Holley Inc 10-Q/A for FY2021 Q1
Holley Inc. (HLLY)
10-Q/A
2022-02-04
For: 2021-03-31
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About this 10-Q/A
Holley Inc filed this 10-Q/A on February 4, 2022, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2021 (FY2021 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2021, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Net loss
- $3.02M
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
(MARK ONE)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarter ended March 31, 2021
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number: 001-39599
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) | |
(270 ) 495-4801
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Empower LTD.
c/o MidOcean Partners
245 Park Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, NY 10167
(Former name or former address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
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Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation Yes ☒ No ☐
S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. | Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer |
☒ | Smaller reporting company | ||||
| Emerging growth company | ||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule ☒ No ☐
12b-2
of the Exchange Act). Yes As of May 18, 2021, there were 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, and 6,250,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Holley Inc. (the “Company,” “we”, “our” or “us”), formerly known as Empower Ltd. prior to the consummation of the previously announced business combination on July 16, 2021 (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 11, 2021, by and among Empower Ltd., Empower Merger Sub I Inc., Empower Merger Sub II LLC, and Holley Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (“Holley Intermediate”), is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A
(this “Amendment No. 1”), to amend and restate certain items of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the three months ended March 31, 2021, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on May 18, 2021 (the “Original Quarterly Filing”). Restatement Background
The Company’s management, in consultation with its advisors, identified an error made in certain of its previously issued financial statements, arising from the manner in which, as of the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described in Note 1, the Company valued its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. The Company previously determined the value of such Class A ordinary shares to be equal to the redemption value of such shares of Class A ordinary shares, after taking into consideration the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, under which a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001. Management has now determined, after consultation with its advisors, that the shares of Class A ordinary shares underlying the units issued during the Initial Public Offering can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered to be outside the Company’s control. Therefore, management has concluded that the redemption value of its shares of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption should reflect the possible redemption of all shares of Class A ordinary shares. As a result, management has noted a reclassification error related to temporary equity and permanent equity. This has resulted in a restatement of the initial carrying value of the shares of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, with the offset recorded to additional
paid-in
capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and shares of Class A ordinary shares.As a result, on December 14, 2021, management and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors concluded that the Original Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon and are to be restated in order to correct the classification error.
The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported is superseded by the information in this Amendment, and the financial statements and related financial information contained in such previously filed report should no longer be relied upon.
The restatement is more fully described in Note 2 of the notes to the financial statements included herein. In addition, Part I, Item 1 Financial Information, Part I, Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Part I, Item 4 Controls and Procedures and Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors have been updated to detail further disclosure of the effects and actions taken by management and the Board of Directors.
In addition, as required by
Rule 12b-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, new certifications by the Company’s principal executive officers and principal financial officer are filed as exhibits (in Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, and 32.2) to this Amendment under Item 6 of Part II hereof. Except as described above, this Amendment does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures contained in the Original Filing, and accordingly, this Amendment does not reflect or purport to reflect any information or events occurring after the original filing date or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Filing.
Internal Control Considerations
In connection with the restatement, management has
re-evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2021. The Company’s management has concluded that, in light of the errors described above, and the filing of the Form 10-Q,
Amendment No. 1 to the March 31, 2021 Form 10-Q,
a material weakness existed in internal control over financial reporting at Empower Ltd. prior to the Business Combination and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. For a discussion of management’s consideration of our disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over financial reporting, and the material weaknesses identified, see Part I, Item 4, “Controls and Procedures” of this Amendment No. 1. HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
FORM
10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Interim Financial Statements.
HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Unaudited)
(As Restated)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(As Restated)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.)
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2021
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Holley Inc. (F/K/A Empower Ltd.) (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 19, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “initial business combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of completing an initial business combination. 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, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from August 19, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering, which is described below, and looking for a business combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate
non-operating
income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. On March 11, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Empower Merger Sub I Inc., Empower Merger Sub II LLC, and Holley Intermediate Holdings, Inc. as further described in Note 9. The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering became effective on October 6, 2020. On October 9, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000 which is described in Note 4.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 4,666,667 warrants (the “private placement warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant in a private placement to Empower Sponsor Holdings LLC (the “sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $7,000,000 , which is described in Note 5.
Transaction costs amounted to $14,215,163 , consisting of $5,000,000 of underwriting fees, $8,750,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $465,163 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 9, 2020, an amount of $250,000,000 ($10.00 per unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants was placed in a trust account (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 of 1940, as amended (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 meeting certain conditions of Rule
2a-7
of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an initial business combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the trust account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing an initial business combination. The Company must complete its initial business combination 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 (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into an initial business combination. The Company will only complete an initial business combination if the post-initial business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect an initial business combination.
The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of an initial business combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the trust account (initially $10.00 per share), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of an initial business combination, including any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of an initial business combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.
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If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with an initial business combination, it receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving an initial business combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who vote at a general meeting of the Company. If a shareholder vote is not required under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing an initial business combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with an initial business combination, the sponsor has agreed to vote its founder shares (as defined in Note 6) and any public shares purchased in or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving an initial business combination and to waive its redemption rights with respect to any such shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an initial business combination. However, in no event will the Company redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 . Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed an initial business combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of an initial business combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15 % of the public shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
The sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by it in connection with the completion of an initial business combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100 % of the public shares if the Company does not complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or
pre-initial
business combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in conjunction with any such amendment and (iii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete an initial business combination. The Company will have until October 9, 2022 (the “Combination Period”) to complete an initial business combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares, at a
per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period. However, if the sponsor acquires public shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such public shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if the Company fails to complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 7) held in the trust account in the event the Company does not complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the trust account that will be available to fund the redemption of the public shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per unit ($10.00).
The sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (1) $10.00 per Public Share or (2) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account.
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Going Concern
At March 31, 2021, the Company had $1,026,938 in cash and a working capital deficit of $1,651,434 . The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. While we expect these expenses to be paid in connection with the Business Combination described in Note 9, there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination or raise additional funds will be successful within the Combination Period. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. NOTE 2. RESTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In response to recent comment letters issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), management has to its accounting classification of the Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering. Management identified errors made in its historical financial statements where, at the closing of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, the Company improperly valued its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. The Company previously determined the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to be equal to the redemption value per Class A ordinary share while also taking into consideration a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001 . Management determined that the Class A ordinary shares issued during the Initial Public Offering can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered outside the Company’s control. Therefore, management concluded that the redemption value should include all Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, resulting in the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption being equal to their redemption value. As a result, management has noted a reclassification error related to temporary equity and permanent equity. This resulted in an adjustment to the initial carrying value of the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption with the offset recorded to additional
re-evaluated
its application of ASC 480-10-S99-3A
paid-in
capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and Class A ordinary shares. In connection with the change in presentation for the Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption, the Company also restated its income (loss) per ordinary share calculation to allocate net income (loss) evenly to Class A and Class B ordinary shares. This presentation contemplates a Business Combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, both classes of shares share pro rata in the income (loss) of the Company.
There has been no change in the Company’s total assets, liabilities or operating results.
The impacts of the restatement on the Company’s previously issued financial statements are reflected in the following table.
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| Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2021 |
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| Accumulated deficit |
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| Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
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| Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
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| Change in value of Ordinary shares of subject to redemption |
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| Accretion for Class A Ordinary shares to redemption amount |
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| Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) |
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In connection with the change in presentation for the Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption, the Company also restated its loss per ordinary share calculated to allocate net loss Pro rata to Class A and Class B ordinary shares. This presentation contemplates a Business Combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, both classes of ordinary shares share pro rata in the loss of the Company. There is no impact to the reported amounts for total assets, total liabilities, cash flows, or net loss. The impact of this restatement on the Company’s financial statements is reflected in the following table:
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NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to
Form 10-Q
and Article 8 of Regulation S-X
of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 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 Exchange Act) 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 accounting standards used. Use of Estimates
The preparation of the 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.
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Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those e
stimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, substantially all of the assets held in the trust account were held in U.S. Treasury Bills.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption (Restated – see Note 2)
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption 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 Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
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. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares resulted in charges against additional
paid-in
capital and accumulated deficit. At March 31, 2021, the ordinary shares subject to redemption reflected in the condensed balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:
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Warrant and Forward Purchase Agreement Liabilities
The Company accounts for the public warrants (as defined in Note 4), the private placement warrants (as defined in Note 5) (collectively, the “Warrants”) and the FPA (as defined in Note 7) as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms of the Warrants and the FPA and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the Warrants and the FPA are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants and the FPA are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the holders of the Warrants could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of issuance of the Warrants and execution of the FPA and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants and the FPA are outstanding. For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional
paid-in
capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, liability-classified warrants and the FPA are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of such warrants and the FPA are recognized as a non-cash
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We account for the Warrants and FPA in accordance with ASC
815-40
under which the Warrants and the FPA do not meet the criteria for equity classification and must be recorded as liabilities. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the Public Warrants has
been estimated using the Public Warrants’ quoted market price. The Private Placement Warrants are valued at both dates using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model. The fair value of the FPA at each date has been estimated using an adjusted net assets method (see Note 10). Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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 recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. The Company is considered an exempted Cayman Islands Company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share (Restated – see Note 2)
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. The Company applies the
two-class
method in calculating loss per ordinary share. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from loss per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value. The calculation of diluted loss per ordinary share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The warrants are exercisable to purchase 13,000,000 Class A ordinary shares in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2021, the Company did no t have any dilutive securities or 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 net loss per ordinary share is the same as basic net loss per ordinary shares for the periods presented.
The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share (in dollars, except share amounts):
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Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000 . The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed financial statements, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements
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. |
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.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then
re-valued
at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current
based on whether or not net-cash
settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.
NOTE 4. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 25,000,000 units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and Each whole public warrant entitles the holder to purchase one
Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 10).
one-third
of one redeemable warrant (“public warrant”). Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 10).
NOTE 5. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,666,667 private placement warrants at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of $7,000,000 . Each private placement warrant (“private placement warrant”) is exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 10). The proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the trust account. If the Company does not complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of the public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the private placement warrants will expire worthless.
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NOTE 6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
During the period ended August 21, 2020, the sponsor paid $25,000 to cover certain offering and formation costs of the Company in consideration for 7,187,500 shares of Class B ordinary shares (the “founder shares”). The founder shares include an aggregate of up to 937,500 shares subject to forfeiture by the sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of founder shares will collectively represent 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. On November 23, 2020, the underwriters’ election to exercise their over-allotment option expired unexercised, resulting in the forfeiture of 937,500 shares. Accordingly, as of November 23, 2020, there are 6,250,000 founder shares issued and outstanding.
sub-divisions,
share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading
day period commencing at least 150 days after a an initial business combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.On March 11, 2021, the Company, sponsor and Holley Stockholder entered into the Sponsor Agreement, whereby the sponsor has agreed to (i) waive certain of its anti-dilution and conversion rights with respect to the founder shares and (ii) an
earn-out
in respect of the Earn-Out
Shares. For more information, see the description of the Sponsor Agreement in Note 9 below. Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the sponsor or an affiliate of the sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes an initial business combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the trust account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the event that an initial business combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the trust account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the trust account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of an initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $2,000,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-initial business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants.
PIPE Financing
MidOcean
Partners V, LP, an affiliate of the sponsor, is a PIPE Investor (as defined in Note
9 below), whereby MidOcean Partners V, LP agreed to purchase
shares of Domesticated Company Common Stock (as defined in Note
9 below) at a per share price of $
. With the consent of the Company, MidOcean Partners V, LP assigned
shares under its Subscription Agreement to a new PIPE Investor (as defined in Note
9 below) on March
17,
2021; provided that MidOcean Partners V, LP agreed to remain responsible for such assigned amount should the assignee fail to fund in accordance with its PIPE Subscription Agreement that the assignee entered into concurrently with the assignment. The Subscription Agreement entered into by the assignee was on terms identical to other PIPE Investors.
NOTE 7. COMMITMENTS
Registration and Shareholders Rights
Pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into on October 9, 2020, the holders of the founder shares, private placement warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the private placement warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the founder shares) will be entitled to registration rights. 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 completion of an initial business combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration
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statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period. The registration and shareholders rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Pursuant to the FPA (as defined below), as amended and restated on March 11, 2021 (the “A&R FPA”), the Company agreed that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) within 30 days after the closing of the an initial business combination, file a registration statement with the SEC for a secondary offering of (A) the forward purchase investors’ forward purchase shares, (B) the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the forward purchase investors’ forward purchase warrants and (C) any other Class A ordinary shares acquired by the forward purchase investors, including any acquisitions after the Company completes an initial business combination, (ii) cause such registration statement to be declared effective promptly thereafter, but in no event later than 90 days after the closing of an initial business combination and (iii) maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and to ensure the registration statement does not contain a material omission or misstatement, including by way of amendment or other update, as required, until the earlier of (A) the date on which a forward purchase investor ceases to hold the securities covered thereby and (B) the date all of the securities covered thereby can be sold publicly without restriction or limitation under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1) under the Securities Act, subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the A&R FPA. The Company will bear the cost of registering these securities.
The PIPE Investors have certain customary registration rights pursuant to the Subscription Agreements. In particular, the Company has committed to file for registration with the SEC such Domesticated Company Common Stock issued pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreement.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriters a 3,750,000 additional units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On November 23, 2020, the underwriters’ election to exercise their over-allotment option expired unexercised.
45-day
option to purchase up to The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per unit, or $8,750,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the trust account solely in the event that the Company completes an initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Forward Purchase Agreement
one-third
of one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share for $NOTE 8. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Restated – see Note 2)
Preference Shares
Class
A Ordinary Shares
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Class
B Ordinary Shares
Holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders except as otherwise required by law.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of an initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an 20 % of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of Initial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of an initial business combination, excluding any forward purchase securities and Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to the sponsor, its affiliates or any member of the Company’s management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than
as-converted
basis, one-to-one.
NOTE 9. PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION
On March 11, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Empower Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), Empower Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”), and Holley Intermediate Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holley”). The transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, will constitute a “Business Combination” as contemplated by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things, the following transactions: (i) the Company will change its jurisdiction of incorporation by transferring by way of continuation from the Cayman Islands and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”), and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) each outstanding Class A ordinary share will convert automatically into a share of common stock, par value $0.0001
Subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the Merger Agreement, in consideration of Merger I, the sole stockholder of Holley, Holley Parent Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holley Stockholder”), will receive cash consideration in an amount of up to $387.5 million and at least $577.5 million of stock consideration, consisting of 57.75 million newly issued shares of Domesticated Company Common Stock, with a deemed value of $10.00 per share solely for purposes of determining the aggregate number of shares payable to the Holley Stockholder.
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties thereto with respect to, among other things, (a) entity organization, formation and authority, (b) capital structure, (c) authorization to enter into the Merger Agreement, (d) licenses and permits, (e) taxes, (f) financial statements, (g) real property, (h) material contracts, (i) title to assets, (j) absence of changes, (k) employee matters, (l) compliance with laws, (m) litigation, (n) transactions with affiliates and (o) regulatory matters. The representations and warranties of the parties do not survive the consummation of the Business Combination.
Consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement is generally subject to customary conditions of the respective parties, and conditions customary to special purpose acquisition companies, including, among others: (i) approval by the Company’s shareholders of certain proposals set forth in the Registration Statement / Proxy Statement; (ii) approval by the Holley Stockholder; (iii) there being no laws or injunctions by governmental authorities or other legal restraint prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement; (iv) the waiting period applicable to the Mergers under HSR, having expired (or early termination having been granted); (v) the shares of the Domesticated Company Common Stock and Domesticated Company Public Warrants to be issued in connection with the Mergers and the consummation of the Business Combination shall have been approved for listing on NYSE; and (vi) the Company having at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets. Holley has a separate closing condition that the amount in the Company’s trust account, (calculated net of any stockholder redemptions), plus the proceeds from the purchase of securities under the A&R FPA and the proceeds from the PIPE Financing, equals or exceeds $350 million.
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Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into that certain Sponsor Agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”) with Empower Sponsor Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and the Holley Stockholder whereby the Sponsor has agreed to (i) waive certain of its anti-dilution and conversion rights with respect to the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares of the Company (the “founder shares”) and (ii) an 2,187,500 founder shares (the 1,093,750 of the 13.00 per share for any twenty (20 1,093,750 of 15.00 per share. The
earn-out
in respect of “Earn-Out
Shares”) vesting in two equal tranches. Earn-Out
Shares will vest if (x) the closing price of the Domesticated Company Common Stock equals or exceeds $Earn-Out
Shares will be subject to the same conditions but will vest at a target price that equals or exceeds $Earn-Out
Shares will be forfeited by the Sponsor if they fail to satisfy the above conditions within seven years after the consummation of the Business Combination. Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company amended and restated that certain FPA (the “A&R FPA”), whereby the parties have agreed to modify certain conditions thereto with respect to the review and approval rights of certain affiliates of Empower Funding. As described further in Note 7 pursuant to the A&R FPA, Empower Funding will purchase 5,000,000 units of the Company at a per unit price of $10.00 substantially concurrent with the consummation of the Business Combination. The obligations of Empower Funding under the A&R FPA are subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions therein, including the consummation of the Mergers.
Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors an aggregate of 24 million shares of Domesticated Company Common Stock, at a per share price of $10.00 for an aggregate purchase price of $240,000,000 , concurrent with the consummation of the Business Combination, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “PIPE Financing”). The Subscription Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company, on the one hand, and each PIPE Investor, on the other hand, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Each Subscription Agreement provides that the Company will grant the PIPE Investors certain customary registration rights
NOTE 10. WARRANT LIABILITY
Warrants
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a public warrant and will have no obligation to settle such public warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating thereto is available, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption is available.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of an initial business combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of an initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60
th
day after the closing of an initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company has 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, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. 15
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class
A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00
| • | in whole and not in part; |
| • | at a price of $0.01 per public warrant; |
| • | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder and |
| • | if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if the Company are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class
A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $10.00
• |
in whole and not in part; |
• |
at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares based on the redemption date and the fair market value of the Class A ordinary shares; and |
• |
if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company send the notice of redemption to warrant holders. |
The exercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the public warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the public warrants. If the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the trust account, holders of public warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their public warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the trust account with respect to such public warrants. Accordingly, the public warrants may expire worthless.
The private placement warrants are identical to the public warrants underlying the units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the private placement warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the private placement warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be
non-redeemable,
except as described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the private placement warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the private placement warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the public warrants. 16
NOTE 11. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are
re-measured
and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial
assets and liabilities that are re-measured
and reported at fair value at least annually. The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
| Level 1: | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. | |
| Level 2: | Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. | |
| Level 3: | Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. | |
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at each of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Description |
Level |
March 31, 2021 |
December 31, 2020 |
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| Assets: |
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| Cash and marketable securities held in trust account |
1 | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Liabilities: |
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| Warrant liability – public warrants |
1 | |||||||||||
| Warrant liability – private placement warrants |
3 | |||||||||||
| Forward purchase agreement liability |
3 | |||||||||||
The Warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC
815-40
and are presented within warrant liabilities on our balance sheet. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations. The Public Warrants were valued at the closing price on the relevant date. The Private Placement Warrants were valued using a Modified Black Scholes model which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement.
Under each of the Modified Black Scholes model and the Monte Carlo simulation model, the primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the IPO date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected volatility as of the subsequent valuation date was implied from the volatility of Company’s public warrants.
The key inputs into the models for the Private Placement Warrants at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
Private Placement |
Public |
Warrant Liabilities |
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| Fair value as of December 31, 2020 |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions |
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| Fair value as of March 31, 2021 |
$ | $ | $ | |||||||||
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The liability for the FPA was valued using an adjusted net assets method, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. Under the adjusted net assets method utilized, the aggregate commitment of $50 million pursuant to the FPA is discounted to present value and compared to the fair value of the common stock and warrants to be issued pursuant to the FPA. The fair value of the common
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stock and warrants to be issued under the FPA are based on the public trading price of the Units issued in the Company’s IPO. The excess (liability) or deficit (asset) of the fair value of the common stock and warrants to be issued compared to the $50 million fixed commitment is recorded on the financial statements. The primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the FPA is the continuous risk free rate commensurate with the remaining term to the initial business combination.
The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the FPA liability, a Level 3 liability, measured on a recurring basis.
FPA Liability |
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| Fair value, December 31, 2020 |
$ | 0,000 | ||
| Recognized gain on change in fair value (1) |
( |
) | ||
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| Fair value, March 31, 2021 |
$ | |||
| |
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| (1) | Represents the non-cash gain on change in valuation of the FPA liability and is included in Recognized gain on change in fair value of FPA liability on the statement of operations. |
The key inputs into the models for the Private Placement Warrants and FPA at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
| Input |
March 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||||||
| Risk-free interest rate |
% | % | ||||||
| Trading days per year |
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| Expected volatility |
% | % | ||||||
| Exercise price |
$ | $ | ||||||
| Stock Price |
$ | $ | ||||||
NOTE 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements, other than the restatement discussed in Note 2.
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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,” “our” or the “Company” refer to Empower Ltd. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “sponsor” refer to Empower Sponsor Holdings 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 related thereto which are included 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.
Special 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 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
Form 10-Q
including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy, potential business combinations and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and variations thereof and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available and are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including risks related to the impact of the COVID-19
global pandemic, including the actions of governments, businesses and individuals in response to the situation. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K/A
filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022. The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 19, 2020 formed for the purpose of effecting our initial business combination We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our initial business combination will be successful.
Proposed Business Combination
On March 11, 2021, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Empower Merger Sub I Inc., Empower Merger Sub II LLC, and Holley Intermediate Holdings, Inc., as further described in this Quarterly Report.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through March 31, 2021 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, searching for a business combination and activities in connection with the proposed acquisition of Holley. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial business combination. We expect to continue to generate
non-operating
income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the Initial Public Offering. We expect that we will incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, our initial business combination. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $3,017,488, which consisted of formation and operating costs of $2,937,356, and a change in fair value of warrant liability of $436,667 which are offset by a gain on change in FPA liability of $300,000, interest earned on marketable securities held in the trust account of $52,169 and an unrealized gain on marketable securities held in the trust account of $4,366.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
On October 9, 2020, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000. After deducting underwriting fees of $5,000,000, we received net proceeds of $245,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 4,666,667 private placement warrants to the sponsor at a price of $1.50 per private placement warrant generating gross proceeds of $7,000,000. Deferred underwriting costs of $8,750,000 were also incurred in connection with the Initial Public Offering, but are not payable until consummation of our initial business combination.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $53,691. Net loss of $3,017,488 was impacted by interest earned on marketable securities held in the trust account of $52,169, an unrealized gain on marketable securities of $4,366, a change in the fair value of warrant liability of $436,667 and a gain the change in the fair value of the forward purchase agreement liability of $300,000. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $2,883,665 of cash from operating activities.
At March 31, 2021, we had cash and marketable securities held in the trust account of $250,109,441. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable and excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest from the trust account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of March 31, 2021, we had cash of $1,026,938 held outside of the trust account. We intend to use the funds held outside the trust account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete our initial business combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with our 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 funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $2,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.50 per warrant, at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants.
In the event the merger with Holley does not close, we will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working capital needs. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern if a Business Combination is not consummated.
Off-Balance
Sheet Financing Arrangements We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered
off-balance
sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2021. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance
sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance
sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial
assets. Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than as described below.
The underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per unit, or $8,750,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the trust account solely in the event that we complete our initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
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Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into Subscription Agreements with PIPE Investors pursuant to which, among other things, the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors an aggregate of 24 million shares of Domesticated Company Common Stock, at a per share price of $10.00 for an aggregate purchase price of $240,000,000, concurrent with the consummation of the Business Combination, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. The Subscription Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company, on the one hand, and each PIPE Investor, on the other hand, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Each Subscription Agreement provides that the Company will grant the PIPE Investors certain customary registration rights.
Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company amended and restated the FPA, whereby, among other things, Empower Funding will purchase 5,000,000 units of the Company at a per unit price of $10.00 concurrent with the consummation of the Business Combination. The allocation of the forward purchase securities among the ultimate MidOcean funds that will be funding the forward purchase will be determined by MidOcean, in its sole discretion, at the time of a Business Combination. If the sale of the forward purchase units fails to close, for any reason, the Company may lack sufficient funds to consummate a Business Combination. The forward purchase shares and forward purchase warrants underlying the units of the Company to be sold pursuant to the A&R FPA will be identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that they will be subject to certain registration rights.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 condensed financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting policies.
Warrant and FPA Liabilities
We account for the Warrants and the FPA in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC and 7F under which the Warrants and the forward purchase agreement do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, we classify the Warrants and the FPA as liabilities at their fair value and adjust the Warrants and the FPA to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to
815-40-15-7D
re-measurement
at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations. The Private Warrants are valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model. For periods where no observable traded price was available, the Public Warrants are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the Public Warrant quoted market price was used as the fair value as of each relevant date. The fair value of the FPA has been estimated using an adjusted net assets method. Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption
We account for our Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption 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 our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. Our Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of our balance sheet.
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share
Net income (loss) per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. The Company applies the
two-class
method in calculating income (loss) per ordinary share. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from income (loss) per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value. Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2020-06,
“Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20)
and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40):
Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”),
which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation 21
models required under current GAAP. ASU
2020-06
removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06
is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements. Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not required for a smaller reporting company.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are 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, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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, 2021. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)
under the Exchange Act) were not effective, due to the material weakness in Empower Ltd.’s internal control over financial reporting related to Empower Ltd.’s accounting for complex financial instruments, as described in the Explanatory Note and Note 2 to the accompanying unaudited financial statements. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented. Restatements of Previously Issued Financial Statements
On May 17, 2021, we revised our prior position on accounting for warrants and the FPA and concluded that our previously issued financial statements as of and for the period ended December 31, 2020 and as of October 9, 2020 should not be relied on because of a misapplication in the guidance on warrant accounting, resulting in the filing of Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 on May 19, 2021 (the “Form 10-K/A
No. 1”). On December 14, 2021, management and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors concluded that the previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of October 9, 2020, as previously restated in the Form
10-K/A
No. 1, (ii) audited financial statements as of and for the period ended December 31, 2020 included in the Form 10-K/A
No. 1, (iii) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, and (iv) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 should be restated in order to correct the classification error, as described in the Explanatory Note and Note 2 to the accompanying unaudited financial statements. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, as the circumstances that led to the restatement of the Company’s financial statements described in this Form
10-Q/A
had not yet been identified. Due to the events that led to the restatement of the financial statements included in this Amendment No. 1, management has identified a material weakness in internal controls related to the accounting for complex financial instruments, as described in the Explanatory Note and Note 2 to the accompanying unaudited financial statements, at Empower Ltd. that existed prior to the Business Combination. In light of the restatement of the previously issued financial statements as described above, management has implemented remediation steps to address the material weakness and to improve internal control over financial reporting. Management performed additional analysis, as deemed 22
necessary, to ensure that the financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and enhanced processes to identify and to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards and to appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to our financial statements. Subsequent to the Business Combination on July 16, 2021, and upon filing the
10-Q
for the quarterly period ended September 26, 2021, the internal controls over financial reporting of Holley Inc. took the place of the internal controls over financial reporting of Empower Ltd. As a result, the internal control structure of Empower Ltd. is no longer in operation. Instead, the relevant internal control structure after completion of the Business Combination is that of Holley Inc., which includes access to the financial reporting resources and expertise of Holley Inc. PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
None.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report include the risk factors described in Amendment No. 2 to our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022. As of the date of this Quarterly Report there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Amendment No. 2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022. ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
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| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
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.
HOLLEY INC. (F/K/A EMPOWER LTD.) | ||||||
| Date: February 4, 2022 | /s/ Thomas W. Tomlinson | |||||
| Name: | Thomas W. Tomlinson | |||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||
| Date: February 4, 2022 | /s/ Dominic Bardos | |||||
| Name: | Dominic Bardos | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Thomas W. Tomlinson, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of Holley Inc. (F/K/A Empower Ltd.); |
| 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) | [Reserved]; |
| 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 control over financial reporting. |
| Date: February 4, 2022 | By: | /s/ Thomas W. Tomlinson | ||||
| Thomas W. Tomlinson | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Dominic Bardos, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of Holley Inc. (F/K/A Empower Ltd.); |
| 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) | [Reserved]; |
| 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 control over financial reporting. |
| Date: February 4, 2022 | By: | /s/ Dominic Bardos | ||||
| Dominic Bardos | ||||||
| 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 Holley Inc. (F/K/A Empower Ltd.) (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Thomas W. Tomlinson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 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. |
| Date: February 4, 2022 | By: | /s/ Thomas W. Tomlinson | ||||
| Thomas W. Tomlinson | ||||||
| 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 Holley Inc. (F/K/A Empower Ltd.) (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Dominic Bardos, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 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. |
| Date: February 4, 2022 | By: | /s/ Dominic Bardos | ||||
| Dominic Bardos | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |