INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Reverse Recapitalization [Abstract]

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT

NOTE 5 – INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) in December of 2021, Proof Acquisition Corp I or PACI sold 27,600,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 18). At the effective date of the merger on December 1, 2023, 1,767,390 shares were outstanding and not redeemed and were converted into an equivalent number of Class A shares of common stock of Volato Group, Inc.

At the time of the merger, 6,883,579 founders’ shares (formerly PACI’s Class B common stock shares) were also outstanding and were converted into an equivalent number of Class A shares of common stock of Volato Group, Inc.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO in 2021, PACI consummated the private sale to the Sponsor and BlackRock of an aggregate of 15,226,000 private placement warrants. Each private placement warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. These warrants are outstanding as of December 31, 2023.