Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. - Quarter Report: 2022 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022
☐ 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. 001-40474
LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Cayman Islands |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
| (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Suite A-2F, 555 Shihui Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai, China |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code) |
+86 13816100700 |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
N/A |
(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 ordinary share and three-quarters of one redeemable warrant |
| LAAAU |
| The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share |
| LAAA |
| The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Warrants, each exercisable for one ordinary share |
| LAAAW |
| The Nasdaq Capital 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 |
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| ☒ Emerging growth company |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes ☒ No ☐
As of August 15, 2022, there were 7,095,425 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, of the Company issued and outstanding.
LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Table of Contents
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 5 | |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 17 | |
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
June 30, | December 31, | |||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||
Unaudited | ||||||
ASSETS |
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Current assets | ||||||
Cash | $ | 131,427 | $ | 438,913 | ||
Prepaid expenses | — | 63,708 | ||||
Other current assets | 135,000 | — | ||||
Marketable securities held in trust account | 54,751,296 | 54,671,966 | ||||
Total Current Assets |
| 55,017,723 |
| 55,174,587 | ||
Total Assets | $ | 55,017,723 | $ | 55,174,587 | ||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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Accrued expense and other current liabilities | $ | 18,038 | $ | 25,000 | ||
Total Current Liabilities | 18,038 | 25,000 | ||||
Total Liabilities | 18,038 | 25,000 | ||||
Commitments and contingencies |
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Redeemable Ordinary Shares | ||||||
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption: 5,467,000 shares (at redemption value of $10.01 per share as of June 30,2022 and at redemption value of $10.00 per share as of December 31, 2021) | 54,751,296 | 54,670,000 | ||||
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Shareholders’ Equity |
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Ordinary share, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 1,628,425 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 5,467,000 shares subject to possible redemption) |
| 163 |
| 163 | ||
Additional paid-in capital |
| 697,753 |
| 779,049 | ||
Accumulated deficit |
| (449,527) |
| (299,625) | ||
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
| 248,389 |
| 479,587 | ||
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 55,017,723 | $ | 55,174,587 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
(Unaudited) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Formation, general and administrative expenses | $ | 78,424 | $ | 229,233 | $ | 52,651 | $ | 56,664 | ||||
Loss from operations | (78,424) | (229,233) | (52,651) | (56,664) | ||||||||
Other income | ||||||||||||
Interest income on marketable securities held in trust account | 73,826 | 79,331 | 106 | 106 | ||||||||
Net Loss | $ | (4,598) | $ | (149,902) | $ | (52,545) | $ | (56,558) | ||||
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Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | ||||||||||||
Redeemable ordinary shares-basic and diluted | 5,467,000 | 5,467,000 | 894,516 | 462,506 | ||||||||
Non-redeemable ordinary shares-basic and diluted (1) | 1,628,425 | 1,628,425 | 1,298,190 | 1,260,712 | ||||||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share |
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Redeemable ordinary shares-basic and diluted | $ | — | $ | (0.02) | $ | 2.75 | $ | |||||
Non-redeemable ordinary shares-basic and diluted | (0.01) | (0.03) | (1.94) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
(Unaudited) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
Additional | Total | |||||||||||||
Ordinary shares | Paid-in | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | |||||||||||
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| Capital |
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Balances, January 6, 2021 (Inception) | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||
Issuance of ordinary shares to the sponsor | 1,437,500 | 144 | 24,856 | — | 25,000 | |||||||||
Net loss |
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| (4,013) |
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Balances, March 31, 2021(1) | 1,437,500 | 144 | 24,856 | (4,013) | 20,987 | |||||||||
Issuance of public units | 5,467,000 | 547 | 54,669,453 | — | 54,670,000 | |||||||||
Issuance of private units | 261,675 | 26 | 2,616,724 | — | 2,616,750 | |||||||||
Underwriters’ discount | — | — | (1,366,750) | — | (1,366,750) | |||||||||
Deduction of other offering costs | — | — | (495,788) | — | (495,788) | |||||||||
Forfeiture of shares | (70,750) | (7) | 7 | — | — | |||||||||
Change in value of ordinary shares subject to redemption | (5,467,000) | (547) | (52,251,125) | — | (52,251,672) | |||||||||
Allocation of offering costs to ordinary shares subject to redemption | — | — | 1,780,148 | — | 1,780,148 | |||||||||
Deduction for increases of carrying value of redeemable shares |
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| (4,198,476) |
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| (4,198,476) | ||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (52,545) | (52,545) | |||||||||
Balances, June 30, 2021 |
| 1,628,425 | $ | 163 | $ | 779,049 | $ | (56,558) | $ | 722,654 |
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Ordinary shares | Paid-in | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | |||||||||||
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| Capital |
| Deficit |
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Balances, December 31, 2021 | 1,628,425 | $ | 163 | $ | 779,049 | $ | (299,625) | $ | 479,587 | |||||
Net loss |
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| (145,304) |
| (145,304) | ||||
Balances, March 31, 2022 | 1,628,425 | 163 | 779,049 | (444,929) | 334,283 | |||||||||
Deduction for increases of carrying value of redeemable shares | — | — | (81,296) | — | (81,296) | |||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (4,598) | (4,598) | |||||||||
Balances, June 30, 2022 |
| 1,628,425 | $ | 163 | $ | 697,753 | $ | (449,527) | $ | 248,389 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
(Unaudited) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Cash flow from operating activities | |
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Net loss | $ | (149,902) | $ | (56,558) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Interest income earned in trust account | (79,331) | (106) | ||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Change in prepaid expenses |
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Change in other current assets | | | (135,000) | | | — |
Change in accrued expense and other current liabilities | | | (6,962) | | | 57,332 |
Net cash provided - (used) by operating activities |
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| 668 | ||
Cash flow from investing activities | ||||||
Cash deposited in trust account | — | (54,670,000) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | — | (54,670,000) | ||||
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Proceeds from note payable to a related party | — | 450,000 | ||||
Proceeds from advance for private units to be issued |
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| 70,750 | ||
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares | — | 57,311,750 | ||||
Repayment of note payable to a related party |
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| (450,000) | ||
Payment of underwriters’ discount |
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| (1,366,750) | ||
Payment of offering costs | — | (482,918) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
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| 55,532,832 | ||
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Net change in cash |
| (307,486) |
| 863,500 | ||
Cash at beginning of period |
| 438,913 |
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Cash at end of period | $ | 131,427 | $ | 863,500 | ||
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Deferred offering costs in accrued offering costs | | $ | — | | $ | 12,870 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations
Organization and General
Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands on January 6, 2021 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had not generated revenue. All activities for the period from January 6, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2022 relate to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “IPO”) described below and its effort in seeking a target business. The Company will not generate any operating revenue until after its initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year-end.
The Company’s sponsor is RedOne Investment Limited, a BVI limited liability company (the “sponsor”).
On May 3, 2022, LAAA Merger Corp. was incorporated under Delaware law as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and LAAA Merger Sub Inc. was incorporated under Delaware law as a wholly owned subsidiary of LAAA Merger Corp. Both of these two companies were incorporated for the purpose of effecting its initial business combination and will not have any activities before the closing of the business combination (as described below in “Business Combination” in Note 1).
Financing
The registration statement for the Company’s IPO (as described in Note 3) was declared effective on June 10, 2021. On June 15, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 5,000,000 units (which does not include the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters in the IPO) at $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units’), generating gross proceeds of $50,000,000.
Simultaneously with the IPO, the Company sold to its sponsor, hedge funds and the representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates 250,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Private Units”) in a private placement (as described in Note 4), generating total gross proceeds of $2,500,000.
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 750,000 Units to cover over-allotment. The Underwriters had partially exercised the option and purchased 467,000 additional Public Units by June 28, 2021, generating gross proceeds of $4,670,000.
Upon the closing of the over-allotment on June 28, 2021, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 11,675 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $116,750.
Offering costs amounted to $1,862,538, consisting of $1,366,750 of underwriting discount and $495,788 of other offering costs. Except for the $25,000 of subscription of founder shares, the Company received net proceeds of $55,424,212 from the IPO and the private placement.
Trust Account
Upon the closing of the IPO on June 15, 2021 and the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option on June 28, 2021, an aggregate of $54,670,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Units and the Private Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
The funds held in the Trust Account can be invested in United States government treasury bills, notes or bonds having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company
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Act of 1940, as amended, until the earlier of the consummation of its first business combination and the Company’s failure to consummate a business combination within 15 months from the consummation of the IPO.
Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements.
In addition, interest income earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be released to the Company to pay its income or other tax obligations. With these exceptions, expenses incurred by the Company may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of the IPO and private placement not held in the Trust Account.
Business Combination
Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, the Company’s initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding any taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for its initial business combination, although the Company may structure a business combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the Trust Account balance. If the Company is no longer listed on Nasdaq, it will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.
The Company currently anticipates structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. The Company may, however, structure a business combination where the Company merges directly with the target business or where the Company acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but the Company will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise owns 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 less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test.
The Company will either seek shareholder approval of any business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to convert their shares into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, or provide shareholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid.
The Company will proceed with a business combination only if it will have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the business combination and, solely if shareholder approval is sought, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company will be required to approve the business combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) will be restricted from seeking conversion rights with respect to 20% or more of the ordinary shares sold in this offering without the Company’s prior written consent.
In connection with any shareholder vote required to approve any business combination, the Company’s sponsor, the hedge funds and the representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates (collectively, “initial shareholders”) will agree (i) to vote any of their respective shares in favor of the initial business combination and (ii) not to convert such respective shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account or seek to sell their shares in connection with any tender offer the Company engages in.
On May 9, 2022, The Company entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with certain parties aiming to acquire 100% of the equity securities of ProSomnus Holdings Inc. “ProSomnus”.
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Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the business combination will be effected in two steps: (i) the Company will reincorporate to the State or Delaware by merging with and into LAAA Merger Corp. (“PubCo”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and a Delaware corporation, with PubCo surviving as the publicly traded entity (the “Reincorporation Merger”); and (ii) immediately after the Reincorporation Merger, LAAA Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo and also a Delaware corporation, will merge with and into ProSomnus, with ProSomnus surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
Upon closing of the Acquisition Merger, PubCo will acquire 100% of the equity securities of ProSomnus. In exchange, the stockholders of ProSomnus will receive an aggregate number of shares of PubCo Common Stock (the “Merger Consideration”) with an aggregate value equal to $113,000,000 minus the amount by which the Closing Net Indebtedness (as defined in the Merger Agreement) exceeds $12,000,000.
Additionally, the Company will make available to ProSomnus no less than $40,000,000, prior to the payment of expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and any outstanding debt of ProSomnus, in cash and cash equivalents (the “Minimum Cash Amounts”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, an aggregate of $10,000,000 will be from equity investors, by (i) waiving their rights of redeeming public shares and (ii) purchasing the company’s ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, or the combination of (i) and (ii); An aggregate of $30,000,000 will be from certain convertible notes investors by purchasing convertible notes of PubCo.
Additionally, the ProSomnus Stockholders may be entitled to receive up to 3.0 million earn-out shares in three tranches:
● | the first tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $12.50 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing; |
● | the second tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $15.00 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing; and |
● | the third tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $17.50 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing. |
On June 29, 2022, LAAA Merger Corp., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, filed a Form S-4 containing the registration statement with respect to the proposed merger with ProSomnus.
Liquidation
Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than five business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining holders of ordinary shares and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the founder shares and Private Units will not participate in any redemption distribution with respect to their founder shares or Private Units, until all of the claims of any redeeming shareholders and creditors are fully satisfied (and then only from funds held outside the Trust Account).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $131,427 in cash held outside its Trust Account available for the Company’s working capital purposes.
Prior to the IPO, The Company’s liquidity needs had been satisfied through a payment from the sponsor of $25,000 (see Note 8) for the founder shares, the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the sponsor of $450,000 (see Note 5). The promissory note from the sponsor was repaid in full on June 14, 2021.
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Upon the consummation of the IPO on June 15, 2021 and the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option on June 28, 2021, and associated private placements (see Note 3 and Note 4), $54,670,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, the initial shareholders or affiliates of the initial shareholders or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company working capital loans, as defined below (see Note 5). To date, there were no amounts outstanding under any working capital loans.
Going Concern
The Company performed an assessment on its ability to continue as a going concern in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate the initial business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO. In the event that the Company fails to consummate business combination within the required period, the Company will face mandatory liquidation and dissolution subject to certain obligations under applicable laws or regulations. This uncertainty raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability as a going concern one year from the date the financial statement is issued. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities regarding the possibility of the Company not continuing as a going concern, as a result of failing to consummate business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO. Management plans to continue its efforts to consummate a business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO.
Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months and for the six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or any future period.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC on March 31, 2022.
Principals of Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries where the Company has the ability to exercise control. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Emerging Growth Company
Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) permits emerging growth companies to delay complying with new or revised financial accounting standards that do not yet apply to 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). The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such 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 financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Marketable Securities Held in the Trust Account
As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included in interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information. (See Note 6).
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s public shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.01 per share and $10.00 per share respectively as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Offering Costs Associated with the IPO
Offering costs consist underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the IPO. As of June 30, 2022, offering costs associated with the IPO totaled $1,862,538. The amount was consisted of $1,366,750 in underwriters’ fees, plus $495,788 of other expenses. The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. The Company allocates offering costs between public shares and public warrants based on the estimated fair values of public shares and public warrants at the date of issuance. Accordingly, $1,780,148 was allocated to public shares and was charged to temporary equity, and $82,390 was allocated to public warrants and was charged to shareholders’ equity.
Other Current Assets
Other current assets relate to an aggregate amount of $135,000 that is due from ProSomnus Holdings Inc. “ProSomnus”. Pursuant to a letter agreement dated May 11, 2022 between ProSomuns and the Company, the Company advanced $135,000 on behalf of ProSomnus to a certain convertible notes investor for the investor to begin the legal work based on a term sheet, and ProSomnus agrees to reimburse the advance to the Company within a short period of time.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution that at times may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
Net Income (Loss) per Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less interest income in trust account less any dividends paid. The company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders. As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.
The net income (loss) per share presented in the condensed consolidated statement of operations is based on the following:
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During January 6, 2021 (Inception) through June 27, 2021, an aggregate of 187,500 shares of non-redeemable founder shares were subject to forfeiture if the underwriters did not exercise over-allotment option. In connection with the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option on June 28, 2021, 116,750 founder shares were no longer subject to forfeiture. These shares were excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding until they were no longer subject to forfeiture. These shares were excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding until they were no longer subject to forfeiture.
Warrants
The Company evaluates the public and private warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrants’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and
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Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. Pursuant to such evaluation, both public and private warrants are classified in shareholders’ equity.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. The Company has identified Cayman Islands as its only “major” tax jurisdiction, as defined. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements. Since the Company was incorporated on January 6, 2021, the evaluation was performed for the period ended December 31, 2021 and the upcoming 2022 tax year. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.
The Company may be subject to potential examination by foreign taxing authorities in the area of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with foreign tax laws.
The Company’s tax provision was nil and it had no deferred tax assets for the period presented. The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands Company, and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for smaller reporting companies and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the pronouncement will have on the financial statements.
Except for the foregoing, Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the IPO on June 15, 2021, the Company sold 5,000,000 Public Units, which does not include the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit. Each unit consists of one ordinary share and
-quarters of one warrant (see Note 8).12
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 750,000 Units to cover over-allotment. Upon the closing of the over-allotment on June 28, 2021, the Underwriters had partially exercised the option and purchased 467,000 additional Public Units at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,670,000.
The Company paid an underwriting discount of $1,250,000 (2.5% of the gross IPO proceeds) to the underwriters, and $75,000 to the qualified independent underwriter, at the closing of the IPO. The Company paid an underwriting discount of $116,750 at the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option.
The Company has agreed to pay $1,640,100 (“fee” via Business Combination Marketing Agreement between the Company and representative of underwriters), which equals 3% of the gross offering proceeds, payable upon the Company’s completion of the business combination. The fee will become payable from the amounts held in the Trust Account, or in the form of new shares, subject to certain agreements and approvals, solely in the event the Company completes its business combination. In the event that the Company does not close a business combination, the representative underwriter has agreed to waive its right to receive the fee.
All of the 5,467,000 public shares sold as part of the Public Units in the IPO contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or in connection with the Company’s liquidation. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity.
As of June 30, 2022, the ordinary shares reflected on the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table.
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Note 4 — Private Placement
Concurrently with the closing of the IPO on June 15, 2021, the Company’s sponsor, hedge funds and the representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates purchased an aggregate of 250,000 Private Units in a private placement at $10.00 per Private Unit. The Private Units are identical to the Public Units except with respect to certain registration rights and transfer restrictions.
Upon the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option on June 28, 2021, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 11,675 Private Units to the above-mentioned private units purchasers at $10.00 per Private Unit.
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On January 8, 2021, 1,437,500 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares were issued to the sponsor at a price of approximately $0.017 per share for an aggregate of $25,000. This number includes an aggregate of up to 187,500 shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters. Subject to certain limited exceptions, the initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell their founder shares until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or earlier if, subsequent to its initial business combination, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. On June 28, 2021, the Company cancelled an aggregated of 70,750 ordinary shares issued to certain shareholders of the Company prior to the IPO.
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Related Party Loans
On February 10, 2021, the Company issued a $450,000 principal amount unsecured promissory note to the Company’s sponsor, and the Company had received such amount as of issuance date. The note is non-interest bearing, at the discretion of the sponsor, due on the earlier of December 31, 2021, the consummation of this offering or the abandonment of this offering. The loan was fully repaid on June 14, 2021.
In order to meet its working capital needs following the consummation of the IPO, the Company’s initial shareholders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each working capital loan would be evidenced by a promissory note and would either be paid upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $500,000 of the working capital loan may be converted upon consummation of the Company’s business combination into additional Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit. If the Company does not complete a business combination, the working capital loan will only be repaid with funds not held in the Trust Account and only to the extent available. As of June 30, 2022, there was nil working capital loan outstanding.
Other Related Party Transactions
For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the period from January 6, 2021 (Inception) to June 30, 2021, total reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses paid to our sponsor, officers or directors were $5,383 and $25,543 respectively. The balance amount was nil at June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021.
In September 2021, the Company made a temporary payment of $30,000 to the Company’s sponsor, for the purpose of leasing an office on behalf of the Company. The Company had cancelled this plan and the sponsor returned the amount to the Company on October 19, 2021. The balance amount of due to related party was nil at June 30, 2022.
Note 6 — Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are 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.
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The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
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Except for the foregoing, the Company does not have any assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which a change in valuation technique or methodology occurs. No
took place for the period presented.Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of this financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Business Combination Marketing Agreement
The Company has entered into Business Combination Marketing Agreement with representative of its underwriters, and agreed to pay a fee totaling $1,640,100, which equals 3% of the gross offering proceeds, payable upon the Company’s completion of the business combination. The fee will become payable from the amounts held in the Trust Account, or in the form of new shares, subject to certain agreements and approvals, solely in the event the Company completes its Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not close a business combination, the representative underwriter has waived its right to receive the fee.
Registration Rights
The initial shareholders will be entitled to registration rights with respect to their initial shares, as well as the holders of the Private Units and holders of any securities issued to the Company’s initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans or extension loans made to the Company, will be entitled to registration rights with respect to the Private Units (and underlying securities), pursuant to an agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO. The holders of such securities are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time after the Company consummates a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a business combination.
Note 8 — Shareholders’ Equity
Ordinary shares
The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share.
On January 8, 2021, 1,437,500 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares were issued to the sponsor at a price of approximately $0.017 per share for an aggregate of $25,000. On May 11, 2021, the sponsor surrendered 553,314 shares of founder shares, and then the Company re-issued this portion of founder shares, purchased by hedge funds and representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates with nominal price. In the event that the over-allotment option is not exercised, an aggregate of up to 187,500 shares held by initial shareholders will be forfeited proportionally. Subject to certain limited exceptions, the initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell their founder shares until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier if, subsequent to the Company’s initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange
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or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
On June 15, 2021, the Company sold 5,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit in the IPO; and the Company sold to its sponsor, hedge funds and the representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates of underwriters an aggregate of 250,000 Private Units at $10.00 per Private Unit. Each Public Unit and Private Unit consists of one share of ordinary shares and three quarters of one warrant.
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 750,000 Units to cover over-allotment. Upon the closing of the over-allotment on June 28, 2021, the Underwriters had partially exercised the option and purchased 467,000 additional Public Units at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit; and the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 11,675 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Units. Additionally, on June 28, 2021, the Company cancelled an aggregated of 70,750 ordinary shares issued to certain shareholders of the Company prior to the IPO.
As of June 30, 2022, there were 1,628,425 shares of ordinary shares issued and
excluding 5,467,000 shares subject to possible redemption.Warrants
Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share commencing 30 days after the completion of its initial business combination, and expiring five years from after the completion of an initial business combination. No fractional warrant will be issued and only whole warrants will trade. The Company may redeem the warrants at a price of $0.01 per warrant upon 30 days’ notice, only in the event that the last sale price of the ordinary shares is at least $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given, provided there is an effective registration statement and current prospectus in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such warrants during the 30 day redemption period. If the Company redeems the warrants as described above, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” If a registration statement is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of a business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that a registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise or no exemption is available for a cashless exercise, the holder of such warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant for cash and in no event (whether in the case of a registration statement being effective or otherwise) will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrant exercise. If an initial business combination is not consummated, the warrants will expire and will be worthless.
In addition, if (a) the Company issues additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors), (b) 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 initial business combination, and (c) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial business combination 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 market price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the market price.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to August 15, 2022, the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. On August 12, 2022, LAAA Merger Corp., the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, filed a Form S-4/A containing amendment No. 1 to the registration statement to address comments LAAA Merger Corp. received from the SEC on August 2, 2022, regarding the registration statement. Except for the foregoing, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
Forward-Looking Statements
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filings.
Overview
We were formed on January 6, 2021 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”) in effecting our initial business combination.
We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
We presently have no revenue. All activities for the period from January 6, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2022 relate to the formation and the IPO and seeking of a target business. We will have no operations other than the active solicitation of a target business with which to complete a business combination, and we will not generate any operating revenue until after its initial business combination, at the earliest. We will have non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO.
On June 15, 2021, we consummated the IPO of 5,000,000 Public Units, at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $50,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the sale of 250,000 Private Units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, in a private placement to the sponsor, hedge funds and the representatives of underwriters and certain of their affiliates, generating gross proceeds of $2,500,000.
On June 28, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 467,000 Public Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,670,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option, we sold additional 11,675 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit to the above-mentioned purchasers in a private placement, generating gross proceeds to us of $116,750.
Upon the consummation of the IPO and the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option, and associated private placements, $54,670,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account.
As indicated in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as of June 30, 2022, we had $131,427 in cash held outside its Trust Account available for the working capital purposes.
We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our Initial Business Combination will be successful. If we are unable to complete its initial business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than five business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining holders of ordinary shares and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the founder shares and Private Units
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will not participate in any redemption distribution with respect to their founder shares or Private Units, until all of the claims of any redeeming shareholders and creditors are fully satisfied (and then only from funds held outside the Trust Account).
Recent Developments
On May 9, 2022, The Company entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) aiming to acquire 100% of the equity securities of ProSomnus Holdings Inc. (ProSomnus).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the business combination will be effected in two steps: (i) the Company will reincorporate to the State or Delaware by merging with and into LAAA Merger Corp. (“PubCo”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and a Delaware corporation, with PubCo surviving as the publicly traded entity (the “Reincorporation Merger”); and (ii) immediately after the Reincorporation Merger, LAAA Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo and also a Delaware corporation, will merge with and into ProSomnus, with ProSomnus surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
Upon closing of the Acquisition Merger, PubCo will acquire 100% of the equity securities of ProSomnus. In exchange, the stockholders of ProSomnus will receive an aggregate number of shares of PubCo Common Stock (the “Merger Consideration”) with an aggregate value equal to $113,000,000 minus the amount by which the Closing Net Indebtedness (as defined in the Merger Agreement) exceeds $12,000,000.
Additionally, the Company will make available to ProSomnus no less than $40,000,000, prior to the payment of expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination and any outstanding debt of ProSomnus, in cash and cash equivalents (the “Minimum Cash Amounts”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, an aggregate of $10,000,000 will be from equity investors, by (i) waiving their rights of redeeming public shares and (ii) purchasing the company’s ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, or the combination of (i) and (ii); An aggregate of $30,000,000 will be from certain convertible notes investors by purchasing convertible notes of PubCo.
Additionally, the ProSomnus Stockholders may be entitled to receive up to 3.0 million earn-out shares in three tranches:
● | the first tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $12.50 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing; |
● | the second tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $15.00 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing; and |
● | the third tranche of 1.0 million earn-out shares will be issued when the volume-weighted average price per share of PubCo Common Stock is $17.50 or greater for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing 6 months after the Closing and ending at the third anniversary of the Closing. |
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Results of Operations
Our entire activity from January 6, 2021 (inception) up to the consummation of the IPO was in preparation for the IPO. Since the IPO, our activity has been limited to the evaluation of business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination. We expect to generate small amounts of non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account. We will incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we had a net loss of $149,902. We earned $79,331 of interest income from investments in our Trust Account and incurred $229,233 of general and administrative expenses.
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For the period from January 6, 2021 (inception) to June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $56,558, which consisted of $56,664 in formation, general and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2022, we had $131,427 in cash held outside its Trust Account available for our working capital purposes.
Prior to the consummation of the IPO, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a payment from the sponsor of $25,000 for the founder shares, the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the sponsor of $450,000. The promissory note from the sponsor was repaid in full on June 14, 2021.
Upon the consummation of the IPO on June 15, 2021 and the closing of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option on June 28, 2021, and associated private placements, $54,670,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account. As of June 30, 2022, an aggregate of $54,751,296 was held in the Trust Account in money market funds that invest in cash, U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and other obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. Treasury.
In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of the IPO, our initial shareholders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each working capital loan would be evidenced by a promissory note and would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $500,000 of the working capital loan may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit. If we do not complete a business combination, the working capital loan will only be repaid with funds not held in the Trust Account and only to the extent available.
Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of a business combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial business combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.
If our estimates of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligated to convert a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. Following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
The Company performed an assessment on its ability to continue as a going concern in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate the initial business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO. In the event that the Company fails to consummate business combination within the required period, the Company will face mandatory liquidation and dissolution subject to certain obligations under applicable laws or regulations. This uncertainty raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability as a going concern one year from the date the financial statement is issued. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities regarding the possibility of the Company not continuing as a going concern, as a result of failing to consummate business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO. Management plans to continue its efforts to consummate a business combination within 15 months from the date of the IPO.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with 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 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Offering Costs Associated with the IPO
Offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that were directly related to the IPO. As of June 30, 2022, offering costs associated with the IPO totaled $1,862,538. The amount was consisted of $1,366,750 in underwriters’ fees, plus $495,788 of other expenses. The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. The Company allocates offering costs between public shares and public warrants based on the estimated fair values of public shares and public warrants at the date of issuance. Accordingly, $1,780,148 was allocated to public shares and was charged to temporary equity, and $ 82,390 was allocated to public warrants and was charged to shareholders’ equity.
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.01 per share and $10.00 per share respectively as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Net Income (Loss) per Share
We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. We then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders.
As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented. The calculation of diluted loss per share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the IPO and the private placement since the exercise of warrants are contingent on the occurrence of future events.
Warrants
The Company evaluates the public and private warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrants’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. Pursuant to such evaluation, both public and private warrants are classified in shareholders’ equity.
Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
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815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for smaller reporting companies and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the pronouncement will have on the financial statements.
Except for the foregoing, Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of June 30, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
Business Combination Marketing Agreement
We have entered into Business Combination Marketing Agreement with representative of our underwriters, and agreed to pay a fee totaling $1,640,100, which equals 3% of the gross offering proceeds, payable upon the completion of the business combination. The fee will become payable from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event we complete our initial business combination. In the event that we do not close a business combination, the representative underwriter has agreed to waive its right to receive the fee.
Registration Rights
The initial shareholders will be entitled to registration rights with respect to their initial shares, as well as the holders of the Private Units and holders of any securities issued to our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans or extension loans made to us, will be entitled to registration rights with respect to the Private Units (and underlying securities), pursuant to an agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO. The holders of such securities are entitled to demand that we register these securities at any time after we consummate a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after our consummation of a business combination.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls 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 and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this
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evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022 covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our final prospectus for our Initial Public Offering, our annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC, and the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by PubCo with the SEC on June 14, 2021, March 31, 2022, and June 29, 2022, respectively. 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.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
There were no sales of equity securities during the period covered by this Quarterly Report that were not registered under the Securities Act and were not previously reported in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the company.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report.
No. |
| Description of Exhibit |
2.1 | ||
10.1 | ||
10.2 | ||
10.3 | ||
10.4 | ||
10.5 | ||
31.1 |
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31.2 |
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32.1 |
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32.2 |
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101.INS |
| XBRL Instance Document |
101.CAL |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.SCH |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.DEF |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document |
101.PRE |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 15, 2022 | LAKESHORE ACQUISITION I CORP. | |
By: | /s/ Laura Li | |
Name: Laura Li | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer) |
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