Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 5 - Commitments and Contingencies

Registration Rights

The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares), were entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and stockholder rights agreement signed prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. These holders were entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. 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 $4.8 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.50 per unit, or $12.0 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option was fully exercised, $0.70 per over-allotment unit, or up to an additional approximately $2.5 million, or approximately $14.5 million in the aggregate, would have been deposited in the Trust Account as deferred underwriting commissions. On October 16, 2021, the over-allotment option expired unexercised. 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. On October 16, 2021, the over-allotment option expired unexercised.

On March 28, 2023, the Company received a waiver from one of the underwriters of its Initial Public Offering pursuant to which such underwriter waived all rights to $5.4 million of its $8.4 million deferred underwriting commissions payable upon completion of an initial Business Combination. As a result, the Company recognized $273,110 of gain on forgiveness of underwriting fee payable and $5,126,890 towards Class A redeemable shares in relation to the forgiveness of the deferred underwriter fee allocated to the underwriter in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. In connection with this waiver, the underwriter also agreed that the remainder of the deferred underwriting fee of $3.0 million will be payable upon the consummation of the business combination. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $6,600,000 and $12,000,000 were outstanding under deferred underwriting fee payable, respectively.

Forward Share Purchase Agreement

On March 29, 2023, the Company entered into a forward share purchase agreement (the “Forward Share Purchase Agreement”) with Avila, Meteora Special Opportunity Fund I, LP, Meteora Capital Partners, LP and Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (collectively, “Seller”) for an OTC Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction (the “Forward Purchase Transaction”). Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreement, Seller intends but is not obligated to purchase shares of SPAC Class A Common Stock from holders (other than SPAC or its affiliates) who have elected to redeem such shares in connection with the Proposed Transactions. Purchases by Seller will be made through brokers in the open market after the redemption deadline in connection with the Proposed Transactions at a price no higher than the redemption price to be paid by SPAC in connection with the Proposed Transactions (the “Initial Price”). The Shares purchased by the Seller, other than the Share Consideration Shares are referred to herein as the “Recycled Shares.” The Seller also may sell 2,376,000 shares of SPAC Class A Common Stock purchased in the SPAC’s initial public offering (“IPO Shares”) in the Forward Purchase Transaction, up to a maximum of 2,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (including any Recycled Shares).