Form 10-Q

Large accelerated filer

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filer

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Emerging growth company

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 June 30, 2022

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

For the transition period from

TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands	001-41001	98-1598139
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2333 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 630

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (786)

662-3114)

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
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant	TOACU	The Nasdaq Global Market
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	TOAC	The Nasdaq Global Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	TOACW	The Nasdaq Global Market

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

under the Exchange Act.

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

under the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐

As of August

, 2022,

23,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
Condensed Balance Sheets		1
Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations		2
Unaudited Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit		3
Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows		4
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements		5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	19
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	19
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	20
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	20
Items 1A.	Risk Factors	20
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	20
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	21
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	21
Item 5.	Other Information	21
Item 6.	Exhibits	22
SIGNATURES		23

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TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 — Organization, Business Operations and Going Concern

Talon 1 Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Cayman Islands on April 20, 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 “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate

non-operating

income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering held in trust.

The Company’s sponsor is AVi8 Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The Company commenced operations upon obtaining adequate financial resources through its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) of 23,000,000 units of the Company, each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and

one-half

of one warrant (each, a “Unit” and collectively, the “Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, which is discussed in Note

, and the sale of 13,250,000 warrants of the Company (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor that closed simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering. In total, the Company received $238,650,000 from the sale of Class A shares and private placement warrants, as described above. $235,750,000 was deposited into trust. The Company has incurred $2,378,023 in costs as of June 30, 2022

and has $553,671 remaining in its working capital account.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in Trust and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company only intends to complete a Business Combination if the post- transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.25 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants and the sale of forward purchase units, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule

2a-7

promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

The Company will provide the holders (the “Public Shareholders”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par

value $0.0001

per share, sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Shares”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholders meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then held in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.25 per Public Share). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” If the Company seeks shareholder approval, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the

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Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial shareholders (as defined below) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company. The holders of the Founder Shares (the “initial shareholders”) have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholder’s rights or

pre-initial

Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

The Company has until 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate a Business Combination. However, if the Company is not able to consummate a Business Combination within 15 months, the Company, by resolution of the board of the Company, at the request of the Company’s Sponsor, may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by an additional three months (for a total of 18 months to complete a Business Combination), subject to the Company’s Sponsor providing advance notice and depositing additional funds into the

Trust Account

as set out below (the “Combination Period”). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the

trust agreement

to be entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate its initial Business Combination by an additional three months, the Company’s Sponsor or its affiliates or designees must provide advance notice at least five days prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering and must deposit into the

Trust Account

$2,300,000 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering. In the event that the Company receives notice from its Sponsor at least five days prior to the deadline to effect the extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. However, the Company’s initial shareholders and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the

Trust Account

to extend the time to consummate a Business Combination.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 15 months from the Initial of the Initial Public Offering (the “Combination Period”) (or 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a business combination) and the Company’s shareholders have not amended the Certificate of Incorporation to extend such 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 its taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholder’s rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial shareholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.25. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement (a “Target”), reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.25 per Public Share or (ii) the lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or Target that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933,

as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that

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an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $553,671 in cash and working capital of $1,057,477

The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had

$235,828,184 cash and investments held in its

Trust Account

for use in a potential business combination. The Company has until February 8, 2023 to complete a business combination. If a business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the caring amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after February 8, 2023.

Risks and Uncertainties

In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy is not determinable as of the date of these unaudited condensed financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of the financial statements.

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (the

“COVID-19

outbreak”). In March 2020, the WHO classified the

COVID-19

outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally. The full impact of the

COVID-19

outbreak continues to evolve. Management continues to evaluate the impact of the

COVID-19

outbreak 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 financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

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 of 2002, 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 shareholder 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 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.

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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 June 30, 2022

and December 31, 2021.

Cash and Investments held in Trust Account

The cash and investments held in Trust Account are invested in U.S. Treasury only money market funds or U.S. Treasury Bills and is carried at fair

value with the changes in fair value recorded in other income in the condensed statements of operations.

Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet.

Offering Costs Associated with Initial Public Offering

The Company complies with the requirements of ASC

340-10-S99-1

and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, underwriting and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the Public Offering. Offering costs amounted to $13,200,196 and were allocated among Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption, the Public Warrants and Private Warrants.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary shares that feature 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 ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet. The redemption value of the Class A ordinary shares is remeasured each accounting period to reflect the redemption value as of the balance sheet date with an off set to additional paid -in capital.

The following reflects Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2022:



Gross proceeds	$	230,000,000
Less:
Offering costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption		(12,840,366	)
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(6,009,900	)
Plus:
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to redemption value		24,600,266

Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2021		235,750,000
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to redemption value		78,184
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of June 30, 2022	$	235,828,184

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Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company applies the

two-class

method in calculating earnings per share. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary share outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary share subject to forfeiture. At June 30, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary share and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periods presented


	For the Three months ended June 30, 2022		For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021
Class A ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)	$	2,405,994	$	—
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		23,000,000		—

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.10	$	—


Class B ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)	$	601,498	$	(31,457	)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted Weighted Average shares outstanding		5,750,000		5,750,000

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.10	$	(0.01	)


	For the six months ended June 30, 2022		For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021
Class A ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)	$	5,678,078	$	—
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		23,000,000		—

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.25	$	—


Class B ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)	$	1,419,519	$	(31,457	)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted Weighted Average shares outstanding		5,750,000		5,750,000

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.25	$	(0.01	)

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred 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. Deferred tax assets were deemed immaterial as of June 30, 2022.

FASB 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 position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2022. 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 June 30,

2022. 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 considered an exempted Cayman Islands company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.

Derivative Warrant Liabilities

The Company accounts for the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC

815-40.

Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company will classify each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to

re-measurement

at each balance sheet date. With each such

re-measurement,

the derivative warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, an exit price, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, includes:

•

Level 1 – Observable inputs for identical assets or liabilities such as quoted prices in active markets;

•

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable;

and

•

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, which are therefore developed by the Company using estimates and assumptions that reflect those that a market participant would use.

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The Company recognized total warrant liabilities at June 30, 2022 of $3,712,500, which was a reduction of $8,680,000 since the valuation of $12,392,500 at December 31, 2021, and as such the Company recognized an unrealized gain through its statement of operations.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company’s cash is held on deposit in accounts at a large financial institution in amounts in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, insurance coverage limit of $250,000. At June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company held $553,671 and $1,090,391, respectively, at the bank. The Company has not experienced losses on this account as of June 30, 2022.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in the form of warrant liabilities on its balance sheet. The derivative warrant liabilities meet the requirements of a liability under ASC 480 and qualify as a derivative under ASC 815. The derivative warrant liabilities are recorded at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value running through its income statement. At June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities was $3,712,500 and $12,392,500, respectively. For the

six months

ended June 30, 2022

and

for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through

June 30, 2021

the Company recognized a $8,680,000

and $0, respectively,

in change in fair value

of derivative warrant liabilities in the unaudited statements of operations

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation is accounted for based on the requirements of ASC 718 – “Compensation–Stock Compensation”, which requires recognition in the financial statements of the cost of employee, non-employee and director services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments over the period the employee or director is required to perform the services in exchange for the award (presumptively, the vesting period). The ASC also requires measurement of the cost of employee and director services received in exchange for an award based on the grant-date fair value of the award. For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021 the Company

recognized $755,200

and $0, respectively,

of stock-based compensation related to founder shares in the general and administrative expenses line item in the

unaudited statements

of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)

2020-06,

Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic

470-20)

and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic

815-40)

(“ASU

2020-06”)

to simplify certain financial instruments. ASU

2020-06

eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU

2020-06

amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the

if-converted

method for all convertible instruments. ASU

2020-06

is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU

2020-06

on January 1, 2022 and it did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

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

Note 3 — Initial Public Offering

On November 8, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 23,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A ordinary shares, and

one-half

of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).

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Note 4 — Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

In April 2021, the sponsor acquired 5,750,000 founder shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, consisting of 5,750,000 Class B founder shares. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by our sponsor, we had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the company by the aggregate number of founder shares issued. On July 23, 2021, our sponsor transferred, for no consideration, 50,000 founder shares to each of our three independent directors, 10,000 founder shares to each of the two members of the Company’s board of advisors, 50,000 founder shares to Ryan Goepel, our Chief Financial Officer, and 75,000 founder shares to Jeremy Falk, our Chief Operating Officer. The fair value of the founder shares at June 30, 2022 is $1,888,000. The founder shares are accounted for as stock-based compensation, amortized

on a

straight-line

basis

over the life of the

Company

, or 15 months.

Class B Founder Shares

The Class B founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of our initial business combination, at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B founder shares will equal, in the aggregate on an

as-converted

basis, 15% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of our initial public offering (including any over-allotment shares if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option), plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion of the Class B founder shares plus (iii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities (as defined herein) or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding (x) any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination, and (y) any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, its affiliates or any member of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors.

Employee Compensation

The Company has an agreement with three key employees to pay Mr. Falk, Mr. Wegel, and Mr. Goepel $20,000, $5,000, and $2,500 per month, respectively, in respect of services to be provided to us in advance of the completion of our initial business combination.

Related Party Extension Loans

As discussed in Note 1, the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by an additional three months (for a total of 18 months to complete a Business Combination). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, the Company’s sponsor and its affiliates or designees must deposit into the Trust Account $0.10 per unit for an aggregate of $2,300,000. Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. The terms of the loan in connection with the loan have not yet been negotiated. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the Company will not repay such loan.

Promissory Note

On April 30, 2021, the Company entered into a promissory note with the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company could borrow up to $300,000. Entire principal balance of the note was payable on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company consummates and in initial public offer of its securities or (ii) December 21, 2021.

The promissory note does not bear interest and did not require collateral. The Company borrowed a total o

f $104,693

from inception through December 31, 2021 and repaid $14,850 during the same period. The outstanding balance of the promissory note was

$90,043

as of December 31, 2021, which was repaid in full during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Private Placement Warrants

The Sponsor has purchased an aggregate of 13,250,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, or approximately $13.25 million in the aggregate in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per ordinary share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants to the Sponsor was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be

non-redeemable

(except as described below in Note 6 under “Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00”) so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.

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The purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants will agree, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants (except to permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

Working Capital Loans

In addition, 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”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would 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 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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $0 in borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Note 5 — Commitments & Contingencies

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 Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans), are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. These holders are entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. However, the registration rights agreement provides that we will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until termination of the applicable

lock-up

period. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,050,000 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 a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Note 6 — Warrant Liabilities

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 Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or holders are permitted to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under certain circumstances as a result of (i) the Company’s failure to have an effective registration statement by the 60th business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination or (ii) a notice of redemption described under “Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00”). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, the Company will be required to permit holders to

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exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A ordinary shares 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, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by the Company, (ii) they (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) are subject to registration rights.

Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00: Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement 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; and

•

if, and only if the last reported sale price of Class A ordinary shares 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 “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted).

The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the

30-day

redemption period. Any such exercise would not be on a cashless basis and would require the exercising warrant holder to pay the exercise price for each warrant being exercised.

Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares 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 upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis after receiving notice of redemption but prior to redemption and receive that number of Class A ordinary shares to be determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares;

•

if, and only if the Reference Value equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted); and

•

if, and only if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted), the private placement warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding public warrants. The “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares shall mean the volume-weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. In no event will the warrants be exercisable in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment).

In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. If the Company is unable to complete a 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 the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

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As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company recognized a $3,712,500 and $12,392,500, respectively,

derivative

warrant liability on its balance sheet. This is a reduction in the liability of $8,680,000 since its last valuation, with the change in fair value reported on the Company’s statement of operations as an unrealized gain.

Note 7 — Stockholders’ Deficit

Class A Ordinary Shares - The Company is authorized to issue 800,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption.

Class B Ordinary Shares - The Company is authorized to issue 199,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. On June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued and outstanding. Each Class B ordinary share has 10 votes.

Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders of the Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders, except as required by law or stock exchange rule; provided that only holders of the Class B ordinary shares shall have the right to vote on the election of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination.

Preferred Shares - The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares, 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 June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are

re-measured

and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and

non-financial

assets and liabilities that are

re-measured

and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:



Level 1:		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2:		Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3:		Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

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

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Description	Level		June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Assets:
Cash held in Trust Account		1	$	235,828,184	$	235,757,582
Liabilities
Warrant Liability – Public Warrants		1	$	1,725,000	$	5,635,000
Warrant Liability – Private Placement Warrants		3	$	1,987,500	$	6,757,500

The warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC

815-40

and are presented within

derivative

warrant liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the statements of operations.

The Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were valued as of December 31, 2021 using a Monte Carlo simulation, and the Private Placement Warrants were valued as of June 30, 2022 using a Monte Carlo simulation, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Monte Carlo simulation’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Warrants is the probability of consummation of the Business Combination. The probability assigned to the consummation of the Business Combination was 33%, which was estimated based on the observed success rates of business combinations for special purpose acquisition companies. The expected volatility as of the Initial Public Offering date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target.

The public warrants began separately trading on December 30, 2021, and therefore were transferred out of a Level 3 investment into a Level 1 investment.

The following table presents the quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements:


Input	June 30, 2022			December 31, 2021

Risk-free interest rate		3.01	%		1.26	%
Expected term (years)		5.43			5.50
Expected volatility		3.00	%		10.00	%
Exercise price	$	11.50		$	11.50
Unit Price (public)	$	10.13		$	10.09
Class A Ordinary Shares	$	10.06		$	9.87

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of Level 3 warrant liabilities:


	Private Placement Warrant Liabilities
Fair value as of December 31, 2021	$	6,757,500
Change in valuation inputs and other assumptions		(4,770,000	)

Fair value as of June 30, 2022	$	1,987,500

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date the financial statements were issued.

The Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure to the financial statements.

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Item 2.

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

References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

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 were incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and incorporated with limited liability on April 20, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

On November 8, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (including the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option) at $10.00 per unit (each, a “Unit”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and

one-half

of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.

The Company will have 15 months from the closing of the IPO (or up to 18 months from the closing of the IPO if the Company extends the period of time to consummate the Business Combination) (the “Completion Window”) to consummate the initial Business Combination by depositing $2,300,000 ($0.10 per share) in the Trust Account.

Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the Trust Agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate its initial Business Combination by an additional three months, the Company’s Sponsor or its affiliates or designees must provide advance notice at least five days prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering and must deposit into the Trust Account $2,300,000 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering. Any such payments would be made in the form of a

non-interest

bearing loan (an “Extension Loan”). If the Company completes its initial business combination, it will, at the option of the Company’s initial shareholders or their affiliates or designees, repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company or convert a portion or all of the total loan amount into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the “Extension Loan Warrants”). If the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination, it will repay such loans only from funds held outside of the Trust Account. The Company’s initial shareholders or their affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to consummate its initial Business Combination within the applicable time period, it will, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than five business days thereafter, redeem the public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account and as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

If the Company is unable to complete our initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.

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Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since April 20, 2021 (inception) have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for our initial public offering. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We generate

non-operating

income in the form of interest income on investments held in our Trust Account. Our expenses have increased substantially after the closing of our initial public offering. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we had net income of $3,007,492, which consisted of general and administrative costs of $791,077, offset by a favorable change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $3,712,500 and interest earned on cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account of $86,069.

For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $31,457, which consisted of all general and administrative costs.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we had net income of $7,097,597, which consisted of general and administrative costs of $1,678,005, offset by a favorable change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $8,680,000 and interest earned on cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account of $95,602

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2022, we had $553,671 in cash and working capital of $1,057,477.

On November 8, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 20,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of $30,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the Company consummated the sale of 13,250,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to our Sponsor generating gross proceeds of $13,250,000.

A total of $235,750,000 of the proceeds from our initial public offering, a portion of the sale of the private placement warrants, the sale of the over-allotment units and the sale of the over-allotment warrants were placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $446,677.

For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021, net cash used in operating activities was $25,403.

As of June 30, 2022, we had cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $235,828,184 (including approximately $124,774 of interest income) consisting of securities held in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under

Rule2a-7

under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury.

As of June 30, 2022, we had cash of $553,671 held outside the Trust Account. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.

The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $235,828,184 cash and investments held in its Trust Account for use in a potential business combination. The Company has until February 8, 2023 to complete a business combination. If a business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $553,671 in cash and working capital of $1,050,304. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking

in-depth

due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the

post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

These conditions raise 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 as a result of this uncertainty.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Net Income Per Ordinary Share

Net income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. On June 30, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income per share is the same as basic income per share for the period presented.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as assets or liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then

re-valued

at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative instruments are classified in the balance sheet as current or

non-current

based on whether or not

net-cash

settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

Recent Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)

2020-06, Debt —

Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic

470-20)

and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic

815-40) (“ASU

2020-06”)

to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU

2020-06

amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the

if-converted

method for all convertible instruments. ASU

2020-06

is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022 and it did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

Off-Balance

Sheet Arrangements

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form

10-Q,

we did not have any

off-balance

sheet arrangements.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on November 3, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the initial business combination or our liquidation.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act and are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We elected 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, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

As an “emerging growth company,” we are not required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of

non-emerging

growth public companies, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 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 comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five (5) years following the completion of our IPO or until we otherwise no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule

12b-2

under the Exchange Act 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 and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules

13a-15(e)

and

15d-15(e)

under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this Quarterly Report our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 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 controls around the carrying value of our Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption were not effectively designed or maintained to prevent an error in the calculation such carrying value, as the Company failed to adjust the carrying value to account for the interest and dividends accrued in the Trust Account during the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 during the closing process. The failure to accrue interest and dividends resulted in us having to record a post-closing journal entry to correct the error prior to filing this Quarterly Report. Since this control deficiency could lead to a material misstatement, management concluded that there was a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.

Management has implemented remediation steps to improve our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we expanded and improved our closing process with respect to the review of the carrying value of the of Class A Ordinary Shares subject to redemption.

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 and accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules

13a-15(f)

and

15d-15(f)

under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our

Form 10-Q

for the period ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and the risk factors disclosed in our

Form 10-K

for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022, except for the following amended and restated risk factor.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and 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 will be 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 also may 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 complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules that would, among other items, impose additional disclosure requirements in business combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies; amend the financial statement requirements applicable to business combination transactions involving such companies; update and expand guidance regarding the general use of projections in SEC filings, as well as when projections are disclosed in connection with proposed business combination transactions; increase the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and impact 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 business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.

We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our management is likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation in those internal controls. 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 our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to our controls around the carrying value of our Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption. As a result of this material weakness, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2022.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. Measures to remediate material weaknesses may be time-consuming and costly and there is no assurance that such initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. If we are unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in us and materially and adversely affect our business and operating results. If we identify any new material weaknesses in the future, any such newly identified material weakness could limit our ability to prevent or detect a misstatement of our accounts or disclosures that could result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements. In such case, we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports in addition to applicable stock exchange listing requirements, investors may lose confidence in our financial reporting and adversely affect our business and operating results. We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, or any measures we may take in the future, will be sufficient to avoid potential future material weaknesses.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 13,250,000 warrants at a purchase price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, to our sponsor, AVi8 Acquisition LLC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $13,250,000. The terms of the private placement warrants are substantially similar to the warrants sold as part of the units in our initial public offering, except as otherwise disclosed in the registration statement. The issuance 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 November 3, 2021, our registration statement on Form

S-l

(File

No. 333-260305)

was declared effective by the SEC for our initial public offering, pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of 23,000,000 units (including the issuance of 3,000,000 units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option) at an offering price to the public of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate offering price of $230,000,000, with each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and

one-half

of one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Exos Securities LLC acted as the representatives for the underwriters. Our initial public offering did not terminate before all of the securities registered in our registration statement were sold. Our initial public offering was consummated on November 8, 2021. The net proceeds from our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, including the underwriters’ deferred underwriting discounts fee of $8,050,000, are held in the Trust Account as of June 30, 2022. No payments were made by us to directors, officers or persons owning ten percent or more of our ordinary shares or to their associates, or to our affiliates. There has been no material change in the planned uses of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our final prospectus dated November 3, 2021, which was filed with the SEC.


	June 30, 2022 (unaudited)			December 31, 2021
Assets
Cash	$	553,671		$	1,090,391
Other current assets		708,222			828,996

Total current assets		1,261,893			1,919,387
Cash and investments held in Trust Account		235,828,184			235,757,582
Other non-current assets		—			274,845

Total Assets	$	237,090,077		$	237,951,814

Liabilities, Redeemable Common Stock, and Stockholders’ Deficit
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	204,416		$	148,907
Note payable		—			90,043

Total current liabilities		204,416			238,950
Deferred underwriting compensation		8,050,000			8,050,000
Derivative warrant liabilities		3,712,500			12,392,500

Total liabilities		11,966,916			20,681,450
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 23,000,000 shares at redemption value of $10.25 per share		235,828,184			235,750,000
Stockholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding		—			—
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding		—			—
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 199,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding		575			575
Additional paid-in capital		677,016			—
Accumulated deficit		(11,382,614	)		(18,480,211	)

Total stockholders’ deficit		(10,705,023	)		(18,479,636	)

Total Liabilities, Redeemable Common Stock, and Stockholders’ Deficit	$	237,090,077		$	237,951,814


	Ordinary Shares				Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Deficit
	Shares		Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Total Stockholders’ Deficit
Balance as of December 31, 2021		5,750,000	$	575	$	—		$	(18,480,211	)	$	(18,479,636	)
Stock-based compensation		—		—		377,600			—			377,600
Net income		—		—		—			4,090,105			4,090,105

Balance as of March 31, 2022 (unaudited)		5,750,000	$	575	$	377,600		$	(14,390,106	)	$	(14,011,931	)

Stock-based compensation		—		—		377,600			—			377,600
Change in value of class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption		—		—		(78,184	)		—			(78,184	)
Net income		—		—		—			3,007,492			3,007,492

Balance as of June 30, 2022 (unaudited)		5,750,000	$	575	$	677,016		$	(11,382,614	)	$	(10,705,023	)


	For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022			For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

Net income (loss)	$	7,097,597		$	(31,457	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation		755,200			—
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities		(8,680,000	)		—
Interest income earned on cash and investments in Trust Account		(95,602	)		—
Bank service fees from cash and investments in Trust Account		25,000			—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other current assets		120,774			6,054
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		55,509			—
Accrued offering and formation costs		—			—
Non-current assets		274,845			—

Net cash used in operating activities		(446,677	)		(25,403	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor		—			25,000
Proceeds from loans from related parties		—			26,000
Repayment of loans from related parties		(90,043	)		—

Net cash (used in) provided by financing		(90,043	)		51,000

Net (decrease) increase in cash		(536,720	)		25,597
Cash, beginning of period		1,090,391			—

Cash, end of the period	$	553,671		$	25,597
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities
Change in value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemptio n	$	78,184		$	—
Accrued deferred financing costs	$	—		$	100,174


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


By:		/s/ Edward J. Wegel
Name:		Edward J. Wegel
Title:		Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)


	For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022			For the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021



General and administrative expenses	$	791,077		$	31,457

Loss from operations		(791,077	)		(31,457	)

Other income (expense):
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities		3,712,500
Interest earned on cash and investments held in Trust Account		86,069

Total other income, net		3,798,569			—

Net income (loss)	$	3,007,492		$	(31,457	)

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A		23,000,000			—

Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A	$	0.10		$	—

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B		5,750,000			5,750,000

Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B	$	0.10		$	(0.01	)