ITEM 4. | PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION |
Founder Shares
On May 13, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 to purchase 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Founder Shares”). On June 15, 2021, the Sponsor transferred 143,750 Founder Shares to Christopher Wolfe, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, 230,000 Founder Shares to Section 32 Fund 3, LP, a managing member of the Sponsor, 30,000 Founder Shares to each of Andrew ElBardissi, Keith Crandell, Mara Aspinall, Kevin Hrusovsky, Angela Lai and Nick Roelofs, the Company’s directors, and 10,000 Founder Shares to each of Bonnie Anderson, Peer Schatz and Vince Miller, certain of the Company’s advisors, for the same per-share price initially paid by the Sponsor, resulting in the Sponsor holding 5,166,250 Founder Shares. The price for all transfers was $0.004 per share. In connection with the decision of the underwriters of the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) not to exercise their over-allotment option on August 4, 2021, on August 5, 2021 the Sponsor forfeited 701,250 Founder Shares, Christopher Wolfe forfeited 18,750 Founder Shares, and Section 32 Fund 3, LP forfeited 30,000 Founder Shares, resulting in the Sponsor holding 4,465,000 Founder Shares. These forfeitures were not within each of these parties’ control as they occurred exclusively due to the underwriters’ decision not to exercise the over-allotment option, were for no consideration, and occurred shortly after the Company filed the final statutory prospectus for the IPO disclosing all material information about the Company and the IPO.
The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock on the first business day following the consummation of the Issuer’s initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A Common Stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in connection with the Issuer’s initial business combination, the ratio at which the Founder Shares will convert into shares of Class A Common Stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Founder Shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A Common Stock by public stockholders), including all shares of Class A Common Stock issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued by the Issuer in connection with or in relation to the consummation of its initial business combination, excluding any shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Common Stock issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any warrants issued upon conversion of working capital loans, provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
Public Units
On July 26, 2021, Deerfield Partners, ARCH Venture Fund XI, L.P. and Section 32 Fund 3, LP, the managing members of the Sponsor, agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement (the “IPO Share Purchase Letter Agreement”), to purchase Class A Common Stock of the Issuer, up to a maximum of 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in the aggregate for all three managing members. On July 30, 2021, AVF purchased 1,600,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer for $10.00 per share, or $16,000,000 in the aggregate, in the Issuer’s IPO.
The foregoing description of the IPO Share Purchase Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the IPO Share Purchase Letter Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.
Private Placement Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement
On July 30, 2021, the Sponsor purchased from the Issuer an aggregate of 650,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Private Placement Shares”) pursuant to the terms of a private placement class A common stock purchase agreement, dated as of July 27, 2021 (the “Private Placement Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement”). Each Private Placement Share is comprised of one share of Class A Common Stock. Other than the lock-up provisions contained in the Letter Agreement (defined below), the Private Placement Shares have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Class A Common Stock sold in the Issuer’s IPO.
The foregoing description of the Private Placement Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Private Placement Class A Common Stock Purchase Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.