−Removed: are a blank check company, incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
−Removed: acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout
−Removed: Annual Report as our initial business combination.
−Removed: Acquisition I Corp.
−Removed: was established by Tidjane Thiam, Adam Gishen and Abhishek Bhatia to leverage their extensive experience in acquiring,
−Removed: building, operating and scaling global financial services businesses in constantly evolving environments.
−Removed: Thiam, with his more than
−Removed: 30 years of experience in financial services businesses, led global institutions like Credit Suisse and Prudential as CEO for 5 years
−Removed: and 6 years, respectively.
−Removed: Gishen has over 20 years of experience in financial services and has held senior leadership responsibilities
−Removed: in recent years at Credit Suisse running its Global Investor Relations and Corporate Communications functions.
−Removed: Bhatia has more than
−Removed: 20 years of global experience in life and general insurance and asset management and has created businesses from scratch, including a
−Removed: technology-enabled life insurer in Europe and a full-stack digital insurer in Asia for which he served as CEO.
−Removed: December 31, 2020, the sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for
−Removed: 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “founder shares”).
−Removed: On February 25, 2021, the Company
−Removed: effected a share dividend whereby the Company issued 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in an aggregate of 8,625,000 Class
−Removed: B ordinary shares outstanding and held by our sponsor.
−Removed: Our Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares,
−Removed: on a one-for-one basis, upon the completion of a business combination.
−Removed: The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the
−Removed: expectation that the founder shares would represent 20% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon completion of the initial
−Removed: public offering.
−Removed: March 2, 2021, we completed our initial public offering of 34,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the “units”),
−Removed: generating gross proceeds of $345,000,000.
−Removed: Each unit consists of one of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001
−Removed: per share, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant.
−Removed: Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary
−Removed: share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments.
−Removed: Substantially
−Removed: concurrently with the completion of the initial public offering, our sponsor purchased an aggregate of 6,266,667 warrants (the “private
−Removed: placement warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per warrant, or $9,400,000 in the aggregate.
−Removed: A total of $345,000,000, comprised of $338,595,000
−Removed: of the proceeds from the initial public offering, including $12,075,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount, and $6,405,000
−Removed: of the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at J.P.
−Removed: Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
−Removed: maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
−Removed: April 16, 2021, we announced that, commencing April 19, 2021, holders of the 34,500,000 units sold in the initial public offering may
−Removed: elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and the warrants included in the units.
−Removed: Those units not separated continued to
−Removed: trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “FACT.U” and the Class A ordinary shares and warrants
−Removed: that were separated trade under the symbols “FACT” and “FACT WS,” respectively.
−Removed: to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
−Removed: February 28, 2023, Freedom held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), at
−Removed: which holders of 35,373,848 ordinary shares, comprised of 26,773,848 Class A ordinary shares and 8,600,000 Class B ordinary
−Removed: shares, were present in person or by proxy, representing approximately 82.02% of the voting power of the 43,125,000 issued and outstanding
−Removed: ordinary shares of Freedom entitled to vote at the Extraordinary General Meeting at the close of business on January 23, 2023, which
−Removed: was the record date (the “Record Date”) for the Extraordinary General Meeting (such shares, the “Outstanding Shares”).
−Removed: The Outstanding Shares on the Record Date were comprised of 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares and 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares.
−Removed: the Extraordinary General Meeting, the shareholders approved, by special resolution, the proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”)
−Removed: to amend the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which Freedom must (i) consummate a merger,
−Removed: amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, which Freedom refers
−Removed: to as its initial business combination, (ii) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial
−Removed: business combination, and (iii) redeem all of the Class A ordinary shares, included as part of the units sold in the initial public offering,
−Removed: for an additional three months, from March 2, 2023 to June 2, 2023, and thereafter to up to three (3) times by an additional one month
−Removed: each time (or up to September 2, 2023) (the “Extension Amendment,” and such period, as may be extended, the “Extension
−Removed: The voting results for such proposal were as follows:
−Removed: connection with the Extension Amendment, public shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 23,256,504 Class A ordinary shares
−Removed: at a redemption price of $10.21 per share, representing approximately 67.41% of the issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, for
−Removed: an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $237,372,952.
−Removed: Following such redemptions, approximately $114,759,374 remained in the
−Removed: trust account and 11,243,496 Class A ordinary shares remain outstanding.
−Removed: the Extraordinary General Meeting, the public shareholders also approved the proposal to amend the Investment Management Trust Agreement,
−Removed: dated as of February 25, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between Freedom and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
−Removed: Company, as trustee (“Continental”), to reflect the Extension Amendment.
−Removed: The amendment to the Trust Agreement provides that
−Removed: Continental shall commence liquidation of the trust account only and promptly (x) after its receipt of the applicable instruction letter
−Removed: delivered by Freedom in connection with either the consummation of an initial business combination or Freedom’s inability to effect
−Removed: an initial business combination within the time frame specified in Freedom’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
−Removed: or (y) upon the date that is the later of the end of the Extension Period and such later date as may be approved by Freedom’s shareholders
−Removed: in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if the aforementioned termination letter has not
−Removed: been received by Continental prior to such date.
−Removed: The voting results for such proposal were as follows:
−Removed: Proposed Business Combination
−Removed: Combination Agreement
−Removed: October 3, 2022, Freedom entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment to the Business Combination
−Removed: Agreement dated December 26, 2022 and the Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement dated January 17, 2023, and as may be
−Removed: further amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), with Jupiter Merger Sub I Corp.,
−Removed: a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Freedom (“First Merger Sub”), Jupiter Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware
−Removed: limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Freedom (“Second Merger Sub”), Complete Solaria, Inc.
−Removed: known as Complete Solar Holding Corporation), a Delaware corporation (“Complete Solaria”) and The Solaria Corporation, a
−Removed: Delaware corporation (“Solaria”).
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following
−Removed: transactions will occur (together with the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the
−Removed: “Business Combination”):
−Removed: the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”),
−Removed: upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, and in accordance with the Delaware
−Removed: General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), (i) First Merger Sub will merge
−Removed: with and into Complete Solaria, with Complete Solaria surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary
−Removed: of Freedom, (ii) immediately thereafter and as part of the same overall transaction, Complete
−Removed: Solaria will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving as a
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiary of Freedom, and (iii) immediately after the consummation of the Second
−Removed: Merger and as part of the same overall transaction, Solaria will merge with and into a newly
−Removed: formed Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Freedom (“Third
−Removed: Merger Sub”), with Third Merger Sub surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Freedom
−Removed: (the “Additional Merger,” and together with the First Merger and the Second Merger,
−Removed: the “Mergers”);
−Removed: the Closing, all outstanding shares of capital stock of Complete Solaria (subject to certain
−Removed: restrictions) and all options and warrants to acquire shares of capital stock of Complete
−Removed: Solaria will convert into the right to receive shares of common stock, par value $0.0001
−Removed: per share, of Freedom (after the Domestication (as defined below)) (“Freedom Common
−Removed: Stock”) or comparable equity awards that are settled or are exercisable for shares
−Removed: of Freedom Common Stock;
−Removed: the Closing, Freedom will be renamed “Complete Solaria, Inc.”
−Removed: special committee (the “Freedom Special Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Freedom (the “Freedom Board”)
−Removed: and the Freedom Board have (i) approved the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination and (ii) resolved to recommend
−Removed: that the shareholders of Freedom approve the Business Combination Agreement and the Business Combination.
−Removed: Domestication
−Removed: to the Closing, subject to the approval of Freedom’s shareholders, and in accordance with the DGCL, the Cayman Islands Companies
−Removed: Act (As Revised) (the “CICA”) and Freedom’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, Freedom will
−Removed: effect a deregistration under the CICA and a domestication under Section 388 of the DGCL (by means of filing a certificate of domestication
−Removed: with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware), pursuant to which Freedom’s jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed
−Removed: from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”).
−Removed: connection with the Domestication, (i) each of the then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share,
−Removed: of Freedom, will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Freedom Common Stock, which is entitled to one vote per
−Removed: share, (ii) each of the then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Freedom, will convert automatically,
−Removed: on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Freedom Common Stock.
−Removed: to the Closing
−Removed: obligation of the parties to consummate the Business Combination is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain closing conditions,
−Removed: including (i) approval of the Business Combination and related matters by the respective shareholders of Freedom and Complete Solaria,
−Removed: (ii) expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, as amended, (iii) the absence
−Removed: of any law or injunctions prohibiting the consummation of the Mergers, (iv) Freedom having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets
−Removed: upon the Closing, (v) the size and composition of the Board conforming to the requirements set forth in the Business Combination Agreement,
−Removed: (vi) receipt of approval for listing by The New York Stock Exchange of the shares of Freedom common stock to be issued in the Business
−Removed: Combination, (vii) effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by Freedom in connection with the Business Combination
−Removed: and (viii) the receipt by the Freedom Board or Freedom Special Committee of a fairness opinion from a reputable financial advisory or
−Removed: valuation firm with respect to the Business Combination (which was received on October 31, 2022).
−Removed: conditions to Freedom’s obligation to consummate the Business Combination include (i) the consummation of the Required Transaction
−Removed: (as defined below) (which was consummated on November 4, 2022) and (ii) the receipt by Complete Solaria of certain consents.
−Removed: party’s obligation to consummate the Business Combination is also conditioned upon the accuracy of the other party’s representations
−Removed: and warranties, subject to customary materiality and material adverse effect qualifiers, and the performance in all material respects
−Removed: by the other party of its covenants in the Business Combination Agreement to be performed as of or prior to the Closing.
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement contains additional covenants, including, among others, providing for (i) the parties to conduct their
−Removed: respective businesses in the ordinary course through the Closing, (ii) the parties to not initiate any negotiations or enter into any
−Removed: agreements for certain alternative transactions, (iii) Complete Solaria to prepare and deliver to Freedom certain audited and unaudited
−Removed: consolidated financial statements of Complete Solaria and its subsidiaries (including Solaria), (iv) Freedom to prepare and file a registration
−Removed: statement on Form S-4, including a proxy statement/prospectus, and to take certain other actions to obtain the requisite approval of
−Removed: Freedom shareholders of certain proposals regarding the Business Combination (including the Domestication), (v) the parties to use reasonable
−Removed: best efforts to obtain necessary approvals from governmental authorities, (vi) if determined in good faith by Freedom and Complete Solaria
−Removed: that it is probable that the Business Combination will be consummated after March 1, 2023, and subject to the conditions set forth in
−Removed: the Business Combination Agreement, Freedom to seek the approval of its shareholders to amend its organizational documents to extend
−Removed: the time period for Freedom to consummate its initial business combination for six months from March 1, 2023 to September 1, 2023 (which
−Removed: was obtained on February 28, 2023).
−Removed: to the Business Combination Agreement, the board of directors of Complete Solaria following the Closing will consist of no more than
−Removed: seven directors, to initially consist of (i) the individuals designated by Complete Solaria prior to Closing, consisting of a majority
−Removed: of “independent” directors for the purposes of NYSE rules and (ii) Tidjane Thiam and Adam Gishen (or any other substitute
−Removed: director designated by the Sponsor, subject to the prior approval of Complete Solaria).
−Removed: Complete Solaria has agreed to cause Mr.
−Removed: be nominated for election to its board of directors at each of its first three annual meetings of stockholders following the Closing.
−Removed: Representations
−Removed: and Warranties
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by Freedom, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and
+Added: mission is to deliver energy-efficient solutions to homeowners and small to medium-sized businesses that allow them to lower their energy
+Added: bills while reducing their carbon footprint.
+Added: Complete Solaria , Inc., or
+Added: Complete Solaria, has created a unique, end-to-end offering that delivers a best-in-class customer experience with a robust technology
+Added: platform, financing solutions, and high-performance solar modules.
+Added: Business Overview
+Added: Complete Solaria was formed
+Added: in November 2022 through the merger of Complete Solar Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Complete Solar”),and The
+Added: Solaria Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such entity, “Solaria,” and such transaction, the “Business Combination”).
+Added: Complete Solaria created a technology platform to offer clean energy products to homeowners by enabling a national network of sales partners
+Added: and build partners.
+Added: Our sales partners generate solar installation contracts with homeowners on our behalf.
+Added: To facilitate this process,
+Added: we provide the software tools, sales support and brand identity to our sales partners, making them competitive with national providers.
+Added: This turnkey solution makes it easy for anyone to sell solar.
+Added: We fulfill our customer contracts by engaging with local construction specialists.
+Added: We manage the customer experience and complete all pre-construction activities prior to delivering build-ready projects including hardware,
+Added: engineering plans, and building permits to our builder partners.
+Added: We manage and coordinate this process through our proprietary HelioTrackTM
+Added: software system.
+Added: Complete Solaria provides
+Added: residential solar system designs, proposals, and CAD drawing sets to existing sales partners and other residential solar companies, regardless
+Added: of whether they participate as or builder partners.
+Added: In doing so, Complete Solaria seeks to power the entire solar power industry.
+Added: In October 2023, we sold solar
+Added: panel assets of The Solaria Corporation, including intellectual property and customer contracts to Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd.
+Added: pursuant to the terms of an asset purchase agreement (the “Disposal Agreement”).
+Added: Under the terms of the Disposal Agreement,
+Added: Maxeon agreed to acquire certain assets and employees of Complete Solaria for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.0 million
+Added: consisting of 1,100,000 shares of Maxeon ordinary shares.
+Added: Revenue Model
+Added: Our current products fall
+Added: into two general categories:
+Added: Solar System Sales and Software Enhanced Services.
+Added: Solar System Sales:
+Added: Complete Solaria sells solar systems to homeowners and small to medium-sized commercial customers through third-party sales partners.
+Added: Complete Solaria manages every aspect of project management for those contracts before ultimately contracting with builder partners to complete the construction of the solar systems.
+Added: This residential solar platform provides homeowners with simple pricing for solar energy that provides significant savings to traditional utility energy.
+Added: Homeowners can choose from a wide array of system features and financing options that best meet their needs.
+Added: By delivering the best-matched products and a best-in-class customer experience, Complete Solaria establishes valuable customer relationships that can extend beyond the initial solar energy system purchase and provides Complete Solaria with opportunities to offer additional products and services in the future.
+Added: Enhanced Services:
+Added: The HelioQuoteTM software system is provided to existing sales partners and other participants in the solar industry
+Added: and powers our sales of residential solar designs, proposals, and engineering services.
+Added: Technology Innovation
+Added: Since its inception, Complete
+Added: Solaria has continued to invest in a platform of services and tools to enable large-scale operations for sales and builder partners.
+Added: platform incorporates processes and software solutions that simplify and streamline design, proposals, and project management throughout
+Added: the lifecycle of a residential solar project.
+Added: The platform empowers new market entrants and smaller industry participants with its plug-and-play
+Added: capabilities.
+Added: The ecosystem Complete Solaria has built provides broad reach, and we believe it positions Complete Solaria for sustained
+Added: and rapid growth through a capital-efficient business model.
+Added: The network of our partners continues to expand today.
+Added: Differentiation and Operating Results
+Added: Delivering a differentiated customer experience
+Added: is core to Complete Solaria’s strategy.
+Added: It emphasizes a customized solution, including a design specific to each customer’s
+Added: home and pricing configurations that typically drive both customer savings and value.
+Added: Developing a trusted brand and providing a customized
+Added: solar service offering resonates with customers accustomed to a traditional residential power market that is often overpriced and lacking
+Added: in customer choice.
+Added: Financing Solutions
+Added: Complete Solaria assists its
+Added: end customers with financing solutions through third-party lease providers, power purchase agreement providers and third-party loan
+Added: Customers may lease a Complete Solaria solar system.
+Added: The lease provider will purchase the solar system and the property owner will rent the solar system in exchange for the electricity the
+Added: system produces.
+Added: Through a power purchase agreement, a third-party
+Added: developer installs, owns, and operates a solar system on a customer’s property.
+Added: The customer then purchases the system’s electric
+Added: output for a predetermined period.
+Added: A power purchase agreement allows the customer to receive stable and often low-cost electricity with
+Added: no upfront cost while also enabling the owner of the system to take advantage of tax credits and receive income from the sale of electricity.
+Added: Lastly, third-party loan
+Added: providers offer Complete Solaria’s end customers a loan to purchase solar systems, and then the customers will pay off the loan
+Added: over a period of time.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s strategy focuses on providing its sales partners
+Added: with the software tools, sales support, and ability to compete effectively with national providers.
+Added: This turnkey solution makes it easy
+Added: for anyone to sell solar.
+Added: Solar System Sales
+Added: Solar System Sales are full systems sold to homeowners
+Added: and small to medium-sized commercial businesses through Complete Solaria’s sales partner channels.
+Added: Complete Solaria and its builder
+Added: partners fulfill and install the systems.
+Added: Increase revenue by expanding installation capacity and developing new geographic markets through Complete Solaria’s partner programs.— Certain Complete Solaria partners become builder partners who install systems resulting from sales generated by Complete Solaria’s sales partners.
+Added: By leveraging this network of skilled builders, Complete Solaria aims to increase its installation capacity in traditional markets and expand its offering into new geographies throughout the U.S.
+Added: We believe this will enable greater sales growth in existing markets and create new revenue in expansion markets.
+Added: ● Increase revenue and margin by engaging national-scale
+Added: sales partners — Complete Solar operated in 16 states before the formation of Complete Solaria.
+Added: By expanding operations nationally,
+Added: Complete Solaria will be able to offer a turnkey solar solution to prospective sales partners with a national footprint.
+Added: These include
+Added: electric vehicle manufacturers, national home security providers, and real estate brokers.
+Added: Complete Solaria expects to create a consistent
+Added: offering with a single execution process for such sales partners throughout their territories.
+Added: These national accounts have unique customer
+Added: relationships that will facilitate meaningful sales opportunities and low acquisition cost to increase revenue and improve margin.
+Added: Software and Services
+Added: Software and services sales include access to Complete
+Added: Solaria’s HelioQuoteTM sales proposal and system design software;
+Added: proposal writing services that support field sales agents;
+Added: design, engineering, and permitting services that improve subscale solar companies’ operational effectiveness and cost efficiency.
+Added: “Increase revenue and margin by bundling software enhanced services with solar module sales ” above.
+Added: In support of Complete Solaria’s strategy
+Added: to increase revenue and expand margin opportunities in its two core products, Complete Solaria also considers the following activities
+Added: to be key elements of its strategy:
+Added: ● Expand Partnerships with Solar Partners, Strategic Partners,
+Added: and Attractive New Market Participants.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s platform of services and tools allows it to engage with a wide variety
+Added: of solar industry partners and new industry participants, such as retailers and service providers who would like to offer solar to new
+Added: and existing customers.
+Added: Complete Solaria plans to continue to invest in its ability to attract, convert, grow, and retain promising partners
+Added: to facilitate capital-efficient growth.
+Added: ● Continue to Invest in the digital platform .
+Added: Solaria plans to continue to invest in and develop complementary software, services, and technologies to enhance the scalability of its
+Added: platform and support an automated, highly efficient operational structure that delivers a world-class customer experience.
Complete Solaria
−Removed: The representations and warranties of the parties to the Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing.
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement contains the following termination rights:
−Removed: right of the parties to terminate the Business Combination Agreement by mutual consent;
−Removed: right of either Freedom or Complete Solaria to terminate the Business Combination Agreement if:
−Removed: - shareholders
−Removed: of the other party fail to approve the Business Combination;
−Removed: governmental authority issues or otherwise enters a final, nonappealable order making consummation
−Removed: of the Mergers illegal or otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the Mergers;
−Removed: other party breaches its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained
−Removed: in the Business Combination Agreement in a way that would entitle the party seeking to terminate
−Removed: the Business Combination Agreement to not consummate the Business Combination, subject to
−Removed: the right of the breaching party to cure the breach;
−Removed: Required Transaction has not been consummated within 30 days following the date of the Business
−Removed: Combination Agreement (this termination right is no longer applicable as the Required Transaction
−Removed: was consummated on November 4, 2022);
−Removed: Freedom Board or Freedom Special Committee has not received a fairness opinion from a reputable
−Removed: financial advisory or valuation firm with respect to the Business Combination within 30 days
−Removed: of the date of the Business Combination Agreement and such party exercises the right to termination
−Removed: within such 30 day period (this termination right is no longer applicable as such fairness
−Removed: opinion was received on October 31, 2022);
−Removed: Closing has not occurred on or before the end of the Extension Period;
−Removed: right of Complete Solaria to terminate the Business Combination Agreement if the Freedom
−Removed: Board or Freedom Special Committee changes its recommendation with respect to the Business
−Removed: Related Agreements and Transactions
−Removed: Required Transaction
−Removed: October 3, 2022, Complete Solar Holding Corporation (the predecessor of Complete Solaria) entered into that certain Agreement and Plan
−Removed: of Merger with Complete Solaria Midco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Solaria (“Midco”),
−Removed: Complete Solaria Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Midco, Solaria and Fortis Advisors, LLC, a
−Removed: Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the representative of Complete Solaria’s stockholders (the “Required
−Removed: Transaction”).
−Removed: On November 4, 2022, the Required Transaction was consummated.
−Removed: Solaria Convertible Note Financing
−Removed: October 3, 2022, Complete Solaria entered into note subscription agreements (the “Pre-Signing Complete Solaria Subscription Agreements”)
−Removed: with certain investors, consisting of (i) Rodgers Massey Revocable Living Trust (“RMRLT”), which is affiliated with T.J.
−Removed: Rodgers, a former investor in Solaria, (ii) Tidjane Thiam, Executive Chairman of Freedom, (iii) Adam Gishen, Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: of Freedom, and (iv) NextG, an affiliate of Edward Zeng, a director of Freedom, pursuant to which such investors agreed to purchase convertible
−Removed: notes from Complete Solaria for an aggregate purchase price of $7 million.
−Removed: In addition, RMRLT purchased convertible notes from Complete
−Removed: Solaria following the consummation of the Required Transaction in an amount equal to approximately $6.7 million in consideration for
−Removed: RMRLT’s former investment in Solaria, which was assumed and cancelled by Complete Solaria.
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement also contemplates that, following the date of the Business Combination Agreement, Complete Solaria will
−Removed: enter into additional subscription agreements on terms substantially similar to, or no less favorable in all material respects to Complete
−Removed: Solaria than, the Pre-Signing Complete Solaria Subscription Agreements (the “Post-Signing Complete Solaria Subscription Agreements”
−Removed: and, together with the Pre-Signing Complete Solaria Subscription Agreements, the “Complete Solaria Subscription Agreements”)
−Removed: with additional investors pursuant to which such investors agree, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to purchase
−Removed: convertible notes from Complete Solaria for an aggregate purchase price of up to $23 million.
−Removed: In November 2022, December 2022, and February
−Removed: 2023, Complete Solaria entered into note subscription agreements with additional investors, pursuant to which such investors purchased
−Removed: convertible notes from Complete Solaria for an aggregate purchase price of $16 million.
−Removed: Support Agreement
−Removed: October 3, 2022, Freedom entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) with Freedom Acquisition
−Removed: I LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), certain directors and officers of Freedom, and Complete
−Removed: Solaria, pursuant to which the Sponsor and each such director and officer of Freedom has agreed to, among other things, (i) vote in favor
−Removed: of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) not redeem their Freedom ordinary shares, (iii)
−Removed: from the Closing, at each of the first three annual meetings of the stockholders of Complete Solaria vote all of their shares of common
−Removed: stock of Complete Solaria in favor of Mr.
−Removed: Thiam for election to the board of directors of Complete Solaria, and (iv) be bound by certain
−Removed: other agreements and covenants related to the Business Combination, including vesting and forfeiture restrictions with respect to certain
−Removed: shares held by the Sponsor.
−Removed: Solaria Stockholder Support Agreement
−Removed: October 3, 2022, Freedom entered into a Company Stockholders Support Agreement (the “Complete Solaria Stockholder Support Agreement”)
−Removed: with Complete Solaria and certain stockholders of Complete Solaria (the “Complete Solaria Stockholders”).
−Removed: Under the Complete
−Removed: Solaria Stockholder Support Agreement, each Complete Solaria Stockholder has agreed to, among other things (i) vote its shares, (ii)
−Removed: execute and deliver a written consent adopting the Business Combination Agreement and related transactions and approving the Business
−Removed: Combination, (iii) from the Closing, at each of the first three annual meetings of the stockholders of Complete Solaria vote all of its
−Removed: shares of Complete Solaria common stock in favor of Mr.
−Removed: Thiam for election to the board of directors of Complete Solaria, and (iv) be
−Removed: bound by certain other agreements and covenants related to the Business Combination.
−Removed: and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, Complete Solaria, the Sponsor, certain equityholders of Complete Solaria
−Removed: and certain of their respective affiliates, as applicable, and the other parties thereto, will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration
−Removed: Rights Agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which Complete Solaria will grant customary registration
−Removed: rights to the other parties thereto, including to register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
−Removed: (the “Securities Act”), certain securities of Complete Solaria held by the other parties thereto.
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, Complete Solaria, the Sponsor, the Sponsor Key Holders (as defined
−Removed: in the Lock-Up Agreement) and Complete Solaria Key Holders (as defined in the Lock-Up Agreement), will enter into a Lock-Up Agreement
−Removed: (the “Lock-Up Agreement”).
−Removed: Lock-Up Agreement contains certain restrictions on transfer with respect to securities of Complete Solaria to be held by the Sponsor,
−Removed: Sponsor Key Holders and Complete Solaria Key Holders immediately following the Closing (including shares of Complete Solaria common stock
−Removed: and any such shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion or settlement of derivative securities and promissory notes).
−Removed: Such restrictions
−Removed: begin at the Closing and end on the earlier of (x) the 12 month anniversary of the Closing and (y) the date on which the volume weighted
−Removed: average price of Complete Solaria common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations,
−Removed: recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30 consecutive trading day period beginning after the date that is
−Removed: 180 calendar days after the Closing and ending 365 calendar days following the Closing.
−Removed: as specifically discussed, this Annual Report does not assume the closing of the Business Combination and related transactions.
−Removed: Business Combination
−Removed: rules of the NYSE require and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we must consummate an initial
−Removed: business combination with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets
−Removed: held in the trust account (excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting commission held in trust) as determined at the time of our
−Removed: signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination.
−Removed: This is the case with respect to the proposed Business
−Removed: Combination with Complete Solaria.
−Removed: If we do not complete the proposed Business Combination with Complete Solaria, and instead pursue
−Removed: an alternative business combination and our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of our initial
−Removed: business combination (including with the assistance of financial advisors), we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment
−Removed: banking firm or a valuation or appraisal firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria.
−Removed: While we consider it likely that our
−Removed: board of directors will be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of our initial business combination, it
−Removed: may be unable to do so if it is less familiar or experienced with the business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount
−Removed: of uncertainty as to the value of the target’s assets or prospects.
−Removed: In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive
−Removed: agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior written consent of NextG.
−Removed: NextG has consented to our proposed Business
−Removed: Combination with Complete Solaria.
−Removed: proposed Business Combination with Complete Solaria is structured so that the post-transaction company will own all of the equity interests
−Removed: of Complete Solaria.
−Removed: If we do not complete the proposed Business Combination and pursue an alternative initial business combination,
−Removed: we may structure it similarly or we may structure it such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of the equity
−Removed: interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other
−Removed: reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding
−Removed: voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required
−Removed: to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business
−Removed: combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the
−Removed: target and us in the business combination.
−Removed: For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares
−Removed: in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock, shares or other equity interests of a target, or issue a substantial number of
−Removed: new shares to third parties in connection with financing our initial business combination.
−Removed: In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling
−Removed: interest in the target.
−Removed: However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior
−Removed: to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business
−Removed: If less than 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired
−Removed: by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be taken into account
−Removed: for purposes of the 80% of net assets test described above.
−Removed: If the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80%
−Removed: of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.
−Removed: executive offices are located at 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, 10005, and our telephone number is (212) 618-1798.
−Removed: Our corporate
−Removed: website address is freedomac1.com.
−Removed: Our website and the information contained on, or that can be accessed through, the website is not
−Removed: deemed to be incorporated by reference in, and is not considered part of, this Annual Report.
−Removed: are a Cayman Islands exempted company.
−Removed: Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the Cayman
−Removed: Islands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act.
−Removed: As an exempted company, we have received
−Removed: a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised)
−Removed: of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing
−Removed: any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be
−Removed: levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will be payable (i) on
−Removed: or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend
−Removed: or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums due under a
−Removed: debenture or other obligation of us.
−Removed: are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
−Removed: Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
−Removed: As such, we are eligible to
−Removed: take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging
−Removed: growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section
−Removed: 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in
−Removed: our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation
−Removed: and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
−Removed: If some investors find our securities less attractive
−Removed: as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
−Removed: addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended
−Removed: transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
−Removed: words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise
−Removed: apply to private companies.
−Removed: We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
−Removed: will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of
−Removed: the completion of our initial public offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which
−Removed: we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates
−Removed: exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt
−Removed: securities during the prior three-year period.
−Removed: References herein to “emerging growth company” will have the meaning associated
−Removed: with it in the JOBS Act.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Smaller reporting companies may take
−Removed: advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements.
−Removed: We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of any fiscal year for so long as either (1) the market value of our ordinary
−Removed: shares held by non-affiliates did not exceed $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues did not exceed $100 million
−Removed: during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates did not exceed $700 million as of
−Removed: the prior June 30.
−Removed: Our Initial Business Combination
−Removed: October 3, 2022, we entered into a Business Combination Agreement to consummate a proposed Business Combination with Complete Solaria,
−Removed: as described under “— The Proposed Business Combination.” If the proposed Business Combination with Complete Solaria
−Removed: is not consummated, we may seek to effectuate a business combination with another target business, as described below.
−Removed: are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations for an indefinite period of time following our initial public
−Removed: We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering and the
−Removed: sale of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial business combination (pursuant
−Removed: to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank
−Removed: or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing.
−Removed: We may seek to complete our initial business combination
−Removed: with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to
−Removed: the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.
−Removed: our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for
−Removed: payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or used for redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares,
−Removed: we may use the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account following the closing for general corporate purposes, including
−Removed: for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness
−Removed: incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital.
−Removed: of Target Businesses
−Removed: anticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment bankers
−Removed: and private investment funds.
−Removed: Target businesses may be brought to our attention by such unaffiliated sources as a result of being solicited
−Removed: through calls or mailings.
−Removed: These sources may also introduce us to target businesses in which they think we may be interested on an unsolicited
−Removed: basis, since many of these sources will know what types of businesses we are targeting.
−Removed: Our officers and directors, as well as their
−Removed: affiliates, may also bring to our attention target business candidates of which they become aware through their business contacts as
−Removed: a result of formal or informal inquiries or discussions they may have, as well as attending trade shows or conventions.
−Removed: we expect to receive a number of proprietary deal flow opportunities that would not otherwise necessarily be available to us as a result
−Removed: of the track record and business relationships of our officers and directors.
−Removed: While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services
−Removed: of professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms or
−Removed: other individuals in the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined
−Removed: in an arm’s length negotiation based on the terms of the transaction.
−Removed: We will engage a finder only to the extent our management
−Removed: determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that may not otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us
−Removed: on an unsolicited basis with a potential transaction that our management determines is in our best interest to pursue.
−Removed: Payment of a finder’s
−Removed: fee is customarily tied to completion of a transaction, in which case any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account.
−Removed: In no event, however, will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be
−Removed: paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation by the company prior to, or for any services they render in order to
−Removed: effectuate, the completion of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).
−Removed: are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors,
−Removed: or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, officers or directors.
−Removed: In the event we seek to complete an initial business combination with a target that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors,
−Removed: a committee of independent and disinterested directors would consider, review and approve the transaction.
−Removed: Additionally, we, or a committee
−Removed: of independent and disinterested directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or a valuation or appraisal
−Removed: firm that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.
−Removed: We are not required to obtain such
−Removed: an opinion in any other context.
−Removed: of a Target Business and Structuring of Our Initial Business Combination
−Removed: evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a due diligence review which may encompass, among other things, meetings
−Removed: with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities, as applicable,
−Removed: as well as a review of financial, operational, legal and other information which will be made available to us.
−Removed: If we determine to move
−Removed: forward with a particular target, we will proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the business combination transaction.
−Removed: time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs
−Removed: associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty.
−Removed: Any costs incurred with respect to the identification
−Removed: and evaluation of, and negotiation with, a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately
−Removed: completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.
−Removed: will not pay any consulting fees to members of our management team, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered to or
−Removed: in connection with our initial business combination.
−Removed: addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior written
−Removed: consent of NextG.
−Removed: NextG has consented to our proposed Business Combination with Complete Solaria.
−Removed: of Business Diversification
−Removed: an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely
−Removed: on the future performance of a single business.
−Removed: Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with
−Removed: multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate
−Removed: the risks of being in a single line of business.
−Removed: By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of
−Removed: diversification may:
−Removed: us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may
−Removed: have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our
−Removed: initial business combination, and
−Removed: us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products
−Removed: Rights for Public Shareholders upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
−Removed: will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion
−Removed: of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust
−Removed: account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on
−Removed: the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding public
−Removed: shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein.
−Removed: At the completion of our initial business combination, we
−Removed: will be required to purchase any ordinary shares properly delivered for redemption and not withdrawn.
−Removed: The amount in the trust account
−Removed: is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share.
−Removed: The per-share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their
−Removed: shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters.
−Removed: There will be no redemption rights
−Removed: upon the completion of our initial business combination with respect to our warrants.
−Removed: Our initial shareholders, sponsor, officers and
−Removed: directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect
−Removed: to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: on Redemptions
−Removed: amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that
−Removed: would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001.
−Removed: In addition, our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum
−Removed: cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate
−Removed: purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions.
−Removed: In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required
−Removed: to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions
−Removed: pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete
−Removed: the initial business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the
−Removed: holders thereof.
−Removed: We may, however, raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or
−Removed: other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop
−Removed: arrangements we may enter into, in order to, among other reasons, satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
−Removed: of Conducting Redemptions
−Removed: will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion
−Removed: of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial business combination
−Removed: or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer.
−Removed: The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed
−Removed: initial business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of
−Removed: factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval
−Removed: under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement or whether we were deemed to be a foreign private issuer.
−Removed: Asset acquisitions
−Removed: and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval while direct mergers with our company and any transactions where
−Removed: we issue more than 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles
−Removed: of association would typically require shareholder approval.
−Removed: So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on the NYSE,
−Removed: we will be required to comply with the NYSE’s shareholder approval rules.
−Removed: requirement that we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares by one of the two methods listed
−Removed: above is contained in provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and will apply whether or not we
−Removed: maintain our registration under the Exchange Act or our listing on the NYSE.
−Removed: Such provisions may be amended if approved by holders of
−Removed: two-thirds of our ordinary shares entitled to vote thereon, so long as we offer redemption in connection with such amendment.
−Removed: we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with a general meeting, we will,
−Removed: pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association:
−Removed: the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the
−Removed: Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender
−Removed: offer rules, and
−Removed: proxy materials with the SEC.
−Removed: the event that we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connection
−Removed: therewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described above.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman
−Removed: Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company.
−Removed: A quorum for such meeting will be present if the holders of a majority of issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting
−Removed: are represented in person or by proxy.
−Removed: Our initial shareholders, sponsor, officers and directors will count toward this quorum and, pursuant
−Removed: to the letter agreement, our initial shareholders, sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote any founder shares and public
−Removed: shares held by them in favor of our initial business combination.
−Removed: For purposes of seeking approval of an ordinary resolution, non-votes
−Removed: will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained.
−Removed: These quorum and voting thresholds,
−Removed: and the voting agreement of our initial shareholders, officers and directors, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares without voting and, if they do vote, irrespective
−Removed: of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
−Removed: a shareholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will:
−Removed: the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate
−Removed: issuer tender offers, and
−Removed: tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination
−Removed: which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business
−Removed: combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange
−Removed: Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
−Removed: the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days,
−Removed: in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until
−Removed: the expiration of the tender offer period.
−Removed: In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more
−Removed: than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem.
−Removed: If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase,
−Removed: we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination.
−Removed: the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we
−Removed: and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A ordinary shares in the open
−Removed: market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their
−Removed: shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent
−Removed: or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian)
−Removed: system, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable.
−Removed: In the case of proxy materials,
−Removed: this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination.
−Removed: addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption
−Removed: of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote
−Removed: in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included.
−Removed: The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that
−Removed: we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring
−Removed: public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements.
−Removed: We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently process
−Removed: any redemptions without the need for further communication or action from the redeeming public shareholders, which could delay redemptions
−Removed: and result in additional administrative cost.
−Removed: If the proposed initial business combination is not approved and we continue to search
−Removed: for a target company, we will promptly return any certificates or shares delivered by public shareholders who elected to redeem their
−Removed: amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that
−Removed: would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001.
−Removed: In addition, our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum
−Removed: cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate
−Removed: purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions.
−Removed: In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required
−Removed: to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions
−Removed: pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete
−Removed: the initial business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the
−Removed: holders thereof.
−Removed: on Redemption upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Shareholder Approval
−Removed: we seek shareholder 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 memorandum and articles of association provide that a public
−Removed: shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as
−Removed: a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to
−Removed: more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering (the “Excess Shares”) without our prior consent.
−Removed: We believe this restriction will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders
−Removed: to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us, our sponsor or our management to purchase their shares at a significant
−Removed: premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms.
−Removed: Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than
−Removed: an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s
−Removed: shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms.
−Removed: By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem to no more than 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, we believe
−Removed: we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business
−Removed: combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a
−Removed: minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: Share Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights
−Removed: described above, we intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders
−Removed: or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer
−Removed: agent or deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal
−Removed: At Custodian) system, prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable.
−Removed: In the case of proxy
−Removed: materials, this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption
−Removed: of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote
−Removed: in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included.
−Removed: The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that
−Removed: we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring
−Removed: public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements.
−Removed: Accordingly, a public shareholder would have up to two business days prior
−Removed: to the scheduled vote on the initial business combination if we distribute proxy materials, or from the time we send out our tender offer
−Removed: materials until the close of the tender offer period, as applicable, to submit or tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise
−Removed: its redemption rights.
−Removed: In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender
−Removed: offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: Given the relatively short exercise period, it is advisable for shareholders
−Removed: to use electronic delivery of their public shares.
−Removed: is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the
−Removed: The transfer agent will typically charge the broker submitting or tendering shares a fee of approximately $80.00 and it
−Removed: would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder.
−Removed: However, this fee would be incurred regardless
−Removed: of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to submit or tender their shares.
−Removed: The need to deliver shares
−Removed: is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.
−Removed: request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer
−Removed: documents, as applicable (unless we elect to allow additional withdrawal rights).
−Removed: Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered
−Removed: its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect
−Removed: to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically).
−Removed: It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed
−Removed: promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: our initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public shareholders who elected to exercise their
−Removed: redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account.
−Removed: In such case,
−Removed: we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.
−Removed: of Public Shares and Liquidation if No Initial Business Combination
−Removed: we have not completed our initial business combination during the Extension Period, we will:
−Removed: (i) cease all operations except for the
−Removed: purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares,
−Removed: at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned
−Removed: on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), divided
−Removed: by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders
−Removed: (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such
−Removed: redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each
−Removed: case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements
−Removed: of applicable law.
−Removed: There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless
−Removed: if we fail to complete our initial business combination during the Extension Period.
−Removed: initial shareholders, sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived
−Removed: their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to complete
−Removed: our initial business combination during the Extension Period.
−Removed: However, if our sponsor or management team acquire public shares, they
−Removed: will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination during the Extension Period.
−Removed: initial shareholders, sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose
−Removed: any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation
−Removed: to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated
−Removed: an initial business combination during the Extension Period or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’
−Removed: rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public
−Removed: shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the
−Removed: trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, divided
−Removed: by the number of then outstanding public shares.
−Removed: However, we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible
−Removed: assets to be less than $5,000,001.
−Removed: If this optional redemption right is exercised with respect to an excessive number of public shares
−Removed: such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement, we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of
−Removed: our public shares at such time.
−Removed: expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be
−Removed: funded from amounts held outside the trust account, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose.
−Removed: However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the
−Removed: extent that there is any interest accrued in the trust account not required to pay income taxes on interest income earned on the trust
−Removed: account balance, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest income to
−Removed: pay those costs and expenses.
−Removed: we were to expend all of the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, other than the
−Removed: proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the per-share
−Removed: redemption amount received by shareholders upon our dissolution would be approximately $10.00.
−Removed: The funds deposited in the trust account
−Removed: could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors, which would have higher priority than the claims of our public shareholders.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by shareholders will not be substantially less than $10.00.
−Removed: While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’
−Removed: we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute
−Removed: agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit
−Removed: of our public shareholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that
−Removed: they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of
−Removed: fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order
−Removed: to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account.
−Removed: If any third party refuses
−Removed: to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will consider whether competitive
−Removed: alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such
−Removed: third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the company under the circumstances.
−Removed: Examples of possible instances
−Removed: where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular
−Removed: expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute
−Removed: a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.
−Removed: Marcum LLP, our independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm, and the underwriters of our initial public offering will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to
−Removed: the monies held in the trust account.
−Removed: In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have
−Removed: in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against
−Removed: the trust account for any reason.
−Removed: In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable
−Removed: to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than Marcum LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm) for
−Removed: services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent,
−Removed: confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below
−Removed: the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the
−Removed: liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case
−Removed: less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed
−Removed: a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply
−Removed: to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities
−Removed: under the Securities Act.
−Removed: However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently
−Removed: verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets
−Removed: are securities of our company.
−Removed: Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
−Removed: if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions
−Removed: 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,
−Removed: and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares.
−Removed: None of our officers or directors
−Removed: will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
−Removed: the event that the funds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount
−Removed: per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share
−Removed: due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy
−Removed: its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors
−Removed: would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
−Removed: While we currently expect
−Removed: that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to
−Removed: us, it is possible that our independent directors, in exercising their business judgment, may choose not to do so in any particular instance
−Removed: if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable
−Removed: or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely.
−Removed: Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims
−Removed: of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be substantially less than $10.00 per share.
−Removed: will seek to reduce the possibility that our sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring
−Removed: to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements
−Removed: with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account.
−Removed: Our sponsor will also not
−Removed: be liable 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: In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and
−Removed: liabilities is insufficient, shareholders who received funds from our trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors.
−Removed: we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed,
−Removed: the funds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy
−Removed: estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders.
−Removed: To the extent any bankruptcy claims
−Removed: deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.00 per share to our public shareholders.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: if we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed,
−Removed: any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy or insolvency laws as either
−Removed: a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy or insolvency court could seek
−Removed: to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.
−Removed: Furthermore, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its
−Removed: fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive
−Removed: damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that
−Removed: claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
−Removed: public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public shares
−Removed: if we do not complete our initial business combination during the Extension Period, (ii) in connection with a shareholder vote to amend
−Removed: our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption
−Removed: in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business
−Removed: combination during the Extension Period or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or
−Removed: pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account.
−Removed: In the event we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a shareholder’s voting in connection
−Removed: with the business combination alone will not result in a shareholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share
−Removed: of the trust account.
−Removed: Such shareholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above.
−Removed: These provisions of our amended
−Removed: and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
−Removed: may be amended with a shareholder vote.
−Removed: of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations
−Removed: to another entity pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to
−Removed: Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for
−Removed: an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual
−Removed: obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law.
−Removed: Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:
−Removed: no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain
−Removed: from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us;
−Removed: and (ii) we renounce any
−Removed: interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate
−Removed: opportunity for any director or officer on the one hand, and us, on the other.
−Removed: We do not believe, however, that the fiduciary duties
−Removed: or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: currently utilize office space at 14 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, 10005.
−Removed: We consider our current office space adequate for our
−Removed: current operations.
−Removed: currently have one officer, Adam Gishen.
−Removed: Gishen and any additional officers that may be appointed are not obligated to devote any
−Removed: 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
−Removed: have completed our initial business combination.
−Removed: The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a
−Removed: target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the business combination process we are in.
−Removed: have engaged certain employees and advisors to assist us with the completion of our initial business combination.
+Added: expects to continue to make significant investments in automating the end-to-end solar process through improved workflow management,
+Added: electronic site-audit, and electronic permitting capabilities.
+Added: Additionally, Complete Solaria plans to continue to develop consumer facing
+Added: software to enhance consumers’ ability to manage their solar systems and integrate other energy-efficient products and services
+Added: into their homes.
+Added: ● Continue to Deliver a Differentiated Customer Experience.
+Added: Complete Solaria prioritizes the customer experience.
+Added: Its systems enable fast project fulfillment, direct customer communication,
+Added: and facilitation of third-party sales, installation, and finance partners for a seamless customer experience.
+Added: These systems also enable
+Added: a broad service offering with customized configurations and pricing.
+Added: Further development of these systems will enable future product
+Added: offerings and increasingly optimized solar and energy-efficient configurations for Complete Solaria’s customers.
+Added: Our Strengths
+Added: The following strengths position Complete Solaria
+Added: to drive the mass adoption of residential solar in a manner that maximizes the value of its growing customer base over the long term:
+Added: ● Platform of Services and Tools :
+Added: A diversified and multi-pronged
+Added: customer acquisition approach.
+Added: This infrastructure underpins the ability to enjoy broad customer reach with a low system-wide cost structure
+Added: and positions Complete Solaria for expansion to every market where distributed solar energy generation can offer homeowners savings versus
+Added: traditional utility retail power.
+Added: ● Differentiated Customer Experience :
+Added: We offer a unique
+Added: customer experience through various methods:
+Added: customer-friendly solar service features, tailored designs and customizable pricing for
+Added: each homeowner, a highly consultative sales process, and a focus on customer savings.
+Added: ● Unique access to customers through third-party sales channels:
+Added: The turn-key solar product offering, best-in-class customer service, and national footprint support third-party sales channels and
+Added: strategic national partnerships.
+Added: Complete Solaria provides solutions for sales channels seeking to expand their geographic reach and
+Added: strengthen their relationships with their own customers.
+Added: Technology Suite
+Added: HelioSuite is an innovative,
+Added: end-to-end software platform designed to manage every aspect of a residential solar project.
+Added: HelioSuite was originally designed to support
+Added: our internal sales and build partners to ensure a seamless customer experience.
+Added: In 2021, Complete Solaria commercialized the software
+Added: solutions through Helio Proposal Services provide proposal services for residential solar sales companies outside of Complete Solar’s
+Added: existing network of sales partners.
+Added: Features of the Technology Suite include the following capabilities, some of which are planned for
+Added: roll-out in the future:
+Added: ● HelioQuoteTM :
+Added: is an automated solar design tool that
+Added: rapidly generates optimized proposals and executable contracts.
+Added: Software innovations that automate system design and layout while optimizing
+Added: homeowner economics enable proposal generation.
+Added: The average turnaround time for a proposal is only five minutes, which we believe is
+Added: much faster than our competitors.
+Added: ● HelioTrackTM :
+Added: a project management software that streamlines
+Added: the installation process and coordinates interactions between Complete Solaria, homeowners, sales partners and build partners.
+Added: a customer relationship management tool that provides payroll, commissions tracking, and project progression to all partners.
+Added: The equipment
+Added: management module coordinates the bill of materials and ordering process and tracks and manages all inventory for a project.
+Added: The construction
+Added: module assigns projects, calculates commissions and payments, and control quality.
+Added: The Complete Solar Project Management tools automate
+Added: task assignments and times and track progress.
+Added: ● Share The Sun :
+Added: is an online customer engagement platform
+Added: where customers can make referrals and share information on social networks.
+Added: Complete Solaria has considered offering services that allow
+Added: customers to view their energy generation, pay their bills, contact the customer service team, and assess their positive environmental
+Added: Customer Service and Operations
+Added: Solar System Sales
+Added: Complete Solaria has made significant investments
+Added: to create a platform of services and tools that addresses customer origination, system design and installation, and general customer support.
+Added: Before a sales representative conducts a consultation, homeowners are pre-qualified based on a preliminary evaluation which considers
+Added: a homeowner’s credit, home ownership, electricity usage and suitability of the roof based on age, condition, shading and pitch.
+Added: Once a homeowner is pre-qualified, all necessary data is collected and a proposal is generated for the homeowner.
+Added: If a homeowner is interested
+Added: in moving forward, a customer contract is automatically generated for electronic execution.
+Added: This contract then undergoes a final review
+Added: and verification of credit before it is countersigned.
+Added: Once an agreement is fully executed, a service
+Added: tech performs a site audit at the home to inspect the roof and measure shading.
+Added: This audit follows a final system design plan and an application
+Added: for any required building permits.
+Added: The plans are reviewed to ensure they conform to the executed contract or to process a change order
+Added: A second production estimate is generated at this time and if the expected energy production exceeds or falls below the original
+Added: estimate by certain thresholds, the homeowner agreement is modified accordingly.
+Added: To reduce installation costs and operational risk, there
+Added: are defined design and installation quality standards designed to ensure that homeowners receive a quality product, regardless of who
+Added: installs the system.
+Added: After the solar panels are installed, the customer care team follows
+Added: up with the homeowner with a survey on their experience.
+Added: If a system requires maintenance, Complete Solaria or a partner or dedicated
+Added: service-only contractor will visit the customer’s home and perform any necessary repairs or maintenance at no additional cost to
+Added: the customer.
+Added: Software Enhanced Services
+Added: Complete Solaria’s partners are third-party
+Added: Sales organizations that use the design and proposal services for their residential solar projects.
+Added: Complete Solaria staffs a sales support
+Added: desk six days a week to provide live customer support for sales representatives who need a design or proposal for a potential homeowner
+Added: These customer support teams rapidly produce proposals, answer questions, and offer other forms of support for sales personnel.
+Added: The main components of a residential solar energy
+Added: system are the solar modules, inverters, and racking systems.
+Added: Complete Solaria generally purchases these components for build partners
+Added: from select distributors, which are then shipped to build partners for installation.
+Added: There is a running list of approved suppliers in
+Added: the event any of the sources for modules, inverters or other components become unavailable.
+Added: If Complete Solaria fails to develop, maintain,
+Added: and expand relationships with these or other suppliers, the ability to meet anticipated demand for solar energy systems may be adversely
+Added: affected, or at higher costs or delayed.
+Added: If one or more of the suppliers ceases or reduces production due to its financial condition,
+Added: acquisition by a competitor or otherwise, it may be difficult to identify alternate suppliers quickly or to qualify alternative products
+Added: on commercially reasonable terms, and the ability to satisfy this demand may be adversely affected.
+Added: Complete Solaria screens all suppliers and components
+Added: based on expected cost, reliability, warranty coverage, ease of installation, etc.
+Added: The declining cost of solar modules and the raw materials
+Added: necessary to manufacture them have been a key driver in the prices charged for electricity and homeowner adoption of solar energy.
+Added: solar module and raw material prices do not continue to decline at the same rate as they have over the past several years, the resulting
+Added: prices could slow growth and cause financial results to suffer.
+Added: If Complete Solaria is required to pay higher prices for supplies, accept
+Added: less favorable terms, or purchase solar modules or other system components from alternative, higher-priced sources, financial results
+Added: may be adversely affected.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s build partners are responsible
+Added: for and source the other products related to solar energy systems, such as fasteners, wiring and electrical fittings.
+Added: From time-to-time,
+Added: Complete Solaria procures these other products related to solar energy systems for its own installation business.
+Added: Complete Solaria manages
+Added: inventory through local warehouses and as segregated inventory at build partners.
+Added: The main components of a residential solar module
+Added: are the solar cells.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s solar modules are generally manufactured by third-party select manufacturers and are purchased
+Added: from distributors.
+Added: Complete Solaria screens all suppliers and components
+Added: based on expected cost, reliability, warranty coverage, ease of installation, and other factors.
+Added: It typically enters into master contract
+Added: arrangements with major suppliers that define the general terms and conditions of purchases, including warranties, product specifications,
+Added: indemnities, delivery and other customary terms.
+Added: Solar System Sales
+Added: Complete Solaria’s primary competitors are
+Added: the traditional utilities that supply electricity to potential customers.
+Added: It competes with these traditional utilities primarily based
+Added: on price (cents per kilowatt hour), predictability of future prices (by providing pre-determined annual price escalations) and the ease
+Added: by which homeowners can switch to electricity generated by solar energy systems.
+Added: Based on these factors, Complete Solaria competes favorably
+Added: with traditional utilities.
+Added: Complete Solaria competes for homeowner customers
+Added: with other solar sales and installation companies and with solar companies with business models that are similar to Complete Solaria’s.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s main competitors can be grouped broadly into (a) national, vertically integrated companies with established brands
+Added: and proprietary consumer financing products;
+Added: (b) small, local solar contractors who operate with relatively low-fixed overhead expenses
+Added: but who may lack systems, tools, and sophisticated product offerings;
+Added: and (c) sales aggregators who engage with third-party sales companies
+Added: to generate installation contracts.
+Added: Complete Solaria competes favorably with these companies, with (a) better customer experience and
+Added: better Sales Partner experience than the national vertically integrated companies;
+Added: (b) better pricing and broader customer offerings than
+Added: smaller local solar contractors;
+Added: and (c) a better build partner experience than sales aggregators.
+Added: Complete Solaria also faces competition from purely
+Added: finance-driven organizations that acquire homeowner customers and then subcontract out the installation of solar energy systems, installation
+Added: businesses that seek financing from external parties, large construction companies and utilities and sophisticated electrical and roofing
+Added: At the same time, the open platform provides opportunities for these competitors to become partners, and the open platform
+Added: offers these new market participants a cost-effective way to enter the market and compelling process, technology and supply chain services
+Added: over the long term.
+Added: Intellectual Property
+Added: Complete Solaria seeks to
+Added: protect its intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights in the U.S.
+Added: and other countries, as well
+Added: as contractual restrictions.
+Added: It generally enters into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with employees and contractors,
+Added: and confidentiality agreements with other third parties, in order to limit access to, and disclosure and use of, confidential information
+Added: and proprietary technology.
+Added: In addition to these contractual arrangements, Complete Solaria also relies on a combination of trademarks,
+Added: trade dress, domain names, copyrights, and trade secrets to help protect the brand and other intellectual property.
+Added: Government Regulations and Incentives
+Added: Governments have used different public policy mechanisms
+Added: to accelerate the adoption and use of solar power.
+Added: Examples of customer-focused financial mechanisms include capital cost rebates, performance-based
+Added: incentives, feed-in tariffs, tax credits, renewable portfolio standards, net metering, and carbon regulations.
+Added: Some of these government
+Added: mandates and economic incentives are scheduled to be reduced or to expire or could be eliminated.
+Added: Capital cost rebates provide funds to
+Added: customers based on the cost and size of a customer’s solar power system.
+Added: Performance-based incentives provide funding to a customer
+Added: based on the energy produced by their solar power system.
+Added: Feed-in tariffs pay customers for solar power system generation based on energy
+Added: produced at a rate generally guaranteed for a period of time.
+Added: Tax credits reduce a customer’s taxes at the time the taxes are due.
+Added: Renewable portfolio standards mandate that a certain percentage of electricity delivered to customers comes from eligible renewable energy
+Added: Net metering allows customers to deliver to the electric grid any excess electricity produced by their on-site solar power
+Added: systems and to be credited for that excess electricity at or near the full retail price of electricity.
+Added: Carbon regulations, including
+Added: cap-and-trade and carbon pricing programs, increase the cost of fossil fuels, which release climate-altering carbon dioxide and other
+Added: greenhouse gas emissions during combustion.
+Added: In addition to the mechanisms
+Added: described above, there are various incentives for homeowners and businesses to adopt solar power in The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
+Added: Moreover, in Europe, the European Commission has mandated that its member states adopt integrated national climate and energy plans to
+Added: increase their renewable energy targets to be achieved by 2030, which could benefit the deployment of solar.
+Added: However, the U.S.
+Added: Union, among others, have imposed tariffs or are evaluating the imposition of tariffs on solar panels, solar cells, polysilicon, and other
+Added: These and any other tariffs or similar taxes or duties may offset the incentives described above and increase the price of
+Added: Complete Solaria’s solar products.
+Added: Employees and Human Capital Resources
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, Complete Solaria had over
+Added: 134 employees.
+Added: Complete Solaria also engages independent contractors and consultants.
+Added: No employees are covered by collective bargaining
+Added: There have not been any work stoppages.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s human capital resources
+Added: objectives include identifying, recruiting, retaining, training, and integrating its existing and new employees.
+Added: The principal purposes
+Added: of Complete Solaria’s equity incentive plans are to attract, retain and motivate personnel through the granting of equity-based
+Added: awards, increasing stockholder value and the success of Complete Solaria by motivating such individuals to perform to the best of their
+Added: abilities and achieve Complete Solaria’s objectives.
+Added: Complete Solaria’s corporate headquarters
+Added: and executive offices are located in Fremont, California and it also maintains an office in Lehi, Utah.
+Added: Complete Solaria leases all the facilities and
+Added: owns no real property.
+Added: Complete Solaria believes that current facilities are adequate to meet ongoing needs.
+Added: If additional space is required,
+Added: Complete Solaria believes that it will be able to obtain additional facilities on commercially reasonable terms.
+Added: Corporate Information
+Added: We were originally known as
+Added: Freedom Acquisition I Corp (“FACT”).
+Added: We are engaged in solar system sales and associated commerce.
+Added: On July 18, 2023, Complete
+Added: Solaria, FACT, and certain other entities consummated the transactions contemplated under that certain amended and restated Business Combination
+Added: Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2023, following the approval at the special meeting of the stockholders of FACT held July 11, 2023.
+Added: connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we changed our name from Freedom Acquisition I Corp.
+Added: to Complete Solaria, Inc.
+Added: Our principal executive offices
+Added: are located at 45700 Northport Loop E, Fremont, CA 94538, and our telephone number is (510) 270-2507.
+Added: Access to Company Information
+Added: We file or furnish periodic
+Added: reports and amendments thereto, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form
+Added: 8-K, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: In addition, the SEC maintains
+Added: a website (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.
+Added: Complete Solar’s internet address is https://www.completesolaria.com.
+Added: Through our internet website, we make available, free of charge,
+Added: our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports as soon
+Added: as reasonably practicable after such reports have been filed with or furnished to the SEC.
+Added: The information on our website is not
+Added: a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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