ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we” “us” or the “Company” refer to Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to DHIP Natural Resources Investments, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware Corporation on March 12, 2021 (inception) formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering in March 12, 2021 (the “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”) and the sale of the 9,400,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.
Trust Extensions
Initially, the Company had 12 months from the closing of the IPO on November 16, 2021 to consummate an initial Business Combination (until November 16, 2022). Additionally, the Company was entitled to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a Business Combination) by depositing into the Trust Account maintained by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, an amount of $0.10 per unit sold to the public in the IPO, $2,300,000, for each such three-month extension (that would result in a total deposit of $10.30 per public share sold in the event both extensions were elected or an aggregate of $4,600,000). Public stockholders were not entitled to vote on or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension.
In November 2022, the Sponsor deposited $2,300,000 into the Trust Account, to extend the deadline for an initial Business Combination three months to February 2023. In lieu of a second $2,300,000 extension payment for a three month extension to May 2023, a special meeting of stockholders was held in February 2023 that resulted in an extension of the deadline to complete an initial Business Combination to March 15, 2023 and allowed the Company to further extend the date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to five (5) times by an additional one month through September 15, 2023.
In connection with the vote on the extension Amendment at the Special Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 9,155,918 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $94,489,075 (approximately $10.32 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to pay such holders in February 2023.
On August 8, 2023, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders whereby the stockholders approved the second extension amendment proposal permitting an extension of the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination until February 15, 2024, subject to monthly extension deposits of $140,000, which were made in August 2023 through January 2024.
In connection with the vote on the extension Amendment at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, stockholders holding a total of 7,354,836 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $79,652,874 (approximately $10.83 per share) was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders.
On February 12, 2024 at a special meeting in lieu of an annual meetings of stockholders of the Company (the “February 2024 Special Meeting”), stockholders approved a third extension Amendment Proposal (the “Third Extension Amendment Proposal”) to extend the date by which the Company must (1) effectuate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (an “initial Business Combination”), (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial business combination, and (3) redeem 100% of the Company’s Class A common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on November 16, 2021 (the “IPO”), from February 15, 2024 to March 15, 2024, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the trust account (the “Trust Account”) $50,000 for such one-month extension, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend such date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to eight (8) times by an additional one (1) month each time, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), until November 15, 2024, or a total of up to nine (9) months after February 15, 2024 (such date as extended, the “Deadline Date”), by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $50,000 for each additional one-month extension on or prior to each applicable Deadline Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto.
In connection with the vote on the third extension amendment proposal at the February 2024 Special Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 4,573,860 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $50,312,460 (approximately $11.00 per share) was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders. In association with the February 2024 redemptions, the Company inadvertently underpaid the redeeming shareholders $395,138 or approximately $0.09 per share. On September 24, 2024, the February 2024 redeeming shareholders were paid the additional $395,138 due them. Following the Company’s redemptions, the Company has an aggregate of 7,665,386 Class A and Class B Common Stock shares outstanding.
Since its first extension deposit in the Trust Account in November 2022 to the filing of this Form 10-Q, the Company has deposited an aggregate of $3,310,000 in the Trust Account to extend the period to consummate a Business Combination to November 15, 2024 including $240,000 and $0 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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