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ORGANIZATION AND PLANS OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND PLANS OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND PLANS OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

 

Organization and General

 

Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 6, 2021. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).

 

Sponsor and Initial Financing

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”), which is described below, and identifying a target for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

 

The registration statement for the Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 7, 2022. On February 9, 2022, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,200,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 200,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $202,000,000, which is described in Note 3.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 6,470,000 warrants (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 ATAC Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $6,470,000, which is described in Note 4.

 

Transaction costs related to the consummation of the IPO on February 9, 2022, amounted to $29,192,787, consisting of $2,525,000 of underwriting discount, $7,070,000 of deferred underwriting fees, over-allotment option liability of $258,440, $3,030,000 for issuance of representative shares, $15,596,420 fair value of rights underlying the Units, and $712,927 of actual offering costs. In addition, on February 9, 2022, cash of $1,468,333 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and was available for the payment of offering costs and for working capital purposes.

 

The Trust Account

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 9, 2022 (“IPO Closing Date”), an amount of $204,020,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”). The funds in the Trust Account is invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company will not be permitted to withdraw any of the principal or interest held in the Trust Account except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, if any. The funds held in the Trust Account will not otherwise be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (i) the Company’s completion of a Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 12 months (or up to 24 months, if applicable) from the IPO Closing Date (the “Combination Period”).

 

 

On February 3, 2023 in connection with its Extraordinary General Meeting held on February 3, 2023 (the “February Extraordinary General Meeting”), the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated February 7, 2022 to allow the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate a business combination six times for an additional one month each time from February 9, 2023 to August 9, 2023, extending the Combination period up to 24 months, if applicable, by depositing into the Trust Account for each one-month extension the lesser of $135,000 or $0.045 per share multiplied by the number of public shares then outstanding.

 

On July 27, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “July Extraordinary General Meeting”), to, among other things, approve (i) a special resolution to amend the amended and restated articles of association of the Company (the “Articles”) giving the Company the right to further extend the Business Combination Period six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time, from August 9, 2023 to February 7, 2024 (the “Second Extension Amendment”) and (ii) the proposal to approve the Second Trust Amendment (as defined below). All proposals at the July Extraordinary General Meeting were approved by the shareholders of the Company. As such, the Company and Transfer Agent entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, to allow ATAK to extend the Business Combination Period six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from August 9, 2023 to February 9, 2024 by depositing into the Trust Account for each one-month extension the lesser of: (x) $135,000 or (y) $0.045 per share multiplied by the number of public shares then outstanding (the “Second Trust Amendment”). In addition, on July 27, 2023, the Company adopted the Second Extension Amendment, amending the Company’s Articles. As of December 31, 2023, the Company exercised eleven of the one-month extensions, depositing a total of $1,485,000 into the Trust Account to fund the extensions.

 

In connecting with the closing of the Business Combination discussed below, on February 7, 2024, the Trust was liquidated.

 

Business Combination

 

On February 26, 2023 (the “Signing Date”), Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (which shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing, as defined below) (“ATAK”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), among ATAK, Aurora Technology Merger Sub Corp., a Nevada corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of ATAK (“Merger Sub”), and DIH Holding US, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“DIH”). ATAK and DIH are each individually referred to herein as a “Party” and, collectively, the “Parties.”

 

The Business Combination Agreement has been approved by the board of directors of each of ATAK and Merger Sub and DIH, respectively. The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are referred to as the “Business Combination.”

 

Following the time of the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing,” and the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”), the combined company will be organized as a Delaware corporation, in which substantially all of the assets and the business of the combined company will be held by DIH. The combined company’s business will continue to operate through DIH and its subsidiaries. In connection with the Closing, ATAK will change its name to “DIH Holding US, Inc.” (such company after the Closing, “New DIH”).

 

On February 6, 2024, ATAK and DIH received approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC to list the Class A common stock of New DIH to be outstanding after the Closing on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “DHAI.” The outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “DHAIW.”

 

The parties also announced that the Closing will occur on February 7, 2024 with trading to commence under the new name and symbols on February 9, 2024.

 

In connection with the Closing, ATAK agreed to waive a condition to Closing that required that DIH had completed a corporate reorganization in the form specified in the Business Combination Agreement as to permit the Closing to occur on February 7, 2024, the last possible date for Closing under the SPAC’s governing documents.

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had $12,355 and $191,103 in operating cash, respectively, and working capital (deficit) of $(4,605,703) and $38,542, respectively.

 

The Company’s liquidity needs up to December 31, 2023 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (see Note 5), and proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the issuance of the Private Placement Warrants. Additionally, the Company drew on unsecured promissory notes to pay certain offering costs and extension payments.

 

During 2023 and through the date of the Business Combination, the Company had a significant working capital deficit, had incurred significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans, and the possibility existed that the Company may have needed to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Therefore, as of December 31, 2023, and during the period prior to the Business Combination with DIH, these conditions raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Upon completion of the Business Combination and as of the date these financial statements are issued, the Company is currently assessing the combined entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. Until that assessment is complete, the Company continues to report that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through twelve months from the date these financial statements are issued (see Note 10).

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, rising levels of inflation and interest rates, and resulting market volatility and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that these events could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position and results of its operations, 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 these uncertainties.

 

Although our financial results have not yet been adversely affected by the war in Ukraine or the conflict in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, and we do not conduct business in Russia, Ukraine, Palestine or Israel, our financial results, our ability to raise capital or raise capital on favorable terms, and a potential target business’s financial condition, results of operations, or prospects, may be adversely affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel. In addition, the United States and other nations have raised the possibility of sanctions on China, Chinese banks, and companies with operations in China that do business with Russia or its allies, including Belarus. Although we do not conduct business in Russia or Belarus, or with Russian or Belarusian counterparties, we may be impacted by sanctions imposed on third parties. Our operations may also be adversely impacted by any actions taken by China in response to the war or any related sanctions or threatened sanctions. Such actual or threatened sanctions and other geopolitical factors arising in connection with the way, such as continued political or economic instability or increased economic or political tensions between the United States and China, could also adversely affect our business and financial results, including our ability to raise capital or raise capital on favorable terms and the market price of our ordinary shares and/or a potential target business’s financial condition, results of operations, or prospects.

 

Inflation Reduction Act

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IR Act applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.

 

 

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

 

The Company will continue to monitor for updates to the Company’s business along with guidance issued with respect to the IR Act to determine whether any adjustments are needed to the Company’s tax provision in future periods.