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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 5 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Founder Shares

 

In October 2020 the Sponsor purchased 7,187,500 shares of Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share (up to 937,500 of which were subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full). In January 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 1,450,000, Founder Shares to the Company’s officers, directors and advisors. The Founder Shares are identical to the Class A common stock included in the Units being sold in the Public Offering except that the Founder Shares automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the initial Business Combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. In January 2021, the Company effected a stock dividend of 0.2 shares for each share of Class B common stock, resulting in the Company’s initial stockholders holding an aggregate of 8,625,000 Founder Shares. Certain of the transferees of the initial stockholders (discussed above) then transferred an aggregate of 290,000 shares back to the Sponsor. The January 2021 stock dividend is retroactively restated in the accompanying financial statements at December 31, 2020. The Sponsor had agreed to forfeit up to 1,125,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriters. The over-allotment option was exercised in full on January 20, 2021 and therefore no shares were forfeited and this contingency has lapsed.

 

The Company’s initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or (B), subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, if (x) the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

Private Placement Warrants

 

The Sponsor and certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. and D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Direct Anchor Investors”) purchased from the Company an aggregate of 6,933,333 warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant (a purchase price of $10,400,000), in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the completion of the Public Offering (the “Private Placement Warrants”). The Sponsor purchased 4,853,333 Private Placement Warrants and the Direct Anchor Investors purchased 2,080,000 Private Placement Warrants. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. A portion of the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Public Offering held in the Trust Account pending completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The Private Placement Warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and they will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the Sponsor, the Direct Anchor Investors or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the Sponsor, the Direct Anchor Investors or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the warrants included in the Units being sold in the Public Offering. Otherwise, the Private Placement Warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Warrants being sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering and have no net cash settlement provisions.

 

In addition, if the Company issues additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at a newly issued price of less than $9.20 per share of common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to its initial stockholders or their affiliates or any anchor investors, without taking into account any founder shares or warrants held by our initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, or our anchor investors, prior to such issuance) (the “newly issued price”), the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the newly issued price.

  

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, then the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be part of the liquidating distribution to the public stockholders and the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor and the Direct Anchor Investors will expire worthless.

 

Registration Rights

 

The Company’s initial stockholders and the holders of the Private Placement Warrants are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the date of the prospectus for the Public Offering. These holders are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. There will be no penalties associated with delays in registering the securities under the registration rights agreement.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In October 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of $500,000 by drawdowns of not less than $10,000 each against the issuance of an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to cover expenses related to the Public Offering. In December 2020, the Company borrowed approximately $150,000 under the Note in order to fund a portion of the costs of the Public Offering. The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of June 30, 2021 or the completion of the Public Offering. The Note was repaid in full at the January 20, 2021 closing of the Public Offering and no amounts are outstanding under the Note at December 31, 2021. Because the Note was payable on the earlier of September 30, 2021 or the completion of the Public Offering and both the date and the event (the completion of the Public Offering) have passed, this Note is no longer available to the Company.

 

Administrative Support Agreement

 

The Company has agreed to pay $15,000 a month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support to an affiliate of the Sponsor, Hennessy Capital Group LLC. Services commenced on the date the securities were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and will terminate upon the earlier of the consummation by the Company of an initial Business Combination or the liquidation of the Company. Approximately $173,000 and -0-, respectively, was charged to general and administrative expenses in the year ended December 31, 2021 and the period from November 3, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020. Beginning in December 2021, the Sponsor agreed to defer collection of its administrative fee for an indefinite period and therefore approximately $15,000 is included in accrued liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2021.

 

Also, commencing on the date the securities were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company agreed to compensate each of its President and Chief Operating Officer as well as its Chief Financial Officer $29,000 per month prior to the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, of which $14,000 per month is payable upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and $15,000 per month is payable currently for their services. During the year ended December 31, 2021 and period from November 3, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, $286,000 and -0-, respectively, was paid and approximately $383,000 and -0-, respectively was included in accrued deferred compensation at December 31, 2021 for these obligations. Beginning in November 2021, these two officers agreed to defer collection of their compensation for an indefinite period.