EX-99.1 2 f8k021920bex99-1_newborn.htm BALANCE SHEET DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Exhibit 99.1

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Financial Statement:  
Balance Sheet F-3
Notes to Financial Statement F-4

 

F-1

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Newborn Acquisition Corp.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statement

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Newborn Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) as of February 19, 2020 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statement”). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 19, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America

 

Basis for Opinion

 

This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk llp

 

Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk llp

Beijing, China

February 25, 2020

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

 

 

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F-2

 

 

Newborn Acquisition Corp.

 

Balance Sheet

February 19, 2020

 

ASSETS    
     
Current assets    
Cash and cash equivalents  $429,556 
Prepaid expenses   84,200 
Total Current Assets   513,756 
      
Cash held in trust account   57,500,000 
Total Assets  $58,013,756 
      
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     
      
Current Liabilities     
Accrued payables  $8,310 
Total Current Liabilities   8,310 
      
Deferred underwriting compensation   1,437,500 
Total Liabilities   1,445,810 
      
Commitments and Contingencies     
      
Ordinary share subject to possible redemption; 5,156,794 (at redemption value of $10.00 per share)   51,567,940 
      
Shareholders’ Equity     
Preferred share, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding   - 
Ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,303,206 shares issued and outstanding   230 
Additional paid-in capital   5,004,520 
Accumulated deficit   (4,744)
Total Shareholders’ Equity   5,000,006 
      
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity  $58,013,756 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statement.

 

F-3

 

 

Newborn Acquisition Corp.

 

Notes to Financial Statement

 

Note 1 — Organization, Plan of Business Operations and Going Concern Consideration

 

Organization and General

 

Newborn Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Cayman Islands on April 12, 2019 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region, although the Company initially intends to focus on operating businesses in Asia (excluding China) and the United States.

 

As of February 19, 2020, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period from April 12, 2019 (inception) through February 19, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation and initial public offering (the “Public Offering”) described below. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year-end.

 

Financing

 

The registration statement for the Company’s Public Offering (as described in Note 3) was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 13, 2020. The Company consummated the Public Offering on February 19, 2020. The Public Offering consisted of 5,750,000 units (which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters in the Public Offering) at $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units’). Concurrently with the Public Offering, the Company sold to its sponsor 272,500 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Private Units”) in a private placement (as described in Note 4). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $57,989,380.

 

Trust Account

 

Upon the closing of the Public Offering and the private placement, $57,500,000 was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.

 

The funds held in the Trust Account can be invested in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes, having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) the Company’s failure to consummate a Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the Public Offering (or 18 months if expended as provided in the prospectus for the Public Offering). Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the interest earned on the Trust Account balance may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations.

 

F-4

 

 

Business Combination

 

Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, the Company’s Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for its initial business combination, although the Company may structure a business combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. If the Company is no longer listed on Nasdaq, it will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.

 

The Company currently anticipates structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. The Company may, however, structure a business combination where the Company merges directly with the target business or where the Company acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but the Company will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise owns a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test.

 

The Company will either seek shareholder approval of any Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to convert their shares into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, or provide shareholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. These shares will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it will have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, solely if shareholder approval is sought, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company will be required to approve the business combination.

 

In connection with any shareholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the shareholders immediately prior to Public Offering (“Initial Shareholders”) have agreed (i) to vote any of their respective shares, including the ordinary shares sold to the Initial Shareholders in connection with the organization of the Company (the “Initial Shares”), ordinary shares included in the Private Units sold in the Private Placement, and any ordinary shares which were initially issued in connection with the Public Offering, whether acquired in or after the effective date of the Public Offering, in favor of the initial Business Combination and (ii) not to convert such respective shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account or seek to sell their shares in connection with any tender offer the Company engages in.

 

F-5

 

 

Liquidation

 

Pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 12 months from the date of the Public Offering, 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 100% of the outstanding public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining holders of Ordinary Shares and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate. However, if the Company anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial business combination within 12 months, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation and the trust agreement, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate its initial business combination, the Company’s insiders or their affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $575,000 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, up to an aggregate of $1,150,000, or $0.20 per share. The insiders will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that the Company is unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of the Company’s business combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The Company’s shareholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. In the event that the Company receives notice from its insiders five days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. The Company’s insiders and their affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination. To the extent that some, but not all, of the Company’s insiders, decide to extend the period of time to consummate its initial business combinations, such insiders (or their affiliates or designees) may deposit the entire amount required. If the Company is unable to consummate an initial Business Combination and is forced to redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account. Holders of rights will receive no proceeds in connection with the liquidation. The Initial Shareholders and the holders of Private Units will not participate in any redemption distribution with respect to their Initial Shares and Private Units, including the Ordinary Shares included in the Private Units.

 

F-6

 

 

To the extent that the Company is unable to consummate a business combination, it will pay the costs of liquidation from the remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, NeoGenesis Holding Co., Ltd., the Company’s sponsor, has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and have agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) permits emerging growth companies to delay complying with new or revised financial accounting standards that do not yet apply to private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act). The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statement 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.

 

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statement are presented in U.S. Dollars and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of February 19, 2020.

 

Cash Held in Trust Account

 

At February 19, 2020, the assets held in the Trust Account are held in cash.

 

Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at February 19, 2020, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

 

F-7

 

 

Offering Costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the Public Offering and that were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Public Offering. Accordingly, on February 19, 2020, offering costs totaling $3,677,410 have been charged to shareholders’ equity (consisting of $3,162,500 in underwriters’ fees, plus $514,910 of other cash expenses).

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statement in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statement and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. The Company has identified Cayman Islands as its only “major” tax jurisdiction, as defined. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statement. Since the Company was incorporated on April 12, 2019, the evaluation was performed for upcoming 2019 tax year which will be the only period subject to examination. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such items as a component of income tax expense.

 

F-8

 

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by foreign taxing authorities in the area of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with foreign tax laws.

 

The Company’s tax provision is zero and it has no deferred tax assets. The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands Company, and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States.

 

Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statement were available to be issued. The Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

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

 

Note 3 —Public Offering

 

Public Unit

 

On February 19, 2020, the Company sold 5,750,000 units at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit in the Public Offering (which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option). Each Unit consists of one share of ordinary shares in the Company, one warrant (“Warrant”) and one right (“Right”) (see Note 7).

 

The Company paid an up-front underwriting discount of $1,725,000 (3.0%) of the per unit offering price to the underwriter at the closing of the Public Offering, with an additional fee of $1,437,500 (the “Deferred Discount”) of 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds payable upon the Company’s completion of the Business Combination. The Deferred Discount will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not close a Business Combination, the underwriter has waived its right to receive the Deferred Discount. The underwriter is not entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount.

 

F-9

 

 

Purchase Option

 

On February 19, 2020, the Company sold to the underwriters, for $100, a unit purchase option to purchase up to a total of 316,250 units at $11.50 per Unit (or an aggregate exercise price of $3,636,875) commencing on the close of the consummation of a Business Combination. The unit purchase option expires five years from the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Public Offering. The units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to the Units being offered in the Public Offering. The Company has agreed to grant to the holders of the unit purchase option, demand and “piggy back” registration rights for periods of five and seven years, respectively, from the effective date of this Public Offering, including securities directly and indirectly issuable upon exercise of the unit purchase option.

 

The Company has accounted for the fair value of the unit purchase option, inclusive of the receipt of a $100 cash payment, as an expense of the Public Offering resulting in a charge directly to shareholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of this unit purchase option is approximately $428,906 using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model adjusted for the likelihood of a completed Business Combination. The fair value of the unit purchase option granted to the placement agent is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 31.00%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.19% and (3) expected life of five years, (4) estimated possibility of 52.1% for consummation of initial business combination.

 

Note 4 — Private Placement

 

On February 19, 2020, NeoGenesis Holding Co., Ltd., the Company’s sponsor, purchased an aggregate of 272,500 Private Units at $10.00 per Private Unit.

 

The Private Units are identical to the Units sold in the Public Offering, except that the private warrants are not redeemable so long as they are held by the purchaser or its permitted transferees. Additionally, the holders of the Private Units have agreed (A) to vote the shares underlying their Private Units in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of such a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting Public Shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any shares underlying the Private Units into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an initial Business Combination or a vote to amend the provisions of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity or sell their shares to the Company in connection with a tender offer the Company engages in and (D) that the shares underlying the Private Units shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. The purchasers have also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except to transferees that agree to the same terms and restrictions) until the completion of an initial Business Combination.

 

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

 

On May 17, 2019, the Company issued a $280,000 principal amount unsecured promissory note to the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The note was non-interest bearing and payable on the consummation of the Public Offering or the date on which the Company determines not to conduct an initial public offering of its securities. Due to the short-term nature of the note, the fair value of the note approximates the carrying amount. On February 19, 2020, the $280,000 loan was converted into part of the subscription of $2,725,000 private placement at a price of $10.00 per unit. The note was canceled and no amount are owed under the note.

 

F-10

 

 

The Company currently maintains the principal executive offices at Room 801, Building C, SOHO Square, No. 88 Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, 200002, China. This space is being provided to the Company by Wenhui Xiong, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive officer, at no cost to the Company. The Company considers the current office space, combined with the other office space otherwise available to the Company’s executive officers, adequate for current operations.

 

Note 6 — Commitments

 

Deferred Underwriter Commission

 

The Company is committed to pay the Deferred Discount of 2.50% of the gross offering proceeds, in the amount of $1,437,500 of the Public Offering, to the underwriter upon the Company’s consummation of the Business Combination. The underwriter is not entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount, and has waived its right to receive the Deferred Discount if the Company does not close a Business Combination.

 

Warrant Solicitation Fee

 

The Company has agreed to pay Chardan Capital Markets, LLC a warrant solicitation fee of five percent (5%) of the exercise price of each public warrant exercised during the period commencing twelve months after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, including warrants acquired by securityholders in the open market, but excluding warrants exercised during the 30 day period following notice of a proposed redemption. The warrant solicitation fee will be payable in cash. There is no limitation on the maximum warrant solicitation fee payable to Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, except to the extent it is limited by the number of public warrants outstanding.

 

Right of First Refusal

 

Subject to certain conditions, the Company granted Chardan, for a period of 15 months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s business combination, a right of first refusal to act as lead underwriters or minimally as a co-manager, with at least 30% of the economics; or, in the case of a three-handed deal 20% of the economics, for any and all future public and private equity and debt offerings. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(E)(i), such right of first refusal shall not have a duration of more than three years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Registration Rights

 

The Initial Shareholders will be entitled to registration rights with respect to their Initial Shares, as well as the holders of the Private Units and holders of any securities issued to the Company’s Initial Shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans or extension loans made to the Company, will be entitled to registration rights with respect to the Private Units (and underlying securities), pursuant to an agreement signed on the effective date of the Public Offering. The holders of the majority of the Initial Shares are entitled to demand that the Company register these shares at any time commencing three months prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of a Business Combination. The holders of the Private Units (or underlying securities) are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

 

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Note 7 — Shareholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Shares

 

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. No preferred shares were issued as of February 19, 2020.

 

Ordinary shares

 

The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

On May 17, 2019, 1,150,000 ordinary shares were sold to the Initial Shareholders for an aggregate of $25,000. The Company subsequently declared a share dividend of 0.25 shares for each outstanding share, resulting in 1,437,500 ordinary shares being outstanding. All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend. All of these shares will be placed in escrow until (1) with respect to 50% of the shares, the earlier of six months after the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination and the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial business combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the insider shares, six months after the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to an initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

On February 19, 2020, the Company sold 5,750,000 units at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit in the Public Offering and NeoGenesis Holding Co., Ltd., the Company’s sponsor, purchased an aggregate of 272,500 Private Units at $10.00 per Private Unit. Each Public Unit and Private Unit consists of one share of ordinary shares in the Company, one Warrant and one Right.

 

At February 19, 2020, there were 2,303,206 shares of ordinary shares issued and outstanding excluding 5,156,794 shares subject to possible conversion.

 

Warrants

 

Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one-half share of ordinary Shares at a price of $11.50 per share commencing on the later of the Company’s completion of its initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the offering, and expiring five years from after the completion of an initial business combination. The Company may redeem the Warrants at a price of $0.01 per Warrant upon 30 days’ notice, only in the event that the last sale price of the ordinary shares is at least $16.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given, provided there is an effective registration statement and current prospectus in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such Warrants during the 30 day redemption period. If the Company redeems the Warrants as described above, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In accordance with the warrant agreement relating to the Warrants sold and issued in the Public Offering, the Company is only required to use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement covering the Warrants. If a registration statement is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of a Business Combination, Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that a registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise or no exemption is available for a cashless exercise, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant for cash and in no event (whether in the case of a registration statement being effective or otherwise) will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise. If an initial Business Combination is not consummated, the Warrants will expire and will be worthless. 

 

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.50 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors), (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, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial business combination (such price, the “Market Price”) is below $9.50 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Market Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 165% of the Market Price.

 

Rights

 

Each Right will entitle the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of Rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Cayman Islands law. As a result, an investor must hold Rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of its Rights upon closing of a business combination. If the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination, the Company will redeem 100% of the Public Shares issued in the Public Offering using the funds in the Trust Account as described in Note 1. There are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the Rights upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. In such events, the Rights will expire and will be worthless. Since the Company is not required to net cash settle the Rights and the Rights are convertible upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Management determined that the Rights are classified within shareholders’ equity as “Additional paid-in capital” upon their issuance in accordance with ASC 815-40. The proceeds from the sale are allocated to Public Shares and Rights based on the relative fair value of the securities in accordance with ASC 470-20-30. The value of the Public Shares and Rights will be based on the closing price paid by investors.

 

 

 

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