Liquidity, Capital Resources and
Going Concern
Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only
source of liquidity was an initial purchase of Class B common
stock by the Sponsor and loans from our Sponsor. On July 29,
2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000
Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of
$150,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public
Offering, we consummated the sale of 455,000 Private Placement
Units to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement
Unit generating gross proceeds of $4,550,000. We incurred
$9,897,599 in transaction costs, including $3,000,000 of
underwriting fees, $1,186,448 representing the fair value of the
Founder Shares transferred from the Sponsor to certain investors as
an incentive to purchase the Units, underwriting fees of $5,250,000
that will be paid only if a business combination is entered into,
and $461,151 of other offering costs.
On August 3, 2021, the Underwriters exercised their option to
purchase 444,103 additional Units for the total amount of
$4,441,030 resulting from the partial over-allotment exercise. The
Company also issued 8,882 Private Placement Units, generating
additional $88,820 in gross proceeds. Transaction costs related to
the Underwriters’ partial over-allotment exercise amounted to
$247,506, consisting of $88,820 of underwriting fees, deferred
underwriting fees of $155,436 that will be paid only if a business
combination is entered into, and $3,250 of other offering
costs.
Following our initial public offering, the sale of the Private
Placement Units and the exercise of the over-allotment option, a
total of $154,441,030 was placed in the Trust Account, and we had
$1,550,000 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment
of costs related to the Initial Public Offering, and available for
working capital purposes. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had
cash outside the Trust Account of $376,832 available for working
capital needs.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust
Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the
Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions and
payments made for taxes, to complete our Business Combination. We
may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any.
To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or
in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the
remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as
working capital to finance the operations of the target business or
businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth
strategies.
We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily
to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due
diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the
offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target
businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate
documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses,
structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance
transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our
Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers
and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may
be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay
such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account
released to us. In the event that a Business Combination does not
close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the
Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from
our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. up to
$1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into placement units of
the post-business
combination entity at a price of $10.00 per placement unit at the
option of the lender. The placement units would be identical to the
units.
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations,
operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an
agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of
$10,000 for office space, secretarial and administrative services
provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on July 26,
2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the
earlier of the completion of a Business Combination and the
Company’s liquidation.
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per unit,
or $5,405,436.05 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become
payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust
Account solely in the event that we complete a Business
Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting
agreement.
The $376,832 held outside of the Trust Account as of September 30,
2022 may not be sufficient to allow the Company to operate for at
least the next 12 months from the issuance of the financial
statements, assuming that a Business Combination is not consummated
during that time. The Company may need to raise additional capital
through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor,
stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s
officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan
the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever
amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the
Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not
be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to
raise additional capital, it may be
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