ARRWU Arrowroot Acquisition Corporation

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting fees and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account). The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) 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 stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.

The Company will only proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 following any related redemptions and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder 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 redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (b) to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination by the Extension Date and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The Company has until the Extension Date to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company has not completed 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 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 pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding  Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party 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 amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to monies held in the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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. 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 (except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and 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.

Proposed Business Combination

On April 27, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with ARAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and iLearningEngines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“iLearningEngines”).

The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Proposed Business Combination”):

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Proposed Business Combination and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and related matters by the shareholders of the Company.

The Merger Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions, including, among others, (i) approval of the Proposed Business Combination and related agreements and transactions by the respective shareholders of the Company and iLearningEngines, (ii) effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by the Company in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, (iii) expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, (iv) the absence of any injunction, order, statute, rule, or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, (v) that the Company have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets upon Closing and (vi) receipt of approval for listing on Nasdaq the shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation to be issued in connection with the Merger.

Other conditions to the Company’s obligations to consummate the Merger include, among others, that as of the Closing, (i) iLearningEngines shall have performed all covenants in all material respects and (ii) no Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred between the date of the Merger Agreement and Closing.

Other conditions to iLearningEngines’s obligations to consummate the Merger include, among others, that as of the Closing, (i) the Company shall have performed all covenants in all material respects (ii) no Acquiror Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred between the date of the Merger Agreement and Closing and (iii) the amount of cash available in the Trust Account into which substantially all of the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering and private placement of its warrants have been deposited for the benefit of its public shareholders, together with the proceeds of certain private placement investments in the Company or iLearningEngines prior to closing and subject to the deductions and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including deductions for certain the Company transaction expenses, is at least equal to or greater than $100,000,000.

The Merger Agreement contains additional covenants, including, among others, providing for (i) the parties to conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course through the Closing, (ii) the parties to not solicit, initiate any negotiations or enter into any agreements for certain alternative transactions, (iii) iLearningEngines to prepare and deliver to the Company certain audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of iLearningEngines, (iv) the Company to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 and take certain other actions to obtain the requisite approval of the Company shareholders of certain proposals regarding the Proposed Business Combination and (v) the parties to use reasonable best efforts to obtain necessary approvals from governmental agencies.

Liquidity and Going Concern

On December 29, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note (the “First Promissory Note”) with the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000. Upon issuance, $750,000 was drawn down on the note with an additional $200,000 drawn down on March 17, 2022. On April 21, 2022, the Company drew down the remaining $550,000 pursuant to the terms of the First Promissory Note. Following this draw down, the full $1,500,000 available under the First Promissory Note was outstanding. There are no remaining funds available under the First Promissory Note for future drawdowns. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $1,500,000 and $1,500,000 were outstanding under this First Promissory Note, respectively.

The First Promissory Note is subject to the Sponsor’s approval and does not bear interest. The principal balance of the note will be payable on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination or (ii) the date that the winding up of the Company is effective (such date, the “Maturity Date”). In the event the Company consummates its initial Business Combination, the Sponsor has the option on the Maturity Date to convert all or any portion of the principal outstanding under the First Promissory Note into that number of warrants (“Working Capital Warrants”) equal to the portion of the principal amount of the First Promissory Note being converted divided by $1.00, rounded up to the nearest whole number. The terms of the Working Capital Warrants, if any, would be identical to the terms of the private placement warrants issued by the Company at the time of its initial public offering, as described in the prospectus for the initial public offering dated March 1, 2021 and filed with the SEC, including the transfer restrictions applicable thereto. The First Promissory Note is subject to customary events of default, the occurrence of certain of which automatically triggers the unpaid principal balance of the First Promissory Note and all other sums payable with regard to the First Promissory Note becoming immediately due and payable. 

On February 23, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000 in favor of the Sponsor (the “Second Promissory Note”), which was funded in full by the Sponsor upon execution of the Second Promissory Note. The Second Promissory Note is not convertible into Working Capital Warrants or any other security pursuant to its terms. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $500,000 outstanding balance under this Second Promissory Note.

In connection with the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the Extension Date at the Special Meeting, the Sponsor issued to the Company an unsecured promissory note that matures upon the Company closing its initial Business Combination (the “Third Promissory Note”). Following the Extension Proposal being approved, the Sponsor funded $640,000 of the Third Promissory Note. Pursuant to the terms of the Third Promissory Note, on each Additional Charter Extension Date, the Sponsor must fund the lesser of (a) $160,000 or (b) $0.04 for each public share that is not redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting for an aggregate deposit of up to the lesser of (x) $1,120,000 or (y) $0.28 for each public share that is not redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting (if all seven additional monthly extensions are exercised). As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $1,120,000 outstanding balance under this Third Promissory Note. If the Company completes an initial Business Combination, the Company will, at the option of the Sponsor, repay the amounts loaned under the Third Promissory Note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination by the Extension Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

On June 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Fourth Promissory Note” and together with the First Promissory Note, the Second Promissory Note and the Third Promissory Note, the “Promissory Notes”) in the principal amount of $2,000,000 to the Sponsor, of which $700,000 was funded by the Sponsor upon execution of the Fourth Promissory Note. On September 27, 2023, the Company drew down an additional amount of $500,000 pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Promissory Note, after which $1,200,000 was outstanding under the Note. There remains $800,000 available under the Note for future drawdowns. The Fourth Promissory Note bears interest at 15% per annum and matures upon closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination.  In the event that the Company does not consummate an initial Business Combination, the Fourth Promissory Note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven. The Fourth Promissory Note may be further drawn down from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon request by the Company subject to the Sponsor’s approval. The Fourth Promissory Note is subject to customary events of default, the occurrence of certain of which automatically triggers the unpaid principal balance of the Fourth Promissory Note and all other sums payable with regard to the Fourth Promissory Note becoming immediately due and payable.

Notwithstanding the original terms of the Promissory Notes, the Company and iLearningEngines have agreed, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, that if the Closing occurs, the Sponsor will have the option for the principal and interest outstanding under the Promissory Notes to be repaid in cash or convert into common stock of the Surviving Corporation at a price per share equal to $10.00 per share at the Closing; provided, however, that to the extent the Acquiror Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) exceed $30,000,000 then the Promissory Notes will be settled by the conversion of an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the principal and interest outstanding under the Promissory Notes and (ii) the Excess Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) into common stock of the Surviving Corporation at a price per share equal to $10.00 per share.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $639,819 of cash held outside its Trust Account for use as working capital, $46,049,915 in cash held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and working capital deficit of $8,131,808. As of September 30, 2023, $471,785 of deposit in the Trust Account represented interest income, which is available to pay the Company’s tax obligations. As of September 30, 2023, the Company withdrew an amount of $2,329,864 to pay income and franchise taxes and approximately $247,259,068 in connection with redemption. In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company working capital loans, as defined below.

Management expects to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes a Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. 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.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that if the Company is unable to raise additional funds to alleviate liquidity needs, obtain approval for an extension of the deadline or complete a Business Combination by the Extension Date, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The liquidity condition and date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the Extension Date. The Company intends to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date or obtain approval for an extension.

The transfer of the Founders Shares to the Company’s director nominees is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The Founder Shares were effectively transferred subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the performance condition is probable of occurrence under the applicable accounting literature in this circumstance. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination) in an amount equal to the number of Founders Shares times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified).

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Administrative Support Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on March 4, 2021, through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay the Sponsor a total of $20,000 per month for office space, secretarial, and administrative support services. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred and paid $60,000 and $180,000 in fees for these services. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred and paid $60,000 and $180,000 in fees for these services, respectively. There were no amounts outstanding in fees for these services at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Promissory Notes — Related Parties

On December 21, 2020, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “IPO Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company could borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. The IPO Promissory Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) July 31, 2021, or (ii) the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. The outstanding balance under the IPO Promissory Note of $149,992 was repaid at the closing of the Initial Public Offering on March 4, 2021. No future borrowings are permitted.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

On December 29, 2021, the Company issued its First Promissory Note with the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000. The note was issued in connection with advances the Sponsor may make in the future, to the Company for working capital expenses. Upon issuance, $750,000 was drawn down on the note with an additional $200,000 drawn down on March 17, 2022. On April 21, 2022, the Company drew down the remaining $550,000 pursuant to the terms of the First Promissory Note. Following this draw down, the full $1,500,000 available under the First Promissory Note was outstanding. There are no remaining funds available under the First Promissory Note for future drawdowns.

On February 23, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000 in favor of the Sponsor (the “Second Promissory Note”), which was funded in full by the Sponsor upon execution of the Second Promissory Note. The Second Promissory Note is not convertible into Working Capital Warrants or any other security pursuant to its terms. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $500,000 and $0 outstanding balance under this Second Promissory Note, respectively.

In connection with the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the Extension Date at the Special Meeting, the Sponsor issued to the Company an unsecured promissory note that matures upon the Company closing its initial Business Combination (the “Third Promissory Note”). Following the Extension Proposal being approved, the Sponsor funded $640,000 of the Third Promissory Note. Pursuant to the terms of the Third Promissory Note, on each Additional Charter Extension Date, the Sponsor must fund the lesser of (a) $160,000 or (b) $0.04 for each public share that is not redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting for an aggregate deposit of up to the lesser of (x) $1,120,000 or (y) $0.28 for each public share that is not redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting (if all seven additional monthly extensions are exercised). As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $1,120,000 outstanding balance under this Third Promissory Note. If the Company completes an initial Business Combination, the Company will, at the option of the Sponsor, repay the amounts loaned under the Third Promissory Note or convert a portion or all of the amounts loaned under such promissory note into warrants, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination by the Extension Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven.

On June 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $2,000,000 in favor of the Sponsor (the “Fourth Promissory Note” and together with the First Promissory Note, the Second Promissory Note and the Third Promissory Note, the “Promissory Notes”), of which $700,000 was funded by the Sponsor upon execution of the Note. On September 27, 2023, the Company drew down an additional amount of $500,000 pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Promissory Note, after which $1,200,000 was outstanding under the Note. There remains $800,000 available under the Note for future drawdowns. The Fourth Promissory Note bears interest at 15% per annum and matures upon closing of the Company’s initial business combination or the date that the winding up of the Company is effective (such date, the “Maturity Date”). The Fourth Promissory Note is not convertible into Working Capital Warrants or any other security. In the event that the Company does not consummate an initial business combination, the Fourth Promissory Note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven. The Fourth Promissory Note may be further drawn down from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon request by the Company subject to the Sponsor’s approval. The Fourth Promissory Note is subject to customary events of default, the occurrence of certain of which automatically triggers the unpaid principal balance of the Fourth Promissory Note and all other sums payable with regard to the Fourth Promissory Note becoming immediately due and payable. As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $700,000 outstanding balance under this Fourth Promissory Note.

Notwithstanding the original terms the Promissory Notes, the Company and iLearningEngines have agreed, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, that if the Closing occurs, the Sponsor will have the option for the principal and interest outstanding under the Promissory Notes to be repaid in cash or convert into common stock of the Surviving Corporation at a price per share equal to $10.00 per share at the Closing; provided, however, that to the extent the Acquiror Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) exceed $30,000,000, then the Promissory Notes will be settled by the conversion of an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the principal and interest outstanding under the Promissory Notes and (ii) the Excess Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) into common stock of the Surviving Corporation at a price per share equal to $10.00 per share.

The Board approved a draw of an aggregate of $160,000 (the “First Extension Funds”) pursuant to the Third Promissory Note, between the Company and Arrowroot Acquisition LLC (the “Lender”), which First Extension Funds were deposited into the Company’s Trust Account on July 6, 2023. This deposit enabled the Company to extend the date by which it must complete its initial business combination from July 6, 2023 to August 6, 2023 (the “First Extension”). The First Extension was the first of seven one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination.

The Board approved a draw of an aggregate of $160,000 (the “Second Extension Funds”) pursuant to the Third Promissory Note, which Second Extension Funds were deposited into the Company’s Trust Account on August 4, 2023. This deposit enables the Company to extend the date by which it must complete its initial business combination from August 6, 2023 to September 6, 2023 (the “Second Extension”). The Second Extension is the second of seven one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination.

The Board approved a draw of an aggregate of $160,000 pursuant to the Third Promissory Note (the “Third Extension Funds”), which Third Extension Funds were deposited into the Company’s Trust Account on September 6, 2023. This deposit enables the Company to extend the date by which it must complete its initial business combination from September 6, 2023 to October 6, 2023 (the “Third Extension”). The Third Extension is the third of seven one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination.

The Board approved a draw of an aggregate of $160,000 pursuant to the Third Promissory Note, which Second Extension Funds were deposited into the Company’s Trust Account on October 4, 2023. This deposit enables the Company to extend the date by which it must complete its initial business combination from October 6, 2023 to November 6, 2023 (the “Fourth Extension”). The Fourth Extension is the fourth of seven one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination.

The Third Promissory Note does not bear interest and matures upon closing of the Company’s initial business combination. In the event that the Company does not consummate an initial business combination, the Third Promissory Note will be repaid only from funds remaining outside of the Company’s Trust Account, if any, or will be forfeited, eliminated, or otherwise forgiven. Up to $1,760,000 of the total principal amount of the Third Promissory Note may be converted, in whole or in part, at the option of the Lender into warrants of the Company at a price of $1.00 per warrant, which warrants will be identical to the private placement warrants issued to the Lender at the time of the initial public offering of the Company.

Forward Purchase Agreement

On April 26, 2023, the Company and Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Polar”) entered into an agreement (“Forward Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to purchase up to 2,500,000 shares from Polar at $10.77 per share (the “Initial Price”), which is $10.17 (the “Redemption Price”, plus $0.60). In exchange for the Company’s purchase of the shares, Polar agreed to waive redemption rights on the shares that Polar owns in connection with the Business Combination.

The Forward Purchase Agreement provides that at the closing of the Business Combination, the Company will pre-pay Polar for the forward purchase an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of Class A Ordinary Shares owned by Polar on the day prior to the closing of a business combination multiplied by the Redemption Price (the “Polar Shares”) and (y) the proceeds from Polar’s purchase of a number of Class A Ordinary Shares of up to 2,500,000 shares less the Polar Shares (the “Prepayment Amount”).

The scheduled maturity date of the forward transaction is one year from the closing of the Business Combination (the “Maturity Date”), except that the Maturity Date may be accelerated if the shares trade under $2.00 for 10 out of 30 days or the shares are delisted by Nasdaq. Polar has the right to early terminate the transaction (in whole or in part) before the Maturity Date by delivering notice to the Company. If Polar terminates the Forward Purchase Agreement with respect to some or all of the shares prior to the Maturity Date, Polar will return an amount to the Company equal to the number of terminated shares multiplied by the Redemption Price. The Company can terminate the Forward Purchase Agreement prior to the redemption deadline if the Company pays Polar a $300,000 break-up fee. On the Maturity Date, the Company may be required to make a cash payment to Polar if Polar has not terminated the Forward Purchase Agreement in full equal to the number of shares (less any shares terminated prior to the Maturity Date) multiplied by $0.60.

Registration Rights

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on March 4, 2021, the holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidated damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $10,062,500 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 the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Merger Agreement

As described in greater detail in Note 1, on April 27, 2023, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement.

The Merger

The Merger Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement):

The Board has (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Proposed Business Combination and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and related matters by the shareholders of the Company. The consummation of the Proposed Business Combination is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Merger Agreement.

Sponsor Support Agreement

On April 27, 2023, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company and iLearningEngines entered into an agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, in connection with the Closing, the Sponsor agreed to (i) vote all its shares of the Company common stock in favor of the Proposed Business Combination, (ii) discharge any Excess Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by payment in cash or elect, at the option of Sponsor, to have the Company discharge any Excess Transaction Expenses by payment in cash against a corresponding cancellation of shares of the Company common stock held by Sponsor (or any combination thereof), (iii) loan all amounts contemplated by the proxy statement filed by the Company on or about February 13, 2023, pursuant to which the Company stockholders approved the extension of the deadline by which the Company must complete its Business Combination to July 6, 2023, including any amounts required in connection with any additional extension of such deadline, (iv) contribute the Sponsor Incentive Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (v) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the governing documents of the Company or any other anti-dilution or similar protection with respect to the Class B common stock of the Company, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement, and (vi) agree to be bound by any restrictions on transfer set forth in the Company’s by-laws, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

The scheduled maturity date of the forward transaction is one year from the Closing of the Proposed Business Combination (the “Maturity Date”), except that the Maturity Date may be accelerated if the shares trade under $2.00 for 10 out of 30 days or the shares are delisted by Nasdaq. Polar has the right to early terminate the transaction (in whole or in part) before the Maturity Date by delivering notice to the Company. If Polar terminates the Forward Purchase Agreement with respect to some or all of the shares prior to the Maturity Date, Polar will return an amount to the Company equal to the number of terminated shares multiplied by the Redemption Price. the Company can terminate the Forward Purchase Agreement prior to the redemption deadline if the Company pays Polar a $300,000 break-up fee. On the Maturity Date, the Company may be required to make a cash payment to Polar if Polar has not terminated the Forward Purchase Agreement in full equal to the number of shares (less any shares terminated prior to the Maturity Date) multiplied by $0.60.

As of September 30, 2023, the value of the Forward Purchase Agreement was $1,500,000.

The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the total number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding after such conversion, including the total number of shares of Class A common stock 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 a Business Combination, excluding any shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities or rights exercisable for or convertible into shares of Class A common stock issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption for cash:

If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company for cash, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, as described above, its management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. 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 Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s Class A common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 8,250,000 Private Placement Warrants outstanding. Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable, except as described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The Private Placement Warrants are valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Modified Black Scholes model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the initial public offering date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own Public Warrant pricing. A Monte Carlo simulation methodology was used in estimating the fair value of the public warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available, using the same expected volatility as was used in measuring the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants.  For periods subsequent to the detachment of the warrants from the Units, the close price of the Public Warrants was used as the fair value of the Public Warrants as of each relevant date. The measurement of the Public Warrants after the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units is classified as Level 1 due to the use of an observable market quote in an active market.

The Forward Purchase Agreement is measured at 2,500,000 shares at a price of $0.60 per share. This is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement as the price is based on a contractual amount which is not based on an observable input that reflects quoted prices.

The key inputs into the Modified Black Scholes model for the Level 3 Warrants were as follows:

The following tables present the changes in the fair value of Level 3 warrant liabilities:

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which a change in valuation technique or methodology occurs. There were no transfers from a Level 3 measurement to a Level 1 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022. 

There was no change in the fair value of the Forward Purchase Agreement as of September 30, 2023.