in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds held in the Trust Account (as defined below). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
On September 9, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 7,375,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant (the “Private Placement”), to Future Health ESG Associates 1, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,375,000.
From the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement, an aggregate of $201,000,000 was placed into a trust account for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders to fund redemptions of the shares of common stock held by the Company’s public stockholders (the “Trust Account”), to be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (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 selected by the Company meeting the requirements of Rule 2(a)(7) of the Investment Company Act, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a business combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account.
Transaction costs amounted to $21,881,745, including $9,000,000 in deferred underwriting and advisory fees payable, $4,019,555 in upfront underwriting fees, $8,163,891 in offering costs allocated to anchor investors, and $698,299 in other offering costs related to the IPO.
On June 13, 2022, the Company entered into a business combination agreement with Excelera DCE, Inc., which was subsequently terminated on October 31, 2022.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred a net loss of $48,425, which consisted of operating costs of $678,591 and provision for income taxes of $153,992, offset by interest income on our cash balance of $13,472 and net gains on marketable securities held in our trust account of $770,686.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, we incurred a net income of $59,807, which consisted of interest income on our cash balance of $10,332 and net gains on marketable securities held in our trust account of $2,601,727, partially offset by operating costs of $2,407,442 and provision for income taxes of $144,810. The increase in operating costs during the current period relates primarily to legal and other fees associated with the proposed acquisition of Excelera, which was subsequently terminated.
On September 15, 2023, the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("CST") entered into an amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated September 9, 2021, by and between the Company and CST (the "Trust Amendment"), to allow CST, upon written instruction of the Company, to hold the funds in the Company's trust account uninvested or in an interest - bearing bank demand deposit account. On the same date, the Company instructed CST to hold the funds in the Company's trust account in a segregated, interest - bearing bank deposit account. Such deposit account carries a variable rate and the Company cannot assure you that the initial rate will not decrease or increase significantly.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On September 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 20,000,000 units. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the Private Placement of 7,375,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,375,000.