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Organization and Business Background
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND

 

AGBA Acquisition Limited (“AGBA” and the “Company”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated on October 8, 2018, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (an “initial business combination”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular geographic region, the Company intends to focus on operating businesses in the healthcare, education, entertainment and financial services sectors that have their principal operations in China.

 

AGBA Merger Sub I Limited (“AMSI”) is a company incorporated on November 26, 2021, under the laws of the British Virgin Island for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination. AMSI is wholly owned by AGBA.

 

AGBA Merger Sub II Limited (“AMSII”) is a company incorporated on November 26, 2021, under the laws of the British Virgin Island for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination. AMSII is wholly owned by AGBA.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Company’s entire activity from inception up to May 14, 2019 was in preparation for the initial public offering. Since the initial public offering, the Company’s activity has been limited to the evaluation of business combination candidates. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end and tax year end.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

Financing

 

The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the “Public Offering” as described in Note 5) was declared effective by the SEC on May 13, 2019. The Company consummated the Public Offering on May 16, 2019 of 4,600,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units”) and sold to the Sponsor to purchase 225,000 units at $10 per unit. The Company received net proceeds of $46,716,219. The Company incurred $3,373,781 in initial public offering related costs, including $2,990,000 of underwriting fees and $383,781 of initial public offering costs.

 

Trust Account

 

Upon the closing of the Public Offering and the private placement, $46,000,000 was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The funds held in the Trust Account can be invested in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) the Company’s failure to consummate a Business Combination within 36 months from the closing of the Public Offering. Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the interest earned on the Trust Account balance may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations.

 

Business Combination

 

Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, the Company’s Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for its initial business combination, although the Company may structure a business combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. If the Company is no longer listed on Nasdaq, it will not be required to satisfy the 80% test. The Company currently anticipates structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses.

 

The Company may, however, structure a business combination where the Company merges directly with the target business or where the Company acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but the Company will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise owns a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test.

 

As set forth in the memorandum of association, the objects for which are established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Law or as the same may be revised from time to time, or any other law of the British Virgin Islands.

 

The Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contains provisions designed to provide certain rights and protections to its ordinary shareholders prior to the consummation of the initial business combination. These provisions cannot be amended without the approval of 65% (or 50% if approved in connection with the initial business combination) of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares attending and voting on such amendment. The Company’s initial shareholders, who will beneficially own 20.0% of ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. Since inception, the Company has sought to amend provisions of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights twice (once at the February 5, 2021 shareholders’ meeting and then at the November 2, 2021 shareholders’ meeting). Each time, the Company provided dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with any such vote on any proposed amendments to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

 

The Company will either seek shareholder approval of any Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to convert their shares into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, or provide shareholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. These shares have been recorded at redemption value and are classified as temporary equity, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it will have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, solely if shareholder approval is sought, a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

 

In connection with any shareholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the Initial Shareholders have agreed (i) to vote any of their respective shares, including the ordinary shares sold to the Initial Shareholders in connection with the organization of the Company (the “Initial Shares”), common shares included in the Private Units sold in the Private Placement, and any ordinary shares which were initially issued in connection with the Public Offering, whether acquired in or after the effective date of the Public Offering, in favor of the initial Business Combination and (ii) not to convert such respective shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account or seek to sell their shares in connection with any tender offer the Company engages in.

 

On November 3, 2021, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), which provides for a Business Combination between AGBA and TAG Holdings Limited (“TAG”) and certain of TAG’s wholly owned subsidiaries – OnePlatform Holdings Limited (“OPH”), TAG Asia Capital Holdings Limited (“Fintech”), TAG International Limited (“B2B”), TAG Asset Partners Limited (“B2BSub)”, and OnePlatform International Limited (“HKSub”). OPH through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is engaged in business-to-business (or B2B) services, while Fintech through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is engaged in the financial technology or fintech business. B2BSub is a wholly-owned subsidiary of B2B, and HKSub is a wholly owned subsidiary of B2BSub. In the Business Combination Agreement, B2B, B2BSub, HKSub, OPH, Fintech, together with their respective subsidiaries are referred to as the “Group Parties”. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, OPH will first become a subsidiary of B2B through a merger with HKSub, with OPH as the surviving entity (the “OPH Merger”). Subsequently, (i) a to-be-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of AGBA (“Merger Sub I”) will merge with and into B2B; and another to-be-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of AGBA (“Merger Sub II”) will merge with and into Fintech (together with (i), the “Acquisition Merger”). In consideration of the Acquisition Merger, AGBA will issue 55,500,000 ordinary shares with a deemed price per share US$10.00 (“Aggregate Stock Consideration”) as directed by TAG, in its capacity as sole shareholder of B2B and Fintech.

 

At the closing of the Acquisition Merger, AGBA will deliver to such persons as directed by TAG, in its capacity as the sole shareholder of B2B and Fintech, subject to compliance with applicable law, the Aggregate Stock Consideration less three percent (3%) of the Aggregate Stock Consideration (the “Holdback Shares”). Subject to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, AGBA will release the Holdback Shares at the end of six (6) months following the closing of the Acquisition Merger, which may be extended for an additional three-month period (the “Survival Period”), provided that the AGBA will be entitled to retain some or all of the Holdback Shares to satisfy certain indemnification claims during the Survival Period.

 

Liquidation and going concern

 

The Company initially had 12 months from the consummation of this offering to consummate the initial business combination. If the Company does not complete a business combination within 12 months from the consummation of the Public Offering, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. As a result, this has the same effect as if the Company had formally gone through a voluntary liquidation procedure under the Companies Law. Accordingly, no vote would be required from our shareholders to commence such a voluntary winding up, dissolution and liquidation. However, the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination eight times (for a total of up to 36 months to complete a Business Combination). As of the date of this report, the Company has extended eight times (including three times approved by shareholders on February 5, 2021 and two times by shareholders on November 2, 2021 by an additional three months each time, and so it now has until May 16, 2022 to consummate a business combination. Pursuant to the terms of the current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the trust agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate our initial business combination, the Company’s insiders or their affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $0.15 per public share, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. The insiders have received non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory notes equal to the amount of any such deposits (i.e., $594,467 for each of the first three extensions and $546,991 for each of the last two extensions) that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The Company’s shareholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. In the event that the Company receives notice from the Company’s insiders five days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. If the Company is unable to consummate the Company’s initial business combination by May 16, 2022, the Company will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the Company’s 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 and not necessary to pay taxes, and then seek to liquidate and dissolve. However, the Company may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders. In the event of dissolution and liquidation, the public rights will expire and will be worthless. 

 

Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern if a Business Combination is not consummated by May 16, 2022. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.