As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2021, Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (an “Ordinary Share”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 8,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company’s sponsor, Worldwide Webb Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds to the Company of $8,000,000. A total of $202,000,000, comprised of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
Subsequently, on November 11, 2021, the underwriter exercised the over-allotment option in full, and the closing of the issuance and sale of the additional 3,000,000 units (the “Over-Allotment Units”) occurred on November 15, 2021. In connection with the over-allotment exercise, the Company issued 3,000,000 Over-Allotment Units, representing 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares and 1,500,000 public warrants at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $30,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the sale of the Over-Allotment Units, the Company completed the private sale of 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (“Additional Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $900,000.
A total of $232,300,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of the units in the IPO (including the Over-Allotment Units) and the private placements on October 22, 2021 and November 15, 2021 were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders. An audited balance sheet as of October 25, 2021 reflecting the receipt of the proceeds upon the closing of the IPO and the Private Placement Warrants (not including the proceeds from the sale of the Over-Allotment Units and the Additional Private Placement Warrants) was previously filed by the Company as an exhibit to Form 8-K filed November 15, 2021. The Company’s unaudited pro forma balance sheet as of November 15, 2021, reflecting receipt of the proceeds from the sale of the Over-Allotment Units and the Additional Private Placement Warrants, is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.