PROKIDNEY CORP. - Quarter Report: 2022 June (Form 10-Q)

 

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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  ☐

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As of August , 2022, there were 61,540,231 

 

 

 

FORM FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2022

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III (now known as ProKidney Corp.) (the “Company” or “SCS”) was a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on February 25, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

Holders of an aggregate of 22,829,769 Class A ordinary shares of SCS sold in its initial public offering (the “Public Shares”) properly exercised their right to have such shares redeemed for a full pro rata portion of the Trust Account, which was approximately $10.00 per share, or approximately $228.7 million in the

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, SCS and New ProKidney entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, New ProKidney agreed to issue and sell in a private placement an aggregate of 52,480,000 shares of New ProKidney Class A ordinary shares and 5,000,000 Post-Combination ProKidney Common Units (together with a corresponding number of New ProKidney Class B ordinary shares) to the PIPE Investors for a purchase price of $10.00 per share or Post-Combination ProKidney Common Unit, as applicable, and an aggregate purchase price of $574.8 million.

Immediately after giving effect to the Business Combination, the following equity securities of New ProKidney were issued and outstanding: (i) 9,060,231 New ProKidney Class A ordinary shares issued to the holders of SCS Class A ordinary shares and SCS Class B ordinary shares, (ii) 52,480,000 Class A ordinary shares issued in the PIPE Placement and (iii) 170,723,961 New ProKidney Class B ordinary shares, exclusive of 9,276,039 ProKidney Class B RSRs and 17,500,000 Earnout RSRs. As noted above, an aggregate of approximately $228.7 million was paid from the Trust Account to holders that properly exercised their right to have public shares redeemed, and the remaining balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately $21.7 million remained in the Trust Account. The remaining amount in the Trust Account was used to fund expenses incurred by SCS and ProKidney in connection with the Business Combination and will be used for general corporate purposes of New ProKidney following the Business Combination.

Prior to the Business Combination, the Company had one wholly owned subsidiary, ProKidney Corp. GP Limited., which was incorporated in Dublin on June 3, 2022 (“Merger Sub”).

The registration statements for the Company’s Initial Public Offering became effective on June 29, 2021 and June 30, 2021. On July 2, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Public Shares”), which includes the partial exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 Public Shares, at $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000, which is described in Note 3. The fair value attributable to the unexercised portion of the over-allotment option was deemed to be immaterial to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 640,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share in a private placement to SCS Sponsor III LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $6,400,000, which is described in Note 4.

Transaction costs amounted to $12,479,666, consisting of $4,400,000 of underwriting fees, $7,700,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $379,666 of other offering costs.

per Public Share) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Shares was placed in the Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions of Rule of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

 

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Management continues to evaluate the impact of the pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the pandemic could have a negative effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations and/or the search for a target company, the specific impact was not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $107,546 in its operating bank account and working capital deficit of $7,301,429.

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company used the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination with ProKidney. The Company completed its Business Combination on July 11, 2022 with ProKidney, and has raised sufficient capital for its operations.

 

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The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to and Article 8 of promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in condensed consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form for the period ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2022. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or for any future periods.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

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

 

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The preparation of the 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 condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

At June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in a money market fund which is invested primarily in U.S. Treasury securities.

The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at redemption 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 permanent deficit. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the permanent deficit section of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

paid-in

At June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

 

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The Company accounts for stock awards in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation,” which requires that all equity awards be accounted for at their “fair value.” Fair value is measured on the grant date and is equal to the underlying value of the stock.

Costs equal to these fair values are recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards that are expected to vest, in the period of grant for awards that vest immediately and have no future service condition, or in the period the awards vest immediately after meeting a performance condition becomes probable (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). For awards that vest over time, cumulative adjustments in later periods are recorded to the extent actual forfeitures differ from the Company’s initial estimates; previously recognized compensation cost is reversed if the service or performance conditions are not satisfied and the award is forfeited.

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 condensed consolidated 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.

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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. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the periods presented.

Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Charges associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares are excluded from net loss per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, 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 earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted net loss per ordinary share is the same as basic net loss per ordinary share for the periods presented.

The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share amounts):

 

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

 

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The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

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

At June 30, 2022, accrued expenses include $5,712,109 of legal expense, $665,684 of printing expense, $529,688 of due diligence expense, $124,950 of professional fee expense, $70,000 of regulatory fee expense and $500,606 of consulting expense, of which $5,500,000 of legal expense, $500,606 of consulting expense, $665,684 of printing expense, $118,450 of accounting fee and $529,688 due diligence expenses were incurred in connection with the Business Combination with ProKidney.

At December 31, 2021, accrued expenses include $1,506,528 of legal expense, $5,000 of printing expense, $282,500 of due diligence expense, $70,000 of regulatory filing fee and $770 of accounting expense.

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 25,000,000 Public Shares, which include a partial exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 Public Shares, at a price of $10.00 per Public Share. Unlike some other initial public offerings of special purpose acquisition companies, investors in the Initial Public Offering did not receive any warrants (which would typically become exercisable following completion of the Business Combination). The fair value attributable to the unexercised portion of the over-allotment option was deemed to be immaterial to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased 640,000 Private Placement Shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,400,000.

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The Company entered into an agreement in which it w pay an affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month, commencing on June 30, 2021, for office space, administrative and support services. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred $30,000 and $60,000

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The Promissory Note was bearing, unsecured and payable upon the earlier of July 2, 2023 and the effective date of the Company’s Business Combination. The Promissory Note was subject to customary events of default which could, subject to certain conditions, cause the Promissory Notes to become immediately due and payable. On April 26, 2022, the Company drew

The Company a party to agreements with certain vendors that provide for fees that are contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination in an aggregate amount of approximately $13.4 million, excluding the deferred underwriting fee discussed below. The Company was also required to pay certain fees and expenses of such vendors regardless of whether or not a Business Combination is consummated.

The underwriters entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of $7,700,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee was paid to the underwriters at the closing of the Business Combination on July 11, 2022.

In September 2021, pursuant to a Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated September 24, 2021, between the Company and Uma Sinha, the Company agreed to grant 30,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to Dr. Sinha, which grant contingent on both the consummation of a Business Combination and a shareholder approved equity plan. The RSUs  vest upon the consummation of such Business Combination and represent 30,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company that will settle on a date determined in the sole discretion of the Company that shall occur between the vesting date and March 15 of the year following the year in which vesting occurs.

 

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—As of June 30, 2022, the Company was authorized to issue

The Class B ordinary shares automatically converted into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a basis, subject to adjustment for share

sub-divisions,

share dividends, rights issuances, consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like. Additionally, in the event that additional (in excess of the amounts issued in the Initial Public Offering) Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, were issued or deemed issued in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B ordinary shares would convert into Class A ordinary shares would be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares agreed to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares would equal, in the aggregate,

of the sum of the total number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by Public Shareholders, and excluding the Private Placement Shares), including any Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued, or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with the Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination and any private placement shares issued to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon conversion of Working Capital Loans; provided that such conversion of Class B ordinary shares would never occur on a less than

—The Private Placement Shares are not transferable, assignable, or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination (except, among other limited exceptions, to the Company’s directors and officers and other persons or entities affiliated with the Sponsor). Holders of the Private Placement Shares are entitled to certain registration rights. If the Company did not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period or during any applicable extension period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Shares held in the Trust Account would be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Shares would be worthless.

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that arere-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and 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:

 

 

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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:

 

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

 

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This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of 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, including with respect to our recently completed Business Combination (as defined below). Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” 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 section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form filed with the SEC and the definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A that we have filed with the SEC relating to the Business Combination (the “ProKidney Disclosure Statement”). 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.

All activity for the period from February 25, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2022 related to our formation, the Initial Public Offering, described below, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination and consummating the acquisition of ProKidney. We did not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate income in the form of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account. We have incurred expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the pandemic could have a negative effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations and/or the search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 640,000 Private Placement Shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $6,400,000.

Following the Initial Public Offering, the partial exercise of the over-allotment option and the sale of the Private Placement Shares, a total of $250,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $12,479,666 in Initial Public Offering related costs, including $4,400,000 of underwriting fees, $7,700,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $379,666 of other costs.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, cash used in operating activities was $582,942. Net loss of $6,251,039 was affected by interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account of $362,771. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $6,030,868 of cash from operating activities.

For the period from February 25, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $19,837. Net loss of $5,325 was affected by formation costs paid by the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of Founder Shares of $5,000 and changes in operating assets and liabilities used $19,512 of cash from operating activities.

Until the consummation of the Business Combination, we used the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our Business Combination.

We completed our Business Combination with ProKidney on July 11, 2022. We raised sufficient proceeds through the Business Combination transaction, in the form of funds from the Trust Account, net of redemptions and proceeds from the PIPE Placement, to fund operations and transaction expenses.

 

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As of June 30, 2022, we did not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services. Upon completion of the Business Combination, the Company ceased paying these monthly fees.

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of $7,700,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee was paid to the underwriters at the closing of the Business Combination on July 11, 2022.

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

We account for our Class A ordinary shares subject to possible conversion in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and 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 our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. Our Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the permanent equity (deficit) section of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. We have two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

 

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Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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

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Management has implemented remediation steps to improve our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we expanded and improved our review process for complex securities and related accounting standards. We plan to further improve this process by enhancing access to accounting literature, identification of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting applications and consideration of additional staff with the requisite experience and training to supplement existing accounting professionals.

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Certain purported shareholders of the Company sent demand letters (the “Demands”) alleging deficiencies and/or omissions in the ProKidney Disclosure Statement filed by the Company with the SEC on February 14, 2022. The Demands seek additional disclosures to remedy these purported deficiencies. We believe that the allegations in the Demands are meritless.

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The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report.

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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