Exhibit 99.1

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		1
Balance Sheet		2
Notes to Financial Statement		3

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Aldel Financial Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statement

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Aldel Financial Inc. (the “Company”) as of April 12, 2021 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statement”). In our opinion, the financial statement referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of April 12, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

The Company's management is responsible for this financial statement. 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/ Plante & Moran, PLLC

 

Plante & Moran, PLLC

 

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

 

Chicago, IL

April 16, 2021

 

 

Aldel Financial Inc.

Balance Sheet

April 12, 2021

 

ASSETS
Current assets
Cash		$	1,817,581
Prepaid expenses			1,152,716
Total current assets			2,970,297
Cash held in trust account			116,150,000
TOTAL ASSETS		$	119,120,297
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accrued offering costs		$	115,150
Accounts Payable			1,470
Note Payable			250,000
Total current liabilities		$	366,620
Warrant liabilities		$	5,917,625
TOTAL LIABILITIES		$	6,284,245
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, subject to possible redemption, 10,676,836 shares at redemption value		$	107,836,042
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding		$	-
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 380,000,000 shares authorized; 1,395,664 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 10,676,836 shares subject to possible redemption)			140
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 2,875,000 shares issued and outstanding			287
Additional paid-in capital			5,002,263
Accumulated deficit			(2,680	)
Total Stockholders' Equity			5,000,010
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY		$	119,120,297

 

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

 

 

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

 

Aldel Financial Inc. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on December 23, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”).

 

Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus its search for a target business that is exiting the restructuring process or that has transient current ownership. Aldel Financial Inc. will target companies with established operating models that have strong management teams, realigned capital structures, positive cash flows prospects, and a clear and well-defined pathway for growing profitably over the long-term. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

As of April 12, 2021, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through April 12, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“IPO”), which is 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 nonoperating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Proposed Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on April 8, 2021. On April 12, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 11,500,000 units (the “Units”), including 1,500,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Public Share”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of Business Combination and 12 months from the closing of the IPO, and will expire five years after the completion of Business Combination or earlier upon Company’s liquidation.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated private placements (the “Private Placements”) in which (i) Aldel Investors LLC (the “Sponsor”) purchased 515,000 private units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $5,150,000, and (ii) the Sponsor and FG SPAC Partners LP (“FGSP”) purchased an aggregate of 1,300,000 warrants (“OTM Warrants” and, together with the Private Units, the “Private Placement Securities”) at a price of $0.10 per warrant, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $15.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $130,000.

 

Each Private Unit consists of one Common Stock and one-half of one non-redeemable warrant (“Private Unit Warrant”). Each whole Private Unit Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Private Unit Warrants have terms similar to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Unit Warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as they continue to be held by the initial shareholders or their permitted transferees. Additionally, Private Unit Warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Unit Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination.

 

The OTM Warrants will entitle the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per each share, will be exercisable for a period of 10 years from the date of Business Combination, will be non-redeemable, and may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as they continue to be held by the initial shareholders or their permitted transferees. Additionally, OTM Warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the OTM Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination.

 

The Company’s Units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and sale of the Private Placement Securities, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. NYSE rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below). The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.

 

 

Following the closing of the IPO on April 12, 2021, an amount of $116,150,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of Units in the IPO and the sale of Private Placement Securities were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.

 

The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a proposed Business Combination, the Company may seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed Business Combination.

 

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon or immediately prior to such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

 

If the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 15% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

The holders of Public Shares will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (including any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. A portion of the Public Shares are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” in order for the Company to maintain net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001.

 

If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.

 

The Sponsor, FGSP, officers, directors and advisors (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed (a) to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) as well as any common shares underlying the Private Units, and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose 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 a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Founder Shares as well as any common shares underlying the Private Units) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company does not seek shareholder approval in connection therewith) or a vote to amend the provisions of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to shareholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Founder Shares, the Private Units and the OTM Warrants (including underlying securities) shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Initial Shareholders will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.

 

 

The Company will have until 18 months from the closing of the IPO to consummate a Business Combination (as such period may be extended pursuant to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding 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 (net of taxes payable and less interest to pay dissolution expenses up to $100,000), 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), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidation distribution with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination period.

 

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor 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 $10.10 per share, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 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. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

 

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of presentation

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

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 financial statement 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.

 

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

 

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 April 12, 2021.

 

Cash held in trust account

 

As of April 12, 2021, the assets held in the Trust Account were held in cash.

 

Common stock subject to possible redemption

 

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that features redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at April 12, 2021, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented as temporary equity at redemption value, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

 

Deferred offering costs

 

Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the IPO and that are charged to shareholders equity upon the completion of the IPO. Offering costs amounting to $1,548,743 (including $1,000,000 of underwriting fees) were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of IPO. In addition, underwriters also received 57,500 Units (“Underwriter Units”), with such Units restricted from sale until the closing of the Business Combination and with no redemption rights from the Trust Account. Each Underwriter Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Underwriter Warrant”), each whole Underwriter Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock for $11.50 per share.

 

 

Warrant Liabilities

 

The Company accounts for the 5,750,000 Public Warrants, 257,500 Private Unit Warrants, 1,300,000 OTM Warrants and 28,750 Underwriter Warrants issued in connection with the IPO and the Private Placements in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40 “Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a non-cash liability. Accordingly, the Company classifies each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations. The Company utilizes a Monte-Carlo simulation model to value the warrants at each reporting period. As such, the Company recorded $5,917,625 of warrant liabilities as of April 12, 2021.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. 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 recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of April 12, 2021 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 is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, other than the warrant liabilities described above, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. As of April 12, 2021, the Company reported warrants issued at the consummation of its IPO as financial instruments recorded as liabilities at their respective fair values.

 

Recently issued accounting standard

 

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

 

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

 

On April 12, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 11,500,000 Units, including 1,500,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000.

 

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the Private Placements in which (i) the Sponsor purchased 515,000 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $5,150,000, and (ii) the Sponsor and FGSP purchased an aggregate of 1,300,000 OTM Warrants at a price of $0.10 per warrant, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $15.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $130,000.

 

 

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Founder Shares

 

On January 11, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares of common stock (the "Founder Shares") to the Sponsor and FGSP for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash. Sponsor was issued 4,675,000 and FGSP, an affiliate of certain of the Company's directors, was issued 1,075,000 shares of common stock. On January 15, 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 175,000 Founder Shares to members of the Company's management and board of directors as well as senior advisors, resulting in the Sponsor holding 4,500,000 Founder Shares. On March 25, 2021, the Sponsor and FGSP forfeited to the Company for no consideration, 2,300,000 and 575,000 Founder Shares, respectively, resulting in a decrease in the aggregate number of Founder Shares outstanding from 5,750,000 Founder Shares to 2,875,000, and resulting in Sponsor and FGSP holding 2,200,000 and 500,000 Founder Shares, respectively.

 

The Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until, with respect to 50% of the Founder Shares, the earlier of (i) twelve months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or (ii) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after a Business Combination, with respect to the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares, 12 months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier, in each case, if, subsequent to a Business Combination, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Public Shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

Promissory Notes

 

On January 11, 2021, the Company issued unsecured promissory notes to the Sponsor and FGSS, an affiliate of certain of the Company’s directors, pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amounts of $225,000 and $25,000, respectively, which remain outstanding as of April 12, 2021. The promissory notes are noninterest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) the consummation of the IPO or (ii) the date on which the Company determines not to conduct the IPO. The promissory notes were paid off subsequent to the balance sheet date.

 

Administrative Services Agreement

 

The Company entered into an administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with the Sponsor on April 8, 2021 whereby the Sponsor will perform certain services for the Company for a monthly fee of $10,000.

 

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Registration Rights

 

Pursuant to a registration right agreement entered into on April 8, 2021, the holders of the Founder Shares and the Private Placement Securities (and their underlying securities) are entitled to registration rights. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any registration statements pursuant to such registration rights.

 

NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY & WARRANTS

 

Preferred Stock – The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 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 April 12, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Common Stock – The Company is authorized to issue 380,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of April 12, 2021, there were 1,395,664 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 10,676,836 shares subject to possible redemption.

 

 

Class B Common Stock – The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. On January 11, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares of Class B common stock as Founder Share to the Sponsor and FGSP for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash. Sponsor was issued 4,675,000 and FGSP, an affiliate of certain of the Company's directors, was issued 1,075,000 Founder Shares. On January 15, 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 175,000 Founder Shares to members of the Company's management and board of directors as well as senior advisors, resulting in the Sponsor holding 4,500,000 Founder Shares. On March 25, 2021, the Sponsor and FGSP forfeited to the Company for no consideration, 2,300,000 and 575,000 Founder Shares, respectively, resulting in a decrease in the aggregate number of Founder Shares outstanding from 5,750,000 Founder Shares to 2,875,000, and resulting in Sponsor and FGSP holding 2,200,000 and 500,000 Founder Shares, respectively.

 

The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holders, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as described herein. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts issued in the IPO and related to the closing of the Business Combination, including pursuant to a specified future issuance, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance, including a specified future issuance) such that: i) the numerator shall be equal to the sum of (A) 25% of all shares of Class A common stock issued or issuable (upon the conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or otherwise) by the Company, related to or in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination (excluding any securities issued or issuable to any seller in the Business Combination) plus (B) the number of shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding prior to the closing of the Business Combination; and ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding prior to the closing of the Business Combination.

 

Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination and 12 months from the closing of the IPO. The Public Warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of the completion of the Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. The Company may redeem the Public Warrants i) at a redemption price of $0.01 per warrant, ii) at any time after the Public Warrants become exercisable, iii) upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, iv) if, and only if, the last sales price of Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period commencing after the date the Public Warrants become exercisable and ending three business days before Company sends the notice of redemption, and v) if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of Class A common stock underlying such Public Warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

 

The OTM Warrants entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $15.00 per each share, will be exercisable for a period of 10 years from the date of Business Combination, will be non-redeemable, and may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as they continue to be held by the Initial Shareholders or their permitted transferees. Additionally, the OTM Warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the OTM Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

 

The Private Unit Warrants have terms similar to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Unit Warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as they continue to be held by the Initial Shareholders or their permitted transferees. Additionally, Private Unit Warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Unit Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

 

The exercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described above, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise price. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

 

 

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities.

 

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

 

Level 2: Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

 

Level 3: Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

The estimated fair value of the warrants is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a Monte-Carlo simulation model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility (pre-merger and post-merger, expected term, dividend yield and risk-free interest rate. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock based on factors including but not limited to the historical performance of the Russell 2000 and managements understanding of the volatility associated with instruments of other similar entities. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates to remain at zero.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at April 12, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

Description	Level	Fair Value
Liabilities:
Public Warrants	3	$4,657,500
Private Unit Warrants	3	$198,275
OTM Warrants	3	$1,040,000
Underwriter Warrants	3	$21,850
Total warrant liabilities		$5,917,625

 

 

Following are the significant inputs in the valuation model:

 

Inputs	Public Warrant	Private Unit Warrant	OTM Warrant	Underwriter Warrant
Exercise price	$11.50	$11.50	$15.00	$11.50
Unit price	$10.00	$10.00	$10.00	$10.00
Volatility	5% pre-merger / 20% post-merger	5% pre-merger / 20% post-merger	5% pre-merger / 20% post-merger	5% pre-merger / 20% post-merger
Probability of completing a Business Combination	50%	50%	50%	50%
Expected term of the warrants	6.5	6.5	11.5	6.5
Risk-free rate	0.12% pre-merger / 1.24% post-merger	0.12% pre-merger / 1.24% post-merger	0.12% pre-merger / 1.69% post-merger	0.12% pre-merger / 1.24% post-merger
Dividend yield	0	0	0	0
Discount for lack of marketability	None	15%	15%	15%

 

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 statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement.