−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
−Removed: CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: References in this report
−Removed: to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Oxus Acquisition Corp .
−Removed: References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to
−Removed: the “Sponsor” refer to Oxus Capital Pte.
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition
−Removed: and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere
−Removed: in this Report.
−Removed: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that
−Removed: involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of the Company's financial condition and results of operations
−Removed: should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report.
−Removed: Certain information
−Removed: contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: We are a blank check company
−Removed: incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 3, 2021 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share
−Removed: purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”).
−Removed: to effectuate our initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private
−Removed: Warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, equity and debt.
−Removed: We expect to continue to incur
−Removed: significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will
−Removed: be successful.
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
+Added: OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: References in this report to “we,” “us”
+Added: or the “Company” refer to Oxus Acquisition Corp.
+Added: References to our “management” or our “management team”
+Added: refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “sponsor” refer to Oxus Capital Pte.
+Added: The following discussion
+Added: and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
+Added: and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth
+Added: below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s
+Added: financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained
+Added: elsewhere in this Annual Report.
+Added: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking
+Added: statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman
+Added: Islands on February 3, 2021 for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization
+Added: or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses.
+Added: We intend to effectuate our initial Business Combination using cash from
+Added: the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, equity and
+Added: We expect to continue to incur significant costs
+Added: in the pursuit of our acquisition plans.
+Added: We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.
+Added: Proposed Business Combination
+Added: On February 23, 2023, Oxus entered into the Business
+Added: Combination Agreement by and among the Company, Newco and Borealis.
+Added: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, among other things:
+Added: (a) the Company will domesticate and continue as a corporation existing under the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada;
+Added: closing date, Newco and Borealis will amalgamate in accordance with the terms of the plan of arrangement, with Amalco surviving the Borealis
+Added: Amalgamation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Oxus;
+Added: and (c) on the closing date, immediately following the Borealis Amalgamation, Amalco
+Added: and New Oxus will amalgamate, with New Oxus surviving the New Oxus Amalgamation.
+Added: The Business Combination Agreement was unanimously approved
+Added: by Oxus’ and Borealis’ respective board of directors.
+Added: Under the Business Combination Agreement, Borealis Shareholders will
+Added: receive from New Oxus, in the aggregate, a number of shares of New Oxus equal to (a) the Borealis Value divided by (b) $10.00.
+Added: The Business Combination Agreement contains customary
+Added: representations and warranties, covenants and closing conditions, including, but not limited to, approval by the Company’s and Borealis’
+Added: respective shareholders of the Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Transaction.
+Added: The terms of the Business Combination Agreement
+Added: and other related ancillary agreements entered into or to be entered into in connection with the closing of the Proposed Transaction,
+Added: including those briefly described below, are summarized in more detail in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1,
+Added: Shareholder Support Agreements
+Added: Concurrently with the execution
+Added: and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, Oxus, Borealis and certain Borealis Shareholders entered into the Shareholder Support
+Added: Agreements pursuant to which, among other things, such Borealis Shareholders have agreed to vote their Borealis shares in favor of the
+Added: Proposed Transaction and not sell or transfer their Borealis shares.
+Added: Sponsor Support Agreement
+Added: Concurrently with the execution
+Added: and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, Oxus, Borealis and the sponsor entered into the Sponsor Support Agreement pursuant
+Added: to which, among other things, the sponsor agreed to (A) vote its founder shares in favor of the Proposed Transaction and the Oxus Proposals,
+Added: (B) not redeem its founder shares, (C) waive certain of its anti-dilution rights, (D) convert the Sponsor Convertible Notes, and (E) forfeit
+Added: certain sponsor founder shares as a part of incentive equity compensation for directors, officers and employees of New Oxus (subject to
+Added: terms and conditions set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement).
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement
+Added: In connection with the closing
+Added: of the Proposed Transaction, Oxus and certain Borealis Shareholders and the Holders will enter into the Registration Rights Agreement,
+Added: pursuant to which Oxus will be obligated to file a registration statement to register the resale of certain securities of Oxus held by
+Added: The Registration Rights Agreement will also provide the Holders with “piggy-back” registration rights, subject
+Added: to certain requirements and customary conditions.
+Added: Lock-Up Agreements
+Added: In connection with the closing
+Added: of the Proposed Transaction, Oxus and certain Subject Party will enter into Lock-Up Agreements, pursuant to which (A) fifty percent (50%)
+Added: of the shares of the Restricted Securities will be locked-up during the period commencing from the closing and ending on the earlier to
+Added: occur of (i) twelve (12) months after the date of the closing and (ii) the date on which the closing price of common shares of New Oxus
+Added: equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, recapitalization
+Added: or similar event) for any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30)-trading day period starting after the closing, and (B) fifty percent
+Added: (50%) of the Restricted Securities will be locked-up during the period commencing from the closing and ending on twelve (12) months after
+Added: the date of the closing, subject to certain specifications and exceptions.
+Added: On March 2, 2023, our shareholders approved an amendment
+Added: the Extension Amendment.
+Added: The Extension Amendment extends the date by which we must consummate our initial Business Combination from the
+Added: Termination Date, upon additional funds being deposited into the Company’s trust account to up to the Extended Date.
+Added: In connection with the shareholder vote to approve
+Added: the Extension Amendment, the holders of 15,300,532 Class A ordinary shares property exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash
+Added: at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $159.34 million, leaving
+Added: approximately $20.3 million in the trust account.
+Added: Our sponsor has agreed to loan the Company (i) the lesser of (a) an aggregate
+Added: of $180,000 or (b) $0.12 per public share that remain outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension plus (ii) the lesser
+Added: of (a) an aggregate of $60,000 or (b) $0.04 per public share that remain outstanding and is not redeemed in connection with the Extension
+Added: for each of the six subsequent calendar months commencing on June 8, 2023 (the “Extension Loan”), which amount will be deposited
+Added: into the Trust Account.
+Added: On March 3, 2023, our sponsor funded $200,000 through the Amended Note (as defined below), out of which $180,000
+Added: was deposited into the Trust Account as the initial deposit of the Extension Loan.
+Added: On March 15, 2023, our sponsor funded an additional $100,000 through the
+Added: Amended Note.
Results of Operations
−Removed: have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date.
−Removed: Our only activities from inception through
−Removed: December 31, 2021, were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below.
−Removed: We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination.
−Removed: We expect to generate non-operating
−Removed: income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: We incur expenses as a result of
−Removed: being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
−Removed: the period from February 3, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $0.41 million, which
−Removed: consists of dividend income of $3,964 and change in fair value of over-allotment liability of $16,788, offset by operating expenses of
−Removed: $0.43 million.
−Removed: the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the
−Removed: Sponsor and loans from the Sponsor.
−Removed: September 8, 2021 , the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000 units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating
−Removed: gross proceeds of $150.00 million.
−Removed: Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 8,400,000
−Removed: Private Warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to Sponsor and the underwriters, generating gross proceeds of
−Removed: $8.40 million.
−Removed: On September 13, 2021, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional 2,250,000
−Removed: units, generating gross proceeds of $22.50 million.
−Removed: In connection with the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option,
−Removed: the Company issued an additional 900,000 private warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to Sponsor and the underwriters,
−Removed: generating gross proceeds of $0.90 million.
−Removed: the Initial Public Offering and the private placement, a total of $175.95 million was placed in the Trust Account (at $10.20 per
−Removed: We incurred $4.15 million in transaction costs, including $3.45 million of underwriting fees and $0.70 million of other offering
−Removed: For the period from February
−Removed: 3, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $0.60 million.
−Removed: Net loss of $0.41
−Removed: million was offset by the dividend received of $3,964 and change in fair value of over-allotment liability of $16,788.
−Removed: Changes in operating
−Removed: assets and liabilities provided $0.17 million of total cash for operating activities.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, we
−Removed: had cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account of $175.95 million.
−Removed: We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in
−Removed: the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account to complete our Business Combination.
−Removed: extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining
−Removed: proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make
−Removed: other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, we
−Removed: had cash of $1.12 million outside of the Trust Account.
−Removed: We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify
−Removed: and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants
−Removed: or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements
−Removed: of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
−Removed: In order to fund working capital
−Removed: deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain
−Removed: of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required.
−Removed: If we complete a Business Combination,
−Removed: we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us.
−Removed: In the event that a Business Combination does
−Removed: 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
−Removed: our Trust Account would be used for such repayment.
−Removed: Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Warrants, at a price
−Removed: of $1.00 per warrant, at the option of the lender.
−Removed: The warrants would be identical to the Private Warrants.
+Added: We have neither engaged in any operations nor
+Added: generated any revenues to date.
+Added: Our only activities from inception through December 31, 2022, were organizational activities and those
+Added: necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below.
+Added: We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after
+Added: the completion of our Business Combination.
+Added: We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities
+Added: held after the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting
+Added: and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had a
+Added: net loss of $0.30 million, which consisted of dividend income of $2.58 million, interest income of $4,010, foreign exchange gains of $1,073,
+Added: offset by operating expenses of $2.89 million.
+Added: For the period from February 3, 2021 (inception) through
+Added: December 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $0.41 million, which consisted of dividend income of $3,964, offset by change in fair value over-allotment
+Added: liability of approximately $0.02 million, and operating expenses of $0.43 million.
+Added: Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering,
+Added: our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the sponsor and loans from the sponsor.
+Added: On September 8, 2021, the Company consummated the
+Added: Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000 units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $150.00 million.
+Added: Simultaneously
+Added: with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 8,400,000 private warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant
+Added: in a private placement to the sponsor and the underwriters, generating gross proceeds of $8.40 million.
+Added: On September 13, 2021, the underwriters
+Added: exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional 2,250,000 units, generating gross proceeds of $22.50 million.
+Added: In connection with the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company issued an additional 900,000 private
+Added: warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to the sponsor and the underwriters, generating gross proceeds of $0.90
+Added: Following the Initial Public Offering and the
+Added: private placement, a total of $175.95 million was placed in the Trust Account (at $10.20 per Unit).
+Added: We incurred $4.15 million in transaction
+Added: costs, including $3.45 million of underwriting fees and $0.70 million of other offering costs.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, cash used in
+Added: operating activities was $2.11 million.
+Added: Net loss of $0.30 million was offset by the dividend received of $2.58 million and foreign exchange
+Added: gain of $1,073.
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $0.78 million of total cash for operating activities.
+Added: For the period from February 3, 2021 (inception)
+Added: through December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $0.60 million.
+Added: Net loss of $0.41 million was offset by the dividend
+Added: received of $3,964.
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $0.17 million of total cash for operating activities.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we
+Added: had marketable securities held in the trust account of $178.53 million and $175.95 million respectively.
+Added: We intend to use substantially
+Added: all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account to complete our Business
+Added: To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination,
+Added: the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses,
+Added: make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we
+Added: had cash of $0.68 million and $1.12 million outside of the trust account, respectively.
+Added: We intend to use the funds held outside the trust
+Added: account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel
+Added: to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate
+Added: documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
+Added: In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance
+Added: transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and
+Added: directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required.
+Added: If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay such loaned
+Added: amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us.
+Added: In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a
+Added: portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would
+Added: be used for such repayment.
Going Concern
−Removed: connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial
−Removed: Statements – Going Concern, the Company has until March 8, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination.
−Removed: If a Business Combination
−Removed: is not consummated by this date and an extension not requested by the Sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution
−Removed: of the Company.
−Removed: Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before March 8, 2023, it is uncertain that the
+Added: In connection with the Company’s
+Added: assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial Statements – Going
+Added: Concern, the Company has until the Extended Date to consummate a Business Combination.
+Added: If a Business Combination is not consummated
+Added: by this date and an extension not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the
+Added: Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before the Extended Date, it is uncertain that the
Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time.
−Removed: Management has determined that the liquidity condition, coupled
−Removed: with the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur and an extension is not requested by the Sponsor, and potential
−Removed: subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: plan is to complete a business combination or obtain an extension on or prior to March 8, 2023, however it is uncertain that the Company
−Removed: will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time.
−Removed: No adjustments have been made to the carrying
−Removed: amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 8, 2023.
−Removed: of December 31, 2021, the Company had $1.12 million in its operating bank account, $175.95 million of cash held in the Trust Account
−Removed: to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and a working capital of $1.20
−Removed: the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating
−Removed: prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting
−Removed: the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
−Removed: Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors,
−Removed: or third parties.
−Removed: The Company's officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time
−Removed: or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company's working capital needs.
−Removed: the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing.
−Removed: If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required
−Removed: to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending
−Removed: the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses.
−Removed: The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will
−Removed: be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
+Added: Management has determined that the liquidity condition,
+Added: coupled with the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor,
+Added: and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Further to the extension of the Termination Date from March 8, 2023 to December 8, 2023, the Company’s plan is to complete a
+Added: Business Combination on or prior to December 8, 2023, however it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business
+Added: Combination or obtain an extension by this time.
+Added: No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities
+Added: should the Company be required to liquidate after December 8, 2023.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $0.68 million
+Added: in its operating bank account, $178.53 million of marketable securities held in the trust account to be used for a Business Combination
+Added: or to repurchase or redeem its ordinary shares in connection therewith and a working capital deficiency of $1.58 million.
+Added: Until the consummation of a Business Combination,
+Added: the Company will be using the funds not held in the trust account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing
+Added: due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring,
+Added: negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
+Added: The Company will need to raise additional capital
+Added: through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties.
+Added: The Company’s officers,
+Added: directors and sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they
+Added: deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company may not be able
+Added: to obtain additional financing.
+Added: If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to
+Added: conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential
+Added: transaction, and reducing overhead expenses.
+Added: The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially
+Added: acceptable terms, if at all.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than described below.
−Removed: have engaged EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
−Removed: And Sova Capital Limited as advisors in connection with our Business Combination to assist
−Removed: us in holding meetings with our shareholders to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’ attributes,
−Removed: introduce us to potential investors that are interested in purchasing our securities in connection with our initial Business Combination,
−Removed: assist us in obtaining shareholder approval for the Business Combination and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection
−Removed: with the Business Combination.
−Removed: We will pay EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
−Removed: And Sova Capital Limited a cash fee of up to an aggregate of $5.23
−Removed: million for such services upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which
−Removed: might become payable);
−Removed: provided that up to 25% of the fee may be allocated at our sole discretion to other FINRA members that assist us
−Removed: in identifying or consummating an initial Business Combination.
+Added: We have engaged EarlyBirdCapital,
+Added: and Sova Capital Limited as advisors in connection with our Business Combination to assist us in holding meetings with our shareholders
+Added: to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce us to potential investors that are
+Added: interested in purchasing our securities in connection with our initial Business Combination, assist us in obtaining shareholder approval
+Added: for the Business Combination and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination.
+Added: will pay EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
+Added: and Sova Capital Limited a cash fee of up to an aggregate of $5.23 million for such services upon the
+Added: consummation of our initial Business Combination (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which might become payable);
+Added: that up to 25% of the fee may be allocated at our sole discretion to other Financial Industry Regulatory Authority members that assist
+Added: us in identifying or consummating an initial Business Combination.
Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: Management does not believe
−Removed: that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed
−Removed: financial statements.
−Removed: The preparation of financial
−Removed: statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management
−Removed: to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
−Removed: at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported.
−Removed: Actual results could materially differ from
−Removed: those estimates.
+Added: The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
+Added: States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of
+Added: contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported.
+Added: results could materially differ from those estimates.
The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:
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to ASC 480 and ASC 815-15.
−Removed: We account for the Public
−Removed: Warrants and Private Warrants collectively (“Warrants”), as either equity or liability-classified instruments based on an
−Removed: assessment of the specific terms of the Warrants and the applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
−Removed: Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”).
−Removed: The assessment considers whether
−Removed: the Warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to our own
−Removed: ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside
−Removed: of our control, among other conditions for equity classification.
−Removed: This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is
−Removed: conducted at the time of issuance of the Warrants and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.
−Removed: For issued or modified warrants
−Removed: that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in
−Removed: capital at the time of issuance.
−Removed: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such warrants
−Removed: are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
−Removed: Changes in the
−Removed: estimated fair value of liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
−Removed: We evaluated the Public Warrants
−Removed: and Private Warrants in accordance with ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity,”
−Removed: and concluded that they met the criteria for equity classification and are required to be recorded as part a component of additional paid-in
−Removed: capital at the time of issuance.
+Added: We account for the public warrants and private warrants
+Added: collectively (“warrants”), as either equity or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms
+Added: of the Warrants and the applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
+Added: Codification (“ASC”) Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”).
+Added: The assessment considers whether the Warrants
+Added: meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to our own ordinary shares
+Added: and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of our control,
+Added: among other conditions for equity classification.
+Added: This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the
+Added: time of issuance of the Warrants and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the
+Added: criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to
+Added: be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
+Added: Changes in the estimated fair
+Added: value of liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
+Added: We evaluated the
+Added: public warrants and private warrants in accordance with ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s
+Added: Own Equity,” and concluded that they met the criteria for equity classification and are required to be recorded as part a component
+Added: of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible
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occurrence of uncertain future events.
−Removed: Accordingly, as of December 31 2021, 17,250,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares subject
−Removed: to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the
−Removed: Company’s balance sheet.
+Added: Accordingly, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 17,250,000 shares of Class A ordinary
+Added: shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity
+Added: section of the Company’s balance sheets.
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share
We comply with accounting
−Removed: and disclosure requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification, or FASB ASC, Topic 260, “Earnings
−Removed: Per Share.” Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding
−Removed: during the period.
−Removed: The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share.
−Removed: Accretion associated with the redeemable
−Removed: shares of Class A ordinary share is excluded from EPS as the redemption value approximates fair value.
+Added: and disclosure requirements FASB ASC, Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing
+Added: net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.
+Added: The Company applies the two-class method in
+Added: calculating earnings per share.
+Added: Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A ordinary share is excluded from EPS as the
+Added: redemption value approximates fair value.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
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the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments.
−Removed: The provisions of ASU 2020-06 are applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted no earlier
−Removed: than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.
+Added: The provisions of ASU 2020-06
+Added: are applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, with early adoption permitted no earlier than fiscal years beginning
+Added: after December 15, 2020.
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-06 on its financial statements.
Management does not believe
−Removed: that any other recently issues, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our
+Added: that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our
financial statements.
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
−Removed: Reference is made to Pages F-1 through F-22 following
−Removed: Item 15, which comprise a portion of this Annual Report.
−Removed: Changes in and Disagreements
−Removed: with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: We are a smaller reporting
+Added: company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
+Added: SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
+Added: This information appears following Item 16 of this Annual Report and
+Added: is included herein by reference.
+Added: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
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