EX-99.1 2 tm2121449d1_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

GOBI ACQUISITION CORP.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Balance Sheet as of July 1, 2021 F-3
Notes to Financial Statement F-4

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

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

 

Opinion on the Financial Statement

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Gobi Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) as of July 1, 2021 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 July 1, 2021, 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

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.

 

New York, NY

July 8, 2021

 

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GOBI ACQUISITION CORP.

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

July 1, 2021

 

Assets:     
Current assets:     
Cash  $1,767,326 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   22,274 
Total current assets   1,789,600 
      
Cash held in trust account   250,000,000 
Total Assets  $251,789,600 
      
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity     
Current liabilities:     
Accrued offering costs and expenses  $389,620 
Due to related party   1,333 
Total current liabilities   390,953 
Deferred underwriters' discount   1,750,000 
Total Liabilities   2,140,953 
      
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7)     
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 24,464,864 shares at redemption value   244,648,640 
      
Shareholders’ Equity:     
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 3,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding   - 
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 835,136 issued and outstanding (excluding 24,464,864 shares subject to possible redemption)   84 
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 6,437,500 shares issued and outstanding (1)   644 
Additional paid-in capital   5,016,430 
Accumulated deficit   (17,151)
Total shareholders’ equity   5,000,007 
      
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity  $253,896,241 

 

(1)   This number includes up to 187,500 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5).

 

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

 

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GOBI ACQUISITION CORP.

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

 

Note 1—Organization and Business Operation

 

Gobi Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on March 16, 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 or entities (the "Business Combination"). The Company has not selected any Business Combination target and the Company 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 with it.

 

As of July 1, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 16, 2021 (inception) through July 1, 2021 relates to the Company's formation and the initial public offering (the “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 PAG Investment, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the "Sponsor").

 

The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on June 28, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On July 1, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at $10.00 per share, which is discussed in Note 3 (the "Initial Public Offering"), and the sale of 300,000 Class A ordinary shares which is discussed in Note 4 (the "Private Placement"), at a price of $10.00 per share, in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the IPO.

 

Transaction costs amounted to $3,359,202 consisting of $1,000,000 of underwriting commissions, $1,750,000 of deferred underwriting commissions and $609,202 of other cash offering costs.

 

Following the closing of the IPO on July 1, 2021, $250,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the shares in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Shares was placed in a Trust Account and, will be held in a U.S.-based trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

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 initial Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Company will entitle its public shareholders to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination 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 income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount the Company will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters.

 

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The ordinary shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with 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.

 

If the Company has not completed 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the 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 Company's remaining shareholders and the Company's 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 the requirements of other applicable law.

 

The Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and public shares in connection with 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) that would modify the substance or timing of the Company's obligation to provide holders of the Company's Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of the Class A ordinary shares; and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares they hold if the Company fails to consummate an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (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 its initial Business Combination within the prescribed timeframe); and (iv) vote their Founder Shares and public shares 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 discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts 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 public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay the Company's tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company's indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations nor has it 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, the Company cannot assure you that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company's officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of July 1, 2021, the Company had approximately $1.8 million of cash for working capital purpose and working capital of approximately $1.4 million.

 

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The Company’s liquidity needs up to July 1, 2021 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 (see Note 5) for the Founder Shares to cover certain offering costs and the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $300,000 (see Note 5). The promissory note was fully repaid as of July 1, 2021. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans, as defined below (see Note 5). As of July 1, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

 

Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, 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.

 

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, closing of the initial public offering 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.

 

Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statement is presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP") and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

 

The Company is an "emerging growth company," as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (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.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of this financial statement in conformity with US 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.

 

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 has $1,767,326 in cash and no cash equivalents as of July 1, 2021.

 

Cash Held in Trust Account

 

At July 1, 2021, the Company had $250.0 million in cash held in the Trust Account.

 

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 July 1, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.

 

Due to Related Party

 

The balance of $1,333 represents the amount accrued for the administrative support services provided by Sponsor commencing on June 28, 2021.

 

Offering Costs Associated with IPO

 

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. Accordingly, on July 1, 2021, offering costs totaling $3,359,202 (consisting of $1,000,000 of underwriting fee, $1,750,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $609,202 of other offering costs).

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company's assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

 

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Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its Class A 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 Class A 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, at July 1, 2021, 24,464,864 Class A 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 follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, "Income Taxes." Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company's management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company's major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of July 1, 2021, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. 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's management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

 

The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company's tax provision was zero for the period presented.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

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

 

Note 3— Initial Public Offering

 

On July 1, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per share, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000. PAG Investment LP (the “Fund”), an affiliate of PAG and the sole member of the Sponsor, purchased 20,000,000 Public Shares in the IPO at the public offering price. Shares purchased by the Fund, if any, will not be subject to underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

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The Company paid an underwriting fee at the closing of the IPO of $1,000,000. As of July 1, 2021, an additional fee of $1,750,000 (see Note 7) was deferred and will become payable upon the Company’s completion of an initial Business Combination. The deferred portion of the fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its initial Business Combination.

 

Note 4—Private Placement

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and the sale of the shares, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 300,000 Class A ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000..The Private Placement Shares purchased by the Sponsor are substantially similar to the Public Shares, except that they will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

 

Note 5—Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

On March 19, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the "Founder Shares"). On June 8, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, which were cancelled, resulting in an aggregate of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. On June 8, the Sponsor transferred 25,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent directors, Thaddeus Beczak, Dan Carroll and Jane J. Su, which shares will not be subject to forfeiture in the event the underwriter's over-allotment option is not exercised. On June 28, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 750,000 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, resulting in the Sponsor holding 6,437,500 Founder’s Shares, up to 187,500 Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.

 

The initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of: (i) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (ii) the date on which the Company complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the Company's shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property and the Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its private placement shares until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination; except, in each case, to certain permitted transferees and under certain circumstances. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the initial shareholders with respect to any Founder Shares or private placement shares. The Company refers to such transfer restrictions as the lock-up.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) the closing price of the Company's 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 or (2) if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up.

 

Due to Related Party

 

The Company promised to pay the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services for the period from the Effective Date to the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. A total of $1,333 has been accrued as of July 1, 2021.

 

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Promissory Note—Related Party

 

On July 1, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of the IPO. The loans will be repaid upon the closing of the IPO out of the offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) and amounts not to be held in the Trust Account. As of July 1, 2021, the total amount borrowed under the promissory note was $163,205. The Company repaid it in full on July 1, 2021.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, its affiliates or certain of the Company's officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required ("Working Capital Loans"). If the Company completes the initial 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 the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $2,000,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into shares of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. Such shares would be identical to the Private Placement Share. Except as set forth above, the terms of the Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of July 1, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

 

Administrative Service Fee

 

Commencing on the date that the Company's securities are first listed, the Company will pay to an affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company's liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.

 

Note 6 — Recurring Fair Value Measurements

 

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

 

The following table presents fair value information as of July 1, 2021 of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

 

The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Company’s assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3) 
Cash held in trust account  $250,000,000   $   $ 

 

Note 7—Commitments & Contingencies

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and any shares that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the IPO. 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 Company's completion of the initial Business Combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable Lock-up period, which occurs (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, as described in Note 5, and (ii) in the case of the Private Placement Shares, 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

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Underwriters Agreement

 

The Company will grant the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the IPO to purchase up to an additional 750,000 Class A ordinary shares to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

The underwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of two percent (2%) of the gross proceeds of the IPO (not including the proceeds from the Fund), or $1,000,000 (or up to $1,750,000 if the underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full). Additionally, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO (not including the proceeds from the Fund) upon the completion of the Company's initial Business Combination.

 

Note 8—Shareholders' Equity

 

Preference Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 3,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 and provide that preference shares may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Company's board of directors will be authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. As of July 1, 2021, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At July 1, 2021, there were 835,136 Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding, excluding 24,464,864 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.

 

Class B Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 30,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders are entitled to one vote for each share of Class B ordinary shares. At March 19, 2021, there were 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. On June 8, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, which were cancelled, resulting in an aggregate of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. On June 8, the Sponsor transferred 25,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent directors, Thaddeus Beczak, Dan Carroll and Jane J. Su, which shares will not be subject to forfeiture in the event the underwriter's over-allotment option is not exercised. On June 28, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 750,000 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, resulting in the Sponsor holding 6,437,500 Founder Shares, up to 187,500 Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company's issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the IPO (excluding the Private Placement Shares and assuming the initial shareholders do not purchase any Class A ordinary shares in the IPO).

 

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 Company's shareholders except as required by law. Prior to the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Founder Shares will have the right to vote on the election of directors. Holders of the Company's public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial Business Combination, holders of a majority of the Founder Shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.

 

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The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company does not consummate an initial Business Combination) at the time of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including Private Placement 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 private placement shares issued to our sponsor in a private placement to occur concurrently with the closing of the IPO, 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 Shares issued to our 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 9—Subsequent Events

 

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

 

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