RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

NOTE 9. RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

At December 31, 2021, the Company’s warrant liability was valued at $7,384,800. Under the guidance in ASC 815-40 the Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment. As such, the Warrants must be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. This valuation is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each re-measurement, the warrant valuation will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.

The Company’s warrant liability for the Private Placement Warrants is based on a valuation model utilizing inputs from observable and unobservable markets with less volume and transaction frequency than active markets. The fair value of the Private Warrant liability classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Company’s warrant liability for the Public Warrants is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. The fair value of the Public Warrant liability is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Substantially all of the Company’s trust assets on the balance sheet consist of U. S. Treasury Securities which are classified as cash equivalents. Fair values of these investments are determined by Level 1 inputs utilizing quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value.


	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Investments held in Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities (1)	$	276,079,687	$	—	$	—
Liabilities:
Private Placement Warrants	$	—	$	—	$	2,692,800
Public Warrants	$	4,692,000	$	—	$	—

(1)

Matures January 6, 2022.

Measurement

The Company established the initial fair value for the Warrants on February 11, 2021, the date of the consummation of the Company’s IPO using a Monte Carlo simulation model to value the Public Warrants and a modified Black-Scholes model to value the Private Placement Warrants. The Warrants were initially classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy due to the use of unobservable inputs. In April 2021, the Public Warrants began trading in the open market and were reclassified to Level 1. On December 31, 2021 the fair value was remeasured. At December 31, 2021, the Company used a modified Black-Scholes model to value the Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants were classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy at the measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs. The Company’s Private Placement Warrant liability is based on a valuation model utilizing management judgment and pricing inputs from observable and unobservable markets with less volume and transaction frequency than active markets. Significant deviations from these estimates and inputs could result in a material change in fair value.

The key inputs into the valuation models was as follows:


					February 11, 2021
	December 31,				(initial
Input	2021				measurement date)
Risk-free interest rate		1.26	%		0.46	%
Expected term (years)		5.0			5.0
Expected volatility		10.50	%		23.0	%
Dividend rate		0.0	%		0.00	%
Exercise price	$	11.50		$	11.50

The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in fair value of the beginning and ending balances for our assets and liabilities classified as level 3 for the period ended December 31, 2021.


Fair value at issuance February 11, 2021	$	18,028,933
Public Warrants reclassified to level 1(1)		(9,200,000)
Issuance of Private Placement Warrants upon conversion of Working Capital Loans		68,000
Change in fair value		(6,204,133)
Fair Value at December 31, 2021		2,692,800

(1)Assumes the Public Warrants were reclassified on June 30, 2021.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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