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Valor Latitude Acquisition Corp. - Quarter Report: 2021 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
10-Q
 
 
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                  to                 .
 
 
VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Cayman Islands
 
001-40322
 
98-1578908
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
PO Box 309,
Ugland House
Grand Cayman
KY1-1104
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(973) 290 233
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share
 
VLAT
 
Nasdaq Capital Market
Redeemable warrants, each one whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50
 
VLATW
 
Nasdaq Capital Market
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and
one-third
of one redeemable warrant
 
VLATU
 
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,
smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in
Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
       
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
       
Emerging growth company           
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
As of November
22
, 2021, 
23,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.
 
 
 

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VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
Form
10-Q
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2021
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
September 30, 2021
 
 
  
September 30, 2021
 
 
  
(Unaudited)
 
Assets:
  
     
Current Assets:
  
     
Cash
   $ 653,267  
Prepaid expenses
     347,711  
    
 
 
 
Total current assets
     1,000,978  
Prepaid expenses,
non-current
     201,151  
Investments held in trust account
     230,005,970  
    
 
 
 
Total Assets
   $ 231,208,099  
    
 
 
 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit
        
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accrued offering costs and expenses
   $ 515,045  
Promissory note – related party
     14,909  
    
 
 
 
Total Current Liabilities
     529,954  
Warrant Liability
     9,693,401  
Deferred underwriters’ fee
     8,050,000  
    
 
 
 
Total Liabilities
     18,273,355  
Commitments and Contingencies
        
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 23,000,000
shares at $10.00 redemption value
     230,000,000  
Shareholders’ Deficit:
        
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
     —    
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption)
     —    
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding
     575  
Additional
paid-in
capital
     —    
Accumulated deficit
     (17,065,831
    
 
 
 
Total Shareholders’ Deficit
     (17,065,256
    
 
 
 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit
   $ 231,208,099  
    
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
 
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VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 21, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
 
 
  
For the three
months period ended
September 30, 2021
 
 
For the period from
January 21, 2021
(Inception) to
September 30, 2021
 
Formation and operating costs
   $ 363,710     $ 889,857  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Loss from operations
     (363,710     (889,857
Other income (loss)
                
Change in fair value of warrant liability
     1,195,219       6,466,046  
Transaction costs
     —         (548,600
Interest Income
     2,959       5,970  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total other income
   $ 1,198,178     $ 5,923,416  
Net income
   $ 834,468     $ 5,033,559  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary share subject to redemption
     23,000,000       12,847,328  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net income per share
   $ 0.03     $ 0.27  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary share
     5,750,000       5,406,489  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Basic and diluted net income per share
   $ 0.03     $ 0.28  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
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VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 21, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
 
    
Class A ordinary shares
   
Class B ordinary shares
    
Additional
Paid-in
   
Retained
Earnings
(Accumulated)
   
Total
Shareholder’s
 
    
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
    
Amount
    
Capital
   
Deficit
   
Equity
 
Balance as of January 21, 2021 (inception)
     —       $ —         —        $ —        $ —       $ —       $ —    
Class B ordinary shares issued to Sponsor
     —         —         5,750,000        575        24,425       —         25,000  
Net loss
     —         —         —          —          —         (2,600     (2,600
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance as of March 31, 2021
     —       $ —         5,750,000      $ 575      $ 24,425     $ (2,600   $ 22,400  
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance as of March 31, 2021
     —       $ —         5,750,000      $ 575      $ 24,425     $ (2,600   $ 22,400  
Sale of 20,000,000 Units on May 6, 2021 net of warrant liability initial fair value
     20,000,000       2,000       —          —          191,073,180       —         191,075,180  
Sale of 3,000,000 Units on May 11, 2021 net of warrant liability initial fair value
     3,000,000       300       —          —          28,660,977       —         28,661,277  
Excess value of cash received over fair value of Private Placement Warrants
     —         —         —          —          704,096       —         704,096  
Net offering costs
     —         —         —          —          (12,564,368     —         (12,564,368
Remeasurement adjustment on redeemable class A ordinary shares (see Note 2)
     —         —         —          —          22,099,390       (22,099,390     —    
Net income
     —         —         —          —          —         4,201,691       4,201,691  
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
     (23,000,000     (2,300     —          —          (229,997,700     —         (230,000,000
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance as of June 30, 2021 (restated - see Note 2)
     —       $ —         5,750,000      $ 575      $ —       $ (17,900,299   $ (17,899,724
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net income
     —         —         —          —          —         834,468       834,468  
Balance as of September 30, 2021
     —       $ —         5,750,000      $ 575      $ —       $ (17,065,831   $ (17,065,256
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
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VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021
 
    
For the period from
January 21, 2021
(inception) through
September 30, 2021
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
        
Net income
   $ 5,033,559  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
        
Transaction costs allocated to warrant liability
     548,600  
Amortization of prepaid expenses
     163,338  
Change in fair value of warrant liability
     (6,466,046
Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account
     (5,970
Changes in assets and liabilities:
        
Prepaid expenses
     (712,200
Accrued offering costs and expenses
     515,045  
    
 
 
 
Net cash used in operating activities
     (923,674
    
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
        
Investments held in trust account
     (230,000,000
    
 
 
 
Net cash used in investing activities
     (230,000,000
    
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
        
Promissory note - related party
     14,909  
Proceeds from issuance of founder shares
     25,000  
Proceeds received from public offerings, net of underwriters’ discount
     225,400,000  
Proceeds from private placement
     6,600,000  
Payment of offering costs
     (462,968
    
 
 
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
     231,576,941  
    
 
 
 
Net change in cash
     653,267  
Cash, beginning of the period
     —    
    
 
 
 
Cash, end of the period
  
$
653,267  
    
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
        
Deferred underwriter’s fee
   $ 8,050,000  
    
 
 
 
Remeasurement adjustment on redeemable class A ordinary shares
   $ 22,099,390  
 
  
 
 
 
Payment of deferred offering costs by the Sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares
   $ 22,400  
 
  
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
 
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VALOR LATITUDE ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern
Valor Latitude Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on January 21, 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 (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and it has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to an initial Business Combination.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“IPO”) described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company
will generate non-operating income in
the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s sponsor is Valor Latitude LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”).
The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on May 3, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On May 6, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 
20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary
Shares”), and 
one-third
of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Warrant”), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000,
which is discussed in Notes 4 and 8. 
Substantially with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 4,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to Valor Latitude LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Phoenix SPAC Holdco LLC (“Phoenix”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units in the IPO except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor, Phoenix or their respective permitted transferees: (1) they will not be redeemable by the Company; (2) they (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination; (3) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis; and (4) they (including the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) are entitled to registration rights.
The underwriters
had a 45-day option from
the date of the Company’s Prospectus for the IPO (May 5, 2021) to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Units to cover over-allotments, if any.
The underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and, on May 11, 2021, the underwriters purchased 3,000,000 units generating net proceeds to the Company of approximately $29,400,000 in the aggregate after deducting the underwriter discount.
Simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Units on May 11, 2021, the Company consummated the private placement with the Sponsor and Phoenix of an aggregate of 400,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares for $1.50 per warrant generating total proceeds of $600,000.
A total of $230,000,000 was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JPMorgan maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
Transaction costs of the IPO and the exercise of the over-allotment amounted to $13,112,968 consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting discount, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $462,968 of other offering costs. Of the offering costs, $548,600 is included in the statement of operations and $12,564,368 
is included in temporary equity.
 
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Upon the closing of the IPO, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.00 per Unit sold in the IPO, including the proceeds of the Private Placement Warrants, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and may only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions
under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under
the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The Trust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of either: (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’
rights or pre-initial Business Combination
activity; or (iii) absent an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, the return of the funds held in the Trust Account to the public shareholders as part of the redemption of the public shares.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination with (or acquisition of) a Target Business. As used herein, “Target Business” must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
The Company will provide its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares
at a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to limitations. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share.
The ordinary shares subject to redemption are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
The Company will have 24 months from the closing of the IPO to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). However, if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,
at a per-share price, payable
in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
 
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The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares (as described in Note 6) public shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the 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 IPO or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’
rights or pre-initial Business Combination
activity; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame; and (iv) vote any founder s
h
ares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (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 share due to reductions in the value of the trust 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 indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, it cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
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 these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On May 6, 2021 the Company consummated its IPO (see Note 4) and Private Placement (See Note 5) and on May 11, 2021 the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option and substantially concurrently therewith, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 400,000 additional Private Placement Warrants. Of the net proceeds from the IPO, exercise of the over-allotment option, and associated Private Placements, 
$230,000,000 
of cash was placed in the Trust Account and
 $1,961,865 
of cash was held outside of the Trust Account and is available for the Company’s working capital purposes. 
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had
 $
653,267 
in cash and working capital of
 $471,024
. Until the consummation of the IPO, the Company’s only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of common stock by the Sponsor and loans from the Sponsor and a related party. 
The Company’s initial stockholders, officers, directors or their affiliates 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 may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the
proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of 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, other than the interest on such proceeds that may be released for working capital purposes. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. As of September 30, 2021, no 
Working Capital Loans were
outstanding.
At September 30, 2021, the Company had cash outside the Trust Account of $653,267 and working capital of $471,024. Over the next 12 months, the Company 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. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this with the consummation of a proposed Business Combination in the combination period or with Working Capital Loans. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a proposed Business Combination will occur or the Company will be able to borrow needed capital. As such, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
 
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Note 2 — Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements
In the Company’s previously issued financial statements, a portion of the public shares were classified as permanent equity to maintain stockholders’ equity greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that the Company will consummate its initial business combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. Thus, the Company can only complete a merger and continue to exist as a public company if there is sufficient Public Shares that do not redeem at the merger and so it is appropriate to clas
s
ify the portion of its public shares required to keep its stockholders’ equity above the $5,000,000 threshold as “shares not subject to redemption.”
In light of recent comment letters issued by the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to several special purpose acquisition companies, management
re-evaluated
the Company’s application of ASC
480-10-99
to its accounting classification of public shares. Upon
re-evaluation,
management determined that the public shares include certain provisions that require classification of the public shares as temporary equity regardless of the minimum net tangible asset required by the Company to complete its initial business combination.
In accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, “Materiality,” and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements;” the Company evaluated the changes and has determined that the related impacts were material to previously presented financial statements. Therefore, the Company, in consultation with its Audit Committee, concluded that its previously issued financial statements impacted should be restated to r
e
port all public shares as temporary equity. As such the Company is restating those periods in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”).
Impact of the Restatement
The impact to the financial statements as of May 6, 2021 and June 30, 2021 and for the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021 and for the three months ended June 30, 2021 is presented below:
 
    
 
As Previously

Reported
    
Adjustment
    
As Restated
 
Balance Sheet
as of May 6, 2021
                          
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption ($)
   $  175,271,990      $ 24,728,010      $  200,000,000  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Ordinary shares Class A, $0.0001 par value
   $ 247      $ (247)      $ —    
Ordinary shares Class B, $0.0001 par value
     575        —          575  
Additional Paid in Capital
     5,527,456        (5,527,456)        —    
Accumulated deficit
     (528,270)        (19,200,307)        (19,728,577)  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total shareholders’ equity/(deficit)
   $ 5,000,008      $  (24,728,010)      $  (19,728,002)  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Number of shares subject to possible redemption
   $ 17,527,199      $ 2,472,801      $ 20,000,000  
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
As Previously

Reported
 
  
Adjustment
 
  
As Restated
 
Balance Sheet
as of June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
  
     
  
     
  
     
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
  
$
207,100,270
 
  
$
22,899,730
 
  
$
230,000,000
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Ordinary shares Class A, $0.0001 par value
  
$
229
 
  
$
(229
  
$
—  
 
Additional Paid in Capital
  
 
800,111
 
  
 
(800,111
  
 
—  
 
Accumulated deficit
  
 
4,199,091
 
  
 
(22,099,390
  
 
(17,900,299
Total shareholders’ equity/(deficit)
  
$
5,000,006
 
  
$
(22,899,730
  
$
(17,899,724
Number of shares subject to redemption
  
 
20,710,027
 
  
 
2,289,973
 
  
 
23,000,000
 
 
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As Previously

Reported
    
Adjustment
   
As Restated
 
Statement of
O
perations for the three months ended
June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
                         
Basic and diluted weighted average shares, redeemable shares
     20,710,027        (6,973,763     13,736,264  
Basic and diluted net income per share, redeemable shares
   $ —        $ 0.22     $ 0.22  
Basic and diluted weighted average shares,
non-redeemable
shares
     8,515,272        3,103,184       5,412,088  
Basic and diluted net income per share,
non-redeemable
shares
   $ 0.49      $ (0.27   $ 0.22  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
As Previously

Reported
 
  
Adjustment
 
  
As Restated
 
Statement of Operations for the period from January 12, 2021 through
June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
  
     
  
     
  
     
Basic and diluted weighted average shares, redeemable shares
  
 
6,871,077
 
  
 
481,864
 
  
 
7,352,941
 
Basic and diluted net income per share, redeemable shares
  
$
—  
 
  
$
0.33
 
  
$
0.33
 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares,
non-redeemable
shares
  
 
6,475,798
 
  
 
(1,255,210
  
 
5,220,588
 
Basic and diluted net income per share,
non-redeemable
shares
  
$
0.65
 
  
$
(0.32
  
$
0.33
 
       
 
  
As Previously

Reported
 
  
Adjustment
 
  
As Restated
 
Statement of Changes In Shareholders’ Equity as of June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
  
     
  
     
  
     
Sale of 23,000,000 Units on May 6, 2021 and May 11, 2021 through public offering
  
$
230,000,000
 
  
$
(230,000,000
  
$
—  
 
Changes in Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption,
  
$
(207,100,270
  
$
207,100,270
 
  
$
—  
 
Remeasurement adjustment on Redeemable Class A ordinary shares
  
$
—  
 
  
$
(22,099,390
  
$
(22,099,390
Shareholders’ equity
  
$
5,000,006
 
  
$
(22,899,730
  
$
(17,899,724
       
 
  
As Previously

Reported
 
  
Adjustment
 
  
As Restated
 
Statement of Cash Flows For the period from January 12, 2021 through
June 30, 2021
(unaudited)
Non-Cash
investing and financing activities
  
     
  
     
  
     
Initial value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
  
$
202,347,280
 
  
$
(202,347,280
  
$
—  
 
Change in Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption—APIC
  
$
4,752,990
 
  
$
(4,752,990
  
$
—  
 
Remeasurement adjustment on redeemable Class A ordinary shares
  
$
—  
 
  
$
22,099,390
 
  
$
22,099,390
 
Note 3 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions
to Form 10-Q and
Article 8
of Regulation S-X of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s prospectus for its Initial Public Offering as filed with the SEC on May 5, 2021, as well as the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 12, 2021. The interim results for the three months period ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021 or for any future interim periods.
 
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Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that 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 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.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed 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.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2021.
Offering Costs Associated with IPO
The Company complies with the requirements of ASC
34-10-S99-1
and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A—“Expenses of Offering”. Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that were directly related to the IPO. Offering costs are charged to shareholders’ equity or the statement of operations based on the relative value of the Warrants to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the IPO. Accordingly, on May 11, 2021, (upon the underwriters exercising their over-allotment option), offering costs totaling $13,112,968 (consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting fee, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $462,968 of other offering costs) were recognized with $548,600 which was allocated to the Public Warrants and Private Warrants, included in the statement of operations as a component of
other income/(expense) and $ 12,564,368 included in shareholders’ equity. 
Investments Held in Trust Account
At September 30, 2021, funds held in the Trust Account include $230,005,970 of investments held in a money market fund characterized as Level 1 investments within the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 (as defined below).
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. The Company’s derivative instruments are recorded at fair value as of the IPO (May 6, 2021) and
re-valued
at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative assets and liabilities are classified on the balance sheet as current or
non-current
based on whether or not
net-cash
settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The Company has determined the warrants are a derivative instrument. As the warrants meet the definition of a derivative the warrants are measured at fair value at issuance and at each reporting date in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations in the period of change.
Warrant Instruments
The Company has accounted for the 12,066,667 warrants issued in connection with the IPO, Private Placement, and the underwriters exercise of the over-allotment option in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” whereby under that provision the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company will classify the warrant instruments as a liability at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. This liability
will be re-measured at each
balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire, and any change in fair value will be recognized in the Company’s statement of operations. The fair value of warrants will be estimated using an internal valuation model utilizing inputs such as assumed share prices, volatility, discount factors and other assumptions and may not be reflective of the price at which they can be settled. Such warrant classification is also
subject to re-evaluation at each
reporting period.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
 
   
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
 
   
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
 
   
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
Net Income Per Ordinary Share
The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Private and public warrants to purchase 12,066,667 Class A ordinary shares at $11.50 per share were issued on May 6, 2021 and May 11, 2021. No warrants were exercised during the three or nine months ended September 30, 20201. The calculation of diluted income per ordinary share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in conn
e
ction with the (i) IPO, (ii) exercise of over-allotment, and (iii) Private Placement since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net income per common share is the same as basic net income per common share for the period.
 
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For the three months ended
September 30, 2021
    
For the period from January 21,
2021 (inception) through
September 30, 2021
 
    
Class A
    
Class B
    
Class A
    
Class B
 
Basic and diluted net income per share
                                   
Numerator:
                                   
Allocation of net income
   $ 667,574      $ 166,894      $ 3,523,491      $  1,510,068  
Denominator
                                   
Weighted-average shares outstanding
     23,000,000        5,750,000        12,847,328        5,406,489  
Basic and diluted net income per share
   $ 0.03      $ 0.03      $ 0.27      $ 0.28  
Concentration of Credit Risk
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 Corporation limit of $250,000. At September 30, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
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 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 the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 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 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 September 30, 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 has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The tax provision for the period was not material.
The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas 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 federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
 
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards
Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-06, Debt —debt
with Conversion and Other
Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives
and Hedging —Contracts in Entity’ Own
Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for
Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’ Own
Equity (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies
accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. The Company has complied
with ASU 2020-06 since its
inception on January 21, 2021. Adoption of the ASU did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
Note 4 — Initial Public Offering Units
On May 6, 2021, the Company consummated its 
IPO of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary
Shares”), and 
one-third
of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Warrant”), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000, which is discussed in Note
8
. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO, and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The underwriters
had a 45-day option from
the date of the Company’s Prospectus for the IPO (May 5, 2021) to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Units to cover over-allotments, if any.
The underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and, on May 11, 2021, the underwriters purchased 3,000,000 units generating net proceeds to the Company of approximately $29,400,000 in the aggregate after deducting the
underwriter fee.
Warrants
Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 12 months from the closing of the IPO or 30 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration or redemption of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at the Company’s option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering each such warrant for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied the excess of the “fair market value” less the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value and (B) 0.361. The “fair market value” shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent.
 
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Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):
 
   
in whole and not in part;
 
   
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
 
   
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the
“30-day
redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and
 
   
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within
 
   
a
30-trading
day period ending three business days before the Company sends to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share
sub-divisions,
share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like).
The Company has established the last of the redemption criteria discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and the Company issues a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. Any such exercise would not be done on a “cashless” basis and would require the exercising warrant holder to pay the exercise price for each warrant being exercised. However, the price of the Class A ordinary shares may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted
for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) as well as the $11.50 (for whole shares) warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $10.00
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
 
   
in whole and not in part;
 
   
at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares determined by reference to the table as described under “Description of Securities – Warrants – Public Shareholders’ Warrants”, based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares (as defined below);
 
   
if, and only if, the Reference Value equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for
 
   
share
sub-divisions,
share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like); and
 
   
if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share
sub-divisions,
share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding public warrants, as described above.
 
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In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsors or their affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by the initial shareholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the completion of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume-weighted average trading price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company completes the initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described adjacent to “Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described adjacent to the caption “Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
Note 5 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor and Phoenix purchased an aggregate of 4,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000.
Simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Units on May 11, 2021, the Company consummated the sale of Private Placement Warrants with the Sponsor and Phoenix of an aggregate of 400,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares for $1.50 per warrant generating total proceeds of $600,000.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold in the IPO except that the Private Placement Warrants, so long as they are held by the Sponsor, Phoenix or their respective permitted transferees, (i) will not be redeemable by the Company, (ii) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (iii) may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) will be entitled to registration rights.
If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor, Phoenix or their respective permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the Units being sold in the IPO.
The Sponsor, Phoenix, and our officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares (as described in Note
6
) and public shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the 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 IPO or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’
rights or pre-initial Business Combination
activity; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
Note 6 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On January 27, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. Up to 750,000 founder shares were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. On May 11, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased 3,000,000 units. As a result of the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the founder shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.
 
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With certain limited exceptions, the founder shares are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to the Company’s officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with the Sponsor or Phoenix, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier if, subsequent to the initial Business Combination, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted
for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days
within any 30-trading day period
commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, and (B) the date following the completion of the initial Business Combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Promissory Note—Related Party
The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $250,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the IPO. The promissory note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the earlier of 
December 31, 2021
 or the closing of the IPO.
As of September 30, 2021, $14,909 was outstanding under the promissory note.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
Administrative Service Fee
Commencing on the date of the prospectus, the Company has agreed to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor up to $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, salaries or other cash compensation paid to consultants to the Sponsor, secretarial and administrative support services provided to members of the management team and other expenses and obligations of the Sponsor. For the three month period ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 2021, the Company incurred $30,000 and $40,000 in administrative service fees, respectively and paid $30,000 and $40,000 to an affiliate of the Sponsor for those fees, respectively. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.
Note 7 — Recurring Fair Value Measurements
At September 30, 2021, the Company’s warrant liability was valued at $9,693,401. Under the guidance in
ASC 815-40 the
warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment. As such, the warrants must be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. This valuation is subject
to re-measurement at
each balance sheet date. With
each re-measurement, the
warrant valuation will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.
The Company’s warrant liability for the Private Placement Warrants is based on a valuation model utilizing inputs from observable and unobservable markets with less volume and transaction frequency than active markets. The fair value of the Private Warrant liability classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
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The Company’s warrant liability for the Public Warrants is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. The fair value of the Public Warrant liability is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Substantially all of the Company’s investment held in the Trust Account on the condensed balance sheet consist of U. S. Money Market funds which are classified as cash equivalents. Fair values of these investments are determined by Level 1 inputs utilizing quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets.
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value.
 
    
Level 1
    
Level 2
    
Level 3
 
U. S. Money Market funds
   $  230,005,970      $ —        $ —    
Public Warrants
   $ 6,134,867      $ —        $ —    
Private Warrants
   $ —        $ —        $  3,558,534  
Measurement
The Company established the initial fair value for the Warrants on May 6, 2021, the date of the consummation of the Company’s IPO. The company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to value the Public Warrants and a modified Black-Scholes model to value the Private Warrants. In June 2021, the Company’s Public Warrants began separately trading on the NASDAQ and consequently were reclassified to a Level 1 valuation. At September 30, 2021, the Company used a modified Black-Scholes model to value the Private Warrants.
The key inputs into the Monte Carlo simulation and the modified Black-Scholes models were as follows at May 6, 2021 (inception) and September 30, 2021:
 
Input
  
May 6, 2021
(Initial Measurement)
   
September 30, 2021
 
Risk-free interest rate
     1.13     1.11
Expected term (years)
     6.44       5.75  
Expected volatility
     24.4     14.9
Exercise price
   $ 11.5     $ 11.5  
The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in fair value liability of the beginning and ending balances for the Company’s Warrants classified as Level 3:
 
Fair value at January 21, 2021 (inception)
   $ —    
Initial fair value on May 6, 2021
     14,284,733  
Initial value of Warrants issued on May 11, 2021
     1,874,714  
Public Warrants reclassified to level 1 (1)
     (6,134,867
Change in fair value
     (6,466,046
Fair Value at September 30, 2021
   $ 3,558,534  
 
(1)
Assumes the Public Warrants were reclassified on September 30, 2021.
Except for the transfer from Level 3 to Level 1 for the Public Warrants, there were no other transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the nine months period ended September 30, 2021.
 
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Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of the (i) founder shares, which were issued in a private placement prior to the closing of the IPO, (ii) Private Placement Warrants, which were issued in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and the Class A ordinary shares underlying such Private Placement Warrants and (iii) Private Placement Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the securities held by them pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Warrant Amendments
The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any shareholder or warrant holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision or to make any amendments that are necessary in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Company (taking into account then existing market precedents) to allow for the warrants to be classified as equity in the Company’s financial statements, but requires the approval by the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, the Company may amend the terms of the public warrants (i) in a manner adverse to a holder of public warrants if holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment or (ii) to the extent necessary for the warrants in the good faith determination of the board of directors of the Company (taking into account then existing market precedents) to allow for the warrants to be classified as equity in the Company’s financial statements without the consent of any shareholder or warrant holder. Although the Company’s ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least a majority of the then outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash or shares, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
Underwriters Agreement
The underwriters
had a 45-day option from
the date of the IPO to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any. On May 11, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased 3,000,000 units.
Note 9 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference shares—
The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 and with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2021, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class
 A Ordinary shares—
The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At September 30, 2021, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption.
Class
 B ordinary shares
 — The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At September 30, 2021, there were 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. Of the 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares were subject to forfeiture to the Company for no consideration to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the IPO.
On May 11, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased 3,000,000 units. As a result of the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the founder shares are no longer subject to forfeit.
 
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Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders except as required by law. Unless specified in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or as required by applicable provisions of the Companies Act or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of the ordinary shares that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by the shareholders.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the initial Business Combination
on a one-for-one basis, subject
to adjustment
for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the 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), including the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a
less than one-for-one basis.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the filing date of our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. The Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Valor Latitude Acquisition Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). 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 SEC filings.
Overview
We were incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on January 21, 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 (the “Business Combination”). We have not selected any specific Business Combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to an initial Business Combination.
As indicated in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements, as of September 30, 2021, we had $653,267 cash and deferred offering underwriter’s discount of $8,050,000.
 
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On May 6, 2021, we consummated the IPO of 20,000,000 Public Units, at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the sale of 4,000,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, in a Private Placement to Valor Latitude LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Phoenix SPAC Holdco LLC (“Phoenix”), generating gross proceeds of $6,000,000.
On May 11, 2021, the underwriters purchased 3,000,000 units generating net proceeds to the Company of approximately $29,400,000 in the aggregate after deducting the underwriter discount.
Simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Units on May 11, 2021, we consummated the private placement with the Sponsor and Phoenix of an aggregate of 400,000 warrants to purchase Class A Ordinary Shares for $1.50 per warrant generating total proceeds of $600,000.
Of the net proceeds from the IPO, exercise of the over-allotment option, and associated private placements, $230,000,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account.
We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our Initial Business Combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
Our entire activity since inception up to September 30, 2021 relates to our formation, the Initial Public Offering and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, a search for a Business Combination candidate. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination, at the earliest.
For the three months period ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of $834,468, which consisted of $363,710 in formation and operating costs offset by $2,959 in interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account and a gain from the change in fair value of warrant liability of $1,195,219.
For the period from January 21, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, we had net income of $5,033,559, which consisted of $889,857 in formation and operating costs and $548,600 of expenses related to the IPO, offset by $5,970 in interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account and a gain from the change in fair value of warrant liability of $6,466,046.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On May 6, 2021 we consummated our IPO and Private Placement and on May 11, 2021 the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option and substantially concurrently therewith, wet completed the private sale of an aggregate of 400,000 additional Private Placement Warrants. Of the net proceeds from the IPO, exercise of the over-allotment option, and associated Private Placements, $230,000,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account and $1,961,865 of cash was held outside of the Trust Account and is available for working capital purposes.
As of September 30, 2021, we had $653,267 in cash and working capital of $471,024. Until the consummation of the IPO, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of common stock by the Sponsor and loans from the Sponsor and a related party.
Our initial stockholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans, other than the interest on such proceeds that may be released for working capital purposes. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. As of September 30, 2021, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
At September 30, 2021, we had cash outside the Trust Account of $653,267 and working capital of $471,024. Over the next 12 months, 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. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this with the consummation of a proposed Business Combination in the combination period or with Working Capital Loans. There is no assurance that our plans to consummate a proposed Business Combination will occur or we will be able to borrow needed capital. As such, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
 
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Critical Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The preparation of these unaudited condensed 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 financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of our assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet.
Derivative Financial Instruments
We evaluate our financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Our derivative instruments are recorded at fair value as of the IPO (May 6, 2021) and
re-valued
at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative assets and liabilities are classified on the balance sheet as current or
non-current
based on whether or not
net-cash
settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. We have determined the warrants are a derivative instrument. As the warrants meet the definition of a derivative the warrants are measured at fair value at issuance and at each reporting date in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations in the period of change.
 
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Warrant Instruments
We have accounted for the 12,066,667 warrants issued in connection with the IPO, Private Placement, and the underwriters exercise of the over-allotment option in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” whereby under that provision the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, we will classify the warrant instruments as a liability at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. This liability will be
re-measured
at each balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire, and any change in fair value will be recognized in the Company’s statement of operations. The fair value of warrants will be estimated using an internal valuation model utilizing inputs such as assumed share prices, volatility, discount factors and other assumptions and may not be reflective of the price at which they can be settled. Such warrant classification is also subject to
re-evaluation
at each reporting period.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
 
 
 
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
 
 
 
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
 
 
 
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
Net Income Per Ordinary Share
We have two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Private and public warrants to purchase 12,066,667 Class A ordinary shares at $11.50 per share were issued on May 6, 2021 and May 11, 2021. No warrants were exercised during the three or nine months ended September 30, 20201. The calculation of diluted income per ordinary share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) IPO, (ii) exercise of over-allotment, and (iii) Private Placement since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net income per common share is the same as basic net income per common share for the period.
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our 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 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. Our ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Offering Costs Associated with IPO
Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that were directly related to the IPO. Offering costs are charged to shareholders’ equity or the statement of operations based on the relative value of the Public Warrants to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the IPO. Accordingly, on May 6, 2021, offering costs totaling $13,112,968 (consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting fee, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $462,968 of other offering costs) were recognized with $548,600 which was allocated to the Public Warrants and Private Warrants, included in the statement of operations as a component of other income/(expense) and $ 12,564,368 included in shareholders’ equity.
 
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Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) No. 2020-06, Debt
—debt with Conversion and Other Options
(Subtopic 470-20) and
Derivatives and Hedging —Contracts in Entity’ Own Equity
(Subtopic 815-40): Accounting
for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’ Own Equity
(“ASU 2020-06”), which
simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. We have complied with
ASU 2020-06 since
its inception on January 21, 2021. Adoption of the ASU did not impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Our management does not believe that any other 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;
Commitments and Contractual Obligations
Registration Rights Agreement
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on May 3, 2021, the holders of the Founder Shares (See Item 1, Note 6), and the Private Placement Warrants and its underlying securities (See Item 1, Note 5) are entitled to certain registration rights. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any registration statements pursuant to such registration rights.
Underwriting Agreement
Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $4,600,000 following the consummation of the IPO and the exercise of the over-allotment option.
Additionally, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO and exercise of the over-allotment option, or $8,050,000, upon the completion of the Company’s Initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
JOBS Act
The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards
is required for non-emerging growth companies. As
a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an independent registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may
be required of non-emerging growth public companies
under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the report of the independent registered public accounting firm providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of this offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
 
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer (who serves as our Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (who serves as our Principal Financial and Accounting Officer), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we are reporting the restatement of our balance sheet as of May 6, 2021 and our financial statements as of and for the period ended June 30, 2021, to correct for the classification of a portion of the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. We determined that the error in accounting for the shares subject to redemption represented a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to our accounting for complex financial instruments. As required
by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under
the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2021. Based upon his evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act) were not effective as of September 30, 2021, due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to the Company’s accounting for complex financial instruments. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ending September 30, 2021 that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, as the circumstances that led to the restatement of our financial statement described in Note 2 to the accompanying financial statements had not yet been identified. Management has identified a material weakness in internal controls related to the accounting for our complex financial instruments (including redeemable equity instruments as described above). In light of the material weakness identified and the resulting restatement, although we have processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements, we plan to enhance our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements. Our plans at this time include providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and documents and increased communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q are
any of the risks described in our final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering dated May 3, 2021 filed with the SEC on May 5, 2021 (the “Prospectus”). As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors described in the Prospectus, except as set forth below. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.
We identified an additional material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to our complex financial instruments. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our management also evaluates the effectiveness of our internal controls and we will disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation in those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
As described elsewhere in this report, in connection with the preparation of our financial statements as of September 30, 2021, management identified errors made in our historical financial statements where we improperly classified a portion of our public shares as permanent equity to maintain shareholders’ equity greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that we will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. Management determined that the public shares include certain provisions that require classification of the public shares as temporary equity regardless of the minimum net tangible assets required by us to complete our initial business combination. Therefore, management concluded that our previously issued financial statements impacted should be restated to report all public shares as temporary equity. Management concluded that the foregoing constituted a material weakness as of September 30, 2021.
As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented. However, we cannot assure you that the foregoing will not result in any future material weaknesses or deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting. Even though we have strengthened our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
In January 2021, one of our directors purchased 5,750,000 of our Class B ordinary shares for a capital contribution of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share. In January 2021, such 5,750,000 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares were transferred to the Sponsor for the same purchase price initially paid by the director of the Company, of which up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriters in full. In May 2021, our Sponsor transferred 50,000 Class B ordinary shares to each of our four independent directors, an aggregate of 1,697,758 Class B ordinary shares to our executive officers and other directors and an aggregate of 20,000 Class B ordinary shares to certain of our outside advisors. In addition, immediately prior to the consummation of our initial public offering, our Sponsor sold an aggregate of 738,731 Class B ordinary shares to Phoenix SPAC Holdco LLC, or Phoenix, for the same price originally paid for such shares by our Sponsor. On May 7, 2021, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full; hence, the 750,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture and the Sponsor holds 3,093,511 Class B ordinary shares.
 
 
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Our Sponsor is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D. Each of the equity holders in our Sponsor is an accredited investor under Rule 501 of Regulation D. The sole business of our Sponsor is to act as the Company’s sponsor in connection with this offering. The limited liability company agreement of our Sponsor provides that its membership interests may only be transferred to our officers or directors or other persons affiliated with our Sponsor, or in connection with estate planning transfers.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, pursuant to the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 4,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to our Sponsor and Phoenix at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,000,000, and substantially concurrently with the closing of the full exercise of the over-allotment option relating to the Initial Public Offering, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 400,000 additional Private Placement Warrants to our Sponsor and Phoenix at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $600,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants, so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) are not redeemable by the Company, (ii) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by such holders until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (iii) may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) will be entitled to registration rights. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
Item 6. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit

Number
  
Description
   
31.1*    Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
31.2*    Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.1**    Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.2**    Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
101.INS    Inline XBRL Instance Document
   
101.SCH    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
101.CAL    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.DEF    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
   
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
 
*
Filed herewith.
**
These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
By:  
/s/ J. Douglas Smith
    Name: J. Douglas Smith
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: November 22, 2021