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Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. - Quarter Report: 2023 June (Form 10-Q)

10-Q
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
10-Q
 
 
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
        
    
    
    
to
        
    
    
    
 
 
CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Cayman Islands
 
001-39814
 
98-1563902
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
251 Lytton Avenue,
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA
 
94301
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(650) 543-8180
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and
one-third
of one redeemable warrant
 
COOLU
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market
Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share
 
COOL
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50
 
COOLW
 
The Nasdaq Stock Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation
S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
       
Non-accelerated
filer
     Smaller reporting company  
       
         Emerging growth company  
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 August
14
, 2023, 10,244,938 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, and 175,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, were issued and outstanding.




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CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     1  

Item 1.

  

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     1  
  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2023 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2022

     1  
  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

     2  
  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

     3  
  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

     4  
  

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     5  

Item 2.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     21  

Item 3.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     27  

Item 4.

  

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

     27  

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

     28  

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

     28  

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

     28  

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     28  

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     28  

Item 4.

  

Mine Safety Disclosures

     28  

Item 5.

  

Other Information

     28  

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

     29  

SIGNATURES

     30  

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
    
As of

June 30,

2023
   
As of

December 31,
2022
 
    
(unaudited)
       
ASSETS
                
Current assets
                
Cash
   $ 27,132     $ 31,547  
Prepaid expenses
     116,220       268,736  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total current assets
     143,352       300,283  
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account
     4,436,155       15,489,507  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total Assets
   $ 4,579,507     $ 15,789,790  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
LIABILITIES, CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
                
Current liabilities
                
Due to related party
   $ 1,460,376     $ 522,500  
Due to shareholders
     —         3,262,655  
Accrued expenses
     1,727,830       932,555  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
     3,188,206       4,717,710  
Warrant liabilities
     2,721,333       628,000  
Deferred underwriting fee payable
     4,000,000       4,000,000  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total Liabilities
     9,909,539       9,345,710  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
            
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 419,938 shares at redemption value as of June 30, 2023 and 1,191,437 shares at redemption value as of December 31, 2022
     4,436,155       12,226,852  
Shareholders’ Deficit
                
Preference Shares, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
     —         —    
Class A ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 9,825,000 and 0 issued and outstanding (excluding 419,938 and 1,191,437 shares subject to possible redemption as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)
     982       —    
Class B ordinary Shares, $0.0001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized; 175,000 and 10,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
     18       1,000  
Additional paid-in capital
     —         —    
Accumulated deficit
     (9,767,187     (5,783,772
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total Shareholders’ Deficit
  
(9,766,187  
(5,782,772
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES, CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
   $ 4,579,507     $ 15,789,790  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022
 
    
For the three

months ended

June 30,

2023
   
For the six

months ended

June 30,

2023
   
For the three

months ended

June 30,

2022
   
For the six

months ended

June 30,

2022
 
Operating and formation costs
   $ 1,238,047     $ 1,890,082     $ 352,417     $ 939,368  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss from operations
     (1,238,047     (1,890,082     (352,417     (939,368
Other income (loss)
                                
Earnings and realized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
     139,599       294,382       593,071       626,823  
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
     (209,333     (2,093,333     5,011,440       13,460,773  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
   $ (1,307,781   $ (3,689,033   $ 5,252,094     $ 13,148,228  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding of Class A redeemable ordinary shares
     1,106,657       1,148,813       40,000,000       40,000,000  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per Class A redeemable ordinary share
   $ (0.12   $ (0.33   $ 0.11     $ 0.26  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding of Class A nonredeemable ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares
     10,000,000       10,000,000       10,000,000       10,000,000  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per Class A nonredeemable ordinary share and Class B ordinary share
   $ (0.12   $ (0.33   $ 0.11     $ 0.26  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022
 
    
Class A
    
Class B
   
Additional Paid-

in Capital
    
Accumulated

Deficit
   
Total

Shareholders’

 (Deficit)
 
    
Ordinary Shares
    
Ordinary Shares
 
    
Shares
    
Amount
    
Shares
   
Amount
 
Balance—January 1, 2023
     —        $ —          10,000,000     $ 1,000     $ —        $ (5,783,772   $ (5,782,772
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
     —          —          —         —         —          (154,783     (154,783
Net loss
     —          —          —         —         —          (2,381,252     (2,381,252
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2023
     —          —          10,000,000       1,000       —          (8,319,807     (8,318,807
Conversion of Class B ordinary shares to Class A nonredeemable ordinary shares
     9,825,000        982        (9,825,000     (982     —          —         —    
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
     —          —          —         —         —          (139,599     (139,599
Net loss
     —          —          —         —         —          (1,307,781     (1,307,781
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2023
     9,825,000      $ 982        175,000     $ 18     $ —        $ (9,767,187   $ (9,766,187
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
               
Balance—January 1, 2022
     —        $ —          10,000,000     $ 1,000     $ —        $ (27,567,744   $ (27,566,744
Net income
     —          —          —         —         —          7,896,134       7,896,134  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2022
     —          —          10,000,000       1,000       —          (19,671,610     (19,670,610
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
     —          —          —         —         —          (769,393     (769,393
Net income
     —          —          —         —         —          5,252,094       5,252,094  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2022
     —        $ —          10,000,000     $ 1,000     $ —        $ (15,188,909   $ (15,187,909
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 AND 2022
 
    
For the six

months ended

June 30,

2023
   
For the six

months ended

June 30,

2022
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                
Net income (loss)
   $ (3,689,033   $ 13,148,228  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
                
Earnings and realized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
     (294,382     (626,823
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
     2,093,333       (13,460,773
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                
Prepaid expenses
     152,516       185,959  
Due to related party
     937,876       115,000  
Accrued expenses
     795,275       231,663  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash used in operating activities
     (4,415     (406,746
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                
Proceeds received from Trust Account
     11,347,734       —    
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash provided by investing activities
     11,347,734       —    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                
Payments to Class A ordinary shareholders for redemption of shares
     (11,347,734     —    
Payment of offering costs
     —         (70,000
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net cash used in financing activities
     (11,347,734     (70,000
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net change in cash
     (4,415     (476,746
Cash at beginning of the period
     31,547       646,558  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Cash at end of the period
   $ 27,132     $ 169,812  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Non-cash
financing activities:
                
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
   $ 294,382     $ 769,393  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Conversion of Class B ordinary shares to Class A nonredeemable ordinary shares
   $ 982     $ —    
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2023
Note 1—Description of Organization, Business Operations and Basis of Presentation
Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on October 20, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus on businesses in the technology industries primarily located in the United States. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of June 30, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through June 30, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, its initial public offering described below (the “Initial Public Offering”) and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the search for initial Business Combination candidates, and since the signing of the Business Combination Agreement described below, the completion of this proposed transaction. 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 on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering and will recognize changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities as other income (expense). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statements for the Company’s Initial Public Offering were declared effective on December 16, 2020. On December 21, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 40,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the partial exercise by the underwriters of the overallotment option to purchase an additional 5,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $400,000,000 which is described in Note 3.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 7,600,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) to CGA Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $11,400,000, which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $22,766,081 consisting of $8,000,000 of underwriting fees, $14,000,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $766,081 of other offering costs. Effective December 20, 2022, in accordance with a fee reduction agreement, the underwriter agreed to irrevocably forfeit $10,000,000 of the aggregate $14,000,000 deferred fee that would otherwise be payable to it in cash pursuant the underwriting agreement, resulting in a reduced deferred fee of $4,000,000, which shall be payable to the underwriter upon consummation of an initial business combination, as originally set forth in the underwriting agreement.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on December 21, 2020, an amount of $400,000,000 ($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 was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185
days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule
2a-7
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), as determined by the Company. To mitigate the risk of us being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company under the Investment Company Act, on or about the
24-month
anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Initial Public Offering, or December 21, 2022, the Company instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (i.e., in one or more bank accounts) until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
The Company will provide holders (the “Public Shareholders”) of its Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Shares”), with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination
 
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or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share). The
per-share
amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares will be classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with ASC 480. In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 and the approval of an ordinary resolution. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (as amended, the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem its Public Shares irrespective of whether it votes for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial shareholders (as defined below) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company adopted an insider trading policy which requires insiders to (i) refrain from purchasing shares during certain blackout periods and when they are in possession of any material
non-public
information and (ii) clear all trades with the Company’s legal counsel prior to execution. In addition, the initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the
Company.
Extraordinary General Meeting
On December 
20, 2022, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), which amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from December 21, 2022 to June 21, 2023. The shareholders approved a proposal to amend the trust agreement to change the date on which Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company must commence liquidation of the Trust Account from (A) the earlier of the Company’s completion of an initial business combination and December 21, 2022 to (B) the earlier of the Company’s completion of an initial business combination and June 21, 2023. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem
38,808,563 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the trust account totaling $393,676,799, or approximately $10.14 per share which includes $5,591,169 of earnings in the trust account not previously withdrawn. In January 2023, the Company made redemption payments of $3,262,655 out of the Trust Account that were due to the redeeming shareholders who elected to redeem their shares as part of the Extraordinary General Meeting. This amount was reflected as due to shareholders in the accompanying condensed
consolidated
 
balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. Subsequent to the redemptions, 1,191,437 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding.
Business Combination Agreement
On February
 9, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company has entered into a
non-binding
letter of intent with Softline Holding plc to proceed with a potential business combination that would result in the combined company being publicly-listed on the Nasdaq. The business combination is subject to the completion of definitive documentation. On May 4, 2023, the Company entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Noventiq Holdings PLC (formerly known as Softline Holding plc).
As disclosed in a Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on May 4, 2023, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) by and among the Company, Noventiq Holdings PLC, a company organized under the laws of the Cyprus (“Noventiq”), and Corner Growth SPAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). The Business Combination Agreement provides, among other things, that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Noventiq, with Noventiq surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Upon the closing of the business combination (the “Closing”), it is anticipated that the Company will change its name to “Noventiq Holding Company” (“New Noventiq”) and certain securities of New Noventiq are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.” In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act (As Revised) and the Cyprus Companies Law, prior to the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby by the requisite vote of Noventiq’s shareholders, Noventiq will
re-domicile
from Cyprus to the Cayman Islands.
 
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The Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Proposed Business Combination.”
The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were approved by the boards of directors of each of the Company and Noventiq.
The Proposed Business Combination is subject to certain customary closing conditions, such as the prior approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby by the requisite vote of Noventiq’s shareholders and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form
F-6
registering the ADSs (as defined below). There is no assurance that the Proposed Business Combination will be consummated by the Extended Date (or any such later date of termination approved in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association).
Consideration and Structure
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each ordinary share of Noventiq outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Noventiq Shares”) (other than shares held in treasury of Noventiq or owned by any subsidiary of Noventiq and held by shareholders of Noventiq who have perfected their dissenters’ rights in accordance with Section 238 of the Cayman Act) will be automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into a number of the Company’s newly issued Class A ordinary shares, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), equal to the “Exchange Ratio” determined by dividing (A) the Per Share Merger Consideration Value (as defined below) by (B) $10; and each outstanding vested and unvested option to purchase Noventiq Shares (“Noventiq Option”) will be assumed and converted into an option to purchase Ordinary Shares (each a “Rollover Option”). The number of Ordinary Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number) that are subject to each Rollover Option shall be equal to the product of (i) the number of Noventiq Shares subject to the Noventiq Option and (ii) the Exchange Ratio, and the exercise price per share of the Rollover Option (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the exercise price per share of the Noventiq Option by (B) the Exchange Ratio. For purposes of the Business Combination Agreement, Noventiq’s equity value is $877,000,000 plus the amount equal to aggregate exercise price of the Noventiq’s options (the “Equity Value”) and the “Per Share Merger Consideration Value” is an amount in dollars equal to the sum of the Equity Value, divided by the number of outstanding shares.
In addition to the foregoing consideration, Noventiq shareholders shall be entitled to receive, as additional consideration, one Class A Contingent Share Right (the “Class A CSRs”), one Class B Contingent Share Right (the “Class B CSRs”) and one Class C Contingent Share Right (the “Class C CSRs” and, together with the Class A CSRs and the Class B CSRs, the “CSRs”), in each case, for each Ordinary Share issuable to such Noventiq shareholder at the Effective Time pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, which provide the holders of such CSRs the contingent right to receive additional newly issued Ordinary Shares (the “Earnout Shares”) upon the occurrence of certain events and subject to certain conditions, as specified under the Business Combination Agreement, during the period from and after the Closing until the fifth anniversary of the Closing (the “Earnout Period”). During the Earnout Period, if New Noventiq experiences a Change of Control (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), then any Earnout Shares not already earned and issued to the Noventiq shareholders shall be deemed earned and the balance of the Earnout Shares shall be issuable by New Noventiq to the Noventiq shareholders immediately prior to consummation of such Change of Control transaction subject to certain conditions and upon the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.
On May 4, 2023, the Sponsor held 9,825,001 Founder Shares. Of these, 2,500,000 Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture based on the sum of (i) the amount of gross proceeds raised prior to the Effective Time from additional financings, if any, by the Company and (ii) the cash balance of the Company’s trust account held for the benefit of its public shareholders, but the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination is not subject to a minimum amount of additional financing having been raised. At the Effective Time, the Founder Shares (net of any forfeited shares) will automatically convert into Ordinary Shares on a
one-for-one
basis, subject to adjustment, on the terms and conditions provided in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
An additional 5,000,000
Founder Shares, out of the 9,825,001 Founder Shares described above, will be held in escrow and only released, in three equal installments, upon the occurrence of the same milestone events as the Earnout Shares are issued.
In connection with the Proposed Business Combination and pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company has agreed to establish a Level 2 ADS facility by entering into a Deposit Agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon (or an affiliate), as depositary, and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on
Form F-6 registering
American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), each representing one Ordinary Share (the “ADS Facility”).
Following the Closing, each holder of Ordinary Shares will be able to deposit such holder’s shares into the ADS Facility and receive ADSs, which are expected to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “NVIQ.” Following the Closing, the Company’s outstanding warrants, issued under a Warrant Agreement, dated December 16, 2020, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, will remain outstanding and are expected to continue trading on Nasdaq. In connection with the Closing, the ADSs, each representing one Ordinary Share, are expected to be listed on Nasdaq as of the Effective Time.
 
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Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor entered into a support agreement with the Company and Noventiq (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) not to solicit, initiate, submit, facilitate (including by means of furnishing or disclosing information), discuss or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with any third-party with respect to a CGAC Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement); (iii) be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to its shares in the Company prior to the closing of the Proposed Business Combination; (iv) not to transfer any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) from and after the Closing and until the earlier of (A) the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (B) the date following the Closing Date on which the Company completes a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement).
Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, Noventiq and certain shareholders of Noventiq (collectively, the “Noventiq Supporting Shareholders”) duly executed and delivered to the Company a support agreement (the “Voting and Support Agreement”), pursuant to which each Noventiq Supporting Shareholder agreed to, among other things, (i) the Business Combination and the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by Noventiq for consummation of the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, (ii) not to transfer any Noventiq Shares on or prior to the Closing (subject to the exceptions set forth therein), and (ii) to a
lock-up
of the Noventiq Shares from and after the Closing and until the earlier of (A) the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (B) the date following the Closing Date on which the Company completes a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Voting and Support Agreement).
The Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at or prior to the Closing, the Company, the Sponsor Parties and certain Noventiq shareholders will enter into the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and such Noventiq shareholders will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective Ordinary Shares of the Company, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Extension Meeting
On June 15, 2023, the
Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which was adjourned and reconvened on June 20, 2023 (the “Extension Meeting”), to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Articles Amendment”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from June 21, 2023 to March 21, 2024 (the “Extended Date”) or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion (the “Amended Termination Date” and, such proposal, the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (ii) eliminate from the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association the limitation that the Company shall not redeem Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units sold in the IPO to the extent that such redemption would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $
5,000,001
 (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”) and (ii) amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to provide that Class B ordinary shares may be converted either at the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or at any earlier date at the option of the holders of Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal”). The shareholders of the Company approved the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal at the Extension Meeting and on June 21, 2023, the Company filed the Articles Amendment with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.
In connection
with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal, shareholders elected to redeem
771,499 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $8,085,078, or approximately $10.48 per share which includes $370,088 
of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. Subsequent to the redemptions,
419,938 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding.
On June 
21, 2023, in connection with the approval of the Founder Conversion Amendment, the Sponsor, the holder of an aggregate of 9,825,001 shares of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, elected to convert 9,825,000 shares of the Class B Ordinary Shares held by it on a
one-for-one
basis into Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion, the Sponsor holds 9,825,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and 1 share of Class B Ordinary Shares and the Company will have an aggregate of 10,244,938
shares of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding (419,938 of which are subject to possible redemption) and
 
175,000
shares of Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the conversion, the Sponsor has agreed to certain transfer restrictions, a waiver of redemption rights, a waiver of any right to receive funds from the Trust Account and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination.
 
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The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors (the “initial shareholders”) have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial Business Combination or to redeem
100
% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the Extended Date (the “Combination Period”) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or
pre-initial
Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law.
The Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial shareholders or members of the Company’s management team acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination during the Combination Period and, in such event, such amount will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only the $
10.00
per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $27,132 in its operating bank accounts, $4,436,155 in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its ordinary shares in connection therewith and a working capital deficit of $3,044,854.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
Based on its current cash and working capital balances, management believes that the Company will not have sufficient working capital to meet its needs through the consummation of a Business Combination. Over this time period, the Company will be using these funds to pay existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial 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. The terms of such loans have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. However, as discussed in Note 4, as of June 30, 2023, the Company is indebted to the Sponsor and its affiliates for $1,460,376, which represents $1,180,376 of operating and formation costs paid by these related parties on the Company’s behalf, along with $280,000 of unpaid administrative fees
 (see Note 4).
 The Sponsor is not under any obligation to make additional expenditures on the Company’s behalf.
 
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In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Subtopic
205-40,
“Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern” management has determined that the date for mandatory liquidation and dissolution raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time, which is considered one year from the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company demonstrates adverse conditions that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year following the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. These adverse conditions are negative financial trends, specifically a working capital deficiency and other adverse key financial ratios. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts or classification of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 20, 2024, our scheduled liquidation date if we do not complete the Business Combination prior to such date. There is no assurance that the Company will complete the Proposed Business Combination with Noventiq before March 24, 2024, or at all.
Note
2
— Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future interim periods.
Principles of Consolidation
Starting with the second fiscal quarter of 2023, the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of Merger Sub, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Merger Sub is a Cayman Islands exempted company which was incorporated on April 4, 2023. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effectuating the Merger and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Merger and has no, and at all times prior to the Merger’s closing except as expressly contemplated by the Merger documents and the related transactions, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For simplicity of presentation, we refer to all accompanying financial statements as condensed consolidated financial statements herein.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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 condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in cash or in money market mutual funds in U.S. based trust accounts at Morgan Stanley with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
The Company accounts for any securities held in the Trust Account in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 320 “Debt and Equity Securities.” These securities are classified as trading securities with unrealized gains or losses recognized through other income. The Company values its securites held in the Trust Account based on quoted prices in active markets (see Note 8 for more information).
 
 
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Warrant Liabilities
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”) Accounting Standards Codification 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, 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 ordinary shares 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 additional
paid-in
capital 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 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 unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A ordinary 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, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet.
Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the remeasurement from initial book value to redemption amount. The change in the carrying value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption resulted in charges against additional
paid-in
capital and accumulated deficit.
At December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2023, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

 

 
  
Shares
 
  
Amounts
 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption -
December 31, 2021
  
 
40,000,000

 
 
$ 400,000,000  
Less:
  
 
 
 
 
     
Payments to Class A ordinary shareholders for redemption of shares
  
 
(38,808,563

)
 
  (390,414,144
Due to shareholders
  
 
—  
 
 
  (3,262,655
Plus:
  
 
 
 
 
     
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value
  
 
—  
 
 
  5,903,651  
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption -
December 31, 2022
  
 
1,191,437

 
 
  12,226,852  
Less:
  
 
 
 
 
     
Payments to Class A ordinary shareholders for redemption of shares
  
 
(771,499

)
 
 
 
  (11,347,734
Plus:
  
 
 
 
 
     
Due to shareholders paid in 2023
  
 
—  
 
 
  3,262,655  
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value
  
 
—  
 
 
  294,382  
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption - June 30, 2023
  
 
419,938

 
 
$ 4,436,155  
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In December of 2022, in connection with the distribution of funds in the Trust Amount to the Company’s shareholders made in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting (as defined above), funds were deposited from the Trust Account into an operating bank account and held in cash. As of December 31, 2022, $3,262,655 of the December 2022 redemption was not paid out to the shareholders and was classified as Due to shareholders on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. In January 2023, upon completion of the distribution of funds in the amount of $3,262,655 to shareholders made in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company re-deposited the remaining funds into the Trust Account.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company remeasured the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to increase the carrying amount by $294,382 to reflect current earnings of the Trust Account.
As part of the Extension Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem
 
an additional
 771,499 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $8,085,078, or approximately $10.48 per share. $370,088 was paid out to redeeming Class A ordinary shares as their proportionate share of trust earnings through the redemption date and is the difference between the redemption amount per share and the original $10.00 per share times the number of shares redeemed.
 
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Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $250,000. At June 30, 2023, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor 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 shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth 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 condensed consolidated 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.
Fair value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the condensed consolidated financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
 
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Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 20,933,333
of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per share is the same as basic net income (loss) per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in dollars, except share amounts):
 
    
For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 2023
   
For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 2023
   
For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 2022
    
For the Six Months Ended
June 30, 2022
 
    
Class A

Redeemable
   
Class A

Nonredeemable

and Class B
   
Class A

Redeemable
   
Class A

Nonredeemable

and Class B
   
Class A
    
Class B
    
Class A
    
Class B
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share:
                                                                   
Numerator:
                                                                   
Allocation of net income (loss)
   $ (130,306   $ (1,177,475   $ (380,131   $ (3,308,902   $ 4,201,675      $ 1,050,419      $ 10,518,582      $ 2,629,646  
Denominator:
                                                                   
Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
     1,106,657       10,000,000       1,148,813       10,000,000       40,000,000        10,000,000        40,000,000        10,000,000  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share
   $ (0.12   $ (0.12   $ (0.33   $ (0.33   $ 0.11        0.11      $ 0.26      $ 0.26  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, FASB issued ASU
2016-13,
Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU
2016-13”).
ASU
2016-13
changes the way entities measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. For emerging growth companies, the new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2023. The Company adopted ASU
2016-13
as of January 1, 2023, with no impact to its condensed consolidated financial statements because the Company does not have financial assets within the scope of ASU
2016-13.
The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on its condensed consolidated financial statements 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, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated 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. The full extent of short and long-term implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the related sanctions are difficult to predict as of the date of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements, but may have an adverse effect on the global economic markets generally and could exacerbate the existing challenges faced by the Company. Since the commencement of the military invasion of Ukraine, there has been an increase in the price of various commodities and shortages of certain materials and components, which may have further negative effects on the world economy, potential Business Combination targets and our Company.
 
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Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 40,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, which includes the partial exercise by the underwriter of the overallotment option to purchase an additional 5,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and
one-third
of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).
Note 4 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On October 28, 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Founder Shares”). In November 2020, the Sponsor transferred 50,000 Class B ordinary shares to each of the Company’s independent directors. On December 16, 2020, the Company effected a share capitalization, resulting in 10,062,500 Founder Shares issued and outstanding as of such date. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of a Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a
one-for-one
basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, 62,500 Founder Shares were forfeited for no consideration on December 23, 2020, resulting in 10,000,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. The per share price of the Founder Shares was determined by dividing the amount contributed to the Company by the number of Founder Shares issued. The Founder Shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial Business
Combination (see Note 1).
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares or Class A ordinary shares received upon conversion thereof until the earlier of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any
30-trading
day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
The Company’s Founder Shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to
lock-up
provisions in a letter agreement with the Company entered into by the initial stockholders, and officers and directors. The Sponsor has the right to transfer its ownership in the Founder Shares at any time, and to any transferee, to the extent that the Sponsor determines, in good faith, that such transfer is necessary to ensure that it and/or any of its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates are in compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreem
ents of the initial stockholders with respect to any Founder Shares. Prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor transferred
150,000
 
Founder Shares to our three independent directors in recognition of and as compensation for their future services to the Company. The transfer of Founder Shares to these directors is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. Compensation expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the performance condition (i.e. the remediation of the lock-up provision) is probable of achievement under the applicable accounting literature. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date the lock-up provisions have been remediated, or are probable to be remediated, in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the transfer of the Founder Shares. As of June 30, 2023, the Company has entered into a definitive agreement in connection with a potential Business Combination, but the Business Combination has not yet closed and as such, the lock-up provisions have not been remediated and are not probable to be remediated. Any definitive agreements in connection with a Business Combination may also be subject to certain conditions to closing, such as approval by the Company’s shareholders. As a result, the Company determined that, taking into account that there is a possibility that the Business Combination may not close, no stock-based compensation expense should be recognized through June 30, 2023. 
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 7,600,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant for an aggregate purchase price of $11,400,000. Each warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.
 
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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.
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors, may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant. As of the date of this filing, June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no borrowings under any Working Capital Loans.
Administrative Services Agreement
Pursuant to an administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) entered into on December 17, 2020, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $40,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support services provided to members of the Company’s management team until the earlier of (A) the Company’s completion of the initial Business Combination or December 21, 2022 and (B) on December 21, 2022, an amount equal to $960,000 less the actual amount paid under the Administrative Services Agreement. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company incurred $0
in fees for these services. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred $
120,000 and $240,000 in fees for these services, respectively, which is included in operating and formation costs on the unaudited condensed
 
consolidated
statements of operations. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $280,000 and $320,000 in fees outstanding for these services, respectively, that are included in due to related party on the condensed
 
consolidated
balance sheets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on November 18, 2021, the Sponsor permanently waived its right to receive any of the Company’s outstanding, and all of the Company’s remaining, payment obligations under the Administrative Services Agreement.
Operating and Formation Costs
As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Sponsor and affiliates of the Sponsor also paid operating and formation costs of
 
$
1,180,376 and $202,500, 
respectively, on behalf of the Company which are due on demand. These amounts are included in due to related party on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Sponsor is not under any obligation to make additional expenditures on the Company’s behalf.
Note 5 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants, and securities that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered in connection with the Initial Public Offering. These holders are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, these holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
As further described in Note 1 and as such terms used herein are defined therein, the Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at or prior to the Closing, the Company, the Sponsor and certain Noventiq shareholders will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and such Noventiq shareholders will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective Ordinary Shares, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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Underwriting Agreement
After the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters were entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $14,000,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. Effective December 20, 2022, in accordance with a fee reduction agreement, the underwriter agreed to irrevocably forfeit $10,000,000 of the aggregate $14,000,000 deferred fee that would otherwise be payable to it in cash pursuant the underwriting agreement, resulting in a reduced deferred fee of $4,000,000,
which shall be payable to the underwriter upon consummation of a Business Combination, as originally set forth in the underwriting agreement. The Company accounted for this forfeiture during the fourth calendar quarter of the year ended December 31, 2022.
Note 6 — Warrant Liabilities
The Public Warrants will become exercisable at $11.50 per share 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; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and, following the effective date of the registration statement, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60
th business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital-raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial shareholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the initial shareholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, plus interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume-weighted average trading price of the Class A ordinary shares during the
10-trading
day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates the initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) are not redeemable by the Company, (ii) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (iii) may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) are entitled to registration rights. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
 
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Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption (except with respect to the Private Placement Warrants if they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees):
 
   
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 last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 20 trading days within a
30-trading
day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
In addition, once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption:
 
   
in whole and not in part;
 
   
at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of Class A ordinary shares to be determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares;
 
   
if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 20 trading days within the
30-trading
day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and
 
   
if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a
30-trading
day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted), the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.
The “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares for the above purpose shall mean the volume-weighted average price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. In no event are the warrants to be exercisable in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment).
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management has the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. Additionally, in no event is the Company be required to net cash settle any Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
Following the Closing, the Company’s outstanding warrants, issued under a Warrant Agreement, dated December 16, 2020, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, will remain outstanding and are expected to continue trading on Nasdaq.
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class
 A Ordinary Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At December 31, 2022, there were 1,191,437 Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding, all of which are considered temporary equity. On June 20, 2023, in connection with the Extension Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem 771,499
additional 
Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $8,085,078, or approximately $10.48 per share which includes $370,088 of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. Subsequent to the redemptions, 419,938 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding. On June 21, 2023, in connection with the approval of the Founder Conversion Amendment, the Sponsor elected to convert 9,825,000 shares of the Class B ordinary shares held by it on a
one-for-one
basis into Class A ordinary shares of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion, the Sponsor holds 9,825,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares and at June 30, 2023, the Company has an aggregate of 10,244,938 shares of Class A ordinary shares
 
(419,938 of which are subject to possible redemption)
 issued and outstanding. The Sponsor’s 9,825,000 Class A ordinary shares received in connection with the conversion are not redeemable.
Class
 B Ordinary Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue 30,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders are entitled to one vote for each Class B ordinary share. At December 31, 2022, there were 10,000,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. On June 21, 2023, in connection with the approval of the Founder Conversion
 
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Amendment, the Sponsor elected to convert 9,825,000 shares of the Class B ordinary shares held by it on a
one-for-one
basis into Class A ordinary shares of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion and at June 30, 2023, the Company has an aggregate of 175,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders of the Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders, except as required by law or stock exchange rule; provided that only holders of the Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the initial Business Combination on a
one-for-one
basis (as adjusted). In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the sum of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares issued upon completion of the Initial Public Offering plus the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans; provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than
one-for-one
basis.
Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
 
Level 1:    Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
   
Level 2:    Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
   
Level 3:    Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value.
 
Description
  
Level
    
June 30,

2023
    
December 31,

2022
 
Assets:
                          
Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account
     1      $ 4,436,155      $ 15,489,507  
             
 
 
    
 
 
 
At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $
0
and $15,489,507, respectively, of the balance held in the Trust Account was held in cash.
The following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value.
 
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Description
  
Level
    
June 30,

2023
    
Level
    
December 31,

2022
 
Liabilities:
                                   
Warrant Liability – Public Warrants
     1      $ 1,733,333        1      $ 400,000  
Warrant Liability – Private Placement Warrants
     3      $ 988,000        3      $ 228,000  
             
 
 
             
 
 
 
Total Warrant Liabilities
            $ 2,721,333               $ 628,000  
             
 
 
             
 
 
 
The Warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC
815-40
and are presented within the warrant liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of the warrant liabilities in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Initial Measurement and Subsequent Measurement
The Company established the initial fair value for the Public Warrants on December 21, 2020, the date of the consummation of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The Company allocated the proceeds received from (i) the sale of Units (which is inclusive of one Class A ordinary share and
one-third
of one Public Warrant), (ii) the sale of Private Placement Warrants, and (iii) the issuance of shares of Class B ordinary shares, based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares based on their relative fair values at the initial measurement date. The Warrants were classified as Level 3 at the initial measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs.
The Warrants are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The subsequent measurement of the Public Warrants as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is classified as Level 1 due to quoted prices in an active market since February 8, 2021. The Private Placement Warrants as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are classified as Level 3 due to the use of unobservable inputs.
The Monte Carlo model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the ordinary shares. The expected volatility as of the Initial Public Offering date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own public warrant pricing since February 8, 2021. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the warrants from the Units, the close price of the public warrant price was used as the fair value as of each relevant date.
The key inputs into the Monte Carlo simulation model for the Private Placement warrants at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:
 
Input
  
June 30, 2023
   
December 31, 2022
 
Risk-free interest rate
     4.13     3.99
Expected term (years)
     5.0       5.0  
Expected volatility
     1.0     0.8
Exercise price
   $ 11.50     $ 11.50  
Fair value of the ordinary share price
   $ 10.70     $ 9.89  
Redemption threshold price
   $ 18.00     $ 18.00  
Redemption threshold days
     20 days within any
30-day period
 
 
    20 days within any
30-day period
 
Redemption price
   $ 0.01     $ 0.01  
Probability of successful acquistion
     90.0     50.0
As of June 30, 2023, the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were determined to be $0.13 and $0.13 per warrant for aggregate values of $1.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were determined to be $0.03 and $0.03, respectively, per warrant for aggregate values of approximately $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
 
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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
 
 
  
Private Placement
 
  
Public
 
  
Warrant Liabilities
 
Fair value as of December 31, 2022
   $ 228,000      $ 400,000      $ 628,000  
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
     684,000        1,200,000        1,884,000  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Fair value as of March 31, 2023
     912,000        1,600,000        2,512,000  
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
     76,000        133,333        209,333  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Fair value as of June 30, 2023
   $ 988,000      $ 1,733,333      $ 2,721,333  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
       
Fair value as of December 31, 2021
  
$
5,320,000     
$
9,200,000     
$
14,520,000  
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
     (3,116,000      (5,333,333      (8,449,333
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Fair value as of March 31, 2022
     2,204,000        3,866,667        6,070,667  
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions
     (1,819,440      (3,192,000      (5,011,440
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Fair value as of June 30, 2022
   $ 384,560      $ 674,667      $ 1,059,227  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the Private Placement Warrant liability for which there is no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate. There were no transfers in or out of level 3 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred up to the date condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events, not previously disclosed, that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements
.
 
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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 Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. 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”). When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Such forward looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. No assurance can be given that results in any forward-looking statement will be achieved and actual results could be affected by one or more factors, which could cause them to differ materially. The cautionary statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements whenever they appear in this Quarterly Report. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated on October 20, 2020 (inception) as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). While we may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business, industry, sector or geographical location, we focus on industries that complement our management team’s background, and in our search for targets for our Business Combination seek to capitalize on the ability of our management team to identify and acquire a business, focusing on the technology industry in the United States and other developed countries.

The registration statement for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on December 16, 2020. On December 21, 2020, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 40,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $400,000,000, and incurring offering costs of approximately $22,766,000, inclusive of $14,000,000 in deferred underwriting commissions. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”) and one-third of one redeemable warrant, each whole public warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement of 7,600,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant (the “Private Placement”) to our sponsor, CGA Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $11,400,000. Each private placement warrant is exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and private placement, $400,000,000 ($10.00 per unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the private placement were placed in the trust account, located in the United States at UBS Financial Services Inc. and Morgan Stanley, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and are only invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the assets held in the trust account. Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the private placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied toward consummating an initial Business Combination.

Extraordinary General Meeting

On December 20, 2022, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), which amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from December 21, 2022 to June 21, 2023. The shareholders approved a proposal to

 

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amend the trust agreement to change the date on which Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company must commence liquidation of the Trust Account from (A) the earlier of the Company’s completion of an initial business combination and December 21, 2022 to (B) the earlier of the Company’s completion of an initial business combination and June 21, 2023. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders elected to redeem 38,808,563 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the trust account totaling $393,676,799, or approximately $10.14 per share which includes $5,591,169 of earnings in the trust account not previously withdrawn. In January 2023, the Company made redemption payments of $3,262,655 out of the Trust Account that were due to the redeeming shareholders who elected to redeem their shares as part of the Extraordinary General Meeting. This amount was reflected as due to shareholders in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022. Subsequent to the redemptions, 1,191,437 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding.

Business Combination Agreement

On February 9, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Softline Holding plc to proceed with a potential business combination that would result in the combined company being publicly-listed on the Nasdaq. The business combination is subject to the completion of definitive documentation. On May 4, 2023, the Company entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Noventiq Holdings PLC (formerly known as Softline Holding plc), a global provider of IT solutions and services.

As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2023, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) by and among the Company, Noventiq Holdings PLC, a company organized under the laws of the Cyprus (“Noventiq”), and Corner Growth SPAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). The Business Combination Agreement provides, among other things, that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Noventiq, with Noventiq surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Upon the closing of the business combination (the “Closing”), it is anticipated that the Company will change its name to “Noventiq Holding Company” (“New Noventiq”). The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.” In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act (As Revised) and the Cyprus Companies Law, prior to the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby by the requisite vote of Noventiq’s shareholders, Noventiq will re-domicile from Cyprus to the Cayman Islands. The Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Proposed Business Combination.”

The Business Combination Agreement contains representations and warranties of certain of the parties thereto customary for transactions of this type. The representations and warranties made under the Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing.

The Business Combination is expected to close in the second half of 2023, following the receipt of the required approval by the Company’s and Noventiq’s shareholders and the fulfilment of other customary closing conditions, such as the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form F-6 registering the ADSs (as defined in Note 1 to the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). There is no assurance that the Proposed Business Combination will be consummated by the Extended Date (as defined below) (or any such later date of termination approved in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association).

If we are unable to complete a Business Combination by the Extended Date, 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 us to pay for our income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of our company, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

Extension Meeting

On June 15, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which was adjourned and reconvened on June 20, 2023 (the “Extension Meeting”), to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Articles Amendment”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from June 21, 2023 to March 21, 2024 (the “Extended Date”) or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion (the “Amended Termination Date” and, such proposal, the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (ii) eliminate from the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association the limitation that the Company shall not redeem Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units sold in the IPO to the extent that such redemption would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”) and (ii) amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to provide that Class B ordinary shares may be converted either at the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or at any earlier date at the option of the holders of Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal”). The shareholders of the Company approved the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal at the Extension Meeting and on June 21, 2023, the Company filed the Articles Amendment with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands.

In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal and the Founder Conversion Amendment Proposal, shareholders elected to redeem 771,499 Class A ordinary shares, resulting in redemption payments out of the Trust Account totaling $8,085,078, or approximately $10.48 per share which includes $370,088 of earnings in the Trust Account not previously withdrawn. Subsequent to the redemptions, 419,938 Class A ordinary shares remained issued and outstanding.

On June 21, 2023, in connection with the approval of the Founder Conversion Amendment, the Sponsor, the holder of an aggregate of 9,825,001 shares of the Company’s Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, elected to convert 9,825,000 shares of the Class B Ordinary Shares held by it on a one-for-one basis into Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company, with immediate effect. Following such conversion, the Sponsor will hold 9,825,000 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and 1 share of Class B Ordinary Shares and the Company will have an aggregate of 10,244,938 shares of Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding (419,938 of which are subject to possible redemption) and

 

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175,000 shares of Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. In connection with the conversion, the Sponsor has agreed to certain transfer restrictions, a waiver of redemption rights, a waiver of any right to receive funds from the Trust Account and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination.

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

As indicated in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, at June 30, 2023, we had $27,132 in our operating bank account, and a working capital deficit of $3,044,854, and $236,775 of earnings and realized gains on the amounts remaining in the Trust Account after historical redemptions. We expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our initial Business Combination plans.

Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the proceeds of $25,000 from the sale of the founder shares, and loans from the Sponsor of approximately $120,000. The loan was repaid in full on December 22, 2020. Subsequent from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds received from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement.

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. The terms of such loans have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. However, as discussed in Note 4 to the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as of June 30, 2023, the Company is indebted to the Sponsor and its affiliates for $1,460,376, which represents $1,180,376 of operating and formation costs paid by these related parties on the Company’s behalf, along with $280,000 of unpaid administrative fees (see Note 4). The Sponsor is not under any obligation to make additional expenditures on the Company’s behalf.

Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will not have sufficient working capital to meet our needs through the consummation of a Business Combination. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

 

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In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern”, management has determined that the date for mandatory liquidation and dissolution raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern through a reasonable period of time, which is considered one year from the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company demonstrates adverse conditions that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year following the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements. These adverse conditions are negative financial trends, specifically working capital deficiency and other adverse key financial ratios. Our scheduled liquidation date is March 20, 2024. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts or classification of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 20, 2024. There is no assurance that the Company will complete the Proposed Business Combination with Noventiq before March 24, 2024, or at all.

Results of Operations

Our entire activity since inception through June 30, 2023 related to our formation, Initial Public Offering and, since the closing of our Initial Public Offering, the search for initial Business Combination candidates (see Note 1 to the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). As of June 30, 2023, $27,132 was held outside the Trust Account and was being used to fund the Company’s operating expenses. We are not generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination at the earliest.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, we had a net loss of $1,307,781 and $3,689,033, respectively, which consisted of $139,599 and $294,382 in earnings and realized gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, respectively, an increase in the fair value of warrant liabilities of $209,333 and $2,093,333, respectively, and $1,238,047 and $1,890,082 in operating and formation costs, respectively.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, we had a net income of $5,252,094 and $13,148,228, respectively, which consisted of $593,071 and $626,823 in earnings and realized gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account, respectively, a decrease in the fair value of warrant liabilities of $5,011,440 and $13,460,773, respectively, partially offset by $352,417 and $939,368 in operating and formation costs, respectively.

Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On October 28, 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Founder Shares”). In November 2020, the Sponsor transferred 50,000 Class B ordinary shares to each of the Company’s independent directors. On December 16, 2020, the Company effected a share capitalization, resulting in 10,062,500 Founder Shares issued and outstanding as of such date. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of a Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, 62,500 Founder Shares were forfeited for no consideration on December 23, 2020, resulting in 10,000,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. The per share price of the Founder Shares was determined by dividing the amount contributed to the Company by the number of Founder Shares issued. The Founder Shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial Business Combination (see Note 1).

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares or Class A ordinary shares received upon conversion thereof until the earlier of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

The Company’s Founder Shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in a letter agreement with the Company entered into by the initial stockholders, and officers and directors. The Sponsor has the right to transfer its ownership in the Founder Shares at any time, and to any transferee, to the extent that the Sponsor determines, in good faith, that such transfer is necessary to ensure that it and/or any of its parents, subsidiaries or affiliates are in compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the initial stockholders with respect to any Founder Shares. Prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor transferred 150,000 Founder Shares to our three independent directors in recognition of and as compensation for their future services to the Company. The transfer of Founder Shares to these directors is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. Compensation

 

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expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the performance condition (i.e. the remediation of the lock-up provision) is probable of achievement under the applicable accounting literature. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date the lock-up provisions have been remediated, or are probable to be remediated, in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the transfer of the Founder Shares. As of June 30, 2023, the Company has entered into a agreement in connection with a potential Business Combination, but the Business Combination has not yet closed, and as such, the lock-up provisions have not been remediated and are not probable to be remediated. Any definitive agreements in connection with a Business Combination may also be subject to certain conditions to closing, such as approval by the Company’s shareholders. As a result, the Company determined that, taking into account that there is a possibility that the Business Combination may not close, no stock-based compensation expense should be recognized through June 30, 2023.

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 our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the event that a Business Combination is not completed, we may use a portion of the proceeds held outside the trust account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the trust account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. As of the date of this filing and June 30, 2023, there were no outstanding Working Capital Loans under this arrangement.

Administrative Services Agreement

We agreed, commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay the Sponsor a total of $40,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support services provided to members of the Company’s management team until the earlier of (A) the Company’s completion of the initial Business Combination or December 21, 2022 and (B) on December 21, 2022, an amount equal to $960,000, less the actual amount paid under the Administrative Services Agreement. On November 18, 2021, the Sponsor waived its right to receive any of the Company’s remaining, payment obligations under the Administrative Services Agreement.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company incurred $0 in fees for these services. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred $120,000 and $240,000 in fees for these services, respectively, which is included in operating and formation costs on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were $280,000 and $320,000 in fees outstanding for these services that are included in due to related party on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on November 18, 2021, the Sponsor permanently waived its right to receive any of the Company’s outstanding, and all of the Company’s remaining, payment obligations under the Administrative Services Agreement.

Operating and Formation Costs

As of June 30, 2023, the Sponsor and affiliates of the Sponsor also paid operating and formation costs of $1,180,376 on behalf of the Company which are due on demand. These amounts are included in due to related party on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2023. The Sponsor is not under any obligation to make additional expenditures on the Company’s behalf.

Contractual Obligations

Registration and Shareholder Rights

The holders of founder shares, private placement warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, will be entitled to registration rights (in the case of the founder shares, only after conversion of such shares into Class A ordinary shares) pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into during the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration and shareholder rights. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until the termination of the applicable lock-up period for the securities to be registered. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

The Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at or prior to the Closing, the Company, the Sponsor and certain Noventiq shareholders will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and such Noventiq shareholders will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective Ordinary Shares, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Sponsor Support Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor entered into a support agreement with the Company and Noventiq (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) not to solicit, initiate, submit, facilitate (including by means of furnishing or disclosing information), discuss or negotiate, directly or indirectly, any inquiry, proposal or offer (written or oral) with any third-party with respect to a CGAC Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement); (iii) be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to its shares in the Company prior to the closing of the Proposed Business Combination; (iv) not to transfer any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) from and after the Closing and until the earlier of (A) the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (B) the date following the Closing Date on which the Company completes a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement).

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriter was entitled to underwriting discounts of $0.20 per unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, or $8,000,000 in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, or $14,000,000 in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. Effective December 20, 2022, in accordance with a fee reduction agreement, the underwriter agreed to irrevocably forfeit $10,000,000 of the aggregate $14,000,000 deferred fee that would otherwise be payable to it in cash pursuant the underwriting agreement, resulting in a reduced deferred fee of $4,000,000. The deferred underwriting commissions will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the trust account solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. The Company accounted for this forfeiture during the fourth calendar quarter of the year ended December 31, 2022.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us 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 condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported period. In accordance with GAAP, we base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Starting with the second fiscal quarter of 2023, the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of Merger Sub, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Merger Sub is a Cayman Islands exempted company which was incorporated on April 4, 2023. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effectuating the Merger and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Merger and has no, and at all times prior to the Merger’s closing except as expressly contemplated by the Merger documents and the related transactions, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. For simplicity of presentation, we refer to all accompanying financial statements as condensed consolidated financial statements herein.

Our significant accounting policies are fully described in Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and are fully described in Note 2 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. We believe those accounting policies are critical to the process of making significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. There have been no changes to our significant accounting policies from our Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 changes the way entities measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. For emerging growth companies, the new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after January 1, 2023. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2023, with no impact to its condensed consolidated financial statements because the Company does not have financial assets within the scope of ASU 2016-13.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. 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 are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As such, our condensed consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with 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 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the condensed consolidated 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 principal executive officer’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.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of June 30, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim condensed consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, the Company’s management has concluded that the controls around the interpretation and accounting for certain complex financial instruments were not effectively designed or maintained.

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.

 

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d- 15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter of 2023 covered by this Quarterly Report 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

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider our risk factors from those disclosed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

As of the date of this report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Other Information

During the three months ended June 30, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

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Item 6.

Exhibits

 

Exhibit

  Number  

  

Description

    3.1    Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2020, File No. 001-39814).
    3.2    Extension Amendment, dated December 20, 2022, to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2022, File No. 001-39814).
    3.3    Amendment, dated June 20, 2023, to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 22, 2023, File No. 001-39814).
  31.1*    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  31.2*    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  32.1**    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  32.2**    Certification of Chief 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—the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL 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 Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

*

Filed herewith.

**

Furnished.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 14th day of August, 2023.

 

CORNER GROWTH ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Jerome “Jerry” Letter

Name:   Jerome “Jerry” Letter
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

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