Artemis Strategic Investment Corp - Quarter Report: 2023 March (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from           to

Commission File No. 001-40855

ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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3310 East Corona Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona 85040

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(602) 346-0329

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes ☒ No ☐

As of April 21, 2023, 20,125,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,031,250 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

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ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2023

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PART 1 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND 2022

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ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ARTEMIS STRATEGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Artemis Strategic Investment Corporation (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 4, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity since inception relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”), and subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target business to complete a Business Combination with, as well as activities in connection with the Proposed Business Combination which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Prior to the consummation of the IPO, on January 5, 2021, Artemis Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) purchased 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share  (“Founder Shares” or “Class B Common Stock”), for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or $0.006 per share. On March 16, 2021, Artemis effected a stock split of the Class B Common Stock, resulting in an aggregate of 5,031,250 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding and held by the Sponsor. The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the total size of the IPO would be a maximum of 20,125,000 units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units was exercised in full, and therefore, that such Founder Shares would represent 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock after the IPO.

On October 4, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,125,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance 2,625,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $201,250,000, which is described in Note 3. Each Unit issued in the IPO consists of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Shares” or “Class A Common Stock”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”). As a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in full, 656,250 shares of Class B Common Stock were no longer subject to forfeiture.

Certain institutional anchor investors (the “Institutional Anchor Investors”) that are not affiliated with the Company, the Sponsor or the Company’s officers, directors, and certain members of the Company’s management purchased an aggregate of 13,020,000 Units. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $130,200,000. In addition to and as part of the Initial Public Offering, certain entities affiliated with the Sponsor, purchased an aggregate of 2,732,500 Units at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $27,325,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 8,000,000 warrants (the “Sponsor Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Sponsor Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $8,000,000, which is described in Note 4. The Company also consummated the sale of 2,000,000 warrants (the “Anchor Investor Warrants”, together with the Sponsor Warrants, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Anchor Investor Warrant in a private placement to certain Institutional Anchor Investors, generating gross proceeds of $2,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 1,618,434 Founder Shares and the Company sold 1,618,434 Founder Shares to certain Institutional Anchor Investors at the original purchase price of $0.006 per share. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the Company’s initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided in the Company’s final prospectus, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 1, 2021 (“Final Prospectus”).

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Transaction costs amounted to $25,559,771 consisting of $3,825,000 of underwriting fees, $7,043,750 of deferred underwriting commissions, $13,796,426 of offering costs related to the fair value of the Founder Shares issued to certain Institutional Anchor Investors and $894,595 of other offering costs . Effective as of July 14, 2022, Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”) resigned and withdrew from its role as financial advisor and capital markets advisor to the Company and waived its entitlement to all fees in connection with the Business Combination, including its portion of the deferred underwriting commissions in the amount of approximately $4,578,438. Effective as of July 20, 2022, BMO Capital Markets Corp. (“BMO”) waived its entitlement to its portion of the deferred underwriting commissions in the amount of approximately $2,465,312. Offering costs related to the Founder Shares amounted to $13,796,426, of which $13,158,020 were charged to stockholders’ equity/(deficit) upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering and $638,407 were expensed to the statements of operations and included in transaction costs allocated to warrant liabilities. As a result of the Barclays’ resignation letter and BMO’s waiver notice, the Company recorded (i) a positive adjustment to stockholders’ deficit of $6,717,612 and (ii) a gain on derecognition of deferred underwriting fees payable of $326,138 within the accompanying statements of operation during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an amount of $205,275,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “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 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions 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 funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing a Business Combination. The Company must complete its initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to effect a Business Combination successfully.

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve a Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a proposed Business Combination, the Company will be required to seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

If the Company conducts redemptions of the Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules in conjunction with a stockholder meeting instead of pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s third amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that, a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 15% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.20 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to stockholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions , which prior to the resignation of Barclays and waiver of fees by BMO, was to be paid to the underwriters upon the completion of the Business Combination, but has been waived following their resignation and waiver, respectively. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. These Public Shares are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

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If the Company is unable to conduct redemptions pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules as described above, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.

The Sponsor, officers, directors, Institutional Anchor Investors, and advisors have agreed (a) to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment, (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Founder Shares) into cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company is unable to conduct redemptions pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating to stockholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Founder Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor and our officers, directors and advisors will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (or 21 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, if the Company has executed a definitive agreement for a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering) (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the price per Unit $10.20. On March 30, 2022, the Company executed a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, described in the section titled “Proposed Business Combination with Novibet”, which has extended the mandatory liquidation date to 21 months or July 4, 2023.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.20 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the day of liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure its stockholders that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

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The Institutional Anchor Investors will not be entitled to (i) redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares held by them in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Certificate of Incorporation in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (iii) rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by them if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period), see Note 5.

Proposed Business Combination with Novibet

On March 28, 2022, the board of directors of Artemis unanimously approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of March 30, 2022, and amended on September 2, 2022 and December 14, 2022 (as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Komisium Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Cyprus and the holder of all of the issued ordinary shares of Novibet and all of the issued and outstanding PubCo Ordinary Shares (“Komisium”), Logflex MT Holding Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Malta with company registration number C 77769 and having its registered office at 170, Pater House, Level 1 (Suite A191), Psaila Street, Birkirkara, BKR 9077, Malta and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Komisium (“Novibet”), Novibet PLC, a Jersey public limited company, and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Komisium (“PubCo”), Novibet Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), and Artemis, which provides for, among other things, (i) the sale and transfer by Komisium of all issued ordinary shares and other equity interests of Novibet to PubCo in exchange for the consideration hereafter described (the “Share Exchange”), and (ii) the merger of Merger Sub with and into Artemis, with Artemis surviving and continuing as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Merger” and, together with the Share Exchange and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement to be effective upon consummation of the Merger, the “Proposed Business Combination”).

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth therein, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Komisium will sell and transfer all issued ordinary shares and other equity interests of Novibet to PubCo in consideration for receiving at closing of the Proposed Business Combination (a) an amount of cash, which will not exceed $50 million, equal to the excess of the Gross Closing Proceeds (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) over $100 million (the “Closing Cash Consideration”), (b) a number of ordinary shares of PubCo (the “PubCo Ordinary Shares” and such number of shares, the “Closing Share Consideration”) equal to (i) (x) $500 million minus the initial share premium of $598,000 (“Initial Share Premium”) minus the Closing Cash Consideration actually paid to Komisium, the difference divided by (y) $10.20, minus (ii) the Additional Closing Share Consideration (if any), and (c) in the event that redemptions by Public Stockholders equal or exceed 85% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, an additional 12,254,902 PubCo Ordinary Shares (the “Additional Closing Share Consideration”). If redemptions by the Public Stockholders are less than 85%, the Additional Closing Share Consideration will be deferred and 12,254,902 PubCo Ordinary Shares (the “Deferred Share Consideration”) will be issued upon the satisfaction of certain earnout conditions. In addition to the Closing Cash Consideration, Closing Share Consideration, Additional Closing Share Consideration (if any), and Deferred Share Consideration (if any), Komisium (i) will retain the 65,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares to which the Initial Share Premium relates, and (ii) may receive up to an additional 10,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares in earnout consideration (the “Earnout Consideration”) upon the satisfaction of certain earnout conditions set forth in more detail in the Business Combination Agreement.

Additionally, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth therein, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (a) each issued and outstanding share of Class B Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and will be automatically converted into one share of Class A Common Stock subject to the terms of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Support Agreement, (b) each issued and outstanding share of Class A Common Stock (including the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock, but not including any shares redeemed by the Public Stockholders and certain other excluded Company shares) shall no longer be outstanding and will be automatically converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive one PubCo Ordinary Share and (c) each outstanding whole warrant of the Company will be assumed by PubCo and will become exercisable for one PubCo Ordinary Share, on the same terms as the warrants of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement dated as of September 29, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agreement”).

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On September 2, 2022, Komisium, Novibet, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement, which among other things provided for (i) a closing share valuation of $500,000,000, with 12,254,902 PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable to Komisium at closing of the Proposed Business Combination if redemptions equal or exceed 85%, or if redemptions are less than 85%, then such PubCo Ordinary Shares would be deferred and issuable in subsequent years if certain earnout targets are met, (ii) a dual tranche earnout based on the achievement of certain net gaming revenue targets, (iii) clauses permitting Komisium to transfer up to 30% of the issued PubCo Ordinary Shares after the Closing, (iv) the payment of an amount of dividend declared prior to March 30, 2022 to Komisium up to the amount of €3,579,625, (v) the payment of the net profits generated by Novibet between signing and closing to Komisium, and (vi) a minimum cash closing condition of $12.5 million after transaction expenses and redemptions.

On December 14, 2022, Komisium, Novibet, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Business Combination Agreement, which among other things provided for (i) the change of Pubco’s jurisdiction of incorporation from England and Wales to Jersey and (ii) clauses permitting Komisium to transfer up to 10% of the issued Novibet ordinary shares prior to the Closing Date.

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor, Novibet and the Company entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement on March 30, 2022 (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed, among other things, to vote to adopt and approve the Business Combination Agreement and all other documents and transactions contemplated thereby, to vote against any business combination proposal other than the Proposed Business Combination or other proposals that would impede or frustrate the Proposed Business Combination, and to not change in any manner the dividend policy or capitalization of, including the voting rights of any class of capital stock of, the Company. Additionally, the Sponsor agreed not to redeem any shares of the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock held by it in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, and to waive the anti-dilution and conversion price adjustments set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to its Class B Common Stock.

The closing of the Proposed Business Combination is subject to certain closing conditions and there is no assurance that the Proposed Business Combination will be completed.

Liquidity and Going Concern Consideration

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $53,406 in cash and a working capital deficit of $6,796,779.

The Company’s liquidity needs through March 31, 2023, were satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from Sponsor to cover for certain expenses in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares and the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (defined below, see Note 5). As of March 31, 2023, there were no amounts outstanding under the Working Capital Loans. The Company’s management plans to continue its efforts to complete a Business Combination within 21 months of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or July 4, 2023.

If the Company’s funds are insufficient to meet the expenditures required for operating its business in the attempt to find a Business Combination or in the event that an initial Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will likely need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through July 4, 2023. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be unable to raise additional capital.

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NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Investments Held in Trust Account

The Company’s portfolio of investments is comprised of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of the U.S. government securities, the investments are classified as trading securities. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market funds, the investments are recognized at fair value. Trading securities and investments in money market funds are presented on the balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included in interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account in the accompanying statement of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

All of the 20,125,000 shares of Class A Common Stock sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Proposed Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation. In accordance with ASC 480, conditionally redeemable Class A Common Stock (including Class A Common Stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its Certificate of Incorporation provides that currently, the Company will not redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 20,125,000 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption at the redemption amount were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheets.

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of the Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. This method would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security. Effective with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount, which resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company had $1,589,736 and $1,316,585 of deferred income tax assets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and a full valuation allowance at the end of each period.

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

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Net Income/(Loss) per Common Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of common stock, one for each of its Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net Income/(Loss) per common stock is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding for the period. Net Income/(Loss) is allocated to the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock based on the relative shares outstanding for each class of common stock compared to the Company’s total shares outstanding. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the IPO or the Private Placement Warrants in the calculation of diluted income per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A Common Stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

The Company’s basic and diluted income/(loss) per share are calculated as follows:

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except for the derivative warrant liabilities (see Note 10).

The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Level 1 — Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.

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Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs amounted to $25,559,771 (including deferred underwriting commissions of an aggregate of approximately $7,043,750 which, prior to the resignation of Barclays and waiver of fees by BMO, was to be paid to the underwriters of the IPO upon the completion of the Business Combination, but has been waived following their resignation and waiver, respectively). As a result of the Barclays’ resignation letter and BMO’s waiver notice, the Company recorded (i) a positive adjustment to stockholders’ deficit of $6,717,612 and (ii) a gain on derecognition of deferred underwriting fees payable of $326,138 within the accompanying statements of operation during the year ended December 31, 2022. Of this amount, $13,158,021 was charged to stockholders’ deficit upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, $10,897,232 was charged to temporary equity, and $1,154,518 was expensed due to allocating certain offering costs to the warrant liabilities. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company charged an additional $350,000 of deferred underwriting fees to temporary equity.

Warrant Liabilities

The Company accounts for warrants for shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock that are not indexed to its own stock as liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet in accordance with ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”). Such warrants are subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized as a component of other income (expense), net on the statement of operations. The Company will continue to adjust the liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise or expiration of any warrants. At that time, the portion of the warrant liabilities related to the warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.

Recent Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

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NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 20,125,000 Units, including the 2,625,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Public Share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Public Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor has purchased 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating total proceeds of $8,000,000 to the Company. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Private Placement, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 2,000,000 Private Placement Warrants to certain Institutional Anchor Investors for at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating total proceeds of $2,000,000 to the Company.

Each Private Placement Warrant is identical to the Public Warrants in material terms and provisions, except that the Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable (except as described below in Note 7 under “Redemption of Warrants for Class A Common Stock”) and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by their initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than their initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by us and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

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NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On January 5, 2021, the Company issued 4,312,500 Founder Shares to the Sponsor in consideration for the Sponsor paying certain offering and formation costs on behalf of the Company with a value of $25,000. On March 16, 2021, the Company effected a stock split of the Founder Shares, resulting in an aggregate of 5,031,250 Founder Shares outstanding and held by the Sponsor. All share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split. Simultaneously with the closing the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 1,618,434 Founder Shares and the Company sold 1,618,434 Founder Shares to certain Institutional Anchor Investors at the original purchase price of $0.006 per share.

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination; and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Public Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Public Shares for cash, securities or other property.

In connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 1,618,434 Founder Shares to the Institutional Anchor Investors at their original purchase price. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of these Founder Shares attributable to the Institutional Anchor Investors to be $13,796,426, or $8.54 per share. The fair value of the Founder Shares were valued using a binomial/lattice model. The excess of the fair value of the Founder Shares over cost was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, the offering cost was allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received.

Promissory Note — Related Party

On January 5, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of January 5, 2023 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The outstanding balance under the Note of $162,892 was repaid at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Note is no longer available.

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Administrative Support Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on September 30, 2021, to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Proposed Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. The Company incurred $30,000 and paid $20,000 in accordance with the terms of the agreement, during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and incurred and paid $30,000 in accordance with the terms of the agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

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NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of macroeconomic conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, downturns in the financial markets, inflation, declines in consumer spending, increases in interest rates, and geopolitical instability such as the war in Ukraine, on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that such macroeconomic conditions could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, search for a target company and/or the completion of a Business Combination, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) became law, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including certain redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporations (each, a “covered corporation”). The excise tax will apply to repurchases occurring in 2023 and beyond. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. The U.S. Department of Treasury has authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of, the excise tax. On December 27, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice that provides interim operating rules for the excise tax, including rules governing the calculation and reporting of the excise tax, on which taxpayers may rely until the forthcoming proposed Treasury regulations addressing the excise tax are published. Although such notice clarifies certain aspects of the excise tax, the interpretation and operation of other aspects of the excise tax remain unclear, and such interim operating rules are subject to change. Because we are a Delaware corporation and our securities are trading on Nasdaq, it is expected that we will be a “covered corporation” for this purpose, and it is expected that we will be subject to the excise tax with respect to any redemptions of Class A Common Stock in connection with the Proposed Business Combination that are treated as repurchases for this purpose.

The extent of the excise tax that may be incurred would depend on a number of factors, including (i) whether the redemption is treated as a repurchase of stock for purposes of the excise tax, (ii) the fair market value of the redemption treated as a repurchase of stock in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of the equity issued, if any, by us in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, and (iv) the content of forthcoming regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Although issuances of stock by a repurchasing corporation in a year in which such corporation repurchases stock may reduce the amount of excise tax imposed with respect to such repurchase, absent the issuance of applicable guidance, it is not currently expected that this reduction would be available with respect to redemptions of Class A Common Stock by us and the issuance of shares in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not the shareholders from which shares are repurchased, and only limited guidance on the mechanics of any required reporting and payment of the excise tax on which taxpayers may rely have been issued to date. The imposition of the excise tax could reduce the amount of cash available to us for effecting the redemptions of Class A Common Stock, and could reduce the cash on hand for us (and PubCo immediately following the Proposed Business Combination) to fund operations and to make distributions to shareholders.

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed in connection with the Initial Public Offering, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Public Shares). The holders of the majority 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 consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters, prior to their respective resignation and waiver of fees, were entitled to deferred underwriting commissions of $0.35 per Unit, or $7,043,750 in the aggregate. The deferred underwriting commissions were expected to become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement, dated September 29, 2021, among Barclays, BMO and the Company.

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On July 14, 2022, Barclays delivered to the Company a notice of resignation of its roles as financial and capital markets advisor to the Company in connection with the Business Combination and waived all rights to fees (including deferred underwriting commissions for services rendered as one of the underwriters in the Company’s IPO) and reimbursement of expenses in connection with the Business Combination. On July 20, 2022, BMO, one of the underwriters in the IPO, delivered to the Company a notice that BMO waived all rights to its portion of the deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the IPO. BMO had no role in connection with the Business Combination.

As a result of the Barclays’ resignation letter and BMO’s waiver notice, the Company recorded a gain on derecognition of deferred underwriting fees payable of $326,138 within the Statement of Operations and $6,717,612 was recorded as an adjustment for accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount for the year ended December 31, 2022.

NOTE 7. WARRANT LIABILITIES

The Company accounted for 20,062,500 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (10,062,500 Public Warrants and 10,000,000 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant is recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company has classified each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.

The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination provided that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares of Class A Common Stock to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such warrant exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of residence of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A Common Stock until the warrants expire, as specified in the Warrant Agreement. If any such registration statement has not been declared effective by the 60th business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A Common Stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its best efforts to register or qualify the Class A Common Stock under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Redemption of Public Warrants for Cash

The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption:

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Redemption of Warrants for Class A Common Stock

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption for cash, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis”, as described in the Warrant Agreement. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrants. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

If (x) the Company issues additional common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A Common Stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial stockholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described above shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

NOTE 8. CLASS A COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION

The Company’s Class A Common Stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of future events. The Company is authorized to issue 380,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 20,125,000 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding subject to possible redemption and are classified outside of permanent equity in the condensed balance sheets.

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NOTE 9. STOCKHOLDER’S DEFICIT

Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred shares. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was no preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 380,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no shares of Class A Common Stock issued or outstanding, excluding 20,125,000 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption.

Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 20,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was 5,031,250 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 4, 2021, the Sponsor forfeited 1,618,434 Founder Shares and the Company sold 1,618,434 Founder Shares to certain Institutional Anchor Investors at the original purchase price of $0.006 per share. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of the Company’s initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided in the Final Prospectus.

Holders of the Class A Common Stock and holders of the Founder Shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, except as required by law or stock exchange rule; provided that only holders of the Founder Shares have the right to vote on the election of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination and holders of a majority of the Founder Shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.

The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A Common Stock at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such 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, 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all shares of Class A Common Stock issued in the Offering (including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option) plus (ii) the sum of (i) 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 in connection with or in relation to the consummation of a Business Combination (including any shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to a forward purchase agreement), excluding any shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities or rights issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or any member of management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and any warrants issued pursuant to a forward purchase agreement, minus (ii) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock redeemed in connection with a Business Combination, provided that such conversion of Founder Shares shall never be less than one-to-one.

The Company may issue additional common stock or preferred stock to complete its Business Combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of its Business Combination.

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NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

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Warrants

The warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the Balance Sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the statement of operations.

The warrants were initially valued using a binomial lattice model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The binomial lattice model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the Initial Public Offering date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the close price of the Public Warrant price will be used as the fair value as of each relevant date. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants was the equivalent to that of the Public Warrants as they had substantially the same terms; however, they are not actively traded, as such are listed as a Level 2 in the hierarchy table above.

NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated events that have occurred up to the date the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon the review, management did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations

References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Artemis Strategic Investment Corporation. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Artemis Sponsor, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are not historical facts and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of this Quarterly Report and the Risk Factors section of the Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on January 4, 2021 formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.

We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

Proposed Business Combination with Novibet

On March 30, 2022, the Company entered into the Business Combination Agreement, with Komisium, Novibet, PubCo and Merger Sub, which was subsequently amended on September 2, 2022, and December 14, 2022 which provides for, among other things, (i) the Share Exchange and (ii) the Merger.

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth therein, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Komisium will sell and transfer all issued ordinary shares and other equity interests of Novibet to PubCo in consideration for receiving at closing of the Proposed Business Combination (a) the Closing Cash Consideration, (b) the Closing Share Consideration, and (c) in the event that redemptions by Artemis’s public stockholders equal or exceed 85% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, the Additional Closing Share Consideration. If redemptions by the Public Stockholders are less than 85%, the Additional Closing Share Consideration will be deferred and the Deferred Share Consideration will be issued upon the satisfaction of certain earnout conditions. In addition to the Closing Cash Consideration, Closing Share Consideration, Additional Closing Share Consideration (if any), and Deferred Share Consideration (if any), Komisium (i) will retain the 65,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares to which the Initial Share Premium relates, and (ii) may receive the Earnout Consideration upon the satisfaction of certain earnout conditions set forth in more detail in the Business Combination Agreement.

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Additionally, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions set forth therein, immediately prior to the Effective Time, (a) each share of Class B Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and will be automatically converted into one share of Class A Common Stock subject to the terms of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Sponsor Support Agreement, (b) each issued and outstanding share of Class A Common Stock (including the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock, but not including any shares redeemed by the Public Stockholders and certain other excluded Company shares) shall no longer be outstanding and will be automatically converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive one PubCo Ordinary Share and (c) each outstanding whole warrant of the Company will be assumed by PubCo and will become exercisable for one PubCo Ordinary Share, on the same terms as the warrants of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

On September 2, 2022, Komisium, Novibet, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement, which among other things provided for (i) a closing share valuation of $500,000,000, with 12,254,902 PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable to Komisium at closing of the Proposed Business Combination if redemptions equal or exceed 85%, or if redemptions are less than 85%, then such PubCo Ordinary Shares would be deferred and issuable in subsequent years if certain earnout targets are met, (ii) a dual tranche earnout based on the achievement of certain net gaming revenue targets, (iii) clauses permitting Komisium to transfer up to 30% of the issued PubCo Ordinary Shares after the Closing, (iv) the payment of an amount of dividend declared prior to March 30, 2022 to Komisium up to the amount of €3,579,625, (v) the payment of the net profits generated by Novibet between signing and closing to Komisium, and (vi) a minimum cash closing condition of $12.5 million after transaction expenses and redemptions.

On December 14, 2022, Komisium, Novibet, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Business Combination Agreement, which among other things provided for (i) the change of Pubco’s jurisdiction of incorporation from England and Wales to Jersey and (ii) clauses permitting Komisium to transfer up to 10% of the issued Novibet ordinary shares prior to the Closing Date.

Novibet is a vertically-integrated online gambling operator offering a full suite of online gaming and sports betting products across desktop and mobile channels. The parties have ascribed Novibet a pre-business combination enterprise value of $500 million. The Proposed Business Combination is expected to close following the fulfillment of the closing conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

For more information about the Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Business Combination, see the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed by PubCo on September 9, 2022, as amended (the “Registration Statement”). Unless specifically statement, this Quarterly Report does not give effect to the proposed business combination and does not detail the risks associated with the Proposed Business Combination. Such risks and effects are set forth in the Registration Statement.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying and evaluating a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account. We will incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $2,532,453, which consisted of $585,138 of operating costs, provision for income taxes of $419,697, offset by non-cash gains of $1,508,700 related to change in fair value of warrant liabilities and interest income of $2,028,588.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had a net loss of $1,254,236, which consisted of $4,272,433 of operating costs, offset by non-cash gains of $2,983,294 related to change in fair value of warrant liabilities and interest income of $34,903.

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Liquidity and Going Concern Consideration

On October 4, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,125,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 2,625,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $201,250,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 8,000,000 Sponsor Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Sponsor Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $8,000,000, which is described in Note 4. The Company also consummated the sale of 2,000,000 Anchor Investor Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Anchor Investor Warrant in a private placement to certain Institutional Anchor Investors, generating gross proceeds of $2,000,000.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 4, 2021, an amount of $205,275,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred transaction costs totaling $25,559,771, consisting of $3,825,000 of underwriting fees, $7,043,750 of deferred underwriting commissions, $13,796,426 of offering costs related to the fair value of the Founder Shares issued to certain Institutional Anchor Investors and $894,595 of other offering costs. Effective as of July 14, 2022, Barclays resigned and withdrew from its role as financial advisor and capital markets advisor to the Company and waived its entitlement to all fees in connection with the Business Combination, including its portion of the deferred underwriting commissions in the amount of approximately $4,578,438. Effective as of July 20, 2022, BMO waived its entitlement to its portion of the deferred underwriting commissions in the amount of approximately $2,465,312.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

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, the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. 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 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant, at the option of the lender.

The Company’s management plans to continue its efforts to complete a Business Combination within 21 months of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or July 4, 2023.

The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through July 4, 2023. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be unable to raise additional capital.

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However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash used in operating activities was $258,090. Net income of $2,532,453 was affected by non-cash gains of $1,508,700 related to changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities, interest income of $2,028,588 and changes in operating assets and liabilities.

As of March 31, 2023, we had cash of $53,406 and investments of $210,122,061 held in the Trust Account. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes paid) to complete our initial Business Combination. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, administrative and support services. We began incurring these fees on September 30, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.

Refer to Note 6 to the financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report for further discussion of our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

Refer to Note 1 to the financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report for further discussion of the terms and obligations of the Company under the Business Combination Agreement and the Sponsor Support Agreement.

The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Proposed Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the Trust Account (initially $10.20 per share), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of a Business Combination, including any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Refer to Note 2 to our unaudited condensed financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report for discussion of management’s critical accounting estimates and consideration of recently issued accounting pronouncements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As previously disclosed, on March 30, 2023, our management and the audit committee of our board of directors concluded that our previously issued unaudited interim financial statements included in our Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 should no longer be relied upon due to an error in the accounting for the waiver of the deferred underwriting fee by the underwriters of our IPO. In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter of 2023 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. However, management did implement changes in internal control over financial reporting during second quarter of 2023 designed to remediate a material weakness.

PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

ITEM 1A. Risk Factors.

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this report include the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. These risk factors should be read carefully in connection with evaluating our business and in connection with the forward-looking statements and other information contained in this Quarterly Report. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.

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ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. Other Information.

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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