WinVest Acquisition Corp 10-Q for FY2024 Q1
WinVest Acquisition Corp. (WINV)
About this 10-Q
WinVest Acquisition Corp filed this 10-Q on May 21, 2024, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (FY2024 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2024, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Net loss
- $106.45K
- compared with a net loss of $404.53K a year earlier
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Tax receivable | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses, short-term portion | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total assets | ||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Income tax payable | ||||||||
| Excise tax payable | ||||||||
| Related party payables | ||||||||
| Extension note, related party | ||||||||
| Promissory note, related party | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commissions | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) | ||||||||
| Common stock subject to possible redemption; shares outstanding at redemption values of $ and $ per share as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ deficit: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, par value $, shares authorized, issued and outstanding | ||||||||
| Common stock, par value $, shares authorized; issued and outstanding (excluding shares subject to possible redemption as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023) | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended | For the Three Months Ended | |||||||
| March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Operating expenses: | $ | $ | ||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income: | ||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||
| Total other income | ||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Provision for income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted, redeemable shares subject to redemption | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, redeemable shares subject to redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted, non-redeemable shares | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable shares | $ | ) | $ | ) | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024 AND 2023
| Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, January 1, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2023 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, January 1, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2024 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended | For the Three Months Ended | |||||||
| March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on cash held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Changes in taxes receivable | ||||||||
| Changes in prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in accounts payable and accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Changes in taxes payable | ||||||||
| Changes in related party payables | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Investment in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Withdrawal of interest from Trust Account to pay taxes | ||||||||
| Cash withdrawn from Trust Account in connection with redemption | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from promissory note - related party | ||||||||
| Proceeds from extension note - related party | ||||||||
| Redemption of common stock | ||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| NET CHANGE IN CASH | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash - Beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash - End of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Accretion of common stock to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
| Excise tax payable | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF THE BUSINESS
WinVest Acquisition Corp. (“WinVest,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 1, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (the “Initial Business Combination”) with one or more businesses or entities. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
Throughout this report, the terms “our,” “we,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and raising funds through the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
The
registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the Initial Public Offering (the “IPO
Registration Statement”) was declared effective on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial
Public Offering of units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, $
par value per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), with each Public Warrant
entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $
Simultaneously
with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company completed the private sale of
warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $per Private Placement Warrant to our sponsor,
WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $
Each
Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $
On
September 23, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional Units (the “Over-Allotment
Units”), generating gross proceeds of $
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Following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option
in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $
The
Company initially had 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021 to consummate the Initial Business
Combination. On November 30, 2022, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the stockholders approved an amendment
(the “November 2022 Extension Amendment”) to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as amended,
the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must consummate
an Initial Business Combination from December 17, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to January 17, 2023, and to allow
the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an
additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by its Sponsor,
and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months
after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of the Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject
to the deposit by the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline,
of $
In
connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of Public Shares properly exercised
their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $ per
share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $
Following
the approval of the November 2022 Extension Amendment, on December 5, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal
amount of $
On
June 12, 2023, the Company held a second special meeting of stockholders (the “June 2023 Extension Meeting”), at which the
stockholders approved, among other things, (i) an amendment (the “June 2023 Extension Amendment”) to the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to July 17, 2023, and to allow the Company, without another
stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month (or such
shorter period as may be requested by the Sponsor) after July 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested
by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2023, or a total
of up to six months after June 17, 2023, unless the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior
thereto, and (ii) an amendment (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment”) to eliminate from the Certificate of Incorporation
the limitation that the Company may not consummate any business combination unless it has net tangible assets of at least $
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In
connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of Public Shares properly exercised their
right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $ per share,
for an aggregate redemption amount of $
Following
the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note
in the principal amount of $
On
November 30, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the stockholders approved, among other things, an
amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “November 2023 Extension Amendment”)
to extend the Termination Date from December 17, 2023 to January 17, 2024, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder
vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after
January 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’
advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after December 17,
2023, unless the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination shall
have occurred prior thereto, by causing $
In
connection with the vote to approve the November 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of Public Shares properly exercised
their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $ per
share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $
Following
the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory
note in the principal amount of $
Through
the date of this report, the Company has deposited $
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If
the Company is unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination by the Termination Date, the Company will, as promptly as possible
but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem
No compensation of any kind (including finders’, consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of the existing officers, directors, stockholders, or any of their affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after the Initial Business Combination is uncertain, the Company has no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after the Initial Business Combination.
Management intends to use any funds available outside of the Trust Account for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist the Company with its search for a target business and for director and officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company’s insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities as described below.
The allocation of the net proceeds available to the Company outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account available to pay for the Company’s income and other tax liabilities, represents the best estimate of the intended uses of these funds. In the event that the Company’s assumptions prove to be inaccurate, the Company may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories. If the estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating the Initial Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to the Company from the Trust Account is insufficient, the Company may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, the Company could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from the Sponsor or third parties. The Sponsor and/or founding stockholders may, but are not obligated to, loan funds as may be required. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes that would either be paid upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination, or, with respect to certain of such notes, at such lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination into Private Placement Warrants at a price of $ per Private Placement Warrant. However, the Sponsor and/or founding stockholders are under no obligation to loan the Company any funds or invest in the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary funds, the Company may be forced to cease searching for a target business and liquidate without completing our Initial Business Combination.
The
Company will likely use substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, the Private Placement and the sale of the
Additional Private Placement Warrants, including the funds held in the Trust Account, in connection with the Initial Business Combination
and to pay for expenses relating thereto, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in
an amount equal to
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To the extent the Company is unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Company will pay the costs of liquidation from the remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
Risks and Uncertainties
On
August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides
for, among other things,
In
June 2023, the Company’s stockholders redeemed
Public Shares for a total of $
Use of Funds Restricted for Payment of Taxes
In
February 2024, the Company withdrew $
Going Concern
As
of March 31, 2024, the Company had $
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The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation, Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for a business combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating a business combination. Management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a business combination. Although management has been successful to date in raising necessary funding, there can be no assurance that any required future financing can be successfully completed. Additionally, the Company does not currently have sufficient working capital. Furthermore, the Company’s ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination within the contractual time period is uncertain. The Company currently has until June 17, 2024 to consummate the Initial Business Combination. The Company will not be able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by June 17, 2024. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern due to the uncertainty of liquidity requirements and the mandatory liquidation date within one year.
Our plan to address the June 17, 2024 liquidation is to seek stockholder
approval for, and to file, an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 13, 2024, we are proposing to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the
Termination Date from June 17, 2024 to July 17, 2024 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account
of $
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, and the adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature.
Unaudited Interim Financial Statements
In the opinion of the Company, the unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of its financial position as of March 31, 2024, and its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2023, is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024, or for any future interim periods.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s 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.
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 estimates.
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, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Cash Held in Trust Account
Following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option
in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $
Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Common Stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common Stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Common Stock (including Common Stock that features redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Common Stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Common Stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Common Stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
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The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares are effected by charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
Public and Private Warrants
We account for our Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as equity-classified instruments, based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own Common Stock, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding. In that respect, the Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans made to the Company, were identical to the warrants underlying the Units offered in the Initial Public Offering.
Rights
The Company accounts for its Rights as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Rights’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the Rights are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Rights meet all the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Rights are indexed to the Company’s own Common Stock, among other conditions for the equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgement, is conducted at the time of Rights issuance.
Each Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless. The Company has not considered the effect of Rights sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase shares of Common Stock, since the exercise of the Rights are contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company 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 March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. 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.
While
ASC 740 identifies usage of an effective annual tax rate for purposes of an interim provision, it does allow for estimating
individual elements in the current period if they are significant, unusual or infrequent. Computing the effective tax rate for the
Company is complicated due to the potential impact of the timing of any Business Combination expenses and the actual interest income
that will be recognized during the year. The Company has taken a position as to the calculation of income tax expense in a current
period based on ASC 740-270-25-3 which states, “If an entity is unable to estimate a part of its ordinary income (or loss) or
the related tax (benefit) but is otherwise able to make a reasonable estimate, the tax (or benefit) applicable to the item that
cannot be estimated shall be reported in the interim period in which the item is reported.” The Company believes its
calculation to be a reliable estimate and allows it to properly take into account the usual elements that can impact its annualized
book income and its impact on the effective tax rate. As such, the Company is computing its taxable income (loss) and associated
income tax provision based on actual results through March 31, 2024. The Company’s effective tax rate was (
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Franchise Taxes
The Company is subject to franchise tax filing requirements in the State of Delaware.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in financial institutions,
which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, 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. U.S. 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. |
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
SCHEDULE OF FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT ON RECURRING BASIC
| Fair value measurements at reporting date using: | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | Fair Value | Quoted prices in active markets for identical liabilities (Level 1) | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) | ||||||||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account at December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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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.
Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is computed like basic earnings per share, except the weighted average number of common shares outstanding are increased to include additional shares from the assumed exercise of share options, if dilutive.
The
Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. The Statements of Operations
include a presentation of loss per redeemable share and loss per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income per share.
In order to determine the net loss attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered
the total loss allocable to both sets of shares. This is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. For purposes of
calculating net loss per share, any remeasurement of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends
paid to the public stockholders.
SCHEDULE OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | ||||||||
Common shares subject to redemption | Non-redeemable Common Shares | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | ||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||
| Allocation of net loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | $ | ) | |||||
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | ||||||||
Common shares subject to redemption | Non-redeemable Common Shares | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | ||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||
| Allocation of net loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | $ | ) | |||||
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The Company has not considered the effect of Warrants and Rights sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase shares of Common Stock in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the Warrants and Rights are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for the period presented.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“ASU 2022-03”). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in this Update also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The provisions in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 for public business entities. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect to early adopt this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.
ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The new standard is effective for public entities with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted and should be applied prospectively with the option of retrospective application. The Company does not expect to early adopt this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.
The Company does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3 - INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant
to the Initial Public Offering, on September 17, 2021, the Company sold Units at a price of $ per Unit for a total of
$
In
connection with its Initial Public Offering, the Company incurred offering costs of $
NOTE 4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Sponsor Shares
On
March 16, 2021, our Sponsor purchased shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock for an
aggregate price of $
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Prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Company entered into agreements with its directors in connection with their board service and certain members of its advisory board in connection with their advisory board service for its Sponsor to transfer an aggregate of of its Founder Shares to the Company’s directors for no cash consideration and an aggregate of of its Founder Shares to certain members of the Company’s advisory board for no cash consideration, for a total of shares, approximating the fair value of the shares on such date, or $. The shares were subsequently transferred prior to the effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement. The Founder Shares do not have redemption rights and will be worthless unless the Company consummates its Initial Business Combination.
Private Placement Warrants
Our
Sponsor purchased from us an aggregate of
March 2021 Promissory Note – Related Party
On
March 16, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (extended by amendment in March 2022 to the consummation
of an Initial Business Combination) (the “March 2021 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company could borrow up to
an aggregate principal amount of $
The Company analyzed the conversion feature of the March 2021 Promissory Note into private warrants under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASC 450, Contingencies, ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASU 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). Prior to any Initial Business Combination, the outstanding amounts under the March 2021 Promissory Note are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The conversion feature for any such outstanding amounts requires liability treatment on the balance sheet and should be recorded at fair value with changes to the fair value being recorded through the income statement. Once converted, the private warrants, being identical to the Public Warrants, will be classified under equity treatment. However, given that the fair value of such conversion feature is not material as of the latest drawdown date, and the reporting date, or March 31, 2024, management has not recorded any such adjustment to the Company’s financial statements.
October 2023 Promissory Note – Related Party
On
October 31, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “October 2023 Promissory Note”), pursuant
to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal
amount of $
Extension Notes – Related Party
As
previously disclosed, on December 5, 2022, the Company issued the First Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor
agreed to loan to the Company up to $
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As
previously disclosed, in connection with the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, the
Company issued the Second Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $
As
previously disclosed, in connection with the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13,
2023, the Company issued the Third Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $
Through
the date of this report, the Company has effected drawdowns of an aggregate of $
The Company analyzed the conversion feature of the First and Second Extension Notes into private warrants under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASC 450, Contingencies, ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASU 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).” Prior to an Initial Business Combination, the outstanding amounts under the Extension Notes are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The conversion feature for any such outstanding amounts requires liability treatment on the balance sheet and should be recorded at fair value with changes to the fair value being recorded through the income statement. Once converted, the private warrants, being identical to the Public Warrants, will be classified under equity treatment. However, given that the fair value of such conversion feature is not material as of the latest drawdown date of each of the Extension Notes, the reporting date, or March 31, 2024, management has not recorded any such adjustment to the Company’s financial statements.
Administrative Support Agreement
The
Company entered into an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $
NOTE 5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the Founder Shares are to be released from escrow. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of our Initial Business Combination.
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Underwriting Agreement
The
Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of its prospectus to purchase up to additional Units to cover
over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On September 23, 2021,
the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”),
generating gross proceeds of $
The
underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $ per Unit, or $
Finder’s Fee Agreement
On July 12, 2022, the Company entered into a finder’s fee agreement with a third-party finder (“Finder”), payable only upon the successful consummation of an Initial Business Combination with a merger target company identified and introduced by the Finder and acknowledged by the Company in writing during the retention period, which shall be one year after origination and will continue for one year after such period, unless terminated earlier. For purposes of the agreement, the finder’s fee shall be calculated as 1% of the sum of any cash and noncash consideration actually delivered and paid in connection with an Initial Business Combination.
Agent Agreement
On July 19, 2022, the Company entered an agent agreement with a FINRA registered broker-dealer (“Agent”), by which the Company engaged the Agent as its non-exclusive agent to use commercially reasonable efforts to refer the Company to potential target companies for an Initial Business Combination. If the Company completes a transaction with any such target company referred to by the Agent within 18 months after such referral, the Agent shall be paid a success fee based upon the transaction value, which shall become due and payable concurrently with the Initial Business Combination.
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC M&A / Capital Markets Advisory Agreement
On July 23, 2022, the Company entered a M&A/Capital Markets Advisory Agreement (“M&A Agreement”) with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”), by which Chardan shall assist and advise the Company in completing an Initial Business Combination. In the event an Initial Business Combination is consummated during the term of the M&A Agreement, the Company shall pay to Chardan at the closing of the Initial Business Combination a fee (the “M&A Fee”) as described below. If the M&A Fee is to be based on the “Aggregate Value” of an Initial Business Combination, such term means, without duplication, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate value of any securities issued, promissory notes delivered by the Company to a target company in connection with an Initial Business Combination, and any other cash and non-cash consideration (using such values as set forth in such Initial Business Combination’s definitive agreement) delivered and paid in connection with an Initial Business Combination, and the amount of all debt and debt-like instruments of the target company immediately prior to closing that (a) are assumed or acquired by the Company or (b) retired or defeased in connection with such business combination less any amounts of a financing relating to such Initial Business Combination (a “Financing”) that are the basis of a Financing Fee (as defined below). Even if an Initial Business Combination is not consummated prior to the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement, Chardan shall be entitled to the full M&A Fee with respect to any transaction consummated involving a party introduced to the Company by Chardan (an “Introduced Party”) that occurs within 18 months of the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement or within 12 months of the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement for any party not deemed an Introduced Party.
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In
the event an Initial Business Combination is consummated involving a party other than an Introduced Party, the Company will pay to Chardan
an M&A Fee equal to the greater of $
| ● | 3%
of the first $ | |
| ● | 2%
of the Aggregate Value greater than $ | |
| ● | 1%
of the Aggregate Value greater than $ |
The M&A Fee will be paid either in cash out of the flow of funds from the Trust Account or in registered and free trading securities of the Company, as the parties may agree.
The
Company will pay a cash fee equal to
The
Company will pay Chardan up to $
As
of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded deferred underwriting commissions of $
NOTE 6 – COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION
The Company’s Common Stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Common Stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
SCHEDULE OF COMMON STOCK REDEMPTION
Common Shares Subject to Possible | ||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | |||
| Deposits to Trust Account | ||||
| Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption | ||||
| Taxes withdrawn from Trust Account | ( | ) | ||
| Redemption of common stock | ( | ) | ||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | ||||
| Deposits to Trust Account | ||||
| Taxes withdrawn from Trust Account | ( | ) | ||
| Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption | ||||
| Balance, March 31, 2024 | $ | |||
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NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Common Stock
The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of shares of Common Stock, par value $, and shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $.
In March 2021, the Company issued Founder Shares at a price of approximately $ per share for total cash of $. There are shares of preferred stock outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December, 31, 2023.
Rights
The registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the Initial Public Offering was declared effective on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of Units. Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock of the Company, $ par value per share, one redeemable warrant, with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $ per whole share, subject to adjustment, and one Right, with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by the Company of an Initial Business Combination. Each Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless.
Public Warrants
Each redeemable warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $ per full share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of the completion of an Initial Business Combination and 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within 90 days from the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire five years from the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.
The
Company may call the outstanding warrants for redemption (excluding the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon
conversion of working capital loans), in whole and not in part, at a price of $
| ● | at any time while the warrants are exercisable; |
| ● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; |
| ● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of Common Stock equals or exceeds $ per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders (the “Force-Call Provision”), and |
| ● | if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. |
The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.
The redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.
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If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, management of the Company will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.”
In
addition, if (x) the
The Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans made to the Company, will be identical to the warrants underlying the Units being offered in the Initial Public Offering.
NOTE 8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as set forth below, management did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
April Extension
On
April 16, 2024, the Company effected the fifth drawdown of $
Business Combination Agreement
On May 9, 2024, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, Xtribe P.L.C., a public limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with number 07878011 (“Xtribe PLC”), and Xtribe Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Xtribe PLC. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. The Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated therein were approved by the Company’s board of directors and the board of directors of Xtribe PLC.
Special Meeting of Stockholders
On May 13, 2024, the Company filed a definitive proxy
statement with the SEC to amend its Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2024 to the Charter Extension
Date upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $30,000, to be loaned to the Company by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates,
members or third-party designees, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date
to for up to five Additional Extensions, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Company’s
Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2024, or a total of up
to six months after June 17, 2024, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to
the deposit of an additional $
May Extension
On
May 15, 2024, the Company effected the sixth drawdown of $
Promissory Note Drawdown
The
Sponsor plans to draw down approximately $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in the section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements in the discussion and analysis set forth below may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” and variations and similar words and expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to those factors set forth under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
References in this discussion and analysis to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Initial Business Combination”). We intend to effectuate our Initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
As of March 31, 2024 and the date of this filing, we had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 related to our formation, raising funds through our Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
The stock exchange listing rules provide that the Initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the assets held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as trustee (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable), at the time of the our signing a definitive agreement in connection with the Initial Business Combination. We will only complete an Initial Business Combination if the post-Initial Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target company or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target company sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provided that we had until December 17, 2022 to complete an Initial Business Combination; provided, however, that if we anticipated we may not be able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2022, we, by resolution of the board of directors if requested by our sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”), could extend the period of time to consummate an Initial Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (up until June 17, 2023), subject to the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees. On November 30, 2022, we held a special meeting of stockholders (the “November 2022 Extension Meeting”) to, among other things, approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which we must consummate an Initial Business Combination (the “Termination Date”) from December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after the original Termination Date of December 17, 2022, unless the closing of the Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “November 2022 Extension Amendment”). Our Sponsor agreed that if the November 2022 Extension Amendment was approved at the November 2022 Extension Meeting, it or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees would lend to us up to $750,000 to be deposited into the Trust Account.
The stockholders approved the November 2022 Extension Amendment at the November 2022 Extension Meeting. Accordingly, on December 5, 2022, we issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $750,000 (the “First Extension Note”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan to us up to $750,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The First Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of the Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the First Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, our Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the First Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) issued to our Sponsor at the time of our Initial Public Offering. The balance on the First Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $750,000.
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In connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of 9,606,887 shares of Common Stock issued as part of the Units (as defined below) sold in our Initial Public Offering (“Public Shares”) properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $98.0 million.
On June 12, 2023, we held a second special meeting of stockholders (the “June 2023 Extension Meeting”) at which the stockholders approved, among other things, (i) an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (the “June 2023 Extension Amendment”) to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to July 17, 2023, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month (or such shorter period as may be requested by the Sponsor) after July 17, 2023, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2023, unless the closing of our Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, and (ii) an amendment (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment”) to eliminate from the Certificate of Incorporation the limitation that we may not consummate any business combination unless we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such business combination. Following stockholder approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment at the June 2023 Extension Meeting, on June 16, 2023, we filed the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.
In connection with the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $390,000 (the “Second Extension Note”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan us up to $390,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Second Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Second Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, our Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Second Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to our Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering. The balance on the Second Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $390,000.
In connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.71 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $6,721,795. Following such redemptions, $13,551,331 was left in Trust Account and 1,265,429 Public Shares remained outstanding.
On November 30, 2023, we held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the stockholders approved, among other things, an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (the “November 2023 Extension Amendment”) to extend the Termination Date from December 17, 2023 to January 17, 2024, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after December 17, 2023, unless the closing of our Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, by causing $55,000 to be deposited into the Trust Account for each such extension.
In connection with the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $330,000 (the “Third Extension Note,” and collectively with the First Extension Note and the Second Extension Note, the “Extension Notes”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan us up to $330,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Third Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Third Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. The balance on the Third Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $220,000 and $55,000, respectively.
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In connection with the vote to approve the November 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 122,306 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.81 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $1,322,518. Following such redemptions, approximately $12,360,810 was left in the Trust Account and 1,143,123 shares of Public Shares remained outstanding.
Through the date of this report, we have effected drawdowns of $1,470,000 under the Extension Notes and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from December 17, 2022 to June 17, 2024. Such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of Public Shares upon our liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment or (b) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.
If we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination within the allotted time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay our dissolution expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the Rights (as defined below) and Public and Private Placement Warrants will expire and will be worthless.
Recent Developments
On May 9, 2024, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, Xtribe P.L.C., a public limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with number 07878011 (“Xtribe PLC”), and Xtribe Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Xtribe PLC. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. The Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated therein were approved by the Company’s board of directors and the board of directors of Xtribe PLC.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
All activities through March 31, 2024 were related to our organizational activities, preparation for our Initial Public Offering, and, after our Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our Initial Business Combination. Subsequent to our Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, we generate non-operating income in the form of interest on cash and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account, and prior to the liquidation of the marketable securities held in the Trust Account, we generated dividend income on such marketable securities. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse change has occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. We incur ongoing expenses as a result of being a public company for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance, as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, our net loss was $106,446 and expenses from operating activities were $225,101, as compared to a net loss of $404,527 and expenses from operating activities of $569,578 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. These decreases were mainly due to a decrease in legal fees for the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023. We intend to use our operating cash 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, and structure, negotiate and complete an Initial Business Combination.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of March 31, 2024, we had $50,121 in our operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $3,085,779, as compared to $37,946 in our operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $2,717,064 as of December 31, 2023. Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from a related party, our Sponsor, and from the issuance of Common Stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the proceeds from our Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Warrants held outside of our Trust Account and loans from the Sponsor. We believe we will need to access additional liquidity in order to consummate an Initial Business Combination.
On March 16, 2021, we issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, which note was amended on March 27, 2022 (the “March 2021 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000, of which $300,000 was outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note as of December 31, 2023. The March 2021 Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the date on which we consummate an Initial Business Combination. The Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note into warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one-half share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, commencing on the date of our Initial Business Combination. No such conversions have yet occurred. During 2023, we effected drawdowns of $300,000 under the March 2021 Promissory Note. These amounts remain outstanding as of March 31, 2024. The purpose of each drawdown is for the payment of expenses associated with operations and those necessary to initiate an Initial Business Combination.
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On September 17, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrant”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment, and one right (the “Right”), with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by us of an Initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses).
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of the Units, we completed the private sale of 10,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants,” and collectively with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (such sale, the “Private Placement”). Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.
On September 23, 2021, our underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021. Simultaneously with the sale of Over-Allotment Units, we consummated a private sale of an additional 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Additional Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $450,000.
We paid a total of $2,400,000 in underwriting discounts, expenses and commissions (not including deferred underwriting commissions of $4,025,000 payable only upon completion of our Initial Business Combination) and $523,969 for other costs and expenses related to the Initial Public Offering, resulting in aggregate net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and overallotment of $112,076,031.
As of September 27, 2021, a total of $116,150,000 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Additional Private Placement Warrants were deposited in the Trust Account, and we had $638,000 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering.
On December 5, 2022, we issued the First Extension Note to our Sponsor in the principal amount of $750,000. On December 5, 2022, we effected the first drawdown of $125,000 under the First Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023. During 2023, we effected drawdowns of $625,000 under the First Extension Note and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from January 17, 2023 to June 17, 2023.
In connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of 9,606,887 shares of Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $98.0 million.
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On June 13, 2023, we issued the Second Extension Note to our Sponsor in the principal amount of $390,000. During 2023, we effected drawdowns of $390,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to December 17, 2023.
In connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 shares of Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.71 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $6,721,795.
On October 31, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “October 2023 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000. As of March 31, 2024, we had effected drawdowns of $78,500 under the October 2023 Promissory Note. The October 2023 Promissory Note does not bear interest and matures upon the closing of the Initial Business Combination. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the October 2023 Promissory Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. The purpose of each drawdown is for the payment of expenses associated with operations and those necessary to initiate an Initial Business Combination.
In connection with the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13, 2023, we issued the Third Extension Note to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan us up to $330,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The balance on the Third Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 was $220,000.
In connection with the vote to approve the November 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 122,306 shares of Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.81 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $1,322,518. Following such redemptions, 1,143,123 shares of Public Shares remained outstanding.
As of March 31, 2024, we had cash held in the Trust Account of approximately $12.7 million. We intend to use substantially all of the remaining funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable, to complete our Initial Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes and up to $100,000 of dissolution expenses, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to consummate an 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.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis that we will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2024, we had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 relates to our formation and the Initial Public Offering. All activity for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and the three months ended March 31, 2024 relates to identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. Our ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating an Initial Business Combination. We currently have until June 17, 2024 to consummate our Initial Business Combination, which is 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering. We may not be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination by June 17, 2024.
Our plan to address the June 17, 2024, liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 13, 2024, we are proposing to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2024 to July 17, 2024 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $30,000, to be loaned to the Company by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month period each time after the Charter Extension Date (each, an “Additional Extension”), by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by our Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2024, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit of an additional $30,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees (the “Charter Extension Amendment”). If the Charter Extension Amendment is approved and effective, our public stockholders may elect to redeem their Public Shares. An electing stockholder will be entitled to receive a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares. This redemption right will apply to each holder of Public Shares regardless of whether and how such holder votes on the proposal. The removal from the Trust Account of such amounts would reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of the Company held by our Sponsor. Due to the reasons stated above, we believe we may not have sufficient liquidity through the date of an Initial Business Combination, if extended through December 17, 2024.
To the extent we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, we will need to pay the costs of liquidation as well from our current available funds outside the Trust Account, including the approximate amount of $921,500 still available to us under the October 2023 Promissory Note as of March 31, 2024. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern due to insufficient liquidity, the uncertainty of liquidity requirements and the mandatory liquidation date within one year.
Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities as of March 31, 2024, other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial, and administrative support services provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on September 14, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of an Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation.
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Deferred underwriting discounts and commissions in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds raised in the Initial Public Offering, or $4,025,000, will be payable to the underwriters upon the consummation of our Initial Business Combination and will be held in the Trust Account until the consummation of such Initial Business Combination.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2024, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K. 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.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Management has determined that the Company has no critical accounting estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“ASU 2022-03”). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in this Update also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The provisions in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 for public business entities. Early adoption is permitted. We do not expect to early adopt this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.
ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The new standard is effective for public entities with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted and should be applied prospectively with the option of retrospective application. We do not expect to early adopt this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.
We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are not required to provide the information under this item.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officer”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2024, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of March 31, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the protection of funds permitted for withdrawal from the Trust Account, the Company’s non-compliance with the investment management trust agreement and incorrectly filing income taxes in the state of Delaware.
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We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 15, 2024, except as set forth below:
There are no assurances that the Charter Extension Amendment will enable us to complete an Initial Business Combination.
Approving the Charter Extension Amendment involves a number of risks. Even if the Charter Extension Amendment is approved, we can provide no assurances that an Initial Business Combination will be consummated prior to December 17, 2024. Our ability to consummate any Initial Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. We are required to offer stockholders the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment, and we will be required to offer stockholders redemption rights again in connection with any stockholder vote to approve an Initial Business Combination. Even if the Charter Extension Amendment or an Initial Business Combination are approved by our stockholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate an Initial Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Charter Extension Amendment vote and the Initial Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our stockholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our Public Shares on the open market. The price of our Public Shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that stockholders will be able to dispose of their Public Shares at favorable prices, or at all.
The Excise Tax Included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 may decrease the value of our securities following our Initial Business Combination and hinder our ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination.
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock repurchased by “covered corporations” beginning on January 1, 2023, with certain exceptions (the “Excise Tax”). The Excise Tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which the stock is repurchased. The amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the Excise Tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”) has authority to promulgate regulations and provide other guidance regarding the Excise Tax. In December 2022, the Treasury Department issued Notice 2023-2, indicating its intention to propose such regulations and issuing certain interim rules on which taxpayers may rely. Under the interim rules, liquidating distributions made by publicly traded domestic corporations are exempt from the Excise Tax. In addition, any redemptions that occur in the same taxable year in which a liquidation is completed will also be exempt from such tax. Redemptions of our Public Shares in connection with an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation or in connection with a business combination may subject us to the Excise Tax unless one of the two exceptions above apply.
If the Charter Extension Amendment is approved, any redemption or other repurchase that we make may be subject to the Excise Tax. Consequently, the value of our stockholder’s investment in our securities may decrease and the amount our stockholders may receive upon redemption may be negatively impacted as a result of the Excise Tax. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the Excise Tax would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with our Initial Business Combination, (ii) the structure of an Initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with an Initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with an Initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of an Initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury Department. In addition, because the Excise Tax would be payable by us, and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the Excise Tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available to complete an Initial Business Combination and could have an adverse effect on our ability to complete an Initial Business Combination.
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We are required by the Nasdaq Listing Rules to consummate an Initial Business Combination within 36 months of the effectiveness of our IPO Registration Statement. In the event we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination within this time period, or securities could be subject to delisting.
Pursuant to IM-5101-2(b) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we must consummate an Initial Business Combination within 36 months of the effectiveness of our IPO Registration Statement, or by September 14, 2024. The proposed extension of the Termination Date to December 17, 2024, may extend our ability to complete an Initial Business Combination until the thirty-ninth (39) month anniversary of our IPO, which will take us beyond the permitted period for a business combination under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. If we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination by September 14, 2024, Nasdaq may issue a Staff Delisting Determination under Rule 5810 to delist our securities. If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
| ● | the price of our securities will likely decrease as a result of the loss of market efficiencies associated with being listed on Nasdaq; | |
| ● | holders may be unable to sell or purchase our securities when they wish to do so; | |
| ● | we may become subject to shareholder litigation; | |
| ● | we may lose the interest of institutional investors in our securities; | |
| ● | we may lose media and analyst coverage; and | |
| ● | we would likely lose any active trading market for our securities, as our securities may then only be traded on one of the over-the-counter markets, if at all. |
Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange following redemptions by our stockholders in connection with approval of the Charter Extension Amendment, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
Our Common Stock, Units, Warrants and Rights are listed on Nasdaq. After the Stockholder Meeting, we may be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements in order to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. Such continued listing requirements for our Common Stock include, among other things, the requirement to maintain at least 300 public holders, at least 500,000 publicly held shares and a market value of publicly held shares of $1.0 million. Pursuant to the terms of our Certificate of Incorporation, in connection with the Charter Extension Amendment, stockholders may elect to redeem their Public Shares and, as a result, we may not be in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements.
If our securities do not meet Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange. If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list such securities on another approved national securities exchange, we expect that such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: (i) a limited availability of market quotations for our securities, (ii) reduced liquidity for our securities, (iii) a determination that our Public Shares are a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Public Shares to adhere to more stringent rules, including being subject to the depository requirements of Rule 419 of the Securities Act, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities, (iv) a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company, (v) a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future, and (vi) a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business in connection with a business combination. The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Our Common Stock, Units, Warrants and Rights qualify as covered securities under such statute. If we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
The Company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. If the Company is unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, the Company may not be able to accurately report its financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in the Company and materially and adversely affect the Company’s business and operating results.
During the preparation of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the period ended September 30, 2023, the Company identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting related to incorrectly filing income taxes in the state of Delaware. The Company will file an amended return and will file its income tax returns in the U.S., Massachusetts, and Florida jurisdictions.
During the preparation of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period ended March 31, 2024, the Company identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting related to its Trust Account withdrawals. In 2023, the Company withdrew $898,940 of interest and dividend income earned in the Trust Account, which was restricted for payment of the Company’s tax liabilities as provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation. In the period ended March 31, 2024, the Company withdrew $40,050 of interest and dividend income earned in the Trust Account and received a tax refund of $104,305 that was previously paid with the interest and dividend income earned on the Trust Account. During both the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period ended March 31, 2024, portions of these funds were inadvertently used for the payments of general operating expenses. Such amounts were disbursed without appropriate review and approval to ensure that the disbursements were made in accordance with the investment management trust agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company. As a result of this issue, management concluded that a material weakness exists in our internal control over financial reporting related to the review and approval of cash disbursements.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults upon senior securities
None.
Item 4. Mine safety disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| Manish Jhunjhunwala | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
Date: May 21, 2024
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Manish Jhunjhunwala, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of WinVest Acquisition Corp.; | |
| 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. | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |
| 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. | 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: May 21, 2024 | |
| /s/ Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| WinVest Acquisition Corp. | |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
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 WinVest Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I hereby certify in my capacity as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §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. | To my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report. |
| Date: May 21, 2024 | |
| /s/ Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| WinVest Acquisition Corp. | |
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |