Also pursuant to the Amended and Restated Sponsor Agreement, the Sponsor (or an affiliated co-investor of the Sponsor) has agreed to, subject to the other terms and conditions included therein, immediately prior to Closing, purchase in a private placement up to 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, equal to an amount up to $50,000,000 (the “Sponsor Commitment”). The amount of the Sponsor Commitment that the Sponsor (or an affiliated co-investor of the Sponsor) will be required to fund will be equal to (i) $250,000,000 minus (ii) the Available Closing SPAC Cash (as defined in the Merger Agreement) before accounting for the funding of any Sponsor Commitment (the “Sponsor Commitment Purchase Price”); which amount, under no circumstances shall exceed the maximum amount of the Sponsor Commitment. In addition, so long as Available Closing SPAC Cash, prior to the funding of any Sponsor Commitment is equal to at least $200,000,000 or more, Oklo must request that the Sponsor Commitment be funded and if the Sponsor pays the Sponsor Commitment Purchase Price, then Oklo must stipulate that the Minimum Cash Condition is deemed satisfied. If Available Closing SPAC Cash, prior to the funding of any Sponsor Commitment is less than $200,000,000, Oklo is not required to request the Sponsor Commitment, but if Oklo does request it, the Minimum Cash Condition will be deemed waived. The Sponsor’s obligation to fund the Sponsor Commitment Purchase Price is conditioned upon (i) the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) of the conditions set forth in Section 10.01 and Section 10.03 of the Merger Agreement (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing), (ii) the substantially concurrent consummation of the Closing, and (iii) if Oklo waives the Minimum Cash Condition, the Available Closing SPAC Cash equaling an amount of at least $125,000,000 (which such amount, for the avoidance of doubt, will include the Sponsor Commitment Purchase Price). Any shares purchased pursuant to the Sponsor Commitment by the Sponsor, an Insider or an affiliated co-investor thereof will be subject to the Sponsor Lockup.
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company previously had until July 12, 2023 to complete a Business Combination or windup and liquidate, unless it had executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination by such date. In connection with execution of the Merger Agreement on July 11, 2023, the Company had until October 12, 2023 pursuant to the terms of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to complete the Business Combination, windup, or pursue an extension.
On October 5, 2023, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to adopt an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from October 12, 2023 to July 12, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors) (the “Charter Amendment”).
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from February 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for our Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account. 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 March 31, 2024, we had net income of $1,528,369, which consisted of interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $3,952,338, offset by operational costs of $1,017,452 and a provision for income taxes of $1,406,517.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had a net income of $3,090,679, which consists of interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $5,416,834, offset by operating costs of $1,157,365 and a provision for income taxes of $1,115,936 and an unrealized loss on marketable securities held in our Trust Account of $52,854.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
On July 12, 2021, we completed the Initial Public Offering of 50,000,000 Public Shares, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 5,000,000 Public Shares, at $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $500,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we completed the sale of 1,450,000 Private Placement Shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $14,500,000.
Following the Initial Public Offering, the exercise of the over-allotment option and the sale of the Private Placement Shares, a total of $500,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $26,652,125 of transaction costs, consisting of $8,580,000 of underwriting fees, which is net of $1,420,000 reimbursed fees from the underwriters, $17,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $572,125 of