Black Mountain Acquisition Corp. - Quarter Report: 2023 March (Form 10-Q)
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☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Delaware |
86-2013849 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
425 Houston Street, Suite 400 Fort Worth, |
76102 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and three quarters of one warrant |
BMAC.U |
The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
BMAC |
The New York Stock Exchange | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share |
BMAC WS |
The New York Stock Exchange |
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☒ |
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BLACK MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION CORP.
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2023
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Item 1. |
Financial Statements |
March 31, |
December 31, |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash |
$ | 75,824 | $ | 289,657 | ||||
Prepaid expenses |
60,984 | 90,194 | ||||||
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Total current assets |
136,808 |
379,851 |
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Investments held in Trust Account |
287,938,283 | 284,892,172 | ||||||
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Total Assets |
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288,075,091 |
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285,272,023 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
$ | 667,497 | $ | 409,400 | ||||
Income taxes payable |
1,019,086 | 389,913 | ||||||
Due to related party |
10,000 | 7,744 | ||||||
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Total current liabilities |
1,696,583 |
807,057 |
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Deferred underwriting commissions |
9,660,000 | 9,660,000 | ||||||
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Total Liabilities |
11,356,583 |
10,457,057 |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) |
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Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 27,600,000 shares at redemption value |
286,803,951 | 284,475,024 | ||||||
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Stockholders’ Deficit: |
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Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding |
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Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, (excluding 27,600,000 shares subject to possible redemption) |
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Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 6,900,000 shares issued and outstanding |
690 | 690 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
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Accumulated deficit |
(10,086,133 | ) | (9,670,748 | ) | ||||
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Total Stockholders’ Deficit |
(10,085,443 |
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit |
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288,075,091 |
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285,272,023 |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2022 |
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Operating costs |
$ | 503,396 | $ | 335,026 | ||||
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Loss from operations |
(503,396 |
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(335,026 |
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Other income: |
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Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account |
3,046,111 | 23,404 | ||||||
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Other income |
3,046,111 |
23,404 |
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Income (Loss) before provision for income taxes |
2,542,715 | (311,622 | ) | |||||
Provision for income taxes |
(629,173 | ) | — | |||||
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Net income (loss) |
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1,913,542 |
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(311,622 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock |
27,600,000 | 27,600,000 | ||||||
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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A common stock |
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0.06 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock |
6,900,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||
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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B common stock |
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0.06 |
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Class A Common Stock |
Class B Common Stock |
Additional Paid-in Capital |
Stock Subscription Receivable |
Accumulated Deficit |
Total Stockholders’ Deficit |
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Balance – December 31, 2022 |
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6,900,000 |
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690 |
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Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption |
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— | (2,328,927 | ) | (2,328,927 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 1,913,542 | 1,913,542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance – March 31, 2023 |
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6,900,000 |
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690 |
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(10,086,133 |
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FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 |
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Class A Common Stock |
Class B Common Stock |
Additional Paid-in Capital |
Stock Subscription Receivable |
Accumulated Deficit |
Total Stockholders’ Deficit |
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Balance – December 31, 2021 |
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6,900,000 |
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690 |
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(240 |
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(8,915,246 |
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Stock Subscription Received from Issuance of Founder Shares to Directors |
— | — | — | — | — | 240 | — | 240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss |
— | — | — | — | — | — | (311,622 | ) | (311,622 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance – March 31, 2022 |
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6,900,000 |
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690 |
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(9,226,868 |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
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Net income (loss) |
$ | 1,913,542 | $ | (311,622 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account |
(3,046,111 | ) | (23,404 | ) | ||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses |
29,210 | 15,553 | ||||||
Due to related party |
2,256 | 11,630 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
258,097 | 161,509 | ||||||
Income taxes payable |
629,173 | — | ||||||
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Net cash used in operating activities |
(213,833 | ) | (146,334 | ) | ||||
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Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
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Proceeds from issuance of Class B common stock to Independent Directors |
— | 240 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
— | 240 | ||||||
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Net Change in Cash |
(213,833 |
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(146,094 |
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Cash – Beginning of period |
289,657 | 899,056 | ||||||
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Cash – End of period |
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75,824 |
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752,962 |
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Non-Cash investing and financing activities: |
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Remeasurement of Class A common stock to redemption value |
$ | 2,328,927 | $ | — | ||||
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• | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
• | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
• | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 |
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Basic net income per share: |
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Allocation of net income |
$ | 1,530,834 | $ | 382,708 | ||||
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Weighted average shares outstanding |
27,600,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||
Basic net income per share |
$ | 0.06 | $ | 0.06 |
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Basic net loss per share: |
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Allocation of net loss |
$ | (249,298 | ) | $ | (62,324 | ) | ||
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Weighted average shares outstanding |
27,600,000 | 6,900,000 | ||||||
Basic net loss per share |
$ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2021 |
$ |
281,520,000 |
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Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value |
2,955,024 | |||
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2022 |
$ |
284,475,024 |
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Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value |
2,328,927 | |||
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, March 31, 2023 |
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286,803,951 |
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• | in whole and not in part; |
• | at a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
• | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each warrant holder; and |
• | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing once the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
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BLACK MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION CORP.
Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Black Mountain Acquisition Corp., a blank check company incorporated on February 10, 2021 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as our “Initial Business Combination.” References to our “Sponsor” refer to Black Mountain Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. References to the “SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. References to our “Initial Public Offering” refers to our initial public offering, which closed on October 18, 2021 (the “Closing Date”). References to “public shares” are to shares of our Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, sold as part of the units in our Initial Public Offering. References to “public stockholders” are to the holders of our public shares. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements in nature. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following risks, uncertainties and other factors:
• | our ability to complete our Initial Business Combination, particularly in light of disruption that may result from limitations imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak and other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or other significant outbreaks of infectious diseases); |
• | our being a company with no operating history and no revenues; |
• | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our Initial Business Combination; |
• | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our Initial Business Combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements; |
• | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our Initial Business Combination; |
• | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
• | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; |
• | our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business or businesses; |
• | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential acquisition opportunities; |
• | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
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• | the lack of a market for our securities; |
• | the use of proceeds not held in the Trust Account (as defined below) or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; |
• | the Trust Account not being subject to claims of third parties; |
• | our financial performance; or |
• | the other risks and uncertainties discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. |
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023 and our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 24, 2023, as supplemented by the proxy supplements filed with the SEC on April 10, 2023 and April 11, 2023. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on February 10, 2021 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Our Sponsor acquired 6,810,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001, (the “Founder Shares”) prior to the Initial Public Offering.
We consummated our Initial Public Offering on October 22, 2021, resulting in the sale of 27,600,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $276,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of our Class A common stock and three quarters of one warrant (each whole warrant, a “Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one whole share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and only whole warrants are exercisable. The warrants will become exercisable on the 30th day after the completion of our Initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of our Initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Simultaneously with the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, we completed a private placement of 13,040,000 private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to us of approximately $13,040,000. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one whole share of our Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The Private Placement Warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of our Initial Business Combination.
We received gross proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants of $276,000,000 and $13,040,000, respectively, for an aggregate of $289,040,000. $281,520,000 of the gross proceeds were deposited into the Trust Account. The $281,520,000 of net proceeds held in the Trust Account includes $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that will be released to the Underwriters upon completion of our Initial Business Combination.
The Founder Shares that we issued prior to the Closing Date will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock at the time of our Initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in our Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the Initial Business Combination the ratio at which the shares of our Founder Shares will convert into shares of our Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our Founder Shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all issued and outstanding shares of Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of our Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the Initial Business Combination (after giving effect to any redemptions of shares of our Class A common stock by public stockholders and excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the business combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to our Sponsor, any affiliate of our Sponsor or any of our officers or directors upon conversion of any funds loaned to the Company, on a non-interest bearing basis, by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors, in order to finance transactions costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination (the “Working Capital Loans”).
Holders of the units sold in our Initial Public Offering (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the shares of Class A common stock and Public Warrants included in the Units. The shares of Class A common stock and Public Warrants that are separated will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “BMAC” and “BMAC WS,” respectively. Those Units not separated will continue to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “BMAC.U.”
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our activities through March 31, 2023, were those necessary to identify a target company for a business combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in a U.S.-based trust account (the “Trust Account”) maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. We 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 a net income of $1,913,542, which consisted of interest earned on funds held in Trust Account of $3,046,111, offset by operating costs of $503,396 and provision for income taxes of $629,173.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had a net loss of $311,622, which consisted of $335,026 in operating costs, offset by interest earned on funds held in Trust Account of $23,404.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of March 31, 2023, we had $75,824 in cash and a working capital deficit of $490,689 (excluding taxes payable from the Trust Account).
Our liquidity needs up to March 31, 2023 had been satisfied through a payment of $25,000 in offering costs by the Sponsor in exchange for the Founder Shares, borrowings under the promissory note of $195,000 and funds held outside of the Trust Account. The promissory note was fully repaid from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering.
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In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide Working Capital Loans. As of March 31, 2023, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASU 2014-15, management has determined that the Company has and will continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Initial Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our Initial Business Combination in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our Initial Business Combination. If we are unable to complete our Initial Business Combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following our Initial Business Combination if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern,” management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete a business combination within 20 months from the Closing Date (the “Combination Period”), then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution as well as the Company’s anticipated capital requirements raise 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 required to liquidate after the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete a business combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
On April 14, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved and adopted the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended Charter”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an Initial Business Combination from April 18, 2023 to June 18, 2023 (the “New Termination Date” and such extension, the “Initial Extension”) and (ii) allow the Company’s board of directors, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the New Termination Date up to six times for an additional one month each time (each, an “Extension Period”) by depositing into the Trust Account, for each Extension Period, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $160,000 and (y) $0.04 for each share of the Company’s Class A common stock issued as part of the units sold in the Initial Public Offering that is not redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting, until December 18, 2023.
On April 14, 2023, the Sponsor deposited $320,000 into the Trust Account, triggering the Initial Extension.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting estimates affecting our financial statements:
Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
As a result of the right of stockholders to redeem their public shares in connection with a tender offer for shares or an Initial Business Combination, all such public shares are recorded at redemption amount and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with ASC 480.
Net Income per Share
Net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Adjustment associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2023, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(b)(1)(ii)(B) of Regulation S-K.
Contractual Obligations
As of March 31, 2023, we did not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities. The Company has agreed to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.
The Underwriters of the Initial Public Offering are entitled to a deferred underwriting commission payable upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination and will be paid from the amounts held in the Trust Account. The Underwriters are not entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred underwriting commission.
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JOBS Act
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our unaudited condensed financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (a) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the JOBS Act, (b) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (c) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting and Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the unaudited condensed financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (d) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the closing of the Initial Public Offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10 of Regulation S-K and are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this item.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial 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 officer has concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as a result of the material weaknesses identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
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.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 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.
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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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. Except as disclosed below, there have been no material changes to the risks disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.
There are no assurances that the extensions approved and adopted under the Amended Charter will enable us to complete an initial Business Combination.
Though the Amended Charter was approved, the Company can provide no assurances that an Initial Business Combination will be consummated prior to the New Termination Date, as extended by each of the Extension Periods. Our ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. In addition to the stockholder redemptions made in connection with Amended Charter, we will be required to offer stockholders redemption rights again in connection with any stockholder vote to approve the Initial Business Combination. It is possible that the stockholder redemptions made in connection with the Amended Charter will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate an Initial Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we have separate redemption periods in connection with the Amended Charter and a Initial Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our stockholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our shares on the open market. The price of our shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that stockholders will be able to dispose of our shares at favorable prices, or at all.
We may be subject to a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax in connection with redemptions of our Class A Common Stock.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases (including any redemptions) of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations after December 31, 2022. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from whom the shares are repurchased (although it may reduce the amount of cash distributable in a current or subsequent redemption). The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of any positive difference between the fair market value of any shares repurchased by the repurchasing corporation during a taxable year and the fair market value of certain new stock issuances by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year. In addition, a number of exceptions apply to this excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of, this excise tax.
On December 27, 2022, the Treasury published Notice 2023-2, which provided clarification on some aspects of the application of the excise tax, including with respect to some transactions in which special purpose acquisition companies like ours typically engage. The notice appears to exempt from the excise tax any distributions, including those that occur in connection with redemptions, by a corporation in the same year it completely liquidates; however, this interpretation is not free from doubt and the notice could be interpreted to have a narrower application. Consequently, a risk remains that any redemptions made in connection with the Amended Charter would be subject to the excise tax, including in circumstances where we either engage in an Initial Business Combination in 2023 in which we do not issue shares sufficient to offset the earlier redemptions or liquidate later in 2023.
Because the application of this excise tax is not free from doubt, any redemption or other repurchase effected by us that occurs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise may be subject to this excise tax. Because any such excise tax would be payable by us and not by the redeeming stockholder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the excise tax in connection with an Initial Business Combination will depend on a number of factors, including (i) whether the Initial Business Combination closes, (ii) the structure of the Initial Business Combination, (iii) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Initial Business Combination, (iv) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the Initial Business Combination (or any other equity issuances within the same taxable year of the Initial Business Combination) and (v) the content of any subsequent regulations, classifications and other guidance issued by the Treasury.
For the avoidance of doubt, the per share redemption price payable from the Trust Account (including interest earned thereon) to stockholders in connection with any redemptions of public shares will not be reduced by any excise tax imposed on us under the IR Act.
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete an Initial Business Combination.
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be severely restricted, including, without limitation, restrictions on the nature of our investments, restrictions on the issuance of securities, and restrictions on the enforceability of agreements entered into by us, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete an Initial Business Combination. In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including, without limitation, registration as an investment company with the SEC (which may be impractical and would require significant changes in, among other things, our capital structure); adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and compliance with other rules and regulations that we are currently not subject to.
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In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business is to identify and complete an Initial Business Combination and thereafter to operate the post-combination business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.
If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we might be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an Initial Business Combination and instead be required to liquidate. If we are required to liquidate, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning stock in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our stock and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless. We do not believe that our principal activities currently subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, from the time beginning with the consummation of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, the proceeds held in the Trust Account have been invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2023, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets, but may hold cash items. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments and by subsequently holding all funds in the Trust Account in cash items (as described in the following paragraph), and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long-term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we do not believe we are an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. Our securities are not intended for persons seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The Trust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of our primary business objective, which is an Initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an Initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our Initial Business Combination within the completion window; and (iii) absent an Initial Business Combination, our return of the funds held in the Trust Account to our public stockholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. Because we have invested only in permitted instruments, we believe we are not an investment company. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to consummate our Initial Business Combination.
To mitigate the risk that we could be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we instructed the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash items until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or our liquidation. Following the liquidation of securities in the Trust Account, we would likely receive less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The funds in the Trust Account have, since the Initial Public Offering, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we have instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash items (including in an interest bearing demand deposit account) until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of our Initial Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account.
Following such liquidation, we are receiving and would likely continue to receive less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any. As a result, the decision to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash will reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
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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.
Item 6. | Exhibits |
Exhibits designated by an asterisk (*) are filed herewith and those designated by two asterisks (**) are furnished herewith; all exhibits not so designated are incorporated by reference to a prior filing as indicated.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 18th day of May 2023.
BLACK MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
/s/ Rhett Bennett | ||
Name: | Rhett Bennett | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
/s/ Jacob Smith | ||
Name: | Jacob Smith | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary |
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