Support Agreement and Services
The Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month, commencing on July 14, 2021, for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support services provided to members of the management team. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company incurred such fees of $30,000 and $25,000, respectively, included as general and administrative fees – related party on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, the Company incurred such fees of $90,000 and $25,000, respectively, included as general and administrative fees - related party on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $49,000 and $3,000, respectively, been accrued for such services and is included as due from related party on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
An affiliate of the Company’s Sponsor and CFO provides office space and consulting fees to the Company. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company incurred fees of approximately $22,000 and $55,000, respectively, for these services, which are included as general and administrative fees – related party on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, the Company incurred fees of approximately $249,000 and $55,000, respectively, for these services, which are included as general and administrative fees - related party on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2022, approximately $16,000 was due to the related party.
Forward Purchase Agreements
On August 5, 2021, the Company entered into Forward Purchase Agreements with certain Anchor Investors, Athanor Master Fund LP (“AMF”) and with Athanor International Master Fund, LP (“AIF”) (collectively the “Forward Purchase Agreements”, and collectively, “AMF and AIF are “Purchasers”).
Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers shall purchase from the Company, an aggregate of 7,500,000 forward purchase shares, or “Forward Purchase Shares”, for a purchase price of $10.00 per Forward Purchase Share, or $75,000,000 in the aggregate. Each Forward Purchase Share will consist of one Class A ordinary share of the Company. The Class A ordinary shares will have the same terms as the Company’s publicly traded Class A ordinary shares but will be restricted securities and not be freely tradable until registered with the SEC.
In January 2022, the Forward Purchase Agreements were amended (“Amended Forward Purchase Agreements”) to: i) reduce the number of forward purchase shares from an aggregate of 7,500,000 to 3,000,000 and from a total $75,000,000 in the aggregate to $30,000,000 in the aggregate; and ii) to add a requirement for the Purchasers to provide a binding redemption backstop (the “Redemption Backstop”) to purchase an additional $15 million of the redeeming shares in the event that redemptions are greater than 90% in connection with a Business Combination (the “Excess Redemptions”); and iii) to add a requirement that at the time of entering into a binding agreement for the Business Combination, the Purchasers will directly provide the target merger company (Target”) with bridge financing of $30 million evidenced by a convertible promissory note (“Convertible Note”) which shall be convertible into the Company’s Class A ordinary shares at the closing of the Business Combination.
NOTE 5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement. 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 the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.