On June 22, 2023, we issued a convertible promissory note to our New Sponsor with a principal amount up to $1.5 million (the “Convertible Note”). The Convertible Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the earlier of (a) the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or (b) the date of our liquidation. If we do not consummate an initial business combination by the end of the Combination Period, the Convertible Note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the trust account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven. Upon the consummation of the initial business combination, the outstanding principal of the Convertible Note may be converted into warrants, at a price of $1.50 per warrant, at the option of our New Sponsor. Such warrants will have terms identical to the private placement warrants issued in the private placement concurrently with our initial public offering.
On June 22, 2023, our shareholders approved an amendment of our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend (the “Extension”) the date by which we have to consummate a Business Combination up to twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from June 25, 2023 up to June 25, 2024, only if the Previous Sponsor or its designee would deposit (the “Contribution”) into the Trust Account as a loan, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $100,000 or (y) $0.04 per Public Share multiplied by the number of Public Shares that were not redeemed in connection with the shareholder vote to approve the Extension, for each month of the Extension Period elected by the Company’s board of directors.
Since June 25, 2023, our board of directors has elected to extend our liquidation date five times to November 25, 2023 (the “Combination Period”). Accordingly, we have drawn down from the Convertible Note and deposited $100,000 into the trust account (the “Trust Account”) for each of the Extensions, for an aggregate of $500,000.
On November 1, 2023, we filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC seeking shareholder approval to (i) extend the date by which we must consummate a business combination and allow us, without another shareholder vote, to further extend the date by which we must consummate a business combination without requiring us to make any deposit into the Trust Account (the “New Extension”, and such proposal to approve the New Extension, the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (ii) permit the Board, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up our operations on an earlier date than the date by which we must consummate a Business Combination (the “Liquidation Amendment Proposal”), (iii) re-elect Walter Skowronski and Harry L. You as Class I directors to serve for a term of three years or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified, and (iv) allow us to adjourn the extraordinary general meeting to a later date or dates, or indefinitely, if necessary or convenient, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Extraordinary General Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and Liquidation Amendment Proposal or if we determine that additional time is necessary to effectuate the New Extension.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our only activities for the period from February 5, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the initial public offering described below and, after the initial public offering, identifying a target company for a business combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial business combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of investment income on cash, cash equivalents and investments held after our initial public offering and will recognize other income and expense related to the change in fair value of warrant liabilities. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we had net income of $632,719, which resulted from interest income earned from cash and investments held in the trust account in the amount of $759,910, and change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $246,750, and partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $373,941.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we had net income of $2,692,821, which resulted from interest income earned from cash and investments held in the trust account in the amount of $4,288,824, and a gain from extinguishment of deferred underwriting fees allocated to warrant liabilities of $275,625, partially offset by a loss on the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $658,000 and general and administrative expenses of $839,687.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $329,695, which resulted from an unrealized gain on investments held in the trust account (the “Trust Account”) in the amount of $740,251, partially offset by operating and formation costs of $410,556.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $6,013,402, which resulted from a gain on the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $6,036,500 and an unrealized gain on investments held in the trust account in the amount of $987,618, partially offset by operating and formation costs of $1,010,716.