Senti Biosciences, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2022 March (Form 10-Q)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a 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 of the Exchange Act:

 

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

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 23,715,500 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,750,000 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Purpose Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on March 1, 2021. As used herein, “the Company” refers to Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. and its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary, Explore Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), unless the context indicates otherwise. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2022 related to the Company’s formation, its initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and identifying a target company for a Business Combination and negotiating and entering into binding agreements in respect of such Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates income in the form of interest income on the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

The registration statement for the Initial Public Offering was declared effective on May 25, 2021. On May 28, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 shares of Class A common stock (the “Public Shares”), including 3,000,000 shares of Class A common stock that were issued pursuant to the underwriter’s exercise of its over-allotment option in full, at $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 715,500 shares of Class A common stock (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share in a private placement to Dynamics Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $7,155,000, which is described in Note 4.

Transaction costs amounted to $13,198,430 consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting fees, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees, and $548,430 of other offering costs. Subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, the underwriter agreed on December 17, 2021 to waive $1,000,000 of its deferred underwriting fees of $8,050,000, thereby reducing those fees to $7,050,000; thus, the transaction costs related to the Company’s Initial Public Offering amounted to $12,198,430.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on May 28, 2021, an amount of $230,000,000 ($10.00 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 a trust account (the “Trust Account”), and is invested only in U.S. government securities with maturities of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination, and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described

has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Shares, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination, including the proposed Business Combination with Senti (as defined and discussed below) successfully. The Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting fees and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into an initial Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and any Public Shares purchased in or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination and to waive their redemption rights with respect to any such shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed Business Combination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

The initial stockholders have agreed to waive (a) their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares they hold in connection with the completion of an initial Business Combination, (b) their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares they hold in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or with respect to any material provision relating to the rights of holders of Public Shares, and (c) their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. However, if the initial stockholders acquired Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares would be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company failed to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below).

 

 

The Company will have until May 28, 2023 to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Public Shares at a price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting fees (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Public Share ($10.00).

In order to protect the amounts in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per Public Share, or (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable), nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

On December 19, 2021, we entered into a business combination agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Merger Sub and Senti Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Senti”). The Business Combination Agreement provides, among other things, that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Senti, with Senti surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). Upon the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), the Company will change its name to “Senti Biosciences, Inc.” The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

 

 

The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (and contemplated in the Ancillary Documents, as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) are referred to in these Notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as the “Senti Business Combination.” The Senti Business Combination was approved by the boards of directors of each of the Company and Senti.

Under the Business Combination Agreement, the Company will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Senti in exchange for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), based on an implied Senti equity value of $240,000,000, to be paid to Senti stockholders at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”). In addition, Senti stockholders will have the right to receive (i) an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock if, after Closing, the volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”), or any other national securities exchange on which the shares of Class A Common Stock are then traded (“VWAP”), is greater than or equal to $15.00 over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period, in the period that ends on the second anniversary of the Closing Date, and (ii) an additional 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in the aggregate if, after Closing, the VWAP of Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $20.00 over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period, in the period that ends on the third anniversary of the Closing Date.

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, at or prior to the Effective Time, each option exercisable for Senti equity that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Senti common stock subject to such option immediately prior to the Effective time multiplied by the exchange ratio derived under the Business Combination Agreement.

The parties to the Business Combination Agreement have agreed to customary representations and warranties for transactions of this type. In addition, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement agreed to be bound by certain customary covenants for transactions of this type, including, among others, covenants with respect to the conduct of Senti, the Company and their respective subsidiaries during the period between execution of the Business Combination Agreement and Closing. The representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the parties set forth in the Business Combination Agreement will terminate at Closing, except for a limited number of representations and warranties and those covenants and agreements that, by their terms, contemplate performance after Closing. Each of the parties to the Business Combination Agreement has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and to do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary to consummate and expeditiously implement the Merger.

Under the Business Combination Agreement, the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions of the respective parties, including, without limitation: (i) the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby by requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders (the “Company Stockholder Approval”) and Senti’s stockholders (the “Senti Stockholder Approval”); (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended; (iii) the absence of a Company Material Adverse Effect or DYNS Material Adverse Effect (each, as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) since the date of the Business Combination Agreement that is continuing; (iv) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Merger; (v) the Company’s initial listing application with Nasdaq in connection with the Merger has been approved and, immediately following the Effective Time, the Company has satisfied any applicable initial and continuing listing requirements of Nasdaq and the shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of the issuance thereof; and (vi) the registration statement filed with the SEC on Form (the “Registration Statement”) has become effective, no stop order has been issued by the SEC and remains in effect with respect to the Registration Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order has been threatened or initiated by the SEC and remains pending. In addition, Senti’s obligation to consummate the Merger is subject to the condition that the Available Closing Cash (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) shall be greater than or equal to $150,000,000 (after reduction for the aggregate amount of payments made or required to be made in connection with the DYNS Stockholder Redemption (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement)).

 

 

On February 12, 2022, the Business Combination Agreement was amended by the parties thereto to reflect, among other things, (i) corrections to certain aspects section 5.7 of the Business Combination Agreement, and (ii) changes to certain terms of the options Senti granted to certain persons at the time the Business Combination Agreement was signed.

The Business Combination Agreement contemplates the execution of various additional agreements and instruments, on or before the Closing, including, among others, the following:

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor, as the sole holder of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”, and also referred to herein as the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5)) and other persons party thereto (“Other Company Insiders,” and together with the Sponsor, collectively, the “Company Insiders”), entered into a support agreement with the Company and Senti (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”). Under the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor agreed to vote, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, all of such Sponsor’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (i) in favor of (a) the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (b) the other proposals that the Company and Senti agreed in the Business Combination Agreement shall be submitted at such meeting for approval by the Company’s stockholders together with the proposal to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval (together with the Company Stockholder Approval, these proposals are the Required Transaction Proposals (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement)), and (ii) against any proposal that conflicts with, or materially impedes or interferes with, any such proposal or that would adversely affect or delay the Merger. The Sponsor Support Agreement also prohibits the Sponsor from, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, selling, assigning or transferring any Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor prior to the Closing or taking any action that would have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Sponsor from performing its obligations under the Sponsor Support Agreement. In addition, in the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor agreed to waive, and not to assert or perfect, among other things, any rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution protections with respect to the rate at which the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor convert into shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

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In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain Senti stockholders (the “Senti Supporting Stockholders”) entered into support agreements with the Company (the “Senti Support Agreements”). Under the Senti Support Agreements, each Senti Supporting Stockholder agreed, within forty-eight hours following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to execute and deliver a written consent with respect to all outstanding shares of Senti common stock and preferred stock held by such Senti Supporting Stockholder (the “Subject Senti Shares”) approving the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. In addition to the foregoing, each Senti Supporting Stockholder agreed that, at any meeting of the holders of Senti capital stock, each such Senti Supporting Stockholder will appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and cause its Subject Senti Shares to be voted (i) to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby, and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by Senti for consummation of the Merger, and (ii) against any proposal that conflicts or materially impedes or interferes with, or would adversely affect or delay, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

The Senti Support Agreements also prohibit the Senti Supporting Stockholders from, among other things, (i) transferring any of the Subject Senti Shares prior to the Closing, (ii) entering into (a) any option, commitment or other arrangement that would require the Senti Supporting Stockholders to transfer the Subject Senti Shares, or (b) any voting trust, proxy or other contract with respect to the voting of the Subject Senti Shares, or (iii) taking any action in furtherance of the foregoing. In addition, under the Senti Support Agreement, each Senti Supporting Stockholder agreed (i) not to exercise any rights of appraisal or dissenter’s rights relating to the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (ii) not to commence or participate in any claim or action against Senti, the Company or any of their affiliates relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of the Senti Support Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement or the consummation of the Merger.

Additionally, (i) certain Senti Support Agreements prohibit the applicable Senti Supporting Stockholders from transferring the shares of Class A Common Stock which they will receive in the Merger for, subject to certain permitted transfers, up to 18 months following the Closing, which may be reduced to 12 months upon the meeting of certain criteria (such period, the “Extended and (ii) certain other Senti Support Agreements prohibit the applicable Senti Supporting Stockholders from transferring the shares of Class A Common Stock which they will receive in the Merger for, subject to certain permitted transfers, 12 months following the Closing (such period, the “General provided that, (a) with respect to the Extended if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded, is greater than or equal to $12.00 per share over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing at least 330 days after the Closing Date, then the Extended shall be deemed to have expired with respect to each stockholder’s Class A Common Stock subject to that and (b) with respect to the General if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded, is greater than or equal to $12.00 per share over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date, then the General shall be deemed to have expired with respect to each stockholder’s Class A Common Stock subject to that

 

 

On February 12, 2022, the Company entered into amendments to certain Senti Support Agreements to amend those agreements such that, among other things, the shares of Class A Common Stock of the relevant Senti Supporting Stockholders may not be transferred, subject to certain permitted transfers, for three years following the Closing (such period, “the Three Year Unlike the Extended and the General described above, the Three Year does not terminate early based on the share price performance of Class A Common Stock.

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into subscription agreements with certain private investors (the “Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, such investors have subscribed to purchase an aggregate of 6,680,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (together, the “Subscriptions”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of $66,800,000, which shares are to be issued at the Closing; provided that the Subscription Agreements permit the Company to accept additional subscriptions for a purchase price of $10.00 per share to be issued at the Closing, following the execution of the Business Combination Agreement. The obligations of each party to consummate the Subscriptions are conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor, as the holder of 5,750,000

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In connection with the Closing, the Company, certain stockholders of the Company (including the Sponsor) and certain stockholders of Senti will enter into an investor rights and agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, each signatory thereto (other than the Company) will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Class A Common Stock.

 

 

The Investor Rights Agreement will also restrict the ability of each stockholder who is a party thereto (other than the Company) to transfer its shares of Class A Common Stock (or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock) for, subject to certain permitted transfers and depending on the stockholder, a period of one year following the Closing Date (the “12 Month or a period of 18 months following the Closing Date (the “18 Month provided that (i) the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any shares of Class A Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Subscription Agreements and (ii)(A) in respect of the 12 Month if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded, is greater than or equal to $12.00 per share over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date, then the 12 Month shall be deemed to have expired with respect to each stockholder’s Class A Common Stock subject to that and (B) in respect of the 18 Month if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq, or any other national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded, is greater than or equal to $12.00 per share over any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing at least 330 days after the Closing Date, then the 18 Month shall be deemed to have expired with respect to each stockholder’s Class A Common Stock subject to that

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had $396,693 in cash held outside of the Trust Account and a working capital deficit of $3,224,077. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans (including in respect of the Senti Business Combination). These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year after the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through the Senti Business Combination, as discussed above. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate the Senti Business Combination (or any other Business Combination) will be successful or successful within the Combination Period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the 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 these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Additionally, as a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary, Merger Sub, after elimination of any intercompany transactions and balances as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a comprehensive 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 Company’s annual report on Form as filed with the SEC on March 7, 2022. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or for any future periods.

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

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the 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 unaudited 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.

The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.

 

 

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

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Company did not have any cash equivalents as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had operating cash (i.e. cash held outside the Trust Account) of $396,693 and $889,323, respectively.

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) (16) of the Investment Company Act, with maturities of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government securities, the investments are classified as trading securities. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market funds, the investments are recognized at fair value. Trading securities and investments in money market funds are presented on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities are reported in the statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.

The Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, 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. In accordance with SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Therefore, all Class A Common Stock has been classified outside of permanent equity.

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Investor Shares (see Note 1) are classified as temporary equity within Class A Common Stock subject to redemption in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Agreements are terminated in the event that the Business Combination Agreement as described above is terminated. As such, the Company determined that the Agreements are contingent upon the successful completion of the Senti Business Combination. In the event that the Senti Business Combination is not successful, the Agreements are terminated, and the Investors would again have the right to redeem the Investor Shares. As such, the determined that the Agreements would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable.

 

 

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Class A common stock subject to redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:

 

The Company complies with the requirements of ASC and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic  of Offering. Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs directly attributable to the issuance of an equity contract to be classified in equity are recorded as a reduction in equity. Offering costs for equity contracts that are classified as assets and liabilities are expensed immediately. The Company incurred offering costs amounting to $13,198,430 as a result of the Initial Public Offering (consisting of a $4,600,000 underwriting fee, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees, and $548,430 of other offering costs). The Company recorded $13,181,867 of offering costs as a reduction of temporary equity in connection with the issuance of the Public Shares. The Company recorded $16,563 of offering costs as a reduction of permanent equity in connection with the issuance of the Private Placement Shares.

As noted in Note 1, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, the underwriter agreed on December 17, 2021 to waive $1,000,000 of its deferred underwriting fees of $8,050,000, thereby reducing those fees to $7,050,000; thus, the offering costs related to the Company’s Initial Public Offering amounted to $12,198,430.

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since incep

 

 

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

The Company applies ASC Topic 820, (“ASC 820”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

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The carrying amounts reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet for current assets and current liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

Level 1 — Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.

Level 3 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.

See Note 8 for additional information on assets and liabilities measured at fair value.

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

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on May 25, 2021. On May 28, 2021, the Company completed its Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, including 3,000,000 shares of Class A common stock that were issued pursuant to the underwriter’s exercise of its over-allotment option in full, at $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 715,500 Private Placement Shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, generating gross proceeds of $7,155,000. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Shares was added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Shares held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law).

On March 8, 2021, the Sponsor was issued 5,750,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of Class B Common Stock for an aggregate price of $25,000. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares of Class B Common Stock subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor would own, on an basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (excluding the Private Placement Shares) (assuming the Sponsor did not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering, which it did not). The underwriter fully exercised the over-allotment option on May 28, 2021; thus, these 750,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.

 

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 885,377 The Company evaluated the forfeiture and cancellation of the Founder Shares by the Sponsor and concurrent issuance of an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock to the Investors in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. The forfeiture and cancellation of the Founder Shares by the Sponsor and concurrent issuance of an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock to the Investors has not been transacted as of March 31, 2022 and will not occur until at or promptly following the consummation of the Merger. As such, any expense associated with the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Investors would be recognized at the date of issuance (i.e., upon consummation of the Merger).

On March 8, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company could borrow an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering. The Promissory Note was bearing and was payable on the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. In April 2021, the Company borrowed $250,000 under the Promissory Note which was repaid in full on May 26, 2021.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds held in the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination is not completed, the Company may use a portion of the proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Up to $2,000,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into shares at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. The shares would be identical to the Private Placement Shares. There was no outstanding balance of Working Capital Loans as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, to pay the Sponsor up to a total of $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services. Upon the completion of an initial Business Combination, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees (if any). To date, the Company has not exercised its option to use such services.

 

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The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and any Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Working Capital Loans have registration rights pursuant to a registration and stockholder rights agreement signed in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of an initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

In addition, it is anticipated that each signatory to the Investor Rights Agreement (see Note 1), other than the Company, will be granted certain registration rights with respect to their respective shares of Class A Common Stock when that agreement is signed (which is expected to occur at Closing). Further, shares of Class A Common Stock issued to the private investors making Subscriptions will have registration rights pursuant to the Subscription Agreements following the consummation of the Business Combination.

The Company granted the underwriter of its Initial Public Offering a option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional shares of Class A Common Stock to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriter exercised the over-allotment option in full on May 28, 2021.

The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting fee of $0.20 per share, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate, upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, $0.35 per share, or $8,050,000 in the aggregate was payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions. On December 17, 2021, the underwriter agreed to waive its right to $1,000,000 of the fee payable by the Company for deferred underwriting commissions. The waived fee was recorded to accumulated deficit. The revised deferred underwriting fee of $7,050,000 will become payable to the underwriter from the amount held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

On December 16, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Financial Advisor Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”) for financial advisory services in connection with the Senti Business Combination, which services Morgan Stanley had been engaged to provide, and which services Morgan Stanley had provided, since August 4, 2021. The Financial Advisor Agreement shall terminate automatically on December 16, 2022 unless terminated earlier, with or without cause, by either the Company or Morgan Stanley. The Company will pay Morgan Stanley a fee of $1,000,000 upon the consummation of the Company’s proposed initial business combination with Senti.

On September 21, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Placement Agent Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. (together, the “Placement Agents”) for services in connection with the placement of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock to certain private investors which is anticipated to occur concurrently with the completion the Senti Business Combination (i.e. the Subscriptions – see Note 1). The Placement Agent Agreement shall terminate automatically on August 28, 2022 unless terminated earlier, with or without cause, by either the Company or any Placement Agent (as to itself only). The Company will pay to the Placement Agents a total fee equal to 4.0% of the aggregate price at which the shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are sold to the private investors in the Subscriptions, which fee shall be payable upon the consummation of the placement of the shares. Each of the Placement Agents will receive 33.3% of the fee.

 

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Recent Accounting Standards

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

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