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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable for pre-combination services in consideration for the business combination.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable to replace certain vested acquiree warrants in consideration for the business combination.

No definition available.

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The amount of net cash inflow from issuance of convertible debt after deducting fees, offering cost and paying the cost of the capped call transactions.

No definition available.

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Represents repayments of debt acquired in a business combination.

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The number of shares received in connection with Merger for each share of company owned stock.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.