UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands 001-39281 98-1523768
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1601 Bryan Street , Suite 4141 Dallas , Texas 75201
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (952) 456-5304
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒ Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which
registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, 0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant SOAC.U The New York Stock Exchange
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units SOAC The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants included as part of the Units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of 11.50 SOAC WS The New York Stock Exchange
As of August 16, 2021, 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par
value $0.0001 per share, and 7,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1
Item 1.
Financial Statements
1
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020
1
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020
2
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and
2020
3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 and 2020
4
Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
5
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
19
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
23
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
23
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
25
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
25
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
25
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
25
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
26
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
26
Item 5.
Other Information
26
Item 6.
Exhibits.
26
SIGNATURE
27
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Unaudited Financial Statements
SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Condensed
CONSOLIDATED Balance Sheets
June 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(unaudited)
Assets:
Current assets:
Cash
$ 293,323
$ 1,299,301
Prepaid expenses
133,778
209,784
Total current assets
427,101
1,509,085
Investments held in Trust Account
300,078,204
300,069,135
Total Assets
$ 300,505,305
$ 301,578,220
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 476,646
$ 34,298
Accrued expenses
6,812,376
1,846,704
Total current liabilities
7,289,022
1,881,002
Long term liabilities:
Warrant liability
35,755,000
56,930,000
Deferred underwriting commissions
10,500,000
10,500,000
Total liabilities
53,544,022
69,311,002
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 30,000,000 and 22,726,721 shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
300,078,204
227,267,210
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit):
Preference shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
-
-
Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; - 0 - and 7,273,279 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 30,000,000 and 22,726,721 shares subject to possible redemption) at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
-
727
Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 7,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively
750
750
Additional paid-in capital
-
41,549,625
Accumulated deficit
( 53,117,671 )
( 36,551,094 )
Total
shareholders’ equity (deficit)
( 53,116,921 )
5,000,008
Total Liabilities and
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
$ 300,505,305
$ 301,578,220
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Condensed
CONSOLIDATED Statements of Operations ( Unaudited)
For the three
months ended
June 30,
2021
For the three
months ended
June 30,
2020
For the six
months ended
June 30,
2021
For the six
months ended
June 30,
2020
General and administrative expenses
$ 3,445,137
$ 307,417
$ 6,430,059
$ 366,416
General and administrative expenses - related party
30,000
20,000
60,000
20,000
Loss from operations
$ ( 3,475,137 )
$ ( 327,417 )
( 6,490,059 )
( 386,416 )
Other income:
Change in fair value of warrant liability
( 13,705,000 )
1,170,000
21,175,000
1,170,000
Net gain on investments held in Trust Account
4,560
41,768
9,070
41,768
Offering costs allocated to derivative warrant liabilities
-
( 877,647 )
-
( 877,647 )
Interest earned
23
19
55
19
Net (loss) income
$ ( 17,175,554 )
$ 6,723
$ 14,694,066
$ ( 52,276 )
Weighted average shares outstanding of shares subject to redemption, basic and diluted
30,000,000
26,284,377
27,468,417
26,284,377
Basic and diluted net income per share, shares subject to redemption
$ -
$ -
$ -
$ -
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding, basic and diluted
7,500,000
9,649,510
10,031,583
8,602,438
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share
$ ( 2.29 )
$ -
$ 1.46
$ ( 0.01 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Condensed CONSOLIDATED
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (DEFICIT) (Unaudited)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021
Ordinary Shares
Additional
Total
Class A
Class B
Paid-in
Accumulated
Shareholders'
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Equity (Deficit)
Balance - December 31, 2020
7,273,279
$ 727
7,500,000
$ 750
$ 41,549,625
$ ( 36,551,094 )
5,000,008
Measurement adjustment on redeemable ordinary shares
( 7,273,279 )
( 727 )
-
-
$ ( 41,549,625 )
$ ( 31,256,083 )
( 72,806,435 )
Net income
-
-
-
-
-
31,869,620
31,869,620
Balance - March 31, 2021
-
-
7,500,000
750
-
( 35,937,557 )
( 35,936,807 )
Measurement adjustment on redeemable ordinary shares
-
-
-
-
-
( 4,560 )
( 4,560 )
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
( 17,175,554 )
( 17,175,554 )
Balance - June 30, 2021
-
-
7,500,000
750
-
( 53,117,671 )
( 53,116,921 )
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020
Ordinary Shares
Additional
Total
Class A
Class B
Paid-in
Accumulated
Shareholders'
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Equity (Deficit)
Balance - December 31,2019
-
$ -
8,625,000
$ 863
$ 24,137
$ ( 9,039 )
$ 15,961
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
( 58,999 )
( 58,999 )
Balance - March 31, 2020
-
-
8,625,000
863
24,137
( 68,038 )
( 43,038 )
Sale of units in initial public offering, gross
30,000,000
3,000
-
-
285,297,000
-
285,300,000
Offering costs
-
-
-
-
( 16,506,689 )
-
( 16,506,689 )
Forfeiture of Class B ordinary shares
( 1,125,000 )
( 113 )
113
-
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
( 26,375,699 )
( 2,638 )
-
-
( 263,754,351 )
-
( 263,756,989 )
Net income
-
-
-
-
-
6,723
6,723
Balance - June 30, 2020
3,624,301
362
7,500,000
750
5,060,210
( 61,315 )
5,000,007
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Condensed
CONSOLIDATED Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
For the six months ended
June 30,
2021
For the six months ended
June 30,
2020
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)
$ 14,694,066
$ ( 52,276 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
( 21,175,000 )
( 1,170,000 )
Offering costs allocated to derivative warrant liabilities
-
877,647
General and administrative expenses paid by related party under note agreement
-
70,123
Net gain on investments held in Trust Account
( 9,070 )
( 41,768 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses
76,006
( 79,318 )
Accounts payable
442,348
( 94,294 )
Accrued expenses
4,965,672
17,000
Net cash used in operating activities
( 1,005,978 )
( 472,886 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Cash deposited in Trust Account
-
( 300,000,000 )
Net cash used in investing activities
-
300,000,000
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds received from initial public offering, gross
-
300,000,000
Proceeds from private placement
-
9,500,000
Offering costs paid
-
( 6,702,088 )
Repayment of note payable from related party
-
( 162,979 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
-
302,634,933
Net change in cash
( 1,005,978 )
2,162,047
Cash - beginning of the period
1,299,301
-
Cash - end of the period
$ 293,323
$ 2,162,047
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Offering costs included in accounts payable
$ -
$ 244,444
Offering costs included in accrued expenses
$ -
$ 85,000
Offering costs included in note payable
$ -
$ 92,856
Use of retainer for offering costs
$ -
$ ( 3,271 )
Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the initial public offering
$ -
$ 10,500,000
Forfeiture of Class B ordinary shares
$ -
$ 113
Initial value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
$ -
$ 262,826,540
Measurement adjustment on redeemable ordinary shares
$ 72,810,995
$ 930,449
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations
Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp. (the
“Company”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on December 18, 2019.
The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization
or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging
growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
As of June 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced
any operations. All activity for the period from December 18, 2019 (inception) through June 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation,
the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, a search
for a business combination candidate. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business
Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash from the proceeds derived
from the Initial Public Offering and interest income earned on investments held in Trust Account.
Proposed Business Combination and Related Transactions
On March 4, 2021, the Company entered into a Business
Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, 1291924 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company,
an unlimited liability company existing under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (“NewCo Sub”), and DeepGreen Metals Inc.,
a company existing under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (“DeepGreen”).
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement,
the Company will migrate to and be continued as a company in British Columbia, Canada (the “SOAC Continuance”). Following
the SOAC Continuance, pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia), (i) the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of DeepGreen (the “DeepGreen Shares”)
from DeepGreen shareholders in exchange for the Company’s ordinary shares (as defined below) and Company Earnout Shares (as defined
below) (the “Share Exchange”), (ii) DeepGreen will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) DeepGreen and
NewCo Sub will amalgamate to continue as one unlimited liability company, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.
Each option to purchase ordinary shares in the
capital of the Company (the “DeepGreen Options”) will become an option to purchase SOAC ordinary shares and Company Earnout
Shares on the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting, expiration and forfeiture provisions) that applied to the corresponding
DeepGreen Options immediately prior to closing of the Business Combination.
The Proposed Business Combination is expected to
close in the third quarter of 2021, following the receipt of the required approval by the Company’s shareholders and the fulfillment
of other conditions.
The shareholders and the optionholders of DeepGreen
will be entitled to receive, in exchange for their DeepGreen Shares or DeepGreen Options, as applicable, an aggregate of (i) a number
of shares in the capital of the Company or comparable equity awards that are settled or are exercisable for shares in the capital of the
Company, as applicable, based on an implied DeepGreen equity value of $2.25 billion after giving effect to the SOAC Continuance (the “SOAC
Ordinary shares”), (ii) 5,000,000 Class A Special Shares, (iii) 10,000,000 Class B Special Shares, (iv) 10,000,000 Class C Special
Shares, (v) 20,000,000 Class D Special Shares, (vi) 20,000,000 Class E Special Shares, (vii) 20,000,000 Class F Special Shares, (viii)
25,000,000 Class G Special Shares and (ix) 25,000,000 Class H Special Shares, in each case, in the capital of the Company (collectively,
the “Company Earnout Shares”), or, as applicable, options to purchase such SOAC Ordinary shares and Company Earnout Shares.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Concurrently with the execution of the Business
Combination Agreement, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain institutional
and accredited investors, pursuant to which such investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell
to such investors, substantially concurrently with the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), an aggregate of 33,030,000
shares of SOAC Ordinary shares for $ 10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $ 330,300,000 (the “PIPE Financing”).
The closing of the PIPE Financing is contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent consummation of the Business Combination.
The Subscription Agreements provide that the Company will grant the investors in the PIPE Financing certain customary registration rights.
The PIPE Financing is contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent closing of the Business Combination.
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions
that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did
not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements which have not previously
been disclosed within the financial statements.
Sponsor, Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
The Company’s sponsor is Sustainable Opportunities
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial
Public Offering was declared effective on May 5, 2020. On May 8, 2020, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000
units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public
Shares”) at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 300.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $ 17.4 million,
inclusive of $ 10.5 million in deferred underwriting commissions (Note 5).
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 9,500,000 warrants (each, a “Private
Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $ 1.00 per Private Placement Warrant
in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $ 9.5 million (Note 4).
Trust Account
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering
and the Private Placement, $300.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering
and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States at JP Morgan
Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in U.S. government securities,
within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended
investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3)
and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business
Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
Initial Business Combination
The Company’s management has broad discretion
with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants,
although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There
is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial
Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below)
(excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing of
the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction
company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in
the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”).
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
The Company will provide the holders (the “Public
Shareholders”) of its Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public
Shares”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either
(i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision
as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company,
solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount
then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders
who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter (as
discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion
of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will proceed
with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $ 5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination
and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the
Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to the amended and
restated memorandum and articles of association, which the Company adopted upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (the “Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If,
however, shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business
or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not
pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether
they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination,
the Initial Shareholders (as defined below) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and any Public Shares
purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the Initial Shareholders have agreed
to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business
Combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provide that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or
any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more
than an aggregate of 15 % or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the
Company.
The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors
(the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide holders of its Public Shares the right
to have their shares redeemed in connection with its initial business combination or to redeem 100 % of its Public Shares if the Company
does not complete a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or November 8, 2021 (the “Combination
Period”) unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction
with any such amendment.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business
Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly
as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash,
equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and
not previously released to the Company to pay for its tax obligations, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses)
divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights
as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible
following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate
and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for
claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their
liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
However, if the Initial Shareholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating
distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within
the Combination Period. The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the
Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such
amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares.
In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution
(including Trust Account assets) will be only $ 10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held
in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services
rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction
agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party
who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims
under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed
to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims.
The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by
endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business,
execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
As of June 30, 2021, the Company had approximately
$ 293 thousand in cash and a working capital deficit of approximately $ 6.8 million.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination,
the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing
due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring,
negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments
from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are
not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion,
to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company
is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but
not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses.
The Company cannot provide any assurance that new
financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern through November 8, 2021. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to
the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue
as a going concern.
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of
the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the
unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for
the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three and six months ended June
30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021 or for any future
interim periods.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction the financial statements and notes thereto included in with the Company’s Annual Report
as amended on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements
include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. Activities in relation to the noncontrolling interest are not considered to be significant and are, therefore,
not presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,”
as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”),
and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that
are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements
of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports
and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder
approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our
Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or
revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement
declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised
financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition
period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable.
The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it
has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised
standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.
This may make comparison of the Company’s
financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards
used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in
conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date the financial statements and the reported amounts
of expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Making estimates requires management to exercise
significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances
that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near
term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject
the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal
Depository Insurance Coverage of $ 250,000 and investments held in Trust Account. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments
with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents as of June
30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Investments Held in Trust Account
The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities
is comprised solely of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with
a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company
meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act. Upon the closing of the Initial
Public Offering and the Private Placement, $ 300 million was placed in the Trust Account and invested in money market funds that invest
in U.S. government securities. All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities.
Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from
the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included in net gain on investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying
statement of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
Fair Value Measurement
Fair value is defined as the price that would be
received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs
(Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
●
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
●
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
●
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure
fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is
categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the
carrying values of cash, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of the instruments.
As of June 30, 2021, the Company’s portfolio of investments held in Trust Account is comprised entirely of investments in money
market funds that invest in U.S. government securities.
The Warrants are accounted for as liabilities pursuant
to ASC 815-40 and are measured at fair value as of each reporting period. Changes in the fair value of the Warrants are recorded in the
statement of operations each period.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Warrant Liabilities
The Company does not use derivative instruments
to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including
issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives,
pursuant to ASC 480 and ASC 815-15. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded
as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.
The Company issued 15,000,000 warrants as part
of the units offered in its Initial Public Offering and, simultaneously with the closing of Initial Public Offering, the Company issued
in a private placement an aggregate of 9,500,000 private placement warrants. The Company accounts for the Warrants in accordance with
the guidance contained in ASC 815-40 under which the Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities.
Accordingly, the Company classifies the Warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjusts the warrants to fair value at each reporting
period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized
in the Company’s statement of operations. The fair value of the Public Warrants has been estimated using the Public Warrants’
quoted market price. The Private Placement Warrants are valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model.
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption
Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption
(if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including
Class A ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon
the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times,
Class A ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption
rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly,
as of June 30, 2021, 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption were presented at redemption value as temporary
equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per
share. Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding
during the periods. An aggregate of 30,000,000 and 22,726,721 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2021
and December 31, 2020, respectively have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per ordinary share, since such shares, if redeemed,
only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 24,500,000 Class A ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted
loss per ordinary share, since the inclusion of such
warrants would be anti-dilutive. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share is the same as basic net income (loss) per
ordinary share for the periods presented.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) per Ordinary Share
The Company’s net income (loss) is adjusted
for the portion of income (loss) that is attributable to ordinary shares subject to redemption, as these shares only participate in the
earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per ordinary share is calculated
as follows:
For the three
months
ended
June 30,
2021
For the three
months
ended
June 30,
2020
For the six
months
ended
June 30,
2021
For the six
months
ended
June 30,
2020
Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption
Numerator: Earnings allocable to Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption
Income from investments held in Trust Account
$ 4,560
$ 36,722
$ 9,070
$ 36,722
Less: Company's portion available to be withdrawn to pay taxes
-
-
-
-
Net income attributable to ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
$ 4,560
$ 36,722
$ 9,070
$ 36,722
Denominator: Weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
Weighted average shares outstanding subject to redemption,
basic and diluted
30,000,000
26,284,337
27,468,417
26,284,337
Basic and diluted net income per share, shares subject to redemption
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
$ 0.00
Non-Redeemable Ordinary Shares
Numerator: Net Income (Loss) minus Net Earnings attributable to redeemable shares
Net income (loss)
$ ( 17,175,554 )
$ 6,723
$ 14,694,066
$ ( 52,276 )
Less: Income attributable to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
( 4,560 )
( 36,722 )
( 9,070 )
( 36,722 )
Non-redeemable net income (loss)
$ ( 17,180,114 )
$ ( 29,998 )
$ 14,684,996
$ ( 88,997 )
Denominator: weighted average Non-redeemable ordinary shares
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding, basic and diluted
7,500,000
9,649,510
10,031,583
8,602,438
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Non-redeemable shares
$ ( 2.29 )
$ ( 0.00 )
$ 1.46
$ ( 0.01 )
Income Taxes
FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,”
prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be
sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The
Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes
accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of
interest and penalties as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could
result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by
major taxing authorities since inception.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income
by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the
Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s management does
not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Recent Accounting Standards
The Company’s management does not believe
that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the
Company’s financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
On May 8, 2020, the Company consummated its Initial
Public Offering of 30,000,000 Units at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 300 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately
$ 17.4 million, inclusive of $ 10.5 million in deferred underwriting commissions. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half
of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary
share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).
Note 4 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On December 31, 2019, the Sponsor purchased 8,625,000
shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $ 0.0001 for an aggregate price of
$ 25,000 . In March 2020, the Sponsor transferred 30,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent directors. The Founder
Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the Company’s initial Business Combination and are
subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in Note 6. The Sponsor had agreed to forfeit up to 1,125,000 Founder Shares to
the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriter so that the Founder Shares will represent 20.0 %
of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. The over-allotment option expired in June 2020;
thus, these Founder Shares were forfeited accordingly.
The Initial Shareholders agreed, subject to limited
exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion
of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Class A ordinary
shares equals or exceeds $ 12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations
and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination,
or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all
of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 9,500,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private
Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $9.5 million. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole
Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the
Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not
complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement
Warrants will be non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and
directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days
after the completion of the initial Business Combination.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Related Party Loans
On December 31, 2019, the Sponsor agreed to loan
the Company an aggregate of up to $ 300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the
“Note”). This loan was non-interest bearing and payable upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company borrowed
approximately $ 163,000 under the Note and fully repaid this amount on May 8, 2020.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs
in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and
directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company
completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released
to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that
a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working
Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the
terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The
Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s
discretion, up to $ 1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity
at a price of $ 1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had
no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on May 8, 2020 through
the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to reimburse the Sponsor a total of $ 10,000
per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. The Company incurred and paid $ 30,000 and $ 60,000 for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and $ 20,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 respectively, in expenses in
connection with such services and recorded in general and administrative expenses in the condensed statements of operations.
Note 5 — Commitments & Contingencies
Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement
Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, will be entitled to registration rights (in
the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion of such shares to Class A ordinary shares) pursuant to a registration and shareholder
rights agreement. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. However, the registration
and shareholder rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to
become effective until the termination of the applicable lock-up period for the securities to be registered. The Company will bear the
expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option
from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments,
if any, at $ 10.00 per Unit, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The over-allotment option expired in June 2020.
The underwriter was entitled to an underwriting
discount of $ 0.20 per unit, or $ 6.0 million in the aggregate paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, $ 0.35
per unit, or $ 10.5 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred underwriting
commissions will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes
a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Consulting Agreement
The Company is receiving consulting services in connection with identification
of potential targets for a Business Combination and due diligence on such targets. As compensation for such services, the Company paid
a nonrefundable fixed fee of $ 350,000 and agreed to pay the consulting firm $ 2,650,000 solely in the event that the Company completes
a Business Combination. The consulting agreement may be terminated early by either party to the agreement provided that the Company pays
a termination fee to the consulting firm determined based on a monthly increasing amount through November 2021. The Company recognized
$ 418,400 and $ 836,800 in general and administrative expenses within the condensed statements of operations for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2021, respectively. The Company recognized $ 0 for the same fee in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.
The termination fee accrued was $ 1,952,600 and $ 1,115,800 as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
Note 6 — Shareholders’ Equity
Preference Shares
The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference
shares with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board
of directors. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Ordinary Shares
Class A Ordinary Shares — The
Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. As of June 30, 2021 and December
31, 2020, there were 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares outstanding, including 30,000,000 and 22,726,721 Class A ordinary shares subject
to possible redemption classified as temporary equity in the accompanying balance sheets, respectively.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The
Company is authorized to issue 30,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. Holders of Class B ordinary shares
are entitled to one vote for each share. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 7,500,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding.
Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders
of the Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders
except as required by law.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically
convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the initial Business Combination at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary
shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20 % of the sum of (i) the
total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class
A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or
deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding any
Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued,
to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor upon conversion of Working
Capital Loans. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an
issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class
A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for
its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets
and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The following table presents our fair value hierarchy
for liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2021:
June 30, 2021
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Warrant liabilities:
Public Warrants
$ 21,600,000
$ —
$ —
$ 21,600,000
Private Placement Warrants
—
—
14,155,000
14,155,000
Total warrant liabilities
$ 21,600,000
$ —
$ 14,155,000
$ 35,755,000
The Private Placement Warrants were valued
using a modified Black Scholes Model including inputs from a Monte Carlo simulation, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement.
The Monte Carlo simulation’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Warrants is the probability
of consummation of the Business Combination. The probability assigned to the consummation of the Business Combination was 88 % which was
estimated based on the observed success rates of business combinations for special purpose acquisition companies.
The following table provides quantitative information
regarding Level 3 fair value measurements inputs at their measurement dates:
As of
June 30,
2021
As of
December 31,
2020
Exercise price
$ 11.50
$ 11.50
Implied stock price range (or underlying asset price at December 31, 2020)
$ 9.95
$ 10.76
Volatility
21.0 %
30.5 %
Term
5.14
5.25
Risk-free rate
0.89 %
0.40 %
Dividend yield
0.0 %
0.0 %
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Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
The following table presents the changes in the
fair value of warrant liabilities:
Private Placement Warrants
Fair value, December 31, 2020
$ 23,180,000
Change in fair value
( 9,025,000 )
Fair value, June 30, 2021
$ 14,155,000
Note 8 — Warrant Liability
Warrants
Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole
number of shares. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade.
The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months
from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus
relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky,
laws of the state of residence of the holder (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under certain
circumstances). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of
a Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering
the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary
shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise
of the warrants is not effective by the 60 th day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may,
until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an
effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act or another exemption. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption
or liquidation.
Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. If (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked
securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective
issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the
Company and, (i) in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held
by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance, and (ii) without taking into account the transfer of Founder
Shares or Private Placement Warrants (including if such transfer is effectuated as a surrender to us and subsequent reissuance by the
Company) by the Sponsor in connection with such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from
such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business
Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average
trading price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares during the 20-trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the
day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per
share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value
and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price discussed below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to
be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
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SUSTAINABLE OPPORTUNITIES ACQUISITION CORP.
Notes
to Condensed CONSOLIDATED Financial Statements
The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption
(except with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):
● in whole and not in part;
● at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, and
● if, and only if, the closing price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption,
management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,”
as described in the warrant agreement.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to
the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the ordinary
shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the
completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable
so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants
are held by someone other than the Initial Shareholders or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable
by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
Additionally, in no event will the Company be required
to net cash settle any Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and
the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their
warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to
such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events and
transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review,
other than as described in these financial statements, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment
or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the “Company,” “Sustainable
Opportunities Acquisition Corp.,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition
Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction
with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained
in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking
statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements
to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,”
“could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
“continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy
include, but are not limited to, those described in our other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated as a
Cayman Islands exempted company on December 18, 2019 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase,
reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that we have not yet identified (“Business Combination”).
Although we are not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, we intend
to focus within industries that benefit from strong Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) profiles. While investing
in ESG covers a broad range of themes, we are focused on evaluating suitable targets that have existing environmental sustainability practices
or that may benefit, both operationally and economically, from our management team’s commitment and expertise in executing such
practices. Our sponsor is Sustainable Opportunities Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”).
The registration statement for our Initial Public
Offering was declared effective on May 5, 2020. On May 8, 2020, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 units (the “Units”
and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit,
generating gross proceeds of $300.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $17.4 million, inclusive of $10.5 million in
deferred underwriting commissions. We granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,500,000 Units at the Initial
Public Offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. To date, the over-allotment option has not yet been exercised.
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Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 9,500,000 warrants (each, a “Private
Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant
in a private placement to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $9.5 million.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering
and the Private Placement, $300.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering
and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States at J.P. Morgan
Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in U.S. government securities,
within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended
investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and
(d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination
and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below. Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application
of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds
are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination.
If we are unable to complete a Business Combination
within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or November 8, 2021 (the “Combination Period”), we will:
(i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business
days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the
Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay for our tax obligations,
if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which
redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation
distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining
shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under
Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Recent Developments
Proposed Business Combination
On March 4, 2021, the Company entered into a Business
Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with NewCo Sub and DeepGreen. Pursuant to the Business Combination
Agreement, the Company will migrate to and be continued as a company in British Columbia, Canada (the “SOAC Continuance”).
Following the SOAC Continuance, pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations
Act (British Columbia), (i) the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of DeepGreen (the
“DeepGreen Shares”) from DeepGreen shareholders in exchange for the Company’s ordinary shares and Company Earnout Shares
(as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (the “Share Exchange”), (ii) DeepGreen will become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and (iii) DeepGreen and NewCo Sub will amalgamate to continue as one unlimited liability company, in each case,
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement and in accordance
with the provisions of applicable law. See the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 4, 2021, for further
information.
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Results of Operations
Our entire activity from December 18, 2019 (inception)
through May 8, 2020, was in preparation for our Initial Public Offering, and since such offering, our activity has been limited to the
search for a prospective initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of
our initial Business Combination.
For the three and six months ended June 30,
2021, we had net (loss) income of ($17,175,554) and $14,694,066, respectively, which consisted primarily of ($13,705,000) and
$21,175,000 for the three and six month periods respectively, related to the change in the fair value of the Company’s
Warrants. The Company also incurred $3,475,137 and $6,490,059 of general and administrative expenses for the three and six month
periods ending June 30, 2021.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we had net income (loss)
of approximately $7,000 and ($52,000), for both the three and six month periods this consists primarily of $880,000 of offering costs
allocated to derivative warrant liabilities and partially offset by a gain of $1,170,000 related to the change in the fair value of the
Company’s Warrants. The Company also had $327,417 and $386,416 of general and administrative expenses for the three and six month
periods ending June 30, 2020, respectively.
Liquidity
As of June 30, 2021, we had cash of $293,323 and
working capital deficit of $6,861,921.
Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public
Offering and the Private Placement Warrants, our liquidity has been satisfied through the proceeds from the consummation of the Private
Placement not held in the Trust Account of approximately $3.1 million.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination,
we will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing
due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring,
negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. We will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments
from our Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated
to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working
capital needs through Working Capital loans. As of June 30, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.
Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional
financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could
include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead
expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These
conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments
relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to
continue as a going concern.
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We continue to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic and have concluded that the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the balance sheet. The financial statements
do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Other Contractual Obligations
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriter was entitled to an underwriting
discount of $0.20 per unit, or $6.0 million in the aggregate paid upon the closing of the initial public offering. In addition, $0.35
per unit, or $10.5 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriter for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred underwriting
commissions will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a Business
Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Administrative Support Agreement
We entered into an agreement, commencing on May
8, 2020 through the earlier of our consummation of a Business Combination and our liquidation, to reimburse our Sponsor a total of $10,000
per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. We incurred and paid $60,000 and $20,000 in expenses in connection
with such services and recorded in general and administrative expenses in the condensed statements of operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively.
Consulting Agreement
The Company is receiving consulting services in
connection with identification of potential targets for a Business Combination and due diligence on such targets. As compensation for
such services, the Company paid a nonrefundable fixed fee of $350,000 and agreed to pay the consulting firm $2,650,000 solely in the event
that the Company completes a Business Combination. The consulting agreement may be terminated early by either party to the agreement provided
that the Company pays a termination fee to the consulting firm determined based on a monthly increasing amount through November 2021.
the Company recognized $836,800 and $0 in general and administrative expenses within the statements of operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively. The termination fee accrued was $1,952,600 and $1,115,800 as of June 30, 2021 and December
31, 2020, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements,
and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Refer the Company’s
10-K/A filed May 24, 2021 for critical accounting policies.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued,
but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial
statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2021, we did not have any off-balance
sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As of June 30, 2021, we were not subject to any
market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering,
including amounts in the Trust Account, were invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds or in certain money market funds
that invest solely in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there
will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
We have not engaged in any hedging activities since
our inception and we do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market risk to which we are exposed.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed
with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed,
summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with
the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer
and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In connection with the restatement
of our financial statements described below, our management re-evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer
and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of
June 30, 2021, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that,
solely due to the Company’s restatement of its financial statements to reclassify the Company’s Public Warrants and Private
Placement Warrants as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 24,
2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2021.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Our internal control
over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of directors regarding the preparation
and fair presentation of published financial statements. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide
reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of these inherent limitations, management
does not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. Management conducted an evaluation
of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued in 2013 by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “2013 Framework”). Based on our evaluation under the
2013 Framework, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2021.
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In connection with the restatement of our financial
statements on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021, our management, including our principal
executive and financial officers, have evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and concluded that
we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2021 because of a material weakness
in our internal control over financial reporting described below related to the accounting for a significant and unusual transaction related
to the warrants we issued in connection with our Initial Public Offering. Notwithstanding the material weakness described below, our management
has concluded that the financial statements included in this Annual Report are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with
U.S. GAAP for each of the periods presented herein.
In connection with the restatement of previously
issued financial statements described below, management identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
related to the accounting for a significant and unusual transaction related to the warrants we issued in connection with the Initial Public
Offering. This material weakness resulted in a material misstatement of our warrant liability, change in fair value of warrant liability,
additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit as of and for the period from December 18, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019
and for the year ended December 31, 2020.
To respond to this material weakness, we have devoted,
and plan to continue to devote, significant effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial
reporting. While we have processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements, we plan to enhance these processes
to better evaluate our research and understanding of the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements.
Our plans at this time include providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and documents and increased communication
among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our
remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended
effects.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the most recently completed fiscal quarter,
there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting, with the exception of the below.
We have commenced our remediation efforts in connection
with the identification of the material weakness discussed above and have taken the following steps during the quarter ended June 30,
2021:
● We
have expanded and improved our review process for complex securities and related accounting standards.
● We
have engaged additional third-party professionals with additional expertise in complex accounting applications to support preparations
of our financial reporting.
● We
have also retained the services of a valuation expert to assist in valuation analysis of the Warrants on a quarterly basis.
While we took considerable action to remediate
the material weakness, such remediation has not been fully evidenced. Additionally, there can be no assurance that our material weakness
will be remediated during the third quarter of 2021.
The Company performed additional analysis and procedures
with respect to accounts impacted by the material weakness in order to conclude that its unaudited financial statements in this Form 10-Q
as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2021, are fairly presented, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report, as amended, on Form 10-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 24, 2021, except for the below risk factor. We may disclose changes to such factors
or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
The securities in which we invest the funds held in the trust
account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption
amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
The proceeds held in the trust account will be
invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions
under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. While short-term U.S.
government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent
years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal
Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that we
are unable to complete our initial business combination or make certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association, our public shareholders are entitled to receive their pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the trust account, plus any
interest income, net of income taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial business combination, $100,000
of interest to pay dissolution expenses). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share
redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
from Registered Securities
None.
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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
31.1*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 .
32.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
* These
certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
(1) Incorporated
by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 4, 2021.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 16, 2021
By:
/s/ Scott Leonard
Name:
Scott Leonard
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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