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CUSIP No. G11217 117 | | 13D | | Page 7 of 14 pages |
Information with respect to the directors and officers of Sponsor, Explorer, and Founder (collectively, the “Related Persons”), including the name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each of the Related Persons is listed on the attached Schedule A, which is incorporated herein by reference.
During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons or Related Persons (i) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
The aggregate purchase price for the Placement Units (as defined below) was $3,800,000. The aggregate purchase price for the Founder Shares (as defined below) was $25,000. The aggregate principal balance of the Sponsor Loan (as defined below) was $5,000,000. In each case, the source of these funds was the working capital of Sponsor.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
Founder Shares
In March 2021, Sponsor purchased 6,325,000 founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”), for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 675,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option in connection with the Issuer’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) is not exercised in full or in part, so that Sponsor will own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding shares after the IPO (excluding the shares of Ordinary Shares underlying the Placement Units (defined below)).
On November 6, 2021, the Sponsor forfeited an aggregate of 1,150,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares. In December 2021, the Company effected a 0.111 for 1 share dividend for each Class B ordinary share outstanding, resulting in the initial shareholders holding an aggregate of 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Ordinary Shares at the time of the Issuer’s initial business combination (the “Business Combination”) on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights, and are also convertible, at any time prior to a Business Combination, at the option of the holder.
On June 5, 2023, the Sponsor elected to convert on a one-for-one basis the 5,749,999 Class B Ordinary Shares into 5,749,999 Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Conversion”), resulting in the Sponsor continuing to own one (1) Class B Ordinary Share following the Founder Conversion. The 5,749,999 Class A Ordinary Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Founder Conversion together with the one (1) Class B Ordinary Share continued to be owned by the Sponsor are, for purposes of this Schedule 13D, are considered “Founder Shares” and such Founder Shares are subject to the same registration rights and restrictions as the Class B Ordinary Shares before the Founder Conversion, including, among others, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of a business combination as described in the prospectus for the Issuer’s initial public offering.