BUSINESS OF FIAC AND CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT FIAC
References in this section to “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Focus Impact Acquisition Corp.
General
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this proxy statement as our initial business combination. We are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risk associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On November 1, 2021, FIAC consummated its Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000, which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units at the Initial Public Offering’s price to cover over-allotments. The securities in the offering were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-255448). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on October 27, 2021.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, FIAC consummated the sale of 11,200,000 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $11,200,000.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on November 1, 2021 and the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment, $234,600,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.
On October 31, 2023, FIAC instructed Continental, the trustee managing the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of a business combination and the liquidation of FIAC. Interest on such deposit account is currently 4.5% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and FIAC cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.
First Extension Meeting
On April 25, 2023, we held a special meeting of stockholders and approved a proposal to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which we have to consummate an initial business combination from May 1, 2023 to August 1, 2023, and to allow FIAC, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the termination date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to nine times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date, by resolution of the Board if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable termination date, until May 1, 2024, or a total of up to twelve months after the Original Termination Date (the “First Extension Meeting”). In connection with the approval of the extension at the First Extension Meeting, the holders of 17,297,209 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of FIAC properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.40 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $179,860,588.
As disclosed in the definitive proxy statement filed by us with the SEC on April 5, 2023, relating to the First Extension Meeting, the Sponsor agreed that if the extension amendment proposal is approved and the charter extension becomes effective, it or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees will contribute to FIAC as a loan, within ten (10) business days of the date of the First Extension Meeting, the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $487,500 or (b) $0.0975 per share of public stock that is not redeemed in connection with the First Extension Meeting, to be deposited into the Trust Account. In addition, in the event FIAC does not consummate an initial business combination by August 1, 2023, the lender may contribute to FIAC the lesser of
