ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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• | “amended and restated memorandum and article of association” are to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that the company adopted prior to the consummation of the initial public offering; |
• | “Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time; |
• | “council members” are to members of our Leadership Council; |
• | “directors” are to our current directors; |
• | “founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares initially issued to our sponsor in a private placement prior to the initial public offering and the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A ordinary shares will not be “public shares”); |
• | “initial shareholders” are to all of our shareholders immediately prior to the date of this report, including all of our officers, Industry Advisors and directors to the extent they hold ordinary shares; |
• | “management” or our “management team” are to our executive officers and directors; |
• | “ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares; |
• | “private placement warrants” are to the warrants issued to our sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering and upon conversion of working capital loans, if any; |
• | “public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units; |
• | “public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor and management team to the extent our sponsor and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that our sponsor’s and each member of our management team’s status as a “public shareholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares |
• | “senior advisors” are to members of our senior advisory team; |
• | “sponsor” are to Plum Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; |
• | “warrants” are to our redeemable warrants, which includes the public warrants as well as the private placement warrants to the extent that they are no longer held by the initial purchasers of the private placement warrants or their permitted transferees; and |
• | “we,” “us,” “our,” “company” or “our company” are to Plum Acquisition Corp. I, a Cayman Islands exempted company. |
• | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; |
• | our ability to complete our initial business combination; |
• | our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses; |
• | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; |
• | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination; |
• | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination; |
• | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
• | our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from the recent COVID-19 pandemic; |
• | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities; |
• | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
• | the lack of a market for our securities; |
• | the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; |
• | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or |
• | our financial performance following our initial public offering. |
• | We are a recently incorporated company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. |
• | Past performance by our management team or our Industry Advisors or their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us. |
• | Our shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our shareholders do not support such a combination. |
• | Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash. |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure. |
• | The requirement that we consummate an initial business combination within 24 months after the closing of our initial public offering may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders. |
• | Certain of our officers and directors have direct and indirect economic interests in us and/or our sponsor after the consummation of the initial public offering and such interests may potentially conflict with those of our public shareholders as we evaluate and decide whether to recommend a potential business combination to our public shareholders. |
• | Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the status of debt and equity markets. |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, executive officers, Industry Advisors, directors or their affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants. |
• | If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed. |
• | You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss. |
• | Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions. |
• | You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies. |
• | Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. |
• | If the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for the 24 months following the closing of this the IPO, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination. |
• | We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results. |
• | Our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to continue operating, including our ability to raise additional capital and take measures to conserve liquidity and our proximity to our liquidation date expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern.” |
Item 1. |
Business |
Management Members |
Biography | |
Ursula Burns |
• Served as Chairperson & CEO of Xerox and CEO of VEON • Board director of Exxon Mobil, Uber, Waystar, Endeavor and IHS Holdings • Former directorships include American Express, Boston Scientific, and Nestle • Under President Barack Obama, led the White House national program on STEM and served as chair of the President’s Export Council | |
Kanishka Roy |
• Served as Global Head of Tech M&A Origination at Morgan Stanley • Global CFO of private AI unicorn SmartNews • Software Investment Banker at Oppenheimer & Co. | |
Mike Dinsdale |
• Served as CFO of Gusto, Doordash and Docusign • Venture Partner at Akkadian Ventures • Defined the “modern unicorn” CFO for over 20 years |
Directors |
Biography | |
Mr. Lane Bess | • Served as COO of Zscaler and President & CEO of Palo Alto Networks • Serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University | |
Ms. Kelly Breslin Wright | • Served as Executive Vice President of Sales at Tableau Software • Grew Tableau revenue from $0 to more than $800mm • Board Director of Fastly, Lucid, and Even | |
Ms. Jennifer Ceran | • Served as CFO of Smartsheet and VP Finance at Box • Former CFO at Quotient (fka Coupons.com) • Board director of True Platform, Klaviyo, Riskified, NerdWallet, and Wyze Labs | |
Mr. Alok Sama | • Served as President & CFO of SoftBank Group International • Board member of Arm Holdings, Fortress Investments Group, SoFi, Brightstar Corp, SoftBank Energy, SoftBank Group Capital, and Airtel Africa | |
Mr. Kevin Turner | • Served as COO of Microsoft • President & CEO of Core Scientific • Former CEO of Sam’s Club, CIO of Walmart |
Select Nominees |
Biography | |
Mr. Alan Black | • Former CFO of ZenDesk • Former CEO of Intelliden; Board Member at Looker | |
Mr. Brian Gentile | • Managing Director & Executive Coach at 10xCEO • Former Chairman & CEO at Jaspersoft, Advisor Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts | |
Ms. Danielle Brown | • Chief People Officer at Gusto; former Chief Diversity Officer at Intel and Google | |
Mr. David Sable | • Former CEO of Young & Rubicam; Senior Advisor at WPP • Former Chairman at WMLY&R, Vice Chairman & COO at Wunderman | |
Ms. Glenda McNeal | • President, Enterprise Strategic Partnerships at American Express • Public Company Board Member at Nordstrom | |
Mr. Jan Frykhammar | • Former CEO and CFO of Ericsson • Public and private board member, advisor at multiple technology companies | |
Ms. Patricia Nakache | • General Partner at Trinity Ventures • Board Member at ThredUp; former Board Member at Care.com | |
Ms. Patti Hart | • CEO of IGT; Chairman & CEO at Pinnacle, Excite@Home • Former Board Member at Yahoo! And Plantronics | |
Mr. Ralph Clark | • President & CEO of ShotSpotter (NYSE: SSTI) and GuardianEdge • Founder & CEO of Blue Makoi | |
Mr. Sean O’Malley | • Head of Strategy at Cadian Capital; former Managing Director at Blackstone | |
Ms. Valerie Jarrett | • Sr. Advisor to Pres. Obama in Intergovernmental Affairs • Board Member at Lyft, 2U, Ralph Lauren; Chairwoman of the Chicago Stock Exch. | |
Mr. Van Jones | • Host of the Van Jones Show on CNN • CEO of REFORM Alliance; President of The Dream Corps | |
Ms. Vivian Chow | • Chief Accounting Officer at DocuSign • Board Member at LiveRamp |
• | Conviction and Aligned Incentives for Investors: We are funding all of our risk capital internally. We believe this indicates a high level of confidence and commitment on the part of our team. This investment also creates alignment between our team, IPO investors, and future PIPE investors because we are all focused on maximizing the long-term value of our business combination. |
• | Focus on Long-Term Value Creation for the Partner Company: Self-funding the entirety of our risk capital also closely aligns us with our eventual partner company’s outcome. Our willingness to tie our promote lock-up to company stock-price performance should also be attractive to companies. We plan to carefully curate our IPO and PIPE investors, focusing on long-term investors with a track record of supporting high-quality growth companies. In addition, we believe that our performance bonus of interests in our sponsor that are equivalent to an aggregate of up to 500,000 founder shares provides meaningful motivation to our Board of Directors, Leadership Council, and Senior Advisory Team to help us deliver the best possible returns to our shareholders. |
• | Decentralized and Proprietary Deal Sourcing: Each member of our 48-person extended team has been selected for their personal networks and access to Tech companies and boards in the U.S. and Europe. The breadth and connectivity of this extended team, combined with our incentive structure, increases our ability to source proprietary opportunities without relying on bankers for deal flow, and reduces the likelihood that we will have to participate in competitive bid processes or “SPAC-offs”. |
• | Incremental Value through DEI Focus and Execution: Core to our thesis is evidence that there is tremendous value to be unlocked when both management teams and investors prioritize DEI. We will draw upon a diverse, world-class team for public board construction and to assist our future partner company on its own DEI journey, along with specific DEI strategies and initiatives that have worked at world-class companies such as Intel and Google. |
• | Proprietary Accelerating Through the Bell Operational Playbook: We believe our public growth playbook, with a focus on short-term tactical plays, medium-term growth plays, and longer-term culture-defining plays, will provide our eventual partner company with a strong competitive edge and make our SPAC an attractive partner. Each play is owned by a highly regarded executive with a proven track record of success in that specific area. For example, one of the individuals running our public investor relations strategy was instrumental in executing the Shopify and Zendesk IPOs, among others; the individual in charge of go-to-market |
• | Large Addressable Market: We will seek to invest in companies that offer room for compelling, long-term growth in their key markets. Large addressable markets have been a hallmark of our previous successful investments. We believe green field or rapidly growing markets often create the largest absolute returns. |
• | Experienced and Visionary Management Team: Seasoned and visionary management teams are necessary for success in our model. We intend to acquire a company with forward-thinking leaders with a demonstrated history of success, and whose interests and vision are aligned with those of our team and shareholders. |
• | Robust Growth: While many things must fall in place for an investment to succeed, we believe that growth is the primary driver of returns. We believe that revenue growth, not cost cutting, leverage, or other strategies, is the most important driver of long-term value. |
• | Strong Business Model: We believe business models that enable reinvestment win in the long-haul. As such, the most investable companies must show, through compelling unit economics and business model, both the ability to deliver impressive cash flows and productively reinvest over the long term. |
• | Competitive Moat: Real, sustainable accumulating advantages enable companies to compound value. We favor businesses with strong structural advantages, including various forms of network effects, aggregator dynamics, and brand. |
• | Visible Market Opportunity: We seek to invest in businesses with recurring or re-occurring business models that provide good revenue visibility and ample data, allowing us to clearly understand growth drivers. We intend to invest in those businesses where future revenue cannot be confounded by significant market, technology, or regulatory risks. |
• | subject us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our initial business combination; and |
• | cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services. |
• | We issue ordinary shares that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our ordinary shares then-outstanding; |
• | Any of our directors, officers or substantial shareholders (as defined by Nasdaq rules) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of common stock could result in an increase in outstanding common shares or voting power of 5% or more; or |
• | The issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control. |
• | the timing of the transaction, including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company; |
• | the expected cost of holding a shareholder vote; |
• | the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed business combination; |
• | other time and budget constraints of the company; and |
• | additional legal complexities of a proposed business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to shareholders. |
• | conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and |
• | file proxy materials with the SEC. |
• | conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and |
• | file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. |
Redemptions in Connection with Our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by Our Affiliates |
Redemptions if We Fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
Calculation of redemption price | Redemptions at the time of our initial business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share), including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitation that no redemptions will take place if all of the redemptions would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and any limitations (including, but not limited, to cash requirements) agreed to in connection with the negotiation of terms of a proposed business combination. |
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, council members or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following completion of our initial business combination. There is no limit to the prices that our sponsor, directors, officers, council members or their affiliates may pay in these transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going- private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will be required to comply with such rules. |
If we have not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the initial public offering, we will redeem all public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount, then on deposit in the trust account (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share), including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares. |
Redemptions in Connection with Our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by Our Affiliates |
Redemptions if We Fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
Impact to remaining shareholders | The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders, who will bear the burden of the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable. |
If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us. |
The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our sponsor, who will be our only remaining shareholder after such redemptions. |
Item 1A. |
Risk Factors |
• | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
• | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
• | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
• | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
• | our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares; |
• | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
• | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
• | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
• | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
• | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or |
• | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services. |
• | restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
• | restrictions on the issuance of securities, |
• | registration as an investment company with the SEC; |
• | adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
• | reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations that we are currently not subject to. |
• | a limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
• | reduced liquidity for our securities; |
• | a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
• | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
• | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
• | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the initial public offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one |
• | may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares; |
• | could cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
• | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
• | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and |
• | may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants. |
• | we have a board that includes a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the rules of Nasdaq; |
• | we have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and |
• | we have a nominating committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. |
• | costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations; |
• | rules and regulations regarding currency redemption; |
• | complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals; |
• | laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected; |
• | exchange listing and/or delisting requirements; |
• | tariffs and trade barriers; |
• | regulations related to customs and import/export matters; |
• | local or regional economic policies and market conditions; |
• | unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; |
• | longer payment cycles; |
• | tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States; |
• | currency fluctuations and exchange controls; |
• | rates of inflation; |
• | challenges in collecting accounts receivable; |
• | cultural and language differences; |
• | employment regulations; |
• | underdeveloped or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems; |
• | corruption; |
• | protection of intellectual property; |
• | social unrest, crime, strikes, riots and civil disturbances; |
• | regime changes and political upheaval; |
• | terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars; and |
• | deterioration of political relations with the United States. |
Item 1B. |
Unresolved Staff Comments |
Item 2. |
Properties |
Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings |
Item 4. |
Mine Safety Disclosures |
Item 5. |
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
Item 6. |
Selected Financial Data. |
Item 7. |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
Item 7A. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures |
Item 9B. |
Other Information |
Item 9C. |
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections |
Item 10. |
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance Directors and Executive Officers |
Name |
Age |
Position | ||
Ursula Burns | 63 | Executive Chairwoman and Director | ||
Kanishka Roy | 46 | President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||
Mike Dinsdale | 49 | Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director | ||
Lane Bess | 60 | Director | ||
Kelly Breslin Wright | 51 | Director | ||
Jennifer Ceran | 58 | Director | ||
Alok Sama | 59 | Director | ||
Kevin Turner | 56 | Director |
• | meeting with our independent registered public accounting firm regarding, among other issues, audits, and adequacy of our accounting and control systems; |
• | monitoring the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm; |
• | verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law; |
• | inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
• | pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed; |
• | appointing or replacing the independent registered public accounting firm; |
• | determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent registered public accounting firm regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work; |
• | establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies; |
• | monitoring compliance on a quarterly basis with the terms of the initial public offering and, if any noncompliance is identified, immediately taking all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise causing compliance with the terms of the initial public offering; and |
• | reviewing and approving all payments made to our existing shareholders, executive officers or directors and their respective affiliates. Any payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with the interested director or directors abstaining from such review and approval. |
• | should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service; |
• | should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations; and |
• | should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interests of the shareholders. |
• | reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our executive officers’ performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our executive officers, based on such evaluation; |
• | reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other Section 16 executive officers; |
• | reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans; |
• | implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
• | assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
• | approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees; |
• | producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
• | reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
• | duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole; |
• | duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose; |
• | directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; |
• | duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders; |
• | duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and |
• | duty to exercise independent judgment. |
Individual |
Entity |
Entity’s Business |
Affiliation | |||
Ursula Burns | Teneo Holdings LLC | Public relations and advisory services | Senior Advisor | |||
Uber Technologies, Inc. | Rideshare | Board Member | ||||
Exxon Mobil Corporation | Energy | Board Member | ||||
Waystar | Financial Technology | Board Member | ||||
IHS Holding Limited | Telecommunication Infrastructure | Board Member |
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Entity |
Entity’s Business |
Affiliation | |||
Kanishka Roy | Pomegranate Ventures | Private Investment | General Partner | |||
Mike Dinsdale | Akkadian Ventures, LLC | Investment, Management & Fundraising | Venture Partner | |||
Clause Inc. | Financial Technology | Board Member | ||||
Jirav, Inc. | Financial Technology | Board Member | ||||
Lane Bess | Bess Ventures and | Investing | Founder and Principal | |||
Kelly Breslin Wright | Fastly, Inc. | Cloud Computing | Board Member | |||
Lucid Software Inc. | Software | Board Member | ||||
Even Responsible Finance, Inc. | Financial Software Enterprise Customer | Board Member | ||||
Jennifer Ceran | True Capital Partners, LLC | Talent Management | Board Member | |||
Klaviyo, Inc. | Software | Board Member; Interim CFO | ||||
Riskified Ltd. | Software | Board Member | ||||
NerdWallet, Inc. | Personal Finance | Board Member | ||||
Wyze Labs, Inc. | Consumer Technology | Board Member | ||||
Alok Sama | Warburg Pincus LLC | Private Equity | Senior Acvisor | |||
The Raine Group | Finance | Chief Strategy Officer | ||||
Kevin Turner | Albertsons Companies, Inc. | Grocery | Vice Chairman | |||
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. | Communications Infrastructure | Chairman | ||||
EdgeConneX, Inc. | Data Center Solutions | Director | ||||
Core Scientific | Blockchain & AI Infrastructure | President & CEO |
• | Our officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses, on the other hand. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our executive officers and directors is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he is entitled to substantial compensation and has substantial time commitments, and our executive officers and directors are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. |
• | Our sponsor subscribed for founder shares prior to the date of this Report and purchased private placement warrants in a transaction that will close simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering. |
• | Our sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the initial public offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares. |
Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and management and Related Shareholder Matters |
• | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares; |
• | each of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns our ordinary share; and |
• | all our executive officers and directors as a group. |
Class B ordinary shares |
Class A ordinary shares |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned(2) |
Approximate Percentage of Class |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Class |
Approximate Percentage of Voting Control |
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Plum Partners, LLC(3) |
7,980,409 | 100.0 | % | — | — | 20.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Ursula Burns(3) |
7,980,409 | 100.0 | % | — | — | 20.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Kanishka Roy(3) |
7,980,409 | 100.0 | % | — | — | 20.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Mike Dinsdale(3) |
7,980,409 | 100.0 | % | — | — | 20.0 | % | |||||||||||||
Lane Bess(4) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Kelly Breslin Wright(4) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Jennifer Ceran(4) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Alok Sama(4) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Kevin Turner(4) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
All officers and directors as a group (8 individuals) |
7,980,409 | 100.0 | % | — | — | 20.0 | % |
* | Less than one percent. |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is 2021 Fillmore St. #2089, San Francisco, California 94115. |
(2) | Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as Class B ordinary shares. Such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination on a one-for-one |
(3) | Plum Partners, LLC is the record holder of the share reported herein. Plum Partners, LLC is controlled by Ursula Burns, Kanishka Roy and Michael Dinsdale. |
(4) | Does not include any shares indirectly owned by this individual as a result of his or her partnership interest in our sponsor or its affiliates. |
Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence |
Item 14. |
Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
for the Period from January 11, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 |
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Audit Fees (1) |
$ | 92,096 | ||
Audit-Related Fees (2) |
$ | — | ||
Tax Fees (3) |
$ | — | ||
All Other Fees (4) |
$ | — |
(1) | Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our period-end financial statements, services provided in connection with our initial public offering, and services that are normally provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. |
(2) | Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees consist of fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our year-end financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. |
(3) | Tax Fees. Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. |
(4) | All Other Fees. All other fees consist of fees billed for all other services including permitted due diligence services related potential Business Combination. |
Item 15. |
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules |
(a) | The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report: |
(1) | Financial Statements |
(2) | Exhibits |
* | Filed herewith |
** | Furnished herewith |