There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statement. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No. 2020-06,
“Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic
470-20)
and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
815-40)”
(“ASU
2020-06”),
which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments. The guidance removes certain accounting models that separate the embedded conversion features from the host contract for convertible instruments. ASU
2020-06
allows for a modified or full retrospective method of transition. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after January 1, 2024, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this change will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Note 3—Initial Public Offering
On August 13, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. Of the 20,000,000 Units sold, 19,780,000 Units were purchased by qualified institutional buyers not affiliated with the Sponsor or any member of the management team (the “Anchor Investors”).
Each Unit consists of 1 Class A ordinary share, and
one-third
of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 8). Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and Cantor purchased an aggregate of 655,000 Private Units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,550,000.
If the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Units will expire worthless. The Private Units, including the private placement shares and private placement warrants each underlying the Private Units are subject to the transfer restrictions. The Private Units have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering.
Note 5—Related Party Transactions
In February 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain of the offering and formation costs in exchange for an aggregate of 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 1,000,000 of which were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The option expired on September 25, 2021 and subsequently the Sponsor forfeited 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares. Additionally, upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Sponsor agreed to transfer an aggregate of 1,334,339 Class B ordinary shares to the Anchor Investor for the same price originally paid for such shares. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon consummation of a Business Combination on a
basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 8. The Company determined that the fair value of these Class B ordinary shares was approximately $10.0 million (or approximately $7.50 per share) using a Monte Carlo simulation. The Company recognized the excess fair value of these Class B ordinary shares, over the price sold to the Anchor Investors, as an expense of the Initial Public Offering resulting in a charge against the carrying value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.