Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2022 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022

For the transition period from _____to _____

Commission File Number: 001-41097

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(855) 226-9991

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Mana Capital Acquisition Corp.
8 The Green, Suite #4966
Dover, Delaware 19901

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

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

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

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

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

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

As of November 7, 2022, there were 9,514,743 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.00001 par value, issued and outstanding.

CARDIO DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A Mana Capital Acquisition Corp.)

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “Cardio,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and similar terms refer to Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Mana Capital Acquisition Corp. (“Mana”), and its consolidated subsidiary. References to “Legacy Cardio” refer to the private Delaware corporation that is now our wholly-owned subsidiary and named Cardio Diagnostics, Inc.

On October 25, 2022, we consummated the previously announced Business Combination (pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 27, 2022, as amended on September 15, 2022, by and among Mana, Mana Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Legacy Cardio and Meeshanthini Dogan, Ph.D., as representative of the shareholders of Legacy Cardio, the “Business Combination Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, a business combination (herein referred to as the “Business Combination” or “Reverse Recapitalization” for accounting purposes) between Mana and Legacy Cardio was effected through the merger of Merger Sub with and into Legacy Cardio with Legacy Cardio surviving as Mana’s wholly-owned subsidiary. In connection with the Business Combination, Mana changed its name from Mana Capital Acquisition Corp. to Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the information in this Report does not reflect the consummation of the Business Combination which, as discussed above, occurred subsequent to the period covered hereunder.

PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CARDO DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A MANA CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.)

BALANCE SHEET

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

CARDIO DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A MANA CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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

CARDIO DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A MANA CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

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

CARDIO DIAGNNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A MANA CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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

CARDIO DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(F/K/A MANA CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Organization and General

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Mana Capital Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), was incorporated in Delaware on May 19, 2021. The Company was 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 (the “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

Business Combination

On May 27, 2022, Mana Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Mana”), and Mana Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mana (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement, dated September 15, 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), with Cardio Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Cardio”), and Meeshanthini Dogan, PhD, as the “Shareholders’ Representative.”

On October 25, 2022, Mana held a special meeting of its stockholders at which Mana’s stockholders voted to approve the proposals outlined in the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 7, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), including, among other things, the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement. On October 25, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Proposal No. 1 – The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on the page 70 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Mana consummated the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, whereby Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Cardio, with Legacy Cardio continuing as the surviving corporation, resulting in Legacy Cardio becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”).

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement the Company issued the following securities, all of which were registered on the Form S-4 registration statement that was declared effective by the SEC on October 6, 2022:

In connection with the Special Meeting and the Business Combination, the holders of 6,465,452 shares of Mana Common Stock exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.10 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $65,310,892.

Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, there were 9,514,743 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Following the Closing, the Legacy Cardio Stockholders hold approximately 72.80% of the outstanding shares of the Company (excluding the contingent right to acquire “Earnout Shares,” as described below), and Legacy Cardio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Ownership of the Company’s Common Stock by various constituents immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination is as follows:

The units Mana sold in its initial public offering (the “IPO”) in November 2021 (the “Units”) (MAAQU) separated into their component securities upon consummation of the Business Combination and, as a result, no longer trade as a separate security and were delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). In addition, in connection with the Business Combination, Mana’s Public Rights to receive 1/7th of one share of the Company’s Common Stock (MAAQR), issued as a component of its Units, were converted into 928,571 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and the Public Rights were delisted from Nasdaq on October 26, 2022. On October 26, 2022, the Company’s Common Stock and the Company’s public warrants that were a component of the Units sold in the IPO (the “Public Warrants”) began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “CDIO” and “CDIOW,” respectively.

Earnout Shares

A portion of the total merger consideration is subject to an earnout over a four-year period following the Closing (the “Earnout Period”). Upon certain triggering events that occur during the Earnout Period, Legacy Cardio Stockholders (referred to below as the “Stockholder Earnout Group”) are entitled to receive up to an additional 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Earnout Shares”). The Earnout Shares were reserved at the Closing and will be issued upon the following triggering events after the Closing of the Business Combination. The triggering events that will result in the issuance of the Earnout Shares during the Earnout Period are the following:

Each Triggering Event described above will only occur once, if at all, and in no event will the Stockholder Earnout Group be entitled to receive more than an aggregate of 1,000,000 Earnout Shares.

Mana Redemptions and Conversion of Rights

In connection with the Mana stockholder vote on the Business Combination, Mana stockholders redeemed an aggregate of 6,465,452 shares of Common Stock for total redemption consideration of $65,310,892 which amount was paid out of the Investment Management Trust established in connection with Mana’s initial public offering in November 2021 (the “Trust Account”). At the Closing of the Business Combination, all outstanding Public Rights automatically converted into one-seventh of a share of Common Stock, or 928,571 shares of Common Stock. The separate trading of Units and Public Rights of Mana was terminated upon the closing of the Business Combination.

The foregoing description of the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on October 31, 2022 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Business Prior to the Business Combination

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and for the period from May 19, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Financing

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering (the “Registration Statement”) was declared effective on November 22, 2021. On November 26, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of 6,200,000 units at $10.00 per unit (“Units” and, with respect to the common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), generating gross proceeds of $62,000,000, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 2,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant for gross proceeds of $2,500,000 in a private placement transaction to Mana Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”), which is described in Note 4.

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters were granted a 45-day option from the date of the prospectus (the “Over-Allotment Option”) to purchase up to 930,000 additional units to cover over-allotments (the “Option Units”), if any. On November 30, 2021, the underwriters purchased an additional 300,000 Option Units pursuant to the partial exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. The Option Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $3,000,000. Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement between the Sponsor and the Company, the Company issued the Sponsor a total of 75,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with the partial exercise by the underwriters of the Over-Allotment Option.

Trust Account

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on November 26, 2021, an amount of $62,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants in the Private Placement (as defined in Note 4) was placed in the Trust Account. Following the closing of underwriters’ exercise of over-allotment option on November 30, 2021, an additional $3,000,000 of net proceeds was place in the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds hold in the Trust Account to $65,000,000.

The funds held in the Trust Account may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.

Going Concern Consideration

The Company expects to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that if the Company is unsuccessful in consummating an initial Business Combination within the prescribed period of time from the closing of the IPO, the requirement that the Company cease all operations, redeem the public shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve raises substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Management has determined that the Company has funds that are sufficient to fund the working capital needs of the Company until the consummation of an initial Business Combination or the winding up of the Company as stipulated in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum of association. The accompanying financial statement has been prepared inconformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 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, close of the Proposed Public Offering and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operation results. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any other interim period or for the full year. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with information included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022.

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had cash of $177,681 and $526,625 and no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 respectively.

Cash Held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $65,573,383 and $65,000,484 in cash held in the Trust Account. The assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested in U.S. Treasury securities.

The Company classifies its U.S. Treasury and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC Topic 320 “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.

Offering Costs Associated with a Public Offering

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs of $397,431 consist principally of costs such as legal, accounting and other advisory fees incurred in connection with the Initial Public Offering. Such, costs were charged to stockholders’ equity upon completion of the Initial Public Offering.

Warrants

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, whether they meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. (See Note 9).

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable shares of common stock (including shares of common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares are classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.00 per share as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740 “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

In assessing realizable deferred tax assets, management assesses the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income, and to the extent that recovery is not likely or there is insufficient operating history, a valuation allowance is established. The Company adjusts the valuation allowance in the period management determines it is more likely than not that net deferred tax assets will or will not be realized. As of September 30, 2022, the Company determined that a valuation allowance should be established.

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company did not recognize any assets or liabilities relative to uncertain tax positions. Interest or penalties, if any, will be recognized in income tax expense. Since there are no significant unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken, there are no accrued penalties or interest. Tax positions are positions taken in a previously filed tax return or positions expected to be taken in a future tax return that are reflected in measuring current or deferred income tax assets and liabilities reported in the financial statements.

The Company reflects tax benefits, only if it is more likely than not that the Company will be able to sustain the tax return position, based on its technical merits. If a tax benefit meets this criterion, it is measured and recognized based on the largest amount of benefit that is cumulatively greater than 50% likely to be realized. Management does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal, state and city taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal, state and city tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the State of Delaware on an annual basis. The franchise tax of $150,000 and $124,434 were expensed for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and for the period from May 19, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, respectively.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, partially due to their short-term nature.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. US GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

· 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.

Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable common stock and non-redeemable common stock and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable common stock. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common stock subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive and the Company did not have any other dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income (loss) per share is the same as basic (income) loss per share for the period presented.

Recent Accounting Standards

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

NOTE 3 — INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering on November 26, 2021, the Company sold 6,200,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, which does not include the 45-day option of the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option for the purchase of up to 930,000 additional Units (the “Option Units”). On November 30, 2021, the underwriters purchased 300,000 Option Units pursuant to the partial exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. The Option Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $3,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”), and one right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-seventh (1/7) of a share of common stock upon consummation of our initial business combination (“Public Right”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 9).

The remaining 630,000 Option Units were expired on November 30, 2021. Transaction costs in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of Option Units amounted to $1,697,431, consisting of $1,300,000 of underwriting fees, and $397,431 of other offering costs.

Each Unit had an offering price of $10.00 and consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant and one right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-seventh (1/7) of a share of common stock upon consummation of the initial business combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, the warrants must be exercised in multiples of one whole warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, and only whole warrants are exercisable. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

All of the 6,500,000 public shares sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or in connection with the Company’s liquidation. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity.

NOTE 4 — PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) to the Sponsor of an aggregate of 2,500,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant ($2,500,000). Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.

A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will be worthless.

The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTIES

Founder Shares

On June 22, 2021, the Sponsor received 1,437,500 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $25,000. Subsequently, in September 2021, the Company amended the terms of this subscription agreement to issue the Sponsor an additional 62,500 Founder Shares. In November 2021, the Company issued the Sponsor an additional 50,000 shares of common stock for no additional consideration, following which the Sponsor held 1,550,000 Founder Shares so that the Founder Shares will account for, in the aggregate, 20% of the issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. All share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect this adjustment. In November 2021, the Company amended the terms of the subscription agreement and agreed to issue the Sponsor up to an additional 232,500 Founder Shares, in the event the over-allotment is exercised in full. On November 30, 2021 the Company issued the founder a total of 75,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with the partial exercise by the underwriters of the Over-Allotment Option. The remaining 157,500 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Subscription Agreement were not issued.

As of September 30, 2022, there were 1,625,000 Founder Shares issued and outstanding. The aggregate capital contribution was $25,000, or approximately $0.02 per share.

The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such Founder Shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares upon completion of the Initial Public Offering.

The holders of the Founder Shares have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Related Party Loans

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, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes may be repaid upon completion of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $2,400,000 of the notes may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. As of September 30, 2022, there was no amount outstanding under the Working Capital Loans.

NOTE 6 — INVESTMENTS HELD IN TRUST ACCOUNT

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $65,573,383 and $65,000,484, respectively, in mutual funds which are invested in U.S. Treasury Securities.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

NOTE 7 — PROMISSORY NOTES

On August 23, 2022, an aggregate of $216,667 (the “First Extension Payment”) was deposited into the Trust Account in order to extend the time available to it to consummate the initial business combination for a period of one month from August 26, 2022 to September 26, 2022. On September 23, 2022, an aggregate of $216,667 (the “Second Extension Payment” and together with the First Extension Payment, collectively, the “Extension Payments”) was deposited into the Trust Account in order to extend the time available to it to consummate the initial business combination for an additional one month period, from September 26, 2022 to October 26, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had an outstanding loan balance of $433,334.

Legacy Cardio loaned the Extension Payments to the Company in order to support the Extension and caused the Extension Payments to be deposited in the Company’s Trust Account for the benefit of its public stockholders. On August 23, 2022 and September 23, 2022, the Company issued to Legacy Cardio promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the Extension Payments. The promissory notes were non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (a) the date that the Company consummates the Business Combination or (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the principal amount of the notes shall be converted into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $10.00 per share and will be issuable upon conversion of such notes proportionately to Legacy Cardio stockholders at Closing.

NOTE 8— COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The Company entered into a registration rights agreement with its founders, officers, directors or their affiliates prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering pursuant to which the Company is required to register any shares of common stock, warrants (including working capital warrants), and shares underlying such warrants, that are not then covered by an effective registration statement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 930,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions to the extent provided for in the underwriting agreement. On November 30, 2021, the underwriters purchased an additional 300,000 Option Units pursuant to the partial exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. The Company paid an underwriting discount of 2.00% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Option Units or $1,300,000 to the underwriters at the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Option Units.

NOTE 9 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share. As of September 30, 2022, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2022, there were 1,625,000 (excluding 6,500,000 shares subject to possible redemption) shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Rights — Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a Business Combination, each holder of a Public Right will automatically receive one-seventh (1/7) of one share of common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of a Public Right converted all shares held by him, her or it in connection with a Business Combination or an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with respect to its pre-business combination activities. In the event that the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of a Business Combination, each holder of a Public Right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the one-seventh (1/7) of a share underlying each Public Right upon consummation of the Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of Public Rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. As a result, the holders of the Public Rights must hold rights in multiples of seven in order to receive shares for all of the holders’ rights upon closing of a Business Combination.

Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

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

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file, and within 90 days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of common stock until the Public Warrants expire or are redeemed. In the event the registration statement has not been declared effective by the 90th day following the closing of the Merger, warrant holders will have the right, during the period beginning on the 91st day after the closing of the Merger and ending on the date the SEC declares the registration statement effective, and during any other period when the Company fails to maintain an effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, to exercise such warrants on a “cashless basis” as determined in accordance with Section 3.3.2 of the Warrant Agreement.

Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Share of common stock Equals or Exceeds $18.00 — Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:

The redemption price for the Public Warrants shall be either (i) if the holder of a Public Warrant has followed the procedures specified in our notice of redemption and surrendered the Public Warrant, the number of shares of common stock as determined in accordance with the “cashless exercise” provisions of the warrant agreement or (ii) if the holder of a warrant has not followed such procedures specified in our notice of redemption, the price of $0.01 per Public Warrant.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, all holders that wish to exercise such warrants can do so by paying the cash exercise price or on a “cashless” basis. If a holder elects to exercise the Public Warrant on a “cashless” basis, such a holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the Public Warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the Public Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Public Warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of our common stock for the five trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of Public Warrants. Alternatively, a warrant holder may request that we redeem his, her or its Public Warrants by surrendering such warrants and receiving the redemption price of such number of shares of common stock determined as if the Public Warrants were exercised on a “cashless” basis. If the holder neither exercises his, her or its Public Warrants nor requests redemption on a “cashless” basis, then on or after the redemption date, a record holder of a Public Warrant will have no further rights except to receive the cash redemption price of $0.01 for such holder’s Public Warrant upon surrender of such warrant. The right to exercise Public Warrants will be forfeited unless such warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption.

The exercise price and number of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.

The Private Placement Warrants purchased by the Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering (See Note 4) are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

The Company accounts for the 5,750,000 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (comprised of 3,250,000 Public Warrants and 2,500,000 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. The Company’s management has examined the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants and determined that these warrants qualify for equity treatment in the Company’s financial statements. The Company accounted for the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants as an expense of the Initial Public Offering resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity.

NOTE 10 — NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

The net income (loss) per share presented in the unaudited statements of operations is based on the following:

NOTE 11 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

On October 25, 2022, the Company completed its Business Combination with Cardio Diagnostics, Inc.

In connection with the Business Combination, holders of 6,465,452 shares of common stock exercised their rights to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $10.10 per share, for an aggregate redemption value of approximately $65.3 million, which was paid to such holders on the Closing Date.

As of the open of trading on October 26, 2022, the Company’s common stock and Public Warrants, formerly those of Mana, began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbols “CDIO” and “CDIOW,” respectively.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and “Mana”, refer specifically to Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Mana Capital Acquisition Corp.) and its consolidated subsidiaries.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the 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.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”), including the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding future events and the future results of the Company that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industry in which the Company operates and the beliefs and assumptions of the management of the Company. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed elsewhere in this Report, including under “Risk Factors,” and in other reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (under the heading “Risk Factors” and in other parts of that report) and in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on May 31, 2022 and as amended on July 27, 2022, August 23, 2022, September 15, 2022, October 4, 2022 and October 5, 2022, and that was declared effective by the SEC on October 6, 2022 (the “S-4 Registration Statement”).

The following discussion is based upon our unaudited Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Report, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingencies. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Report, and in other reports we file with the SEC, and in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the S-4 Registration Statement. All references to years relate to the fiscal year ended December 31 of the particular year.

All forward-looking statements speak only at the date of the filing of this Report. The reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this Report are reasonable, we provide no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Report. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law.

Overview 

We were a blank check company incorporated on May 19, 2021 as a Delaware corporation for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans.

The registration statement for the Initial Public Offering of units (the “Units”) was declared effective on November 22, 2021. Each Unit consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock, one-half of one redeemable warrant and one right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-seventh of a share of common stock upon consummation of the initial business combination. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 8 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements). The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

On November 26, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 6,200,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $62,000,000. The underwriters were granted a 45-day option from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 930,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at $10.00 per Unit (the “Option Units”). On November 30, 2021, the underwriters purchased 300,000 Option Units pursuant to the partial exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. The sale of the Option Units generated additional gross proceeds to the Company of $3,000,000. The common stock sold in our Initial Public Offering is subject to redemption

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 2,500,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant with our Sponsor, Mana Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $3,000,000. (See Note 4 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and invested 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, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within nine months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or August 26, 2022 (unless extended up to as additional 12 months as provided in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation), we will distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable), pro rata to our public stockholders, by way of redemption of their shares, and thereafter cease operations except for the purpose of winding up our affairs, as further described herein. 

Our management has had broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a business combination. Our initial business combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time we sign a definitive agreement in connection with the initial business combination. However, we will only complete a business combination if the post-transaction 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 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. 

We are an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we have elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

Business Combination

On May 27, 2022, Mana Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Mana”), and Mana Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Mana (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement, dated September 15, 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), with Cardio Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Legacy Cardio”), and Meeshanthini Dogan, PhD, as the “Shareholders’ Representative.”

On October 25, 2022, Mana held a special meeting of its stockholders at which Mana’s stockholders voted to approve the proposals outlined in the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 7, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), including, among other things, the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement. On October 25, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus entitled “Proposal No. 1 – The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on the page 70 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Mana consummated the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, whereby Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Cardio, with Legacy Cardio continuing as the surviving corporation, resulting in Legacy Cardio becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”).

In connection with the Special Meeting and the Business Combination, the holders of 6,465,452 shares of Mana Common Stock exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.10 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $65,310,892.

Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, there were 9,514,743 issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Following the Closing, the Legacy Cardio Stockholders hold approximately 72.80% of the outstanding shares of the Company (excluding the contingent right to acquire “Earnout Shares,”), and Legacy Cardio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company changed its name to Cardio Diagnostics Holdings, Inc.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through September 30, 2022 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for our initial public offering, described below, and subsequently identifying a target business for a business combination, conducting due diligence on Legacy Cardio, negotiating the terms of the Merger Agreement and undertaking other activities in connection with the proposed Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account after the Initial Public Offering.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net income of $202,269, which consisted of operating expenses of $165,291 and a provision for franchise tax of $50,000, which was offset by interest income from our operating bank account of $173 and interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $367,387.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net loss of $513,045, which consisted of operating expenses of $890,962 and a provision for franchise tax of $150,000, which was offset by interest income in our operating bank account of $280 and interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $377,637.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On November 26, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 6,200,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $62,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of an aggregate of 2,500,000 Private Placement Warrants for a total purchase price of $2,500,000 in a private placement to our Sponsor. On November 30, 2021, we sold an additional 300,000 Units to the underwriter pursuant to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $3,000,000, or $65,000,000 in total.

Following the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, a total of $65,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account located in the United States, and we had $900,000 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering, and available for working capital purposes. We incurred $1,697,431 in transaction costs, including $1,300,000 of underwriting fees and $397,431 of other costs.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, cash used in operating activities was $587,016. Net loss of $513,045 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $377,637 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $303,666, which provided $587,016 of cash used in operating activities.

For the period from May 19, 2021(inception) through September 30, 2021, we incurred a net loss of $721 from formation and organization costs. Cash provided from financing activities was $9,855, which consisted of proceeds from the issuance of common stock to our sponsor of $25,000 and proceeds from a note payable of $45,000, which was offset by the payment of offering costs of $60,145.

As of September 30, 2022, we had cash and marketable securities of $65,573,383 held in the Trust Account. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate prospective acquisition candidates, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, select the target business to acquire and structure, negotiate and consummate a Business Combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes. During the period ended September 30, 2022, we did withdraw $238,072 from the interest earned on the Trust Account to pay taxes. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of September 30, 2022, we had cash held outside of the Trust Account of $177,681. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate prospective acquisition candidates, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, select the target business to acquire and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, our founders, officers and directors and their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. In the event that our initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $2,400,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to our Sponsor. The terms of such loans by our founders, officers and directors and their affiliates if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our Business Combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our founders, officers and directors and their affiliates if any, as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

In addition, on August 23, 2022, an aggregate of $216,667 (the “First Extension Payment”) was deposited by into the Trust Account of the Company in order to extend the time available to it to consummate the initial business combination for a period of one (1) month from August 26, 2022 to September 26, 2022. On September 23, 2022, an aggregate of $216,667 (the “Second Extension Payment”) was deposited by into the Trust Account of the Company in order to extend the time available to it to consummate the initial Business Combination for a period of one (1) month from September 26, 2022 to October 26, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had an outstanding loan balance of $433,334.

Legacy Cardio loaned the Extension Payments to the Company in order to support the Extension and caused the Extension Payments to be deposited in the Company’s Trust Account for the benefit of its public stockholders. On August 23, 2022 and September 23, 2022, the Company issued to Legacy Cardio promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to the Extension Payments. The promissory notes were non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (a) the date that the Company consummates the Business Combination or (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the principal amount of the notes shall be converted into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $10.00 per share and will be issuable upon conversion of such notes proportionately to Legacy Cardio stockholders at Closing.

We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or we earn less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account than anticipated, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate 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. We do not have a maximum debt leverage ratio or a policy with respect to how much debt we may incur. The amount of debt we will be willing to incur will depend on the facts and circumstances of the proposed Business Combination and market conditions at the time of the potential Business Combination. At this time, we are not party to any arrangement or understanding with any third party with respect to raising additional funds through the sale of our securities or the incurrence of debt. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial Business Combination. In the current economic environment, it has become especially difficult to obtain acquisition financing. If we are unable to complete our 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 Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.

Off-balance sheet financing arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

Pursuant to a Business Combination Marketing Agreement, we have engaged Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. as advisors in connection with our Business Combination to assist us in holding meetings with our stockholders to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’s attributes, introduce us to potential investors that are interested in purchasing our securities in connection with the potential Business Combination, provide financial advisory services to assist us in our efforts to obtain any stockholder approval for the Business Combination and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. This agreement provides that we will pay Ladenburg Thalmann and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. the marketing fee for such services upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination in an amount equal to, in the aggregate, 2.5% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering. As a result, Ladenburg Thalmann and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. will not be entitled to such fee unless we consummate our initial Business Combination.

Critical Accounting Policies

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. The Company did not identify any critical accounting policies.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

For more information on recently issued accounting standards, see “Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies,” to the Notes to Financial Statements included herein under “Part I – Item 1. Financial Statements.”

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company.”

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 and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this Report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

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.

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 has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The significant factors known to us that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or operating results are described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 31, 2022, as amended on July 27, 2022, August 23, 2022, September 15, 2022, October 4, 2022 and October 5, 2022, and that was declared effective by the SEC on October 6, 2022. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21 of the proxy statement/final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) on October 7, 2022. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Moreover, we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K or in our Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, which are incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Use of Proceeds

On November 26, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 6,200,000 units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and one right to receive one-seventh (1/7^th) of one share of common stock upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $62,000,000. In connection with our initial public offering, the underwriters were granted a 45-day option to purchase up to 930,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any. On November 30, 2021, the underwriters purchased an additional 300,000 units pursuant to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option. The additional units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating additional gross proceeds of $3,000,000. The securities sold in the Initial Public Offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-260360). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on November 22, 2021.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the initial public offering, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 2,500,000 private warrants to our Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per private warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $2,500,000. The issuance of the Private Placement Warrants were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

A total of $65,000,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the Units and Private Placement Warrants, including the sale of the Units from the partial exercise of the over-allotment option, were placed in a U.S.-based Trust Account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. 

The Sponsor previously advanced expenses or loaned us the sum of $125,872, evidenced by a note dated as of June 11, 2021. In connection with the completion of our Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor instructed us to offset repayment of the amount outstanding under the note with a corresponding portion of the purchase price for the Private Placement Warrants. Except with respect to the repayment of the foregoing loan, no payments for our expenses were made in the offering described above, directly or indirectly, to (i) any of our directors, officers or their associates, (ii) any person(s) owning 10% or more of any class of our equity securities or (iii) any of our affiliates.

We incurred transaction costs for our initial public offering of $1,697,431, consisting of $1,300,000 of underwriting fees and $397,431 of other offering costs. The net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering available to us out of trust for our working capital requirements in searching for a Business Combination and for working capital requirements was approximately $900,000. We have been using the proceeds for legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating potential Business Combinations, due diligence of prospective target businesses, legal and accounting fees related to SEC reporting obligations, our monthly office rent, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our founders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described above. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our offering as described in our final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) related to the Initial Public Offering.

The funds 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 180 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, so that we are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay our income or other tax obligations, the proceeds will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of the completion of a Business Combination or our redemption of 100% of the outstanding Public Shares if we have not completed a Business Combination in the required time period. The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of a target business with which we complete a Business Combination. Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations of the target business.

Officers, directors and founders will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and Business Combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to our founders, officers, directors or our or their respective affiliates, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval. There is no limit on the amount of such expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial Business Combination. Since the role of present management after a Business Combination is uncertain, we have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after a Business Combination. 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

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

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.