A total of $2,250,000 was deposited to the Company’s operating account and a total of $191,647,500, comprised of a portion of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”). Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the funds held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of: (1) the Company’s completion of an initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 18 months (or 24 months if the sponsor exercises its extension options) from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company has not completed its initial business combination within 18 months (or 24 months if the sponsor exercises its extension options) from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law.
On July 13, 2023 as approved by its shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on July 13, 2023 (the “Special Meeting”), The Company, and its trustee, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company amended (the “Amendment”) the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2022 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and the Company, in order to allow the Company to extend the time to complete a business combination by fifteen (15) additional one (1) month periods until, October 18, 2024 (the “Termination Date” or the “Combination Period”). The Company is required to deposit $70,000 into the Trust Account for each of the fifteen (15) additional one (1) month extension periods. At the Special Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved a special resolution to the Articles of Association to extend the time to consummate a business combination until October 18, 2024 and the Amendment in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association (the “Articles of Association”).
Results of Operations
Our entire activity from inception through September 30, 2023 relates to our formation, the Initial Public Offering and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, a search for a Business Combination candidate. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our Business Combination at the earliest.
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we had a net income of $857,708, which consisted of $1,170,072 realized gain and dividends on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by $99,540 of legal and accounting expenses, $120,419 of insurance expense, $83,504 of dues and subscriptions expense, and $8,901 of interest expense.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we had a net income of $4,569,632, which consisted of $5,594,241 realized gain and dividends on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by $426,071 of legal and accounting expenses, $357,331 of insurance expense, $224,444 of dues and subscriptions expense, 15,210 of interest expense, and $1,552 of bank fees, general and administrative expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $818,936, which consisted of $1,013,450 realized gain on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by $54,123 in legal and accounting expenses, $120,419 of insurance expense, $13,333 dues and subscriptions expense, and $7,754 of bank fees, general and administrative expenses.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $519,213, which consisted of $1,366,301 realized gain on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by $343,314 in legal and accounting expenses, $341,624 of insurance expense, $121,488 dues and subscriptions expense, and $28,444 of bank fees, general and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $64,500 and $224,474 in cash, respectively, and working capital (deficit) of $(1,082,658) and $151,951, respectively, excluding Marketing Securities held in the Trust Account and the Deferred Underwriter Fee liability.
The Company’s liquidity needs through September 30, 2023 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B ordinary shares” and shares thereof, “founder shares”), the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants (see Note 3 and Note 4). Additionally, the Company drew on an unsecured promissory note to pay certain offering costs and an unsecured promissory note bearing interest at 4.75% per annum to pay for working capital needs.
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through related party loans from the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors or their affiliates (“Working Capital Loans”) and effecting a Business Combination. However, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period. In addition, management is currently evaluating the impact of various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond its control. The business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, inflation, increases in interest rates, adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflict in the Ukraine.
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