Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
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5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a)
Market Information
Our
units, public shares and public rights are each traded on the Nasdaq under the symbols WTMAU,
WTMA and WTMAR , respectively. Our units commenced public trading on December 28, 2021 ,
and our public shares and public rights commenced separate public trading on January 20, 2022.
(b)
Holders
On March 22, 2022, there were two holders of record of our units, thirteen
holders of record of shares of our common stock and one holder of record of our public rights.
(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)
Use of Proceeds from the Initial Public Offering
On
December 30, 2021 , pursuant to the Registration Statement, which was declared effective
on December 27, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering of 7,500,000 units.
Each unit consists of one public share and one public right , with each public right entitling
the holder thereof to one-tenth of one share of common stock. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds
to the Company of $ 75,000,000 . Chardan Capital Markets, LLC acted
as book-runner and representatives of the underwriters of the initial public offering.
On
January 14, 2022, Chardan purchased 227,686 units pursuant to the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option,
which were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per over-allotment unit, generating gross proceeds of $2,276,860. Simultaneously with
the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 4,554 private placement units to the sponsor,
generating gross proceeds of $45,540.
A total of $ 77,276,250
of the proceeds from the initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units (including those sold in connection
with the underwriters’ exercise of the over-allotment option), was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental,
acting as trustee. The proceeds held in the trust account may be invested by the trustee only in U.S. government securities with a maturity
of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under
Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act.
(g)
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
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6. Reserved.
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7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References
to the “Company,” “us,” “our” or “we” refer to Welsbach Technology Metals 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 Report including, without limitation, statements under this “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 Report,
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.
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