Item 1. Business
ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
Introduction
Roth CH Acquisition II Co. (the “Company”)
is a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 13, 2019. We were formed for the purpose
of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business
combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to herein as our “initial business combination.” Our efforts
to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular geographic region or industry, although we intend
to focus on the business services, consumer, healthcare, technology, wellness or sustainability sectors.
On December 15, 2020, the Company
consummated the IPO of 11,500,000 units (the “Units”), including 1,500,000 issued upon the exercise in full by the
underwriters in the IPO of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common
Stock”), and one-half of one warrant (“Warrant”) entitling the holder of each whole Warrant to purchase one share
of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross
proceeds of $115,000,000.
On
December 15, 2020, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private
Placement”) with initial stockholders of the Company of 275,000 units (the “Private Units”), at a price of $10.00
per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,750,000. The Private Units are identical to the Units sold as part of the public
units in the IPO except that the warrants underlying the Private Units are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis,
in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. Additionally, such initial
purchasers agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances)
until the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. Such initial purchasers were granted certain demand and
piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Units.
As
of December 15, 2020, a total of $115,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were deposited in
a trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, established for the
benefit of the Company’s public stockholders. None of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account, other
than to pay our income or other tax obligations until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Company’s initial business
combination, (ii) the Company’s failure to consummate a business combination within 24 months from the closing of the
IPO, and (iii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the ability of holders of the Company’s
public shares to seek redemption in connection with the Company’s initial business combination or the Company’s obligation
to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company does not complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the
closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination
activity.
Prospective Initial Business Combination
On February 15, 2021, the Company
entered into a mutually exclusive non-binding letter of intent (the “Letter of Intent”) with a target company (“Target
Company”) for a potential business combination which would qualify as our initial business combination.
Under the terms of the Letter of
Intent, the Company and Target Company intend to enter into a definitive agreement pursuant to which the Company and Target
Company would combine, with the former equity holders of both entities (following the completion of the business combination)
holding equity in the combined publicly listed company. The completion of the business combination is subject to the
completion of due diligence to the Company’s satisfaction, the negotiation and execution of definitive documentation
and satisfaction of the conditions contained therein, including (i) completion of any required stock exchange and
regulatory review and (ii) approval of the transaction by the Company’s stockholders and the Target
Company’s stockholders. Accordingly, no assurances can be made by the Company or Target Company that the parties will
successfully negotiate and enter into a definitive agreement, or that the proposed transaction will be consummated on the
terms or timeframe currently contemplated, or at all.
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If a definitive agreement is entered into
in connection with the proposed business combination, the Company will prepare a proxy statement/prospectus (the “Company
proxy statement/prospectus”) to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
and mailed to its stockholders. The Company urges its investors and other interested persons to read, when available, the Company
proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed with the SEC, because these documents will contain important information
about the proposed business combination.
The Company and its directors, executive
officers and other members of management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies of the Company stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Investors and security holders may obtain
more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of the Company’s directors and officers. Information
regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to the Company’s stockholders
in connection with the proposed business combination will be set forth in the Company proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed
business combination when available. Information concerning the interests of the Company’s participants in the solicitation,
which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s equity holders generally, will be set forth in the Company
proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combination when it becomes available.
Emerging Growth Company Status and Other
Information
We are an emerging growth company as defined
in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business
Startups Act of 2012 (which we refer to herein as the JOBS Act). As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions
from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including,
but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports
and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and
stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive
as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of
the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards
until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not
have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting
standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements
that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to
opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised, and it has different application
dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the
time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statement with
another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using
the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
We will remain an emerging growth company
until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the date of the IPO,
(b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large
accelerated filer, which means the market value of our shares of common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million
on the last day of the second fiscal quarter of any given fiscal year, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than
$1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three year period.
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Competition
In identifying, evaluating and selecting
a target business for our initial business combination, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a business
objective similar to ours, including other blank check companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, and operating
businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have significant experience identifying
and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial,
technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available
financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore,
the requirement that we acquire a target business or businesses having a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of
the trust account (excluding any taxes payable) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination, our obligation
to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights and the number of our outstanding warrants
and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Any of these factors
may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating our initial business combination.
Employees
We currently have five executive officers.
These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of
their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they
will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination
and the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the consummation
of our initial business combination.
ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
As a smaller reporting company, we are
not required to make disclosures under this Item.
ITEM 1B.
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES
We currently maintain our executive offices
at 888 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660. Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”) is making this space available
to us free of charge. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
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