−Removed: As of the date of this Quarterly Report, other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes with respect to those risk factors previously disclosed in our (i) IPO Registration Statement, (ii) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023, and (iii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30, 2022, as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022, August 12, 2022, and November 10, 2022, respectively.
+Added: As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Quarterly Report.
+Added: However, as of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes with respect to those risk factors previously disclosed in our (i) IPO Registration Statement, (ii) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023, and (iii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022, and March 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022, August 12, 2022, November 10, 2022, and May 19, 2023, respectively.
Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
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We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
−Removed: Market conditions, economic uncertainty or downturns could adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and our ability to consummate a Business Combination.
−Removed: In recent years, the United States and other markets have experienced cyclical or episodic downturns, and worldwide economic conditions remain uncertain, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, instability in the U.S.
−Removed: and global banking systems, rising fuel prices, increasing interest rates or foreign exchange rates and high inflation and the possibility of a recession.
−Removed: A significant downturn in economic conditions may make it more difficult for us to consummate a Business Combination.
−Removed: We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any future economic slowdown or any subsequent recovery generally, or in any industry.
−Removed: If the conditions in the general economy and the markets in which we operate worsen from present levels, our business, financial condition, operating results and our ability to consummate a Business Combination could be adversely affected.
−Removed: For example, in January 2023, the outstanding national debt of the U.S.
−Removed: government reached its statutory limit.
−Removed: Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”) has announced that, since then, it has been using extraordinary measures to prevent the U.S.
−Removed: government’s default on its payment obligations, and to extend the time that the U.S.
−Removed: government has to raise its statutory debt limit or otherwise resolve its funding situation.
−Removed: The failure by Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling could have severe repercussions within the U.S.
−Removed: and to global credit and financial markets.
−Removed: If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the U.S.
−Removed: government could default on its payment obligations, or experience delays in making payments when due.
−Removed: A payment default or delay by the U.S.
−Removed: government, or continued uncertainty surrounding the U.S.
−Removed: debt ceiling, could result in a variety of adverse effects for financial markets, market participants and U.S.
−Removed: and global economic conditions.
−Removed: In addition, U.S.
−Removed: debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns have increased the possibility a downgrade in the credit rating of the U.S.
−Removed: government and could result in economic slowdowns or a recession in the U.S.
−Removed: Although U.S.
−Removed: lawmakers have passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling on multiple occasions, ratings agencies have lowered or threatened to lower the long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States as a result of disputes over the debt ceiling.
−Removed: The impact of a potential downgrade to the U.S.
−Removed: government’s sovereign credit rating or its perceived creditworthiness could adversely affect economic conditions, as well as our business, financial condition, operating results and our ability to consummate a Business Combination.
−Removed: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
−Removed: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
−Removed: Mine Safety Disclosures
−Removed: Not applicable.
+Added: For risks related to Banzai and the Banzai Business Combination, please see the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed in connection with the Banzai Business Combination once available.
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