As of December 31, 2021, we had cash of $889,323 held outside the trust account. We intend to use the funds held outside the trust account primarily to complete our proposed initial business combination with Senti.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less taxes payable and deferred underwriting fees), to complete our initial business combination with Senti. We may withdraw interest income (if any) to pay franchise and income taxes, if any. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amount held in the trust account. We expect the interest income earned on the amount in the trust account (if any) will be sufficient to pay our income taxes. To the extent that our equity or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining amount held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of Senti, to make other acquisitions and to pursue our growth strategies.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business while our initial business combination with Senti is completed. However, if our estimates of the costs of operating our business during this period are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with our proposed initial business combination with Senti, our sponsor, or an affiliate of our sponsor, or certain of our officers or directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $2,000,000 of such loans, if made, may be convertible into shares of the post-business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. The shares would be identical to the private placement shares. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor, affiliates of our sponsor or our officers or directors as we do not believe third parties would be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
You should note that our independent registered public accounting firm’s report ( which is set forth in this Report) contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about our ability continue as a “going concern.”
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We did not have any
off-balance
sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2021.
In connection with our initial public offering, the Company granted the underwriter a
45-day
option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock to cover over-allotments at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and fees. The underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full on May 28, 2021.
The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting fee of $0.20 per share, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate, upon the closing of our initial public offering. In addition, approximately $0.306 per share, or $7,050,000 in the aggregate, may be payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting fees (this amount having being reduced from $8,050,000 by $1,000,000 by agreement with the underwriter on December 17, 2021). The deferred underwriting fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amount held in the trust account solely in the event that the Company completes its initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Financial Advisor Agreement
On December 16, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Financial Advisor Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) for financial advisory services in connection with our potential initial business combination with Senti, which services Morgan Stanley had been engaged to provide, and which services Morgan Stanley had provided, since August 4, 2021. The Financial Advisor Agreement shall terminate automatically on December 16, 2022 unless terminated earlier, with or without cause, by either the Company or Morgan Stanley. The Company will pay Morgan Stanley a fee of $1,000,000 upon the consummation of our proposed initial business combination with Senti.
Placement Agent Agreement
On September 21, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Placement Agent Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. (together, the “Placement Agents”) for services in connection with the placement of shares of our Class A Common Stock to certain private investors which is anticipated to occur concurrently with the completion our potential initial business combination with Senti. The Placement Agent Agreement shall terminate automatically on August 28, 2022 unless terminated earlier, with or without cause, by either the Company or any Placement Agent (as to itself only). The Company will pay to the Placement Agents a total fee equal to 4.0% of the aggregate price at which the shares of our Class A Common Stock are sold to the private investors, which fee shall be payable upon the consummation of the placement of the shares. Each of the Placement Agents will receive 33.3% of the fee.
The holders of the Founder Shares, private placement shares and any Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans from our sponsor, officers or directors have registration rights pursuant to a registration and stockholder rights agreement signed in connection with our initial public offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
In addition, it is anticipated that each signatory to the investor rights agreement to be entered into at Closing, other than the Company, will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Class A Common Stock.
Agreement As set forth in “Part I, Item 1. Business” of this Report, we have entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Merger Sub and Senti pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into Senti, with Senti surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. We have also entered into various ancillary transaction documents to give effect to the Merger, which are described throughout this Report.