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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: We are required to comply with the internal control
−Removed: requirements of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act for the period ending December 31, 2021 and thereafter.
−Removed: Only in the event that we are deemed to
−Removed: be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company would we be required to comply
−Removed: with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: for as long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from
−Removed: various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including,
−Removed: but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.
−Removed: Disclosure controls are procedures with the objective
−Removed: of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act, such as this report, is recorded, processed,
−Removed: summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
−Removed: Disclosure controls are designed with the
−Removed: objective of ensuring that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting at September 30, 2022.
−Removed: In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee
−Removed: of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013).
−Removed: Based on that assessment,
−Removed: management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2022 due to material weakness
−Removed: in accounting for complex financial instruments.
−Removed: See “Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting”, below.
−Removed: of this assessment, we performed additional analyses as deemed necessary to ensure that our audited financial statements were prepared
−Removed: in accordance with U.S.
+Added: We are required to comply with the internal control requirements of
+Added: the Sarbanes- Oxley Act for the period ending December 31, 2021 and thereafter.
+Added: Only in the event that we are deemed to be a large accelerated
+Added: filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company would we be required to comply with the independent
+Added: registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Further, for as long as we remain
+Added: an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements
+Added: that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not
+Added: being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.
+Added: Disclosure controls are procedures with the objective of ensuring that
+Added: information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act, such as this report, is recorded, processed, summarized and
+Added: reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
+Added: Disclosure controls are designed with the objective of ensuring
+Added: that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
+Added: as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: We previously identified a material weakness in 2021 related to our
+Added: control around the interpretation and accounting for certain complex financial instruments that was not effectively designed or maintained.
+Added: In light of this assessment, we performed additional analyses as deemed necessary to ensure that our audited financial statements were
+Added: prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: Accordingly, our management believes that the condensed financial statements
+Added: Accordingly, our management believes that the financial statements
included in this report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods
−Removed: We expect to assess the internal controls of our
−Removed: target business or businesses prior to the completion of our Initial Business Combination and, if necessary, to implement and test additional
−Removed: controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain an effective system of internal controls.
−Removed: A target business
−Removed: may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of internal controls.
−Removed: Many small and mid-sized
−Removed: target businesses we may consider for our Initial Business Combination may have internal controls that need improvement in areas such
−Removed: staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties;
−Removed: reconciliation of accounts;
−Removed: proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate;
−Removed: evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions;
−Removed: documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates;
−Removed: documentation of accounting policies and procedures.
−Removed: Because it will take time, management involvement
−Removed: and perhaps outside resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessary for us to meet regulatory requirements and
−Removed: market expectations for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expenses in meeting our public reporting responsibilities,
−Removed: particularly in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internal and disclosure controls.
−Removed: Doing so effectively may also take
−Removed: longer than we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financing reporting.
+Added: We expect to assess the internal controls of our target business or businesses prior to the completion of our initial Business
+Added: Combination and, if necessary, to implement and test additional controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain
+Added: an effective system of internal controls.
+Added: A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding
+Added: the adequacy of internal controls.
+Added: Many small and mid-sized target businesses we may consider for our initial Business Combination may
+Added: have internal controls that need improvement in areas such as:
+Added: for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties;
+Added: ➤ reconciliation
+Added: recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate;
+Added: of internal review and approval of accounting transactions;
+Added: ➤ documentation
+Added: of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates;
+Added: ➤ documentation
+Added: of accounting policies and procedures.
+Added: Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting on March 31, 2023.
+Added: In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring
+Added: Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013).
+Added: Based on that assessment, management
+Added: concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
+Added: Accordingly, our management believes that the financial statements
+Added: included in this report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods
+Added: This report does not include an attestation report of internal controls
+Added: from our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
+Added: Because it will take time, management involvement and perhaps outside
+Added: resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessary for us to meet regulatory requirements and market expectations
+Added: for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expenses in meeting our public reporting responsibilities, particularly
+Added: in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internal and disclosure controls.
+Added: Doing so effectively may also take longer than
+Added: we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financing reporting.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: There were no changes in our internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal
−Removed: quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Our internal control over financial reporting
−Removed: did not result in the proper classification of our warrants.
−Removed: At issuance on January 14, 2021, our warrants were accounted for as equity
−Removed: within our balance sheet.
−Removed: On April 12, 2021, the SEC Staff issued the SEC Staff Statement in which the SEC Staff expressed its view that
−Removed: certain terms and conditions common to a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) warrants may require the warrants to
−Removed: be classified as liabilities on the SPAC’s balance sheet as opposed to equity.
−Removed: After discussion and evaluation, taking into consideration
−Removed: the SEC Staff Statement, we have concluded that our warrants should be presented as liabilities with subsequent fair value remeasurement
−Removed: as previously restated.
−Removed: In addition, our management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting did not result in
−Removed: the proper classification of all of our public shares as temporary equity.
−Removed: The reclassification of all of our public shares as temporary
−Removed: equity resulted in changes to the Company’s net income (loss) per share calculations that have previously been restated.
−Removed: In light of this material weakness, we have enhanced
−Removed: our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of
−Removed: the complex accounting standards that apply to our condensed financial statements, including by making greater use of third-party professionals
−Removed: with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications.
−Removed: The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time,
−Removed: and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have their intended effects.
−Removed: We believe our efforts will enhance
−Removed: our controls relating to accounting for complex financial transactions, but we can offer no assurance that our controls will not require
−Removed: additional review and modification in the future, in particular as industry accounting practice evolves over time.
+Added: There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting
+Added: (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially
+Added: affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent
+Added: all errors and all instances of fraud.
+Added: Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only
+Added: reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.
+Added: Further, the design of disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any.
+Added: The design of disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance
+Added: that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
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