−Removed: This Annual Report contains forward-looking information based on our current expectations.
−Removed: You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties
−Removed: described below together with all of the other information contained in this Report, including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this Report, before deciding whether to invest in our units.
−Removed: the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Business
−Removed: are a newly incorporated company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
−Removed: We are a newly incorporated company with no operating results.
−Removed: Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate
−Removed: our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial business combination with one or more target businesses.
−Removed: We have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target business concerning a business combination
−Removed: and may be unable to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we fail to complete our initial business combination, we will never generate any operating revenues.
−Removed: Past performance by members of our management team and their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an
−Removed: investment in us.
−Removed: Information regarding performance by, or businesses associated with, members of our management team and their
−Removed: respective affiliates is presented for informational purposes only.
−Removed: Any past experience and performance, including related to acquisitions, of members of our management team and their respective affiliates is not a guarantee either:
−Removed: will be able to successfully identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination;
−Removed: or (2) of any results with respect to any initial business combination we may consummate.
−Removed: You should not rely on the historical record of our
−Removed: management teams or their affiliates performance as indicative of the future performance of an investment in us or the returns we will, or are likely to, generate going forward.
−Removed: Our management has no experience in operating special
−Removed: purpose acquisition companies.
−Removed: Our public stockholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed
−Removed: initial business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public stockholders do not support such a combination.
−Removed: We may not hold a stockholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require stockholder
−Removed: approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements or if we decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons.
−Removed: For instance, Nasdaq rules currently allow us to engage in a tender offer in lieu of a stockholder meeting
−Removed: but would still require us to obtain stockholder approval if we were seeking to issue more than 20% of our outstanding shares to a target business as consideration in any business combination.
−Removed: Therefore, if we were structuring a business combination
−Removed: that required us to issue more than 20% of our outstanding shares, we would seek stockholder approval of such business combination.
−Removed: However, except as required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, the decision as to whether we will seek
−Removed: stockholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow stockholders to sell their shares to us in 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
−Removed: Accordingly, we may consummate our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our outstanding public shares do not approve of the business combination we consummate.
−Removed: Please see BusinessStockholders May Not
−Removed: Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination for additional information.
−Removed: If we seek stockholder approval of
−Removed: our initial business combination, our sponsors, officers and directors have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public stockholders vote.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders, officers and directors have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree) to vote any founder shares, private
−Removed: placement shares and any public shares held by them in favor of our initial business combination.
−Removed: As a result, in addition to our initial stockholders founder shares and private placement shares, we would need 11,443,126, or 36.2% (assuming
−Removed: all issued and outstanding shares are voted), or an additional 1,352,189, or 4.9% (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted), of the 31,625,000 public shares sold in our initial public offering to be voted in favor
−Removed: of a transaction, in order to have such initial business combination approved.
−Removed: We expect that our initial stockholders and their permitted transferees will own at least 21.7% of our outstanding shares of common stock at the time of any such
−Removed: stockholder vote.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, it is more likely that the necessary stockholder approval will be received than would be the case if our initial stockholders and their permitted
−Removed: transferees agreed to vote their founder shares and private placement shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by our public stockholders.
−Removed: Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of
−Removed: your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek stockholder approval of such business combination.
−Removed: of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any target businesses.
−Removed: Additionally, since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking stockholder
−Removed: approval, public stockholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we do not seek stockholder approval, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business
−Removed: combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public stockholders in which we describe our initial business
−Removed: The ability of our public stockholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive
−Removed: to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
−Removed: We may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we
−Removed: have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: If too many public
−Removed: stockholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination.
−Removed: In no event will
−Removed: we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such redemptions, or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we
−Removed: would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination (including, potentially, with the same target).
−Removed: Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may
−Removed: be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.
−Removed: The ability of our public stockholders to exercise
−Removed: redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many stockholders may exercise their
−Removed: redemption rights and, therefore, we will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption.
−Removed: If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the
−Removed: cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust account to meet such requirements or arrange for third-party financing.
−Removed: addition, if a larger number of shares is submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account or arrange for third-party financing.
−Removed: additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels.
−Removed: The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to
−Removed: us or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: The ability of our public stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large
−Removed: number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your stock.
−Removed: If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or
−Removed: requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful increases.
−Removed: If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the
−Removed: trust account until we liquidate the trust account.
−Removed: If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your stock in the open market;
−Removed: however, at such time our stock may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the
−Removed: trust account.
−Removed: In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell your stock in the open market.
−Removed: The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses
−Removed: leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our
−Removed: ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our stockholders.
−Removed: Any potential target
−Removed: business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete our initial business combination by February 12, 2023.
−Removed: Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in
−Removed: negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business.
−Removed: This risk will
−Removed: increase as we get closer to the end of the timeframe described above.
−Removed: In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive
−Removed: investigation.
−Removed: We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed
−Removed: time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public stockholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in
−Removed: certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Our sponsors, officers and directors have agreed that we must
−Removed: complete our initial business combination by February 12, 2023.
−Removed: We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within such time period.
−Removed: Our ability to complete our initial business
−Removed: combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein.
−Removed: For example, the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow
−Removed: both in the U.S.
−Removed: and globally and, while the extent of the impact of the outbreak on us will depend on future developments, it could limit our ability to complete our initial business combination, including as a result of increased market
−Removed: volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all.
−Removed: Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to
−Removed: COVID-19 restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target companys personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a
−Removed: transaction in a timely manner.
−Removed: Additionally, the outbreak of COVID-19 may negatively impact businesses we may seek to acquire.
−Removed: It may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in
−Removed: this Risk Factors section, such as those related to the market for our securities and cross-border transactions.
−Removed: not completed our initial business combination within such time period or during any Extension Period, we will:
−Removed: (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up;
−Removed: (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten
−Removed: 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 (which interest shall be net of
−Removed: taxes payable, and less 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
−Removed: right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any);
−Removed: and (3) 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
−Removed: in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: In such case, our public stockholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less than $10.00 per share, on the
−Removed: redemption of their shares, and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Please see If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share
−Removed: redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: stockholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates may enter into certain transactions, including purchasing shares or warrants from the public, which may
−Removed: influence the outcome of our proposed business combination and reduce the public float of our securities.
−Removed: 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 sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective
−Removed: affiliates may purchase public shares or public warrants or a combination thereof in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no
−Removed: obligation or other duty to do so.
−Removed: Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such public stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise
−Removed: its redemption rights.
−Removed: In the event that our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or any of their respective affiliates purchase public shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise
−Removed: their redemption rights, such selling public stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares.
−Removed: The price per share paid in any such transaction may be different than the amount per share a public stockholder
−Removed: would receive if it elected to redeem its shares in connection with our initial business
−Removed: Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our
−Removed: sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination
−Removed: or not redeem their public shares.
−Removed: However, such persons have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions.
−Removed: Please see Proposed
−Removed: Business Permitted purchases and other transactions with respect to our securities for a description of how such persons will determine from which stockholders to enter into transactions with.
−Removed: The purpose of any such transaction
−Removed: could be to (1) vote such shares in favor of the initial business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the initial business combination, (2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding
−Removed: or to vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: Any such transactions may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may
−Removed: not otherwise have been possible.
−Removed: In addition, if such purchases are made, the public float of our Class A common stock
−Removed: or warrants and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.
−Removed: If a stockholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination,
−Removed: or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: We will comply with the tender
−Removed: offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination.
−Removed: Despite our compliance with these rules, if a stockholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as
−Removed: applicable, such stockholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares.
−Removed: In addition, the tender offer documents or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial
−Removed: business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem public shares.
−Removed: For example, we may require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they
−Removed: are record holders or hold their shares in street name, to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer or proxy materials documents mailed to such holders, or up to two business
−Removed: days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically.
−Removed: In the event that a stockholder fails to comply
−Removed: with these procedures, its shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: Please see Proposed Business Tendering stock certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights.
−Removed: You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances.
−Removed: To liquidate your
−Removed: investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: Our public stockholders
−Removed: will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of:
−Removed: (1) the completion of our initial business combination, and then only in connection with those shares of Class A common stock that such
−Removed: stockholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described herein;
−Removed: (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
−Removed: (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptions in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by February 12,
−Removed: 2023 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders rights or pre-initial business combination activity;
−Removed: and (3) the redemption of all of our public shares if we have not
−Removed: completed our initial business combination by February 12, 2023, subject to
−Removed: applicable law and as further described herein.
−Removed: In addition, if we have not completed an initial business combination within the required time period for any reason, compliance with Delaware law
−Removed: may require that we submit a plan of dissolution to our then-existing stockholders for approval prior to the distribution of the proceeds held in our trust account.
−Removed: In that case, public stockholders may be forced to wait beyond the end of such
−Removed: period before they receive funds from our trust account.
−Removed: In no other circumstances will a public stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.
−Removed: Holders of warrants will not have any right to the proceeds held in the
−Removed: trust account with respect to the warrants.
−Removed: Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Securities
−Removed: Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors ability to make transactions in our
−Removed: securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
−Removed: Our units are listed on Nasdaq and our Class A common stock
−Removed: and warrants have been approved for listing on Nasdaq on or promptly after their date of separation.
−Removed: Although, following our IPO, we met the minimum initial listing standards of Nasdaq on a pro forma basis, which generally only requires that we meet
−Removed: certain requirements relating to shareholders equity, market capitalization, aggregate market value of publicly held shares and distribution, our securities may not continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the future prior to an initial business
−Removed: Generally, we must maintain a minimum amount in shareholders equity (generally $2,500,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally
−Removed: 300 round-lot holders).
−Removed: Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaqs initial listing requirements, which
−Removed: are more rigorous than Nasdaqs continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq.
−Removed: We may not be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
−Removed: If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list such securities on another national
−Removed: securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market.
−Removed: If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse
−Removed: consequences, including:
+Added: Our business involves a high degree of risk.
+Added: You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The occurrence of any of the events described below could harm our business, operating results, financial condition, liquidity, or prospects.
+Added: In any such event, the market price of our Class A Common Stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
+Added: Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, may also impair our business.
+Added: See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
+Added: Risks Related to Our Business and Financial Results
+Added: Our management has performed an analysis of our ability to continue as a going concern and has identified substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Based on their assessment, our management has raised concerns about our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: This evaluation of our cash resources available over the next twelve months from the date of this filing does not take into consideration the potential mitigating effect of management’s plans that have not been fully implemented or the many factors that determine the Company’s capital requirements, including the pace of our growth, ability to manage medical costs, the maturity of our members, and our ability to raise capital.
+Added: As substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern exists, our ability to finance our operations through the sale and issuance of debt or equity securities or through bank or other financing could be impaired.
+Added: Management continues to explore raising additional capital through a combination of debt financing, other non-dilutive financing, and/or equity financing to supplement the Company’s capitalization and liquidity, but there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on terms commercially acceptable to the Company.
+Added: Our ability to continue as a going concern may depend on our ability to obtain additional capital.
+Added: If we raise funds by issuing debt securities or preferred stock, or by incurring loans, these forms of financing would have rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of holders of our Common Stock.
+Added: If adequate capital is not available to us when, or in the amounts needed, we could be required to terminate, or significantly curtail our operations and prospects.
+Added: Our financial consolidated results of operations could be materially adversely affected by these decisions and these decisions could materially impact future investment in the Company.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History and Early Stage of Growth
+Added: We have a history of net losses.
+Added: We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and we may never achieve or maintain profitability.
+Added: We have incurred significant losses since inception.
+Added: For the Successor Period ended December 31, 2021, the Predecessor Period ended December 2, 2021 and the Predecessor year ended December 31, 2020, we incurred net losses of $57.9 million, $146.4 million and $31.4 million, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $39.4 million.
+Added: We expect that our operating expenses will continue to increase as we grow our business, build relationships with physician partners and payors, develop new services and comply with the requirements associated with being a public company.
+Added: Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through private placements of equity securities, payments received from various payors and borrowings under our credit facilities.
+Added: We may not succeed in sufficiently increasing our revenue to offset these expenses.
+Added: Consequently, we may not be able to achieve and maintain profitability for the current or any future fiscal year.
+Added: We may never be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability and our recent and historical growth should not be considered indicative of our future performance.
+Added: Our business and the markets in which we operate are new and rapidly evolving, which makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and the risks and challenges we may encounter.
+Added: Our business and the markets in which we operate are new and rapidly evolving which make it difficult to evaluate and assess the success of our business to date, our future prospects and the risks and challenges that we may encounter.
+Added: These risks and challenges include our ability to:
+Added: ● attract new members and partner physicians to our platform and position our platform as a convenient and accepted way to access and deliver healthcare;
+Added: ● retain our current members, affiliated professional entities and other physician partners and encourage them to continue to utilize our platform and services;
+Added: ● gain market acceptance of our services and products with members and physicians and maintain and expand such relationships;
+Added: ● comply with existing and new laws and regulations applicable to our business and in our industry;
+Added: ● anticipate and respond to changes in Medicare reimbursement rates and the markets in which we operate;
+Added: ● react to challenges from existing and new competitors;
+Added: ● maintain and enhance our reputation and brand;
+Added: ● effectively manage our growth and business operations, including new geographies;
+Added: ● forecast our revenue, which includes reimbursements, and budget for, and manage, our expenses, including our medical expense amounts, and capital expenditures;
+Added: ● hire and retain talented individuals at all levels of our organization;
+Added: ● maintain and improve the infrastructure underlying our platform, including our data protection, intellectual property and cybersecurity;
+Added: ● successfully update our platform and services, including expanding our services into different healthcare products and services, develop and update our software, offerings and services to benefit our members.
+Added: If we fail to understand fully or adequately address the challenges that we are currently encountering or that we may encounter in the future, including those challenges described here and elsewhere in this “ Risk Factors ” section, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: If the risks and uncertainties that we plan for when operating our business are incorrect or change, or if we fail to manage these risks successfully, our results of operations could differ materially from our expectations and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and the risks and challenges we may encounter.
+Added: We were established in 2017 and we are continuing to grow our marketing and management capabilities.
+Added: Consequently, predictions about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history.
+Added: If our growth strategy is not successful, we may not be able to continue to grow our revenue or operations.
+Added: Our limited operating history, evolving business and rapid growth make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and the risks and challenges we may encounter, and we may not continue to grow at or near historical rates.
+Added: In addition, as a business with a limited operating history, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other known and unknown challenges.
+Added: We are transitioning to a company capable of supporting commercialization, sales and marketing.
+Added: We may not be successful in such a transition and, as a result, our business may be adversely affected.
+Added: We may need to raise additional capital to fund our existing operations or develop and commercialize new services or expand our operations.
+Added: We may need to spend significant amounts to expand our existing operations, including expansion into new geographies, to improve our platform and to develop new services.
+Added: Based upon management’s assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described above, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash may not be sufficient to fund our operating and capital needs for at least the next 12 months.
+Added: Our expectation regarding the sufficiency of funds is based on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.
+Added: Until such time, if ever, as we can generate sufficient revenues, we may finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings and debt financings or other sources.
+Added: In addition, we may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations, even if we believe that we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans.
+Added: Our present and future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:
+Added: ● our ability to achieve revenue growth;
+Added: ● our ability to effectively manage medical expense amounts;
+Added: ● the cost of expanding our operations, including our geographic scope, and our offerings, including our marketing efforts;
+Added: ● our rate of progress in launching, commercializing and establishing adoption of our services;
+Added: ● the effect of competing technological and market developments.
+Added: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a securityholder.
+Added: In addition, debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.
+Added: If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may be required to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, intellectual property, or future revenue streams or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
+Added: Furthermore, any capital raising efforts may divert our management from their day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our ability to advance development activities.
+Added: If we are unable to raise additional funds when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate development efforts.
+Added: We may not be able to maintain compliance with our debt covenants in the future which could result in an event of default.
+Added: Our Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants which, among other things, require us to maintain minimum liquidity and annual minimum revenue levels that increase over time.
+Added: If we breach these or other financial covenants and fail to secure a waiver or forbearance from the lender, LTD-D, such breach or failure could result in an event of default and accelerate the repayment of the outstanding borrowings under the Facility or the exercise of other rights or remedies that LTD-D may have under applicable law.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company was not in compliance with its Term Loan covenants related to issuance of the 2021 financial statements with an audit opinion free of a “going concern” qualification or timely filing of the 2021 financial statements.
+Added: LTD-D has granted (i) a waiver of the covenant under the Facility related to the existence of a “going concern” qualification in the audit opinion for our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and (ii) a consent to extend the deadline to provide audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 to October 21, 2022.
+Added: We were in compliance with all other covenants under the Facility as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants in the future or that the lenders under the Facility or the lenders of any future indebtedness we may incur will grant us any such waiver or forbearance in the future.
+Added: We may experience difficulties in managing our growth and expanding our operations.
+Added: We expect to experience significant growth in the scope of our operations.
+Added: Our ability to manage our operations and future growth will require us to continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls, compliance programs and reporting systems.
+Added: We may not be able to implement improvements in an efficient or timely manner and may discover deficiencies in existing controls, programs, systems and procedures, which could have an adverse effect on our business, reputation and financial results.
+Added: Additionally, rapid growth in our business may place a strain on our human and capital resources.
+Added: We may not recognize the anticipated benefits of recent and future acquisitions and any such acquisitions could disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: The anticipated benefits of the Company’s Business Combinations, other recent acquisitions and any future acquisitions may not be realized fully, or at all, and may take longer to realize than expected.
+Added: Anticipated benefits of any acquisition may be affected by, among other things, competition and our ability to grow and manage growth profitably.
+Added: Further, we may not be able to continue the operational success or successfully finance or integrate any businesses that we acquire.
+Added: The integration of any acquisition may divert management’s time and resources from our core business and disrupt our operations or may result in conflicts with our business.
+Added: Any acquisition may not be successful, may reduce our cash reserves, may negatively affect our earnings and financial performance and, to the extent financed with the proceeds of debt, may increase our indebtedness.
+Added: We cannot ensure that any acquisition we make will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: A significant portion of our assets consists of goodwill and other intangible assets, the value of which may be reduced if we determine that those assets are impaired.
+Added: We have substantial goodwill as a result of recent business combinations and acquisitions.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the net carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets represented $2.1 billion, or 91% of our total assets.
+Added: Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets totaling $1.3 billion are evaluated for impairment annually, or more frequently if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred.
+Added: Definite-lived intangible assets totaling $0.8 billion are amortized over 10 years.
+Added: Due to the decrease in the share price over the second quarter of 2022, the Company will record a significant goodwill impairment of $851.5 million as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: If future operating performance were to fall below current projections or if there are material changes to management’s assumptions, we could be required to recognize additional non-cash charges to operating earnings for goodwill and/or other intangible asset impairment, which could be significant.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, and may, along with future pandemics or epidemics, continue to impact, our operations and may materially and adversely affect our business and financial results.
+Added: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 a global pandemic.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally, including to Nevada, where our primary office is located.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic is evolving, and has led to the implementation of various responses, including government-imposed, shelter-in-place orders, quarantines, travel restrictions and other public health safety measures.
+Added: In response to the spread of COVID-19, and in accordance with direction from state and local government authorities, we have restricted access to our facilities mostly to personnel and third parties who must perform critical activities that must be completed on-site, limited the number of such personnel that can be present at our facilities at any one time, and requested that most of our personnel work remotely.
+Added: Governmental and non-governmental organizations may not effectively combat the spread and severity of COVID-19, increasing the potential for harm for our enrolled members.
+Added: The COVID-19 virus disproportionately impacts older adults, especially those with chronic illnesses, which describes many of our members.
+Added: If the spread of COVID-19 is not contained, the capitated revenue we receive may prove to be insufficient to cover the cost of healthcare services delivered to our enrolled members, which could increase significantly as a result of higher utilization rates of medical facilities and services and other increases in associated medical claims and related costs.
+Added: Patients have been and may continue to be reluctant to seek necessary care given the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: This could have the effect of deterring healthcare costs to later periods and may also affect the health of patients who defer treatment, which may cause our costs to increase in the future.
+Added: In addition, the clinical disease burdens of our members may increase over time to the extent that members have received reduced preventative care to manage their existing clinical conditions, and the amount of medical care which has been deferred during the pandemic may exceed our expectations.
+Added: Numerous state and local jurisdictions, including all markets where we operate, have imposed, and others in the future may impose, “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders and restrictions for their residents to control the spread of COVID-19.
+Added: Such orders or restrictions have resulted in periods of remote operations at our headquarters and medical centers, work stoppages among some vendors and suppliers, slowdowns and delays, travel restrictions and cancellation of events and have restricted the ability of our front-line outreach teams to host and attend community events, among other effects, thereby negatively impacting our operations.
+Added: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we created a COVID-19 Task Force that is supported by team members from across the organization to ensure a coordinated response.
+Added: We quickly made operational changes to the staffing and operations of our medical centers to minimize potential exposure to COVID-19, in accordance with local and state guidelines.
+Added: Our company owned clinics remained open to those members with urgent needs, and we successfully pivoted our company owned clinics to a telemedicine offering for routine care in order to protect and better serve our patients, providers, care teams and community.
+Added: We provided support to our affiliate physicians to implement similar telemedicine offers to ensure safe patient access.
+Added: We implemented daily temperature monitoring of our employees and implemented mandatory face masks allowing our administrative offices to remain open to support our medical centers and affiliated physicians.
+Added: We also established a work-from-home policy, encouraged employees to work remotely when necessary to reduce risk to potential exposure and provided access to free vaccinations.
+Added: Deeply committed to our employees, we made a conscious decision not to furlough any of our employees, even if their function was disrupted by COVID-19.
+Added: If the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, especially in regions where we have offices or medical centers, our business activities originating from affected areas could be adversely affected.
+Added: Disruptive activities could include business closures in impacted areas, further restrictions on our employees’ and service providers’ ability to travel, impacts to productivity if our employees or their family members experience health issues, and potential delays in hiring and onboarding of new employees.
+Added: We may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be required by local, state, or federal authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees.
+Added: Such measures could negatively affect our member growth, membership retention or employee productivity, any of which could harm our financial condition and business operations.
+Added: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we may not be able to document the health conditions of our members as completely as we have in the past.
+Added: Medicare pays capitation using a “risk adjustment model,” which compensates providers based on the health status (acuity) of each individual member.
+Added: Payers with higher acuity members receive more, and those with lower acuity members receive less.
+Added: Medicare requires that a patient’s health issues be documented annually regardless of the permanence of the underlying causes.
+Added: Historically, this documentation was required to be completed during an in-person visit with a patient.
+Added: As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, Medicare is allowing documentation for conditions identified during video visits with patients.
+Added: However, given the disruption caused by COVID-19, it is unclear whether we will be able to document the health conditions of our members as comprehensively as we did in 2019, which may adversely impact our revenue in future periods.
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic could also cause our third-party data center hosting facilities and cloud computing platform providers, which are critical to our infrastructure, to shut down their business, experience security incidents that impact our business, delay or disrupt performance or delivery of services, or experience interference with the supply chain of hardware required by their systems and services, any of which could materially adversely affect our business.
+Added: Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in our employees and those of many of our vendors working from home and conducting work via the internet, and if the network and infrastructure of internet providers becomes overburdened by increased usage or is otherwise unreliable or unavailable, our employees’, and our customers’ and vendors’ employees’, access to the internet to conduct business could be negatively impacted.
+Added: Limitations on access or disruptions to services or goods provided by or to some of our suppliers and vendors upon which our platform and business operations relies, could interrupt our ability to provide our platform, decrease the productivity of our workforce, and significantly harm our business operations, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: Our platform and the other systems or networks used in our business may experience an increase in attempted cyber-attacks, targeted intrusion, ransomware, and phishing campaigns seeking to take advantage of shifts to employees working remotely using their household or personal internet networks and to leverage fears promulgated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: The success of any of these unauthorized attempts could substantially impact our platform, the proprietary and other confidential data contained therein or otherwise stored or processed in our operations, and ultimately our business.
+Added: Any actual or perceived security incident also may cause us to incur increased expenses to improve our security controls and to remediate security vulnerabilities.
+Added: Any of these factors could severely impact our development activities and business operations.
+Added: These and other factors arising from the COVID-19 pandemic could worsen in countries that are already afflicted with COVID-19, could continue to spread to additional countries, or could return to countries where the pandemic has been partially contained, and could further adversely impact our ability to conduct our business generally and have a material adverse impact on our operations and financial condition and results.
+Added: Due to our recurring contracted revenue model, the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a material impact on our revenues during 2020 and 2021.
+Added: Nearly 97% of our total revenues are recurring, consisting of fixed per member per month capitation payments received from Medicare Advantage health plans.
+Added: Based upon claims paid to date, our direct costs related to COVID-19 claims were approximately $67.4 million for the period from March 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.
+Added: We expect to incur additional COVID-19 related costs given the volume of positive cases and “breakthrough” cases (positive cases in vaccinated patients) present in our markets.
+Added: Because of the nature of capitation arrangements, the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be fully reflected in our results of operations and overall financial condition until future periods.
+Added: The extent to which the COVID-19 outbreak, or another pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak of an infectious disease may directly or indirectly impact our operations and results of operations will depend on multiple factors.
+Added: Such factors include, but are not limited to, the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, the emergence of variants, the availability and efficacy of a vaccine, additional or modified government actions, new information that emerges concerning the severity and impact of COVID-19 and actions to contain the outbreak or treat its impact, such as social distancing, quarantines, lock-downs or business closures.
+Added: We may be unable to properly anticipate or prepare for these events and, as a result, our business may be materially adversely impacted.
+Added: We rely on our management team and key employees and our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations could be harmed if we are unable to retain qualified personnel.
+Added: Our success depends largely upon the continued services of key members of senior management.
+Added: Most members of senior management are at-will employees and therefore they may terminate employment with us at any time with no advance notice.
+Added: We also rely on our leadership team in the areas of managed care, operations and general and administrative functions.
+Added: From time to time, there may be changes in our management team resulting from the hiring or departure of executives, which could disrupt our business.
+Added: The replacement of one or more of our executive officers or other key employees would likely involve significant time and costs and may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives.
+Added: Our business would also be adversely affected if we fail to adequately plan for succession of our executives and senior management;
+Added: or if we fail to effectively recruit, integrate, retain and develop key talent and/or align our talent with our business needs, in light of the current rapidly changing environment.
+Added: While we have succession plans in place and we have employment arrangements with a limited number of key executives, these do not guarantee that the services of these or suitable successor executives will continue to be available to us.
+Added: Competition for qualified personnel in our field is intense due to the limited number of individuals who possess the skills and experience required by our industry.
+Added: As a result, as we continue to grow and enter new geographies, it may be difficult for us to hire additional qualified personnel with the necessary skills.
+Added: If our hiring efforts in new or existing geographies are not successful, our business will be harmed.
+Added: In addition, we experienced labor shortages in 2021, which were pronounced as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: A number of factors have and may in the future adversely affect the labor force available to us or increase labor costs, including high employment levels, federal unemployment subsidies, increased wages offered by other employers, vaccine mandates and other government regulations.
+Added: In addition, we have experienced high employee turnover and expect to continue to experience high employee turnover in the future.
+Added: New hires require significant training and, in most cases, take significant time before such personnel achieve full productivity.
+Added: New employees may not become as productive as we expect, and we may be unable to hire or retain sufficient numbers of qualified individuals.
+Added: If our retention efforts are not successful or our employee turnover rate increases in the future, our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations will be harmed.
+Added: In addition, in making employment decisions, job candidates often consider the value of the stock options or other equity instruments they are to receive in connection with their employment.
+Added: Volatility in the price of our stock may, therefore, adversely affect our ability to attract or retain highly skilled personnel.
+Added: Further, the requirement to expense stock options and other equity instruments may discourage us from granting the size or type of stock option or equity awards that job candidates require to join our company.
+Added: Failure to attract new personnel or failure to retain and motivate our current personnel, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our growth depends in part on our ability to identify and develop successful new geographies, physician partners, payors and patients.
+Added: If we are not able to successfully execute upon our growth strategies, there may be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.
+Added: Our business depends on our ability to identify and develop successful geographies and relationships with physician partners and payors, and to successfully execute upon our growth initiatives to increase the profitability of our physician partners.
+Added: In order to pursue our strategy successfully, we must effectively implement our platform, partnership and network model, including identifying suitable candidates and successfully building relationships with and managing integration of new physician partners and payors.
+Added: We contract with a limited number of affiliated professional entities and other physician partners and rely on such physicians within each geography.
+Added: Our growth initiatives in our existing geographies depend, in part, on our physician partners’ ability to increase their capacity to service Medicare patients, and to effectively meet increased patient demand.
+Added: Our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners may encounter difficulties in recruiting additional primary care physicians to their practices due to many factors, including significant competition in their geographies.
+Added: Accordingly, the loss or dissatisfaction of any physician partners, our inability to recruit and integrate physician partners into our model, or the failure of our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners to recruit additional primary care physicians or manage and scale capacity to timely meet patient demand, could substantially harm our brand and reputation, impact our competitiveness, inhibit widespread adoption of our platform, partnership and network model and impair our ability to attract new physician partners and maintain existing physician partnerships, both in new geographies and in geographies in which we currently operate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.
+Added: Further, our growth strategy depends, in part, on securing and integrating new high-caliber physician partners and expanding into new geographies in which we have little or no operating experience.
+Added: Integration and other risks can be more pronounced for larger and more complicated relationships or relationships outside of our core business space, or if multiple relationships are pursued simultaneously.
+Added: Additionally, new geographies may be characterized by stakeholder preferences for, and experience with, rates of Medicare Advantage enrollment, Medicare Advantage reimbursement rates, payor concentration and rates of unnecessary variability in and utilization of medical care that differ from those in the geographies where our existing operations are located.
+Added: Likewise, new geographies into which we seek to expand may have laws and regulations that differ from those applicable to our current operations.
+Added: As an immature and rapidly growing company, we may be unfamiliar with the regulatory requirements in each geography that we enter, and we may be forced to incur significant expenditures to ensure compliance with requirements to which we are subject.
+Added: If we are unable or unwilling to incur such costs, our growth in new geographies may be less successful than in our current geographies.
+Added: Further, our growth to date has increased the significant demands on our management, operational and financial systems, infrastructure and other resources.
+Added: We must continue to improve our existing systems for operational and financial management, including our reporting systems, procedures and controls.
+Added: These improvements could require significant capital expenditures and place increasing demands on our management.
+Added: We may not be successful in managing or expanding our operations or in maintaining adequate financial and operating systems and controls.
+Added: If we do not successfully manage these processes, our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations could be harmed.
+Added: If growth in the number of patients and physician partners on our platform decreases, or the number of services that we are able to provide to physician partners and members decreases, due to legal, economic or business developments, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be harmed.
+Added: Substantially all of our total revenues relate to federal government healthcare programs.
+Added: The policies and decisions made by the federal government regarding these programs have a substantial impact on our profitability.
+Added: Additionally, our future results of operations depend, in part, on our ability to expand our services and offerings, including broadening our continuum of care.
+Added: As we grow our member base, we will need to maintain and grow our network of providers.
+Added: Certain of our providers are permitted to provide services on other platforms, and therefore, our success will be dependent on our ability to retain and recruit highly trained and licensed physicians and other providers to our platform.
+Added: There are sometimes wide variations in the established per member reimbursement rates as a result of, among other things, members’ risk status, acuity levels and age, plan benefit design and geography.
+Added: As the composition of our membership base changes, due to programmatic, competitive, regulatory, benefit design, economic or other changes, there is a corresponding change to our premium revenue, costs and margins, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.
+Added: Additional factors that could affect our ability to sell products and services include, but are not limited to:
+Added: ● price, performance and functionality of our solution;
+Added: ● availability, price, performance and functionality of competing solutions;
+Added: ● our ability to develop and sell complementary services;
+Added: ● stability, performance and security of our hosting infrastructure and hosting services;
+Added: ● changes in healthcare laws, regulations or trends.
+Added: Any of these consequences could lower retention rate and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: If the estimates and assumptions we use to project the size, revenue or medical expense amounts of our target geographies are inaccurate or the cost of providing services exceeds the amounts received by us, our future growth prospects may be impacted, and we may generate losses or fail to attain financial performance targets.
+Added: We often do not have access to reliable historical data regarding the size, revenue or medical expense levels of our target geographies or potential physician partners.
+Added: As a result, our market opportunity estimates and financial forecasts developed as we enter into a new geography, are subject to significant uncertainty, and are based on assumptions and estimates that may not prove to be accurate.
+Added: The estimates and forecasts in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relating to the size and expected growth of the market for our services and the estimates of our market opportunity may prove to be inaccurate.
+Added: Principal assumptions relating to our market opportunity include estimates of the total number and average length of relationships between Medicare Advantage patients and their physicians, historical Medicare Advantage patient growth rates, amount of revenue and medical expenses associated with Medicare Advantage members expected to be attributed to our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners and historical experience that such physician partners have with a similar platform.
+Added: Our opportunity is based on the assumption that our platform, partnership and network model will be more attractive to potential physician partners than competing options.
+Added: However, potential physician partners may elect to pursue a different strategic option.
+Added: Changes in our anticipated ratio of medical expense to revenue can significantly impact our financial results.
+Added: Accordingly, the failure to adequately predict and control medical costs and expenses could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: Additionally, the medical expenses of patients may be outside of our affiliated providers’ control in the event that patients take certain actions that increase such expenses, such as unnecessary hospital visits.
+Added: If we underestimate or do not correctly predict the cost of the care our affiliated providers furnish to patients, we might be underpaid for the care that must be provided to patients, which could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: We primarily depend on reimbursement by third-party payors, as well as payments by individuals, which could lead to delays, uncertainties and disagreements regarding the timing and process of reimbursement, including any changes or reductions in Medicare reimbursement rates or rules.
+Added: The reimbursement process is complex and can involve lengthy delays.
+Added: Although we recognize revenue when we provide services to patients, we may from time to time experience delays in receiving the associated capitation payments or, for patients on fee-for-service arrangements, the reimbursement for the service provided.
+Added: In addition, third-party payors may disallow, in whole or in part, requests for reimbursement based on determinations that the patient is not eligible for coverage, certain amounts are not reimbursable under plan coverage, were for services provided that were not medically necessary, or additional supporting documentation is necessary.
+Added: Third-party payors are also increasingly focused on controlling healthcare costs, and such efforts, including any revisions to reimbursement policies, may further reduce, complicate or delay our reimbursement claims.
+Added: Further, the Medicare program and its reimbursement rates and rules, upon which many third-party payors base their reimbursement rate, are subject to frequent change.
+Added: Retroactive adjustments may change amounts realized from third-party payors.
+Added: As described below, we are subject to audits by such payors, including governmental audits of our Medicare claims, and may be required to repay these payors if a finding is made that we were incorrectly reimbursed.
+Added: Delays, uncertainties and disagreements regarding the reimbursement process may adversely affect accounts receivable, increase the overall costs of collection and cause us to incur additional borrowing and other costs related to resolving disagreements or uncertainties.
+Added: For example, in July 2021, a discrepancy was identified in the service agreement with one of our health plans in the way the revenue of Medicare Part C and Medicare Part D was being calculated compared to the definitions of “revenue” under the service agreement.
+Added: This discrepancy resulted in a contract dispute and a renegotiation of the service agreement.
+Added: We have determined it is probable that resolution of this discrepancy will result in an additional payment to the health plan of approximately $10.6 million.
+Added: This contingent liability is reflected in the Company’s financial statements presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: See Note 26 “Commitments and Contingencies” for additional information on the impact of this discrepancy.
+Added: In addition, certain of our patients are covered under health plans that require the patient to cover a portion of their own healthcare expenses through the payment of copayments or deductibles.
+Added: We may not be able to collect the full amounts due with respect to these payments that are the patient’s financial responsibility, or in those instances where physicians provide services to uninsured individuals.
+Added: To the extent permitted by law, amounts not covered by third-party payors are the obligations of individual patients for which we may not receive whole or partial payment.
+Added: Any increase in cost shifting from third-party payors to individual patients, including as a result of high deductible plans for patients, increases our collection costs and reduces overall collections, which we may not be able to offset with sufficient revenue.
+Added: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, the federal agency responsible for administering the Medicare program, made several changes in the manner in which Medicare will pay for telehealth visits, many of which relax previous requirements, including site requirements for both the providers and patients, telehealth modality requirements and others.
+Added: State law applicable to telehealth, particularly licensure requirements, has also been relaxed in many jurisdictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: It is unclear which, if any, of these changes will remain in place permanently and which will be rolled-back following the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: If regulations change to restrict our ability to or prohibit us from delivering care through telehealth modalities, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
+Added: The termination or non-renewal of the Medicare Advantage contracts held by the health plans with which we contract, or the termination or nonrenewal of our contracts with those plans, could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and operations.
+Added: We contract with health plans to provide capitated care services with respect to certain of their Medicare Advantage members.
+Added: Our operations are dependent on a concentrated number of payors with whom we contract to provide services to members.
+Added: Our contracts with two health plans to provide capitated care services for their members collectively accounted for approximately 53% and 46% of our capitated revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
+Added: If a plan with which we contract for these services loses its Medicare Advantage contracts with CMS, receives reduced or insufficient government reimbursement under the Medicare Advantage program, decides to discontinue its Medicare Advantage and/or commercial plans, decides to contract with another company to provide capitated care services to its members, or decides to directly provide care, our contract with that plan could be at risk and we could lose revenue.
+Added: In addition, certain of our contracts with health plans are terminable without cause.
+Added: If any of these contracts were terminated, certain patients covered by such plans may choose to shift to another primary care physician (“PCP”) within their health plan’s network.
+Added: Moreover, our inability to maintain our agreements with health plans, in particular with key payors such as Centene Corporation, Atrio Health Plans, United Healthcare and Aetna, with respect to their Medicare Advantage members or to negotiate favorable terms for those agreements in the future, could result in the loss of patients and could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and business.
+Added: The healthcare industry has also experienced a trend of consolidation, resulting in fewer but larger payors that have significant bargaining power, given their market share.
+Added: Payments from payors are the result of negotiated rates.
+Added: These rates may decline based on renegotiations and larger payors having significant bargaining power to negotiate higher discounted fee arrangements with healthcare providers.
+Added: As a result, payors increasingly are demanding discounted fee structures or the assumption by healthcare providers of all or a portion of the financial risk related to paying for care provided through capitation agreements.
+Added: If any of our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners lose their regulatory licenses, permits and/or accreditation status, or become ineligible to receive reimbursement under Medicare or Medicaid or other third-party payors, there may be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations.
+Added: The operations of our managed clinics through our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners are subject to extensive federal, state and local regulation relating to, among other things, the adequacy of medical care, equipment, personnel, operating policies and procedures, fire prevention, rate-setting and compliance with building codes and environmental protection.
+Added: Our managed clinics and affiliated professional entities are also subject to extensive laws and regulation relating to facility and professional licensure, conduct of operations, including financial relationships among healthcare providers, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse and physician self-referrals, and maintaining updates to our affiliated professional entities’ enrollment in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including the addition of new clinic locations, providers and other enrollment information.
+Added: Our managed clinics and affiliated professional entities are subject to periodic inspection by licensing authorities and accreditation organizations to assure their continued compliance with these various standards.
+Added: There can be no assurance that these regulatory authorities will determine that all applicable requirements are fully met at any given time.
+Added: Should any of our managed clinics or affiliated professional entities be found to be noncompliant with these requirements, we could be assessed fines and penalties, could be required to refund reimbursement amounts or could lose our licensure or Medicare and/or Medicaid certification or accreditation so that we or affiliated professional entities are unable to receive reimbursement from such programs and possibly from other third-party payors, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.
+Added: We are dependent on our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners and other providers to effectively manage the quality and cost of care and perform obligations under payor contracts.
+Added: Our success depends upon our continued ability to collaborate with and expand a network of high-caliber affiliated professional entities and other physician partners who can provide high quality of care, improve clinical outcomes and effectively manage healthcare costs, which are key drivers of our profitability.
+Added: Our physician partners could demand an increased payment arrangement or take other actions, or fail to take actions, that could result in higher medical costs, lower quality of care for our members, harm to our reputation or create difficulty meeting regulatory or other requirements.
+Added: Likewise, our physician partners could take actions contrary to our instructions, requests, policies or objectives or applicable law, or could have economic or business interests or goals that are or become inconsistent with our own.
+Added: Further, our physician partners may not engage with our platform to assist in improving overall quality of care and management of healthcare costs, which could produce results that are inconsistent with our estimates and financial models and negatively impact our growth.
+Added: In addition to receiving care from our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners, our members also receive care from an array of hospitals, specialists and ancillary providers who typically contract directly with our payors.
+Added: We cannot guarantee the quality and efficiency of services from such providers, over which we have no control.
+Added: Members who receive sub-optimal healthcare from such providers may be dissatisfied with our physician partners, which would have a negative impact on member satisfaction and retention.
+Added: Any of these consequences could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: We could also experience significant losses if the expenses incurred to deliver healthcare services to our attributed members exceed revenues we receive from payors in respect of our attributed members.
+Added: Under a capitation contract, a payor typically prospectively pays periodic capitation payments representing a prospective budget from which its physician partnerships manage healthcare expenses on behalf of the population enrolled with that physician partnership.
+Added: To manage total medical services expense, we rely on our affiliated professional entities’ and other physician partners’ ability to improve clinical outcomes, implement clinical initiatives to provide a better healthcare experience for our members and accurately and sufficiently document the risk profile of our members.
+Added: While our contracts vary, generally, if the cost of medical care provided exceeds the corresponding capitation revenue we receive, we may realize operating deficits, which are typically not capped, and could lead to substantial losses.
+Added: Reductions in the quality ratings of the health plans we serve could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: As a result of the Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, or the ACA, the level of reimbursement each health plan receives from CMS is dependent, in part, upon the quality rating of the Medicare Advantage plan.
+Added: Such ratings impact the percentage of any cost savings rebate and any bonuses earned by such health plan.
+Added: Since a significant portion of our revenue is expected to be calculated as a percentage of CMS reimbursement received by these health plans with respect to our patients, reductions in the quality ratings of a health plan that we serve could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: Given each health plan’s control of its plans and the many other providers that serve such plans, we believe that we will have limited ability to influence the overall quality rating of any such plan.
+Added: The Bipartisan Budget Act, passed in February 2018, implemented certain changes to prevent artificial inflation of star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans offered by the same organization.
+Added: In addition, CMS has terminated plans that have had a rating of less than three stars for three consecutive years, whereas Medicare Advantage plans with five stars are permitted to conduct enrollment throughout almost the entire year.
+Added: Because low quality ratings can potentially lead to the termination of a plan that we serve, we may not be able to prevent the potential termination of a contracting plan or a shift of patients to other plans based upon quality issues which could, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: We operate in a competitive industry, and if we are not able to compete effectively, our business, financial condition and results of operations will be harmed.
+Added: Our industry is competitive and we expect it to attract increased competition, which could make it difficult for us to succeed.
+Added: We currently face competition in various aspects of our business, including in offering a favorable reimbursement structure for physician partners and potential physician partners and attracting payors and physician partners who are not contracted with us, from a range of companies that provide similar services under different care models that could attract patients, providers and payors, including hospitals, managed service organizations and provider networks and data analysis consultants.
+Added: Further, individual physicians who are contracted within our network may affiliate with our competitors.
+Added: Competition from hospitals, managed service organizations and provider networks and data analysis consultants, payors and other parties could result in payors changing the benefit structure that is offered to our members, which could negatively impact our profitability and market share.
+Added: Our primary competitors include Oak Street Health, Cano Health and Agilon Health, in addition to numerous local provider networks, hospitals and health systems.
+Added: Moreover, large, well-financed payors have in some cases developed their own managed services tools and may provide these services to their physicians and patients at discounted prices, or may seek to expand their relationships with additional competing physicians or physician networks, including in geographic areas we serve.
+Added: This may result in a more competitive environment and increased challenges to grow at the rates we have projected.
+Added: We expect that competition will continue to increase as a result of consolidation in the healthcare industry and increased demand for its services.
+Added: Some of our competitors may have greater name recognition, particularly in local geographies, longer operating histories, superior products or services and significantly greater resources than we do.
+Added: Further, our current or potential competitors may be acquired by or partner with third parties with greater resources than we have.
+Added: As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards or customer requirements and may have the ability to initiate or withstand substantial benefits structure and premium competition.
+Added: In addition, current and potential competitors have established, and may in the future establish, cooperative relationships with providers of complementary services, technologies or services to increase the attractiveness of their services.
+Added: Accordingly, new competitors or alliances may emerge that have greater market share, a larger customer base, better data aggregation systems, greater marketing expertise, greater financial resources and larger marketing teams than we have, which could put us at a competitive disadvantage.
+Added: Our competitors could also be better positioned to serve certain segments of the healthcare delivery industry, which could create additional pressure on the premiums that our payors are able to charge.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully compete, our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
+Added: Our future growth and the profitability of our business will depend in large part upon the effectiveness and efficiency of our marketing efforts, and our ability to develop brand awareness cost-effectively.
+Added: Our business success depends on our ability to attract and retain members, which significantly depends on our marketing practices.
+Added: Our future growth and profitability will depend in large part upon the effectiveness and efficiency of our marketing efforts, including our ability to:
+Added: ● create greater awareness of our brand;
+Added: ● identify the most effective and efficient levels of spending in each market, media and specific media vehicle;
+Added: ● determine the appropriate creative messages and media mix for advertising, marketing and promotional expenditures;
+Added: ● effectively manage marketing costs (including creative and media) to maintain acceptable consumer acquisition costs;
+Added: ● select the most effective markets, media and specific media vehicles in which to advertise;
+Added: ● convert consumer inquiries into clients and members.
+Added: We believe that developing and maintaining widespread awareness of our brand in a cost-effective manner is critical to achieving widespread adoption of our services and attracting new clients and members.
+Added: Our brand promotion activities may not generate consumer awareness or increase revenue, and even if they do, any increase in revenue may not offset the expenses we incur in building our brand.
+Added: If we fail to successfully promote and maintain our brand, or incur substantial expenses in doing so, we may fail to attract or retain members necessary to realize a sufficient return on our brand-building efforts or to achieve the widespread brand awareness that is critical for broad adoption of our brands.
+Added: Developments affecting spending by the healthcare industry could adversely affect our business.
+Added: healthcare industry has changed significantly in recent years, and we expect that significant changes will continue to occur.
+Added: General reductions in expenditures by healthcare industry participants could result from, among other things:
+Added: ● government regulations or private initiatives that affect the manner in which healthcare providers interact with patients, payors or other healthcare industry participants, including changes in pricing or means of delivery of healthcare products and services;
+Added: ● consolidation of healthcare industry participants;
+Added: ● reductions in government funding for healthcare;
+Added: ● adverse changes in business or economic conditions affecting healthcare payors or providers or other healthcare industry participants.
+Added: Any of these changes in healthcare spending could adversely affect our revenue.
+Added: Even if general expenditures by industry participants remain the same or increase, developments in the healthcare industry may result in reduced spending in some or all of the specific markets that we serve now or in the future.
+Added: However, the timing and impact of developments in the healthcare industry are difficult to predict.
+Added: We cannot assure you that the demand for our solutions and services will continue to exist at current levels or that we will have adequate technical, financial, and marketing resources to react to changes in the healthcare industry.
+Added: We and our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners may become subject to medical liability claims, which could cause us to incur significant expenses and may require us to pay significant damages if the claims are not covered by insurance.
+Added: Our overall business entails the risk of medical liability claims.
+Added: Although we and our affiliated professionals carry insurance covering medical malpractice claims in amounts that we believe are appropriate in light of the risks attendant to the services rendered, successful medical liability claims could result in substantial damage awards that exceed the limits of our and those affiliated professionals’ insurance coverage.
+Added: We carry or will carry professional liability insurance for the Company and each of our healthcare professionals.
+Added: Additionally, all of the network providers that contract or will contract with us separately carry or will carry professional liability insurance for themselves and their healthcare professionals.
+Added: Professional liability insurance is expensive and insurance premiums may increase significantly in the future, particularly as we expand our services.
+Added: As a result, adequate professional liability insurance may not be available to us and our affiliated professionals in the future at acceptable costs or at all, which may negatively impact our and our affiliated professionals’ ability to provide services to members, and thereby adversely affect our overall business and operations.
+Added: Any claims made against us or our affiliated professionals that are not fully covered by insurance could be costly to defend against, result in substantial damage awards, and divert the attention of our management and our affiliated professional entities from our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: In addition, any claims may adversely affect our business or reputation.
+Added: If we or our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners fail to comply with applicable data interoperability and information blocking rules, our consolidated results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: The 21st Century Cures Act, or the Cures Act, which was passed and signed into law in December 2016, includes provisions related to data interoperability, information blocking and patient access.
+Added: In March 2020, the U.S.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, (“ONC”), and CMS finalized and issued complementary rules that are intended to clarify provisions of the Cures Act regarding interoperability and information blocking, and include, among other things, requirements surrounding information blocking, changes to ONC’s health IT certification program and requirements that CMS regulated payors make relevant claims/care data and provider directory information available through standardized patient access and provider directory application programming interfaces that connect to provider electronic health record systems.
+Added: The companion rules will transform the way in which healthcare providers, health IT developers, health information exchanges/health information networks, or HIEs/HINs, and health plans share patient information, and create significant new requirements for healthcare industry participants.
+Added: For example, the ONC rule, which went into effect on April 5, 2021, prohibits healthcare providers, health IT developers of certified health IT, and HIEs/HINs from engaging in practices that are likely to interfere with, prevent, materially discourage, or otherwise inhibit the access, exchange or use of electronic health information, or EHI, also known as “information blocking.” To further support access and exchange of EHI, the ONC rule identifies eight “reasonable and necessary activities” as exceptions to information blocking activities, as long as specific conditions are met.
+Added: Any failure to comply with these rules could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Our business and operations would suffer in the event of information technology system failures, security breaches, or other deficiencies in cybersecurity.
+Added: Our information technology systems facilitate our ability to conduct our business.
+Added: While we have disaster recovery systems and business continuity plans in place, any disruptions in our disaster recovery systems or the failure of these systems to operate as expected could, depending on the magnitude of the problem, adversely affect our operating results by limiting our capacity to effectively monitor and control our operations.
+Added: Despite our implementation of a variety of security measures, our information technology systems could be subject to physical or electronic break-ins, and similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering or any weather-related disruptions where our headquarters is located.
+Added: In addition, in the event that a significant number of our management personnel were unavailable in the event of a disaster, our ability to effectively conduct business could be adversely affected.
+Added: In the ordinary course of our business, we, our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners collect and store sensitive data, including personally identifiable information, protected health information, or PHI, intellectual property and proprietary business information owned or controlled by us or our employees, members and other parties.
+Added: We manage and maintain our applications and data utilizing a combination of on-site systems and cloud-based data centers.
+Added: We utilize external security and infrastructure vendors to provide and manage parts of our information technology systems, including our data centers.
+Added: These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business-critical information, including research and development information, customer information, commercial information and business and financial information.
+Added: We face a number of risks with respect to the protection of this information, including loss of access, inappropriate use or disclosure, unauthorized access, inappropriate modification and the risk of being unable to adequately monitor and audit and modify our controls over our critical information.
+Added: This risk extends to the third-party vendors and subcontractors we use to manage this sensitive data or otherwise process it on our behalf.
+Added: A breach or failure of our or our third-party vendors’ or subcontractors’ network, hosted service providers or vendor systems could result from a variety of circumstances and events, including third-party action, employee negligence or error, malfeasance, computer viruses, cyber-attacks by computer hackers such as denial-of-service and phishing attacks, failures during the process of upgrading or replacing software and databases, power outages, hardware failures, telecommunication failures, user errors, or catastrophic events.
+Added: If these third-party vendors or subcontractors fail to protect their information technology systems and our confidential and proprietary information, we may be vulnerable to disruptions in service and unauthorized access to our confidential or proprietary information and we could incur liability and reputational damage.
+Added: The secure processing, storage, maintenance and transmission of information are vital to our operations and business strategy, and we devote significant resources to protecting such information.
+Added: Although we take reasonable measures to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, our information technology and infrastructure may still be vulnerable to, and we have in the past experienced, low-threat attacks by hackers or breaches due to employee error, malfeasance or other malicious or inadvertent disruptions.
+Added: Further, attacks upon information technology systems are increasing in their frequency, levels of persistence, sophistication and intensity, and are being conducted by sophisticated and organized groups and individuals with a wide range of motives and expertise.
+Added: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may also face increased cybersecurity risks due to our reliance on internet technology and the number of our employees who are working remotely, which may create additional opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities.
+Added: Furthermore, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to, or to sabotage, systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures.
+Added: We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an extended period.
+Added: Any such breach or interruption could compromise our networks and the information stored there could be accessed by unauthorized parties, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen.
+Added: Our information systems must also be continually updated, patched and upgraded to protect against known vulnerabilities.
+Added: The volume of new vulnerabilities has increased markedly, as has the criticality of patches and other remedial measures.
+Added: In addition to remediating newly identified vulnerabilities, previously identified vulnerabilities must also be continuously addressed.
+Added: Accordingly, we are at risk that cyber-attackers exploit these known vulnerabilities before they have been addressed.
+Added: Any access, breach, or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, and liability under federal or state laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and corresponding regulatory penalties.
+Added: In addition, we could face criminal liability, damages for contract breach and incur significant costs for remedial measures to prevent future occurrences and mitigate past violations.
+Added: Notice of breaches may be required to be made to affected individuals or other state or federal regulators, and for extensive breaches, notice may need to be made to the media or State Attorneys General.
+Added: Such a notice could harm our reputation and our ability to compete.
+Added: Although we maintain insurance covering certain security and privacy damages and claim expenses, we may not carry insurance or maintain coverage sufficient to compensate for all liability and in any event, insurance coverage would not address the reputational damage that could result from a security incident.
+Added: Despite our implementation of security measures to prevent unauthorized access, our data is currently accessible through multiple channels, and there is no guarantee we can protect our data from breach.
+Added: Unauthorized access, loss or dissemination could also disrupt our operations and damage our reputation, any of which could adversely affect our business.
+Added: Actual or perceived failures to comply with applicable data protection, privacy and security laws, regulations, standards and other requirements could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Numerous state and federal laws, regulations, standards and other legal obligations, including consumer protection laws and regulations, which govern the collection, dissemination, use, access to, confidentiality, security and processing of personal information, including health-related information, could apply to our operations or the operations of our partners.
+Added: For example, HIPAA, imposes privacy, security and breach notification obligations on certain healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses, known as covered entities, as well as their business associates that perform certain services that involve creating, receiving, maintaining or transmitting individually identifiable health information for or on behalf of such covered entities, and their covered subcontractors.
+Added: HIPAA requires covered entities, such as the affiliated professional entities or other physician partners, and business associates, such as us, to develop and maintain policies with respect to the protection of, use and disclosure of PHI, including the adoption of administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect such information, and certain notification requirements in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI.
+Added: Additionally, under HIPAA, covered entities must report breaches of unsecured PHI to affected individuals without unreasonable delay, not to exceed 60 days following discovery of the breach by a covered entity or its agents.
+Added: Notification also must be made to the HHS Office for Civil Rights and, in certain circumstances involving large breaches, to the media.
+Added: Business associates must report breaches of unsecured PHI to covered entities within 60 days of discovery of the breach by the business associate or its agents.
+Added: A non-permitted use or disclosure of PHI is presumed to be a breach under HIPAA unless the covered entity or business associate establishes that there is a low probability the information has been compromised consistent with requirements enumerated in HIPAA.
+Added: Entities that are found to be in violation of HIPAA as the result of a breach of unsecured PHI, a complaint about privacy practices or an audit by HHS may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative fines and penalties and/or additional reporting and oversight obligations if required to enter into a resolution agreement and corrective action plan with HHS to settle allegations of HIPAA non-compliance.
+Added: HIPAA also authorizes state Attorneys General to file suit on behalf of their residents.
+Added: Courts may award damages, costs and attorneys’ fees related to violations of HIPAA in such cases.
+Added: While HIPAA does not create a private right of action allowing individuals to sue us in civil court for violations of HIPAA, its standards have been used as the basis for duty of care in state civil suits such as those for negligence or recklessness in the misuse or breach of PHI.
+Added: Even when HIPAA does not apply, according to the Federal Trade Commission, or the FTC, violating consumers’ privacy rights or failing to take appropriate steps to keep consumers’ personal information secure may constitute unfair and/or deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
+Added: The FTC expects a company’s data security measures to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the sensitivity and volume of consumer information it holds, the size and complexity of its business, and the cost of available tools to improve security and reduce vulnerabilities.
+Added: Further, certain states have also adopted comparable privacy and security laws and regulations, some of which may be more stringent than HIPAA.
+Added: Such laws and regulations will be subject to interpretation by various courts and other governmental authorities, thus creating potentially complex compliance issues for us and our future customers and strategic partners.
+Added: For example, the state of Nevada enacted a law that went into force on October 1, 2019 and requires companies to honor consumers’ requests to no longer sell their data.
+Added: In addition, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or the CCPA, went into effect on January 1, 2020.
+Added: The CCPA creates individual privacy rights for California consumers and increases the privacy and security obligations of entities handling certain personal information.
+Added: The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase data breach litigation.
+Added: The CCPA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability, and many similar laws have been proposed at the federal level and in other states.
+Added: Further, the California Privacy Rights Act, or the CPRA, recently passed in California.
+Added: The CPRA will impose additional data protection obligations on covered businesses, including additional consumer rights processes, limitations on data uses, new audit requirements for higher risk data, and opt outs for certain uses of sensitive data.
+Added: It will also create a new California data protection agency authorized to issue substantive regulations and could result in increased privacy and information security enforcement.
+Added: The majority of the provisions will go into effect on January 1, 2023, and additional compliance investment and potential business process changes may be required.
+Added: In addition, California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, or the CMIA, places restrictions on the use and disclosure of health information, including PHI, and other personally identifying information, and can impose a significant compliance obligation.
+Added: Violations of the CMIA can result in criminal, civil and administrative sanctions, and the CMIA also provides individuals a private right of action with respect to disclosures of their health information that violate CMIA.
+Added: In the event that we are subject to these domestic privacy and data protection laws, any liability from failure to comply with the requirements of these laws could adversely affect our financial condition.
+Added: Although we work to comply with applicable laws, regulations and standards, our contractual obligations and other legal obligations, these requirements are evolving and may be modified, interpreted and applied in an inconsistent manner from one jurisdiction to another, and may conflict with one another or other legal obligations with which we must comply.
+Added: Any failure or perceived failure by us or our employees, representatives, contractors, consultants, collaborators, or other third parties to comply with such requirements or adequately address privacy and security concerns, even if unfounded, could result in additional cost and liability to us, damage our reputation, and adversely affect our business and results of operations.
+Added: Legal proceedings in connection with the Business Combinations, the outcome of which is uncertain, could draw the attention of our management team away from the operation of our business.
+Added: Prior to execution of the definitive agreements for the Business Combinations, Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC, (“Hudson”), one of our existing equity holders, asserted that it had an option to purchase additional equity interests in P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC (“Legacy P3”) in connection with the pending transaction with Foresight, or the Purchase Option.
+Added: We do not agree that the Purchase Option applies to the Business Combinations.
+Added: On June 11, 2021, Hudson filed an action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or the Hudson Action, in which it challenged the Business Combinations.
+Added: Specifically, Hudson purports to assert claims against Legacy P3, the members of the Legacy P3 Board of Managers, certain of the Legacy P3 officers and Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., or CPF, for breach of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Legacy P3, dated as of April 16, 2020 (the “Legacy P3 LLC Agreement”), (against Legacy P3 and CPF), breach of fiduciary duty (against certain of Legacy P3’s officers) and breach of alleged contractual standards of conduct (against the Legacy P3 Board of Managers) in connection with the process leading up to, and approval of, the Business Combinations.
+Added: In the Hudson Action, Hudson sought to enjoin the consummation of the Business Combinations, and seeks a declaration that the Business Combinations violate its rights under the Legacy P3 LLC Agreement, a declaration that the members of the Legacy P3 Board of Managers and certain of Legacy P3’s officers breached their fiduciary duties, and money damages including attorneys’ fees.
+Added: On September 9, 2021, the Court of Chancery held a hearing on Hudson’s motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the consummation of the Business Combinations.
+Added: On September 14, 2021, the Court of Chancery issued an oral ruling denying Hudson’s motion for a preliminary injunction due to the lack of probability of success on the merits or, with respect to the Purchase Option only, lack of a showing of irreparable harm based on the condition that the escrow described below be created.
+Added: In its ruling, the Court of Chancery held that Hudson had not demonstrated a reasonable probability of success on its claims, with the exception of its claim relating to the Purchase Option.
+Added: With respect to the Purchase Option claim, the Court declined to address the merits and instead denied Hudson’s motion on the basis of no irreparable harm subject to the condition that the defendants memorialize their commitment to escrow, pending final resolution of the action, the consideration Hudson would be entitled to receive if it is determined that the Purchase Option can be validly exercised, in a stipulation filed with the Court of Chancery.
+Added: On September 17, 2021, the defendants filed a stipulation and proposed order regarding escrow which confirmed their commitment to do so, and to cause the Payment Spreadsheet (as defined in Section 2.01(f) of the Merger Agreement) to provide that such consideration will be directed to such escrow.
+Added: The Court of Chancery granted and entered the stipulation and proposed order on September 17, 2021.
+Added: The former members of P3 (other than Hudson) have agreed to indemnify the Company and P3 LLC following the Closing, for any damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of matters relating to the dispute with Hudson.
+Added: On December 27, 2021, Hudson filed a Motion for Leave to Amend the Verified Complaint.
+Added: The proposed Amended Complaint contains certain of Hudson’s original claims and also adds additional claims, including bad faith breach of contract claims against certain of the former P3 Managers, an additional contractual claim against P3, and a tortious interference with contract claim against Foresight Acquisition Corp., Foresight Acquisition Corp.
+Added: II, P3 Partners Inc., Sameer Mathur, and Greg Wasson.
+Added: Defendants informed Hudson that they did not oppose the Motion for Leave to Amend the Verified Complaint, and on February 4, 2022, Hudson filed its Verified Amended Complaint.
+Added: On March 9, 2022, all Defendants moved to dismiss the Verified Amended Complaint.
+Added: The Briefing on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss was completed on May 17, 2022.
+Added: On March 25, 2022, Hudson served its Second Request for the Production of Documents directed to Defendants, and on April 14, 2022, Defendants filed a Motion to Stay Discovery and for Protective Order Pending Resolution of Motions to Dismiss (the “Motion to Stay”).
+Added: Defendants served formal responses and objections to the Second Request for the Production of Documents on April 25, 2022.
+Added: On July 13, 2022, the Court heard argument on both the Motions to Dismiss and the Motion to Stay and took the matters under advisement.
+Added: On September 12, 2022, the Court issued an opinion which concluded that the Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over Ms.
+Added: Puathasnanon, an officer defendant in the action.
+Added: The Court has not addressed any of the other arguments in the Motions to Dismiss, including Ms.
+Added: Puathasnanon’s other defenses.
+Added: On October 14, 2022, the Court issued an opinion which concluded that the Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over Mr.
+Added: The Court has not addressed any of the other arguments in the Motions to Dismiss, including Mr.
+Added: Wasson’s other defenses.
+Added: Defending or settling this lawsuit could draw the attention of our management team away from the operation of our business and while we are indemnified by the P3 Equityholders for costs in connection with this lawsuit, it is possible that we could nonetheless incur financial losses if disputes arise with respect to the extent of the indemnification obligations.
+Added: Any future litigation against us could be costly and time-consuming to defend.
+Added: We may become subject, from time to time, to legal proceedings, federal and state audits, government investigations, and payor audits, investigations, overpayments, and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business such as claims brought by our clients in connection with commercial disputes or employment claims made by our current or former associates.
+Added: Litigation and audits may result in substantial costs and may divert management’s attention and resources, which may substantially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Insurance may not cover such claims, may not provide sufficient payments to cover all of the costs to resolve one or more such claims and may not continue to be available on terms acceptable to us.
+Added: A claim brought against us that is uninsured or underinsured could result in unanticipated costs, thereby reducing our earnings and leading analysts or potential investors to reduce their expectations of our performance, which could reduce the market price of our Class A Common Stock or publicly traded warrants.
+Added: Changes in U.S.
+Added: tax laws, and the adoption of tax reform policies or changes in tax legislation or policies in jurisdictions outside of the United States, could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.
+Added: We are subject to federal and state income and non-income taxes in the United States.
+Added: Tax laws, regulations, and administrative practices in various jurisdictions may be subject to significant change, with or without notice, due to economic, political, and other conditions, and significant judgment is required in evaluating and estimating these taxes.
+Added: Our effective tax rates could be affected by numerous factors, such as entry into new businesses and geographies, changes to our existing business and operations, acquisitions and investments and how they are financed, changes in our stock price, changes in our deferred tax assets and liabilities and their valuation, and changes in the relevant tax, accounting, and other laws, regulations, administrative practices, principles and interpretations.
+Added: We are required to take positions regarding the interpretation of complex statutory and regulatory tax rules and on valuation matters that are subject to uncertainty, and tax authorities may challenge the positions that we take.
+Added: Our quarterly results may fluctuate significantly, which could adversely impact the value of our Class A Common Stock and publicly traded warrants.
+Added: Our quarterly results of operations, including our revenue, net loss and cash flows, has varied and may vary significantly in the future, and period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations may not be meaningful.
+Added: Accordingly, our quarterly results should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance.
+Added: Our quarterly financial results may fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including, without limitation, the following:
+Added: ● our ability to maintain and grow the number of members on our platform;
+Added: ● the demand for and types of services that are offered on our platform by providers;
+Added: ● the timing of recognition of revenue, including possible delays in the recognition of revenue due to sometimes unpredictable implementation timelines;
+Added: ● the amount and timing of operating expenses related to the maintenance and expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;
+Added: ● our ability to effectively manage the size and composition of our network of healthcare providers relative to the level of demand for services from our members and our clients’ members and patients;
+Added: ● our ability to respond to competitive developments, including pricing changes and the introduction of new products and services by our competitors;
+Added: ● client and member renewal rates and the timing and terms of client and member renewals;
+Added: ● changes to our pricing model;
+Added: ● our ability to introduce new features and services and enhance our existing platform and our ability to generate significant revenue from new features and services;
+Added: ● the impact of outages of our platform and associated reputational harm;
+Added: ● security or data privacy breaches and associated remediation costs;
+Added: ● the timing of expenses related to the development or acquisition of technologies or businesses;
+Added: ● the COVID-19 pandemic or other pandemics.
+Added: Any fluctuation in our quarterly results may not accurately reflect the underlying performance of our business and could cause a decline in the trading price of our Class A Common Stock and publicly traded warrants.
+Added: Our only significant asset is the ownership of a minority of the economic interest in P3 LLC, and such ownership may not be sufficient to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations or to pay any dividends on our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: We have no direct operations and no significant assets other than the ownership of a minority of the economic interests in P3 LLC.
+Added: As of the closing of the Business Combinations, we owned approximately 17.1% of the economic interests in P3 LLC.
+Added: We depend on P3 LLC and its subsidiaries for distributions, loans and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, including to satisfy our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement, or to pay any dividends with respect to our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Legal and contractual restrictions in agreements governing the indebtedness of P3 LLC and its subsidiaries may limit our ability to obtain cash from P3 LLC.
+Added: The earnings from, or other available assets of, P3 LLC and its subsidiaries may not be sufficient to enable us to satisfy our financial obligations, including our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement, or pay any dividends on our Class A Common Stock should we decide to do so.
+Added: P3 LLC will be classified as a partnership for U.S.
+Added: federal income tax purposes and, as such, will generally not be subject to entity level U.S.
+Added: federal income tax.
+Added: Instead, taxable income will be allocated to holders of P3 LLC units, including us.
+Added: As a result, we generally will incur taxes on our allocable share of any net taxable income generated by P3 LLC.
+Added: Under the terms of the P3 LLC Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement (the “P3 LLC A&R LLC Agreement”), and the Tax Receivable Agreement, P3 LLC will be obligated to make tax distributions or payments to holders of its P3 LLC units, including us, except to the extent such distributions or payments would render P3 LLC insolvent or are otherwise prohibited by law or the terms of any credit facility.
+Added: In addition to our tax payment obligations, we will also incur expenses related to our operations and our interests in P3 LLC, including costs and expenses of being a publicly traded company, all of which could be significant.
+Added: To the extent that we require funds and P3 LLC or its subsidiaries are restricted from making distributions under applicable law or regulation or under the terms of their financing arrangements, or are otherwise unable to provide such funds, it could materially adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition, including our ability to pay our income taxes when due.
+Added: Our management has limited experience in operating a public company.
+Added: Our executive officers and certain directors have limited experience in the management of a publicly traded company.
+Added: Our management team may not successfully or effectively manage the transition to a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws.
+Added: Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of our management’s time may be devoted to these activities which will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth of the company.
+Added: It is possible that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company, which will increase our operating costs in future periods.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Legal and Regulatory Environment
+Added: We conduct business in a heavily regulated industry and if we fail to adhere to all of the complex government laws and regulations that apply to our business, we could incur fines or penalties or be required to make changes to our operations or experience adverse publicity, any or all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, and reputation.
+Added: healthcare industry is heavily regulated and closely scrutinized by federal, state and local governments.
+Added: Comprehensive statutes and regulations govern the manner in which we provide and bill for services and collect reimbursement from governmental programs and private payors, our contractual relationships and arrangements with healthcare providers and vendors, our marketing activities and other aspects of our operations.
+Added: Of particular importance are:
+Added: ● the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, or the AKS, which prohibits the knowing and willful offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any bribe, kickback, rebate or other remuneration for referring an individual, in return for ordering, leasing, purchasing or recommending or arranging for or to induce the referral of an individual or the ordering, purchasing or leasing of items or services covered, in whole or in part, by any federal healthcare program, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
+Added: Although there are several statutory exceptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting certain common activities from prosecution, the exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly.
+Added: By way of example, the AKS safe harbor for value-based arrangements requires, among other things, that the arrangement does not induce a person or entity to reduce or limit medically necessary items or services furnished to any patient.
+Added: Failure to meet the requirements of a safe harbor, however, does not render an arrangement illegal, although such arrangements may be subject to greater scrutiny by government authorities.
+Added: Further, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation;
+Added: ● the federal physician self-referral law, or the Stark Law, which, subject to limited exceptions, prohibits physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to an entity for the provision of certain designated health services, or DHS, if the physician or a member of such physician’s immediate family has a direct or indirect financial relationship (including an ownership interest or a compensation arrangement) with the entity, and prohibits the entity from billing Medicare or Medicaid for such DHS;
+Added: ● the federal False Claims Act, or the FCA, which imposes civil and criminal liability on individuals or entities that knowingly submit false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government or knowingly make, or cause to be made, a false statement in order to have a false claim paid, including qui tam or whistleblower suits.
+Added: There are many potential bases for liability under the FCA.
+Added: The government has used the FCA to prosecute Medicare and other government healthcare program fraud;
+Added: ● such as coding errors, billing for services not provided, and providing care that is not medically necessary or that is substandard in quality.
+Added: In addition, we could be held liable under the FCA if we are deemed to “cause” the submission of false or fraudulent claims by, for example, providing inaccurate billing, coding or risk adjustment information to our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners through Provider Portal and Analytic Management Tools, respectively.
+Added: The government may also assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the AKS or Stark Law constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the FCA;
+Added: ● the Civil Monetary Penalties Statute, which prohibits, among other things, an individual or entity from offering remuneration to a federal healthcare program beneficiary that the individual or entity knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary to order or receive healthcare items or services from a particular provider;
+Added: ● the criminal healthcare fraud provisions of HIPAA and related rules that prohibit knowingly and willfully executing a scheme or artifice to defraud any healthcare benefit program or falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any material false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
+Added: Similar to the AKS, a person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it to have committed a violation;
+Added: ● reassignment of payment rules that prohibit certain types of billing and collection practices in connection with claims payable by the Medicare or Medicaid programs;
+Added: ● similar state law provisions pertaining to anti-kickback, self-referral and false claims issues, some of which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any payor, including patients and commercial insurers;
+Added: ● laws that regulate debt collection practices;
+Added: ● a provision of the Social Security Act that imposes criminal penalties on healthcare providers who fail to disclose, or refund known overpayments;
+Added: ● federal and state laws that prohibit providers from billing and receiving payment from Medicare and Medicaid for services unless the services are medically necessary, adequately and accurately documented, and billed using codes that accurately reflect the type and level of services rendered;
+Added: ● federal and state laws pertaining to the provision of services by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in certain settings, physician supervision of those services, and reimbursement requirements that depend on the types of services provided and documented and relationships between physician supervisors and nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
+Added: The laws and regulations in these areas are complex, changing and often subject to varying interpretations.
+Added: As a result, there is no guarantee that a government authority will find that we or our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners are in compliance with all such laws and regulations that apply to our business.
+Added: Further, because of the breadth of these laws and the narrowness of the statutory exceptions and safe harbors available, it is possible that some of the business activities undertaken by us or our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners could be subject to challenge under one or more of these laws, including, without limitation, our patient assistance programs that waive or reduce the patient’s obligation to pay copayments, coinsurance or deductible amounts owed for the services we provide to them if they meet certain financial need criteria.
+Added: If our operations are found to be in violation of any of such laws or any other governmental regulations that apply, we may be subject to significant penalties, including, without limitation, administrative, civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, the curtailment or restructuring of operations, integrity oversight and reporting obligations, exclusion from participation in federal and state healthcare programs and imprisonment.
+Added: In addition, any action against us or our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners for violation of these laws or regulations, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses, divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business and result in adverse publicity, or otherwise experience a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, reputation as a result.
+Added: If any of our owned or managed clinics lose their regulatory licenses, permits and/or registrations, as applicable, or become ineligible to receive reimbursement under Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payors, there may be a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations.
+Added: The operations of our owned and managed clinics through affiliated professional entities and other physician partners are subject to extensive federal, state and local regulation relating to, among other things, the adequacy of medical care, equipment, personnel, operating policies and procedures and proof of financial ability to operate.
+Added: Our owned and managed clinics and affiliated professional entities and other physician partners are also subject to extensive laws and regulation relating to facility and professional licensure, conduct of operations, including financial relationships among healthcare providers, Medicare, Medicaid and state fraud and abuse and physician self-referrals, and maintaining updates to our and our affiliated professional entities’ and other physician partners’ enrollment in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including addition of new clinic locations, providers and other enrollment information.
+Added: Our owned and managed clinics are subject to periodic inspection by licensing authorities to assure their continued compliance with these various standards.
+Added: There can be no assurance that these regulatory authorities will determine that all applicable requirements are fully met at any given time.
+Added: Should any of our owned or managed clinics be found to be noncompliant with these requirements, we could be assessed fines and penalties, could be required to refund reimbursement amounts or could lose our licensure or Medicare and/or Medicaid certification so that we or our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners are unable to receive reimbursement from such programs and possibly from other third-party payors, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.
+Added: If our arrangements with our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners are found to constitute the improper rendering of medical services or fee splitting under applicable state laws, our business, financial condition and our ability to operate in those states could be adversely impacted.
+Added: Our contractual relationships with our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners may implicate certain state laws that generally prohibit non-professional entities from providing licensed medical services or exercising control over licensed physicians or other healthcare professionals (such activities generally referred to as the “corporate practice of medicine”) or engaging in certain practices such as fee-splitting with such licensed professionals.
+Added: The interpretation and enforcement of these laws vary significantly from state to state.
+Added: There can be no assurance that these laws will be interpreted in a manner consistent with our practices or that other laws or regulations will not be enacted in the future that could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Regulatory authorities, state boards of medicine, state attorneys general and other parties may assert that, despite the agreements through which we operate, we are engaged in the provision of medical services and/or that our arrangements with our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners constitute unlawful fee-splitting.
+Added: If a jurisdiction’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine or fee-splitting is interpreted in a manner that is inconsistent with our practices, we would be required to restructure or terminate our arrangements with our affiliated professional entities and other physician partners to bring our activities into compliance with such laws.
+Added: A determination of non-compliance, or the termination of or failure to successfully restructure these relationships could result in disciplinary action, penalties, damages, fines, and/or a loss of revenue, any of which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: State corporate practice and fee-splitting prohibitions also often impose penalties on healthcare professionals for aiding in the improper rendering of professional services, which could discourage physicians and other healthcare professionals from providing clinical services to members of the health plans with whom we contract.
+Added: We face inspections, reviews, audits and investigations under federal and state government programs and contracts.
+Added: These audits could have adverse findings that may negatively affect our business, including our results of operations, liquidity, financial condition and reputation.
+Added: As a result of our participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, we are subject to various governmental inspections, reviews, audits and investigations to verify our compliance with these programs and applicable laws and regulations.
+Added: Other third-party payors may also reserve the right to conduct audits.
+Added: We also periodically conduct internal audits and reviews of our regulatory compliance.
+Added: An adverse inspection, review, audit or investigation could result in:
+Added: ● refunding amounts we have been paid pursuant to the Medicare or Medicaid programs or from payors;
+Added: ● state or federal agencies imposing fines, penalties and other sanctions on us;
+Added: ● temporary suspension of payment for new patients to the facility or agency;
+Added: ● decertification or exclusion from participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs or one or more payor networks;
+Added: ● self-disclosure of violations to applicable regulatory authorities;
+Added: ● damage to our reputation;
+Added: ● the revocation of a facility’s or agency’s license;
+Added: ● criminal penalties;
+Added: ● a corporate integrity agreement with HHS’ Office of Inspector General;
+Added: ● loss of certain rights under, or termination of, our contracts with payors.
+Added: We have in the past and will likely in the future be required to refund amounts we have been paid and/or pay fines and penalties as a result of these inspections, reviews, audits and investigations.
+Added: If adverse inspections, reviews, audits or investigations occur and any of the results noted above occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.
+Added: Furthermore, the legal, document production and other costs associated with complying with these inspections, reviews, audits or investigations could be significant.
+Added: The impact on us of recent healthcare legislation and other changes in the healthcare industry and in healthcare spending is currently unknown, but may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: The impact on us of healthcare reform legislation and other changes in the healthcare industry and in healthcare spending is currently unknown, but may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Our revenue is dependent on the healthcare industry and could be affected by changes in healthcare spending, reimbursement and policy.
+Added: The healthcare industry is subject to changing political, regulatory and other influences.
+Added: By way of example, the ACA, which was enacted in 2010, made major changes in how healthcare is delivered and reimbursed, and it increased access to health insurance benefits to the uninsured and underinsured populations of the United States.
+Added: Since its enactment, there have been judicial, executive and Congressional challenges to certain aspects of the ACA.
+Added: On June 17, 2021, the U.S.
+Added: Supreme Court dismissed the most recent judicial challenge to the ACA brought by several states without specifically ruling on the constitutionality of the ACA.
+Added: Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision, President Biden issued an executive order initiating a special enrollment period from February 15, 2021 through August 15, 2021 for purposes of obtaining health insurance coverage through the ACA marketplace.
+Added: The executive order also instructed certain governmental agencies to review and reconsider their existing policies and rules that limit access to healthcare.
+Added: It is unclear how other healthcare reform measures enacted by Congress or implemented by the Biden administration or other challenges to the ACA, if any, will impact the ACA or our business.
+Added: Other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the ACA was enacted.
+Added: These changes include aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of 2% per fiscal year, which began in 2013 and will remain in effect through 2030, with the exception of a temporary suspension from May 1, 2020 through March, 2022 and a 1% reduction from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, unless additional Congressional action is taken.
+Added: In January 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was signed into law, which, among other things, further reduced Medicare payments to several types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.
+Added: New laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other healthcare funding, which may materially adversely affect consumer demand and affordability for our products and services and, accordingly, the results of our financial operations.
+Added: Additional changes that may affect our business include the expansion of new programs such as Medicare payment for performance initiatives for physicians under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”), which first affected physician payment in 2019.
+Added: At this time, it is unclear how the introduction of the Medicare quality payment program will impact overall physician reimbursement.
+Added: Such changes in the regulatory environment may also result in changes to our payer mix that may affect our operations and revenue.
+Added: In addition, certain provisions of the ACA authorize voluntary demonstration projects, which include the development of bundling payments for acute, inpatient hospital services, physician services and post-acute services for episodes of hospital care.
+Added: Further, the ACA may adversely affect payors by increasing medical costs generally, which could have an effect on the industry and potentially impact our business and revenue as payors seek to offset these increases by reducing costs in other areas.
+Added: In addition, new legislative proposals to reform healthcare and government insurance programs, along with the trend toward managed healthcare in the United States, could result in reduced demand and prices for our services.
+Added: We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments and other third-party payers will pay for healthcare products and services, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: The evolving regulation of value-based reimbursement models may have a material adverse effect on our operations.
+Added: Regulation of downstream risk-sharing arrangements, including, but not limited to, global risk and other value-based arrangements, varies significantly from state to state.
+Added: Some states require downstream entities and risk-bearing entities to obtain an insurance license, a certificate of authority, or an equivalent authorization, in order to participate in downstream risk-sharing arrangements with payors.
+Added: In some states, statutes, regulations and/or formal guidance explicitly address whether and in what manner the state regulates the transfer of risk by a payor to a downstream entity.
+Added: However, the majority of states do not explicitly address the issue, and in such states, regulators may nonetheless interpret statutes and regulations to regulate such activity.
+Added: If downstream risk-sharing arrangements are not regulated directly in a particular state, the state regulatory agency may nonetheless require oversight by the licensed payor as the party to such a downstream risk-sharing arrangement.
+Added: Such oversight is accomplished via contract and may include the imposition of reserve requirements, as well as reporting obligations.
+Added: Further, state regulatory stances regarding downstream risk-sharing arrangements can change rapidly and codified provisions may not keep pace with evolving risk-sharing mechanisms and other new value-based reimbursement models.
+Added: Certain of the states where we currently operate or may choose to operate in the future regulate the operations and financial condition of risk bearing organizations like us and our affiliated providers.
+Added: These regulations can include capital requirements, licensing or certification, governance controls and other similar matters.
+Added: As a result, new and existing laws, regulations or guidance could have a material adverse effect on our operations and could subject us to the risk of restructuring or terminating our arrangements with our affiliated professional entities or other physician partners, as well as the risk of regulatory enforcement, penalties and sanctions, if state and federal enforcement agencies disagree with our interpretation of these laws.
+Added: While these regulations have not had a material impact on our business to date, as we continue to expand, these rules may require additional resources and capitalization and add complexity to our business.
+Added: Regulatory proposals directed at containing or lowering the cost of healthcare, including the Direct Contracting Model, and our participation, voluntary or otherwise, in such proposed models, could impact our business, financial condition, cash flows and operations.
+Added: The ACA also required CMS to establish a Medicare shared savings program that promotes accountability and coordination of care through the creation of ACOs.
+Added: The Medicare shared savings program allows for providers, physicians and other designated healthcare professionals and suppliers to form ACOs and voluntarily work together to invest in infrastructure and redesign delivery processes to give coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients, avoid unnecessary duplication of services and prevent medical errors.
+Added: ACOs that achieve quality performance standards established by CMS are eligible to share in a portion of the Medicare program’s cost savings.
+Added: We have an ACO in Arizona participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Plan (“MSSP”), and is subject to ACO program methodologies and participation requirements that are updated by CMS for each performance year.
+Added: We and our affiliated providers as ACO participants are expected to comply with such program requirements and are required to report to CMS on performance after the close of the year.
+Added: Failure to comply with such program requirements could subject us and our affiliated providers to significant penalties and, in some cases, termination from participating in MSSP.
+Added: Additionally, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation continues to test an array of value-based alternative payment models, including the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model to allow Direct Contracting Entities to negotiate directly with the government to manage traditional Medicare beneficiaries and share in the savings and risks generated from managing such beneficiaries.
+Added: Although we currently do not participate in these pilot payment models, we may choose to do so in the future.
+Added: Additional changes that may affect our business include the expansion of new programs such as Medicare payment for performance initiatives for physicians under the MACRA, which first affected physician payment in 2019.
+Added: At this time, it is unclear how the introduction of the Medicare quality payment program will impact overall physician reimbursement.
+Added: In addition, there likely will continue to be regulatory proposals directed at containing or lowering the cost of healthcare, as government healthcare programs and other third-party payors transition from FFS to value-based reimbursement models, which can include risk-sharing, bundled payment and other innovative approaches.
+Added: It is possible that the federal or state governments will implement additional reductions, increases, or changes in reimbursement in the future under government programs that may adversely affect us or increase the cost of providing our services.
+Added: The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue or attain growth, any of which could have a material impact on our business.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Class A Common Stock
+Added: We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: If our internal control over financial reporting is not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or file our periodic reports in a timely manner, which may cause adverse effects on our business and may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in the price of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports in a timely manner.
+Added: In connection with the audits of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the restatement of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we concluded that there were material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: We did not maintain appropriately designed entity-level controls impacting the control environment, risk assessment procedures, and effective monitoring controls to prevent or detect material misstatement to the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: These material weaknesses are specifically attributed to the following:
+Added: (i) We did not have adequate policies and procedure or sufficient qualified resources with sufficient technical knowledge to maintain effective controls over the accounting related to significant accounts and related financial statement disclosures.
+Added: (ii) We did not design and implement a sufficient risk assessment process to identify and assess risks impacting control over financial reporting.
+Added: (iii) We had ineffective evaluation and determination as to whether the components of internal control were present and functioning.
+Added: As a consequence of these entity-level material weaknesses, we did not design, implement, and maintain effective control activities within certain business processes and the information technology environment to mitigate the risk of material misstatement in financial reporting.
+Added: Specifically:
+Added: (i) We did not maintain effective controls over our information systems to ensure that relevant and reliable information was communicated on a timely basis across the organization to support the financial reporting process.
+Added: Particularly, we did not design and implement effective information technology general controls in the areas of user access related to certain information technology systems that support our financial reporting process.
+Added: We also did not maintain sufficient segregation of duties over the performance of control activities for financial close and reporting, including over the review of account reconciliations and journal entries.
+Added: (ii) We did not design and maintain effective management review controls at a sufficient level of precision over the accounting for transactions related to the risk adjustment factor receivable and related revenue, capitated revenue classification, premium deficiency reserves, business combinations, goodwill and intangibles, income taxes, warrant valuation, and equity awards.
+Added: This material weakness resulted in certain material corrections to the financial statements.
+Added: (iii) We did not design and maintain effective controls at a sufficient level of precision over the estimation of claims expense and payable including controls over the review of historical claims data, including the completeness and accuracy of data used to determine the financial statement amounts.
+Added: (iv) We did not design and maintain effective controls over accounting for complex transactions, including the inaccurate attribution of net income or loss to the controlling and non-controlling interest pursuant to ASC 810 for subsidiaries that are variable interest entities, the improper classification of the Class A Units as permanent equity instead of temporary equity, and the improper accounting of preferred returns in equity and interest expense, as no recognition is necessary until legally declared.
+Added: This material weakness resulted in the restatement discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements included herein.
+Added: We have taken and are taking steps to remediate these material weaknesses through (i) hiring qualified accounting, financial reporting, IT, and other key management personnel with public company experience, (ii) engaging an external advisor to assist with the risk assessment process, documenting internal controls, including enhancing controls to ensure proper communication of critical information, review and approvals;
+Added: evaluating effectiveness of internal controls and assist with the remediation of deficiencies and training of personnel, as necessary, and establishment of a formal internal audit function and (iii) enhancing policies and procedures documentation for key areas of accounting, including each area where a material weakness was identified.
+Added: However, we are still in the process of implementing these steps and cannot assure investors that these measures will significantly improve or remediate the material weaknesses described above.
+Added: We have identified other deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that have not risen to the level of a material weakness, which we are in the process of remediating.
+Added: If we are unable to successfully remediate the material weaknesses or identify any future significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, the accuracy and timing of our financial reporting may be adversely affected, a material misstatement in our financial statements could occur, and we may be unable to maintain compliance with securities law requirements regarding timely filing of periodic reports, which may adversely affect our business and the price of our Class A Common Stock may decline as a result.
+Added: In addition, even if we remediate the material weaknesses, we will be required to expend significant time and resources to further improve our internal controls over financial reporting, including by further expanding our finance and accounting staff to meet the demands placed upon us as a public company, including the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
+Added: If we fail to adequately staff our accounting and finance function to remediate our material weaknesses or fail to maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting, any new or recurring material weaknesses could prevent our management from concluding that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and impair our ability to prevent material misstatements in our financial statements, which could cause our business to suffer.
+Added: We are an “emerging growth company” and we have elected to comply with reduced public company reporting requirements, which could make our Class A Common Stock less attractive to investors.
+Added: We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act.
+Added: For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we are eligible for certain exemptions from various public company reporting requirements.
+Added: These exemptions include, but are not limited to, (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements, (iii) exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved, (iv) not being required to provide audited financial statements for certain periods and (v) an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies.
+Added: We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (a) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more;
+Added: (b) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the completion of the initial public offering of Foresight;
+Added: (c) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years;
+Added: or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC, which means the market value of our Class A Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.
+Added: We have made certain elections with regard to the reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and may elect to take advantage of other reduced disclosure obligations in future filings.
+Added: In addition, we have chosen to take advantage of the extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies.
+Added: As a result, the information that we provide to holders of our Class A Common Stock may be different than you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests.
+Added: We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A Common Stock less attractive as a result of reliance on these exemptions.
+Added: If some investors find our Class A Common Stock less attractive as a result of our reduced disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A Common Stock and the market price for the Class A Common Stock may be more volatile.
+Added: Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions that limit the ability of stockholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.
+Added: Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares.
+Added: These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of Class A Common Stock, and therefore depress the trading price of Class A Common Stock.
+Added: These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the current members of our board of directors or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management.
+Added: Among other things, the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws include provisions:
+Added: ● providing for a classified board of directors with staggered, three-year terms;
+Added: ● regarding the ability of the board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock, including “blank check” preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;
+Added: ● prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;
+Added: ● regarding the limitation of the liability of, and the indemnification of, directors and officers;
+Added: ● providing that certain transactions are not “corporate opportunities” and that, subject to certain exceptions, Foresight Sponsor Group, LLC, (the “Sponsor”) or the Chicago Pacific Founders funds or their respective affiliates and any of their respective principals, members, directors, partners, stockholders, officers, employees or other representatives, or any director or stockholder who is not employed by us or our subsidiaries, are not subject to the doctrine of corporate opportunity and such persons do not have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us or any of our subsidiaries;
+Added: ● regarding the ability of the board of directors to amend the bylaws, which may allow the board of directors to take additional actions to prevent an unsolicited takeover and inhibit the ability of an acquiror to amend the bylaws to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt;
+Added: ● regarding advance notice procedures with which stockholders must comply to nominate candidates to the board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which could preclude stockholders from bringing matters before annual or special meetings of stockholders and delay changes in the board of directors and also may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company.
+Added: These provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in our board of directors or management.
+Added: The Sponsor and the Chicago Pacific Founders funds, which are significant stockholders in our company, and their respective affiliates and representatives, non-employee directors and other non-employee stockholders will not be limited in their ability to compete with us, and the corporate opportunity provisions in our certificate of incorporation could enable such persons to benefit from corporate opportunities that might otherwise be available to us, which presents potential conflicts of interest.
+Added: Our certificate of incorporation provides that subject to certain exceptions, the Sponsor and the Chicago Pacific Founders funds and their respective affiliates and any of their respective principals, members, directors, partners, stockholders, officers, employees or other representatives, or any director or stockholder who is not employed by us or our subsidiaries, would not be restricted from owning assets or engaging in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us or any of our subsidiaries.
+Added: In particular, subject to the limitations of applicable law and the certificate of incorporation, these persons may among other things:
+Added: ● engage in a corporate opportunity in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which we or our affiliates have a reasonable expectancy interest or property right;
+Added: ● purchase, sell or otherwise engage in transactions involving securities or indebtedness of us or our affiliates, provided that such transactions do not violate our insider trading policies;
+Added: ● otherwise compete with us.
+Added: One or more of these persons may become aware, from time to time, of certain business opportunities (such as acquisition opportunities) and may direct such opportunities to other businesses in which they have invested, in which case we may not become aware of or otherwise have the ability to pursue such opportunities.
+Added: Further, such businesses may choose to compete with us for these opportunities, possibly causing these opportunities to not be available to us or causing them to be more expensive for us to pursue.
+Added: As a result, our renunciation of our interest and expectancy in any business opportunity that may be from time to time be presented to such persons, could adversely impact our business or prospects if attractive business opportunities are procured by such parties for their own benefit rather than for ours.
+Added: The provision of our certificate of incorporation requiring exclusive forum in certain courts in the State of Delaware or the federal district courts of the United States for certain types of lawsuits may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
+Added: Our certificate of incorporation requires, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our company’s behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or stockholders to our company or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against our company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against our company governed by the internal affairs doctrine will have to be brought in a state court located within the State of Delaware (or if no state court of the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), in all cases subject to the courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.
+Added: The foregoing provision will not apply to claims seeking to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act.
+Added: Additionally, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.
+Added: Although we believe these exclusive forum provisions benefit our company by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law and federal securities laws in the types of lawsuits to which each applies, the exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims.
+Added: Further, in the event a court finds either exclusive forum provision contained in our certificate of incorporation to be unenforceable or inapplicable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: An active, liquid trading market for our Class A Common Stock may not be sustained.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain an active trading market for our Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq or any other exchange in the future.
+Added: If an active market for our Class A Common Stock is not maintained, or if we fail to satisfy the continued listing standards of Nasdaq for any reason and our Class A Common Stock is delisted, it may be difficult for our stockholders to sell their Class A Common Stock without depressing the market price for our Class A Common Stock, or at all.
+Added: An inactive trading market may also impair our ability to both raise capital by selling shares of capital stock, attract and motivate employees through equity incentive awards and acquire other companies, products, or technologies by using shares of capital stock as consideration.
+Added: There may be sales of a substantial amount of our Class A Common Stock in future by our stockholders, and these sales could cause the price of our Class A Common Stock to fall.
+Added: As of December 31,2021, there were approximately 41.6 million shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, including 8.7 million shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Sponsor and FA Co-Investment LLC (together with the Sponsor, the “Sponsors”) and certain former directors of Foresight (collectively with the Sponsors, the “Founder Holders”), other than the Sponsor, all of which are subject to certain lock-up arrangements, and an additional approximately 202.0 million shares of Class V common stock, which are exchangeable, together with P3 LLC units, for an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Our issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are freely transferable, except for any shares held by our “affiliates,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and shares subject to lock-up arrangements.
+Added: As of the closing of the Business Combinations, approximately 61.2% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (on an as-converted and as-exchanged basis) were held by entities affiliated with us and our executive officers and directors.
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement that we entered into with certain of our stockholders, we are obligated to register the resale of shares of Class A Common Stock held by such stockholders and issuable upon the exercise or exchange of securities held by such stockholders.
+Added: In addition, these stockholders are entitled to demand the registration of such shares of Class A Common Stock subject to certain minimum requirements and also have certain “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registration statements we file.
+Added: Upon effectiveness of any registration statement we file for the resale of shares held by such stockholders, and upon the expiration of the lock-up periods applicable to such stockholders, these stockholders may sell large amounts of our Class A Common Stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, which could have the effect of increasing the volatility in the share price of our Class A Common Stock or putting significant downward pressure on the price of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Sales of substantial amounts of our Class A Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales will occur, could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock and make it difficult for us to raise funds through securities offerings in the future.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq.
+Added: If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange for failure to meet the listing standards, we could face significant material adverse consequences including:
● a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
● reduced liquidity for our securities;
−Removed: a determination that our Class A common stock is a penny stock which will require brokers
−Removed: trading in our Class A common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
+Added: ● a determination that our Class A Common Stock is a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Class A Common Stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
● a limited amount of news and analyst coverage;
● a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
−Removed: The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states
−Removed: from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as covered securities. Because we expect that our units and eventually our Class A common stock and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class A
−Removed: common stock and warrants will qualify as covered securities under such statute.
−Removed: Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a
−Removed: suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case.
−Removed: While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the
−Removed: sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of
−Removed: securities of blank check companies in their states.
−Removed: Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our
−Removed: You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other
−Removed: blank check companies.
−Removed: Since the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units are
−Removed: intended to be used to complete an initial business combination with a target business that has not been selected, we may be deemed to be a blank check company under the U.S.
−Removed: securities laws.
−Removed: However, because we have net tangible assets
−Removed: in excess of $5,000,000 and filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet of our company demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect
−Removed: investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419.
−Removed: Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules.
−Removed: Among other things, this means our units will be immediately tradable and we will have a longer period
−Removed: of time to complete our initial business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419.
−Removed: Moreover, if our initial public offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the
−Removed: trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer
−Removed: rules, and if you or a group of stockholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A common stock, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in
−Removed: concert or as a group (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, which we refer to
−Removed: as the Excess Shares, without our prior consent.
−Removed: However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not restrict our stockholders ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares
−Removed: in open market transactions.
−Removed: Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding
−Removed: 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your stock in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us
−Removed: to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on our redemption of their stock,
−Removed: and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: We expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business
−Removed: objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire.
−Removed: Many of these individuals and entities are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.
−Removed: Many of these
−Removed: competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors.
−Removed: While we believe there will
−Removed: be numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are
−Removed: sizable will be limited by our available financial resources.
−Removed: Our sponsors or any of its affiliates may make additional investments in us, although our sponsors and its affiliates have no obligation or other duty to do so.
−Removed: This inherent competitive
−Removed: limitation gives others an
−Removed: advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.
−Removed: Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights may
−Removed: 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 target businesses.
−Removed: Any of these factors may place us at a
−Removed: competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating and completing an initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in
−Removed: certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Please see If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: If the funds not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate until at least February 12, 2023, we may
−Removed: be unable to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: The funds available to us outside of the trust account may not be
−Removed: sufficient to allow us to operate until at least February 12, 2023, assuming that our initial business combination is not completed by that date.
−Removed: We expect to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans.
−Removed: Managements plans
−Removed: to address this need for capital through our initial public offering and potential loans from certain of our affiliates are discussed in the section of this Annual Report titled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
−Removed: and Results of Operations. However, our affiliates are not obligated to make loans to us in the future, and we may not be able to raise additional financing from unaffiliated parties necessary to fund our expenses.
−Removed: Any such event in the future
−Removed: may negatively impact the analysis regarding our ability to continue as a going concern at such time.
−Removed: We believe that the funds available
−Removed: to us outside of the trust account will be sufficient to allow us to operate until at least February 12, 2023;
−Removed: however, we cannot assure you that our estimate is accurate.
−Removed: Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds
−Removed: available to us to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a no-shop provision (a provision in
−Removed: letters of intent or merger agreements designed to keep target businesses from shopping around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed
−Removed: business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so.
−Removed: If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as
−Removed: a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a prospective target business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public
−Removed: stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Please see If third parties bring claims against us, the
−Removed: proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: If the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units not being held in the trust account are
−Removed: insufficient, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search, to pay our
−Removed: taxes and to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain such loans, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Immediately following our IPO, only approximately $1.8 million was available to us initially outside the trust account to fund our
−Removed: working capital requirements, and we had approximately $0.3 million in current liabilities.
−Removed: If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team or other third parties to operate or may
−Removed: be forced to liquidate.
−Removed: Neither our sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their respective affiliates is under any obligation or other duty to loan funds to, or invest in, us in such circumstances.
−Removed: Any such loans may be repaid only from
−Removed: funds held outside the trust
−Removed: account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds
−Removed: available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account.
−Removed: In such case, our public stockholders may receive only $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per
−Removed: share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: Subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to
−Removed: subsequently take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities, which could cause you to lose
−Removed: some or all of your investment.
−Removed: Even if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot
−Removed: assure you that this diligence will identify all material issues that may be present with a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of
−Removed: the target business and outside of our control will not later arise.
−Removed: As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or
−Removed: other charges that could result in our reporting losses.
−Removed: Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk
−Removed: Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about
−Removed: us or our securities.
−Removed: In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or
−Removed: by virtue of our obtaining post-combination debt financing.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of
−Removed: their securities.
−Removed: Such stockholders or warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: If third parties
−Removed: bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
−Removed: Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us.
−Removed: Although we will seek to have all
−Removed: 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
−Removed: in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account,
−Removed: 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
−Removed: against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account.
−Removed: If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available
−Removed: to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third partys engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.
−Removed: Making such a request of
−Removed: potential target businesses may make our acquisition proposal less attractive to them and, to the extent prospective target businesses refuse to execute such a waiver, it may limit the field of potential target businesses that we might pursue.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where we are unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.
−Removed: In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: Upon redemption of our public shares, if we have not completed our initial
−Removed: business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption
−Removed: right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the
−Removed: 10 years following redemption.
−Removed: Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public stockholders could be less than the $10.00 per share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of
−Removed: such creditors.
−Removed: Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services
−Removed: rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below:
−Removed: (1) $10.00 per public share;
−Removed: or (2) such lesser
−Removed: 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, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to
−Removed: any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including
−Removed: liabilities under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Moreover, 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.
−Removed: independently verified whether our sponsor, which is a newly formed entity, has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our sponsors only assets are securities of our company.
−Removed: Our sponsor may not have sufficient
−Removed: funds available to satisfy those obligations.
−Removed: We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such obligations, and therefore, no funds are currently set aside to cover any such obligations.
−Removed: As a result, if any such claims were successfully made
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would
−Removed: receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares.
−Removed: None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target
−Removed: Our independent directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a
−Removed: reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders.
−Removed: In the event that
−Removed: the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of:
−Removed: (1) $10.00 per public share;
−Removed: or (2) 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
−Removed: in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a
−Removed: particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
−Removed: While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf
−Removed: 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 certain instances.
−Removed: For example, the cost of such legal action may be
−Removed: deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or the independent directors may determine that a favorable outcome is not likely.
−Removed: If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification
−Removed: obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.
−Removed: If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary
−Removed: bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing
−Removed: the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
−Removed: If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust
−Removed: account to our public stockholders, 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
−Removed: bankruptcy laws as either a preferential
−Removed: transfer or a fraudulent conveyance. As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our stockholders.
−Removed: In addition, our board of directors
−Removed: may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of
−Removed: punitive damages.
−Removed: If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy
−Removed: petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our stockholders and the per-share
−Removed: amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
−Removed: distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, 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
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our public stockholders in connection with our liquidation would be reduced.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Operations
−Removed: we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business
−Removed: If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted,
−Removed: restrictions on the nature of our investments;
−Removed: restrictions on the issuance of securities;
−Removed: each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
−Removed: registration as an investment company with the SEC;
−Removed: adoption of a specific form of corporate structure;
−Removed: reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and compliance with other rules and
−Removed: regulations that we are currently not subject to.
−Removed: In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the
−Removed: Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting,
−Removed: owning, holding or trading investment securities constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S.
−Removed: government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.
−Removed: Our business will be to identify and complete a business
−Removed: combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term.
−Removed: We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale.
−Removed: We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to
−Removed: be a passive investor.
−Removed: We do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: end, the proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in United States government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money
−Removed: market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations.
−Removed: Pursuant to the trust agreement, the
−Removed: is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets.
−Removed: By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing
−Removed: businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: Our securities are not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities.
−Removed: The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of:
−Removed: completion of our primary business objective, which is a business combination;
−Removed: (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
−Removed: (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptions in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by February 12,
−Removed: 2023 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders rights or pre-initial business combination activity;
−Removed: and (iii) absent a business combination, our return of the funds
−Removed: held in the trust account to our public stockholders as part of our redemption of the public shares.
−Removed: If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: If we were deemed to be subject
−Removed: to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to consummate our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to
−Removed: complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may
−Removed: receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: Please see If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share
−Removed: redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: Changes in laws
−Removed: or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
−Removed: We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments.
−Removed: In particular, we will be required to comply with
−Removed: certain SEC and other legal requirements.
−Removed: Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly.
−Removed: Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time
−Removed: to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
−Removed: Our stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon
−Removed: redemption of their shares.
−Removed: Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, stockholders may be held liable for claims
−Removed: by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: complete our initial business combination within the required time period may be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law.
−Removed: If a corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure
−Removed: 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
−Removed: 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
−Removed: stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholders pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder
−Removed: would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
−Removed: However, it is our intention to redeem our public shares as soon as reasonably possible following February 12, 2023 (or the end of any Extension Period) in the event we do not
−Removed: complete our initial business combination and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with the foregoing procedures.
−Removed: Because we do not intend to comply with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL
−Removed: 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 10 years following our dissolution.
−Removed: 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 (such as
−Removed: lawyers, investment bankers, consultants, etc.) or prospective target businesses.
−Removed: If our plan of distribution complies with Section 281(b) of the DGCL, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the
−Removed: lesser of such stockholders pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would likely be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will
−Removed: properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: extend beyond the third anniversary of such date.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: combination within the required time period is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
−Removed: We may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders until after we consummate our initial business combination and you will not be entitled
−Removed: to any of the corporate protections provided by such a meeting.
−Removed: We may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders until after we
−Removed: consummate our initial business combination (unless required by Nasdaq) and thus may not be in compliance with Section 211(b) of the DGCL, which requires an annual meeting of stockholders be held for the purposes of electing directors in
−Removed: accordance with a companys bylaws unless such election is made by written consent in lieu of such a meeting.
−Removed: Therefore, if our stockholders want us to hold an annual meeting prior to our consummation of our initial business combination, they
−Removed: may attempt to force us to hold one by submitting an application to the Delaware Court of Chancery in accordance with Section 211(c) of the DGCL.
−Removed: Until we hold an annual meeting of stockholders, public stockholders may not be afforded the
−Removed: opportunity to discuss company affairs with management.
−Removed: In addition, prior to our business combination (a) as holders of our Class A common stock, our public stockholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment of our directors
−Removed: and (b) holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock may remove a member of our board of directors for any reason.
−Removed: We are not registering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any
−Removed: state securities laws at this time, and such registration may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus precluding such investor from being able to exercise its warrants except on a cashless basis and
−Removed: potentially causing such warrants to expire worthless.
−Removed: We are not registering the shares of Class A common stock issuable
−Removed: upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time.
−Removed: However, under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the
−Removed: closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, and within 60 business days following our initial business combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering
−Removed: the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed.
−Removed: We cannot assure you
−Removed: that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference
−Removed: therein are not current, complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order.
−Removed: If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the
−Removed: Securities Act, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, in which case, the number of Class A ordinary shares that you will receive upon cashless
−Removed: exercise will be based on a formula subject to a maximum amount of shares equal to 0.361 shares of Class A common stock per warrant (subject to adjustment).
−Removed: However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will
−Removed: not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder or an exemption from
−Removed: registration is available.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the above, if our 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
−Removed: under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our 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
−Removed: the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is
−Removed: not available.
−Removed: In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue securities or other compensation in exchange for the warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the warrants under
−Removed: applicable state securities laws and no exemption is available.
−Removed: If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such warrant shall not be
−Removed: entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless.
−Removed: In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchase price solely for the shares of
−Removed: Class A common stock included in the units.
−Removed: There may be a circumstance where an exemption from registration exists for holders of our private placement warrants to exercise their warrants while a corresponding exemption does not exist for
−Removed: holders of the public warrants included as part of units sold in our initial public offering.
−Removed: In such an instance, our sponsors and their permitted transferees (which may include our directors and officers) would be able to exercise their warrants
−Removed: and sell the shares of Class A common stock underlying their warrants while holders of our public warrants would not be able to exercise their warrants and sell the underlying shares of Class A common stock.
−Removed: If and when the warrants become
−Removed: redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying shares of Class A common stock for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
−Removed: As a result, we may redeem warrants even if
−Removed: the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their warrants.
−Removed: The grant of registration rights to our initial stockholders and their
−Removed: permitted transferees may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: Pursuant to an agreement entered into in connection with our initial public offering, at or after the time of our initial business
−Removed: combination, our initial stockholders and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the resale of their founder shares after those shares convert to shares of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: In addition, our sponsors and their permitted
−Removed: transferees can demand that we register the resale of the private placement units, the private placement shares, the private placement warrants and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants, and
−Removed: holders of units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans or the extension loan may demand that we register the resale of such units, the shares of Class A common stock and warrants included in such units and the Class A
−Removed: common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants included in such units.
−Removed: We will bear the cost of registering these securities.
−Removed: The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have
−Removed: an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to complete.
−Removed: This is because the stockholders of the
−Removed: target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our Class A common stock that is expected when the securities described above
−Removed: are registered for resale.
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Search for a Business Combination
−Removed: Because we are neither limited to evaluating target businesses in a particular industry, sector or geographic area nor have we selected
−Removed: any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target businesss operations.
−Removed: We may seek to complete a business combination with an operating company in any industry, sector or geographic area.
−Removed: However, we will not,
−Removed: under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, be permitted to effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations.
−Removed: Because we have not yet selected or
−Removed: approached any specific target business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target businesss operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial
−Removed: condition or prospects.
−Removed: To the extent we complete our initial business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine.
−Removed: For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an
−Removed: entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity.
−Removed: Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate
−Removed: the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may
−Removed: be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business.
−Removed: We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable to
−Removed: investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial business
−Removed: combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities.
−Removed: Such stockholders or warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: We may seek acquisition opportunities in acquisition targets that may be outside of our managements areas of expertise.
−Removed: Although we expect to focus our search for a target business in the financial services and financial technology industries, we
−Removed: will consider a business combination outside of our managements areas of expertise if such business combination candidate is presented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company.
−Removed: the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our managements expertise, our managements expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation, and the information contained in this Annual Report
−Removed: regarding the areas of our managements expertise would not be relevant to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire.
−Removed: As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk
−Removed: factors relevant to such acquisition.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities.
−Removed: stockholders or warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: Although we have identified general
−Removed: criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business
−Removed: with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target
−Removed: business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes.
−Removed: If we complete our initial business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines, such
−Removed: combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: In addition, if we announce a prospective business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and
−Removed: guidelines, a greater number of stockholders
−Removed: may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of
−Removed: In addition, if stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, or we decide to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain stockholder
−Removed: approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per
−Removed: share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: seek acquisition opportunities with an early stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue or earnings, which could subject us to volatile revenues or earnings, intense competition and
−Removed: difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel.
−Removed: To the extent we complete our initial business combination with an early
−Removed: stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine.
−Removed: These risks include investing in a
−Removed: business without a proven business model and with limited historical financial data, volatile revenues or earnings, intense competition and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel.
−Removed: Although our officers and directors will endeavor to
−Removed: evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to
−Removed: control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business.
−Removed: We are not required to obtain an opinion
−Removed: from an independent investment banking firm or from an independent accounting firm regarding fairness.
−Removed: Consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our company from a
−Removed: financial point of view.
−Removed: Unless we complete our initial business combination with a business that is affiliated with our sponsor,
−Removed: officers or directors, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or from an independent accounting firm that the price we are paying is fair to our company from a financial point
−Removed: If no opinion is obtained, our stockholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community.
−Removed: Such standards used will be
−Removed: disclosed in our tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may issue additional shares of Class A common stock or preferred stock to complete our initial business combination or under an
−Removed: employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may also issue shares of Class A common stock upon the conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions described herein.
−Removed: Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our stockholders and likely present
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000,000 shares of
−Removed: Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 1,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
−Removed: There are 152,146,250 and
−Removed: 12,083,750 authorized but unissued shares of Class A and Class B common stock available, respectively, for issuance, which amount takes into account shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants but not upon the
−Removed: conversion of the Class B common stock.
−Removed: Shares of Class B common stock are automatically convertible into shares of our Class A common stock at the time of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder,
−Removed: initially at a one-for-one ratio but subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
−Removed: As of the date of this Annual Report, there are no shares of preferred stock issued and
−Removed: We may issue a substantial number of additional shares of Class A common stock, and may
−Removed: issue shares of preferred stock, in order to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may also issue shares of Class A common stock to redeem our
−Removed: warrants following our initial business combination when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 or upon conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Class .
−Removed: However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide, among other
−Removed: things, that prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares of capital stock that would entitle the holders thereof to (1) receive funds from the trust account or (2) vote pursuant to our amended and restated
−Removed: certificate of incorporation on any initial business combination or any amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: The issuance of additional shares of common or preferred stock:
−Removed: may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our securities, which dilution would increase if the
−Removed: anti-dilution provisions in the Class B common stock resulted in the issuance of Class A shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the
−Removed: Class B common stock;
−Removed: may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those
−Removed: afforded our common stock;
−Removed: could cause a change of control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock is issued, which may
−Removed: affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
−Removed: may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting
−Removed: rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;
−Removed: may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A common stock and/or warrants;
−Removed: may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.
−Removed: Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent
−Removed: attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances,
−Removed: on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: We anticipate that the investigation of each
−Removed: specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and
−Removed: If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target
−Removed: business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control.
−Removed: Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect
−Removed: subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on
−Removed: the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Please see If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the
−Removed: per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share and other risk factors herein.
−Removed: Our officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as
−Removed: to how much time to devote to our affairs.
−Removed: This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Our officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of
−Removed: interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business
−Removed: combination and their other responsibilities.
−Removed: We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our business combination.
−Removed: Each of our officers and directors is engaged
−Removed: in several other business endeavors for which he or she may be entitled to substantial compensation and our officers and directors are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs.
−Removed: Our independent directors also
−Removed: serve as officers and/or board members for other entities.
−Removed: If our officers and directors other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could
−Removed: limit their ability to devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Please see Management Directors, Director Nominees and Executive Officers for a
−Removed: discussion of our officers and directors other business affairs.
−Removed: We are dependent upon our officers and directors and
−Removed: their departure could adversely affect our ability to operate.
−Removed: Our operations are dependent upon a relatively small group of
−Removed: We believe that our success depends on the continued service of our officers and directors, at least until we have completed our initial business combination.
−Removed: We do not have an employment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our directors or officers.
−Removed: The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or officers could have a detrimental effect on us.
−Removed: Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts
−Removed: of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination.
−Removed: The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel.
−Removed: The role of our key
−Removed: personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained.
−Removed: Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management or advisory positions following our initial business combination, we do not
−Removed: currently expect that any of them will do so.
−Removed: While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.
−Removed: individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.
−Removed: In addition, the officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: departure of a business combination targets key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: The role of an acquisition candidates key personnel upon the completion of our initial
−Removed: business combination cannot be ascertained at this time.
−Removed: Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidates management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business
−Removed: combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.
−Removed: The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business
−Removed: combination, and a particular business combination may be conditioned on the retention or resignation of such key personnel.
−Removed: These agreements may cause our key personnel to have conflicts of interest in determining whether to proceed with a
−Removed: particular business combination.
−Removed: However, we do not expect that any of our key personnel will remain with us after the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Our key personnel may be able to remain with our company after the completion of our initial business combination only if they are able to
−Removed: negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination.
−Removed: Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business
−Removed: combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: Such negotiations also could make such key personnels retention or resignation a condition to any such agreement.
−Removed: The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and
−Removed: selecting a target business.
−Removed: However, we believe the ability of such individuals to remain with us after the completion of our initial business combination will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with
−Removed: any potential business combination, as we do not expect that any of our key personnel will remain with us after the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with us will be
−Removed: made at the time of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective
−Removed: target business and, as a result, may effect our initial business combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.
−Removed: When evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the
−Removed: target businesss management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information.
−Removed: Our assessment of the capabilities of the targets management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills,
−Removed: qualifications or abilities we suspected.
−Removed: Should the targets management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be
−Removed: negatively impacted.
−Removed: Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities.
−Removed: Such stockholders or
−Removed: warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: The officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may
−Removed: resign upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The departure of a business combination targets key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: The role of an acquisition
−Removed: candidates key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time.
−Removed: Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidates management team will remain associated with
−Removed: the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.
−Removed: As a result, we may need to reconstitute the management team of the
−Removed: post-transaction company in connection with our initial business combination, which may adversely impact our ability to complete an acquisition in a timely manner or at all.
−Removed: Certain of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business
−Removed: activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity or other transaction should be presented.
−Removed: Until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more
−Removed: Our sponsor and officers and directors are, or may in the future become, affiliated with entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles) that are engaged in a similar business.
−Removed: We do not have employment contracts with our
−Removed: officers and directors that will limit their ability to work at other businesses.
−Removed: As described in Management Conflicts
−Removed: of Interest, each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is
−Removed: or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entities.
−Removed: Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for one or more entities to which he or she
−Removed: has fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties, he or she will honor these obligations and duties to present such business combination opportunity to such entities first, and only present it to us if such entities reject the opportunity
−Removed: he or she determines to present the opportunity to us.
−Removed: These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its
−Removed: presentation to us.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide 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
−Removed: in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.
−Removed: Please see Management Directors, Director Nominees and Executive Officers, Management Conflicts of
−Removed: Interest and Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions for a discussion of our officers and directors business affiliations and potential conflicts of interest.
−Removed: Our officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with
−Removed: our interests.
−Removed: We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from
−Removed: having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest.
−Removed: In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target
−Removed: business that is affiliated with our sponsors, directors or officers.
−Removed: We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us.
−Removed: Accordingly, such
−Removed: persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.
−Removed: We may engage in a business combination with one or more
−Removed: target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsors, officers or directors which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
−Removed: In light of the involvement of our sponsors, officers and directors with other businesses, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses
−Removed: affiliated with or competitive with our sponsors, officers and directors, and their respective affiliates.
−Removed: Our directors also serve as officers and/or board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described under
−Removed: Management Conflicts of Interest. Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities.
−Removed: Our sponsors, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our
−Removed: initial business combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been no substantive discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities.
−Removed: Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or
−Removed: targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria for a business combination as set forth in Proposed Business Selection of a
−Removed: target business and structuring of our initial business combination and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested directors.
−Removed: Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment
−Removed: banking firm that is a member of FINRA or from an independent accounting firm, regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our
−Removed: sponsor, officers or directors, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public stockholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
−Removed: Moreover, we may, at our option, pursue an affiliated joint acquisition opportunity with our sponsors or their respective affiliates or with
−Removed: other entities to which an officer or director has a fiduciary, contractual or other obligation or duty.
−Removed: Any such parties may co-invest with us in the target business at the time of our initial business
−Removed: combination, or we could raise additional proceeds to complete the acquisition by making a future issuance of securities to any such parties, which may give rise to certain conflicts of interest.
−Removed: Since our initial stockholders will lose their entire investment in us if our initial
−Removed: business combination is not completed (other than with respect to any public shares they may hold), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
−Removed: In October 2020, our sponsors purchased an aggregate of 7,906,250 founder shares for a capital contribution of $25,000.
−Removed: January 2021, our sponsor transferred 25,000 founder shares to each of our initial director nominees.
−Removed: The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares
−Removed: of common stock upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (not including the shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement units).
−Removed: The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business
−Removed: In addition, our sponsors purchased an aggregate of 832,500 private placement units for a purchase price of $8,325,000, or $10.00 per unit, that will also be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: The personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target
−Removed: business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination.
−Removed: This risk may become more acute as the deadline for completing our initial business
−Removed: combination nears.
−Removed: We may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business
−Removed: combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our stockholders investment in us.
−Removed: Although we have no commitments as of the date of this Annual Report to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur
−Removed: outstanding debt, we may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: We have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of
−Removed: any kind in or to the monies held in the trust account.
−Removed: As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from the trust account.
−Removed: Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could
−Removed: have a variety of negative effects, including:
−Removed: default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are
−Removed: insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
−Removed: acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments
−Removed: when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
−Removed: our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;
−Removed: our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to
−Removed: obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;
−Removed: our inability to pay dividends on our common stock;
−Removed: using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the
−Removed: funds available for dividends on our common stock if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
−Removed: limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in
−Removed: which we operate;
−Removed: increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse
−Removed: changes in government regulation;
−Removed: limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt
−Removed: service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
−Removed: We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of our
−Removed: initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.
−Removed: This lack of diversification may materially negatively
−Removed: impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: The net proceeds from our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement
−Removed: units will provide us with approximately $305.2 million assuming no redemptions, after payment of the Marketing Fee of $11,068,750, that we may use to complete our initial business combination (prior to any
−Removed: post-IPO working capital expenses).
−Removed: We may effectuate our initial business combination with a
−Removed: single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a short period of time.
−Removed: However, we may not be able to effectuate our initial business combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including
−Removed: the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated
−Removed: on a combined basis.
−Removed: By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks.
−Removed: Further, we would not be able to diversify our
−Removed: operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry.
−Removed: Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:
−Removed: solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset;
−Removed: dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or
−Removed: This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any or
−Removed: all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.
−Removed: We may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to
−Removed: complete our initial business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: If we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to
−Removed: agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: With multiple
−Removed: business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated
−Removed: with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business.
−Removed: If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of
−Removed: We may attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is
−Removed: available, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company.
−Removed: Very little public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on
−Removed: whether to pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: Our management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
−Removed: We may structure our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own or acquire shares
−Removed: will own less than 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of a target business, 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
−Removed: target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such
−Removed: Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target, our stockholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business
−Removed: combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial business combination.
−Removed: For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares of common stock in exchange for all of
−Removed: the outstanding capital stock of a target, or issue a substantial number of new shares to third-parties in connection with financing our initial business combination.
−Removed: In such cases, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target.
−Removed: However, as a
−Removed: result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares of common stock, our stockholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock subsequent to such transaction.
−Removed: addition, other minority stockholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the companys stock than we initially acquired.
−Removed: Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our
−Removed: management will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.
−Removed: We do not have a specified maximum redemption
−Removed: The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial business combination with which a substantial majority of our stockholders do not agree.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no event will
−Removed: we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 following such redemptions, or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: As a result, we may be able to complete our initial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public stockholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek
−Removed: stockholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to
−Removed: our sponsors, officers, directors, advisors or any of their respective affiliates.
−Removed: In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount
−Removed: required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all shares of common stock
−Removed: submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination (including, potentially, with the same target).
−Removed: Risks Related to Our Organizational Documents and Structure
−Removed: In order to effectuate an initial business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of
−Removed: their charters and modified governing instruments, including their warrant agreements.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or governing instruments, including our warrant
−Removed: agreement, in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination that some of our stockholders or warrant holders may not support.
−Removed: In order to effectuate an initial business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their
−Removed: charters and modified governing instruments, including their warrant agreements.
−Removed: For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business combination, increased redemption thresholds, extended the time to consummate an initial
−Removed: business combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or governing
−Removed: instruments or extend the time to consummate an initial business combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination.
−Removed: To the extent any such amendment would be deemed to fundamentally change the nature of any of the securities
−Removed: offered through the registration statement from our initial public offering, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected securities.
−Removed: Certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that relate to our
−Removed: pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of at least 65% of our
−Removed: outstanding common stock, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies.
−Removed: It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement to facilitate
−Removed: the completion of an initial business combination that some of our stockholders may not support.
−Removed: Some other blank check companies
−Removed: have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to a companys pre-business combination activity, without approval by holders of
−Removed: a certain percentage of the companys stockholders.
−Removed: In those companies, amendment of these provisions typically requires approval by holders holding between 90% and 100% of the companys public shares.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate
−Removed: of incorporation will provide that any of its provisions (other than amendments relating to the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination, which require the approval by holders of a majority of at least 90% of the
−Removed: outstanding shares of our common stock voting at a stockholder meeting) related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale
−Removed: of the private placement units into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances and to provide redemption rights to public stockholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65%
−Removed: of our outstanding common stock, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock.
−Removed: Unless specified in our
−Removed: amended and restated certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or as required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock that are voted is required to approve any such
−Removed: matter voted on by our stockholders, and, prior to our initial business combination, the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock is required to approve the election or removal of
−Removed: We may not issue additional securities that can vote pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation on any initial business combination or any amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: initial stockholders, who beneficially own 21.7% of our common stock, may participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.
−Removed: As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check
−Removed: companies, and this may increase our ability to complete our initial business combination with which you do not agree.
−Removed: Our sponsors, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement, that they
−Removed: will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptions in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our
−Removed: public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by February 12, 2023 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders rights or pre-initial business
−Removed: combination activity, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Class A common stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in
−Removed: cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares.
−Removed: These agreements are contained in a letter
−Removed: agreement that we have entered into with our sponsors, officers and directors.
−Removed: Our public stockholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our
−Removed: sponsors, officers or directors for any breach of these agreements.
−Removed: As a result, in the event of a breach, our public stockholders would need to pursue a stockholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
−Removed: Certain agreements related to our initial public offering may be amended without stockholder approval.
−Removed: Certain agreements, including the letter agreement among us and our sponsors, officers and directors, and the registration rights agreement
−Removed: among us and our initial stockholders, may be amended without stockholder approval.
−Removed: These agreements contain various provisions, including transfer restrictions on our founder shares and private placement units and the securities included therein,
−Removed: that our public stockholders might deem to be material.
−Removed: While we do not expect our board of directors to approve any amendment to any of these agreements prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board of directors, in
−Removed: exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to any such agreement in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Any such amendments would not require
−Removed: approval from our stockholders, may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible, and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities.
−Removed: We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a
−Removed: target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
−Removed: Although we believe that the
−Removed: net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units will be sufficient to allow us to complete our initial business combination, because we have not yet selected any target business we cannot ascertain the capital
−Removed: requirements for any particular transaction.
−Removed: If the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of our initial business combination, the depletion of
−Removed: the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to redeem for cash a significant number of shares from stockholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial business combination or the terms of negotiated
−Removed: transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial business combination, we may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed business combination.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on
−Removed: acceptable terms, if at all.
−Removed: None of our sponsors or their affiliates are obligated to provide, or seek, any such financing or, except as expressly set forth herein, to provide any other services to us.
−Removed: To the extent that additional financing proves
−Removed: to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate.
−Removed: even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business.
−Removed: The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on the continued development or growth of the target business.
−Removed: None of our officers, directors or stockholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to
−Removed: complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account, and our warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders will control the election of our board of directors until
−Removed: consummation of our initial business combination and will hold a substantial interest in us.
−Removed: As a result, they will elect all of our directors prior to our initial business combination and may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a
−Removed: stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders own 21.7% of our outstanding common
−Removed: In addition, prior to our initial business combination, holders of our Class B common stock will have the right to appoint all of our directors and may remove members of our board of directors for any reason.
−Removed: Holders of our public shares
−Removed: will have no right to vote on the election of directors during such time.
−Removed: These provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation may only be amended by holders of a majority of at least 90% of the outstanding shares of our common
−Removed: stock voting at a stockholder meeting.
−Removed: As a result, you will not have any influence over the election of directors prior to our initial business combination.
−Removed: Neither our initial stockholders nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers or directors, have any current intention to purchase additional
−Removed: securities, other than as disclosed in this Annual Report.
−Removed: Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our Class A common stock.
−Removed: In addition, as a result of
−Removed: their substantial ownership in our company, our initial stockholders may exert a substantial influence on other actions requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated
−Removed: certificate of incorporation and approval of major corporate transactions.
−Removed: If our initial stockholders purchase any additional shares of common stock in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their influence
−Removed: over these actions.
−Removed: Accordingly, our initial stockholders will exert significant influence over actions requiring a stockholder vote.
−Removed: Please see Proposed Business Permitted purchases and other transactions with respect to our
−Removed: We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of public warrants with the
−Removed: approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants.
−Removed: As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the warrants could be converted into cash or stock, the exercise period could be shortened and the
−Removed: number of shares of our Class A common stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.
−Removed: Our warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
−Removed: warrant agent, and us.
−Removed: The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 50%
−Removed: of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants.
−Removed: Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at
−Removed: least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment.
−Removed: Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such
−Removed: amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash or stock (at a ratio different than initially provided), shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares
−Removed: of our common stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.
−Removed: Our warrant agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or
−Removed: the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to
−Removed: obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
−Removed: Our warrant agreement provides that, subject to applicable law,
−Removed: (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of
−Removed: New York, and (ii) that we
−Removed: irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim.
−Removed: We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and
−Removed: that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement will not apply
−Removed: to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act, any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America have exclusive jurisdiction or any complaint asserting a cause of action arising
−Removed: under the Securities Act against us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or agents.
−Removed: Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to
−Removed: the forum provisions in our warrant agreement.
−Removed: If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States
−Removed: District Court for the Southern District of New York (a foreign action) in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to:
−Removed: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
−Removed: located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an enforcement action), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such
−Removed: enforcement action by service upon such warrant holders counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.
−Removed: This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holders ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may
−Removed: discourage such lawsuits.
−Removed: Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs
−Removed: associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of
−Removed: We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making
−Removed: your warrants worthless.
−Removed: We have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior
−Removed: to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant if, among other things, the last reported sales price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations,
−Removed: recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
−Removed: If and when the
−Removed: warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
−Removed: As a result, we may redeem the public warrants as set
−Removed: forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the warrants.
−Removed: Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force you to:
−Removed: (1) exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous
−Removed: for you to do so;
−Removed: (2) sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants;
−Removed: or (3) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for
−Removed: redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.
−Removed: In addition, we have the ability to redeem
−Removed: outstanding warrants commencing ninety days after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.10 per warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00
−Removed: per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
−Removed: In such a case, the holders will be
−Removed: able to exercise their warrants for cash or on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares of Class A common stock determined by reference to the table set forth under Description of Securities
−Removed: Warrants Public Stockholders Warrants based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A common stock (as defined below) except as otherwise described in Description of
−Removed: Securities Warrants Public Stockholders Warrants. The value received upon exercise of the warrants (1) may be less than the value the
−Removed: holders would have received if they had exercised their warrants at a later time where the underlying share price is higher and (2) may not compensate the holders for the value of the
−Removed: warrants, including because the number of ordinary shares received is capped at 0.361 shares of Class A common stock per warrant (subject to adjustment) irrespective of the remaining life of the warrants.
−Removed: None of the warrants underlying the private placement units will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by our sponsors or their
−Removed: permitted transferees.
−Removed: Our public warrants, founder shares and private placement units (including the securities contained therein)
−Removed: may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination.
−Removed: We issued warrants to purchase 13,800,000 shares of our Class A common stock, at a price of $11.50 per whole share (subject to
−Removed: adjustment), as part of the units sold in our initial public offering and, simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, we issued in a private placement, as part of the private placement units, (1) an aggregate of 416,250
−Removed: private placement warrants, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and (2) an aggregate of 832,500 private placement shares.
−Removed: Our initial stockholders currently
−Removed: hold 7,906,250 founder shares.
−Removed: The founder shares are convertible into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.
−Removed: In addition, if
−Removed: our sponsors, an affiliate of our sponsors or certain of our officers and directors make any working capital loans, up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be converted into units, at the price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.
−Removed: would be identical to the private placement units.
−Removed: To the extent we issue shares of Class A common stock to effectuate our initial
−Removed: business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of these warrants or conversion rights could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target
−Removed: Any such issuance will increase the number of outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and reduce the value of the Class A common stock issued to complete the business combination.
−Removed: Therefore, our public warrants, founder
−Removed: shares and private placement units (including the securities included therein) may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
−Removed: Because each unit sold in our initial public offering contains one-third of one redeemable
−Removed: warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the units may be worth less than units of other blank check companies.
−Removed: unit sold in our initial public offering contains one-third of one redeemable warrant.
−Removed: Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units, and only whole
−Removed: units will trade.
−Removed: This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one share of Class A common stock and one whole warrant to purchase one whole share.
−Removed: We have established the components of the units in this way in
−Removed: order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination since the warrants will be exercisable in the aggregate for one third of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to
−Removed: purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses.
−Removed: Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our units to be worth less than if they included a warrant to purchase one whole
−Removed: A provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.
−Removed: If (x) we issue additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in
−Removed: connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by
−Removed: our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our founders or their
−Removed: affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by our founders or their affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the newly issued price), (y) the aggregate
−Removed: gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the completion of our initial business combination (net of
−Removed: redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we complete our initial business combination (such price,
−Removed: the Market Value) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the newly issued price, and the $18.00 per share redemption
−Removed: trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the newly issued price.
−Removed: This may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination with a target business.
−Removed: Because we must furnish our stockholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise
−Removed: advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
−Removed: The federal proxy rules require that a proxy
−Removed: statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial significance tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports.
−Removed: We will include the same financial statement disclosure
−Removed: in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules.
−Removed: These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted
−Removed: in the United States of America, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required
−Removed: to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB.
−Removed: These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some
−Removed: targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.
−Removed: General Risks
−Removed: We are an emerging
−Removed: growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies or smaller reporting companies, this could
−Removed: make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
−Removed: We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage
−Removed: 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
−Removed: 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 nonbinding advisory vote on executive
−Removed: compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
−Removed: As a result, our stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important.
−Removed: We could be an emerging growth company for up to five
−Removed: years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of any second quarter
−Removed: of a fiscal year, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the end of such fiscal year.
−Removed: We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions.
−Removed: investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the
−Removed: trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.
−Removed: Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being
−Removed: 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
−Removed: Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards.
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has
−Removed: different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.
−Removed: This may make comparison of our financial
−Removed: 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
−Removed: standards used.
−Removed: Additionally, we are a smaller reporting company as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements.
−Removed: We will remain a smaller
−Removed: 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 end of that years second fiscal
−Removed: quarter, or (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 end of
−Removed: that years second fiscal quarter.
−Removed: To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.
−Removed: Compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial business combination,
−Removed: require substantial financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
−Removed: Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual
−Removed: Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021.
−Removed: 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
−Removed: company, will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements
−Removed: of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the
−Removed: Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls.
−Removed: The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve
−Removed: compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
−Removed: Provisions in
−Removed: our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Delaware law may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A common stock and could entrench management.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals
−Removed: that stockholders may consider to be in their best interests.
−Removed: These provisions include staggered board of directors, the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred shares, and the fact that prior to
−Removed: the completion of our initial business combination only holders of our shares of Class B common stock, which are held by our initial stockholders, are entitled to vote on the election of directors, which may make more difficult the removal of
−Removed: management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
−Removed: We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law, which could delay or
−Removed: prevent a change of control.
−Removed: Together these provisions may make more difficult the removal of management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and
−Removed: exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company or our companys
−Removed: directors, officers or other employees.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in
−Removed: writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for any (1) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of our
−Removed: company, (2) action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of our company to our company or our stockholders, or any claim for aiding and abetting any such alleged breach,
−Removed: (3) action asserting a claim against our company or any director or officer of our company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, or (4) action asserting a
−Removed: claim against us or any director or officer of our company governed by the internal affairs doctrine except for, as to each of (1) through (4) above, any claim (a) as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an
−Removed: indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination) or (b) which is
−Removed: vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities
−Removed: Act, the Exchange Act, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America have exclusive jurisdiction.
−Removed: Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of our capital stock shall be
−Removed: deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions is filed in a court other than a
−Removed: court located within the State of Delaware (a foreign action) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to:
−Removed: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the
−Removed: State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an enforcement action), and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such enforcement action by
−Removed: service upon such stockholders counsel in the foreign action as agent for such stockholder.
−Removed: This forum selection clause may
−Removed: discourage claims or limit stockholders ability to submit claims in a judicial forum that they find favorable and may result in additional costs for a stockholder seeking to bring a claim.
−Removed: While we believe the risk of a court declining to
−Removed: enforce this forum selection clause is low, if a court were to determine the forum selection clause to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs in conjunction with our efforts to resolve the dispute in an
−Removed: alternative jurisdiction, which could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
−Removed: If our management team pursues a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business
−Removed: combination, we may face additional burdens in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing such combination, and if we effect such initial business combination, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively
−Removed: impact our operations.
−Removed: If our management team pursues a company with operations or opportunities outside of the
−Removed: United States for our initial business combination, we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border business combinations, including in connection with investigating, agreeing to and
−Removed: completing our initial business combination, conducting due diligence in a foreign market, having such transaction approved by any local
−Removed: governments, regulators or agencies and changes in the purchase price based on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
−Removed: If we effect our initial business combination with such a company, we would be subject to
−Removed: any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:
−Removed: costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying with commercial and
−Removed: legal requirements of overseas markets;
−Removed: rules and regulations regarding currency redemption;
−Removed: complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
−Removed: laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected;
−Removed: tariffs and trade barriers;
−Removed: regulations related to customs and import/export matters;
−Removed: longer payment cycles;
−Removed: changes in local regulations as part of a response to the COVID-19
−Removed: coronavirus outbreak;
−Removed: tax consequences;
−Removed: currency fluctuations and exchange controls;
−Removed: rates of inflation;
−Removed: challenges in collecting accounts receivable;
−Removed: cultural and language differences;
−Removed: employment regulations;
−Removed: crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars;
−Removed: deterioration of political relations with the United States;
−Removed: obligatory military service by personnel;
−Removed: government appropriation of assets.
−Removed: We may not be able to adequately address these additional risks.
−Removed: If we were unable to do so, we may be unable to complete such combination or,
−Removed: if we complete such combination, our operations might suffer, either of which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: If our management following our initial business combination is unfamiliar with U.S.
−Removed: securities laws, they may have to expend time and
−Removed: resources becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.
−Removed: Following our initial business
−Removed: combination, any or all of our management could resign from their positions as officers of the post-business combination company, and the management of the target business at the time of the business combination could remain in place.
−Removed: Management of
−Removed: the target business may not be familiar with U.S.
−Removed: securities laws.
−Removed: If new management is unfamiliar with U.S.
−Removed: securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws.
−Removed: This could be expensive and
−Removed: time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.
−Removed: An investment in our
−Removed: securities may result in uncertain or adverse U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax consequences.
−Removed: An investment in our securities may result in
−Removed: uncertain U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax consequences.
−Removed: For instance, because there are no authorities that directly address instruments similar to the units we issued in our initial public offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the
−Removed: purchase price of a unit between the share of
−Removed: Class A common stock and the one-third of one redeemable warrant to purchase one share of our Class A common stock included in each unit could be
−Removed: challenged by the U.S.
−Removed: Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, or the courts.
−Removed: Furthermore, the U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of the warrants included in the units we issued in our initial public offering are
−Removed: unclear under current law, and the adjustment to the exercise price and/or redemption price of the warrants could give rise to dividend income to investors without a corresponding payment of cash.
−Removed: Finally, it is unclear whether the redemption rights
−Removed: with respect to our shares of common stock suspend the running of a U.S.
−Removed: holders holding period for purposes of determining whether any gain or loss realized by such holder on the sale or exchange of common stock is long-term capital gain or
−Removed: loss and for determining whether any dividend we pay would be considered qualified dividends for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: See the section titled United States Federal Income Tax Considerations for a summary of the
−Removed: material U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment in our securities.
−Removed: Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences applicable to their specific circumstances
−Removed: when purchasing, holding or disposing of our securities.
−Removed: We may be subject to an increased rate of tax on our income if we are
−Removed: treated as a personal holding company.
−Removed: Depending on the date and size of our initial business combination, it is possible that we
−Removed: could be treated as a personal holding company for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: corporation generally will be classified as a personal holding company for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes in a given taxable year if more than
−Removed: 50% of its ownership (by value) is concentrated, within a certain period of time, in five or fewer individuals (without regard to their citizenship or residency and including as individuals for this purpose certain entities such as certain tax-exempt organizations, pension funds, and charitable trusts), and at least 60% of its income is comprised of certain passive items.
+Added: On May 18, 2022, the Company received a notification from the listing qualifications department of Nasdaq indicating that as a result of the Company’s untimely filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Form 10-K”) and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022, we were not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing under Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Listing Rule”), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the SEC.
+Added: On July 19, 2022, Nasdaq granted us a grace period of up to 180 calendar days from the due date of the 2021 Form 10-K, or until September 27, 2022, in which to regain compliance with the Listing Rule.
+Added: On August 17, 2022, we received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq as a result of the delay in filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 (the “Second Quarter Form 10-Q”), indicating that any additional Nasdaq exception to allow the Company to regain compliance with all delinquent filings, including the Second Quarter Form 10-Q, would be limited to September 27, 2022.
+Added: Because the Company did not file the 2021 Form 10-K, the First Quarter Form 10-Q and the Second Quarter Form 10-Q with the SEC before September 27, 2022, Nasdaq notified the Company on September 28, 2022, that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department has initiated a process to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq as a result of the Company not being in compliance with the Listing Rule.
+Added: On October 5, 2022, the Company appealed Nasdaq’s delisting determination by requesting a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearing Panel (the “Panel”), which request automatically stays the suspension of the Company’s securities for a period of 15 days from the date of the request.
+Added: The Nasdaq Staff granted the Company’s request for a hearing, which is scheduled for November 3, 2022, and the Company’s request to extend the stay of any trading suspension pending the hearing and the issuance of a final Panel decision.
+Added: There can be no assurance that our appeal will be successful.
+Added: Our warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Foresight issued 10,819,105 warrants to purchase shares of our Class A Common Stock (the “Public Warrants”) as part of the units offered in its initial public offering and, simultaneously with the closing of its initial public offering, Foresight issued in a private placement an aggregate of 832,500 units, including (i) an aggregate of 277,500 private placement warrants, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Private Placement Warrants”), and (ii) an aggregate of 832,500 shares of Class A Common Stock.
+Added: To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of our Class A Common Stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to our stockholders and increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock eligible for resale in the public market.
+Added: Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market or the fact that such warrants may be exercised could adversely affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: Risks Related to Our Warrants
+Added: We may redeem your unexpired Public Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your Public Warrants worthless.
+Added: We have the ability to redeem outstanding Public Warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant if, among other things, the last reported sales price of our Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date we send the notice of such redemption to the Public Warrant holders.
+Added: If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
+Added: Redemption of the outstanding Public Warrants could force you (i) to exercise your Public Warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) to sell your Public Warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your Public Warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the
+Added: outstanding Public Warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of your Public Warrants.
+Added: In addition, we may redeem your Public Warrants commencing 90 days after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.10 per Public Warrant if, among other things, the last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the Public Warrant holders.
+Added: In such a case, the holders will be able to exercise their Public Warrants for cash or on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares of Class A Common Stock determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: The value received upon exercise of the Public Warrants (1) may be less than the value the holders would have received if they had exercised their Public Warrants at a later time where the underlying share price is higher and (2) may not compensate the holders for the value of the Public Warrants, including because the number of shares of Class A Common Stock received in connection with such an exercise is capped at 0.361 shares of Class A Common Stock per whole Public Warrant (subject to adjustment) irrespective of the remaining life of the Public Warrants.
+Added: None of the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
+Added: Our warrants are accounted for as liabilities and the changes in value of our warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.
+Added: On April 12, 2021, the Acting Chief Accountant and Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC published a statement on the SEC’s website indicating that the terms of the public and private warrants issued by many special purpose acquisition companies may need to be accounted for as liabilities, rather than as equity, or the SEC Warrant Accounting Statement.
+Added: As a result of the SEC Warrant Accounting Statement, Foresight, along with many other current and former special purpose acquisition companies, concluded that the warrants should be presented as liabilities with subsequent fair value remeasurement and engaged a valuation firm to determine the fair market value of its warrants.
+Added: Accordingly, Foresight reevaluated the accounting treatment of the Public Warrants to purchase 10,819,105 shares of Class A Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants to purchase 277,500 shares of Class A Common Stock, and determined to classify all of the warrants as derivative liabilities measured at fair value, with changes in fair value each period reported in earnings.
+Added: As a result, included on our balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are derivative liabilities related to embedded features contained within the warrants.
+Added: Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging, provides for the remeasurement of the fair value of such derivatives at each balance sheet date, with a resulting non-cash gain or loss related to the change in the fair value being recognized in earnings in the statements of operations.
+Added: As a result of the recurring fair value measurement, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly, based on factors, which are outside of its control.
+Added: Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on our warrants each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material.
+Added: Risks Related to the Tax Receivable Agreement
+Added: Our sole material asset is our interest in P3 LLC, and, accordingly, we depend on distributions from P3 LLC to pay our taxes and expenses, including payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: P3 LLC’s ability to make such distributions may be subject to various limitations and restrictions.
+Added: We are a holding company and have no material assets other than our ownership in P3 LLC.
+Added: As such, we have no independent means of generating revenue or cash flow, and our ability to pay taxes and operating expenses or declare and pay dividends in the future, if any, will be dependent upon the financial results and cash flows of P3 LLC and its subsidiaries, and distributions we receive from P3 LLC.
+Added: There can be no assurance that P3 LLC and its subsidiaries will generate sufficient cash flow to distribute funds to us, or that applicable state law and contractual restrictions, including negative covenants in any debt agreements of P3 LLC or its subsidiaries, will permit such distributions.
+Added: agreement governing P3 LLC’s credit facilities restrict its ability to make distributions to the Company, and future debt instruments or other agreements may restrict the ability of P3 LLC to make distributions to the Company or of P3 LLC’s subsidiaries to make distributions to P3 LLC.
+Added: P3 LLC will continue to be treated as a partnership for U.S.
+Added: federal income tax purposes and, as such, generally will not be subject to any entity-level U.S.
+Added: federal income tax.
+Added: Instead, taxable income will be allocated to holders of P3 LLC Units, including us.
+Added: Accordingly, we will incur income taxes on our allocable share of any net taxable income of P3 LLC.
+Added: Under the terms of the P3 LLC A&R LLC Agreement, P3 LLC will be obligated, subject to various limitations and restrictions, including with respect to any debt agreements, to make tax distributions to holders of P3 LLC Units, including us.
+Added: In addition to tax expenses, we will also incur expenses related to our operations, including payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which could be substantial.
+Added: We intend, as its sole manager, to cause P3 LLC to make cash distributions to the owners of P3 LLC Units in an amount sufficient to (i) fund all of such owners’ tax obligations in respect of taxable income allocated to such owners and (ii) cover our operating expenses, including payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: However, P3 LLC’s ability to make such distributions may be subject to various limitations and restrictions, such as restrictions on distributions under contracts or agreements to which P3 LLC is then a party, including debt agreements, or any applicable law, or that would have the effect of rendering P3 LLC insolvent.
+Added: If P3 LLC does not have sufficient funds to pay tax or other liabilities or to fund its operations, it may have to borrow funds, which could materially adversely affect its liquidity and financial condition and subject it to various restrictions imposed by any such lenders.
+Added: To the extent that we are unable to make timely payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for any reason, the unpaid amounts will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid.
+Added: Our failure to make any payment required under the Tax Receivable Agreement (including any accrued and unpaid interest) within 90 calendar days of the date on which the payment is required to be made will constitute a material breach of a material obligation under the Tax Receivable Agreement, which will terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement and accelerate future payments thereunder, unless the applicable payment is not made because (i) P3 LLC is prohibited from making such payment under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement or the terms governing certain of its indebtedness or (ii) P3 LLC does not have, and despite using commercially reasonable efforts cannot obtain, sufficient funds to make such payment.
+Added: In addition, if P3 LLC does not have sufficient funds to make distributions, its ability to declare and pay cash dividends will also be restricted or impaired.
+Added: Under the P3 LLC A&R LLC Agreement, P3 LLC will, from time to time, make distributions in cash to its equityholders (including us) pro rata, in amounts at least sufficient to cover the taxes on their allocable share of taxable income of P3 LLC.
+Added: As a result of (i) potential differences in the amount of net taxable income allocable to us and to P3 LLC’s other equityholders, (ii) the lower tax rates currently applicable to corporations as opposed to individuals, and (iii) the favorable tax benefits that we anticipate from any purchase of P3 Existing Units in connection with the Business Combinations and future redemptions or exchanges by the P3 Equityholders of P3 LLC Units for Class A Common Stock or cash pursuant to the P3 LLC A&R LLC Agreement, tax distributions payable to us may be in amounts that exceed our actual tax liabilities with respect to the relevant taxable year, including our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: Our board of directors will determine the appropriate uses for any excess cash so accumulated, which may include, among other uses, the payment of other expenses or dividends on our stock, although we will have no obligation to distribute such cash (or other available cash) to our stockholders.
+Added: Except as otherwise determined by us as the sole manager of P3 LLC, no adjustments to the exchange ratio for P3 LLC Units and corresponding shares of our Class A Common Stock will be made as a result of any cash distribution by us or any retention of cash by us.
+Added: To the extent we do not distribute such excess cash as dividends on our Class A Common Stock, we may take other actions with respect to such excess cash, for example, holding such excess cash or lending it (or a portion thereof) to P3 LLC, which may result in shares of our Class A Common Stock increasing in value relative to the value of P3 LLC Units.
+Added: The holders of P3 LLC Units may benefit from any value attributable to such cash balances if they acquire shares of our Class A Common Stock in exchange for their P3 LLC Units, notwithstanding that such holders may previously have participated as holders of P3 LLC Units in distributions by P3 LLC that resulted in such excess cash balances.
+Added: We will be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for certain tax benefits we may claim, and the amounts of such payments could be significant.
+Added: In connection with the closing of the Business Combinations, we entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement with certain of the P3 Equityholders and P3 LLC.
+Added: The Tax Receivable Agreement generally provides for the payment by us to the P3 Equityholders of 85% of the income tax benefits, if any, that we actually realize (or are deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the closing as a result of:
+Added: (i) increases in our proportionate share of the tax basis of P3 LLC’s assets resulting from Business Combinations, future redemptions or exchanges by the P3 Equityholders of P3 LLC Units for our Class A Common Stock or cash and certain distributions (or deemed distributions) by P3 LLC;
+Added: and (ii) certain other tax benefits resulting from payments we make under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: We will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings.
+Added: The amount of the cash payments that we may be required to make under the Tax Receivable Agreement could be significant and is dependent upon significant future events and assumptions, including the timing of the exchanges of P3 LLC units, the price of our Class A Common Stock at the time of each exchange, the extent to which such exchanges are taxable transactions and the amount of the exchanging P3 Equityholder’s tax basis in its P3 LLC units at the time of the relevant exchange.
+Added: The amount of such cash payments is also based on assumptions as to the amount and timing of taxable income we generate in the future, the U.S.
+Added: federal income tax rate then applicable and the portion of our payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that constitute interest or give rise to depreciable or amortizable tax basis.
+Added: Moreover, payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement will be based on the tax reporting positions that we determine, which tax reporting positions are subject to challenge by taxing authorities.
+Added: We will be dependent on distributions from P3 LLC to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and we cannot guarantee that such distributions will be made in sufficient amounts or at the times needed to enable us to make our required payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, or at all.
+Added: Any payments made by us to the P3 Equityholders under the Tax Receivable Agreement will generally reduce the amount of overall cash flow that might have otherwise been available to us.
+Added: The payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement are also not conditioned upon the P3 Equityholders maintaining a continued ownership interest in P3 LLC or us.
+Added: We may recognize an estimated liability under the Tax Receivable Agreement of approximately $530 million if all P3 Equityholders redeem or exchange their P3 LLC units for Class A Common Stock or cash at the earliest possible date permitted under the P3 LLC A&R LLC Agreement and assuming (a) the generation of sufficient future taxable income, (b) a trading price of $10 per share of Class A Common Stock at the time of the redemption or exchanges, (c) a constant corporate combined U.S.
+Added: federal and state income tax rate of 23.89% and (d) no material changes in tax law.
+Added: In certain cases, payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits, if any, we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: The Tax Receivable Agreement provides that if we breach any of our material obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement, if we undergo a change of control or if, at any time, we elect an early termination of the Tax Receivable Agreement, then the Tax Receivable Agreement will terminate and our obligations, or our successor’s obligations, to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement would accelerate and become immediately due and payable.
+Added: The amount due and payable in those circumstances is determined based on certain assumptions, including an assumption that we would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize all potential future tax benefits that are subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: We may need to incur debt to finance payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the extent our cash resources are insufficient to meet our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise.
+Added: As a result of the foregoing, (i) we could be required to make cash payments to the P3 Equityholders that are greater than the specified percentage of the actual benefits we ultimately realize in respect of the tax benefits that are subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement, and (ii) we would be required to make a cash payment equal to the present value of the anticipated future tax benefits that are the subject of the Tax Receivable Agreement, which payment may be made significantly in advance of the actual realization, if any, of such future tax benefits.
+Added: In these situations, our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity and could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combination, or other changes of control due to the additional transaction costs a potential acquirer may attribute to satisfying such obligations.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be able to finance our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: We will not be reimbursed for any payments made to P3 Equityholders under the Tax Receivable Agreement in the event that any tax benefits are disallowed.
+Added: We will not be reimbursed for any cash payments previously made to the P3 Equityholders pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement if any tax benefits initially claimed by us are subsequently challenged by a taxing authority and are ultimately disallowed.
+Added: Instead, any excess cash payments made by us to a P3 Equityholder will be netted against any future cash payments that we might otherwise be required to make under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement.
+Added: However, a challenge to any tax benefits initially claimed by us may not arise for a number of years following the initial time of such payment or, even if challenged early, such excess cash payment may be greater than the amount of future cash payments that we might otherwise be required to make under the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement and, as a result, there might not be future cash payments from which to net against.
+Added: The applicable U.S.
+Added: federal income tax rules are complex and factual in nature, and there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service or a court will not disagree with our tax reporting positions.
+Added: As a result, it is possible that we could make cash payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are substantially greater than our actual cash tax savings.
+Added: Certain of the P3 Equityholders may receive payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and their interests may conflict with yours.
+Added: The P3 Equityholders may receive payments from us under the Tax Receivable Agreement upon any redemption or exchange of their P3 LLC units, including the issuance of shares of our Class A Common Stock upon any such redemption or exchange.
+Added: As a result, the interests of the P3 Equityholders may conflict with the interests of holders of our Class A Common Stock.
+Added: For example, the P3 Equityholders may have different tax positions from us which could influence their decisions regarding whether and when to dispose of assets, whether and when to incur new or refinance existing indebtedness, especially in light of the existence of the Tax Receivable Agreement, and whether and when we should terminate the Tax Receivable Agreement and accelerate our obligations thereunder.
+Added: In addition, the structuring of future transactions may take into consideration tax or other considerations of P3 Equityholders even in situations where no similar considerations are relevant to us.
+Added: General Risk Factors
+Added: We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.
+Added: The market price of our securities may be volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their securities have been subject to securities class action litigation.
+Added: We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future.
+Added: Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm its business.
+Added: Because we have no current plans to pay cash dividends on our Class A Common Stock for the foreseeable future, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell your Class A Common Stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
+Added: We may retain future earnings, if any, for future operations, expansion and debt repayment and have no current plans to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
+Added: Any decision to declare and pay dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
+Added: In addition, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants contained in any existing or future indebtedness.
+Added: As a result, you may not receive any return on an investment in our Class A Common Stock unless you sell your Class A Common Stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
+Added: The market price and trading volume of our Class A Common Stock and Public Warrants may be volatile and could decline significantly.
+Added: Securities markets worldwide experience significant price and volume fluctuations.
+Added: This market volatility, as well as general economic, market, or political conditions, could reduce the market price of our Class A Common Stock and Public Warrants in spite of our operating performance, which may limit or prevent investors from readily selling their Class A Common Stock or Public Warrants and may otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of the Class A Common Stock or Public Warrants.
+Added: There can be no assurance that the market price of Class A Common Stock and Public Warrants will not fluctuate widely or decline significantly in the future in response to a number of factors, including, among others, the following:
+Added: ● actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us;
+Added: ● changes in the market’s expectations about our operating results;
+Added: ● success of competitors;
+Added: ● our operating results failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;
+Added: ● changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning us or the health population management industry in general;
+Added: ● operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to us;
+Added: ● our ability to market new and enhanced products on a timely basis;
+Added: ● changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;
+Added: ● our ability to meet compliance requirements;
+Added: ● commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us;
+Added: ● changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;
+Added: ● the volume of shares of our Class A Common Stock available for public sale;
+Added: ● any major change in our board of directors or management;
+Added: ● sales of substantial amounts of Class A Common Stock by our directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;
+Added: ● general economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations and acts of war or terrorism.
+Added: The stock market in general, and Nasdaq in particular, have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the particular companies affected.
+Added: The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable.
+Added: A loss of investor confidence in the market for retail stocks or the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to us could depress our stock price regardless of our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.
+Added: If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price and trading volume of our securities could decline.
+Added: The trading market for our securities depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business.
+Added: We will not control these analysts, and the analysts who publish information about us may have relatively little experience with us or our industry, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates.
+Added: If few or no securities or industry analysts cover us, the trading price for our securities would be negatively impacted.
+Added: If one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our securities, publishes incorrect or unfavorable research about us, ceases coverage of us, or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for and visibility of our securities could decrease, which could cause the price or trading volumes of our securities to decline.
+Added: We will continue to incur significantly increased costs and devote substantial management time as a result of operating as a public company.
+Added: As a public company, we will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses.
+Added: For example, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and are required to comply with the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls, corporate governance requirements and required filings of annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and results of operations.
+Added: Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations.
+Added: We expect that continued compliance with these requirements will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.
+Added: In addition, we expect that our management and other personnel will need to divert attention from operational and other business matters to devote substantial time to these public company requirements.
+Added: In particular, we expect to incur significant expenses and devote substantial management effort toward ensuring compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which will increase when we are no longer an emerging growth company.
+Added: We are in the process of hiring additional legal and accounting personnel and may in future need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge and may need to establish an internal audit function.
+Added: We also expect that being a public company will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage.
+Added: This could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified people to serve on our board of directors, board committees or as executive officers.
+Added: Failure to establish and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business and stock price.
+Added: We are required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which require management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of controls over financial reporting.
+Added: Additionally, once we no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company,” we will be required to have our independent registered public accounting firm provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: An adverse report may be issued in the event our independent registered public accounting firm is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed or operating.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis.
+Added: A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.
+Added: When evaluating our internal control over financial reporting, we have identified, and we may identify additional, material weaknesses that we may not be able to remediate in time to meet the applicable deadline imposed upon us for compliance with the requirements of Section 404.
+Added: If we identify any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting or are unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or assert that our internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we could fail to meet our reporting obligations or be required to restate our financial statements for prior periods.
+Added: Investors may also lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our Class A common stock and warrants could be negatively affected, and we could become subject to investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
+Added: For additional discussion of material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting, see Item 1A Risk Factors “Risks Related to Our Class A Common Stock”.
+Added: The increasing focus on environmental sustainability and social initiatives could increase our costs, harm our reputation and adversely impact our financial results.
+Added: There has been increasing public focus by investors, customers, environmental activists, the media and governmental and nongovernmental organizations on a variety of environmental, social and other sustainability matters.
+Added: We experience pressure to make commitments relating to sustainability matters that affect us, including the design and implementation of specific risk mitigation strategic initiatives relating to sustainability.
+Added: If we are not effective in addressing environmental, social and other sustainability matters affecting our business, or setting and meeting relevant sustainability goals, our reputation and financial results may suffer.
+Added: We may experience increased costs in order to execute upon our sustainability goals and measure achievement of those goals, which could have an adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
+Added: In addition, this emphasis on environmental, social and other sustainability matters has resulted and may result in the adoption of new laws and regulations, including new reporting requirements.
+Added: If we fail to comply with new laws, regulations or reporting requirements, our reputation and business could be adversely impacted.
Unresolved Staff Comments
−Removed: We currently maintain our executive offices at 233 N.
−Removed: Michigan Avenue, Suite 1410, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
−Removed: this space is included in the $10,000 per month fee that we pay our sponsor for office space, administrative and support services.
−Removed: We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
−Removed: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any members of our management team.
−Removed: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
−Removed: Not applicable.
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