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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from      to     

 

Commission File Number: 001-40169

 

First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

 

 

86-1662498

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

262 Harbor Drive, Third Floor, Stamford, CT

 

06902

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 661-6601

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class:

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:

Shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

FRSG

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share

 

FRSG W

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-fourth of one Redeemable Warrant

 

FRSG U

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No

As of November 10, 2022, 22,243,955 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,560,989 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.


 


 

 

FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

 

Item 1.

Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)

3

 

 

 

 

Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021 

3

 

 

 

 

Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and for the Period from January 22, 2021 (Inception) Through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

4

 

 

 

 

Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022, for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and for the Period from January 22, 2021 (Inception) Through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

5

 

 

 

 

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and for the Period from January 22, 2021 (Inception) Through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

6

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

7

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

23

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

30

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

30

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

31

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

31

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

32

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

33

 

 

 


 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS  

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

475,936

 

 

$

1,113,109

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

251,113

 

 

 

672,363

 

Total current assets

 

 

727,049

 

 

 

1,785,472

 

Deferred tax asset

 

 

295,371

 

 

 

 

Investments held in Trust Account

 

 

223,791,125

 

 

 

222,450,786

 

Total Assets

 

$

224,813,545

 

 

$

224,236,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders' Deficit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

2,111,710

 

 

$

1,773,161

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

4,420,349

 

 

 

4,003,784

 

Franchise tax payable

 

 

83,571

 

 

 

166,322

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

6,615,630

 

 

 

5,943,267

 

Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the initial public offering

 

 

3,892,692

 

 

 

7,785,383

 

Derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

748,550

 

 

 

8,820,010

 

Total liabilities

 

 

11,256,872

 

 

 

22,548,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 22,243,955 shares at redemption value of approximately $10.04 and $10.00 per share as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

223,374,803

 

 

 

222,439,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' Deficit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; no non-redeemable shares issued or outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 5,560,989 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

 

556

 

 

 

556

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(9,818,686

)

 

 

(20,752,508

)

Total stockholders' deficit

 

 

(9,818,130

)

 

 

(20,751,952

)

Total Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders' Deficit

 

$

224,813,545

 

 

$

224,236,258

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

3


 

FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

For The Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For The

Nine Months Ended

 

 

For the Period from

January 22, 2021

(Inception) Through

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses

 

$

558,427

 

 

$

4,835,752

 

 

$

1,580,786

 

 

$

5,583,806

 

Franchise tax expenses

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

49,863

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

135,940

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(608,427

)

 

 

(4,885,615

)

 

 

(1,730,786

)

 

 

(5,719,746

)

Other income (expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

320,800

 

 

 

3,473,250

 

 

 

8,071,460

 

 

 

6,069,680

 

Gain from settlement of deferred underwriting commissions

 

 

3,892,692

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,892,692

 

 

 

 

Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(487,468

)

Income from investments held in Trust Account

 

 

1,012,508

 

 

 

3,418

 

 

 

1,340,338

 

 

 

7,356

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

4,617,573

 

 

 

(1,408,947

)

 

 

11,573,704

 

 

 

(130,178

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

(310,647

)

 

 

 

 

 

(295,371

)

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

4,928,220

 

 

$

(1,408,947

)

 

$

11,869,075

 

 

$

(130,178

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock, basic and diluted

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

18,183,551

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A common stock

 

$

0.18

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

$

0.43

 

 

$

(0.01

)

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock, basic and diluted

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

5,458,586

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B common stock

 

$

0.18

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

$

0.43

 

 

$

(0.01

)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

4


 

 

FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

For The Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Deficit

 

Balance - December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

$

556

 

 

$

 

 

$

(20,752,508

)

 

$

(20,751,952

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,595,302

 

 

 

4,595,302

 

Balance - March 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

556

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,157,206

)

 

 

(16,156,650

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,345,553

 

 

 

2,345,553

 

Balance - June 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

556

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,811,653

)

 

 

(13,811,097

)

Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(935,253

)

 

 

(935,253

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,928,220

 

 

 

4,928,220

 

Balance - September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

$

556

 

 

$

 

 

$

(9,818,686

)

 

$

(9,818,130

)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and for the Period from January 22, 2021 (Inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Deficit

 

Balance - January 22, 2021 (inception)

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,750,000

 

 

 

575

 

 

 

24,425

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,425

)

 

 

(20,442,204

)

 

 

(20,466,629

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(587,520

)

 

 

(587,520

)

Balance - March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,750,000

 

 

 

575

 

 

 

 

 

 

(21,029,724

)

 

 

(21,029,149

)

Forfeiture of Class B common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(189,011

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subsequent measurement of Class A common stock subject to redemption against additional paid-in capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,866,289

 

 

 

1,866,289

 

Balance - June 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

556

 

 

 

 

 

 

(19,163,416

)

 

 

(19,162,860

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,408,947

)

 

 

(1,408,947

)

Balance - September 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

$

556

 

 

$

 

 

$

(20,572,363

)

 

$

(20,571,807

)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.


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FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

For The

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2022

 

 

For the Period from

January 22, 2021

(Inception) Through

September 30, 2021

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

11,869,075

 

 

$

(130,178

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expenses paid by related party under note payable

 

 

 

 

 

682

 

General and administrative expenses paid by related party in exchange for issuance of Class B common stock

 

 

 

 

 

3,981

 

Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

487,468

 

Deferred tax asset

 

 

(295,371

)

 

 

 

Income from investments held in Trust Account

 

 

(1,340,338

)

 

 

(7,356

)

Gain from settlement of deferred underwriting commissions

 

 

(3,892,692

)

 

 

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(8,071,460

)

 

 

(6,069,680

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

421,250

 

 

 

(819,109

)

Accounts payable

 

 

338,550

 

 

 

1,844,120

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

486,565

 

 

 

2,805,272

 

Franchise tax payable

 

 

(82,752

)

 

 

135,940

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(567,173

)

 

 

(1,748,860

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash deposited in Trust Account

 

 

 

 

 

(222,439,550

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

(222,439,550

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of note payable to related party

 

 

 

 

 

(65,775

)

Proceeds received from initial public offering, gross

 

 

 

 

 

222,439,569

 

Proceeds received from private placement

 

 

 

 

 

7,698,790

 

Offering costs paid

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

(4,568,581

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

(70,000

)

 

 

225,504,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash

 

 

(637,173

)

 

 

1,315,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash - beginning of the period

 

 

1,113,109

 

 

 

 

Cash - end of the period

 

$

475,936

 

 

$

1,315,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offering costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B common stock

 

$

 

 

$

21,000

 

Offering costs included in accrued expenses

 

$

325,000

 

 

$

395,000

 

Offering costs paid by related party under note payable

 

$

 

 

$

65,094

 

Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the initial public offering

 

$

 

 

$

7,785,384

 

Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount

 

$

935,253

 

 

$

20,466,629

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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Note 1-Description of Organization and Business Operations

Organization and General

First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 22, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Initial Business Combination”). The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) described below, as well as the identification and evaluation of prospective acquisition targets for an Initial Business Combination and ongoing administrative and compliance matters. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of its Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest and other income on investments of the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31st as its fiscal year end.

Sponsor and Financing

The Company’s sponsor is First Reserve Sustainable Growth Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Initial Public Offering was declared effective on March 4, 2021. On March 9, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 22,243,955 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units, the “Public Shares”), including the partial exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 2,243,955 additional Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $222.4 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $12.8 million, of which approximately $7.8 million was for deferred underwriting commissions (Note 5). On August 8, 2022, the underwriter, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, irrevocably waived their rights to the deferred underwriting commissions, in the amount of approximately $3.9 million, due under the underwriting agreement consummated in connection with the Initial Public Offering (see Note 5).

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,132,527 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million (Note 4).

Trust Account

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, approximately $222.4 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will be invested only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of one hundred eighty five (185) days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company. Funds will remain in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account proceeds as described below. The remaining proceeds outside the Trust Account may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses.

The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that, other than the withdrawal of interest to pay franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses), none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earliest of: (i) the completion of the Initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares that have been properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote seeking to amend any provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if it has not consummated an Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; or (iii) the redemption of 100% of the Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The

 

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proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the holders (the “Public Stockholders”) of the Public Shares.

Initial Business Combination

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering are intended to be generally applied toward consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the Initial Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.

The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for an Initial Business Combination, will either (i) seek stockholder approval of the Initial Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose in connection with which stockholders may seek to redeem their Public Shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the Initial Business Combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes, or (ii) provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their Public Shares to the Company by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of the Initial Business Combination or will allow stockholders to sell their Public Shares in a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require the Company to seek stockholder approval, unless a vote is required by law or under NASDAQ rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval, it will complete its Initial Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the Initial Business Combination. However, in no event will the Company redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of its Public Shares and the related Initial Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Initial Business Combination.

If the Company holds a stockholder vote or there is a tender offer for shares in connection with an Initial Business Combination, a stockholder will have the right to redeem his, her or its Public Shares for an amount in cash equal to his, her or its pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, including interest not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes. As a result, such Public Shares are recorded at redemption amount and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”).

Pursuant to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, if the Company is unable to complete the Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or March 9, 2023 (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors will not be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined below) held by them if the Company fails to complete the Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the

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Sponsor or any of the Company’s directors, officers or affiliates acquires shares of Class A common stock in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete the Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company after an Initial Business Combination, the Company’s stockholders are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities and after provision is made for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock. The Company’s stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights. There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock, except that the Company will provide its stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, upon the completion of the Initial Business Combination, subject to the limitations described herein.

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Juuce Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Juuce”), EO Charging, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (“EO”) and Charge Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of EO. On March 16, 2022, the Company and Juuce entered into a Mutual Termination Agreement pursuant to which the parties mutually agreed to terminate the Business Combination Agreement effective as of such date.

Refer to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 12, 2021 and March 17, 2022, for more information.

Going Concern and Management’s Plan

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $0.5 million in its operating bank account and working capital deficit of approximately $5.8 million (which excludes approximately $84,000 in franchise tax expenses).

The Company’s liquidity needs to date have been satisfied through a payment of $66,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs in exchange for issuance of the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4), the loan under the Note (as defined in Note 4) of approximately $300,000 and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. The Company fully repaid the Note on March 9, 2021. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, the Company’s officers, directors and initial stockholders may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (see Note 4). As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

Until the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination. The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. 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 until the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or the mandatory liquidation date. These condensed 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.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity needs, mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 9, 2023. The financial statements do not include any adjustment that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a

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going concern. The Company intends to complete an Initial Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective Initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations after December 31, 2022. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from whom the shares are repurchased (although it may reduce the amount of cash distributable in a current or subsequent redemption). The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of any positive difference between the fair market value of any shares repurchased by the repurchasing corporation during a taxable year and the fair market value of certain new stock issuances by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year. In addition, a number of exceptions apply to this excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of, this excise tax, but it has not yet issued any guidance.

Although the application of this excise tax is not entirely clear, any redemption or other repurchase effected by the Company that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with an initial business combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to this excise tax. Because any such excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, it could cause a reduction in the value of the Company’s Class A common stock or cash available for distribution in a subsequent liquidation. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a business combination will depend on a number of factors, including (i) whether the business combination closes after December 31, 2022, (ii) the structure of the business combination, (iii) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, (iv) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the business combination (or any other equity issuances within the same taxable year of the business combination) and (v) the content of any regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury. Further, the application of the excise tax in respect of distributions pursuant to a liquidation of a publicly traded U.S. corporation is uncertain and has not been addressed by the Treasury in regulations or other guidance, and it is possible that the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be used to pay any excise tax owed by the Company in the event that the Company is unable to complete a business combination in the required time and redeem 100% of the Company’s remaining Class A common stock in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation), in which case the amount that would otherwise be received by the Company’s public stockholders in connection with the Company’s liquidation would be reduced. 

Note 2-Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31, 2022.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December

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FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022. The financial information as of December 31, 2021, is derived from the audited financial statements presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022.

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an "emerging growth company," as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act"), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

This may make comparison of the Company's condensed financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk also consist of investment accounts in a financial institution (Trust Account), which, exceeds the SIPC insurance coverage of $500,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Investments Held in the Trust Account

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FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

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The Company’s portfolio of investments is comprised of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government securities, or a combination thereof, the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as marketable securities. Marketable securities are presented on the condensed balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Trading securities and investments in money market funds are presented on the condensed balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included in income on investments held in the Trust Account in the accompanying condensed statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, excluding the derivative warrant liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” equal or approximate the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheets.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

 

Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

 

Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

 

Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred and presented as non-operating expenses in the condensed statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock issued were charged against the carrying value of the shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company classifies deferred underwriting commissions as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Derivative Warrant Liabilities

The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and FASB

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ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.

The 5,560,989 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”) and the 5,132,527 Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised. The fair value of the Public Warrants as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is based on observable listed prices for such warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liability may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including Class A common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, 22,243,955 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the remeasurement from initial book value to redemption amount. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of Class A common stock resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.

The calculation of diluted net income (loss) does not consider the effect of the warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (including the consummation of the Over-allotment) and the private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 10,693,516 shares of Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per share is the same as basic net income (loss) per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021. Remeasurement associated with the redeemable Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

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The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock: 

 

 

 

For The Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of net income (loss)

 

$

3,942,576

 

 

$

985,644

 

 

$

(1,127,158

)

 

$

(281,789

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average common stock outstanding

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock

 

$

0.18

 

 

$

0.18

 

 

$

(0.05

)

 

$

(0.05

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2022

 

 

For The Period From January 22, 2021 (Inception) Through

September 30, 2021

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

 

Class A

 

 

Class B

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of net income (loss)

 

$

9,495,260

 

 

$

2,373,815

 

 

$

(100,122

)

 

$

(30,056

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average common stock outstanding

 

 

22,243,955

 

 

 

5,560,989

 

 

 

18,183,551

 

 

 

5,458,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock

 

$

0.43

 

 

$

0.43

 

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.01

)

 

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of September 30, 2022, there were approximately $295,000 in deferred tax assets resulting from net operating losses against which no valuation allowance has been applied. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets.

ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax

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position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. The Company’s effective tax rate was (6.73)% and (2.55)% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and 0.00% for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate of 21% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 due to the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets and the deduction from failed deal costs.

Recent Accounting Standards

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. The ASU amends ASC 820 to clarify that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. The ASU applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the condensed financial statements.

The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements. 

Note 3-Initial Public Offering

On March 9, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 22,243,955 Units, including the partial exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 2,243,955 Over-Allotment Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $222.4 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $12.8 million, of which approximately $7.8 million was for deferred underwriting commissions.

Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-fourth of one warrant (each, a “Public Warrant” and, collectively, the “Public Warrants”).

Note 4-Related Party Transactions

Due From Sponsor

At the closing of the Initial Public Offering on March 9, 2021, proceeds from the sale of the Founder Shares (as defined below) in the amount of $25,000 were due to the Company. Such amount was paid by the Sponsor to the Company on March 11, 2021.

Due to Related Party

The Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combinations. The audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by the Company to the Sponsor, officers or directors, or the Company’s or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an Initial Business Combination will be made from funds held outside the Trust Account. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there was approximately $6,000 and $0 balance outstanding, respectively, which have been included in the accounts payable on the accompanying unaudited condensed balance sheets.

Founder Shares

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On January 22, 2021, 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) were issued to the Sponsor in exchange for the payment of $25,000 of expenses on behalf of the Company, or approximately $0.004 per share. Up to 750,000 Founder Shares were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the over-allotment option for the Initial Public Offering was not exercised by the underwriters. The underwriters’ over-allotment option expired 45 days from the effective date of the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering. The forfeiture will be adjusted to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters so that the Founder Shares will represent 20.0% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. The underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option on March 9, 2021 to purchase an additional 2,243,955 Units, with the remaining portion of the over-allotment option expiring at the conclusion of the 45-day option period. On April 18, 2021 the remaining portion of the over-allotment option expired and, as a result, the Sponsor forfeited 189,011 Founder Shares.

The holders of the Founders Shares agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the Initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the Initial Business Combination, (x) if the last 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 Initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction 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.

Each of the independent directors of the Company has an indirect pecuniary interest in Founder Shares through membership interests in the Sponsor. The independent directors do not have voting or dispositive control over Founder Shares held by the Sponsor.

Private Placement Warrants

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 5,132,527 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale.

Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of the Company’s Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Initial Business Combination is not completed within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund redemptions of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the Initial Business Combination.

Related Party Loans

On January 22, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable upon the closing date of the Initial Public Offering. The Company borrowed a total of approximately $66,000 under the Note and fully repaid the balance on March 9, 2021.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes an Initial Business Combination, the Company will repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that an Initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if

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any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of an Initial Business Combination or, at the lenders’ discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Initial Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Note 5-Commitments & Contingencies

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, (and any Class A common shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans) were entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed upon the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of at least $25 million in value of these securities were entitled to demand that the Company file a registration statement covering such securities and to require the Company to effect up to an aggregate of three underwritten offerings of such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of an Initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the underwriting agreement for the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option on March 9, 2021 to purchase an additional 2,243,955 Over-Allotment Units. On April 18, 2021, the remaining over-allotment option expired unexercised. 

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or approximately $4.4 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, $0.35 per unit, or approximately $7.8 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes an Initial Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement for the Initial Public Offering.

On August 8, 2022, the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), one of the underwriters in the Company’s Initial Public Offering, entered into an agreement pursuant to which Goldman Sachs waived all rights to its pro rata share of the Deferred Discount (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 4, 2021, among the Company, Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital Inc.). Goldman Sachs’ pro rata share of the Deferred Discount was approximately $3.9 million and was payable by the Company upon consummation of an initial business combination. The Company intends to continue to pursue the consummation of an initial business combination with an appropriate target.

Consulting fees

The Company has agreements with third party consultants to provide certain advisory services to the Company relating to identification of and negotiation with potential targets, assistance with due diligence, marketing, financial analyses and investor relations, pursuant to which the consultants have agreed to defer their fees and have payment of such fees to be solely contingent on the Company closing an Initial Business Combination. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has incurred approximately $107,000 in contingent fees pursuant to these agreements. The Company will recognize an expense for these services when the performance trigger is considered probable, which in this case will occur upon closing of an Initial Business Combination.

Note 6-Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company’s Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of future events. The Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 22,243,955 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, all of which were subject to possible redemption.

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The Class A common stock subject to possible redemption reflected on the condensed balance sheets are reconciled on the following table:

 

Gross proceeds

 

$

222,439,550

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

Fair value of Public Warrants at issuance

 

 

(8,119,040

)

Offering costs allocated to Class A common stock subject to possible redemption

 

 

(12,347,589

)

Plus:

 

 

 

 

Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount

 

 

20,466,629

 

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2021

 

 

222,439,550

 

Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount

 

 

935,253

 

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, September 30, 2022

 

$

223,374,803

 

 

Note 7-Stockholders’ Deficit

Preferred Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Class A Common Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 22,243,955 shares of Class A common stock outstanding. All shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption have been classified as temporary equity (see Note 6).

Class B Common Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 5,560,989 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding (see Note 4).

Holders of the Class A common stock and holders of the Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, except as required by law. Each share of common stock will have one vote on all such matters. Prior to the closing of the Initial Business Combination, holders of Class B common stock have the exclusive right to elect directors.

The Class B common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock at the time of the Initial Business Combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the Initial Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the Initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Initial Business Combination).

Note 8-Warrants

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 5,560,989 Public Warrants and the 5,132,527 Private Placement Warrants outstanding.

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Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments, and will expire five years after the completion of an Initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of an Initial Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The Company agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the Initial Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company has also agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed.

In addition, if (a) the Company issues additional Class A common stock or equity-linked securities in connection with the closing of the Initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), and (b) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described under “Redemption of warrants for cash when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the Newly Issued Price and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described below under “Redemption of warrants for cash when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the Newly Issued Price.

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s shares of Class A common stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

The Private Placement Warrants (including the shares of 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 an Initial Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions, and they will not be redeemable by the Company, subject to certain limited exceptions, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. The Sponsor, or its permitted transferees, has the option to exercise the Private Placement Warrants for cash or on a cashless basis. Except as described above, the Private Placement Warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the Public Warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

Redemption of warrants for cash when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:

 

in whole and not in part;

 

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each warrant holder; and

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if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, it may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

The Company has established the last of the redemption criterion discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and the Company issues a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the Class A common stock may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) as well as the $11.50 (for whole shares) warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

Redemption of warrants for cash when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:

 

in whole and not in part;

 

at a price of $0.10 per warrant, provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares of Class A common stock determined by reference to the table set forth in the warrant agreement;

 

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice to each warrant holder; and

 

if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends notice of redemption to the warrant holders;

The “fair market value” of the Class A common stock shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Class A common stock for the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. The Company will provide the warrant holders with the final fair market value no later than one business day after the ten-trading day period described above ends. In no event will the warrants be exercisable on a cashless basis in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 shares of Class A common stock per whole warrant (subject to adjustment). This redemption feature differs from the typical warrant redemption features used in some other blank check offerings.

No fractional shares of Class A common stock will be issued upon the exercise of warrants on a cashless basis. If, upon the exercise of warrants on a cashless basis, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company will round down to the nearest whole number of the number of shares of Class A common stock to be issued to the holder.

If the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

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FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 9-Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

 

September 30, 2022

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices

in Active

Markets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Other

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments held in Trust Account - money market fund

 

$

223,791,125

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative warrant liabilities - Public warrants

 

$

389,270

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Derivative warrant liabilities - Private placement warrants

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

359,280

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Description

 

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Other

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments held in Trust Account - money market fund

 

$

222,450,786

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative warrant liabilities - Public warrants

 

$

4,560,010

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Derivative warrant liabilities - Private placement warrants

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,260,000

 

 

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period. The estimated fair value of the Public Warrants was transferred from a Level 3 measurement to a Level 1 measurement in April 2021, when the Public Warrants were separately listed and traded in an active market. There were no other transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 or the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021.

For periods where no observable traded price is available, the Company utilized a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the initial fair value of the Public and Private Placement Warrants. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units in April 2021, the fair value of the Public Warrants is based on the observable listed price for such warrants. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized a gain/(loss) resulting from changes in the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $0.3 million and $3.5 million, respectively, which is presented in the accompanying condensed statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and for the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, the Company recognized a gain/(loss) resulting from changes in the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $8.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, which is presented in the accompanying condensed statements of operations.

The estimated fair value of the Public Warrants, prior to the Public Warrants being traded in an active market, was determined using Level 3 inputs. The estimated fair value of the Private Placement Warrants are determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a Monte Carlo simulation are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock warrants based on implied volatility from the Company’s traded warrants and from historical volatility of select peer company’s common stock that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero.

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FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements inputs at their measurement dates:

 

 

 

September 30,

2022

 

 

December 31,

2021

 

Exercise price

 

$

11.50

 

 

$

11.50

 

Stock price

 

$

9.82

 

 

$

9.90

 

Volatility

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

12.0

%

Dividend yield

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

Term (in years)

 

 

3.5

 

 

 

5.0

 

Estimated time to M&A (in years)

 

 

0.29

 

 

 

1.00

 

Risk-free rate

 

 

4.17

%

 

 

1.35

%

 

The changes in the fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities, measured using Level 3 inputs, for the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 are summarized as follows:

 

Derivative warrant liabilities at January 1, 2022

 

$

4,260,000

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(2,617,590

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2022

 

 

1,642,410

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(1,129,160

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2022

 

 

513,250

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(153,970

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2022

 

$

359,280

 

 

Derivative warrant liabilities at January 22, 2021 (inception)

 

$

 

Issuance of Public and Private Warrants

 

 

15,817,830

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(47,040

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2021

 

 

15,770,790

 

Transfer of Public Warrants to Level 1

 

 

(8,174,650

)

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(769,880

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2021

 

 

6,826,260

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(1,693,730

)

Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2021

 

$

5,132,530

 

 

Note 10-Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References to the “Company,” “First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp.,” “First Reserve,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on January 22, 2021. We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Initial Business Combination”). We are an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

Sponsor and Financing

Our sponsor is First Reserve Sustainable Growth Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on March 4, 2021. On March 9, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) of 22,243,955 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), including the partial exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 2,243,955 additional Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $222.4 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $12.8 million, of which approximately $7.8 million was for deferred underwriting commissions.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,132,527 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million.

On August 8, 2022, one of the underwriters, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), irrevocably waived their rights to the deferred underwriting commissions, in the amount of approximately $3.9 million, due under the underwriting agreement consummated in connection with the Initial Public Offering (see Note 5).

Trust Account

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, approximately $222.4 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will be invested only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of one hundred eighty five (185) days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us. Funds will remain in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account proceeds as described below. The remaining proceeds outside

 

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the Trust Account may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses.

Initial Business Combination

Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering are intended to be generally applied toward consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the Initial Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that we will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.

Pursuant to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, if we are unable to complete the Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or March 9, 2023 (the “Combination Period”), we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor and our officers and directors will not be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined below) held by them if we fail to complete the Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor or any of our directors, officers or affiliates acquires shares of Class A common stock in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if we fail to complete the Initial Business Combination within the prescribed time period.

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Juuce Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Juuce”), EO Charging, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (“EO”) and Charge Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of EO. On March 16, 2022, the Company and Juuce entered into a Mutual Termination Agreement pursuant to which the parties mutually agreed to terminate the Business Combination Agreement effective as of such date.

 

Going Concern Consideration

 

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $0.5 million in its operating bank account and working capital deficit of approximately $5.8 million (which excludes approximately $84,000 in franchise tax expenses).

 

Our liquidity needs to date have been satisfied through a payment of $66,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs in exchange for issuance of the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4), the loan under the Note (as defined in Note 4) of approximately $300,000 and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. We fully repaid the Note on March 9, 2021. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, the Company’s officers, directors and initial stockholders may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4). As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

 

Until the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, we will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination. We will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and Sponsor

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may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working capital needs. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we 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.

 

We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to the Company on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern until the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or the mandatory liquidation date. Our condensed 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.

 

In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” we have determined that the liquidity needs, mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after March 9, 2023. The financial statements do not include any adjustment that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern. We intend to complete an Initial Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. Over this time period, we will be using the funds outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective Initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination.

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the emergence of new variant strains of COVID-19, on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on our financial position, results of our operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

In addition to COVID-19 impacts, other macroeconomic concerns, such as a rising interest rate environment or inflation, may make it more difficult or hinder the Company’s ability to secure any additional financing necessary to consummate an Initial Business Combination.

 

Results of Operations

 

Our entire activity since inception up to September 30, 2022 was in preparation for our formation, the Initial Public Offering and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the search for our Initial Business Combination candidate. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2022, as Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of approximately $4.9 million, which consisted of approximately $311,000 in income tax benefit, a non-operating gain from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $321,000, a gain from the settlement of deferred underwriting commissions of approximately $3.9 million, and income from investments held in trust of approximately $1.0 million; offset by general and administrative expenses of approximately $558,000 and franchise tax expense of $50,000.

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had net loss of approximately $1.4 million, which consisted of a gain from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $3.5 million and income from investments held in Trust Account of approximately $3,000, offset by loss from operations of approximately $4.9 million. The loss from operations is comprised of approximately $4.8 million of general and administrative expenses, and approximately $50,000 of franchise tax expense.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022, as Compared to the Period from January 22, 2021 (Inception) through September 30, 2021

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of approximately $11.9 million, which consisted of approximately $295,000 in income tax benefit, a non-operating gain from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $8.1 million, a gain from the settlement of deferred underwriting commissions of approximately $3.9 million, and income from investments held in trust of approximately $1.3 million; offset by general and administrative expenses of approximately $1.6 million and franchise tax expense of $150,000.

For the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, we had net loss of approximately $130,000, which consisted of a gain from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $6.1 million and income from investments held in Trust Account of approximately $7,000, offset by loss from operations of approximately $5.7 million and offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $487,000. The loss from operations is comprised of approximately $5.6 million of general and administrative expenses, and approximately $136,000 of franchise tax expense.

Contractual Obligations

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans) were entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed upon the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. These holders of at least $25 million in value of these securities were entitled to demand that the Company file a registration statement covering such securities and to require the Company to effect up to an aggregate of three underwritten offerings of such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of an Initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. 

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the underwriting agreement for the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option on March 9, 2021 to purchase an additional 2,243,955 Over-Allotment Units. On April 18, 2021, the remaining over-allotment option expired unexercised.

 

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or approximately $4.4 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, $0.35 per unit, or approximately $7.8 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes an Initial Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement for the Initial Public Offering.

 

On August 8, 2022, the Company and Goldman Sachs, one of the underwriters in the Company’s Initial Public Offering, entered into an agreement pursuant to which Goldman Sachs waived all rights to its pro rata share of the Deferred Discount (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 4, 2021, among the Company, Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital Inc.). Goldman Sachs’ pro rata share of the Deferred Discount was approximately $3.9 million and was payable by the Company upon consummation of an initial business combination. The Company intends to continue to pursue the consummation of an initial business combination with an appropriate target.

Consulting Fees

 

The Company has agreements with third party consultants to provide certain advisory services to the Company relating to identification of and negotiation with potential targets, assistance with due diligence, marketing, financial analyses and investor relations, pursuant to which the consultants have agreed to defer their fees and have payment of such fees

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to be solely contingent on the Company closing an Initial Business Combination. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has incurred approximately $107,000 in contingent fees pursuant to these agreements. The Company will recognize an expense for these services when the performance trigger is considered probable, which in this case will occur upon closing of an Initial Business Combination.

  

Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies

 

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for our Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including Class A common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, 22,243,955 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the remeasurement from initial book value to redemption amount. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of Class A common stock resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.

Derivative Warrant Liabilities

We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and ASC 815. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.

The 5,560,989 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”) and the 5,132,527 Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, we recognize the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised. The fair value of the Public Warrants as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is based on observable listed prices for such warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liability may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” We have two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.

The calculation of diluted net income (loss) does not consider the effect of the warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (including the consummation of the Over-allotment) and the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share does not consider the private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 10,693,516 shares of Class A common stock because, in each case, their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per share is the same as basic net income (loss) per share for the three

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and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from January 22, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021. Remeasurement associated with the redeemable Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities are expensed as incurred, presented as non-operating expenses in the condensed statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock issued were charged against the carrying value of the shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Deferred underwriting commissions are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of September 30, 2022, there were approximately $295,000 in deferred tax assets resulting from net operating losses against which no valuation allowance has been applied. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, ASC Subtopic 820 “Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions”. The ASU amends ASC 820 to clarify that a contractual sales restriction is not considered in measuring an equity security at fair value and to introduce new disclosure requirements for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions that are measured at fair value. The ASU applies to both holders and issuers of equity and equity-linked securities measured at fair value. The amendments in this ASU are effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this pronouncement on the condensed financial statements.

 

Our management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material impact on our condensed financial statements. 

 

JOBS Act

 

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, the financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

 

Additionally, the JOBS Act provides other reduced reporting requirements. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company,” we are not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii)

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provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our Initial Public Offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Item 10(f) of Regulation S-K and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2022, because of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, the Company’s management has concluded that our control around the interpretation and accounting for certain complex financial instruments issued by the Company was not effectively designed or maintained. This material weakness resulted in the restatement of the Company’s balance sheet as of March 9, 2021 and its interim financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Also, the Company’s management has concluded that our control around the accounting for estimating the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and deferred underwriting commissions for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 was not effectively designed or maintained. Additionally, this material weakness could result in a misstatement of the warrant liability, Class A common stock, deferred tax assets, deferred underwriting commissions and related accounts and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting except for the below:

 

The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer performed additional accounting and financial analyses and other post-closing procedures including consulting with subject matter experts related to the accounting for certain complex features of the Class A common stock, warrants, and estimating the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and deferred underwriting commissions. The Company’s management has expended, and will continue to expend, a substantial amount of effort and resources for the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. While we have processes to properly identify and evaluate the appropriate accounting technical pronouncements and other literature for all significant or unusual transactions, we have expanded and will continue to improve these processes to ensure that the nuances of such transactions are effectively evaluated in the context of the increasingly complex accounting standards.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Except as set forth below, as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

 

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

 

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial business combination, and results of operations.

 

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to, among other items, enhancing disclosures in business combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies; amending the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; effectively limiting the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; increasing the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940. These rules, if adopted, whether in the form proposed or in revised form, may materially adversely affect our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.

 

We may be subject to a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax in connection with redemptions of our Class A common stock.

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations after December 31, 2022. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from whom the shares are repurchased (although it may reduce the amount of cash distributable in a current or subsequent redemption). The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of any positive difference between the fair market value of any shares repurchased by the repurchasing corporation during a taxable year and the fair market value of certain new stock issuances by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year. In addition, a number of exceptions apply to this excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of, this excise tax, but it has not yet issued any guidance.

 

Although the application of this excise tax is not entirely clear, any redemption or other repurchase effected by us that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with an initial business combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to this excise tax. Because any such excise tax would be payable by us and not by the redeeming holder, it could cause a reduction in the value of our Class A common stock or cash available for distribution in a subsequent liquidation. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a business combination will depend on a number of factors, including (i) whether the business combination closes after December 31, 2022, (ii) the structure of the business combination, (iii) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, (iv) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the business combination (or any other equity issuances within the same taxable year of the business combination) and (v) the content of any regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury. Further, the application of the excise tax in respect of distributions pursuant to a liquidation of a publicly traded U.S. corporation is uncertain and has not been addressed by the Treasury in regulations or other guidance, and it is possible that the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be used to pay any excise tax owed by us in the event we are unable to complete a business combination in the required time and redeem 100% of our remaining Class A common stock in accordance with our

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amended and restated certificate of incorporation), in which case the amount that would otherwise be received by our public stockholders in connection with our liquidation would be reduced.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

Unregistered Sales

 

On January 22, 2021, the Sponsor was issued 5,750,000 Founder Shares in exchange for the payment of $25,000 of expenses on behalf of the Company, or approximately $0.004 per share. On April 18, 2021, the remaining portion of the over-allotment option expired and, as a result, the Sponsor forfeited 189,011 Founder Shares. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of our Initial Business Combination. The Founder Shares were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,132,527 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million (Note 4). Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The sale of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

On March 9, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 22,243,955 Units, including 2,243,955 additional Units to cover over-allotments. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of approximately $222.4 million.

 

On March 9, 2021, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we completed the Private Placement of 5,132,527 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.7 million.

 

Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as the underwriters for the Initial Public Offering. The securities sold in the Initial Public Offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252717) (the “Form S-1”). The SEC declared the Form S-1 effective on March 4, 2021. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from the Initial Public Offering as described in our final prospectus filed with the SEC on March 5, 2021.

 

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, our Sponsor had agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 pursuant to the Note. This loan is non-interest bearing and payable on the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. As of September 30, 2022, the loan balance was $0.

 

After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions (excluding the deferred portion of approximately $7.8 million, which amount will be payable upon consummation of our Initial Business Combination) and offering expenses, the total net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were approximately $223.9 million, of which approximately $222.4 million (or $10.00 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering) was placed in the Trust Account.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

  31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.1*

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  32.2*

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

 

The cover page for the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101

 

*

These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 14, 2022

FIRST RESERVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH CORP.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil A. Wizel

 

Name:

Neil A. Wizel

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas S. Amburgey

 

Name:

Thomas S. Amburgey

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer