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DP Cap Acquisition Corp I - Quarter Report: 2023 September (Form 10-Q)


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 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
 
Commission File No. 001-41041
 
DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

 Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

341 Newbury St, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02115
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)
 
(617) 874-5152
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant
 
DPCSU
 
The Nasdaq Global Market
Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value
 
DPCS
 
The Nasdaq Global Market
Redeemable public warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50
 
DPCSW
 
The Nasdaq Global 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 November 10, 2023, 4,059,402 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, were issued and outstanding.



DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 

DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

   
September 30, 2023
(Unaudited)
   

December 31, 2022
 
ASSETS
           
Cash
 
$
580,237
   
$
946,299
 
Prepaid expenses
   
43,532
     
208,548
 
Total current assets
   
623,769
     
1,154,847
 
Investments held in Trust Account
   
43,769,608
     
237,982,862
 
Total assets
 
$
44,393,377
   
$
239,137,709
 
 
               
LIABILITIES, CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION, AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
   
62,369
   
$
2,100
 
Accrued expenses
   
1,002,640
     
333,092
 
Total current liabilities
   
1,065,009
     
335,192
 
Deferred underwriting fees payable
   
8,050,000
     
8,050,000
 
Convertible loan from related party
   
4,600,000
     
4,600,000
 
Total liabilities
   
13,715,009
     
12,985,192
 
 
               
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
   



 
               
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 4,059,402 shares at $10.78 per share as of September 30, 2023 and 23,000,000 shares at $10.35 per share as of December 31, 2022, respectively
   
43,769,608
     
237,982,862
 
 
               
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; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding (excluding 4,059,402 and 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)
   
     
 
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding
   
575
     
575
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
     
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(13,091,815
)
   
(11,830,920
)
Total shareholders’ deficit
   
(13,091,240
)
   
(11,830,345
)
Total liabilities, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, and shareholders’ deficit
 
$
44,393,377
   
$
239,137,709
 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.

DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND 2022
(UNAUDITED)

 
   
For The Three
Months Ended
September 30, 2023
   
For The Three
Months Ended
September 30, 2022
   
For The Nine
Months Ended
September 30, 2023
   
For The Nine
Months Ended
September 30, 2022
 
General and administrative expenses
 
$
287,563
   
$
251,938
    $ 1,260,895     $ 725,241  
Loss from operations
   
(287,563
)
   
(251,938
)
    (1,260,895 )     (725,241 )
Gain on marketable securities (net), dividends and interest, held in Trust Account
    562,845
      1,058,884
      4,778,599       1,398,343  
Net income
 
$
275,282
   
$
806,946
    $ 3,517,704     $ 673,102  
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, basic and diluted
   
4,059,402
     
23,000,000
      13,078,734       23,000,000
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
 
$
0.03
   
$
0.03
    $ 0.19     $ 0.02  
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares, basic and diluted
   
5,750,000
     
5,750,000
      5,750,000       5,750,000
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares
 
$
0.03
   
$
0.03
    $ 0.19     $ 0.02  

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND 2022
(UNAUDITED)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023

   
Ordinary Shares
   
Ordinary Shares
       
    Class A     Class B        
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Accumulated
Deficit
   
Total Shareholders’
Deficit
 
Balance as of January 1, 2023
   
-
   
$
-
     
5,750,000
   
$
575
   
$
-
   
$
(11,830,920
)
 
$
(11,830,345
)
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value
    -       -       -       -       -       (2,525,117 )     (2,525,117 )
Net income
    -       -       -       -       -       2,167,829       2,167,829  
Balance as of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
    -     $ -       5,750,000     $ 575     $ -     $ (12,188,208 )   $ (12,187,633 )
Redemption of Class A ordinary shares
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Capital contribution made by Sponsor for non-redemption agreements
    -       -       -       -       1,671,160       -       1,671,160  
Cost of raising capital related to shareholder non-redemption agreements
    -       -       -       -       (1,671,160 )     -       (1,671,160 )
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value
    -       -       -       -       -       (1,690,637 )     (1,690,637 )
 Net income     -       -       -       -       -       1,074,593       1,074,593  
Balance as of June 30, 2023 (unaudited)
   
-
   
$
-
     
5,750,000
   
$
575
   
$
-
   
$
(12,804,252
)
 
$
(12,803,677
)
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value
    -       -       -       -       -       (562,845 )     (562,845 )
Net income     -       -       -       -       -       275,282       275,282  
Balance as of September 30, 2023 (unaudited)
    -     $
-       5,750,000     $
575     $
-     $
(13,091,815 )   $
(13,091,240 )

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022

   
Ordinary Shares
   
Ordinary Shares
       
    Class A     Class B        
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
   
Accumulated
Deficit
   
Total Shareholders’
Deficit
 
Balance as of January 1, 2022
   
-
   
$
-
     
5,750,000
   
$
575
   
$
-
   
$
(10,882,763
)
 
$
(10,882,188
)
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (128,585 )     (128,585 )
Balance as of March 31, 2022 (unaudited)
   
-
     
-
     
5,750,000
   
$
575
   
$
-
   
$
(11,011,348
)
 
$
(11,010,773
)
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value
    -       -       -       -       -       (339,459 )     (339,459 )
Net loss
    -       -       -       -       -       (5,259 )     (5,259 )
Balance as of June 30, 2022 (unaudited)
    -     $ -       5,750,000     $ 575     $ -     $ (11,356,066 )   $ (11,355,491 )
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value
    -       -       -       -       -       (1,058,884 )     (1,058,884 )
Net income
    -       -       -       -       -       806,946       806,946  
Balance as of September 30, 2022 (unaudited)
    -     $ -       5,750,000     $ 575     $ -     $ (11,608,004 )   $ (11,607,429 )

See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed financial statements.

DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 AND 2022
(UNAUDITED)

 
 
FOR THE NINE
MONTHS
ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
2023
   
FOR THE NINE
MONTHS
ENDED SEPTEMBER
30, 2022
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
           
Net income
 
$
3,517,704
    $ 673,102  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Gain on marketable securities (net), dividends and interest, held in Trust Account     (4,778,599 )     (1,398,343 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Prepaid expenses
    165,016
      174,394
 
Accounts payable
   
60,269
      (49,378 )
Accrued expenses
   
669,548
      293,803  
Net cash used in operating activities
   
(366,062
)
    (306,422 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Trust Account Withdrawal - redemption     198,991,853       -  
Net cash provided by investing activities
    198,991,853       -  
Cash Flows from Financing Activities                
Redemption of Class A shares     (198,991,853 )     -  
Net cash used in financing activities     (198,991,853 )     -  
                 
Net decrease in cash
   
(366,062
)
    (306,422 )
Cash - beginning of period
   
946,299
      1,440,299  
Cash - end of period
 
$
580,237
    $ 1,133,877  
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
               
Remeasurement of Class A shares to redemption value
  $ 4,778,599     $ 1,398,343  
Capital contribution from Sponsor
  $ 1,671,160     $ -  
Offering cost associated with non-redemption agreement
  $ (1,671,160 )   $ -  

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Organization and General

DP Cap Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on April 8, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from April 8, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and the Public Offering (as defined below) and subsequent to the Public Offering, the search for a target for the Company’s Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of earnings on investments held in Trust Account relating to the proceeds derived from the Public Offering on November 12, 2021 (“Public Offering” or “IPO”). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

On November 12, 2021, the Company consummated its Public Offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), which included the exercise in full of the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units at the Public Offering price to cover over-allotments. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230.0 million, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering, the Company completed the private sale of 4,733,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant (the “Private Placement”) to DP Investment Management Sponsor I LLC (the “Sponsor”) generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,100,000, which is described in Note 4. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Sponsor’s promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”), the Sponsor loaned $4,600,000 to the Company (the “Sponsor Loan”) at no interest. The proceeds of the Sponsor Note were deposited into the Trust Account (described below) and will be repaid or converted into warrants (the “Sponsor Loan Warrants”) at a conversion price of $1.50 per Sponsor Loan Warrant, at the Sponsor’s discretion and at any time until the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination. The Sponsor Loan Warrants are identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

Transaction costs amounted to $13,148,152, including $8,050,000 in deferred underwriting fees, $4,600,000 in paid underwriting fees and $498,152 in other offering costs. Upon completion of the Public Offering, cash of $2,030,974 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) for the payment of offering costs and for working capital purposes. Offering costs were allocated between the Class A Ordinary Shares, Public Warrants and Private warrants using the relative fair value method.

A total of $234,600,000 ($10.20 per unit), which consisted of $225,400,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO, $4,600,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and $4,600,000 of the proceeds from a loan by  the Sponsor under the Sponsor Loan, was placed in a U.S.-based Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account (the “Trust Account”) that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes and winding up and dissolution expenses, the funds held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until (i) the completion of the Company’s Business Combination, or (ii) the redemption of any of the Company’s public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association  to (A) modify the substance or timing of its obligation to provide holders of its Class A Ordinary Shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with the Company’s Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it does not complete its Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period (as defined below) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period (as defined below), subject to applicable law. See discussion below regarding the extension of the combination period.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in the Trust Account and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company only intends to complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Upon the closing of the Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.20 per Unit sold in the Public Offering, will be held in a Trust Account located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in United States ‘‘government securities’’ within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination, (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below and (iii) 24 months from consummation of the Company’s IPO.

The Company is required to provide the holders (the “Public Shareholders”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, sold in the Public Offering (“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 shareholders 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 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 held in the Trust Account (initially $10.20 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 6). These Public Shares were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” If the Company seeks shareholder approval, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. 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, 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 transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem the Public 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 such Public Shareholder votes for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 5) (“the initial shareholders”) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. 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.

The Second A&R M&A (as defined below) provides 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 under 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% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company. The initial shareholders have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Second A&R M&A (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period (as defined below) 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 Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by November 12, 2023, with the option to extend up to three times by an additional month each time, at the option of the Company’s board of directors and without additional shareholder approval, until February 12, 2024 (the “Extended Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Public Shares, at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining 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 the requirements of other applicable law.

The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period. However, if the initial shareholders acquired Public Shares in or acquire Public Shares after the 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 Extended Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts 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 $10.20. 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 third party (except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement (a “Target”), reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.20 per Public Share or (ii) the lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. Such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or Target that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account. Such liability will also not apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 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 (other than 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.

On May 5, 2023, certain unaffiliated investors of the Company (the “Investors”) entered into non-redemption agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Investors agreed to (i) not redeem an aggregate of up to 4,000,000 previously-held Class A Ordinary Shares (the “Investor Shares”) in connection with the Extension Proposal (as defined below) and (ii) vote the Investor Shares in favor of the Extension Proposal. In exchange for these commitments from the Investors, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors (i) an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares in connection with an extension until November 12, 2023 (the “Initial Extension Date”) and (ii) to the extent the Company’s board of directors agrees to further extend the date to consummate its Business Combination on a month to month basis from the Initial Extension Date and without additional shareholder approval, until February 12, 2024 (the “Secondary Extension Date”, and such proposal, the “Extension Proposal”), an aggregate of up to 1,500,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, which includes the Class B Ordinary Shares referred to in clause (i), in each case, on or promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination. Accordingly, in substance, it was recognized by the Company as a capital contribution by the Sponsor to induce the Investors not to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares, with a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital to recognize the fair value of the shares transferred as an offering cost. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the 1,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares attributable to the Investors to be $1,671,160 or $1.67 per share. The excess of the fair value of the Class B Ordinary Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A.

On May 10, 2023, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at which the Company’s shareholders voted to approve, by special resolution, the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Second A&R M&A”), to extend the date by which the Company must (1) consummate the Business Combination, (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such Business Combination, and (3) redeem all of the Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the Units sold in the Company’s IPO, from May 12, 2023 to November 12, 2023, with optional additional extensions of up to three times by an additional month each time, at the option of the Company’s board of directors, until February 12, 2024. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders holding 18,940,598 Class A Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem such shares at a per share redemption price of approximately $10.51. As a result, approximately $199.0 million was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders. Following the redemptions, the Company has 4,059,402 Class A Ordinary Shares with redemption rights outstanding.

On November 8, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved the extension of the date by which the Company is required to complete the Business Combination until December 12, 2023 (the “Optional Extension”). See Note 11 (Subsequent Events). As a result of the approval of the Optional Extension, pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors an aggregate of approximately 166,666 additional Class B Ordinary Shares on or promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination.

As of the date of this Quarterly Repot on Form 10-Q, the Company has not entered into any non-binding or definitive agreements with a potential Business Combination target.

On August 21, 2023, the Company received a letter (the “MVLS Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications staff (the “Nasdaq Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), which requires that the Company’s listed securities maintain a minimum Market Value of Listed Securities (“MVLS”) of $50 million. The MVLS Letter further provided that, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), the Company is entitled to a compliance period to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), which compliance period will expire on February 20, 2024 (the “MVLS Compliance Period”). If the Company fails to regain compliance with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market prior to the expiration of the MVLS Compliance Period, Nasdaq will provide notice to the Company that its securities are subject to delisting. See Note 11 (Subsequent Events) for an additional Nasdaq notice received subsequent to September 30, 2023.

Liquidity and Going Concern
In connection with the assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the FASB ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” as a result of the Optional Extension, the Company has until December 12, 2023, with the option to extend up to February 12, 2024 to consummate a Business Combination. It is currently uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If its Business Combination cannot be completed prior to December 12, 2023, with the option to extend up to February 12, 2024, the Company will cease operations except for the purpose of winding-up, redeem our then outstanding public shares, and liquidate and dissolve unless, prior to such date, the Company receives an extension approval from its shareholders and elects to further extend the date on which a Business Combination must be consummated.

As of September 30, 2023, the working capital deficit is $441,240. The Company may need to raise additional funds from its Sponsor and/or third parties  in order to meet the expenditures required for operating its business. If the Company’s estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating the Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to a Business Combination. The Sponsor is not under any obligation to advance additional funds to, or to invest in, the Company. If the Company is unable to raise additional funds it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of its business plan, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If a Business Combination is not consummated by December 12, 2023, with the option to extend up to February 12, 2024, and the Company’s shareholders have not amended the Second A&R M&A to further extend the Extended Combination Period, the Company will cease operations except for the purpose of winding up, redeem its outstanding Public Shares, and liquidate and dissolve. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through one year from the date these condensed financial statements are filed.

Management plans to continue its search for a target and continue pursuing all options to complete a Business Combination by December 12, 2023 and, if the Company’s board of directors approves the two additional one-month extension options, by February 12, 2024 . It is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by December 12, 2023 or by February 12, 2024 if the two additional extension options are exercised by the board of directors, or whether the current funds that the Company has will be sufficient to consummate a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by the applicable time period noted above, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company.

These unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 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 an 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 financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

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

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 has been derived from the audited financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the period ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. See Note 1 (Liquidity and Going Concern).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period.

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

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly-liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair value. The Company had no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Investments Held in Trust Account

The Company’s investments consist of a portfolio of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, each with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government securities, the investments are classified as trading securities and are recognized at fair value. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market funds, the investments are recognized at fair value. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities are included in earnings on investments held in the Trust Account in the condensed statements of operations. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the majority of the Company’s investments were investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities, cash, or a combination thereof.

See Note 11 (Subsequent Events) for recent change to the investments held in the Trust Account after September 30, 2023.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and for its non-financial assets and liabilities that are not re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

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.

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share

The Company follows the accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period. The Company has not considered the effect of the Public Warrants, the Private Placement Warrants or the Sponsor Loan Warrants that the Sponsor may elect to convert into from the Sponsor Loan in the calculation of diluted income per share since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and, as of September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could potentially be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the Company’s earnings.
 
The Company’s unaudited condensed statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per share for ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of income (loss) per share. Net income (loss) per ordinary share, basic and diluted, for ordinary shares subject to possible redemption is calculated by dividing the proportionate share of income on earnings, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding over the period. Net income (loss) is allocated evenly on a pro rata basis between Class A Ordinary Shares and the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”) based on weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding over the period. Remeasurement adjustments are not considered in the calculation as remeasurement adjustments do not result in carrying value in the excess of fair value.
A reconciliation of net income (loss) per ordinary share is as follows:


For The Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2023
 
For The Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
 
For The Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2023
 
For The Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
 
 
Class A
 
Class B
  Class A   Class B   Class A   Class B    Class A    Class B  
Allocation of net income
 
$
113,919
   
$
161,363
    $ 645,557   $ 161,389   $ 2,443,452     $ 1,074,252     $ 538,482   $ 134,620
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
   
4,059,402
     
5,750,000
      23,000,000       5,750,000       13,078,734       5,750,000       23,000,000       5,750,000  
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share
    0.03
     
0.03
      0.03       0.03       0.19       0.19       0.02       0.02  

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the 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. The Company had no net deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2023.

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 September 30, 2023.

The Company is considered an exempted Cayman Islands company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands. The Company has reviewed for potential tax filing requirements and liabilities created by maintaining its principal office in the state of Massachusetts, United States, and has determined it has no resulting material tax obligations. As such, the Company’s tax provision was de minimis for the periods presented.

Warrants

The Company accounts for the 16,233,333 warrants issued in connection with the IPO (the 11,500,000 Public Warrants and the 4,733,333 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”) and ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Such guidance provides that because the warrants meet the criteria thereunder for equity classification, each warrant is recorded within Shareholders’ equity (deficit).

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 ASC 480 and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” 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 our own ordinary shares, 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 reporting period 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.
Sponsor Loan

When the Company issues convertible debt it first evaluates the balance sheet classification of the convertible instrument in its entirety to determine whether the instrument should be classified as a liability under ASC 480 and second whether the conversion feature should be accounted for separately from the host instrument. A conversion feature of a convertible debt instrument or certain convertible preferred stock would be separated from the convertible instrument and classified as a derivative liability if the conversion feature, were it a stand-alone instrument, meets the definition of an “embedded derivative” as defined in ASC 815. Generally, characteristics that require derivative treatment include, among others, when the conversion feature is not indexed to the Company’s equity, as defined in ASC 815-40, or when it must be settled either in cash or by issuing stock that is readily convertible to cash. When a conversion feature meets the definition of an embedded derivative, it would be separated from the host instrument and classified as a derivative liability carried on the balance sheet at fair value, with any changes in its fair value recognized currently in the statement of operations. The Sponsor Loan has a conversion feature that allows for converting the loan into warrants. The Company performed an evaluation as outlined and determined that it qualifies for exemption as an equity instrument and is not bifurcated.

Recent Accounting Standards

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

NOTE 3 - PUBLIC OFFERING
   
Pursuant to the Public Offering, the Company offered 23,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, which included the exercise in full of the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units at the Public Offering price to cover over-allotments. Each Unit consisted of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one Public Warrant. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 9). The proceeds from the Public Offering and the related offering costs were allocated between the Class A Ordinary Shares, Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants using the relative fair value method. Costs associated with Class A Ordinary Shares were classified as a reduction of temporary equity, and costs allocated to the warrants were classified as a reduction of permanent equity.

NOTE 4 - PRIVATE PLACEMENT

The Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,733,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, or approximately $7,100,000 in the aggregate in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share. $4,600,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor were added to the proceeds from the Public Offering to be held in the Trust Account. The remaining cash was deposited into the Company’s operating account for future working capital purposes. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.

The Sponsor, as purchaser of the Private Placement Warrants, agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Placement Warrants (except to permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination.

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 any outstanding Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, any outstanding Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of funds held outside the Trust Account to repay any outstanding Working Capital Loans, but no funds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay any outstanding Working Capital Loans. Any outstanding Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination 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. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. 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 Working Capital Loans. As of September 30, 2023, there were no Working Capital Loans outstanding.

NOTE 5 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
  
Founder Shares

On May 13, 2021, the Sponsor, along with certain funds controlled by Data Point Capital, acquired 5,750,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. Prior to the initial investment in the Company of $25,000 by our Sponsor along with certain funds controlled by Data Point Capital, the Company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share purchase price of the Founder Shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the Company by the aggregate number of Founder Shares issued. 

The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares on a one-for-one basis (a) at any time and from time to time at the option of the holders thereof and (b) automatically on the day of the closing of the Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case that additional Class A Ordinary Shares or any other equity-linked securities (as defined in the Second A&R M&A), are issued, or deemed issued, by the Company in excess of the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of a Business Combination, all Founder Shares in issue shall automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the closing of the Business Combination, at a ratio such that the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A Ordinary Shares and Founder Shares issued and outstanding, plus (ii) the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities (as defined in the Second A&R M&A) or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the Business Combination, excluding (x) any Class A Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A Ordinary Shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination, and (y) the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, any Sponsor Loan

Warrants which may be issued to the Sponsor, and any private placement warrants issued to our Sponsor, its affiliates or any member of our management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4). In no event will the Founder Shares convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at a rate of less than one-to-one. The holders of a majority of the Founder Shares in issue may agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance. Prior to our Business Combination, only holders of the Founder Shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors.

Sponsor Loan
 
The Sponsor loaned the Company $4,600,000 as of the closing date of the Public Offering. The Sponsor Loan bears no interest. The proceeds of the Sponsor Loan were deposited into the Trust Account and can be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). The Sponsor Loan shall be repaid or converted into Sponsor Loan Warrants at a conversion price of $1.50 per Sponsor Loan Warrant, at the discretion of the Sponsor, upon the consummation of a Business Combination. The Sponsor Loan was extended in order to ensure that the amount in the Trust Account is $10.20 per public share. If the Company does not consummate a Business Combination and the Sponsor Loan has not been converted into Sponsor Loan Warrants by such time, the Company will not repay the Sponsor Loan and its proceeds will be distributed to the Public Shareholders. The Sponsor has waived any claims against the Trust Account in connection with the Sponsor Loan. As of both September 30, 2023 and 2022, there was $4,600,000 outstanding under the Sponsor Loan.

NOTE 6 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration and Shareholder Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Sponsor Loan and the Working Capital Loans, if any, (and any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants issued upon conversion of the Sponsor Loan and the Working Capital Loans, if any), are entitled to registration rights pursuant to the registration rights agreement, dated as of November 8, 2021, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the  undersigned parties listed under holders thereto. These holders are entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
  
Underwriting Agreement
 
The underwriter was entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate paid at the closing of the Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,050,000 in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions, which is included in the accompanying condensed balance sheets. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter 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.

NOTE 7 - 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 Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A Ordinary Shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. There are no Class A Ordinary Shares subject to mandatory redemption. Conditionally redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares (including Class A 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, Class A 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 the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, such Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company are classified as temporary equity.

At September 30, 2023, the Class A Ordinary Shares reflected in the condensed balance sheet are reconciled as follows:

   
Number of
Shares
    Amount
 
Gross proceeds
    23,000,000    
$
230,000,000
 
Less:
               
Class A ordinary shares issuance costs
    -
     
(12,739,238
)
Fair value of Public Warrants at issuance
    -
     
(6,900,000
)
 
               
Plus:
               
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value
    -
     
24,239,238
 
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2021
    23,000,000     $
234,600,000
 
Remeasurement of redemption value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
    -
      3,382,862  
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2022     23,000,000     $ 237,982,862  
Remeasurement of redemption value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption     -
      4,778,599  
Redemption of Class A ordinary shares
    (18,940,598 )     (198,991,853 )
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2023     4,059,402     $ 43,769,608  

NOTE 8 - 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. As of September 30, 2023, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding. 
Class A Ordinary SharesThe Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, there were no Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, excluding 4,059,402 and 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively.
 
Class B Ordinary Shares The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2023, 5,750,000 Class B Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. Up to 750,000 of Founder Shares were subject to forfeiture in the event that the underwriter did not purchase additional Units to cover over-allotments. The underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full on November 12, 2021 and forfeiture restrictions lapsed. Prior to the initial investment in the Company of $25,000 by the Sponsor along with certain funds controlled by Data Point Capital, we had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share purchase price of the Founder Shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the Company by the aggregate number of Founder Shares issued. 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 shall have the right to vote on the election of the Company’s directors prior to the Business Combination.

NOTE 9 - WARRANTS

Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of Class A Ordinary Shares. No fractional Public Warrants were or will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the 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 Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to the Public Warrants is available and such Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or holders are permitted to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis under certain circumstances as a result of the Company’s failure to have an effective registration statement by the 60th business day after the closing of the Business Combination). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of its Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of the Company’s Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A Ordinary Shares until the Public Warrants expire or are redeemed. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, the Company will be required to permit holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis. However, no Public Warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any Class A Ordinary Shares to holders seeking to exercise their Public Warrants, unless the issuance of the Class A Ordinary Shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.

The Public Warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments, and will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation of the Company. 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 Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A Ordinary Shares (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 Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (net of redemptions) and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of Class A Ordinary Shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates the Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described in the Public Warrant Agreement, dated November 8, 2021 by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, under “Redemption of warrants for Class A Ordinary Shares” and “Redemption of warrants for cash” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that, (i) they will not be redeemable by the Company, (ii) they (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination, and (iii) are subject to registration rights.

Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00: Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):


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 of 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 (the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted).

The Company will not redeem the Public Warrants as described above unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. Any such exercise would not be on a cashless basis and would require the exercising warrant holder to pay the exercise price for each warrant being exercised.

In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any Public Warrant. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period or during any further extended time that we have to consummate a business combination beyond the Extended Combination Period, as a result of a shareholder vote to amend
the Second A&R M&A and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless. Private Placement Warrants have the same terms as the Public Warrants.

NOTE 10 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 by level within the fair value hierarchy:

As of September 30, 2023:

Description
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
Investments held in Trust Account
 
$
43,769,608
   
$
   
$
 

As of December 31, 2022
Description
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
   
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   
Significant Other Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets:
                 
Investments held in Trust Account
 
$
237,982,862
   
$
   
$
 

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.

NOTE 11 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 

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



On October 12, 2023, the Company received a letter (the “Total Holders Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications staff of Nasdaq notifying the Company that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2), which requires that the Company maintain a minimum of 400 total holders for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market (the “Minimum Total Holders Rule”). The Total Holders Letter is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Global Market.



In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A)(i), the Total Holders Letter states that the Company has 45 calendar days, or until November 27, 2023 (the “Total Holders Compliance Date”), to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan, Nasdaq may grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Total Holders Letter to evidence compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.



The Company intends to submit its compliance plan by the Total Holders Compliance Date and will evaluate available options to regain compliance. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to regain compliance under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2), or will otherwise be in compliance with other Nasdaq listing criteria.

On November 8, 2023, in order to mitigate the potential risks of being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, the Company has determined to instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations and money market funds held in the Trust Account and to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or liquidation.


On November 8, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved the extension of the date by which the Company is required to complete the Business Combination until December 12, 2023. As a result of the approval of the Optional Extension, pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors an aggregate of approximately 166,666 additional Class B Ordinary Shares on or promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company has not entered into any non-binding or definitive agreements with any potential Business Combination target.

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

References in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to DP Cap Acquisition Corp I. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors and references to the “Sponsor” refer to DP Investment Management Sponsor I LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report (the “Financial Statements”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Financial Statements. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 17, 2023 and this Quarterly Report. The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated on April 8, 2021 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”) that we have not yet identified. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies. We completed our Public Offering on November 12, 2021. As of September 30, 2023, we had not identified any Business Combination target.

We presently have no revenue and have had no operations other than the active solicitation of a target business with which to complete a Business Combination.

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

Our registration statement for our Public Offering was declared effective on November 8, 2021. On November 12, 2021, we consummated our Public Offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), which included the exercise in full of the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units at the Public Offering price to cover over-allotments. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230.0 million.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering, we consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 4,733,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to DP Investment Management Sponsor I LLC (the “Sponsor”), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $7.1 million.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering, pursuant to the Sponsor’s promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”), the Sponsor loaned $4,600,000 to the Company (the “Sponsor Loan”). The Sponsor Loan is interest free. The Sponsor Loan shall be repaid or converted into warrants (the “Sponsor Loan Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Sponsor Loan Warrant, at the Sponsor’s discretion and at any time until the consummation of our initial Business Combination. Any Sponsor Loan Warrants issued will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

Upon the closing of our Public Offering, a total of $234.6 million ($10.20 per unit), comprised of $225.4 million of the proceeds from the Public Offering (which amount includes $8.05 million of the underwriter’s deferred discount), $4.6 million of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and $4.6 million of the proceeds from the Sponsor Loan, were placed in a U.S.- based trust account (“Trust Account”) maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The funds held in the Trust Account may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions 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 Trust Account as described below.

Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of our Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

We must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in trust) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our Business Combination. However, we only intend to complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within the Extended Combination Period (as defined below),  we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, 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 our taxes (if any) (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

On May 5, 2023, certain of our unaffiliated investors (the “Investors”) entered into non-redemption agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Investors agreed to (i) not redeem an aggregate of up to 4,000,000 previously-held Class A ordinary shares (the “Investor Shares”) in connection with the Extension Proposal (as defined below) and (ii) vote the Investor Shares in favor of the Extension Proposal. In exchange for these commitments from the Investors, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors (i) an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares in connection with an extension until November 12, 2023 (the “Initial Extension Date”) and (ii) to the extent our board of directors agrees to further extend the date up to three times by an additional month each time until February 12, 2024 (the “Secondary Extension Date,” such proposal, the “Extension Proposal” and such combination period, the “Extended Combination Period”) to consummate its Business Combination, an aggregate of up to 1,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, which includes the Class B ordinary shares referred to in clause (i), in each case, on or promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination.

On May 10, 2023, we held an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at which our shareholders voted to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must (1) consummate our Business Combination, (2) cease our operations except for the purpose of winding up if we fail to complete such Business Combination, and (3) redeem all of the Class A ordinary shares included as part of the Units sold in the Public Offering, from May 12, 2023 to November 12, 2023, with optional additional extensions of up to three times by an additional month each time, at the option of our board of directors, until February 12, 2024. On November 8, 2023, our board of directors approved the extension of the date by which we are required to complete our Business Combination until December 12, 2023 (the “Optional Extension”).

In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, shareholders holding 18,940,598 Class A ordinary shares issued in our Public Offering exercised their right to redeem such shares at a per share redemption price of $10.51. As a result, approximately $199.0 million was removed from our Trust Account to pay such holders. Following the redemptions, and as of the date of this filing, we have 4,059,402 Class A ordinary shares with redemption rights outstanding.

Recent Developments

Notices of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy Continued Listing Rules or Standards

On August 21, 2023, we received a letter (the “MVLS Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications staff (the “Nasdaq Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying us that we are not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), which requires that our listed securities maintain a minimum MVLS of $50 million. The Nasdaq Letter further provided that, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), we are entitled to a compliance period to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), which compliance period will expire on February 20, 2024 (the “MVLS Compliance Period”). If our MVLS is $50 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the MVLS Compliance Period, Nasdaq will provide us written confirmation of compliance. If we fail to regain compliance with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market prior to the expiration of the MVLS Compliance Period, Nasdaq will provide us notice that our securities are subject to delisting.

On October 12, 2023, we received a second letter (the “Total Holders Letter”) from the Nasdaq Staff of Nasdaq notifying us that we are not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2), which requires that we maintain a minimum of 400 total holders for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market (the “Minimum Total Holders Rule”). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A)(i), the Total Holders Letter states that we have 45 calendar days, or until November 27, 2023 (the “Total Holders Compliance Date”), to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq accepts our plan, Nasdaq may grant us an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Total Holders Letter to evidence compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq does not accept our plan, we will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

Neither letters from Nasdaq has an immediate effect on the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Global Market. We intend to actively monitor our MVLS during the MVLS Compliance Period, and may, if appropriate, evaluate available options including applying for a transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the MVLS requirement. We also intend to submit our compliance plan by the Total Holders Compliance Date and will evaluate available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. While we are exercising diligent efforts to maintain the listing of our securities on The Nasdaq Global Market, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain or maintain compliance with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market.

Liquidation of Investment Held in the Trust Account Into Cash Held in an Interest-Bearing Demand Deposit Account

On November 7, 2023, in order to mitigate the potential risks of being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we have determined to instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations and money market funds held in the Trust Account and to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of consummation of our Business Combination or liquidation. Interest on such demand deposit account is variable and therefore such rate of interest may decrease or increase significantly. As a result, following such liquidation, we may receive less interest on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.

Optional Extension

On November 8, 2023, our board of directors approved the Optional Extension, which extended the date by which we are required to complete our Business Combination until December 12, 2023. As a result of the approval of the Optional Extension, pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer an aggregate of approximately 166,666 additional Class B ordinary shares to the Investors on or promptly after the consummation of the Business Combination.

Results of Operations

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we had net income of $275,282 and $3,517,704, respectively, which consisted of earnings on investments held in Trust Account of $562,845 and $4,778,599, respectively, partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $287,563 and $1,260,895 (including formation expenses), respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $806,946 and $673,102, respectively, which consisted of earnings on investments held in Trust Account of $1,058,884 and $1,398,343, respectively, partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $251,938 and $725,241 (including formation expenses), respectively.

All activity from April 8, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023, relates to our formation and our Public Offering and subsequent to our Public Offering, the search for a target for our Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination, at the earliest.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The registration statement for our Public Offering was declared effective by the SEC on November 8, 2021. On November 12, 2021, we consummated our Public Offering of 23,000,000 Units, inclusive of the underwriters’ election to exercise their option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 4,733,333 Private Placement Warrants to our Sponsor at a price of $1.50 per warrant, generating gross proceeds of $7,100,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering and Private Placement, our Sponsor loaned us $4,600,000 under the Sponsor Loan.

Following the Public Offering, the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the issuance of the proceeds under the Sponsor Loan, a total of $234,600,000 was placed in the Trust Account, which consisted of $225,400,000 from the proceeds from the Public Offering, $4,600,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and $4,600,000 from the proceeds from the Sponsor Loan. We incurred $13,148,152 in transaction costs, including $4,600,000 of underwriting fees, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $498,152 of other costs.

Our liquidity needs up to September 30, 2023 had been satisfied through (i) a payment from the Sponsor along with certain funds controlled by Data Point Capital of $25,000 to cover certain offering and formation costs in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares to the Sponsor and (ii) the receipt of loans to us of up to $300,000 by the Sponsor under an unsecured promissory note. The unsecured promissory note was non-interest bearing and was due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 and the closing of the Public Offering. As of September 30, 2023, no amounts were outstanding under the unsecured promissory note. 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 our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us working capital loans. As of September 30, 2023, and through the date of this filling, there were no amounts outstanding under any working capital loans.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, net cash used in operating activities was $366,062, consisting of net income of $3,517,704, earnings on investments held in Trust Account of $4,778,599 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $894,833.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $306,422, consisting of net income of $673,102 and earnings on investments held in Trust Account of $1,398,343 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $418,819.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cash and investments held in the Trust Account of $43,769,608 and $237,982,862, respectively. We may withdraw interest earned to pay our income taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and excluding deferred underwriting commissions) to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cash of $580,237 and $946,299 held outside of the Trust Account, respectively. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts or, in the case of Working Capital Loans, such loans may be converted into warrants of the Company at the option of the lender. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the cash held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment.

At September 30, 2023 and at December 31, 2022, other than the $4,600,000 Sponsor Loan, we did not have other long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

Going Concern Considerations

In connection with the assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the FASB ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” as a result of the Optional Extension, we have until December 12, 2023, with the option to extend two additional times, for an additional month each time, upon approval of our board of directors, up until February 12, 2024 to consummate a Business Combination. It is currently uncertain that we will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If our Business Combination cannot be completed prior to December 12, 2023, or upon the approval of our board of directors, February 12, 2024, we will cease operations except for the purpose of winding-up, redeem our new outstanding public shares, and liquidate and dissolve unless, prior to such date, we receive an extension approval from our shareholders electing to further extend the date on which a Business Combination must be consummated.

As of September 30, 2023, we have working capital deficit of $441,240. We may need to raise additional funds from our Sponsor and/or third parties in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating the Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to a Business Combination. The Sponsor is not under any obligation to advance funds to, or to invest in, us. If we are unable to raise additional funds, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of our business plan, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. If a Business Combination is not consummated by December 12, 2023, with the option to extend up to February 12, 2024, and our shareholders have not amended the Second A&R M&A to further extend the Extended Combination Period, we will cease operations except for the purpose of winding up, redeem the outstanding Public Shares, and liquidate and dissolve. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern through one year from the date these condensed financial statements are filed.

We continue our search for a target and will continue pursuing all options to complete a Business Combination by December 12, 2023 and, if our board of directors approves the two additional one month extension options, until February 12, 2024. It is uncertain whether we will be able to consummate a Business Combination by December 12, 2023 or by February 12, 2024 if the two additional extension options are exercised by the board of directors, or whether the current funds that we have will be sufficient to consummate a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by the applicable time period noted above and the Public Shareholders do not otherwise approve an additional extension beyond February 12, 2024, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. These unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Commitments and Contingencies

Registration Rights

The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the working capital loans) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our Business Combination. However, the registration rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period, which occurs (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of our Business Combination and (B) subsequent to our Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub‑divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 120 days after our Business Combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, and (ii) in the case of the Private Placement Warrants and the respective Class A ordinary shares underlying such warrants, 30 days after the completion of our Business Combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

We granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the Public Offering to purchase on a pro rata basis up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The over-allotment option was exercised in full on November 12, 2021.

The underwriter was entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4.6 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8.05 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter 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.

Critical Accounting Policies

This management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of our Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our Financial Statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed on April 17, 2023 for our critical accounting policies. There have been no changes in these policies since the filing of this Form 10-K, except as follows:

On May 10, 2023, we held an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at which our shareholders voted to approve, by special resolution, the proposal to amend and restate our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Second A&R M&A”), to extend the date by which we must (1) consummate the Business Combination, (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such Business Combination, and (3) redeem all of the Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the Units sold in the Public Offering, from May 12, 2023 to November 12, 2023, with the option to extend an additional three times by an additional month each time, at the option of our board of directors, until February 12, 2024. We estimated the aggregate fair value of the 1,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares attributable to the Investors to be $1,671,160 or $1.67 per share. The excess of the fair value of the Class B Ordinary Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A.

Accordingly, in substance, we recognized the offering cost as a capital contribution by the Sponsor to induce the Investors not to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares, with a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital to recognize the fair value of the shares transferred as an offering cost.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Our management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying Financial Statements.

Inflation

We do not believe that inflation had a material impact on our business or operating results during the period presented.

JOBS Act

The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act 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 a result, the Financial Statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 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 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 chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years from the completion of our Public Offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

ITEM 3.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Due to identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified in current and previous reporting periods, as described below, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2023.

Notwithstanding the conclusion by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer that our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2023 were not effective, and notwithstanding the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below, management believes that the unaudited condensed financial statements and related financial information included in this Quarterly Report fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as of the dates presented, and for the periods ended on such dates, in conformity with GAAP.

Material Weakness

A material weakness is a deficiency, or 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 financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2023 as filed with the SEC on August 14, 2023, management identified a deficiency in internal control over financial reporting relating to the accounting for complex financial instruments, which constituted a material weakness. In addition, during the current reporting period management identified a deficiency in internal control over financial reporting related to the review and approval of adjustment to journal entries. As of September 30, 2023, the identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting have not yet been remediated.

Remediation Plan

Management plans to remediate the material weaknesses by 1) incorporating additional controls and procedures over the review of complex financial instrument valuations, 2) increasing communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding accounting applications and 3) incorporating additional procedures over the review of the general ledger and the review and approval of adjustment to journal entries. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Except for the remediation plan in connection with the material weaknesses described above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023 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

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in the “Risk Factors” sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

As of the date of this Quarterly 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, other than as set forth below:

Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our Business Combination. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq prior to our Business Combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels, such as a minimum market capitalization (generally $50,000,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 400 total holders). Additionally, our Units will not be traded after completion of our Business Combination and, in connection with our Business Combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than Nasdaq continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance, our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share, our shareholders’ equity would generally be required to be at least $4 million and we would be required to have a minimum of 300 round lot holders of our unrestricted securities (with at least 50% of such round-lot holders holding unrestricted securities with a market value of at least $2,500). We may not be able to meet those listing requirements at that time, especially given the redemptions made in connection with the Extension Proposal and if there are a significant number of redemptions in connection with our Business Combination.

On August 21, 2023, we received the MVLS Letter from the Nasdaq Staff notifying us that that we are not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), which requires that our listed securities maintain a minimum MVLS of $50 million. The MVLS Letter further provided that, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), we are entitled to the MVLS Compliance Period until February 20, 2024 to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A). If our MVLS is $50 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the MVLS Compliance Period, Nasdaq will provide us written confirmation of compliance. If we fail to regain compliance with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market prior to the expiration of the MVLS Compliance Period, Nasdaq will provide us notice that our securities are subject to delisting.

On October 12, 2023, we received the Total Holders Letter from the Nasdaq Staff notifying us that we are not in compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule, which requires that we maintain a minimum of 400 total holders for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A)(i), the Total Holders Letter states that we have until the Total Holders Compliance Date, or, November 27, 2023, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq accepts our plan, Nasdaq may grant us an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Total Holders Letter to evidence compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. If Nasdaq does not accept our plan, we will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

We intend to actively monitor our MVLS during the Compliance Period, and may, if appropriate, evaluate available options including applying for a transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market to resolve the deficiency and regain compliance with the MVLS requirement. We also intend to submit our compliance plan by the Total Holders Compliance Date and will evaluate available options to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. While we are exercising diligent efforts to maintain the listing of our securities on The Nasdaq Global Market, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain or maintain compliance with the continued listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market.

If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
 

a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
 

reduced liquidity for our securities;
 

a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
 

a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
 

a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because our Units, Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants are listed on Nasdaq, our Units, Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting. The material weaknesses could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our management is likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation of those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2023, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for complex financial instruments. During the current reporting period ended September 30, 2023, we identified an additional material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the review and approval of adjusting journal entries. As a result of the identified material weaknesses, our management concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30, 2023.

To respond to the material weaknesses, we have devoted, and plan to continue to devote, significant effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of our internal controls over financial reporting. Our plans at this time include incorporating additional controls and procedures over the review of complex financial instrument valuations, increasing communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding accounting applications and incorporating additional procedures over the review of the general ledger and the review and approval of adjustment to journal entries. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.

Any failure to maintain such internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our ordinary shares is listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our ordinary shares.

We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weaknesses identified or that any additional material weaknesses will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.

ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES, USE OF PROCEEDS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Unregistered Sales

None.

Use of Proceeds

On November 8, 2021, our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260456) was declared effective by the SEC for the Public Offering pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of 23,000,000 Units, inclusive of the underwriters’ election to exercise their option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units, at an offering price to the public of $10.00 per Unit for an aggregate offering price of $230,000,000, with each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of the Company at $0.0001 par value and one-half of one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.

Net proceeds of $230,000,000 from the Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, including deferred underwriting discounts of $8,050,000, were deposited into the Trust Account on the Close Date and $4,600,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was deposited in our operating account for future working capital expenditures. We paid $4,600,000 in underwriting discounts and incurred offering costs of $498,152 related to the Public Offering. In addition, the Underwriters agreed to defer $8,050,000 in underwriting discounts, which amount will be payable when and if a business combination is consummated. No payments were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning ten percent or more of our Class A ordinary shares or to their associates, or to our affiliates. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the Public Offering as described in our final Prospectus, dated November 8, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021, though the amount available has decreased as a result of redemptions.

In connection with the shareholder vote to approve the Extension Proposal in the Extraordinary General Meeting on May 10, 2023, the holders of 18,940,598 Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares at a per share redemption price of approximately $10.51 for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $199.0 million.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION.

a)
None.

b)
None.

c)
Not applicable.

ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS.

No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 15, 2023 (File No. 001-41041))
     
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
 
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
 
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
101.INS*
 
Inline XBRL Instance Document
     
101.CAL*
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.SCH*
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.DEF*
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB*
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE*
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
     
104*
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File



* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith.

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.

   
DP CAP ACQUISITION CORP I
     
Date: November 14, 2023
By:
/s/ Scott Savitz
 
Name:
Scott Savitz
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
     
 
By:
/s/ Bruce Revzin
Date: November 14, 2023
Name:
Bruce Revzin
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)


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