing, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Furthermore, the Company may issue a substantial number of additional shares of common or preferred stock to complete the initial Business Combination or under an employee incentive plan upon or after consummation of the initial Business Combination. The Company does not have a maximum debt leverage ratio or a policy with respect to how much debt the Company may incur. The amount of debt the Company will be willing to incur will depend on the facts and circumstances of the proposed Business Combination and market conditions at the time of the potential Business Combination. At this time, the Company is not party to any arrangement or understanding with any third party with respect to raising additional funds through the sale of the securities or the incurrence of debt. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of the initial Business Combination. Nasdaq rules require that the initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding advisory fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. If the board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, the Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or an independent accounting firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. The Company does not intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated industries in connection with the initial Business Combination. The Company will provide its 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 initial Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely at its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (initially approximately $10.10 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations plus additional deposits to extend the Combination Period). The initial carrying value of the common stock subject to redemption is recorded at an amount equal to the proceeds of the public offering less (i) the fair value of the public warrants and less (ii) offering costs allocable to the common stock sold as part of the units in the IPO. Such initial carrying value is classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that in no event will it redeem the public shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 both immediately before and after the consummation of the Business Combination (so that the Company is not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). Redemptions of the Company’s public shares may also be subject to a higher net tangible asset test or cash requirement pursuant to an agreement relating to the Business Combination. For example, the Business Combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration the Company would be required to pay for all shares of common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to the Company, it will not complete the Business Combination or redeem any shares, and all shares of common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. The new Sponsors, officers and directors and Representative (as defined in Note 6) have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares (as defined below) and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Company’s new Sponsors have agreed that they 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 has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.46 per Public Share (subject to increase of up to an additional $75,000 per month in the event that our sponsors elect to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination as set forth in the Extension Amendment) 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 $10.46 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 this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked its new Sponsors to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether its new Sponsors have sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the Company’s new Sponsors’ only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that its new Sponsors would be able to satisfy those obligations. On March 8, 2023 the Company held the Special Meeting and approved the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination, up to March 14, 2024 with approval of the board of directors and additional deposits of funds in the Trust Account. In connection with the vote on the Extension Amendment (described below) at the Special Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 3,960,387 41,077,199 10.37201 5,463,613 As disclosed by the Company in its additional materials to its proxy statement filed on March 6, 2023 with respect to the remaining funds held in the Trust Account following the Special Meeting and the related redemptions, the Company stated it plans to maintain the remaining amount in its Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank. On April 6, 2023, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company established and funded a bank account with Citibank for all remaining funds from the Trust Account, post-redemption, including interest accrued in the amount of $ 30,744,828 On April 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the new Sponsor with a principal amount of $ 75,000 On April 19, 2023 and May 12, 2023, the Company issued unsecured promissory notes to Evie Autonomous LTD with a principal amount of $ 248,325 With the draw down of the funds from the Extension Note and Evie Autonomous Extension Notes and deposits totaling $ 300,000 225,000 On May 10, 2023, the Company engaged a law firm to assist with the proposed Business Combination with Evie Group. The Company has agreed to pay $ 30,000 70,000 500,000 On May 19, 2023, the Company entered into an Executive Retention Agreement with Mr. Davis, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors, providing for an at-will employment arrangement that may be terminated by either party at any time, which provides for the payment of an annual salary of $ 240,000 200,000 Propose Business Combination On April 17, 2023, the Company entered into a binding letter of intent (the “Letter of Intent”) with Evie Autonomous Ltd. (“Evie”), and on May 8, 2023, Evie Autonomous Group Ltd (“Evie Group”) became a successor entity for the proposed Business Combination. GBT Technologies Inc. is also a party to the Letter of Intent pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Apollo System which is intellectual property covered by patent application (publication number 2022/0405966) filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office. This patent application describes a machine learning driven technology that controls radio wave transmissions, analyzes their reflections data, and constructs 2D/3D images of stationary and moving objects. The Apollo System is based on radio waves and can detect an entity’s moving and stationary positions, enabling imaging technology to show these movements and positions on a screen in real time. This includes an AI technology that controls the radio waves transmission and analyzes the reflections. The goal is to integrate the Apollo System as an efficient driver monitoring system, detecting impaired or distracted drivers, providing audible and visual alerts. On June 23, 2023, the Company, Evie Group, and the shareholder of the Evie Group (“Evie Group Shareholder”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions precedent in the Business Combination Agreement, the following transactions will occur: the acquisition by Bannix of all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Evie Group from the Evie Group Shareholder in exchange for the issuance of eighty-five million new shares of common stock of Bannix, $ 0.01 Representations and Warranties Under the Business Combination Agreement, Bannix has made customary representations and warranties to Evie Group, and the Evie Group Shareholder relating to, among other things, organization and standing, due authorization and binding agreement, governmental approvals, non-contravention, capitalization, Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filings, financial statements, internal controls, absence of certain changes, compliance with laws, actions, orders and permits, taxes and returns, employees and employee benefit plans, properties, material contracts, transactions with related persons, the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, finders’ and brokers’ fees, sanctions and certain business practices, private placements, insurance, no misleading information supplied, the Trust Account, acknowledgement of no further representations and warranties and receipt of a fairness opinion. Under the Business Combination Agreement, the Evie Group has made customary representations and warranties (on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries) to Bannix relating to, among other things, organization and standing, due authorization and binding agreement, capitalization, company subsidiaries, governmental approvals, non-contravention, financial statements, absence of certain changes, compliance with laws, permits, litigation, material contracts, intellectual property, taxes and returns, real property, personal property, employee matters, benefit plans, environmental matters, transactions with related persons, insurance, material customers and suppliers, data protection and cybersecurity, sanctions and certain business practices, the Investment Company Act, finders’ and brokers’ fees and no misleading information supplied. Under the Business Combination Agreement, the Evie Group Shareholder has made customary representations and warranties (with respect to itself only) to Bannix relating to, among other things, organization and standing, due authorization and binding agreement, share ownership, governmental approvals, non-contravention, litigation, certain investment representations, finders’ and brokers’ fees and no misleading information supplied. Covenants The Business Combination Agreement includes customary covenants of the parties including, among other things, (i) the conduct of their respective business operations prior to the consummation of the transactions, (ii) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain relevant approvals and comply with all applicable listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) in connection with the transactions and (iii) using commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the transactions and to comply as promptly as practicable with all requirements of governmental authorities applicable to the transactions. The Business Combination Agreement also contains additional covenants of the parties, including covenants providing for Bannix and Evie Group to use commercially reasonable efforts to file, and to cooperate with each other to prepare the proxy statement of Bannix. Conditions to Closing The respective obligations of each party to consummate the transactions, including the Share Acquisition, are subject to the satisfaction, or written waiver (where permissible), by Evie Group and Bannix of the following conditions: ● Bannix’s shareholders having approved and adopted the Shareholder Approval Matters; and ● the absence of any law or governmental order, inquiry, proceeding or other action that would prohibit the transactions. Conditions to the Obligations of Evie Group and the Evie Group Shareholder The obligations of Evie Group and the Evie Group Shareholder to consummate the transactions are subject to the satisfaction, or written waiver (by Evie Group, where permissible) of the following conditions: ● the representations and warranties of Bannix being true and correct as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement; ● Bannix having performed in all material respects all of its obligations and complied in all material respects with all of its agreements and covenants under the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date; ● Bannix having delivered to Evie Group a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an officer of Bannix, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Business Combination Agreement; ● no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to Bannix that is continuing and uncured; ● Bannix having made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with the trustee to have all of the funds held in the Trust Account disbursed to Bannix on the Closing Date, and all such funds released from the Trust Account be available to the surviving company; ● Bannix having provided the public holders of Bannix shares of common stock with the opportunity to make redemption elections with respect to their Bannix shares of common stock pursuant to their Redemption Rights; ● the Evie Group Shareholder receiving confirmation from HM Revenue & Customs that in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (i) no counteraction notice under section 698 Income Tax Act 2007 will be given; and (ii) the provisions of section 137 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 do not apply with the result that the provisions of section 135 of that Act would not be prevented from applying; and ● the Ancillary Documents required to be executed by Bannix according to the Business Combination Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been executed and delivered to Evie Group. Conditions to the Obligations of Bannix The obligations of Bannix to consummate the transactions are subject to the satisfaction, or written waiver (by Bannix where permissible) of the following conditions: ● the representations and warranties of Evie Group and the Evie Group Shareholder being true and correct as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement; ● each of Evie Group and the Evie Group Shareholder having performed in all material respects all of their respective obligations and complied in all material respects with all of their respective agreements and covenants under the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date; ● Evie Group having delivered to Bannix a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, signed by the Company certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Business Combination Agreement but in each case, solely with respect to themselves; ● no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to Evie Group that is continuing and uncured; and ● the Ancillary Documents required to be executed by Evie Group and the Evie Group Shareholder according to the Business Combination Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been executed and delivered to Bannix. Termination The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date, notwithstanding receipt of any requisite approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the tran |