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f10k2020_forestroadacq.htm
ANNUAL REPORT
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2020
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
to
Commission file number: 001-39735
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
85-3222090
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1177 Avenue
of the Americas, 5th Floor
New York, New
York
10036
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: (917) 310-3722
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 share of Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Redeemable Warrant
FRX.U
The New York Stock Exchange
Shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
FRX
The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share
FRXWS
The New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g)
of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant
is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐
No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the
registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Yes ☐ No ☒
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
and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer, “smaller reporting company”
and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
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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
has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial
reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared
or issued its audit report. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐
The registrant’s shares were not
listed on any exchange and had no value as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter of 2020. The registrant’s
units begin trading on The New York Stock Exchange on November 25, 2020 and the registrant’s shares of Class A common stock
and warrants began trading on The New York Stock Exchange on January 15, 2021. The aggregate market value of the units outstanding,
other than shares held by persons who may be deemed affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price for
the units on December 31, 2020, as reported on The New York Stock Exchange was $315,000,000.
As of March 22, 2021, there were 30,000,000
shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 7,500,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART
I
PAGE
Item
1.
Business
1
Item
1A.
Risk Factors
17
Item
1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
17
Item 2.
Properties
17
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
17
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
17
PART II
Item 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
18
Item 6.
Selected Financial Data
18
Item 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
19
Item 7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
20
Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
20
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
20
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedure
20
Item 9B.
Other Information
20
PART III
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
21
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
28
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
28
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
30
Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
31
PART IV
Item 15.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
32
Item 16.
Form 10-K Summary
32
i
Unless otherwise stated
in this report or the context otherwise requires, references to:
● “common stock” are to our Class A common
stock and our Class B common stock;
● “DGCL” refers to the Delaware General Corporation
Law as the same may be amended from time to time;
● “directors” are to our current directors and
director nominees;
● “Forest Road” refers to The Forest Road Company,
LLC, the managing member of our sponsor;
● “founder shares” are to shares of Class B
common stock initially purchased by our sponsor in a private placement prior to our initial public offering and the shares of
Class A common stock that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the shares of Class B common stock at the
time of our initial business combination as described herein;
● “initial stockholders” are to holders of our
founder shares prior to our initial public offering;
● “GAAP” are to the accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America;
● “IFRS” are to the International Financial Reporting
Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board;
● “management” or our “management team”
are to our executive officers and directors;
● “our team” are to our executive officers, directors
and strategic advisors;
● “public shares” are to shares of Class A
common stock sold as part of the units in our initial public offering (whether they were purchased in our initial public offering
or thereafter in the open market);
● “public stockholders” are to the holders of
our public shares, including our initial stockholders and team to the extent our initial stockholders and/or members of our team
purchase public shares, provided that each initial stockholder’s and member of our team’s status as a “public
stockholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares;
● “private placement warrants” are to the warrants
issued to our sponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering;
● “sponsor” are to Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and
● “we,” “us,” “company,”
“Company” or “our company” are to Forest Road Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation.
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report, including, without limitation,
statements under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,
including the words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,”
“plans,” “may,” “will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,”
“continue,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following risks, uncertainties and other factors:
● our ability to select an appropriate target business or
businesses;
● our ability to complete our initial business combination
with Beachbody and Myx (each as defined below) or an alternative business combination;
● our expectations around the performance of the prospective
target business or businesses;
● our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required
in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
● our officers and directors allocating their time to other
businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination;
● our potential ability to obtain additional financing to
complete our initial business combination;
● our pool of prospective target businesses if the Merger
(as defined below) is not consummated;
● the ability of our officers and directors to generate a
number of potential business combination opportunities if the Merger is not consummated;
● our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
● the lack of a market for our securities;
● the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available
to us from interest income on the trust account balance;
● the trust account not being subject to claims of third
parties; or
● our financial performance.
The forward-looking statements contained
in this report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on
us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number
of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance
to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks
or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from
those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated
on September 24, 2020 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset
acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to
throughout this report as our initial business combination. Since our initial public offering, we have concentrated our efforts
on identifying businesses in the telecommunications, media and technology (“TMT”) space that align with the following
macro themes:
● new audience aggregation platforms transforming the TMT
landscape;
● premium IP driving significant value expansion;
● consumer behavior fundamentally changing;
● cutting-edge technologies facilitating new offerings;
● evolving ecosystem reshaping traditional business models;
and
● companies in need of capital due to idiosyncratic market
conditions.
We seek to capitalize on the significant
experience, relationships and contacts of our officers and directors, Forest Road, the managing member of our sponsor, and strategic
advisors to complete our initial business combination. We believe that our team’s distinguished and long-term track
record of sourcing, acquiring, and building next-generation media and entertainment platforms, along with other investments
and operational experience in consumer-facing industries, will provide us with differentiated consumer insights and sourcing
opportunities.
On
February 9, 2021, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with BB Merger Sub,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Road, MFH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Road, The Beachbody Company Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Beachbody”), and Myx Fitness Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Myx”).
Consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement (the “Merger) is subject to customary conditions of the respective parties, including the approval of the Merger
by our stockholders in accordance with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the completion of a redemption
offer whereby we will be providing our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of our common stock for
cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in our trust account.
For the risks associated with the Merger and Beachbody and Myx,
see the Company’s preliminary registration statement on Form S-4, as amended from time to time (the “Form S-4”)
containing information about the Merger, Beachbody and Myx, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
16, 2021.
The Merger Agreement and related agreements are further described
in the Form 8-K/A, filed by us on February 16, 2021. For additional information regarding the Merger Agreement and the transactions
contemplated therein, Beachbody and Myx please see the Form S-4.
Other than as specifically discussed, this Annual Report does
not assume that the closing of the Merger will occur.
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Initial Public Offering
The registration statement for our initial
public offering became effective on November 24, 2020. On November 30, 2020, we consummated our initial public offering of 30,000,000
units, which included 3,900,000 units issued pursuant to the partial exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.
Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-third of one redeemable
warrant of the Company, with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock for
$11.50 per share. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $300,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the
initial public offering, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 5,333,333 warrants to Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor
LLC, our “sponsor”, at a purchase price of $1.50 per private placement warrant, generating gross proceeds of $8,000,000.
A total of $300,000,000, comprised of $292,000,000
of the proceeds from the initial public offering (which amount includes $10,500,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount)
and $8,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained
by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
Our units began trading on November 25, 2020
on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol FRX.U.” On January 13, 2021, we announced that the
holders of the Company’s units may elect to separately trade the shares of Class A common stock and warrants included in the
units commencing on January 15, 2021. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant to
purchase one share of Class A common stock. Any units not separated will continue to trade on NYSE under the symbol “FRX.U”. Any
underlying shares of Class A common stock and warrants that are separated will trade on NYSE under the symbols “FRX” and
“FRX WS,” respectively.
Our Team
Our officers and directors, Forest Road
and strategic advisors consist of seasoned investors and industry executives with an extensive track record of identifying, investing
in, building, operating, and advising leading businesses. In particular, the team possesses a deep understanding of the TMT space,
the evolution of these sectors, and market opportunities. Our collective team has experience in:
● sourcing, structuring, acquiring, and integrating businesses;
● developing and growing companies, both organically and
through acquisitions;
● identifying, monitoring, and recruiting world-class talent;
● accessing the capital markets, including financing businesses;
● fostering relationships with sellers, capital providers,
and target management teams; and
● negotiating and executing transactions favorable to investors
in multiple geographies and under varying economic and financial market conditions.
In the event we are unable to consummate
the Merger, we believe our team will be able to source superior TMT investment opportunities through an extensive network including
private equity, venture capital, growth equity, asset managers, investment banks and leading global corporations. Additionally,
we believe they have the operational expertise to drive efficiencies at a target company following a business combination, and
given their extensive experience with public market investors, are well positioned to develop a thoughtful investor relations strategy.
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Market Opportunity
We believe that many companies operating
in the TMT space have characteristics that make them attractive investment opportunities given the disruption, evolution, and
unprecedented tailwinds and headwinds facing the broader landscape. These companies are poised for long-term growth and have
the potential to unlock unrealized value as public companies, particularly when partnered with our team, which brings strategic,
operating, and deal-making expertise as well as public company experience. In the event we are unable to consummate the Merger,
we intend to focus on businesses that leverage the following macro themes:
● New audience aggregation platforms transforming the
TMT landscape. The TMT landscape is rapidly evolving as new forms of consumption and distribution
disrupt traditional businesses. Platforms such as over-the-top services, social media applications, and online marketplaces
are changing the way content is produced, distributed, and consumed, creating global competition for consumers.
● Premium IP driving significant value expansion. Media
and entertainment companies are increasingly focused on creating and acquiring IP with wide appeal and franchise potential. Given
the high volume of content produced annually, it has become imperative to own or have advantaged access to premium IP that stands
out and resonates with audiences as well as offers monetization opportunities beyond traditional avenues. The quest for a greater
share of the consumer wallet and engagement has resulted in large scale strategic activity, such as Disney’s acquisition
of 21st Century Fox and AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, as well as increased investments in original and licensed
content by subscription video on demand services, such as Netflix. The limited supply of premium IP and high consumer demand has
led to substantial competition and has driven an increase in the value of content.
● Consumer behavior fundamentally changing. Consumption
habits have evolved due to advancements in technology as well as increased access to high-speed internet service and connected
devices. Engagement has shifted from unidirectional to interactive, mobile, and multi-screen experiences. Today’s consumer
has greater control over what they consume, when they consume, and how much they consume. As this shift continues, media consumption
is becoming increasingly fragmented, and businesses are working towards innovations for new and better ways to aggregate, engage,
and monetize consumers.
● Cutting-edge technologies facilitating new offerings. Development
of cutting-edge technologies and improvements in existing technologies are unlocking markets and growth opportunities. Increasingly,
society has broad access to technological infrastructure that new businesses can build upon and consumers can utilize for entertainment
and communication. Innovations in computing power, artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality, and digital
video and audio consumption create new avenues of entertainment, while 5G and the proliferation of high-speed internet is
enabling these experiences to flourish.
● Evolving ecosystem reshaping traditional business models. Market
leaders continue to look for new ways to leverage their premium assets and key brands. Traditionally segregated business models
are converging as the ability to monetize across multiple channels becomes imperative. New consumer options span from
à la carte purchase to free, ad-supported, subscription, and micro-transaction models, as well as new bundled service
offerings. Additionally, businesses are capitalizing on existing IP through 360-degree monetization, expanding the use case
into other revenue-generating opportunities, such as consumer products and licensing, interactive entertainment, theme parks,
and other experiences.
● Companies in need of capital due to idiosyncratic market
conditions . Market dislocation and unforeseen economic circumstances caused by COVID-19 have
challenged the TMT landscape, adversely impacting the revenues and cash flows of many corporations, large private equity portfolio
companies, and private founder-owned companies, requiring them to raise equity capital. Within the media landscape, many
segments including content production, live events and sports, as well as the services that support these segments, are in need
of additional capital, even while maintaining sound defensible market positions. This dislocation creates potential investment
opportunities to support these businesses to survive the current environment and maintain their leading market positions.
Business Strategy
Our strategy is to identify and partner
with high growth businesses in the TMT space that can benefit from the investment and operational expertise of our team to deliver
value to our shareholders.
We believe that media and entertainment
is undergoing rapid and aggressive technology-induced change, resulting in new monetization opportunities and secular growth
as opportunities to reach consumers expand, new entrants seek to gain market share, and the “old guard” adapts to the
evolving needs of today’s consumers. We believe that our team’s experience in building and executing strategies that
combine capabilities and expertise in consumer preferences and technology/product development differentiates our ability to source
a successful partner.
Our selection process leverages our officers
and directors, Forest Road, and our strategic advisors’ deep relationship network, industry experiences, and deal sourcing
capabilities to access a broad spectrum of differentiated opportunities. Specifically, the relationships and reputation we have
built in the TMT space allow us to source proprietary deal flow from certain of our clients, their affiliates, and colleagues,
as well as provide differentiated sources of intelligence for the team to analyze as we work through business and transaction due
diligence to ensure we are partnering with a fundamentally sound long-term company. Since our initial public offering, members
of our team have communicated with and, in the event that the Merger is not consummated, we expect them to continue to communicate
with their network of relationships to articulate our initial business combination criteria, including the parameters of our search
for a target business.
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Competitive Advantages
In the event we do not consummate the Merger,
we will capitalize on the ability of our team to identify, acquire, and operate a business that will benefit from their involvement
by utilizing the following differentiating factors to our advantage:
● Expertise in operating businesses. Our
team has a track record of building industry-leading companies to deliver shareholder value over an extended
time period. As a public entity, we believe we can offer a wide range of advantages to stockholders. These include, but are not
limited to, utilizing our team’s collective skills and experience to catalyze accelerated and profitable growth, broader
access to debt and equity capital providers, liquidity alternatives for employees and investors, public currency for potential
acquisitions, and improved branding in the marketplace.
● History of transformational acquisitions. Members
of our team have been involved in noteworthy content and IP transactions in the TMT space, including but not limited to, the acquisitions
of Capital Cities/ABC, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, 21st Century Fox, and BAMTech by Disney.
● Proprietary sourcing network. Our selection process will leverage
our officers and directors, Forest Road, and our strategic advisors’ networks of industry, private equity sponsor, growth
equity investor, and lending community relationships as well as relationships with management teams of public and private companies,
investment bankers, consultants, advisers, attorneys, and accountants, which provide us with a number of business combination opportunities.
Our network within the TMT space is exceptionally deep and our team is well positioned to identify high-growth acquisition
opportunities across the evolving and disrupted landscape.
● Execution and structuring capabilities. Our
team’s combined expertise and reputation allow us to source and complete transactions possessing structural attributes that
create an attractive investment thesis. These types of transactions are typically complex and require creativity, industry knowledge
and expertise, rigorous due diligence, and extensive negotiations and documentation. By focusing our investment activities on
these types of transactions, we will generate investment opportunities that have attractive risk/reward profiles based on their
valuations and structural characteristics.
Our Business Combination Criteria
Consistent with our business strategy,
we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines to evaluate prospective target businesses, which we would continue
to use in the event we are unable to consummate the Merger. We use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating initial business
combination opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not
meet these criteria and guidelines. In the event we do not consummate the Merger, we will seek to identify and acquire high-quality companies
in the TMT space that possess the following characteristics:
● Simple, predictable, and free-cash-flow-generative. We
seek companies with a proven track record of growth and profitability and predictable future financial performance that we expect
will generate strong, sustainable growth in cash flows over the long term.
● Formidable barriers to entry. We
seek companies that have long-term sustainable competitive advantages, significant barriers to entry, including significant
upfront investment costs, or “wide moats,” around their business, and low risks of disruption caused by competition,
innovation, and new entrants.
● Well-positioned in evolving market landscape. We
seek companies that are well-positioned to benefit from new content and distribution dynamics, unlocking new growth opportunities.
● Attractive valuation. We
seek companies at an attractive valuation relative to their long-term intrinsic value.
● Positioned to benefit from public currency. We
seek companies that demonstrate public market readiness and will use access to public equity markets to pursue accretive acquisitions,
high-return capital projects, strengthen the balance sheet, and recruit and retain key employees.
● Exceptional management and governance. We
seek companies that have trustworthy, talented, experienced, and highly competent management teams. These companies may be led
by entrepreneurs who are looking for a partner with our expertise to execute on the next stage of their growth. For target companies
that require new management, we will leverage our team’s experience in identifying and recruiting top talent.
● Platform for inorganic growth. We
seek companies that can serve as a platform for future synergistic acquisitions.
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These criteria and guidelines are not intended
to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent
relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors, and criteria that our team may deem relevant. In
the event that the Merger is not consummated and we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business
that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria
in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination.
Initial Business Combination
In accordance with the rules of the NYSE,
the Merger, or an alternative initial business combination, must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an
aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (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 our signing a definitive agreement
in connection with our initial business combination. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair
market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions with respect to satisfaction of such criteria. Our shareholders may
not be provided with a copy of such opinion nor will they be able to rely on such opinion. Subject to this requirement, our management
will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting one or more prospective businesses, but if the business
combination involves more than one target business, as with the Merger, the 80% fair market value test will be based on the aggregate
value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as our initial business combination for
purposes of a seeking stockholder approval or conducting a tender offer, as applicable.
We anticipate structuring our initial business
combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the
outstanding equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses, such as in connection with the Merger. In the event
the Merger is not consummated, we may structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns
or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the prior
owners of the target business, the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such
business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
the target business or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to
register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders
prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations
ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue
a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock, shares or other equity interests of a
target business or issue a substantial number of new shares to third- parties in connection with financing our initial business
combination. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of
a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than
a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity
interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion
of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% fair market value test.
In the event the Merger and the related
financing arrangement described in the Form S-4 are not consummated, we may need to obtain additional financing to complete our
initial business combination, either because the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our
trust account or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business
combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. There
are no prohibitions on our ability to issue securities or incur debt in connection with our initial business combination.
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Sourcing of Potential Initial Business
Combination Targets
In the event the Merger is not consummated,
our team’s significant operating and transaction experience and relationships will provide us with a substantial number of
alternative initial business combination targets. Over the course of their careers, the members of our team have developed a broad
network of contacts and corporate relationships around the world, which includes private equity firms, venture capitalists and
entrepreneurs. This network has grown through the activities of our team sourcing, acquiring and financing businesses, the reputation
of our team for integrity and fair dealing with sellers, financing sources and target management teams and the experience of our
team in executing transactions under varying economic and financial market conditions.
This network has provided our team with
a flow of referrals, which in the past has resulted in numerous transactions which were proprietary or where a limited group of
investors were invited to participate in the sale process. In the event the Merger is not consummated, this network will provide
us with multiple investment opportunities. In addition, we anticipate that target business combination candidates will be brought
to our attention by various unaffiliated sources, including participants in our targeted markets and their advisors, private equity
funds and large business enterprises seeking to divest non-core assets or divisions.
While we do not anticipate engaging the
services of professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, in the event
the Merger is not consummated, we may engage these firms or other individuals in the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s
fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’s length negotiation based on the terms of the transaction.
We will engage a finder only to the extent our management determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that
may not otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us on an unsolicited basis with a potential transaction that our management
determines is in our best interest to pursue. Payment of a finder’s fee is customarily tied to completion of a transaction,
in which case any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account. In no event, however, will our sponsor or any
of our existing officers or directors, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting
fee or other compensation by the company prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our
initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). In addition, we pay Forest Road $10,000 per month
for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our team. Other than the foregoing, there will
be no finder’s fees, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation paid
by us to our sponsor, officers or directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers prior to, or in connection with any services
rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that
it is).
We are not prohibited from pursuing an
initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers or directors, or completing
the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, executive officers or directors.
In the event the Merger is not consummated and we seek to complete an initial business combination with a target that is affiliated
with our sponsor, executive officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an
independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions stating that such an
initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain, and have not
obtained, a fairness opinion in connection with the Merger.
Members of our team directly or indirectly
own founder shares and/or private placement warrants and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a
particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each
of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the
retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with
respect to our initial business combination. For example, it is anticipated that Kevin Mayer, one of our strategic advisors, will
be elected as a director of the combined company in connection with the consummation of the Merger.
Each of our officers and directors presently
has, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to another entity pursuant to which
such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any
of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or
she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations
to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly
offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company and such opportunity is one we are
legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director
or officer is permitted to refer that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation. We do not believe, however,
that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete
our initial business combination.
Our officers, directors and strategic advisors
have agreed not to participate in the formation of, or become an officer, director or strategic advisor of, any other special purpose
acquisition company with a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act without our prior written consent, which will
not be unreasonably withheld.
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Financial Position
With funds available
for a business combination initially in the amount of $290,717,054, we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating
a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening
its balance sheet by reducing its debt ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash,
debt or equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that
will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires.
Lack of Business Diversification
For an indefinite period of time after
the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely on the future performance
of a single business. Upon consummation of the Merger, the prospects of our success will depend entirely on Beachbody and Myx.
Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries,
it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line
of business. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:
● subject us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory
developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our
initial business combination, and
● cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single
product or limited number of products or services.
Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s
Management Team
Although we intend to closely scrutinize
the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination
with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future
management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future role
of members of our management team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination
as to whether any of the members of our management team will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial
business combination. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following
our initial business combination, it is unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our
initial business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that members of our management team will have significant experience
or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business. In the event the Merger is consummated, Mr. Mayer will
serve as a director of the combined company following the Merger.
We cannot assure you that any of our key
personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined company. The determination as to whether any
of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination.
Following a business combination, we may
seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure you that we
will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or
experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Stockholders May Not Have the Ability
to Approve Our Initial Business Combination
The Merger requires the approval of our
stockholders. However, in the event the Merger is not consummated, in connection with any alternative proposed business combination,
we may conduct redemptions without a stockholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of
our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. We will, however, seek stockholder approval if it is required by law or
applicable stock exchange rule, or we may decide to seek stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons.
Presented in the table below is a graphic
explanation of the types of initial business combinations we may consider in the event the Merger is not consummated and whether
stockholder approval is currently required under Delaware law for each such transaction.
TYPE OF TRANSACTION
WHETHER STOCKHOLDER
APPROVAL IS
REQUIRED
Purchase of assets
No
Purchase of stock of target not involving a merger with the company.
No
Merger of target into a subsidiary of the company.
No
Merger of the company with a target
Yes
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Under NYSE’s listing rules, stockholder
approval is required in connection with the Merger. In the event the Merger is not consummated, in connection with any alternative
proposed business combination, stockholder approval would be required under NYSE’s rules for our initial business combination
in certain circumstance, for example, if:
● we issue shares of Class A common stock equal to or
in excess of 20% of the number of shares of our Class A common stock then outstanding;
● any of our directors, officers or substantial stockholders
(as defined by NYSE rules) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly
or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of common stock
could result in an increase in outstanding common shares or voting power of 5% or more; or
● the issuance or potential issuance of common stock will
result in our undergoing a change of control.
Permitted Purchases of Our Securities
If we seek stockholder
approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination
pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial stockholders, directors, executive officers or their affiliates may purchase
shares or public warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion
of our initial business combination. There is no limit on the number of shares our initial stockholders, directors, officers or
their affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and NYSE rules. However, they have
no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for
any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase shares or public warrants in such transactions.
If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any
material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange
Act.
In the event that our sponsor, initial
stockholders, directors, officers or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders
who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior
elections to redeem their shares. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject
to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange
Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers
will comply with such rules.
The purpose of any such purchases of shares
could be to (i) vote such shares in favor of the Merger or an alternative business combination in the event the Merger is
not consummated and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the business combination or (ii) to
satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash
at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. The purpose
of any such purchases of public warrants could be to reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or to vote such warrants
on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination. Any such purchases
of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
In addition, if such purchases are made,
the public “float” of our Class A common stock or public warrants may be reduced and the number of beneficial
holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of
our securities on the NYSE.
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Our sponsor, initial stockholders, officers,
directors and/or their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the stockholders with whom our initial stockholders, officers,
directors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated purchases by either the stockholders contacting us directly or by
our receipt of redemption requests submitted by stockholders (in the case of Class A common stock) following our mailing of
proxy materials in connection with the Merger or an alternative initial business combination in the event the Merger is not consummated.
To the extent that our sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and
contact only potential selling stockholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the
trust account or vote against our initial business combination, whether or not such stockholder has already submitted a proxy with
respect to our initial business combination but only if such shares have not already been voted at the stockholder meeting related
to our initial business combination. Our sponsor, executive officers, directors or any of their affiliates will select which stockholders
to purchase shares from based on a negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and
will only purchase shares if such purchases comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.
Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares if the purchases would
violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. We expect any such purchases will be reported pursuant to
Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchases are subject to such reporting requirements.
Redemption Rights for Public Stockholders
upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
We will provide our public stockholders
with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of our initial
business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account
calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on
the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public
shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated
to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be
reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions paid to the representative of the underwriters. Our initial stockholders, sponsor,
officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption
rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares they may hold in connection with the completion of our initial business
combination.
Limitations on Redemptions
Our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets
to be less than $5,000,001. In addition, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Beachbody’s obligation to consummate the Merger
is subject to the amount of available cash in (i) the trust account, after deducting the amount required to satisfy obligations
to public stockholders that exercise their redemption rights, and (ii) the financing described in the Form S-4 is at least $350,000,000.
In the event the Merger is not consummated, an alternative proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash requirement
for: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners; (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate
purposes; or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would
be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required
to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash
available to us, we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares in connection with such initial business
combination, and all shares of Class A common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. We may,
however, raise funds through the issuance of equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection
with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop arrangements we may enter
into, in order to, among other reasons, to satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
Manner of Conducting Redemptions
In connection with the Merger, we will
provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the
Merger in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Merger. In the event the Merger is not consummated, in connection
with an alternative proposed initial business combination, we will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem
all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with
a stockholder meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) without a stockholder vote by means of a
tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial business combination or conduct
a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the
transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek stockholder approval under applicable law or stock
exchange listing requirements. Asset acquisitions and stock purchases would not typically require stockholder approval while direct
mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding common stock
or seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation would require stockholder approval. So long as we obtain
and maintain a listing for our securities on NYSE, we will be required to comply with NYSE’s stockholder approval rules.
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The requirement that we provide our public
stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares by one of the two methods listed above will be contained in provisions
of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and will apply whether or not we maintain our registration under the Exchange
Act or our listing on NYSE. Such provisions may be amended if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote thereon.
If we amend such provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we will provide our public stockholders with
the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with a stockholder meeting.
If we provide our public stockholders with
the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with a stockholder meeting, we will
● conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation
pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer
rules, and
● file proxy materials with the SEC.
We will complete the Merger, or, if the
Merger is not consummated and we seek stockholder approval in connection with a proposed alternative initial business combination,
we will complete our initial business combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted
in favor of the initial business combination. A quorum for such meeting will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy
of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Company representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting. Our initial stockholders will count towards this quorum and, pursuant
to the letter agreement, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote any founder shares they hold and any public shares
purchased during or after our initial public offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor
of our initial business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the majority of our outstanding shares of common stock
voted, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result,
in addition to our initial stockholders’ founder shares, we would need only 11,250,001, or 37.5%, of the 30,000,000 public
shares sold in our initial public offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial
business combination approved (assuming all outstanding shares are voted). These quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements
of our initial stockholders, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination. Each public stockholder
may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or whether they
were a stockholder on the record date for the stockholder meeting held to approve the proposed transaction.
If the Merger is not consummated and if
a stockholder vote is not required in connection with a proposed alternative initial business combination and we do not decide
to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will
● conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and
Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and
● file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing
our initial business combination, which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business
combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation
of proxies.
In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant
to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a)
under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender
offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public stockholders not tendering more than a specified number
of public shares, which number will be based on the requirement that we may not redeem public shares in an amount that would cause
our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. If public stockholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase,
we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination.
In the Merger is not consummated and upon
the public announcement of a proposed alternative initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to
the tender offer rules, we or our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase shares
of our Class A common stock in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
We intend to require our public stockholders
seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,”
to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their stock certificates to our transfer agent or deliver their shares to our
transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system, prior to
the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may
be up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination. In addition, if we conduct
redemptions in connection with a stockholder vote, we intend to require a public stockholder seeking redemption of its public shares
to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the vote in which the name of
the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish
to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public
stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently process any
redemptions without the need for further communication or action from the redeeming public stockholders, which could delay redemptions
and result in additional administrative cost. If the proposed initial business combination is not approved and we continue to search
for a target company, we will promptly return any certificates or shares delivered by public stockholders who elected to redeem
their shares.
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Limitation on Redemption Upon Completion
of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Stockholder Approval
The Merger requires the approval of our
stockholders. In connection with the stockholder approval of the Merger or, if the Merger is not consummated and we seek stockholder
approval of a proposed alternative initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial
business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a
public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in
concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption
rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares of common stock sold in our initial public offering, which we
refer to as the Excess Shares, without our prior consent. Absent this provision, a public stockholder holding more than an aggregate
of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s
shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable
terms. By limiting our stockholders’ ability to redeem no more than 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering
without our prior consent, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of stockholders to unreasonably attempt to block
our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target
that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. However, we would not be restricting
our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination.
Delivering Stock Certificates in Connection
with the Exercise of Redemption Rights
As described above, we intend to require
our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street
name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their stock certificates to our transfer agent or deliver their shares
to our transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) system,
prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this
date may be up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination. In addition,
if we conduct redemptions in connection with a stockholder vote, we intend to require a public stockholder seeking redemption of
its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the vote in
which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable,
that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether
we are requiring public stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public stockholder would have up to
two business days prior to the vote on the initial business combination if we distribute proxy materials, or from the time we send
out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, as applicable, to submit or tender its shares if it
wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that a stockholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures
disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed. Given the relatively short exercise
period, it is advisable for stockholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.
There is a nominal cost associated with
the above-referenced process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent
will typically charge the broker submitting or tendering shares a fee of approximately $80.00 and it would be up to the broker
whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we
require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to submit or tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement
of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.
Any request to redeem such shares, once
made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. Furthermore,
if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides
prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return
the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shares
electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.
If the Merger or an alternative proposed
initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public stockholders who elected to exercise
their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account. In
such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.
If the Merger is not completed, we may
continue to try to complete an alternative proposed initial business combination with a different target until November 30, 2022.
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Redemption of Public Shares and Liquidation
if No Initial Business Combination
Our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that we will have until November 30, 2022 to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable
to complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose
of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 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 earned
on the funds held in the trust account (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 outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’
rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as
reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors,
liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements
of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will
expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022.
Our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers
and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions
from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination by
November 30, 2022 or any extended period of time that we may have to consummate an initial business combination as a result of
an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. However, if our initial stockholders, sponsor or management
team acquire public shares in or after our initial public offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the
trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022.
Our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers
and directors have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if
we do not complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022 or with respect to any other material provisions relating
to stockholders’ rights (including redemption rights) or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our
public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. However,
we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. If this optional
redemption right is exercised with respect to an excessive number of public shares such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible
asset requirement, we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of our public shares at such time.
We expect that all
costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be funded
from amounts remaining out of the approximately $1,183,830 of proceeds held outside the trust account as of December 31, 2020,
although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is
any interest accrued in the trust account not required to pay taxes, we may request the trustee to release to us an
additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.
If we were to expend all of the net proceeds
of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account,
and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account and any tax payments or expenses for the dissolution
of the trust, the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders upon our dissolution would be approximately $10.00. The
proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority
than the claims of our public stockholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by stockholders
will not be substantially less than $10.00. Under Section 281(b) of the DGCL, our plan of dissolution must provide for all
claims against us to be paid in full or make provision for payments to be made in full, as applicable, if there are sufficient
assets. These claims must be paid or provided for before we make any distribution of our remaining assets to our stockholders.
While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all
creditors’ claims.
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Although we will seek to have all vendors,
service providers (other than our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities
with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies
held in the trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements
or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including but
not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging
the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including
the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held
in the trust account, our management will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only
enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best
interests of the company under the circumstances. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses
to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management
to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is
unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. The underwriters of our initial public offering and our independent
registered public accounting firm will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account.
In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of,
or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any
reason. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to
the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which
we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement,
reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount
per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public
share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any
claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust
account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of
our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We have not, however,
asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient
funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore,
we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully
made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less
than $10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive
such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify
us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
In the event that the proceeds in the trust
account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the
trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value
of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification
obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine
whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our
independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us,
it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance.
Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be
less than $10.00 per share.
We will seek to reduce the possibility
that our sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service
providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right,
title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account. Our sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims
under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act.
Under the DGCL, stockholders may be held
liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The
pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event
we do not complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022 may be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware
law. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes
reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought
against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day
waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating
distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the
stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
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Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of
our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete
our initial business combination by November 30, 2022, is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such
redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful (potentially due to the imposition of legal proceedings that a party may bring
or due to other circumstances that are currently unknown), then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations
for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case
of a liquidating distribution. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022, we will (i) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 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 earned on the funds held in the trust account (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 outstanding public shares, which redemption
will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating
distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of
our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware
law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Accordingly, it is our intention to redeem
our public shares as soon as reasonably possible after November 30, 2022 and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with those
procedures. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them
(but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend well beyond the third anniversary of such date.
Because we will not be complying with Section 280,
Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our
payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent 10 years.
However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be limited to searching
for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (e.g., lawyers, investment
bankers) or prospective target businesses. As described above, pursuant to the obligation contained in our underwriting agreement,
we will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent public accounting firm), prospective target businesses
or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind
in or to any monies held in the trust account. As a result of this obligation, the claims that could be made against us are significantly
limited and the likelihood that any claim that would result in any liability extending to the trust account is remote. Further,
our sponsor may be liable only to the extent necessary to ensure that the amounts in the trust account are not reduced below (i)
$10.00 per public share or (ii) such 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 value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest withdrawn to pay
taxes and will not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that 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.
If we file a bankruptcy petition or an
involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject
to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority
over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will
be able to return $10.00 per share to our public stockholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under
applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.”
As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our stockholders. Furthermore, our board
of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby
exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
Our public stockholders will be entitled
to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete
our initial business combination by November 30, 2022, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if
we do not complete our initial business combination by November 30, 2022 or with respect to any other material provisions relating
to stockholders’ rights (including redemption rights) or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) if they
redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of our initial business combination. In no other circumstances will
a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event we seek stockholder approval in connection
with our initial business combination, a stockholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not
result in a stockholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such stockholder
must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. These provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation,
like all provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, may be amended with a stockholder vote.
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Competition
In the event the Merger is not consummated,
in identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for an alternative proposed initial business combination, we may encounter
competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other special purpose acquisition companies,
private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, public companies and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many
of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or
through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than we.
Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation
gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection
with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business
combination and our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain
target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business
combination.
Facilities
We currently utilize office space at 1177
Avenue of the Americas, 5 th Floor, New York, New York 10036 from Forest Road. We pay Forest Road a total
of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team. We consider
our current office space adequate for our current operations.
Employees
We currently have four executive officers.
These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of
their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they
will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination
and the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion
of our initial business combination.
Periodic Reporting and Financial Information
Our units, Class A common stock and
warrants are registered under the Exchange Act and we have reporting obligations, including the requirement that we file annual,
quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual reports will contain
financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accounting firm.
We provide stockholders with audited financial
statements of the prospective target business as part of the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents sent to stockholders
to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, these financial statements will need to be prepared in accordance
with, or reconciled to, GAAP, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial statements may be required
to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). These financial
statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may conduct an initial business combination with because
some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy
rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure you that any particular
target business identified by us as a potential business combination candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance
with the requirements outlined above, or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financial statements in
accordance with the requirements outlined above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire
the proposed target business. While this may limit the pool of potential business combination candidates, we do not believe that
this limitation will be material.
We will be required to evaluate our internal
control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Only in the event we are
deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, will we be
required to have our internal control procedures audited. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to
achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such business combination.
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Prior to the date of our initial public
offering, we filed a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12
of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current
intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to
the consummation of our initial business combination.
We are an “emerging growth company,”
as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to 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 auditor attestation requirements of
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports
and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and
stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive
as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS
Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in
Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging
growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private
companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We will remain an emerging growth company
until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) November 30, 2025, (b) in which we have total annual
gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market
value of our shares of Class A common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30 th ,
and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year
period.
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting
company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced
disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain
a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by
non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30 th , and (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million
during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the
prior June 30 th .
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include
risk factors in this annual report. However, below is a partial list of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could
have a material effect on the Company and its operations. Risks associated with the Merger, Beachbody and Myx are more fully discussed
in the Proxy Statement
●
we are an early stage Company with no revenue or basis to evaluate our ability to select a suitable business target;
●
if the Merger is not consummated, we may not be able to select an appropriate alternative target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination in the prescribed time frame;
●
our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses may not be realized;
●
we may not be successful in retaining or recruiting required officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
●
our officers and directors may have difficulties allocating their time between the Company and other businesses and may potentially have conflicts of interest with our business following the Merger or in approving our initial business combination if the Merger is not consummated and we pursue an alternative proposed initial business combination;
●
if the Merger is not consummated, we may not obtain additional financing to complete an alternative initial business combination or reduce number of shareholders requesting redemption;
●
if the Merger is not consummated, you may not be given the opportunity to vote on an alternative proposed initial business combination;
●
trust account funds may not be protected against third party claims or bankruptcy;
●
an active market for our public securities' may not develop and you will have limited liquidity and trading;
●
the availability to us of funds from interest income on the trust account balance may be insufficient to operate our business prior to the business combination; and
●
our financial performance following the Merger or an alternative proposed initial business combination with an entity may be negatively affected by their lack an established record of revenue, cash flows and experienced management.
For the complete list of risks relating to our operations, see
the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in our prospectus dated November 24, 2020 and in our Form S-4, initially
filed on February 16, 2021.
Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item
2. Properties
Our executive offices
are located at 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10036 and our telephone number is (917) 310-3722. Our
executive offices are provided to us by our sponsor, Forest Road. We have agreed to pay our sponsor a total of $10,000 per month
for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current
operations.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
To the knowledge of
our management team, there is no litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their
capacity as such or against any of our property.
Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(a)
Market Information
Our units, Class A
common stock and warrants are each traded on NYSE under the symbols “FRX.U,” “FRX” and “FRXWS”,
respectively. Our units commenced public trading on November 25, 2020, and our Class A common stock and warrants commenced public
trading separately on January 15, 2021.
(b)
Holders
On March 22, 2021, there was one holder of record of our units,
one holder of record of our shares of Class A common stock and three holders of record of our warrants.
(c)
Dividends
We have not paid any
cash dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business
combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements
and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends
subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors at such time. In addition,
our Board of Directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable
future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends
may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
(d)
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans.
None.
(e)
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
(f)
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
(g)
Use of Proceeds from the Initial Public Offering
On November 30, 2020,
we consummated our initial public offering of 30,000,000 units, which included 3,900,000 units issued pursuant to the partial exercise
by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001
per share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share
of Class A common stock for $11.50 per share. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to us
of $300,000,000.
A total of $300,000,000,
comprised of $292,000,000 of the proceeds from our initial public offering (which amount includes $10,500,000 of the underwriters’
deferred discount) and $8,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust
account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. The proceeds held in the trust account
are invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting
certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.
Item
6. Reserved
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Item
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References to the
“Company,” “us,” “our” or “we” refer Forest Road Acquisition Corp . The following
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial
statements and related notes included herein.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
All statements other
than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-K including, without limitation, statements under “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position,
business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward- looking statements. When used
in this Form 10-K, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or the Company’s management, identify forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information
currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-
looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking
statements attributable to us or persons acting on the Company’s behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
The following discussion and analysis of
our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto
contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Results of Operations and Known Trends
or Future Events
We have neither engaged in any operations
nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to
prepare for our initial public offering and identifying a target company for our initial business combination. 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 cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account. We incur expenses as a result of being a
public company (for legal, financial reporting, ac Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
We have neither engaged in any operations
nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to
prepare for our initial public offering and identifying a target company for our initial business combination. 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 cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account. We incur expenses as a result of being a
public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as expenses as we conduct due diligence
on prospective business combination candidates.
For the period from September 24, 2020
(Inception) through December 31, 2020, we had a net loss of $531,394. We incurred $531,404 of formation and operating costs (not
charged against shareholders’ equity), consisting mostly of general and administrative expenses. We had interest income of
$10 of interest on the bank account.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2020, we had cash outside
the trust account of $1,183,830 available for working capital needs. All remaining cash held in the trust account are generally
unavailable for the Company’s use, prior to an initial business combination, and is restricted for use either in a business
combination or to redeem common stock. As of December 31, 2020, none of the amount in the trust account was available to be withdrawn
as described above.
Through December 31, 2020, the Company’s
liquidity needs were satisfied through receipt of $25,000 from the sale of the founder shares, advances from the sponsor in an
aggregate amount of $141,881 and the remaining net proceeds from the initial public offering and the sale of private placement
units.
The Company anticipates that the $1,183,830
outside of the trust account as of December 31, 2020, will be sufficient to allow the Company to operate for at least the next
12 months, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time. Until consummation of our business combination,
the Company will be using the funds not held in the trust account, and any additional Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note
5 to our financial statements) from the initial stockholders, the Company’s officers and directors, or their respective affiliates
(which is described in Note 5 to our financial statements), for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates,
performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations
of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting
the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.
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The Company does not believe it will need
to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating its business. However, if the Company’s
estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating business combination is less than the actual amount
necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the business combination.
Moreover, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans from its sponsor, officers, directors, or third parties.
None of the sponsor, officers or directors are under any obligation to advance funds to, or to invest in, the Company. If the Company
is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include,
but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of its business plan, and reducing overhead expenses.
The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Through December 31,
2020, our efforts were limited to organizational activities, activities relating to our initial public offering and since the initial
public offering, the search for a target business with which to consummate an initial business combination, including the consummation
of the Merger. We have engaged in limited operations and have not generated any revenues. We have not engaged in any hedging activities
since our inception on September 24, 2020. We do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market risk
to which we are exposed.
As of December 31,
2020, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. The net proceeds of the initial public offering and the sale of
the private placement warrants held in the trust account have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of
185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest
only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be
no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Reference is made to
pages F-1 through F-19 comprising a portion of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
Under the supervision
and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer (together,
the “Certifying Officers”), we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying
Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Disclosure controls
and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed
or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
management, including our Certifying Officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Report on Internal
Controls over Financial Reporting
This report does not
include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report
of our registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
There were no changes
in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act)
during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
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PART III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Directors and Executive Officers
As of the date of this report, our directors
and officers are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Keith L. Horn
62
Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director
Zachary Tarica
34
Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Investment Officer
Idan Shani
39
Chief Operating Officer
Salil Mehta
57
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Staggs
60
Director, Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Committee
Peter Schlessel
59
Director
Martin Luther King III
63
Director
Teresa Miles Walsh
57
Director
Sheila A. Stamps
63
Director
Keith L. Horn has served as our
Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and director since inception. Mr. Horn is the founder and managing member of Loring Capital
Advisors, LLC, a firm providing investment advisory and consulting services to hedge fund managers, asset management firms, and
early-stage and start-up businesses, which Mr. Horn founded in 2016. From 2003 to 2015, Mr. Horn served as Chief Operating Officer
and a member of the Management Committee and Valuation Committee of Elliott Management Corporation, a global multi-strategy firm,
where he was responsible for global management and oversight of operational, support, and control functions of the firm’s
investment advisory business. Prior to that, beginning in 1987, Mr. Horn spent 16 years at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated, serving in various capacities, including Global Head of Leveraged Finance, Head of Latin America Debt, and
Chief of Staff to the Chairman and President of Merrill Lynch & Co.. Mr. Horn began his career in private practice as a corporate
and securities attorney. Since March 2021, Mr. Horn has served as a director, the chair of the audit committee and a member of
the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRXB.U), a special
purpose acquisition company. In July 2019, Mr. Horn was appointed to the Strategic Advisory Board of Investcorp Strategic Capital
Partners, a fund established to assemble a diverse portfolio of general partnership stakes in alternative asset managers. Since
January 2019, Mr. Horn has served as a director of Caliper Holdings, a company engaged in the consumer and commercial ingredients
food and beverage business. Since March 2018, Mr. Horn has served as a director of ShopOne Centers REIT, Inc., an owner and operator
of shopping malls. From April 2016 to November 2019, Mr. Horn served on the board of directors of Empire Resorts, Inc. (NasdaqGM:
NYNY), which operates in the gaming and hospitality industries (“Empire”). Mr. Horn served as Chairperson of Empire’s
audit committee and as Chairperson of Empire’s special committee in its review and approval of an acquisition transaction
pursuant to which Empire became a privately-held entity. Mr. Horn also serves on the board of directors for the Binghamton University
Foundation and is a member of the Foundation investment committee. He is also a member of the board of directors of PeacePlayers
International, a non-profit organization that uses the game of basketball to educate and unite children in areas of conflict around
the world. Mr. Horn is an investor in and serves on the strategic advisory board of Forest Road. Mr. Horn received his J.D. (cum
laude) from Georgetown University Law Center and holds B.A. degrees in Economics and Political Science from Binghamton University,
where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors. Mr. Horn is well-qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive operating,
investment and corporate finance experience, along with his board experience.
Zachary Tarica has served as our
Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Investment Officer since inception. Since December 2020, Mr. Tarica has served
as the Chief Operating Officer of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRX), a special purpose acquisition company. Mr. Tarica
is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Road, a specialty finance company formed in May 2017 focused on tax credit
lending across the entertainment, renewable energy, and real estate sectors, as well as film tax credit administration and tax
credit brokerage. Prior to establishing Forest Road, Mr. Tarica served as a Credit Analyst at Brookfield Asset Management from
June 2014 to May 2018. From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Tarica worked for Deutsche Bank as a distressed desk analyst focused on
investing in special situations in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Tarica holds a B.S. degree in Business with a minor
in Organizational Communications from Northeastern University. Mr. Tarica is well-qualified to serve on our Board due to his experience
in the finance and media industries.
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Idan Shani has served as our Chief
Operating Officer since inception. Mr. Shani has served as the Chief Financial Officer since December 2020 and the Secretary since
March 2021 of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRX), a special purpose acquisition company. Since October 2018, Mr. Shani
has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Forest Road. Prior to that, Mr. Shani was President and
Head of Research of Antarctica Asset Management (U.S.), Inc. (“Antarctica”) and its predecessor Antarctica Asset Management
LLC, a global hedge fund solutions firm, from June 2008 to September 2020. He remains involved at Antarctica as a senior
independent member of the investment and allocation committee with reporting duties to the board of directors. Mr. Shani was a
research analyst at Ivy Asset Management, a firm owned by BNY Mellon, from 2005 to 2008, focusing on credit strategies. Mr. Shani
holds a B.A. degree in Economics with a Division of Studies in Management (summa cum laude) from The Open University of Israel.
Salil Mehta has served as our Chief
Financial Officer since October 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Mehta served as Disney’s General Manager, Digital Media and
President of FoxNext Games from March 2019 to April 2020. Prior to Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Mr.
Mehta served as President of FoxNext from 2016 to 209 and President, Content Management for 20th Century Studios from 2013 to 2016.
He was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of NBCUniversal’s entertainment, digital networks, and integrated
media division from 2011 to 2013. During his tenure at NBCUniversal, Mr. Mehta also served as President of Business Operations,
Strategy and Development from 2008 to 2011. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Mehta served as an Executive Vice President of ESPN Enterprises,
where he managed the general responsibilities for all of ESPN’s non-broadcasting businesses including new media, broadband,
mobile, publishing, and consumer product businesses. Prior to ESPN, Mr. Mehta held various positions at Disney from 1994 to 2005,
including Manager of Corporate Strategic Planning and Executive Vice President of Corporate Business Development. Since March 2021,
Mr. Mehta has served as a director, the chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and members of the audit and
compensation committees of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRX), a special purpose acquisition company. Mr. Mehta received
his B.A. in International Relations from Brown University and holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Political Economy at the Delhi School of Economics in Delhi, India.
Thomas Staggs has been a director
since inception and serves as the Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Committee. Mr. Staggs has served as the Co-Chief Executive
Officer and Co-Chairperson of the Board of Forest Road Acquisition Corp II. (NYSE: FRXB.U), a special purpose acquisition company,
since December 2020. Mr. Staggs has been the Executive Chairman of Bertsch Industries, GmbH, a company engaged in the development,
manufacturing, and marketing of eco-friendly water-soluble substitutes for plastic across a range of applications since August
2020. Since March 2017, Mr. Staggs has served as the Executive Chairman of Vejo, Inc., a nutrition company that manufactures and
sells pod-based nutritional beverage blends and associated devices. Since June 2017, Mr. Staggs has been a member of the board
of directors and the Chairperson of the audit committee of Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT). From 1990 to October 2016, Mr.
Staggs held various positions at The Walt Disney Company, including as Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts
Worldwide, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. Since November 2018, Mr. Staggs has served
as a director of PureForm Global Inc., a company engaged in development and sale of synthetically produced cannabidiol and other
cannabinoids. Mr. Staggs has served as a member to the board of directors of Weta Digital, a digital visual effects company and
the parent company of Weta Animated, since December 2020. Since August 2020, Mr. Staggs has served as a director of REQPay, a company
engaged in development and management of a cloud-based construction management platform. In addition, Mr. Staggs serves on the
boards of trustees of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and the Center for Early Education. He also was
previously a member of the board of directors at Euro Disney SCA from 2002 to February 2015. Mr. Staggs is an investor in and serves
on the strategic advisory board of Forest Road. Mr. Staggs holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A.
from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Staggs is well-qualified to serve on our Board due to his extensive experience
in the entertainment industry, expertise in corporate finance and operations, as well as his publicly company experience.
Peter Schlessel has served as one
of our directors since the consummation of our initial public offering. Mr. Schlessel has been a member of the board of directors
of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, an American co-producer and co-financier of major Hollywood motion pictures, since June 2018.
Mr. Schlessel is a director of Redbox, an American and Canadian video rental company. From 2014 to February 2016, Mr. Schlessel
served as the Chief Executive Officer of Focus Features of Universal Pictures, an American film production and distribution company.
Prior to that, he co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of FilmDistrict, an independent movie distribution company,
from 2010 to 2014. From 1989 to 2010, Mr. Schlessel served at various positions at Sony Pictures Entertainment and its Columbia
Pictures division, including President of Worldwide Affairs and President of Worldwide Acquisitions of Sony Pictures Entertainment,
President of Columbia Pictures, and President of Production of Columbia Pictures. Mr. Schlessel began his career in entertainment
in 1989 as Director of Legal Affairs for RCA/Columbia Home Video. He received his B.S. degree in Psychology from Union College
and his J.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Schlessel is well-qualified to serve on our Board due to his
extensive experience in the entertainment and media industries.
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Martin
Luther King III has served as one of our directors since the consummation of our initial public offering. The oldest son of
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Mr. King is a celebrated human rights advocate who has devoted his life to promoting
civil and global human rights. Since 2006, Mr. King has served as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Realizing the Dream,
a non-profit organization that continues the humanitarian and liberating work of his parents, through which he has spearheaded
nonviolence training in Bosnia Herzegovina, India, Israel and Palestine, Kenya, Sri Lanka, and the United States. In 2011, Mr.
King co-founded Bounce TV, an African American broadcast network. Mr. King served as the fourth President of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. Since March 2021, Mr. King has served as a director, the chair of the compensation committee
and members of the audit and nominating and corporate governance committees of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose
acquisition company. Since 1997, Mr. King has been Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of MetWest,
a mutual fund complex. Mr. King served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The King Center, based in Atlanta, and
remains a member of its board of directors. In 1986, he was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to represent more
than 700,000 Georgia residents. He received a B.A. degree in Political Science from Morehouse College. Mr. King is well-qualified
to serve on our Board due to his extensive experience in the broadcast network industry and dedication to human rights advocacy.
Teresa
Miles Walsh has served as one of our directors since the consummation of our initial public offering. In 2003, Ms. Walsh
founded Access Media Advisory, a boutique corporate advisory firm with offices in London and New York focused on media sector
clients, and currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Since 2009, Ms. Walsh has served as the Partner
and the Senior Banker of Media Investment Banking at Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC, an investment bank and fund placement advisory
firm. From 1989 until 2002, Ms. Walsh held various investment banking positions at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
including Group Head and Managing Director of the European Media Investment Banking Group in London from 1997 until 2002. She
has been a member of the board of directors of Upland Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: UPLD), a provider of cloud-based enterprise work
management software, since March 2020. Ms. Walsh received her M.B.A. with distinction from the Fuqua School of Business at
Duke University and has her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, also from Duke University. Ms. Walsh is
well-qualified to serve on our Board due to her extensive experience in the media industry and corporate finance, as well as her
publicly company experience.
Sheila
A. Stamps has served as one of our directors since the consummation of our initial public offering. Since September 2020,
Ms. Stamps has been a member of the board of directors, the audit committee, and the executive compensation committee of Pitney
Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), a technology company providing solutions and analytics to businesses. Since May 2018, Ms. Stamps has served
as a member of the board of directors and the Chairperson of the audit committee of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AAWW), an airfreight company. Since February 2014, Ms. Stamps has served as a member of the board of directors of CIT Group, Inc.
(NYSE: CIT), a financial services company, and its banking subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A. From July 2014 to July 2018, Ms. Stamps
served as the Commissioner of the New York State Insurance Fund, a governmental insurance carrier. During her time at the New
York State Insurance Fund, Ms. Stamps also served on the business operations committee and served as Chairperson of the audit
committee. Ms. Stamps was the Executive Vice President of DBI, LLC, a private mortgage investment company, from 2011 to 2012.
From 2008 to 2011, Ms. Stamps served as the Head of Fixed Income and Cash Management, a senior management member of the Investment
Advisory Committee and the Real Estate Advisory Committee of New York State Common Retirement Fund. From 2005 to 2016, Ms. Stamps
served as the Managing Director of Golden Seeds, Inc., an investment company. From 2003 to 2004, Ms. Stamps served as a Managing
Director and Financial Institutions Group Head at Bank of America (formerly, FleetBoston Financial). From 1997 to 2003, Ms. Stamps
held a number of executive positions in Bank One Corporation (now JPMorgan Chase), including Managing Director and Head of European
Asset-Backed Securitization and a member of the Operating Management Committee. Ms. Stamps received her B.S. in Management Sciences
from Duke University and her M.B.A. from University of Chicago. She was a fellow of Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
at Harvard University and received her CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Stamps
is well-qualified to serve on our Board due to her extensive experience in the finance and investment sectors as well as her roles
on public company boards.
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Strategic Advisory
Committee
Our
Strategic Advisory Committee, comprised of Mr. Staggs, Chairperson, and our strategic advisors, assists our management team in
its search of suitable acquisition targets. Mr. Staggs acts as liaison to our management and serves to coordinate and lead the
strategic advisors’ efforts to assist the management team in their search for a business combination target. In addition
to Mr. Staggs, the members of the Strategic Advisory Committee are as follows:
Kevin
Mayer has served as a strategic advisor since the consummation of our initial public offering. Mr. Mayer has served as the
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairperson of the Board of Forest Road Acquisition Corp II. (NYSE: FRXB.U), a special purpose
acquisition company, since December 2020. Mr. Mayer has been the chairman of the board of directors of DAZN, a sports steaming
service provider, from March 2021. In November 2020, Mr. Mayer agreed to advise Access Industries with the title of Senior Advisor.
From May 2020 to August 2020, Mr. Mayer served as Chief Executive Officer of TikTok Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of ByteDance
Ltd., TikTok’s parent company. Prior to joining TikTok, Mr. Mayer oversaw the launch of Disney+ while serving as Chairman
of Direct-to-Consumer & International division at Disney. After joining Disney in 1993, Mr. Mayer led strategy and business
development for Disney’s interactive and television businesses worldwide. He later became Executive Vice President of the
internet group, responsible for the operations, business plans, creative direction, and distribution of Disney’s popular
websites, including ESPN.com and ABCNews.com. Mr. Mayer departed Disney in 2000 but returned in 2005, eventually rising to the
role of Chief Strategy Officer before accepting the position of Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer & International until his departure
in May 2020. Prior to rejoining Disney in 2005, Mr. Mayer served as a partner and head at L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Media
and Entertainment practice. Prior to L.E.K., he held leading positions at interactive and internet businesses, including Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Channel Interactive, where he managed all aspects of new media business, including content,
sales, business and technology development, and distribution. Mr. Mayer is an investor in and serves on the strategic advisory
board of Forest Road. Mr. Mayer received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University.
Shaquille
“Shaq” O’Neal has served as a strategic advisor since the consummation of our initial public offering. Mr.
O’Neal is an American athlete, investor, and entrepreneur, and is regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history.
Mr. O’Neal was elected to both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame. Beyond basketball, Mr.
O’Neal has made investments in Google prior to its initial public offering and Ring prior to its sale to Amazon. Mr. O’Neal
currently owns multiple franchises, including Auntie Anne’s and Papa John’s Pizza, as well as several restaurants
in Las Vegas. Mr. O’Neal moved into e-sports by assuming the role of General Manager of the Kings Guard (NBA 2K League),
an e-sports team associated with the Sacramento Kings, in which he owns a minority stake. Mr. O’Neal serves on the board
of directors of Papa John’s Pizza, as a national spokesperson for the non-profit Boys & Girls Clubs of America,
and as a global spokesperson for Krispy Kreme. Mr. O’Neal received his B.A. degree in General Studies from Louisiana State
University, an M.B.A. degree from University of Phoenix and an Ed.D degree in Human Resource Development from Barry University.
Mark
Burg has served as a strategic advisor since the consummation of our initial public offering. Mr. Burg is an entrepreneur,
business executive and American film producer, best known for his work on the Saw film series and on the CBS sitcom Two
and a Half Men . From November 2014 to December 2017, Mr. Burg served as Vice Chairman of Management and Production at Primary
Wave Entertainment, a private music publishing and talent management company. In 2004, Mr. Burg founded the production company
Twisted Pictures, which primarily focuses on the development and production of horror films. Mr. Burg personally financed the
first production of the Saw films. He has received a ShoWest Award, a People’s Choice Award, has been recognized
in the Guinness Book of World Records for the Most Successful Horror Movie Franchise, has been nominated for three Emmy Awards,
and has received multiple awards for previous films. Mr. Burg is an investor in, and serves on the strategic advisory board of,
Forest Road. Mr. Burg received his B.A. degree in Communications and Management from Ithaca College.
Our
Strategic Advisory Committee and the strategic advisors (i) assist us in sourcing and negotiating with potential business
combination targets, (ii) provide business insights when we assess potential business combination targets and (iii) upon
our request, provide business insights as we work to create additional value in the businesses that we acquire. In this regard,
our strategic advisors fulfill some of the same functions as our board members. However, our strategic advisors are not executive
officers of our company and have no written advisory agreement with us, nor do they have any other employment arrangements with
us. Moreover, our strategic advisors will not be under any fiduciary obligation to us nor will they perform board or committee
functions, nor will they have any voting or decision-making capacity on our behalf. Our strategic advisors will not be required
to devote any specific amount of time to our efforts or be subject to the fiduciary requirements to which our board members are
subject. Accordingly, if our strategic advisors become aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for any of
the entities to which they have fiduciary or contractual obligations, they will honor their fiduciary or contractual obligations
to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity.
We may modify or expand our roster of strategic advisors as we source potential business combination targets or create value in
businesses that we may acquire.
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Number
and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our
board of directors consists of seven members and is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected
in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving
a three-year term. In accordance with NYSE corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until
one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on NYSE. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting
of Peter Schlessel and Teresa Miles Walsh, will expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the
second class of directors, consisting of Martin Luther King III and Sheila A. Stamps, will expire at the second annual meeting
of stockholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Keith L. Horn, Zachary Tarica and Thomas Staggs,
will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.
Our
officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific
terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint officers as it deems appropriate pursuant to our amended and
restated certificate of incorporation.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
Our
board of directors has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate
governance committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of the NYSE and Rule 10A of the Exchange Act
require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Subject to phase-in rules and
a limited exception, the rules of the NYSE require that the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance
committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Each committee operates under a charter that has been
approved by our board and has the composition and responsibilities described below. The charter of each committee is available
on our website.
Audit Committee
Teresa
Miles Walsh, Martin Luther King III and Peter Schlessel serve as members of our audit committee, and Teresa Miles Walsh chairs
the audit committee. All members of our audit committee are independent of and unaffiliated with our sponsor and our underwriters.
Each
member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors has determined that Teresa Miles Walsh qualifies
as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules and has accounting or related financial
management expertise.
We
have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
● assisting board
oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements,
(3) our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance
of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm; the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement,
and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm and any other independent registered public accounting
firm engaged by us;
● pre-approving all
audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm or any other registered public
accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures; reviewing and discussing with the independent
registered public accounting firm all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence;
● setting clear
policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; obtaining and reviewing a report, at least
annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (1) the independent registered public accounting
firm’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control
review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within
the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such
issues;
● meeting to review
and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent registered
public accounting firm, including reviewing our specific disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations”; reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed
pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and
● reviewing with
management, the independent, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any
correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues
regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated
by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
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Compensation Committee
We
have established a compensation committee of the board of directors. Martin Luther King III, Peter Schlessel and Teresa Miles
Walsh serve as members of our compensation committee, and Martin Luther King III chairs the compensation committee.
We
have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:
● reviewing and
approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation,
evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving
the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;
● reviewing and
making recommendations to our board of directors with respect to the compensation, and any incentive compensation and equity based
plans that are subject to board approval of all of our other officers;
● reviewing our
executive compensation policies and plans;
● implementing
and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
● assisting management
in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
● approving all
special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
● producing a
report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
● reviewing, evaluating
and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, as indicated above, other than the payment to Forest Road of $10,000 per month, for up to 24 months, for office
space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support and reimbursement of expenses, no compensation of any kind, including
finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their
respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business
combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee
will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with
such initial business combination.
The
charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation
consultant, independent legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and
oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external
legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including
the factors required by the NYSE and the SEC.
Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee
We
have established a nominating and corporate governance committee the members of which are Peter Schlessel, Martin Luther King
III and Teresa Miles Walsh. Peter Schlessel serves as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
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The
primary purposes of our nominating and corporate governance committee is to assist the board in:
● identifying,
screening and reviewing individuals qualified to serve as directors and recommending to the board of directors candidates for
nomination for election at the annual meeting of stockholders or to fill vacancies on the board of directors;
● developing,
recommending to the board of directors and overseeing implementation of our corporate governance guidelines;
● coordinating
and overseeing the annual self-evaluation of the board of directors, its committees, individual directors and management in the
governance of the company; and
● reviewing on
a regular basis our overall corporate governance and recommending improvements as and when necessary.
The
nominating and corporate governance committee is governed by a charter that complies with the rules of the NYSE.
Director Nominations
Our
nominating and corporate governance committee will recommend to the board of directors candidates for nomination for election
at the annual meeting of the stockholders. Prior to our initial business combination, the board of directors will also consider
director candidates recommended for nomination by holders of our founder shares during such times as they are seeking proposed
nominees to stand for election at an annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Prior
to our initial business combination, holders of our public shares will not have the right to recommend director candidates for
nomination to our board of directors.
In
general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, the board of directors considers educational background, diversity
of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability
to represent the best interests of our stockholders.
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics
We
have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We filed our Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics and our audit committee and compensation committee charters as exhibits to the registration statement for our
initial public offering. You can review this document by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov .
In addition, a copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the charters of the committees will be provided without charge
upon request from us. If we make any amendments to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics other than technical, administrative
or other non-substantive amendments, or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer principal accounting officer or
controller or persons performing similar functions requiring disclosure under applicable SEC or NYSE rules, we will disclose the
nature of such amendment or waiver on our website. The information included on our website is not incorporated by reference into
this report or any other document we file with the SEC, and any references to our website are intended to be inactive textual
references only.
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Item 11. Executive Compensation
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Other
than the monthly payment of $10,000 to Forest Road for office space, administrative and support services, none of our executive
officers or directors has received any cash (or non-cash) compensation for services rendered to us. Our sponsor, executive officers
and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business
combinations. Our independent directors review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors
or our or their affiliates.
After
the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid
consulting, management or other fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to
the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our shareholders in connection
with a proposed business combination. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time, because the directors
of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive and director compensation. Any compensation to
be paid to our officers will be determined by our compensation committee.
We
do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the
consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and
directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after the initial business combination. For
example, it is anticipated that Mr. Mayer, one of our strategic advisors, will be elected as a director of the combined
company in connection with the consummation of the Merger. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting
arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a
target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our
initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination.
We are not party to any agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of
employment.
The
Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management and, based upon its
review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the board of directors that the Compensation Discussion and
Analysis be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 23, 2021 based on information
obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of common stock, by:
● each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
● each
of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns our common stock; and
● all
our executive officers and directors as a group.
In
the table below, percentage ownership is based on 37,500,000 shares of our common stock, consisting of (i) 30,000,000 shares
of our Class A common stock and (ii) 7,500,000 shares of our Class B common stock, issued and outstanding as of March 23,
2021. Voting power represents the combined voting power of shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class B common stock owned
beneficially by such person. On all matters to be voted upon, the holders of the shares of Class A common stock and shares of
Class B common stock vote together as a single class. Currently, all of the shares of Class B common stock are convertible into
Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The table below does not include the Class A common stock underlying the private
placement warrants held by our officers or sponsor because these securities are not exercisable within 60 days of this report.
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Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all
common stock beneficially owned by them.
Class A Common Stock
Class B Common Stock
Approximate
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage
of Class
Number
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage
of Class
Percentage
of Outstanding
Shares of Common
Stock
Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC (our sponsor)(2)(3)
—
—
7,500,000
100
%
20
%
Zachary Tarica (3)
—
—
7,500,000
100
%
20
%
Keith L. Horn (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Idan Shani (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Salil Mehta (4)
Thomas Staggs (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Peter Schlessel (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Martin Luther King III (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Teresa Miles Walsh (4)
—
—
—
—
—
Sheila A. Stamps (4)
—
—
—
—
—
All directors and executive officers as a group (9 individuals)(2)
—
—
7,500,000
100
%
20
%
Other 5% Stockholders
Light Street Capital Management, LLC (5)
2,155,000
7.18
%
5.75
%
(1) Unless otherwise
noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o Forest Road Acquisition Corp., 1177 Avenue
of the Americas, 5 th Floor, New York, New York 10036.
(2) Interests shown consist
solely of founder shares, classified as shares of Class B common stock. Such shares are convertible into shares of Class A common
stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions contained therein.
(3) Our sponsor is the
record holder of such shares. The Forest Road Company, LLC is the managing member of the sponsor. As such, The Forest Road Company
has voting and investment discretion with respect to the common stock held of record by our sponsor and may be deemed to share
beneficial ownership of the common stock held directly by our sponsor. Zachary Tarica is the Chief Executive Officer of The Forest
Road Company, LLC. By virtue of these relationships, Mr. Tarica may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held
of record by Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC.
(4) Each of these individuals
holds a direct or indirect interest in our sponsor. Each such person disclaims any beneficial ownership of the reported shares
other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly.
(5) According to a Schedule
13G filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021, Light Street Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LSCM”),
serves as investment adviser and general partner to (A) Light Street Mercury Master Fund, L.P. (“Mercury”), on whose
account 2,000,000 Class A shares are held by LSCM, and (B) Light Street Tungsten Master Fund, L.P. (“Tungsten”), on
whose account 155,000 Class A shares are held by LSCM. Glen Thomas Kacher (“Mr. Kacher”) is the Chief Investment Officer
of LSCM. Mr. Kacher and LSCM each has sole power to vote and dispose of all 2,155,000 shares owned by Tungsten and Mercury; Mercury
has sole power to vote and dispose of 2,000,000 shares owned for the account of Mercury. The business address for all three reporting
persons ( i.e. , LSCM, Mr. Kacher and Mercury) is 525 University Avenue, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94301.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Table
None.
Changes
in Control
None.
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
In
September 2020, our sponsor, Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC purchased 7,187,500 founder shares for an aggregate purchase
price of $25,000, or approximately $0.0035 per share. In November 2020, we effected a 0.44 for 1 stock dividend for each share
of Class B common stock outstanding, resulting in our sponsor holding an aggregate of 7,503,750 founder shares, up to 978,750
shares of which were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which underwriters’ over-allotment option would be
exercised, so that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after our initial public offering. Based
on the extent of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option, on November 30, 2020, our sponsor forfeited
3,750 founder shares for no consideration. The forfeited shares were canceled.
On
November 30, 2020, our sponsor purchased 5,333,333 warrants, at a price of $1.50 per warrant, or $8,000,000 in a private placement
that closed simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder
to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The private placement warrants (including the Class A
common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred,
assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.
Since
December 2020, we have paid Forest Road $10,000 per month for office space at 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 5 th Floor,
New York, New York 10036 and for secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team.
Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
Other
than the foregoing, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid by us to our sponsor,
executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with
the completion of an initial business combination. However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence
on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor,
officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
Prior
to the closing of our initial public offering, our sponsor loaned us $141,881 under an unsecured promissory note, which funds
were used for a portion of the expenses of our initial public offering. These loans were fully repaid upon the closing of our
initial public offering.
In
addition, in order to 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
on a non-interest bearing basis. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event
that the 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 $1.50 per warrant at the option of
the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except as set forth above, 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.
Repayments
of loans from our sponsor or repayments of working capital loans prior to our initial business combination will be made using
funds held outside the trust account.
After
our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other
fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in
the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such
compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting
held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business
to determine executive and director compensation.
We
have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and private placement warrants, the warrants
issuable upon conversion of working capital loans (if any) and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the
foregoing and upon conversion of the founder shares.
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Item
14 . Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The
following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to WithumSmith+Brown, PC or Withum, for services rendered.
Audit
Fees . Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and
services that are normally provided by Withum in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees of Withum for professional
services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and other required filings with the SEC for the year ended December
31, 2020 totaled approximately $20,085. The aggregate fees of Withum related to audit services in connection with our initial public
offering totaled approximately $42,488. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit
committee meetings.
Audit-Related
Fees . Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance
of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include
attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting
standards. During the year ended December 31, 2020 we did not pay Withum any audit-related fees.
Tax
Fees . We did not pay Withum for tax services, planning or advice for the year ended December 31, 2020.
All
Other Fees . We did not pay Withum for any other services for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Pre-Approval
Policy
Our
audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve
all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our
board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will
pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees
and terms thereof (subject to the deminimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved
by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
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PART
IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
(1) Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
F-2
Statement of Operations
F-3
Statement of Changes In Stockholders’ Equity
F-4
Statement of Cash Flows
F-5
Notes to Financial Statements
F-6
(2) Financial Statements Schedule
All
financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the amounts are immaterial and not required, or the
required information is presented in the financial statements and notes thereto in this Item 15 of Part IV below.
(3) Exhibits
We
hereby file as part of this report the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by
reference can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material can also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F Street,
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
Not
applicable.
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Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
of
Forest Road Acquisition Corp.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance
sheet of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), as of December 31, 2020, the related statements of operations,
changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from September 24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020,
and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the period from September 24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our
audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”)
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with
the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have,
nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required
to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures
to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures
that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
We have served as the Company's auditor
since 2020.
New York, New York
March 25, 2021
F- 1
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Assets
Cash
$ 1,183,830
Prepaid assets
294,383
Total current assets
1,478,213
Marketable Securities held in Trust Account
300,000,000
Total Assets
$ 301,478,213
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Accounts payable
$ 409,896
Franchise tax payable
54,149
Total current liabilities
464,045
Deferred underwriters’ discount payable
10,500,000
Total liabilities
10,964,045
Commitments
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 28,551,416 shares at redemption value
285,514,160
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
—
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 1,448,584 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 28,551,416 shares subject to possible redemption)
145
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,500,000 shares issued and outstanding
750
Additional paid-in capital
5,530,507
Accumulated deficit
(531,394 )
Total stockholders’ equity
5,000,008
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
$ 301,478,213
See accompanying notes to the financial
statements.
F- 2
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
(INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2020
Formation and operating costs
$ 531,404
Loss from operations
(531,404 )
Other Income
Interest income
10
Total other income
10
Net loss
$ (531,394 )
Weighted average shares outstanding
of Class A common stock
30,000,000
Basic and diluted net income per
share, Class A common stock
$ (0.00 )
Weighted average shares outstanding
of Class B common stock
6,856,915
Basic and diluted net loss per
share, Class B common stock
(0.08
)
(1) Excludes
an aggregate of 28,551,416 shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2020.
See accompanying notes to the financial
statements.
F- 3
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
(INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2020
Common Stock
Additional
Total
Class A
Class B
Paid-In
Accumulated
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Equity
Balance as of September 24, 2020 (inception)
—
$ —
—
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
Class B common stock issued to Sponsor
—
—
7,503,750
750
24,250
—
25,000
Sale of Units in Initial Public Offering net of underwriter
discount and offering cost
30,000,000
3,000
—
—
283,017,562
—
283,020,562
Sale of Units in Initial Public Offering
30,000,000
3,000
—
—
299,997,000
—
300,000,000
Sale of Private Placement Warrants
—
—
—
—
8,000,000
—
8,000,000
Forfeiture of 3,750 shares by initial stockholders
—
—
(3,750 )
—
—
—
—
Change in Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
(28,551,416 )
(2,855 )
—
—
(285,511,305 )
—
(285,514,160 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
(531,394 )
(531,394 )
Balance as of December 31, 2020
1,448,584
$ 145
7,500,000
$ 750
$ 5,530,507
$ (531,394 )
$ 5,000,008
See accompanying notes to the financial
statements.
F- 4
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
(INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2020
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss
$ (531,394 )
Changes in current assets and current liabilities:
Prepaid assets
(294,383 )
Franchise tax payable
54,149
Accounts payable
409,896
Net cash used in operating activities
(361,732 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash into trust account
(300,000,000 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(300,000,000 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from Initial Public Offering, net of underwriters’ discount
294,000,000
Proceeds from private placement
8,000,000
Proceeds from Promissory note
141,881
Repayment of Promissory note
(141,881 )
Proceeds from issuance of founder shares
25,000
Payments of offering costs
(479,438 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
301,545,562
Net Change in Cash
1,183,830
Cash – Beginning of period
-
Cash – Ending of period
$ 1,183,830
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-cash Financing Activities:
Initial value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
$ 286,016,268
Change in value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
$ (502,108 )
Deferred underwriters’ discount payable charged to additional paid-in capital
$ 10,500,000
See accompanying notes to the financial
statements.
F- 5
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Organization and Business
Operations
Organization and General
Forest Road Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”)
was incorporated in Delaware on September 24, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into 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 not limited to a specific industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination,
however, the Company intends to concentrate its efforts identifying businesses in the technology, media and telecommunications
industry. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated
with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had
not yet commenced any operations. All activity through December 31, 2020, relates to the Company’s formation and the Initial
Public Offering (“IPO”) described below. 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
on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO.
Financing
The Company’s sponsor is Forest Road
Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s
IPO was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 24, 2020 (the “Effective
Date”). On November 30, 2020, the Company consummated the IPO of 30,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect
to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), including the issuance of 3,900,000
Units as a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant entitling its holder to purchase one
share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating
gross proceeds of $300,000,000 (Note 3).
Simultaneously with the closing of the
IPO, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) with the Sponsor of an aggregate of 5,333,333
warrants (“Private Placement Warrants”) to purchase Class A common stock, each at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement
Warrant, generating total proceeds of $8,000,000 (Note 4).
Transaction costs amounted to $16,979,438,
consisting of $6,000,000 of underwriting discount, $10,500,000 of deferred underwriters’ fee and $479,438 of other offering
costs.
Trust Account
Following the closing of the IPO on November
30, 2020, an amount of $300,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of
the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) which will be invested in U.S. government
securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 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, until the earlier of (a) the completion of the Company’s
initial Business Combination, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote
to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation, or (c) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company
is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, or November 30, 2020
(the “Combination Period”).
F- 6
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Initial Business Combination
The Company’s management has broad
discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the 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
a Business Combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have an aggregate fair market value equal
to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes,
if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive
agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if
the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires
an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
The Company will provide its holders of
the outstanding Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) 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 stockholder meeting called to approve
the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval
of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem
their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public
Share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay
its tax obligations). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s
warrants.
The Company will only proceed with a Business
Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business
Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder
vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file
tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.
If, however, stockholder approval of the
transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business
or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules
and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination,
the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO
in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective
of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or do not vote at all.
F- 7
FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Notwithstanding the above, if the Company
seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder
or any other person with whom such stockholder 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% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company. The Sponsor
has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with
the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s
initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or
(ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights (including redemption rights) or pre-initial business
combination activity, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in
conjunction with any such amendment.
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 a Business
Combination within the Combination Period. The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares
if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public
Shares in or after the IPO, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company
fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
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 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, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.00 per Public Share and (2)
the actual 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, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to claims by a third party or
prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account nor will it apply
to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver
is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the 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 (except the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and 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.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Liquidity
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had
cash outside the Trust Account of $1,183,830 available for working capital needs. All remaining cash held in the Trust Account
is generally unavailable for the Company’s use, prior to an initial Business Combination, and is restricted for use either
in a Business Combination or to redeem common stock. As of December 31, 2020, none of the amount in the Trust Account was available
to be withdrawn as described above.
Through December 31, 2020, the Company’s
liquidity needs were satisfied through receipt of $25,000 from the sale of the founder shares, advances from the Sponsor in an
aggregate amount of $141,881 and the remaining net proceeds from the IPO and the sale of Private Placement Units.
The Company anticipates that the $1,183,830
outside of the Trust Account as of December 31, 2020, will be sufficient to allow the Company to operate for at least the next
12 months from the issuance of the financial statements, assuming that a Business Combination is not consummated during that time.
Until consummation of its Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account, and any additional
Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5) from the initial stockholders, the Company’s officers and directors, or their
respective affiliates (which is described in Note 5), for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing
business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective
target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target
business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
The Company does not believe it will need
to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating its business. However, if the Company’s
estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating business combination is less than the actual
amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the business combination.
Moreover, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans from its Sponsor, officers, directors, or third parties.
None of the Sponsor, officers or directors are under any obligation to advance funds to, or to invest in, the Company. If the Company
is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include,
but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of its business plan, and reducing overhead expenses.
The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Risks and Uncertainties
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. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company’s
financial position will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and related advisories
and restrictions. These developments and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the financial markets and the overall
economy are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If the financial markets and/or the overall economy are impacted for an extended
period, the Company’s financial position may be materially adversely affected. Additionally, the Company’s ability
to complete an initial business combination may be materially adversely affected due to significant governmental measures being
implemented to contain the COVID-19 outbreak or treat its impact, including travel restrictions, the shutdown of businesses
and quarantines, among others, which may limit the Company’s ability to have meetings with potential investors or affect the
ability of a potential target company’s personnel, vendors and service providers to negotiate and consummate an initial business
combination in a timely manner. The Company’s ability to consummate an initial business combination may also be dependent
on the ability to raise additional equity and debt financing, which may be impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and the
resulting market downturn.
Note 2 — Significant Accounting
Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements of
the Company is presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) have been made that are necessary to
present fairly the financial position, and the results of its operations and its cash flows.
Emerging Growth Company Status
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”), 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 auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, 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 stockholder 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 a 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 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
which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which 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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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust
Account
At December 31, 2020, the assets held in
the Trust Account were money market funds. During the period September 24, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, the Company did
not withdraw any of interest income from the Trust Account to pay its tax obligations.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially
subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may
exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation limit of $250,000. At December 31, 2020, the Company has not experienced
losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risk on such accounts.
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A common
stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair
value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock 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, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s
common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to
the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2020, 28,551,416 shares of Class A common stock subject
to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section
of the Company’s balance sheet.
Net Income (loss) per Common Share
Net income (loss) per common share is computed
by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. The Company has not considered
the effect of warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and private placement to purchase 10,666,667 of Class A common shares
in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of
future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.
The Company complies with accounting and
disclosure requirements ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company’s statements of operations include
a presentation of income (loss) per share for common shares subject to possible redemption in a manner similar to the two-class
method of income (loss) per share. Net income per common share, basic and diluted for Class A redeemable common shares is calculated
by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account totaling $0 for the period September 24, 2020 (inception) through December
31, 2020 by the weighted average number of Class A redeemable common shares outstanding since original issuance. Net loss per common
share, basic and diluted for Class B non-redeemable common shares is calculated by dividing the net income, adjusted for income
attributable to Class A redeemable common shares, by the weighted average number of Class B non-redeemable common shares outstanding
for the period. Class B non-redeemable common shares includes the Founder Shares as these shares do not have any redemption features
and do not participate in the income earned on the Trust Account.
The Company did not have any dilutive securities
and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common shares 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 period presented.
The following table reflects the calculation
of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
For the period
From September 24, 2020 (Inception)
through December 31, 2020
Redeemable Class A common shares
Numerator: Earnings allocable to Redeemable Class A common shares
Interest income and realized gain from sale of treasury securities
$ -
Net earnings
$ -
Denominator: Weighted average redeemable Class A common shares
Redeemable Class A common shares, basic and diluted
30,000,000
Earnings/basic and diluted redeemable Class A common shares
$ 0.00
Non-redeemable Class B common shares
Numerator: Net income minus redeemable net earnings
Net income (loss)
$ (531,394 )
Redeemable net earnings
-
Non-redeemable net loss
$ (531,394 )
Denominator: weighted average non-redeemable Class B common shares
Non-redeemable Class B common shares, basic and diluted
6,856,915
Loss/ Basic and diluted non-redeemable common shares
$ (0.08 )
Offering Costs associated with the Initial
Public Offering
The Company complies with the requirements
of the ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A - “Expenses of Offering”. Offering
costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the
Public Offering and that were charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO. Accordingly, on December 31,
2020, offering costs totaling $16,979,438 have been charged to stockholders’ equity (consisting of $6,000,000 of underwriting
fee, $10,500,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $479,438 of other offering costs).
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets
and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC
820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that
would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants
at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair
value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
(Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
●
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
●
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
●
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
The following table presents information
about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2020 and indicates the fair
value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
December 31,
Quoted
Prices In
Active
Markets
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
2020
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Description
Assets:
Money Market Funds held in Trust Account
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ -
$ -
$ 300,000,000
$ 300,000,000
$ -
$ -
In some circumstances, the inputs used
to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value
measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the
fair value measurement.
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the
end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels for the period from September 24, 2020 (inception) through
December 31, 2020.
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability
method of accounting for income taxes under 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.
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. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax
expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2020. 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 subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently
issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial
statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
On November 30, 2020, the Company sold 30,000,000 Units
at a price of $10.00 per Unit, including the issuance of 3,900,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise
of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the
holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the
IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.50 per unit, for an aggregate
purchase price of $8,000,000. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants were added to the net proceeds from
the IPO held in the Trust Account. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock
at $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants will be added to the proceeds from the
IPO to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the
proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public
Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On September 29, 2020, the Sponsor paid
$25,000 to cover certain offering costs of the Company in consideration of 7,187,500 shares of the Company’s Class B
common stock (the “Founder Shares”). The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 937,500 shares subject to forfeiture
by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full. On November 24,
2020, as part of an upsizing of the IPO, the Sponsor was issued an additional 316,250 Founder Shares by the Company, resulting
in a increase in the total number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding from 7,187,500 to 7,503,750 (of which 978,750 were
subject to surrender for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option).
On November 30, 2020, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option and forfeited the remaining over-allotment
option; hence, 975,000 Founder Shares were no longer subject to forfeiture and 3,750 Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in
an aggregate of 7,500,000 Founder Shares outstanding at December 31, 2020.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor had agreed to loan the Company
an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the IPO. The promissory note was non-interest
bearing, unsecured and was due on the earlier of June 30, 2021 and the closing of the IPO. The Company had $141,881 in borrowings
outstanding under the promissory note which was repaid in full out of the offering proceeds not held in the Trust Account.
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Administrative Service Fee
The Company has agreed, commencing on the
effective date of the IPO through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or its liquidation,
to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, administrative and support services. Upon completion
of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the
period September 24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, the Company has paid $10,000 of administrative fees.
Related Party Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction
costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor may, but is not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required
(“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital
Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may 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, other than the interest on such proceeds that may be released for working capital purposes.
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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without
interest, 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 $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement
Warrants. As of December 31, 2020, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
Note 6 — Commitments & Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of the 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) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective
date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion
to shares of Class A common stock). The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding
short-form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders will have certain “piggy-back”
registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination. The Company
will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Underwriters Agreement
On November 30, 2020, the underwriters
were paid a cash underwriting fee of 2% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, totaling $6,000,000.
In addition, $0.35 per unit, or approximately
$10,500,000 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 7 — Stockholder’s Deficit
Preferred Stock — The
Company is authorized to issue a total of 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock at par value of $0.0001 each. At December 31, 2020,
there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Class A Common Stock —
The Company is authorized to issue a total of 300,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at par value of $0.0001 each. At December
31, 2020, there were 1,448,584 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 28,551,416 shares subject to possible redemption)
Class B Common Stock —
The Company is authorized to issue a total of 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock at par value of $0.0001 each. At December
31, 2020, there were 7,500,000 shares of Class B common stock issued or outstanding.
Holders of Class A common stock and
Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders except as required
by law. The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time
of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common
stock or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination, the number of shares of
Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis,
20% of the total number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions
of shares of Class A common stock by public stockholders), including the total number of shares of Class A common stock
issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued,
by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of a Business Combination, excluding any shares of Class A
common stock or equity-linked securities or rights exercisable for or convertible into shares of Class A common stock issued,
or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or
directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less
than one-for-one basis.
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FOREST ROAD ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Warrants — At
December 31, 2020, there were 15,333,333 warrants outstanding . Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole
number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The Public
Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 12 months from the closing of the IPO and (b) 30 days after the completion
of a Business Combination. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the
exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities
Act with respect to the Class A common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is
current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable and the
Company will not be obligated to issue any shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of a warrant unless the share of Class A
common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws
of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in
no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its best efforts to file with the
SEC a registration statement registering the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A common stock issuable
upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the
effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in
accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common
stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th business day after the closing of a Business Combination,
warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will
have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance
with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock
is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies 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, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a
registration statement, but will use its best efforts to qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption
is not available.
Redemption of warrants for cash. Once the
warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption:
●
in whole and not in part;
●
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
●
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
●
if, and only if, the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like and for certain issuances of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before we send to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
If and when the warrants become redeemable
by the Company, it may exercise its redemption right even if the Company is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities
for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company has not completed the initial
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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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 8 — INCOME TAX
The Company’s net deferred tax assets
are as follows:
December 31,
2020
Deferred tax asset
Organizational costs/Startup expenses
$ 100,224
Federal Net Operating loss
11,369
Total deferred tax asset
111,593
Valuation allowance
(111,593 )
Deferred tax asset, net of allowance
$ —
The income tax provision consists of the
following:
December 31,
2020
Federal
Current
$
—
Deferred
(111,593
)
State
Current
—
Deferred
—
Change in valuation allowance
(111,593
)
Income tax provision
$
—
The Company’s net operating loss
carryforward as of December 31, 2020 amounted to $54,139 and will be available to offset future taxable income. These NOLs will
be limited upon a change in control under IRC Section 382.
In assessing the realization of the deferred
tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not
be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the
periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible. Management considers the scheduled
reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After
consideration of all of the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future
realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance. For the period from September
24, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, the change in the valuation allowance was $111,593.
A reconciliation of the federal income
tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate at December 31, 2020 is as follows:
Statutory federal income tax rate
21.0 %
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit
0.0 %
Permanent Book/Tax Differences
0.0 %
Change in valuation allowance
-21.0 %
Income tax provision
— %
The Company files income tax returns in
the U.S. federal jurisdiction in various state and local jurisdictions and is subject to examination by the various taxing authorities,
since inception.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
Merger Agreement
On February 9, 2021, Forest Road entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with BB Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Road (“Beachbody Merger Sub”), MFH Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Forest Road (“Myx Merger Sub”), The Beachbody Company
Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Beachbody”), and Myx Fitness Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Myx”).
Subscription Agreements
On February 9, 2021, Forest Road and certain
investors entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) pursuant to which such investors have
agreed to purchase in connection with the Closing an aggregate of 22.5 million shares of Class A common stock for a purchase price
of $10.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $225 million (together, the “PIPE Investment”). The obligations
of each party to consummate the PIPE Investment are conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
The Company evaluated subsequent events
and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon
this review, other than as described above, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment
or disclosure in the financial statements.
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated November 24, 2020, between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (2)
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 2021, by and among the Company, Beachbody Merger Sub, Myx Merger Sub, Beachbody and Myx. (3)
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.(2)
3.2
Bylaws. (1)
4.1
Specimen Unit Certificate. (1)
4.2
Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate. (1)
4.3
Specimen Warrant Certificate. (1)
4.4
Warrant Agreement dated November 24, 2020 between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company. (1)
4.5
Description of Registered Securities.*
10.1
Letter Agreement dated November 24, 2020 among the Company, Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC and each of the executive officers and directors of the Registrant. (2)
10.2
Investment Management Trust Agreement dated November 24, 2020 between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company. (2)
10.3
Registration Rights Agreement dated November 24, 2020 among the Company, Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC and the Holders signatory thereto. (2)
10.4
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement dated November 24, 2020 between the Company and Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC. (2)
10.5
Form of Indemnity Agreement. (1)
10.6
Promissory Note issued to Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC. (1)
10.7
Securities Subscription Agreement between the Company and Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC. (1)
10.8
Administrative Support Agreement dated November 24, 2020 between the Company and The Forest Road Company, LLC. (2)
10.9
Form of Subscription Agreement. (3)
10.10
Sponsor Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2021, by and among the Company, Forest Road Acquisition Sponsor LLC and Beachbody. (3)
10.11
Member Support Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2021, by and among the Company, Beachbody, and certain equityholders of Beachbody set forth therein. (3)
10.12
Myx Support Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2021, by and among the Company, Myx, Beachbody, and certain equityholders of Myx set forth therein. (3)
31.1
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).*
31.2
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).*
32.1
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.**
32.2
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.**
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema*
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase*
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase*
101.PRE
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document*
101.DEF
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document*
* Filed
herewith.
** Furnished
herewith.
(1) Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Form S-1, originally filed with the SEC on October 8, 2020, as amended.
(2) Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 1, 2020.
(3) Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
March
25, 2021
Forest
Road Acquisition Corp.
By:
/s/
Keith L. Horn
Name:
Keith
L. Horn
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Position
Date
/s/ Keith L. Horn
Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director
March 25, 2021
Keith L. Horn
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Zachary Tarica
Chairperson of the Board of Directors and
March 25, 2021
Zachary Tarica
Chief Investment Officer
/s/ Idan Shani
Chief Operating Officer
March 25, 2021
Idan Shani
/s/ Salil Mehta
Chief Financial
Officer
March 25, 2021
Salil Mehta
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Thomas Staggs
Director, Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Committee
March 25, 2021
Thomas Staggs
/s/ Peter Schlessel
Director
March 25, 2021
Peter Schlessel
/s/ Martin Luther King III
Director
March 25, 2021
Martin Luther King III
/s/ Teresa Miles Walsh
Director
March 25, 2021
Teresa Miles Walsh
/s/ Sheila A. Stamps
Director
March 25, 2021
Sheila A. Stamps
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