ClimateRock 10-Q/A for FY2023 Q1
ClimateRock (CLRCF)
About this 10-Q/A
ClimateRock filed this 10-Q/A on March 15, 2024, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2023 (FY2023 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2023, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Net income
- $451.85K
- compared with a net loss of $1200 a year earlier
UNITED STATES
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Explanatory Note
ClimateRock (the “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the “Amendment”) to amend its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 (the “Q1 2023 Form 10-Q”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2023, to (i) restate its financial statements as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, which should no longer be relied on and being restated herein; and (ii) describe the restatement and its impact on previously reported amounts.
In connection with the Company’s preparation of its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, management identified that cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account and deferred underwriting commissions payable were improperly classified as current assets and current liabilities instead of non-current assets and non-current liabilities, respectively, as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2022, this incorrect classification resulted in an overstatement of current assets by $81,039,102, an understatement of non-current assets by $81,039,102, an overstatement of current liabilities by $2,362,500, and an understatement of non-current liabilities by $2,362,500. As of March 31, 2023, this incorrect classification resulted in an overstatement of current assets by $81,897,579, an understatement of non-current assets by $81,897,579, an overstatement of current liabilities by $2,362,500, and an understatement of non-current liabilities by $2,362,500.
Management concluded that the balance sheet errors above constituted material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
In light of these material weaknesses, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, in consultation with the Company’s management, concluded that the Company’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, the unaudited financial statements as of and for the quarters ended June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022, March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023, and September 30, 2023, and the audited balance sheet as of May 2, 2022 filed within the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 6, 2022 should no longer be relied upon and that it is appropriate to restate the Company’s financial statements for each such period (collectively, the “Restatements”).
In addition to the improper classification of assets and liabilities discussed above, the Company is taking this opportunity to rename the financial statement line item “Unrecognized income on trust account” to “Dividend income on trust account” in the Statement of operations and “Unrealized income received in trust account” to “Dividend income received in trust account” in the Statement of cash flows, as well as the related disclosures within Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Basis of Presentation, Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Cash and cash equivalents in Trust Account, Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Net income (loss) per share, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of Operations, to make it clearer to the readers of the financial statements as the income is recognized.
We are filing this Amendment to amend and restate the Q1 2023 Form 10-Q with modifications as necessary to reflect these Restatements. The following items have been amended to reflect the Restatements:
Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors
Part II, Item 6. Exhibits
This Amendment includes new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 dated as of this filing in connection with this Form 10-Q/A as exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2 hereto.
Except as described above, no other information included in the Original Financial Statements is being amended or updated by this Amendment and, other than as described herein, this Amendment does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the Original Financial Statements. This Amendment continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Original Financial Statements and, except as expressly contained herein, we have not updated, modified or supplemented the disclosures contained in the Original Financial Statements. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Financial Statements and with our filings with the SEC subsequent to the Financial Statements.
CLIMATEROCK
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CLIMATEROCK
BALANCE SHEETS (AS RESTATED)
| March 31,
2023 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents held in trust account | ||||||||
| Total non-current assets | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accrued liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Loan payable - related party | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commission payable | ||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Total commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Class B ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total shareholders’ deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES, COMMITMENTS AND CONTIGENCIES, AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 (As restated) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Formation and operating costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Net loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income (loss) | ||||||||
| Dividend income on trust account | ||||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other income | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted earnings per share | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICIT (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND MARCH 31, 2022
| CLASS
A ORDINARY SHARES | CLASS
B ORDINARY SHARES | PREFERENCE SHARES | ADDITIONAL PAID-IN | ACCUMULATED | TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SHARES | AMOUNT | SHARES | AMOUNT | SHARES | AMOUNT | CAPITAL | DEFICIT | DEFICIT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances - January 1, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustment to increase Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to maximum redemption value | — | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conversion of | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances - March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | — | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances - January 1, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances - March 31, 2022 | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 AND MARCH 31, 2022
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 (As restated) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Adjustment to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Dividend income received in trust account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange loss | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accrued liabilities, excluding unrealized foreign exchange loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceed from related party loan | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Non-cash investing and financial activities: | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs paid by related party | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs included in accrued liabilities | ||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS (AS RESTATED)
ClimateRock (the “Company”) is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated as a blank check company on December 6, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company focuses on opportunities in climate change, environment, renewable energy and emerging, clean technologies.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity through March 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and post-offering activities in search for a target to consummate a Business Combination. 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 27, 2022.
On May 2, 2022, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of
Simultaneously with the closing
of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of
Offering costs amounted to
$
Upon the closing of the Initial
Public Offering and Private Placement, $
As of March 31, 2023,
the Company had $
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
The Company will provide
holders of its Public Shares (the “Public 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. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or
conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their
Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially approximately $
The Company had 12 months
from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate an initial Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipated that
it may not be able to consummate the initial Business Combination within 12 months, it may extend the period of time to consummate a Business
Combination by two additional 3-month periods (for a total of up to 18 months) without submitting proposed extensions to its shareholders
for approval or offering its public shareholders redemption rights in connection therewith. The Company’s sponsor or its affiliates
or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $
On April 27, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which the Company would be required to consummate a business combination from November 2, 2023 (assuming the Sponsor was to have effected and paid extensions as described in the definitive proxy statement as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2023) to May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion) (the “the Extension Amendment”) and (ii) to permit its board of directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2024 (including prior to May 2, 2023) (see Note 8).
Going concern and management’s plan
As of March 31,
2023, the Company has a cash balance of $
Restatement of previously issued financial statements
In connection with the
preparation of the 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, management identified that cash and cash equivalents held in the trust
account and deferred underwriting commissions payable were improperly classified as current assets and current liabilities instead of
non-current assets and non-current liabilities, respectively, as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2022, this
incorrect classification resulted in an overstatement of current assets by $
In addition, management identified that income earned on cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account was incorrectly presented as “Unrealized income on trust account” and “Unrealized income received in trust account” rather than “Dividend income on trust account” and “Dividend income received in trust account” in the Statements of Operations and Statement of Cash Flows, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the quarter ended March 31, 2023 and has corrected each line item accordingly.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
| Effects of Restatement as of March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Previously Reported | Adjustments | As Restated | ||||||||||
| Current assets | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||
| Non-current assets | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Current liabilities | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||
| Non-current liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Effects of Restatement as of
December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Previously Reported | Adjustments | As Restated | ||||||||||
| Current assets | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||
| Non-current assets | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Current liabilities | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||
| Non-current liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (AS RESTATED)
Basis of presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The accompanying unaudited financial statements as of March 31, 2023, and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the period ending December 31, 2023, or any future period.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC on February 17, 2023 and amended in the Form 10-K/A filed by the Company with the SEC on March 14, 2024.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Company considers all
short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2023 and December
31, 2022, the Company had a cash balance of $
Cash and cash equivalents in Trust Account
The funds held in the
trust account can be invested in United States government treasury bills, notes or bonds having a maturity of
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account are classified as cash equivalents. Gains and losses resulting from the change in the balance of the cash and cash equivalents held in Trust Account are included in dividend income on trust account in the accompanying statements of operations. Dividend income earned is fully reinvested into the cash and cash equivalents held in Trust Account and therefore considered as an adjustment to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities in the Statements of Cash Flow. Such dividend income reinvested will be used to redeem all or a portion of the ordinary shares upon the completion of business combination (Please see Note 1).
As of March 31, 2023
and December 31, 2022, the Company had $
Emerging growth company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) 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 accountant standards used.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements 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 and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value (plus any interest earned and/or dividends on the Trust Account) as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
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’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Net income (loss) per share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less interest income in trust account less any dividends paid. We then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders. At March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periods presented.
| Three months ended March 31, 2023 | Three months ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | ||||||||
| Net loss including accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Less: Dividend income on trust account to be allocated to redeemable shares | ||||||||
| Net loss excluding dividend income on trust account | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
| Three months
ended March 31, 2023 | ||||||||
| Redeemable shares | Non-redeemable shares | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||
| Numerators: | ||||||||
| Allocation of net loss including accretion of temporary equity and excluding dividend income on trust account | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Dividend income on trust account | ||||||||
| Allocation of net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Denominators: | ||||||||
| $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Three months
ended March 31, 2022 | ||||||||
| Redeemable shares | Non-redeemable shares | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share: | ||||||||
| Numerators: | ||||||||
| Allocation of net loss including accretion of temporary equity and excluding dividend income on trust account | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Dividend income on trust account | ||||||||
| Accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | ||||||||
| Allocation of net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Denominators: | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Fair value of financial instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC 825, “Financial Instruments” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to its short-term nature.
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Recent accounting pronouncements
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
On May 2, 2022, the Company
consummated its Initial Public Offering of
Each unit consists of one
Class A ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant and one right. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one
ordinary share for $
All of the
| As of March 31, 2023 | As of December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Gross proceeds | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Proceeds allocated to public warrants and public rights | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Offering costs of public shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Plus: | ||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
On May 2, 2022, the Company
sold
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (AS RESTATED)
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder shares
On December 30, 2021, the
Company issued
Since the underwriters partially
exercised the over-allotment option in respect of
On March 31, 2023,
the Sponsor elected to convert
Loan with related party
On September 21, 2022, the
Company entered into a loan agreement with Eternal B.V., an affiliate of the Company through common ownership, (the “Lender”)
in the principal amount of up to $
Additionally, on November
12, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $
On January 29, 2023,
the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $
Eternal is controlled by Charles Ratelband V, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the board of directors. Each member of the Company’s board of directors has been informed of Mr. Ratelband’s material interest in the loan agreements, and upon the approval and recommendation of the audit committee, the Company’s board of directors has determined that the loans are fair and in the best interests of the Company and has voted to approve the loans.
Administrative Service Fee
The Company entered into
an administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with the Sponsor on April 27, 2022 whereby
the Sponsor will perform certain services for the Company for a monthly fee of $
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Advisory Services
On September 21, 2022, the
Company entered into an agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Gluon Partners LLP (“Gluon”) to pay a fee (the
“Transaction Success Fee”) upon completion of one or more successful transactions. The Company will pay Gluon $
On October 5, 2022, the Company
and Gluon agreed to lower the Transaction Success Fee to a total payment of $
In addition, the Letter Agreement
was amended to entitle Gluon, with respect to any financing undertaken by the Company introduced by Gluon during the term of the Letter
Agreement, to the following fees: (i) for a financing involving an issuance of the Company’s senior, subordinated and/or mezzanine
debt securities, a cash fee payable at any closing equal to two percent (
In addition to the Transaction Success Fee, the Company agreed to pay Gluon Group for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with providing the services for the transactions. In the event of a successful initial business combination, Gluon also agreed to waive any accrued fees owed by the Company.
Accrued Liability
On March 14, 2023, Eternal
BV transferred $
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration rights
The holders of the Founder Shares and Private Placement warrants are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on April 27, 2022. 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 consummation of a Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting agreement
On October 21, 2021, the
Company engaged Maxim Group LLC (“Maxim”) as its underwriter. The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option until June
11, 2022 to purchase up to
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In addition to the underwriting
discount, the Company has agreed to pay or reimburse the underwriters for travel, lodging and other “road show” expenses,
expenses of the underwriters’ legal counsel and certain diligence and other fees, including the preparation, binding and delivery
of bound volumes in form and style reasonably satisfactory to the representative, transaction Lucite cubes or similar commemorative items
in a style as reasonably requested by the representative, and reimbursement for background checks on our directors, director nominees
and executive officers, which such fees and expenses are capped at an aggregate of $
Representative shares
The Company has issued to
Maxim and/or its designees,
The shares have been deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of the effectiveness of the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering pursuant to Rule 5110(e)(1) of FINRA’s NASD Conduct Rules. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), these securities will not be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following April 27, 2022, nor may they be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated for a period of 180 days immediately following April 27, 2022 except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or partners.
Subject to certain conditions, the Company granted Maxim, for a period beginning on May 2, 2022 and ending 12 months after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, a right of first refusal to act as book-running managing underwriter or placement agent for any and all future public and private equity, equity-linked, convertible and debt offerings for the Company or any of its successors or subsidiaries. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(6), such right of first refusal shall not have a duration of more than three years from April 27, 2022.
Transaction Expenses
On August 17, 2022, the Company
entered into an agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Maxim to pay a fee (the “Success Fee”) upon completion
of one or more successful transactions. On October 3, 2022, the Company amended its agreement with Maxim (the “Amendment”).
The amendment states that the Company shall pay to Maxim, upon Closing of such Transaction(s), a fee based upon the amount of cash the
Company has in Trust immediately prior to consummation of the Transaction and/or contributed to the Transaction. If the amount of such
cash is less than $
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On March 30, 2023, the Maxim
Letter Agreement was amended (“Amendment No. 4”) to state that the Company will owe a cash fee payable, at each closing of
the Alliance Global Partners equity or equity-linked offering in connection with the contemplated Initial Business Combination with EEW
(as defined below), equal to one percent (
On July 11, 2022, the
Company entered into an agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with ALANTRA Corporate Finance, S.A.U. (“ALANTRA”)
and U.N. SDG Support Holdings LLC (“Sponsor Entity”). On October 3, 2022, the Company amended its agreement with ALANTRA.
The Company will pay ALANTRA a retainer of $
The Company will also have transactions fees (“Transaction Success Fee”), if a Transaction which is introduced by ALANTRA, or by another institution to which no fees are due by the Company (e.g. an institution acting on behalf of a Target) is Completed (as defined below) the following remuneration will be due to ALANTRA as a remuneration for its services.
| ● | $ |
| ● | $ |
If a transaction is Completed in North America, Asia, or Africa which is not introduced by ALANTRA and such Transaction requires an introductory, coadvisory, or similar fee due by the Company, the Company shall pay ALANTRA a Transaction Success Fee in the form of:
| ● | For the first $ |
| ● | For the aggregated value of the Transaction above the first
$ |
Notwithstanding the above,
it is agreed that the Transaction Success Fee will be subject to a minimum of EUR
Each Transaction Success Fee shall be payable upon consummation of the applicable Transaction (i.e. when the transaction is closed, following fulfillment, if applicable, of conditions precedent) regardless of (i) the calendar for the payment of the price, (ii) how the purchase price is funded, (iii) and any deferred payment subsequent to consummation of the Transaction, or (iv) any adjustment to the price of the Transaction subsequent to consummation (“Completion”).
Business Combination Agreement
On October 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with ClimateRock Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), ClimateRock Merger Sub Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), and E.E.W. Eco Energy World PLC, a company formed under the laws of England and Wales (the “EEW”).
The total consideration to
be offered by Pubco to the holders of EEW securities (each, a “Seller”) shall be a number of ordinary shares of Pubco (the
“Pubco Ordinary Shares”) with an aggregate value equal to Six Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($
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NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
Class A Ordinary Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue
Class B Ordinary Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue
Preference Shares
— The Company is authorized to issue
Warrants — The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (together, the “Warrants”), except that the Private Placement Warrants will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer and entitled to registration rights.
The Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. The Private Placement Warrants (including ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable, or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination. Following such period, the Private Placement Warrants (including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will be transferable, assignable, or salable, except that the Private Placement Warrants will not trade. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade.
The Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the ninetieth (90th) day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. The Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company may call the Warrants for redemption, once they become exercisable :
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| ● | at a price of $ |
| ● | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; and |
| ● | if, and only if, the last reported last sale price of the
ordinary shares equals or exceeds $ |
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If the Company calls the Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.
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 share capitalization, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants shares. 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 the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
If:
The Company accounts for the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants as equity instruments, so long as the Company continues to meet the accounting requirements for equity instruments.
Rights — Each holder of a right included in the unit (the “Right”) will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of ordinary shares upon consummation of a Business Combination, except in cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, and even if the holder of such Right redeemed all shares of ordinary shares held by it in connection with a Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of a Right in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the Initial Public Offering. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of Rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of shares of ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-exchanged for ordinary shares basis, and each holder of a Right will be required to affirmatively exchange its Rights in order to receive the 1/10 share underlying each Right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of a Business Combination. More specifically, the Rights holder will be required to indicate its election to exchange the Right for the underlying shares within a fixed period of time after which period the Rights will expire worthless.
Pursuant to the Rights agreement, a Rights holder may exchange Rights only for a whole number of shares of ordinary shares. This means that the Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of Rights and Rights may be exchanged only in multiples of 10 Rights (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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 rights will not receive any such funds with respect to their Rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. Accordingly, the Rights may expire worthless.
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NOTE 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In accordance with ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued, the Company has evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after March 31, 2023, up through the date the Company issued the financial statements.
On April 12, 2023, the Company
entered into a loan agreement with Eternal for a loan facility in the principal amount of up to $
On April 27, 2023, the Company
held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to the
Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which the Company would be required
to consummate a business combination from November 2, 2023 (assuming the Sponsor was to have effected and paid extensions as described
in the definitive proxy statement as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2023) to May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s
board of directors in its sole discretion) (the “the Extension Amendment”) and (ii) to permit its board of directors, in its
sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2024 (including prior to May
2, 2023). In Connection with the Meeting, shareholders holding
On May 2, 2023, the
Company issued a promissory note (the “Extension Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to ClimateRock. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to U.N. SDG Support LLC The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this section regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Overview
The Company is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated as a blank check company on December 6, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting an initial business combination.
Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating an initial Business Combination, the Company focuses on opportunities in environmental protection, renewable energy, fighting climate change, and any other related industries. We 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 March 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and our Initial Public Offering, which is described below, and post-offering activities in search for a target to consummate an initial Business Combination. 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 Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”) was declared effective on April 27, 2022. On May 2, 2022, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 7,875,000 units at $10.00 per Unit, including 375,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of $78,750,000.
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The Company commenced operations after obtaining adequate financial resources through (i) the Initial Public Offering of 7,875,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit (which includes 375,000 units in connection with the underwriter’s partial exercise of the over-allotment option) and (ii) the sale of 3,762,500 Private Placement Warrants with an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor.
The Units were listed on Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”). The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating an initial business combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the initial 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) (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes). The Company will only complete an initial 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. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect an initial business combination.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, $10.15 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering was placed in the 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 180 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 an initial business combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
The Sponsor, officers, directors and advisors (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed (a) to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of an initial business combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association 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) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an initial 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 and the Private Placement Warrants (including underlying securities) shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if an initial 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 Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its initial business combination.
Business Combination with EEW
On October 6, 2022, we entered into the EEW Business Combination Agreement with Pubco, Merger Sub and EEW. Pursuant to the EEW Business Combination Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, at the EEW Closing (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity, as a result of which, (i) the Company shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco, and (b)(i) Pubco will make an offer to acquire each issued and outstanding EEW ordinary share in consideration for the issue and allotment of substantially equivalent securities in Pubco and (ii) Pubco will also offer each holder of EEW’s outstanding unvested and vested options to purchase EEW ordinary shares, replacement options to purchase Pubco Ordinary Shares, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the EEW Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands and the laws of England and Wales.
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The total consideration to be offered by Pubco to the holders of EEW securities will be a number of Pubco Ordinary Shares with an aggregate value equal to Six Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($650,000,000), with each Pubco Ordinary Share valued at an amount equal to the price at which each of the Company’ ordinary share is redeemed or converted pursuant to the redemption of the Company’s ordinary shares pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents.We expect to close the EEW Business Combination in July 2023.
For a more detailed description of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 13, 2022 (the “Form 8-K”).
Extension
On April 27, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) and approved, among other things, amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which the Company would be required to consummate a business combination from November 2, 2023 (assuming the Sponsor was to have effected the paid extensions as described in the definitive proxy statement as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2023) to May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion) (the “Extension Amendment”), and (ii) to permit its board of directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2024 (including prior to May 2, 2023). In connection with the Meeting, shareholders holding 5,297,862 Class A ordinary shares issued in the Company’s Initial Public Offering exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, approximately $55,265,334 (approximately $10.43 per share) will be removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders
Results of Operations
Our entire activity since inception up to March 31, 2023 is related to our formation, and our Initial Public Offering, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We will generate nonoperating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. We also expect to incur increased expenses as a result of becoming a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in search for a target to consummate an initial business combination.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company reported a net income of $451,852, comprised of $858,477 of dividend income earned in the Trust Account offset by unrealized foreign exchange loss of $19,834 and formation and operating costs of $386,791.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company reported a net loss of $1,200, which consists of general and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Reserves
On May 2, 2022, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 7,875,000 Units, including 375,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option. Simultaneously, the Company sold 3,762,500 Private Placement Warrants, including 112,500 Private Placement Warrants that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option. From the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants, the Company retained approximately $1,100,000 for working capital needs after transfer of proceeds to the Trust Account and payment of expenses related to the Initial Public Offering and directors and officers insurance.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial 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 working capital loans.
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On September 21, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Eternal B.V., an affiliate of the Company through common ownership, (the “Lender”) in the principal amount of up to $180,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Eternal Loan”). The Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from September 21, 2022 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Second Eternal Loan was $180,000 and no interest was accrued.
Additionally, on November 12, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $300,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Third Eternal Loan”). The Third Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from November 12, 2022 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Third Eternal Loan was $300,000 and no interest was accrued.
On January 29, 2023, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $50,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Fourth Eternal Loan”). The Fourth Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from January 29, 2023 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Fourth Eternal Loan was $50,000 and no interest was accrued.
On April 12, 2023, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender for a loan facility in the principal amount of up to $500,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Fifth Eternal Loan”). The Fifth Eternal Loan is available to be drawn down in four installments: $150,000 on April 12, 2023, $125,000 on May 3, 2023, $125,000 on June 3, 2023, and $100,000 on July 3, 2023. The maturity date of the loan is the earlier of May 1, 2024 or the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company.
Eternal is controlled by Charles Ratelband V, our Executive Chairman of the board of directors. Each member of our board of directors has been informed of Mr. Ratelband’s material interest in the loan agreements, and upon the approval and recommendation of our audit committee, our board of directors has determined that the loans are fair and in the best interests of us and has voted to approve the loans.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon completion of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2023.
Contractual Obligations
Registration Rights
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on April 27, 2022, the holders of the Founder Shares and the Private Placement Warrants (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.
Underwriting Agreement
Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $1,181,250 following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. The underwriters are also entitled to a deferred commission of $2,362,500, which will be payable solely in the event that the Company completes an initial business combination. In addition, the underwriters also received 118,125 Units in the Initial Public Offering, with such Units restricted from sale until the closing of the initial business combination and with no redemption rights from the Trust Account.
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Additionally, the Company granted the underwriters for a period beginning on the closing of the Initial Public Offering and ending on the earlier of the 12 month anniversary of the closing of an initial business combination or April 27, 2025, a right of first refusal to act as (i) exclusive financial advisor in connection with all of the Company’s proposed business combinations for a fee of up to 6.0% of the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering (subject to the Company’s right to allocate up to 50% of such fee to another financial institution or extinguish such amount in Company’s sole discretion), and (ii) sole investment banker, sole book-runner and/or sole placement agent, at underwriters’ sole discretion, for each and every future public and private equity and debt Initial Public Offering, including all equity linked financings, during such period for the Company or any successor to it or any of its subsidiaries, on terms agreed to by both the Company and underwriters in good faith.
Transaction Expenses
On August 17, 2022, we entered into an agreement (the “Maxim Letter Agreement”) with Maxim to pay a fee (the “Maxim Success Fee”) upon completion of one or more successful transactions. On October 3, 2022, the Company amended its agreement with Maxim (the “Maxim Amendment”). The Maxim Amendment states that we will pay to Maxim, upon closing of such successful transaction(s), a fee based upon the amount of cash the Company has in the trust account immediately prior to consummation of the transaction and/or contributed to the transaction. If the amount of such cash is less than $50,000,000, Maxim’s fee will be equal to $200,000 in cash and an additional $150,000 of common stock of the post-transaction Company (the “New Common Stock”). If the amount of such cash is equal to or greater than $40 million, the Maxim Success Fee will be $500,000 cash. If the amount of such cash is equal to or greater than $75 million, the Maxim Success Fee will be $500,000 cash and an additional $500,000 payable in either cash or New Common Stock, at the option of the Company. The New Common Stock will be issued to Maxim Partners LLC, will be valued at the same price per share/exchange ratio as in the definitive transaction documentation, and it will have unlimited piggyback registration rights. The Maxim Success Fee will be paid upon the consummation of the transaction.
On March 30, 2023, the Maxim Letter Agreement was amended (“Amendment No. 4”) to state that the Company will owe a cash fee payable, at each closing of the Alliance Global Partners equity or equity-linked offering in connection with the contemplated Initial Business Combination with EEW, equal to one percent (1%) of the gross proceeds received by EEW or its related entities at such closing.
On July 11, 2022, we entered into a letter agreement with ALANTRA Corporate Finance, S.A.U. (“ALANTRA”) and U.N. SDG Support Holdings LLC (“Sponsor Entity”), under which we engaged ALANTRA to act as our financial advisor for the design, negotiation, and execution of potential business combinations between the Company and one or more energy transition companies. On October 3, 2022, we amended such letter agreement (the “ALANTRA Letter Agreement”).
Under the ALANTRA Letter Agreement, we agreed to pay ALANTRA a retainer of $15,000 at the signing of the ALANTRA Letter Agreement plus a retainer fee of $20,000 per month that is due and payable on the last day of each month for a maximum period of five months. Should the aggregated value of the transaction be above $400,000,000, the retainer fee will increase up to $40,000 per month with the same maximum five-month period for the payment of any retainer fee.
If a transaction that is introduced by ALANTRA or by another institution to which no fees are due by the Company (e.g. an institution acting on behalf of a target) is completed the following remuneration will be due to ALANTRA as a remuneration for its services (“ALANTRA Success Fee”).
| ● | $1,600,000 payable by the Company; and |
| ● | $1,600,000 payable by or on behalf of the Sponsor Entity |
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If a transaction is completed in North America, Asia, or Africa that is not introduced by ALANTRA and such transaction requires an introductory, advisory, or similar fee due by us, we shall pay ALANTRA an ALANTRA Success Fee in the form of:
| ● | For the first $300,000,000 of aggregated value of the transaction, 0.85% of each transaction purchase price; and |
| ● | For the aggregated value of the transaction above the first $300,000,000, 0.4% of each transaction purchase price |
Notwithstanding the above, it is agreed that the ALANTRA Success Fee will be subject to a minimum of EUR 1,000,000.
Each ALANTRA Success Fee shall be payable upon consummation of the applicable transaction (i.e. when the transaction is closed, following fulfillment, if applicable, of conditions precedent) regardless of (i) the calendar for the payment of the price, (ii) how the purchase price is funded, (iii) and any deferred payment subsequent to consummation of the transaction, or (iv) any adjustment to the price of the transaction subsequent to consummation.
Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
During the period ended December 31, 2021, we issued an aggregate of 2,156,250 Founder Shares to our Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 281,250 shares subject to forfeiture by our Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Initial Shareholders would collectively own 20% of our issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (assuming the Initial Shareholders did not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and excluding the securities underlying the Private Placement Warrants).
On May 2, 2022, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option in respect of 375,000 Units and, as agreed with the Company, the underwriters waived their right to further exercise the option on May 5, 2022. Accordingly, a total of 93,750 of the Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture on May 2, 2022, and 187,500 of the Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in an aggregate of 1,968,750 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.
On March 31,2023, the Sponsor elected to convert 1,968,749 Class B ordinary shares to class A ordinary shares of the Company, on a one-for-one basis. These conversion shares are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B ordinary shares before the conversion, including, among other things, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial business combination as described in the prospectus for the Company’s Initial Public Offering. Following the conversion, the Sponsor owns 1,968,749 Class A ordinary shares and one Class B ordinary share.
The Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or (ii) the date on which we consummate a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholders with respect to any Founder Shares.
Loan with Related Party
On September 21, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Eternal B.V., an affiliate of the Company through common ownership, (the “Lender”) in the principal amount of up to $180,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Eternal Loan”). The Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from September 21, 2022 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Second Eternal Loan was $180,000 and no interest was accrued.
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Additionally, on November 12, 2022, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $300,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Third Eternal Loan”). The Third Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from November 12, 2022 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Third Eternal Loan was $300,000 and no interest was accrued.
On January 29, 2023, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender in the principal amount of up to $50,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Fourth Eternal Loan”). The Fourth Eternal Loan was available to be drawn down from January 29, 2023 to March 31, 2023 and its maturity date is March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the Fourth Eternal Loan was $50,000 and no interest was accrued.
On April 12, 2023, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the Lender for a loan facility in the principal amount of up to $500,000, on an unsecured basis and bearing no interest (the “Fifth Eternal Loan”). The Fifth Eternal Loan is available to be drawn down in four installments: $150,000 on April 12, 2023, $125,000 on May 3, 2023, $125,000 on June 3, 2023, and $100,000 on July 3, 2023. The maturity date of the loan is the earlier of May 1, 2024 or the date of the consummation of the initial business combination of the Company.
On May 2, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Extension Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of $900,000 to the Sponsor, which will be deposited into the Trust Account in monthly installments for the benefit of each Public Share that was not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment. The Sponsor agreed to pay $75,000 per month that the board of directors decides to take to complete an initial business combination, commencing on May 2, 2023 and continuing through May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion. On May 8, 2023, the first installment was deposited into the Trust Account. The Extension Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the earlier of (a) the date of the consummation of the initial business combination, and (b) the date of the Company’s liquidation.
Eternal is controlled by Charles Ratelband V, our Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Each member of our board of directors has been informed of Mr. Ratelband’s material interest in the loan agreements, and upon the approval and recommendation of our audit committee, our board of directors has determined that the loans are fair and in the best interests of us and has voted to approve the loans.
Administrative Service Fee
The Company entered into an administrative services agreement (the “Administrative Services Agreement”) with the Sponsor on April 27, 2022 whereby the Sponsor will perform certain services for the Company for a monthly fee of $10,000. On May 2, 2022, the Sponsor entered into an assignment agreement with Gluon Group, an affiliate of the Company, to provide the services detailed in the Administrative Service Agreement. An officer of the Company owns 505 shares of Gluon Group and serves as managing partner. As of March 31, 2023, $36,223 has been paid to Gluon Group for such services and an additional $95,000 has been accrued.
Advisory Services
On September 21, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Gluon Partners LLP (“Gluon”) to pay a fee (the “Transaction Success Fee”) upon completion of one or more successful transactions. The Company will pay Gluon $500,000 upon completion of one or more transactions with an aggregate purchase price of less than $400,000,000; and, an additional $500,000 upon completion of one or more transactions with an aggregate purchase price of more than $400,000,000. This means the total remuneration for transactions with a purchase price more than $400,000,001 would be $1,000,000. The transactions purchase price will correspond to the price paid to the sellers of the applicable target, including cash, debt, and equity funded payments. Each Transaction Success Fee will be payable upon consummation of the applicable transaction, regardless of (i) the calendar for the payment of the purchase price, (ii) how the purchase price is funded, (iii) any deferred payment subsequent to consummation of the transaction, or (iv) any adjustments to the price of the transaction subsequent to consummation. Following payment of Transaction Success Fee, any accrued fees payable to the Gluon Group by the Company will be waived.
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On October 5, 2022, the Company and Gluon agreed to lower the Transaction Success Fee to a total payment of $250,000 upon successful completion of one of more transactions with an aggregate purchase price equal or more than $400,000,000.
In addition, the Letter Agreement was amended to entitle Gluon, with respect to any financing undertaken by the Company introduced by Gluon during the term of the Letter Agreement, to the following fees: (i) for a financing involving an issuance of the Company’s senior, subordinated and/or mezzanine debt securities, a cash fee payable at any closing equal to two percent (2.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company at such closing; (ii) for a financing involving equity, equity-linked or convertible securities, a cash fee payable at each closing equal to five percent (5.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company at such closing.
In addition to the Transaction Success Fee, the Company agreed to pay Gluon Group for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with providing the services for the transactions. In the event of a successful initial business combination, Gluon also agreed to waive any accrued fees owed by the Company.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We had identified the following as its critical accounting policies:
Net income (loss) per share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less interest income in trust account less any dividends paid. We then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders. At March 31, 2023, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periods presented.
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value (plus any interest earned and/or dividends on the Trust Account) as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.
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Recent accounting pronouncements
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Factors that may adversely affect our results of operations
Our results of operations and our ability to complete an initial business combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. Our business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including resurgences and the emergence of new variants, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflict in the Ukraine. We cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and our ability to complete an initial business combination.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (As restated)
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officer”), or persons performing similar functions, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Restatement of Prior Period Financial Statements
As previously reported by the Company in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”), in consultation with the Company’s management, determined that the Company’s previously issued audited balance sheet as of May 2, 2022 within the 8-K filed on May 6, 2022, unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, audited financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and the associated report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as well as the Company’s subsequent issued unaudited condensed financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023, and September 30, 2023 included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q contained accounting errors relating to compliance with U.S. GAAP. The errors related to the incorrect classification of cash and cash equivalents held in trust account and deferred underwriting commissions payable as current assets and current liabilities instead of non-current assets and non-current liabilities, respectively. As a result of these errors, the Audit Committee determined that the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the unaudited financial statements for the quarters ended June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022, March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023, and September 30, 2023 and the audited balance sheet as of May 2, 2022 should no longer be relied upon. Similarly, any previously issued or filed reports, press releases, earnings releases, investor presentations, or other communications of the Company describing the Company’s financial results or other financial information related to the restated periods should not be relied upon. Additionally, the reports of UHY, LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, on the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 likewise should no longer be relied upon.
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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2023, due to the Restatements and the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described in the Explanatory Note and in Item 9A of the Company’s restated Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024. Management is redesigning and implementing existing and additional controls to remediate these material weaknesses. Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses and management’s assessment that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2023, management believes that the interim financial statements and footnote disclosures included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and disclosures as of and for the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Previously Reported Material Weakness
As disclosed in on our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, we previously identified a material weakness in our internal control related to properly recording and accruing expenses. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Remediation of Previously Reported Material Weakness
Management has completed the testing of design and operating effectiveness of the new and enhanced controls related to the previously reported material weakness over properly recording and accruing expenses. The Company remediated the material weaknesses through activities including more clearly defined Management oversight and implemented key controls, including defining appropriate levels of precision for cut-off testing.
Management believes that these actions have been fully implemented and have operated effectively for a sufficient period of time. As a result, we have concluded that our remediation efforts were successful and that the previously identified material weaknesses over properly recording and accruing expenses were remediated as of March 31, 2023.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than as discussed above, during the quarter ended March 31, 2023, there have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
To the knowledge of our management team, there is no litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS (AS RESTATED)
As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Quarterly Report. However, as of the date of this Quarterly Report, other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes with respect to those risk factors previously disclosed in our (i) IPO Registration Statement, (ii) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023, and (iii) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, as filed with the SEC on November 9, 2022 and amended on December 21, 2022, and as filed on August 11, 2022, respectively, and (iv) definitive proxy statement, as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2023. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risks could arise that may also affect our business or ability to consummate an initial business combination. We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or our prospects.
The funds in our operating account and our trust account are held in banks or other financial institutions. Our funds held in non-interest bearing and interest-bearing accounts would exceed any applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments occur with respect to the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds, or that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, our liquidity may be adversely affected. For example, on March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Although we did not have any funds in Silicon Valley Bank or other institutions that have been closed, we cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds will not experience similar issues.
In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us to acquire financing on terms favorable to us in connection with a potential business combination, or at all, and could have material adverse impacts on our liquidity, our business, financial condition or results of operations, and our prospects. Our business may be adversely impacted by these developments in ways that we cannot predict at this time, there may be additional risks that we have not yet identified, and we cannot guarantee that we will be able to avoid negative consequences directly or indirectly from any failure of one or more banks or other financial institutions.
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results.
On November 9, 2022, we filed our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022 (the “Q3 2022 Form 10-Q”). Our management identified errors in its financial statements made with respect to its recording and accrual of certain expenses. In the third quarter of 2022, the Company incurred legal expenses with two vendors related to the EEW Business Combination Agreement. The service was delivered throughout the third quarter of 2022 but the fees were not properly recorded in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. After filing our original third quarter Form 10-Q, and upon re-evaluation and consultation with our management team, our audit committee concluded that it was appropriate to restate our previously issued financial statements included in the Q3 2022 Form 10-Q.
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In addition, in connection with the preparation of our financial statements as of and for the period ended December 31, 2023, our management, in consultation with its advisors, identified two classification errors made in certain of our previously issued financial statements, arising from the manner in which we classified its cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account and the deferred underwriting commission in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. We previously classified its cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account as current assets and the deferred underwriting commission as current liabilities, respectively. Our management determined, after consultation with its advisors, that the funds held in the trust account are restricted as to withdrawal and except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our income tax obligations, will not be released from the trust account until the earlier of (a) the completion of our initial business combination, and (b) until needed to fund shareholder redemptions, rather than current operations of us. Therefore, our management concluded that our cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account should be classified as long-term assets for accounting purposes, rather than as current assets, and the corresponding deferred underwriter commission, which are contingent upon the completion of a business combination, should be classified as long-term liabilities, rather than current liabilities.
As a result of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting which resulted in the classification errors described above, our management has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2023. We have taken a number of measures designed to remediate such material weaknesses, however, if we are unable to remediate our material weaknesses in a timely manner or we identify additional material weaknesses, we may be unable to provide required financial information in a timely and reliable manner and we may incorrectly report financial information. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our securities are listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. The existence of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting could adversely affect our reputation or investor perceptions of us, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our shares. We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weakness identified or that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. Even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
Use of Proceeds
For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, see Part II, Item 2 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on June 10, 2022. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the Company’s Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as described in the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS (As restated)
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. |
| *** | Previously filed. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 14, 2024 |
CLIMATEROCK | |
| By: | /s/ Per Regnarsson | |
| Per Regnarsson | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| By: | /s/ Abhishek Bawa | |
| Abhishek Bawa | ||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Per Regnarsson, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of ClimateRock; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b. | (Paragraph intentionally omitted in accordance with SEC Release Nos. 34-47986 and 34-54942); |
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting. |
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Date: March 14, 2024 |
By: | /s/ Per Regnarsson |
| Per Regnarsson | ||
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Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Abhishek Bawa, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of ClimateRock; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b. | (Paragraph intentionally omitted in accordance with SEC Release Nos. 34-47986 and 34-54942); |
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting. |
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Date: March 14, 2024 |
By: | /s/ Abhishek Bawa |
| Abhishek Bawa | ||
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of ClimateRock (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Per Regnarsson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
| (1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Date: March 14, 2024 |
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| /s/ Per Regnarsson | ||
| Name: | Per Regnarsson | |
| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of ClimateRock (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Abhishek Bawa, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
| (1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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Date: March 14, 2024 |
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| /s/ Abhishek Bawa | ||
| Name: | Abhishek Bawa | |
| Title: |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |