We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through December 31, 2021 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO, described below, and since the IPO, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We expect to generate
non-operating
income in the form of interest income from the proceeds of the IPO placed in the Trust Account. We expect that we will incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.
For the period from March 29, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, we had a net income of $5,334,989, which primarily consists of change in fair value of warrants $6,157,844, Offering cost related to warrant issuance $550,500, operating expenses of $275,094, offset by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $2,739.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of Class B ordinary shares by the Sponsor.
On October 18, 2021, we completed our initial public offering of 14,375,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and
one-half
of one Warrant, with each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $143,750,000.
Concurrent with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of (i) an aggregate of 4,950,000 warrants (the “Sponsor Private Placement Warrants”) to Rose Hill Sponsor LLC at a purchase price of $1.25 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,187,500, and (ii) an aggregate of 345,000 warrants (the “CCM Private Placement Warrants”) to J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC at a purchase price of $1.25 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $431,250. In addition, simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 805,000 warrants (the “UW Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Sponsor Private Placement Warrants and the CCM Private Placement Warrants, the “Private Placement Warrants”) to Cantor at a purchase price of $1.25 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $1,006,250.
Following the closing of the IPO and the Over-Allotment, $146,625,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account and will be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d) (3) and (d)(4) of Rule
2a-7
of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account. We incurred $10,580,891, consisting of $2,099,451 (net of $775,549 reimbursed to the Company) of underwriting fees, $7,187,500 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in the Trust Account (defined below)) and $1,293,940 of other costs.
For the period March 29, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $722,862. Net Cash used in investing activities was $146,625,000 and Net cash provided by financing activities was $148,006,609 mainly reflecting the proceeds of our IPO and subsequent deposit into the trust account.
At December 31, 2021, we had cash of $658,747 outside of the trust account. We intend to use the funds held outside the trust account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. In the event that a 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 $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into additional Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.25 per Private Placement Warrant, at the option of the lender.