RELATED PARTIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

RELATED PARTIES [Abstract]

RELATED PARTIES

NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTIES

Founder Shares

During the period ended March 4, 2021, the Sponsor received 7,187,500 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate price of $25,000 in exchange for paying certain expenses on behalf of the Company. On October 5, 2021, the Company effected a share capitalization issuing 0.2 of a share for each ordinary share in issue, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 8,625,000 Founder Shares. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 1,125,000 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares would equal, on an as-converted basis, approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Initial Public Offering. Upon exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option, these shares are no longer subject to forfeiture. Concurrent with the offering, the Sponsor transferred 20,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent directors as consideration for services already performed on behalf of the Company. These 80,000 Founder Shares were not subject to forfeiture in the event that the underwriter’s did not exercise the over-allotment option. Upon transfer of these shares, the Company recorded $557,600 of share-based compensation for services provided by the independent directors.

Upon close of the Initial Public Offering, the anchor investors received 2,050,200 Founder Shares (“Anchor Shares”) with the Company cancelling an equivalent number of shares. The grant date fair value of the shares transferred was $6.97 per share or an aggregate of $14,289,894 which was treated as an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 5A. Accordingly, the offering cost was allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering in the same proportion that the proceeds were allocated to such instruments.

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

General and Administrative Services

Commencing on the date the Units are first listed on the NYSE, the Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $30,000 in fees pursuant to the agreement, which are recorded in the condensed statements of operations. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $180,000 and $150,000, respectively, was due to the Sponsor which is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheets.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a 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”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes may be repaid upon completion of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of the notes may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. In the event that a 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. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under the Working Capital Loans.