Our Articles provide that we will have until September 13, 2023 (or until March 13, 2024 if we extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination) to consummate the initial Business Combination. On September 8, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to extend the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles from September 13, 2023 for an additional month, to October 13, 2023. On October 10, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to extend the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles from October 13, 2023 for an additional month, to November 13, 2023. On November 9, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to extend the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles from November 13, 2023 for an additional month, to December 13, 2023. As a result, the Company will have until December 13, 2023, to complete a Business Combination unless the Company extends the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles further. If we have not consummated an initial Business Combination within the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles, we 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 us to pay our income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate an initial Business Combination within the deadline prescribed in the Company’s Articles.
On June 2, 2023, shareholders of the Company at the Shareholder Meeting agreed, among other things:
1) | to amend the Company’s Articles to (i) extend the Termination Date by which the Company has to consummate an initial Business Combination from the Original Termination Date to the Articles Extension Date and to allow the Company, without another shareholder vote, to elect to further extend the Termination Date to an Additional Articles Extension Date, (ii) to eliminate from the Articles the limitation that the Company shall not redeem Class A ordinary shares to the extent that such redemption would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and (iii) to provide that the Class B ordinary shares of the Company may be converted either at the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or at any earlier date at the option of the holders of the Class B ordinary shares; and |
2) | to amend the Trust Agreement by and between the Company and Continental to change the date on which Continental must commence liquidation of the Trust Account to the earliest of (i) the Company’s completion of an initial Business Combination; (ii) the Articles Extension Date and (iii) the Additional Articles Extension Date. |
The foregoing description of the proposals approved at the Shareholder Meeting is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2023. In connection with the shareholders’ vote at the Shareholder Meeting, the holders of 16,994,128 ordinary shares of the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.53 per share. As a result, approximately $178.9 million was removed from the Trust Account to redeem such shares and 4,495,530 Class A ordinary shares of the Company remained outstanding after the redemption was been effected.
In connection with the Extension Amendment, the Contributor agreed to deposit into the Trust Account the Contribution (i) on June 14, 2023, with respect to the extension to the Articles Extension Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $270,000 or (y) $0.084 per public share multiplied by the number of public shares outstanding, and (ii) one business day following the public announcement by the Company disclosing that the Company’s board of directors has determined to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination for an additional month, with respect to the extension to each such Additional Articles Extension Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $90,000 or (y) $0.028 per public share multiplied by the number of public shares outstanding, with the maximum aggregate amount of Contributions being $810,000. It was further agreed that the Contributions will be evidenced by the Contribution Note and will be repayable by the Company upon the Maturity Date. On September 8, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to extend the Termination Date from the Articles Extension Date for an additional month, until the October 2023 Termination Date. On September 11, 2023, in connection with the October 2023 Extension, the Contributor deposited $90,000 into the Trust Account as a Contribution. As of September 30, 2023, the initial Contribution into the Trust Account was $360,015. On October 10, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to extend the Termination Date from the October 2023 Termination Date for an additional month, to the November 2023 Termination Date. On October 11, 2023, in connection with the November 2023 Extension, the Contributor deposited an additional $90,000 into the Trust Account as a Contribution. On November 9, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, upon request of the Sponsor, has elected to further extend the Termination Date from the November 2023 Termination Date for an additional month, to the December 2023 Termination Date. On November 10, 2023, in connection with the December 2023 Extension, the Contributor deposited an additional $90,000 into the Trust Account as a Contribution.
The Contribution Note may be converted into warrants of the post-business combination entity, which shall have terms identical to the Private Placement Warrants sold concurrently with the IPO, each exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a purchase price of $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the Contributor. The conversion feature included in the Contribution Note does not meet the definition of a derivative instrument.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of September 30, 2023, we had cash outside the Trust Account of $69,341, available for working capital needs, and working deficit of $2,000,576. Until consummation of its Business Combination, we will be using the funds held outside the Trust Account, and any additional Working Capital Loans from the initial shareholders, our officers and directors, or their respective affiliates, or other third parties, for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
Our liquidity needs up to September 30, 2023 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the Founder Shares to cover certain offering costs and the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of up to $500,000. As of September 30, 2023, we had $1,310,015 borrowing outstanding under the promissory note.
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