Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I - Quarter Report: 2022 September (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 |
Cayman Islands |
0001-41050 |
98-1607883 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall Cricket Square, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands |
33139 | |
(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 Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant |
BCSAU |
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share |
BCSA |
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 |
BCSAW |
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer |
☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☒ |
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BLOCKCHAIN COINVESTORS ACQUISITION CORP. I
Form 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022
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Item 1. |
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Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021 |
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Item 2. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Item 3. |
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Item 4. |
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Item 1. |
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Item 1A |
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Item 2. |
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Item 3. |
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Item 4. |
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Item 5. |
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Item 6. |
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Item 1. |
Condensed Financial Statements |
September 30, 2022 |
December 31, 2021 |
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(Unaudited) |
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Assets: |
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Current assets: |
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Cash |
$ | 85,144 |
$ | 380,035 |
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Prepaid expenses |
471,640 |
716,442 |
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Total current assets |
556,784 |
1,096,477 |
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Investments held in Trust Account |
307,680,604 |
306,001,090 |
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Total Assets |
$ |
308,237,388 |
$ |
307,097,567 |
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Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit: |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 719,869 |
$ | 564,026 |
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Note payable - related party |
170,000 |
— |
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Accrued expenses |
2,506,602 |
149,102 |
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Total current liabilities |
3,396,471 |
713,128 |
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Derivative liabilities |
1,135,423 |
10,962,700 |
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Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the initial public offering |
11,280,000 |
11,280,000 |
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Total Liabilities |
15,811,894 |
22,955,828 |
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Commitments and Contingencies |
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Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; $0.0001 par value; 30,000,000 shares at redemption value of approximately $10.25 and $10.20 per share as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively |
307,580,604 |
306,000,000 |
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Shareholders’ Deficit: |
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Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 |
— |
— |
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Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 1,322,000 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 30,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 |
132 |
132 |
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Class B ordinary shares, $0.00009 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 |
900 |
900 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
— |
— |
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Accumulated deficit |
(15,156,142 |
) | (21,859,293 |
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Total shareholders’ deficit |
(15,155,110 |
) | (21,858,261 |
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Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit |
$ |
308,237,388 |
$ |
307,097,567 |
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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 |
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
For the period from June 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 |
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General and administrative expenses |
$ | 1,174,367 | $ | 5,000 | $ | 3,088,036 | $ | 5,000 | ||||||||
General and administrative expenses - related party |
45,000 | — | 135,000 | — | ||||||||||||
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Loss from operations |
(1,219,367 | ) | (5,000 | ) | (3,223,036 | ) | (5,000 | ) | ||||||||
Other income: |
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Change in fair value of derivative liabilities |
117,457 | — | 9,827,277 | — | ||||||||||||
Income earned on investments held in Trust Account |
1,533,315 | — | 1,679,514 | — | ||||||||||||
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Net income (loss) |
$ | 431,405 | $ | (5,000 | ) | $ | 8,283,755 | $ | (5,000 | ) | ||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding of Class A ordinary shares, basic and diluted |
31,322,000 | — | 31,322,000 | — | ||||||||||||
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Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares |
$ | .01 | $ | — | $ | .20 | $ | — | ||||||||
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding of Class B ordinary shares, basic and diluted |
10,000,000 | 8,700,000 | 10,000,000 | 8,700,000 | ||||||||||||
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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B ordinary shares |
$ | .01 | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | .20 | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||
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Ordinary Shares |
Additional |
Total |
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Class A |
Class B |
Paid-in |
Accumulated |
Shareholders’ |
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Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Deficit |
Deficit |
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Balance - December 31, 2021 |
1,322,000 |
$ |
132 |
10,000,000 |
$ |
900 |
$ |
— |
$ |
(21,859,293 |
) |
$ |
(21,858,261 |
) | ||||||||||||||
Net income |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4,313,808 |
4,313,808 |
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Balance - March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) |
1,322,000 |
132 |
10,000,000 |
900 |
— |
(17,545,485 |
) |
(17,544,453 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3,538,542 |
3,538,542 |
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Increase in redemption value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(47,289 |
) |
(47,289 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance - June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) |
1,322,000 |
132 |
10,000,000 |
900 |
— |
(14,054,232 |
) |
(14,053,200 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
431,405 |
431,405 |
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Increase in redemption value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(1,533,315 |
) |
(1,533,315 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balance - September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) |
1,322,000 |
$ |
132 |
10,000,000 |
$ |
900 |
$ |
— |
$ |
(15,156,142 |
) | $ |
(15,155,110 |
) | ||||||||||||||
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Ordinary Shares |
Additional |
Total |
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Class A |
Class B |
Paid-in |
Accumulated |
Shareholders’ |
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Shares |
Amount |
Shares |
Amount |
Capital |
Deficit |
Equity |
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Balance - June 11, 2021 (inception) |
— |
$ |
— |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
$ |
— |
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Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor (1) |
10,005,000 |
900 |
24,100 |
— |
25,000 |
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Balance - June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
— |
— |
10,005,000 |
900 |
24,100 |
— |
25,000 |
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Net loss |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
(5,000 |
) |
(5,000 |
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Balance - September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
— |
$ |
— |
10,005,000 |
$ |
900 |
$ |
24,100 |
$ |
(5,000 |
) |
$ |
20,000 |
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(1) |
Included 1,305,000 shares of which were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. The accompanying financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the stock split and stock dividend. See Notes 5 and 9. At the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option resulting in 5,000 Class B ordinary shares being forfeited. |
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
For the Period From June 11, 2021 (Inception) Through September 30, 2021 |
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
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Net income (loss) |
$ | 8,283,755 | $ | (5,000 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities |
(9,827,277 | ) | — | |||||
Income earned on investments held in Trust Account |
(1,679,514 | ) | — | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses |
244,802 | — | ||||||
Accounts payable |
155,843 | — | ||||||
Accrued expenses |
2,387,500 | 5,000 | ||||||
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Net cash used in operating activities |
(434,891 | ) | — | |||||
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Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
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Proceeds from note payable to related party |
170,000 | — | ||||||
Offering costs paid |
(30,000 | ) | — |
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Proceeds from sale of Class B ordinary shares to initial shareholders |
— | 25,000 | ||||||
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
140,000 | 25,000 | ||||||
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Net change in cash |
(294,891 | ) | 25,000 | |||||
Cash - beginning of the period |
380,035 | — | ||||||
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Cash - end of the period |
$ |
85,144 |
$ |
25,000 |
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Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities: |
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Offering costs included in accrual expenses |
$ | — | $ | 564,945 | ||||
Offering costs paid by Sponsor under promissory note |
$ | — | $ | 110,867 |
• | 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 September 30, 2022 |
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
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Class A |
Class B |
Class A |
Class B |
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Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share: |
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Numerator: |
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Allocation of net income |
$ |
327,004 |
$ |
104,401 |
$ |
6,279,071 |
$ |
2,004,684 |
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Denominator: |
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Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding |
31,322,000 |
10,000,000 |
31,322,000 |
10,000,000 |
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Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share |
$ |
0.01 |
$ |
0.01 |
$ |
0.20 |
$ |
0.20 |
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For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 |
For the period from June 11, 2021 (incpetion) through September 30, 2021 |
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Class A |
Class B |
Class A |
Class B |
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Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share: |
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Numerator: |
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Allocation of net loss |
$ |
— |
$ |
(5,000 |
) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(5,000 |
) | ||||||
Denominator: |
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Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding |
— |
8,700,000 |
— |
8,700,000 |
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Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share |
$ |
— |
$ |
(0.00 |
) |
$ |
— |
$ |
(0.00 |
) | ||||||
Gross proceeds from Initial Public Offering |
$ | 300,000,000 | ||
Less: |
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Fair value of Public Warrants at issuance |
(11,113,500 | ) | ||
Offering costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption |
(17,088,566 | ) | ||
Plus: |
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Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption amount |
34,202,066 | |||
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Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2021 |
306,000,000 | |||
Increase in redemption value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption |
1,580,604 | |||
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Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as of September 30, 2022 |
$ | 307,580,604 | ||
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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; and |
• | if, and only if, the Redemption Reference Price equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted). |
Description |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
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Assets: |
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Investments held in Trust Account - Mutual funds |
$ | 307,680,604 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Liabilities: |
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Derivative warrant liabilities - Public Warrants |
$ | 1,087,500 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Derivative warrant liabilities - Private Warrants |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 47,923 |
Description |
Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
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Assets: |
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Investments held in Trust Account - Mutual funds |
$ | 306,001,090 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Liabilities: |
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Derivative warrant liabilities - Public Warrants |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 10,500,000 | ||||||
Derivative warrant liabilities - Private Warrants |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 462,700 |
December 31, 2021 |
September 30, 2022 |
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Exercise price |
$ | 11.50 | $ | 11.50 | ||||
Stock price |
$ | 9.83 | $ | 10.08 | ||||
Volatility |
14.3 | % | 1.99 | % | ||||
Term (years) |
5 | 5 | ||||||
Risk-free rate |
1.32 | % | 4.06 | % | ||||
Dividend yield |
0.0 | % | 0.0 | % |
Derivative warrant liabilities at December 31, 2021 |
$ | 10,962,700 | ||
Transfer of Public Warrants to Level 1 |
(10,500,000 | ) | ||
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities |
(198,300 | ) | ||
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Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2022 |
264,400 | |||
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities |
(211,520 | ) | ||
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Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2022 |
52,880 | |||
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities |
(4,957 | ) | ||
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Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2022 |
$ | 47,923 | ||
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Agreement
(“
intends, but is not obligated, to purchase after the date of the Company’s redemption deadline through a broker in the open market the Company’s
Class A ordinary shares, including such shares that holders had elected to redeem pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents in connection
with the Qenta Business Combination, other than from the Company or affiliates of the Company, and (b) the FPA Seller has agreed to waive any
redemption rights in connection with the Qenta Business Combination with respect to such Class A ordinary shares of the Company it purchases in
accordance with the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “
than
pro forma basis.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. 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 the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as well as the Risk Factors section in Part II of this filing. 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 as a Cayman Islands exempted company on June 11, 2021. We were 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”). We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
Our sponsor is Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Sponsors I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on November 9, 2021. On November 15, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), including 3,900,000 additional Units to cover the underwriters’ over-allotment (the “Over-Allotment Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $300,000,000, and incurring offering costs and expenses of approximately $17.8 million of which approximately $11.3 million was for deferred underwriting commissions.
Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share for $11.50 per whole share.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 1,322,000 Units (each, a “Private Placement Unit” and collectively, the “Private Placement Units”), at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit with the Sponsor, generating total gross proceeds of $13,220,000 (the “Private Placement”).
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Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering and partial exercise of the over-allotment by the underwriters on November 15, 2021, an amount of $306,000,000 ($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 Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, and was 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 the conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
Although we are not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, we intend to concentrate on sourcing business combination opportunities in the financial services, technology and other sectors of the economy that are being enabled by emerging applications of blockchain.
Our 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 Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Nasdaq rules provide that the Initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the Trust Account (excluding deferred underwriting costs and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement to enter a Business Combination. We will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
We will have until 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not 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 the Company to pay its tax obligations (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 Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
Proposed Business Combination
As more fully described in Note 11 to the unaudited condensed financial statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, on November 10, 2022, we entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), with BCSA Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Qenta Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Qenta”). The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the following transactions: (i) we will become a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”) and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) our name will be changed to “Qenta Inc.” (“New Qenta”) and (B) each of our outstanding Class A ordinary shares and each of our outstanding Class B ordinary shares will become one share of common stock of New Qenta (the “New Qenta Common Stock”); and (ii) following the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into Qenta, with Qenta as the surviving company in the merger and continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Qenta (the “Merger”).
In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, (i) outstanding shares of Qenta (other than treasury shares and any Company Dissenting Shares (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) will be exchanged for shares of New Qenta Common Stock and (ii) each outstanding Exchangeable Company RSU (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) will be exchanged for comparable restricted stock units of New Qenta, based on an agreed upon equity value. We anticipate issuing 49,100,000 shares of New Qenta Common Stock to the equityholders of Qenta in the Qenta Business Combination.
The obligation of the Company and Qenta to consummate the Business Combination is subject to certain closing conditions, including, but not limited to, (i) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, (ii) the absence of any order, law or other legal restraint or prohibition issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity of competent jurisdiction enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Domestication or the Merger, (iii) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended registering the New Qenta Common Stock to be issued in the Merger and the Domestication, (iv) the required approvals of our shareholders, (v) the approval of Qenta’s shareholders, (iv) the approval by Nasdaq of our listing application in connection with the Qenta Business Combination, (v) the consummation of the Domestication, (vi) the Company having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) remaining after the closing of the Qenta Business Combination, and (vii) the aggregate cash proceeds available to us after redemptions at least equaling our aggregate closing expenses. In addition to certain other customary closing conditions, our obligation to consummate the Qenta Business Combination is also conditioned upon our receipt of an executed executive employment agreement with Brent de Jong, Qenta’s Chief Executive Officer.
In addition, in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, we entered into a Confirmation (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”), with Vellar Opportunity Fund SPV LLC - Series 5 (the “FPA Seller”), a client of Cohen & Company Financial Management, LLC (“Cohen”). Entities and funds managed by Cohen own equity interests in the Sponsor. Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, the FPA Seller intends, but is not obligated, to purchase after the date of our redemption deadline through a broker in the open market our Class A ordinary shares, including such shares that holders had elected to redeem pursuant to our organizational documents in connection with the Qenta Business Combination, other than from the Company or affiliates of the Company, and (b) the FPA Seller has agreed to waive any redemption rights in connection with the Qenta Business Combination with respect to such Class A ordinary shares of the Company it purchases in accordance with the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Subject Shares”). The Number of Shares shall equal the Subject Shares but shall be no more than 12,000,000 Shares. The FPA Seller has agreed to not beneficially own more than 9.9% of the New Qenta Common Stock on a post-combination pro forma basis.
The Forward Purchase Agreement provides that (a) one business day following the closing of the Qenta Business Combination, New Qenta will pay to the FPA Seller, out of the funds held in our trust account, an amount (the “Prepayment Amount”) equal to the Redemption Price per share (the “Initial Price”) multiplied by the aggregate number of Subject Shares, if any (together, the “Number of Shares”), less 10% (the “Shortfall Amount”) on the date of such prepayment. New Qenta will also deliver the FPA Seller an amount equal to the product of 500,000 multiplied by the Redemption Price to repay the FPA Seller for having purchased up to an additional 500,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, which shall not be included in the Number of Shares or the Terminated Shares (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement).
From time to time and on any scheduled trading day after the closing of the Qenta Business Combination, the FPA Seller may sell Subject Shares or Additional Shares (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) at its absolute discretion in one or more transactions, publicly or privately, and, in connection with such sales, terminate the Forward Purchase Transaction in whole or in part in an amount corresponding to the number of Subject Shares and Additional Shares. At the end of each calendar month during which any such early termination occurs, the FPA Seller will pay to the Company an amount equal to the product of (x) the Terminated Shares and (y) the Reset Price, where “Reset Price” refers to, initially, the Redemption Price. The Reset Price will be adjusted on the first scheduled trading day (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) of each month commencing on the first calendar month following the closing of the Qenta Business Combination to be the lowest of (a) the then-current Reset Price, (b) $10.00 and (c) the VWAP Price (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) of the last ten (10) scheduled trading days of the prior calendar month, but not lower than $5.00; provided, however, that, subject to certain exceptions, if we offer and sell shares of New Qenta Common Stock in a follow-on offering, or series of related offerings, at a price lower than, or upon any conversion or exchange price of currently outstanding or future issuances of any securities convertible or exchangeable for shares of New Qenta Common Stock being equal to a price lower than, the then-current Reset Price (the “Offering Price”), then the Reset Price shall be further reduced to equal the Offering Price. The payment of the Reset Price will not apply to sales of the Subject Shares or Additional Shares that provide proceeds to cover the FPA Sellers for the Shortfall Amount.
The Forward Purchase Agreement has a tenure of 36 months (“Maturity Date”), after which time New Qenta will be required to purchase from the FPA Seller such number of shares equal to the Maximum Number of Shares (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) less the Terminated Shares (as such terms are defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) for consideration, settled in cash or New Qenta Common Stock, equal to the Maturity Consideration, which is the amount of (a) in the case of cash, the product of the Maximum Number of Shares less the Terminated Shares and $1.75 and (b) in the case of New Qenta Common Stock, such number of New Qenta Common Stock with a value equal to the product of the Maximum Number of Shares less the Terminated Shares and $1.75 divided by the VWAP Price of the Shares for the 30 trading days prior to the Maturity Date. In certain circumstances, the Maturity Date may be accelerated, as described in the Forward Purchase Agreement.
We and Qenta have agreed to pay to the FPA Seller a break-up fee equal to the sum of (i) all fees (in an amount not to exceed $75,000), plus (ii) $350,000, if we or Qenta terminate the Forward Purchase Agreement prior to the FPA Sellers purchasing shares under the agreement, other than because the Qenta Business Combination did not close or Class A Ordinary Share redemptions were less than 80%.
The primary purpose of entering into the Forward Purchase Agreement is to help ensure the aggregate cash proceeds condition in the Business Combination Agreement will be met, increasing the likelihood that the transaction will close.
The full Business Combination Agreement, Forward Purchase Agreement and other agreements entered into or contemplated to be executed prior to closing the Qenta Business Combination are included with a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC by us on November 10, 2022.
Results of Operations
Our entire activity since June 11, 2021 (inception) up to September 30, 2022 was in preparation for our formation and the Initial Public Offering and since the Initial Public Offering, our search for prospective Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of investment income from our investments held in the Trust Account.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022 we had net income of approximately $431,000 which consisted of approximately $117,000 in a non-operating gain from change in fair value of derivative liabilities, and approximately $1.5 million of income from investments held in the Trust Account, offset by approximately $1,174,000 of general and administrative expenses, and $45,000 of general and administrative expenses to related party.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $5,000, which was comprised of formation costs of $5,000.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 we had a net income of approximately $8.3 million, which consisted of approximately $9.8 million in non-operating gain from change in fair value of derivative liabilities, and approximately $1.7 million of income from investments held in the Trust Account, offset by approximately $3.1 million of general and administrative expenses, and $135,000 of general and administrative expenses to related party.
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For the period from June 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $5,000, which was comprised of formation costs of $5,000.
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of September 30, 2022, we had approximately $85,000 of cash in our operating bank account and a working capital deficit of approximately $2.8 million. Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from our Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs on our behalf in exchange for issuance of Founder Shares, and loan proceeds of $131,517 under a promissory note. We repaid the promissory note in full on November 15, 2021. Our liquidity needs have otherwise been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement. 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 with working capital loans. As of December 31, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any working capital loans. On June 15, 2022, the Company issued a promissory note (the “June 2022 Note”) in the principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor will loan up to $1,500,000 to the Company for working capital purposes. The June 2022 Note bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination and (ii) the date that the winding up of the Company is effective. At the election of the Sponsor, all or any portion of the June 2022 Note may be converted into units of the Company upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination (the “Conversion Units”), equal to (x) the portion of the principal amount of the June 2022 Note being converted, divided by (y) $10.00. The Conversion Units are identical to the Private Placement Units issued by the Company to the Sponsor in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering. As of September 30, 2022, $170,000 was drawn and remains outstanding under the June 2022 Note.
In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” we have until May 9, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination. We do not have adequate liquidity to sustain operations, however, we have access to a Working Capital Loan from our Sponsor that management believes will enable us to sustain operations until we complete our initial Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by May 9, 2023, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of our Company. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after May 9, 2023. We intend to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to consummate any Business Combination by May 9, 2023.
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, cash flows, and/or search for a target company, 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.
In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements and the specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements.
Commitments and Contractual Obligations
As of September 30, 2022, we did not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
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Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the date of the Initial Public Offering, we entered into an agreement to pay our Sponsor a total of $15,000 per month for secretarial and administrative services and office space provided to members of our management team. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. Our Sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combinations.
Underwriting Agreement
On November 9, 2021, we granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,915,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option for 3,900,000 Units and forfeited the remaining 15,000 Units.
The underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $0.55 per Unit and $0.55 per Over-Allotment Unit, or $16,500,000 in the aggregate, of which $5,220,000 was paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The representatives of the underwriters have agreed to defer underwriting commissions of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and 5.5% of the gross proceeds from the partial exercise of the over-allotment option. Upon and concurrently with the completion of our initial business combination, $11,280,000, which constitutes the underwriters’ deferred commissions will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the Trust Account.
Related Party Convertible Promissory Note
On June 15, 2022, the Company issued the June 2022 Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor will loan up to $1,500,000 to the Company for working capital purposes. As of September 30, 2022, $170,000 was drawn and remains outstanding under the June 2022 Note.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of 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 income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Excluding the valuation of derivative warrant liabilities, we have not identified any critical accounting estimates.
Recent Accounting Standards
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions.” The ASU amends ASC 820 to clarify that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. The ASU applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the condensed financial statements.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
JOBS Act
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.
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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 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, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) 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, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our 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 by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022. Based upon their evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are 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
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we believe that there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022, other than as provided below. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
The SEC’s new SPAC proposal could chill or impede the completion of our business combination
On March 30, 2022, the SEC proposed comprehensive new rules and amendments to enhance disclosure and investor protection in initial public offerings by special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) and in Business Combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies. If these new and amended rules are adopted, or if participating companies elect to voluntarily comply with these proposed rules and amendments prior to any such adoption, our completion of a Business Combination could become more difficult, costly and time consuming. In addition, certain companies may choose to discontinue participation in the SPAC market, which could result in more limited financing alternatives and fewer Business Combination targets.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits.
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32.2** | Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
104* | Cover page formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101. |
* | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
BLOCKCHAIN COINVESTORS ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||||||
Date: November 14, 2022 | By: | /s/ Lou Kerner | ||||
Lou Kerner | ||||||
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||
By: | /s/ Mitchell Mechigian | |||||
Mitchell Mechigian | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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