Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Disclosure controls and procedures
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,”
as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e), promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures include
controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed under the Exchange
Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer
and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company’s management, with the participation
of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls
and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that as of March 31, 2022, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures
were effective.
Internal control over financial reporting
Management’s annual report on internal
control over financial reporting
The Company’s management, including the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). The Company’s management, with the participation
of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2022. The Company’s management’s evaluation of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting was based on the 2013 framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s management concluded that as of
March 31, 2022, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an
attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the SEC for emerging
growth companies.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
The Company’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer do not expect that the Company’s disclosure controls or the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable,
not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact
that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent
limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of
fraud, if any, within the Company’s company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments
in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additional controls can be circumvented
by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any
system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance
that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent
limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Changes in Internal Controls
over Financial Reporting
There was no change in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended March 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
Not applicable.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE.
Board of Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the names, positions
and ages of the Company’s current directors and executive officers.
Name
Age
Position/Title
Humphrey P. Polanen
73
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Weixuan Luo
49
Chief Financial Officer
Ronald M. Razmi, MD
52
Director
Tina Spires
45
Director
HongLiang Ren
42
Director
Bryant E. Fong
49
Director
Marc A. Hamer
49
Director
Wanlei Miao
38
Director
Biographical information concerning the directors
and executive officers listed above is set forth below:
Humphrey P. Polanen , our Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since September 2020, is the Chief Executive Officer and managing member of NeoVista
Ventures LLC, a healthcare focused holding company. Mr. Polanen was the director of Heritage Commerce Corp (Nasdaq: HTBK), a bank
holding company offering a wide array of business and personal banking services, from 1994 to April 2016. Since 1999, Mr. Polanen
has been actively involved as an investor and director in various venture capital backed companies in the technology industry, and
has served as a director of various private equity funds. He was the Managing Director of Internet Venture Partners BV, an
investment firm, from 2000 to 2004. Prior to joining Internet Ventures, he served in various executive positions with Sun
Microsystems and Tandem Computers. Mr. Polanen was a director (and former Chairman of the Board) of St. Bernard Software, a publicly
traded Internet security company. Mr. Polanen has been a director of TechFlow Inc., an information technology service company, since
June 2016. Mr. Polanen practiced corporate law for over ten years at the beginning of his career. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Hamilton College and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University. Mr. Polanen is well qualified to serve as a director due to
his experience as an executive, investor, director and business manager with advanced technology companies and private equity
firms.
Weixuan Luo , our Chief Financial Officer
since inception, is a founding partner of L&L CPAS, PA, a PCAOB registered public accounting firm since October 2013. She has also
been serving as the President of American Aeolian Travel Inc., a travel agency, since May 2012. She has been a Senior Manager at Greentree
Financial Group Inc. providing financial advisory services to public companies since May 2003. From July 2018 to June 2020, Ms. Luo was
a founder and Chief Financial Officer of Proficient Alpha Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: PAAC), a special purpose acquisition company, which
completed its initial business combination in June 2020. Ms. Luo has worked with publicly traded companies for over a decade in a broad
array of services, including audits, tax preparation, risk assessment, financial analysis and financial statements preparation. Ms. Luo
is Certified Public Accountant in North Carolina and Florida and a member of American Institute of CPAs. Ms. Luo received her Master’s
degree in Economics and Finance from the University of North Carolina.
Ronald M. Razmi, MD , our director since
December 2020, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kinders, a medical AI advisory and technology company with focus on applications
of AI in life sciences and healthcare delivery systems, which was founded in September 2016. Prior to that, Dr. Razmi was the founder
and Chief Executive Officer of Acupera,
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Inc., a software platform to enable population
health management at scale and intelligent automation of clinical workflows, from 2011 to 2016. From 2009 to August 2011, he was an associate
director of Navigant Consulting, Inc., a management consulting company. From 2006 to 2009, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company,
a management consultant company, with a focus on strategy and commercialization of novel technologies in clinical environments. Dr. Razmi
was a cardiologist at the Care Group, LLC from September 2003 to December 2006. He completed his medical training at the Mayo Clinic and
holds a B.S. in biology from Southern Methodist University, a Doctor of Medicine from University of Texas Health Science Center and an
MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Razmi is well qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive
clinical, business, and technical expertise to addressing key issues facing healthcare organizations.
Tina
Spires , our director since June 2021, is an emergency medicine physician at The Cleveland Clinic in Florida. She is a director of
Hope Women’s Center, a medical clinic. Prior to The Cleveland Clinic, she was clinical faculty for the emergency medicine program
for the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Spires was core and clinical faculty for the Emergency Medicine residency
at Mount Sinai Medical Center. She is a National Board examiner for emergency medicine boards. She is the medical director for Florida
Tems, an education institution serving first responders and military personnel. She is the president of Spires Cattle, a company that
breeds black angus cows and boards livestock for clients. Dr. Spires is the president of Tina Spires Inc., an insurance Adjusting company.
She attended Baylor University followed by Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine where she simultaneously earned her Master’s
degree in public health and medical degree. Dr. Spires is well qualified to serve as a director due to her extensive clinical expertise
in the medical field.
HongLiang Ren , our director since March
2021, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Excellent Asset Management Co., Ltd., an asset management company which was
founded in December 2017. Prior to that, he was the U.S. Chief Executive Officer and Overseas Smart Terminal President of Le.com, an internet
information and technology company, from July 2016 to July 2017. From August 2004 to April 2016, he served as Regional President at Huawei
Consumer Business Group and was responsible for smartphones and other consumer products. He was the General Manager of ODM Department
at Shenzhen Interchange Data Technology Co., Ltd., an internet technology company in China from September 2003 to July 2004. He served
as the General Manager of Nanjing Branch of Konka Telecommunication Technology Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of electronics products in China,
from July 2001 to August 2003. Mr. Ren is the chairman of the board of directors of FeiDi Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a ride-sharing
platform. He received his Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Nanjing University. Mr. Ren is well qualified to serve
as a director due to his extensive expertise in technology research.
Bryant E. Fong , our director since December
2020, is a founding Managing Director and General Partner at Biomark Capital Fund, a life sciences private equity firm formed in 2013
(“Biomark Capital”). Mr. Fong is the co-founder and interim Chief Executive Officer of i2Dx, a Biomark Capital portfolio company,
that has developed a proprietary AI/Machine Learning target discovery/validation platform using real world outcomes in Alzheimer’s
Disease to identify novel targets based on human genetics. Prior to Biomark Capital, Mr. Fong was a Managing Director and General Partner
of Burrill & Company, where he spent almost 16 years investing in and managing investments in private and public companies in the
biotechnology industry. Mr. Fong currently serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of life science companies, including ADMA Biologics,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMA), Eden Biologics and i2Dx. Mr. Fong earned his Bachelor’s degree with honors in Molecular and Cell Biology-Biochemistry
from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Fong is well qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive experience in the
biotechnology industry.
Marc A. Hamer , our director since August
2020, has been the Executive Vice President, CIO and CTO of Orgill, Inc., a hardlines distributor. From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Hamer was the
Corporate VP, Customer Experience, CIO and CDO of Sealed Air Corporation, a packaging company. Prior to that, Mr. Hamer was the Global
Chief Information Officer at Babcock & Wilcox, a provider of energy and environmental technologies and services for power, renewable
and industrial markets, from 2013 to 2016. From 2007 to 2013, Mr. Hamer was Vice President of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO),
a biotechnology company. Mr. Hamer sits on Advisory boards for the Global CIO Executive Summit, PTC, Insight Venture Management, FireMon
and Nutanix. He is also a member of the CNBC Technology Executive Council. Mr. Hamer earned his Bachelor’s degree in management
information system from Pennsylvania State University and his Master’s degree in business administration specializing in finance
from the University of Phoenix. Mr. Hamer is well qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive technology and digital experience.
Wanlei Miao , our director since June
2021, has been a partner at SAIFAMC, a subsidiary of SAIF Partners, a private equity firm, since August 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Miao
was the general manager and head of the Beijing branch of Bank of Huaxing from January 2016 to August 2016. From December 2014 to January
2016, Mr. Miao was the general manager at the financial market department of Lion Asset Management Company. Mr. Miao received his Bachelor’s
degree in International
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Business Management from University of Westminster
and his Master’s degree in Msc-Marketing Management from University of Surrey. Mr. Miao is well qualified to serve as a director
due to his extensive experience in capital investment.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
Except as described below, to the best of our
knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:
•
been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
•
had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;
•
been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, by any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;
•
been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
•
been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
•
been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.
In August 2017, Ms. Weixuan Luo was disciplined
and fined by the PCAOB due to a violation of Auditing Standard #7 under PCAOB Release No. 105-2017-034, for not observing the two year
cooling off period and serving as the engagement review partner before the period had run on two audit engagements. As a result, she agreed
to implement several remedial measures. The disciplinary action did not require any amendment to the completed audits or question the
quality of the audit work completed. She was fined by the North Carolina Board of Accountancy in connection with the PCAOB order. Also
in connection with the PCAOB order, she was found in violation of section 5100(1) of the California Accountancy Act by the California
Board of Accountancy (the “CBA”) and referred to the California Attorney General’s Office for review and the Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed an administrative complaint against her before the Florida Board of Accountancy
(the “FBA”). On August 2, 2019, Ms. Luo’s firm, L&L CPAs PA, was censured and fined $5,000.00 by the CBA and ordered
to pay the legal cost of $8,712.50 to the CBA. On December 13, 2019, the FBA accepted a settlement with Ms. Luo, pursuant to which Ms.
Luo’s license was reprimanded, and Ms. Luo was fined $1,000.00 by the FBA and ordered to pay the legal cost of $70.48 to the FBA.
On August 4, 2016, Capital Advisors LLC, a consulting
firm, sued Ms. Weixuan Luo and 14 other defendants – including CAM Group Inc., of which Ms. Luo was previously its Chief Financial
Officer, in Nevada State Court alleging breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy claims arising from purportedly wrongful loans purportedly
made by CAM Group, Inc. both during and after her tenure as Chief Financial Officer. On April 26, 2022, the Court granted Ms. Luo judgment
as a matter of law and dismissed all claims against her.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and
Directors
We have seven directors. Our board of directors
are divided into two classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed
prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a two-year term. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements,
we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. The term
of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Tina Spires, Bryant E. Fong, HongLiang Ren and Marc A. Hamer will expire at our
first annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Humphrey P. Polanen, Ronald M.
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Razmi and Wanlei Miao, will expire at the second
annual meeting of stockholders. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our board of directors may be removed
with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of our outstanding stock.
Our officers are appointed by the board of directors
and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized
to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of
a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant
Secretaries and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.
Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority
of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer
or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s
board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of
a director. Our board of directors has determined that Tina Spires, Bryant E. Fong, HongLiang Ren, Marc A. Hamer and Wanlei Miao are “independent
directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled
meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Officer and Director Compensation
Other than as disclosed herein, none of
our officers and directors has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. We pay Weixuan Luo, our Chief Financial
Officer, monthly fees of $5,000 for her services commencing on August 1, 2020. Upon completion of our initial business combination
or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees. We will also issue to our officers and directors an aggregate of
300,000 post business combination shares within 10 days following the business combination, with the same lock-up restrictions and
registration rights as the founder shares. Other than the foregoing, no
compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a
loan, will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, prior to, or in
connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of
the type of transaction that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable
business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or
directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made using funds held
outside the trust account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such payments, we do not expect to have any additional
controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination.
After the completion of our initial business
combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined
company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation
materials furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed initial business combination. We have not established any limit
on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount
of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed initial business combination, because the directors of the post-combination
business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined,
or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors
or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure
that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although
it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after
our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with
us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability
of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision
to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for
benefits upon termination of employment.
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Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors will have two standing
committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3
of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and Nasdaq rules
require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.
Audit Committee
We have established an audit committee of the
board of directors. Marc A. Hamer and Wanlei Miao serve as members of our audit committee, and Bryant E. Fong chairs the audit committee.
Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members of the audit committee, all
of whom must be independent. Each of Bryant E. Fong, Marc A. Hamer and Wanlei Miao meets the independent director standard under Nasdaq
listing standards and under Rule 10-A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.
Each member of the audit committee is financially
literate and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Fong qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined
in applicable SEC rules.
We have adopted an audit committee charter,
which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
•
the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
•
pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;
•
setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent registered public accounting firm, including but not limited to, as required by applicable laws and regulations;
•
setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
•
obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (i) the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality-control procedures, (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues and (iii) all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and us to assess the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence;
•
reviewing and approving any related party transaction
required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction;
and
•
reviewing with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
Compensation Committee
We have established a compensation committee
of the board of directors. HongLiang Ren and Marc A. Hamer serve as members of our compensation committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards
and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least two members of the compensation committee, all of whom must be independent.
HongLiang Ren and Marc A. Hamer are independent, and Marc A. Hamer chairs the compensation committee.
We have adopted a compensation committee charter,
which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:
•
reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officers’ compensation, if any is paid by us, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;
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reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation, if any is paid by us, of all of our other officers;
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reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies and plans;
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implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
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assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
•
approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
•
if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
•
reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
No compensation of any kind, including finders,
consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates,
prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination, except that we pay
Weixuan Luo, our Chief Financial Officer, monthly fees of $5,000 for her services commencing on August 1, 2020. Accordingly, it is likely
that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review
and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
The charter also provides that the compensation
committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will
be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving
advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence
of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Director Nominations
We do not have a standing nominating committee
though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required to do so by law or Nasdaq rules. In accordance
with Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the
board of directors.
The board of directors believes that the independent
directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation
of a standing nominating committee. The directors who will participate in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are
Tina Spires, Bryant E. Fong, HongLiang Ren, Marc A. Hamer and Wanlei Miao. In accordance with Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq rules, all
such directors are independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
The board of directors will also consider director
candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election
at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate
a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.
We have not formally established any specific,
minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating
nominees for director, the board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our
business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
None of our officers currently serves, or in
the past year has served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our board of
directors.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of ethics applicable to our directors, officers
and employees. A copy of our Code of ethics and our audit and compensation committee charters have been filed as exhibits to the registration
statement filed in connection with our IPO. You will be able to review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s
web site
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at www.sec.gov . In addition, a copy of the Code of ethics will be provided without charge upon request
from us. Requests for copies of our code of ethics should be sent in writing to 595 Madison Avenue, 12 th Floor, New York, NV
10017. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our code of ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Conflicts of Interest
Members of our management team do not have any
obligation to present us with any opportunity for a potential business combination of which they become aware, unless presented to such
member solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the company. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides
that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered
to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually
permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director or officer is permitted to refer
that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation.
Potential investors should also be aware of
the following other potential conflicts of interest:
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None of our officers or directors is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business activities.
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In the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
•
Our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, any private placement shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Additionally, our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares or private placement shares held by them if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months (or 18 if extended). If we do not complete our initial business combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement units held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement rights (and the underlying securities) will expire worthless. Subject to certain limited exceptions, our initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% of their founder shares until the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our shares of common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock sub-divisions, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the founder shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. With certain limited exceptions, the private units will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. Since our sponsor will own common stock and rights following the IPO and our officers and directors will be issued shares of common stock following our initial business combination, our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
•
We will issue to our officers and directors an aggregate of 300,000 post business combination shares within 10 days following the business combination, with the same lock-up restrictions and registration rights as the founder shares. As such, our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
•
Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
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•
Our sponsor, officers or directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a business combination and financing arrangements as we may obtain loans from our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or any of our officers or directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such working capital loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued 165,000 shares of Class A common stock if $1,500,000 of notes were so converted since the 150,000 rights included in such units would result in the issuance of 15,000 shares upon the closing of our business combination), at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the private placement units.
The conflicts described above may not be resolved
in our favor.
In general, officers and directors of a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:
•
the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;
•
the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and
•
it would not be fair to our company and its stockholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation.
Accordingly, as a result of multiple business
affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the
above-listed criteria to multiple entities. Furthermore, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce
our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person
solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted
to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director or officer is permitted to refer that
opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation. Below is a table
summarizing the entities to which our executive officers and directors currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations:
Individual (1)(2)
Entity
Entity’s Business
Affiliation
Humphrey P. Polanen
NeoVista Ventures LLC
Healthcare Holding Company
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member
TechFlow Inc.
Information Technology
Director
Weixuan Luo
L&L CPAs PA
Auditing
President
Conceptual Consulting Inc.
Accounting
President
American Aeolian Travel Inc.
Travel Agency
President
Greentree Financial Group Inc.
Consulting and Financial Advisory Services
Partner
Ronald M. Razmi, MD
Kinders
Medical Artificial Intelligence Advisory and Development Company
Founder/CEO
Acupera
Population Health Management Software Company
Founder/former CEO
Tina Spires
Hope Women’s Center
Medical Clinic
Director
The Cleveland Clinic
Hospital
Physician
Florida Tems
Education Centre
Medical Director
Spires Cattle
Livestock
President
Tina Spires Inc.
Insurance Adjusting
President
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HongLiang Ren
Dong Fang Hui Jia Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Private Equity Investment
CEO
FeiDi Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Ride-sharing Technology Company
Chairman of the Board
Bryant E. Fong
Biomark Capital Fund
Healthcare Venture Capital
Managing Director and General Partner
i2Dx
Software Company
Co-Founder, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Director
ADMA Biologics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMA)
Biopharmaceuticals
Director
Eden Biologics, Inc.
Biotechnology
Director
Marc A. Hamer
Orgill
Retail, Distribution & Services
Executive Vice President, CTO and CIO
Wanlei Miao
SAIF AMC
Asset Management
Partner
(1)
Each of the entities listed in this table has priority and preference relative to our company with respect to the performance by each individual listed in this table of his obligations and the presentation by each such individual of business opportunities.
(2)
Each individual listed has a fiduciary duty with respect to each of the listed entities opposite from his name.
Accordingly, if any of the above executive officers, directors or
director nominees becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for any of the above entities to which he or
she has current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present
such business combination opportunity to such entity, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity.
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial
business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial
business combination with such a company, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment
banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, that such an initial business combination is fair to
our company from a financial point of view.
In the event that we submit our initial business
combination to our public stockholders for a vote, pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor, officers and directors and I-Bankers
have agreed to vote any founder shares, private placement shares and representative shares held by them and any public shares purchased
during or after the offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination.
Limitation on Liability and Indemnification
of Officers and Directors
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that our officers and directors will be indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists
or may in the future be amended. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not
be personally liable for monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, unless they violated
their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized unlawful
payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived an improper personal benefit from their actions as
directors.
We will enter into agreements with our officers
and directors to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation. Our bylaws also will permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability
arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification. We will purchase a policy of
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement
or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.
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These provisions may discourage stockholders
from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing
the likelihood of derivative litigation against officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit
us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement
and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
We believe that these provisions, the directors’
and officers’ liability insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers
and directors.
Director Compensation
Fiscal 2022 Director Compensation Table
The following table sets forth all compensation paid
to or earned by each of the Company’s directors during the year ended March 31, 2022.
Name
Fees Earned
or Paid
in Cash (1)
($)
Stock
Awards
($)
Option
Awards (2)
($)
Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
Non-qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
All Other
Compensation
($)
Total
($)
Humphrey P. Polanen
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ronald M. Razmi, MD
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Tina Spires
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
HongLiang Ren
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Bryant E. Fong
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Marc A. Hamer
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Wanlei Miao
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider
Participation
None of the Company’s executive officers served
as a member of the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee,
the entire board of directors) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served as the Company’s director or on the Compensation
Committee, during fiscal 2022. None of the Company’s executive officers served as a director of another entity, one of whose executive
officers served on the Compensation Committee, during fiscal 2022.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive Compensation
Other than as disclosed below, none of our officers
has received any cash or stock compensation for services rendered to us.
We pay Weixuan Luo, our Chief Financial Officer,
monthly fees of $5,000 for her services commencing on August 1, 2020. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation,
we will cease paying these monthly fees. We will also issue to our officers and directors an aggregate of 300,000 post business combination
shares within 10 days following the business combination, with the same lock-up restrictions and registration rights as the founder shares.
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Other than the foregoing, no compensation of
any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid
by us to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, prior to, or in connection with
any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction
that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our
behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee
will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such
payments prior to an initial business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account. Other than quarterly audit
committee review of such payments, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our
directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with identifying and consummating an initial
business combination.
After the completion of our initial business
combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined
company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation
materials furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed initial business combination. We have not established any limit
on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount
of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed initial business combination, because the directors of the post-combination
business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined,
or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors
or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure
that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although
it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after
our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with
us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability
of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision
to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for
benefits upon termination of employment.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
As of June 15, 2022, we had 13,270,700 shares
of Class A common stock and 3,162,500 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. The following table sets forth the beneficial
ownership of the Company’s common stock as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for (i) each member of the Company’s
board of directors, (ii) each named executive officer (as defined below), (iii) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of
more than 5% of the Company’s securities and (iv) the members of the Company’s board of directors and the Company’s
executive officers as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC. Generally, a person has beneficial
ownership of a security if the person possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security, including any securities that
a person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Information with respect to beneficial owners of more than 5% of
the Company’s securities is based on completed questionnaires and related information provided by such beneficial owners as of the
date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as indicated, all shares of the Company’s securities will be owned directly, and
the person or entity listed as the beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power. The address for each director and executive
officer is c/o Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp., 595 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017.
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Class A Common Stock
Class B Common Stock
Name, Position and Address of Beneficial Owner
No. of Shares Beneficially Owned
% of
Common Stock
No. of Shares
Beneficially Owned
% of
Common Stock
Humphrey P. Polanen, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (1)
-
0
%
25,000
0.8%
Weixuan Luo, Chief Financial Officer
-
0
%
-
0%
Ronald M. Razmi, MD, Director (2)
-
0
%
50,000
1.6%
Tina Spires, Director
-
0
%
-
0%
HongLiang Ren, Director
-
0
%
-
0%
Bryant E. Fong, Director
-
0
-
0%
Marc A. Hamer, Director
-
0
%
-
0%
Wanlei Miao, Director
-
0
%
-
0%
All directors and executive officers as a group
-
0
%
75,000
2.4%
Five Percent Shareholders:
Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (3)
257,869
1.9
%
2,764,089
87.4%
Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC (4)
894,934
6.7
%
-
0%
Saba Capital Management, L.P. (5)
907,141
6.8
%
-
0%
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (6)
806,210
6.1
%
-
0%
Yakira Capital Management, Inc. (7)
694,445
5.2
%
-
0%
Weiss Asset Management LP (8)
750,000
5.7
%
-
0%
Karpus Management, Inc. (9)
2,016,347
15.2
%
-
0%
XL Golden Stone Investment LLC (10)
20,720
0.2
%
212,750
6.7%
Notes:
(1) Pursuant to certain redemption agreement between Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (the "Sponsor") and
Polanen and Nicodimos Family Trust (the "Trust"), a member of the Sponsor, shares of Class B common stock of the registrants
were transferred by the Sponsor to the Trust in consideration for the redemption of such membership interest of the Sponsor entitling
the Trust to receive such securities. Humphrey P. Polanen is the trustee. By virtue of the relationship, Mr. Polanen may be deemed to
have or share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by the Trust. Mr. Polanen disclaims any beneficial ownership of the
reported shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest he may have therein, directly or indirectly.
(2) Pursuant to certain redemption agreement between Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (the "Sponsor") and
Ronald M. Razmi, a member of the Sponsor, shares of Class B common stock of the registrants were transferred by the Sponsor to Mr. Razmi
in consideration for the redemption of such membership interest of the Sponsor entitling Mr. Razmi to receive such securities.
(3) According to the Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on April 27, 2022 by Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (“Bright Vision”) and Ke Li. Mr. Li serves as the managing member of Bright Vision. Mr. Li disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities. The principal business address of each of Bright Vision and Mr. Li is 595 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017.
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(4)
According to the Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2022 by Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC (“Lighthouse”), MAP 136 Segregated Portfolio, a segregated portfolio of LMA SPC (“MAP 136”), MAP 214 Segregated Portfolio, a segregated portfolio of LMA SPC (“MAP 214”), LHP Ireland Fund Management Limited (“LHP Ireland”), MAP 501, a sub-trust of LMA Ireland (“MAP 501”) and LMAP 909, a sub-fund of LMAP Ireland ICAV (“LMAP 909”). Lighthouse serves as the investment manager of MAP 136 and MAP 214. LHP Ireland serves as the manager to MAP 501 and LMAP 909. Because Lighthouse and LHP Ireland may be deemed to control MAP 136, MAP 214, MAP 501, and LMAP 909, as applicable, Lighthouse and LHP Ireland may be deemed to beneficially own, and to have the power to vote or direct the vote of, and the power to direct the disposition of the Company’s shares of common stock reported herein. Each of MAP 136 and MAP 214 are segregated portfolios of LMA SPC, a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company. MAP 501 is a sub-trust of an Ireland umbrella unit trust. LMAP 909 is a sub-fund of an Irish collective asset-management vehicle. Lighthouse is a Delaware limited liability company. LHP Ireland is an Ireland limited company. The address of the principal business office of Lighthouse, MAP 136, MAP 214, LHP Ireland, MAP 501 and LMAP 909 are 3801 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 and 32 Molesworth Street, Dublin, D02 Y512, Ireland.
(5)
According to the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 10, 2021, by Saba Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Saba Capital"), Saba Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Saba GP"), and Mr. Boaz R. Weinstein (“Mr. Weinstein"). Saba Capital, Saba GP and Mr. Weinstein may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of these shares. The principal business address of Saba Capital, Saba GP and Mr. Weinstein is 405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor, New York, New York 10174.
(6)
According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022, the shares are owned by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Mizuho Americas LLC, which may be deemed to be indirect beneficial owners of said equity securities directly held by Mizuho Securities USA LLC which is their wholly-owned subsidiary. The business address of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is 1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan.
(7)
According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 9, 2022 by Yakira Capital Management, Inc on behalf of Yakira Partners, L.P., Yakira Enhanced Offshore Fund Ltd. and MAP 136 Segregated Portfolio (together, the “Reporting Entities”), beneficial ownership of these securities may be attributed to the Reporting Entities. The address of the business office of each of the Reporting Entities is 1555 Post Road East, Suite 202, Westport, CT 06880.
(8)
According to a Schedule 13G filed on February 7, 2022, Weiss Asset Management LP (“Weiss Asset Management”) is the sole investment manager to a private investment partnership (the “Partnership”) and private investment funds (“Funds”). WAM GP LLC (“WAM GP”) is the sole general partner of Weiss Asset Management. Andrew Weiss is the managing member of WAM GP. Shares reported for WAM GP, Andrew M. Weiss, Ph.D. and Weiss Asset Management include shares beneficially owned by the Partnership and the Funds. Each of WAM GP, Weiss Asset Management, and Dr. Weiss disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported therein as beneficially owned by each except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein. Each of the WAM GP, Weiss Asset Management and Dr. Weiss share voting and dispositive power over the securities reported above, and each share a business address of 222 Berkeley St., 16th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
(9)
As reported on a Schedule 13G filed January 10, 2022
by Karpus Management, Inc., a New York corporation (“Karpus”). Karpus holds shared voting and dispositive power over the shares
owned directly by the accounts managed by Karpus and thus Karpus may be deemed the beneficial owner of these shares. The business address
of Karpus is 183 Sully’s Trail, Pittsford, NY 14534.
(10)
The principal business address of XL Golden Stone Investment LLC is 401 S Glendora Ave, West Iovino, CA 91790.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
In addition to the compensation arrangements, including
employment, termination of employment and change in control arrangements and indemnification arrangements, discussed in Item 10. “Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance” and Item 11. “Executive Compensation” above, the following is a description
of each transaction since July 8, 2020 (inception)** and each currently proposed transaction in which:
•
We have been or will be a participant;
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•
the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years; and
•
any of the Company’s directors, executive officers or beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Company’s capital stock, or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
Related parties include any person who is or was (since
the beginning of the last fiscal year, even if such person does not presently serve in that role) the Company’s executive officer
or director, any shareholder owning more than 5% of any class of the Company’s voting securities or an immediate family member of
any such person.
Any potential related party transaction that requires
approval will be reviewed and overseen by the Audit Committee, and the Audit Committee will consider such factors as it deems appropriate
to determine whether to approve, ratify or disapprove the related party transaction. The Audit Committee may approve the related party
transaction only if it determines in good faith that, under all of the circumstances, the transaction is in the best interests of us
and the Company’s shareholders.
Transactions with Related Parties
In March 2021, we issued an aggregate of 2,875,000
founder shares to our initial stockholders for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000 in cash, or approximately $0.017 per share, resulting
in our initial stockholders holding an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares (up to 375,000 shares of which are subject to forfeiture
depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). The number of founder shares issued was
determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares upon completion of the IPO
(not including the shares of Class A common stock underlying the private placement units or the representative shares). In October 2021,
we effected a 0.1 for 1 stock dividend for each share of Class B common stock outstanding, resulting in our sponsor holding an aggregate
of 3,162,500 founder shares. The founder shares (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to
certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder.
Our sponsors have purchased an aggregate of
406,500 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $4,065,000 and I-Bankers has agreed to purchase an aggregate
of 113,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,130,000. The private placement units are identical
to the units sold in the IPO, so long as they are held by our sponsor or the underwriters or their permitted transferees, (i) may not,
subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial
business combination, and (ii) will be entitled to registration rights. The private placement units (including the private placement shares,
the private placement rights, and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion thereof) may not, subject to certain limited
exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder.
As more fully discussed in the section of this
Annual Report entitled “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” if any of our officers or directors becomes aware
of an initial business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then-current
fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination
opportunity to such other entity. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations
that may take priority over their duties to us.
We pay Weixuan Luo, our Chief Financial Officer,
monthly fees of $5,000 for her services commencing on August 1, 2020. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation,
we will cease paying these monthly fees. We will also issue to our officers and directors an aggregate of 300,000 post business combination
shares within 10 days following the business combination with the same lock-up restrictions registration rights as the founder shares.
Other than the foregoing, no compensation of
any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid
by us to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, prior to, or in connection with any services
rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of an initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).
However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such
as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review
on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which
expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.
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Prior to the closing of the IPO, our sponsor
has agreed to loan us up to $500,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured
and are upon closing of our initial business combination. The value of our sponsor’s interest in this transaction corresponds to
the principal amount outstanding under any such loan.
In addition, in order to finance transaction
costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers
and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we would
repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital
held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up
to $1,500,000 of such working capital loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which,
for example, would result in the holders being issued 165,000 shares of Class A common stock if $1,500,000 of notes were so converted
since the 150,000 rights included in such units would result in the issuance of 15,000 shares upon the closing of our business combination),
at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the private placement units. The terms of such working capital loans by
our sponsor or its affiliates, or our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect
to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe
third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust
account.
After our initial business combination, members
of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all
amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the
tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation
will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our
initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive
and director compensation.
We will enter into a registration rights agreement
with respect to the private placement units, the private placement shares, the private placement rights, the representative shares, the
representative warrants, the securities issuable upon conversion of working capital loans (if any), the post business combination shares,
and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise or conversion or exercise of the foregoing and upon conversion of the
founder shares, which is described under the section of this Annual Report entitled “Description of Securities — Registration
Rights.”
Related Party Policy
We have not yet adopted a formal policy for
the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. Accordingly, the transactions discussed above were not reviewed, approved
or ratified in accordance with any such policy.
We have adopted a code of ethics requiring us
to avoid, wherever possible, all conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our board of directors (or
the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest
situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness)
involving the company. A form of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part.
In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to
a written charter, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions.
An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required
in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without
a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction.
A form of the audit committee charter is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We also
require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information
about related party transactions.
These procedures are intended to determine whether
any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director,
employee or officer.
To further minimize conflicts of interest, we
have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our sponsor, officers or directors
unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member
of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.
Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation
will be
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paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors,
or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, for services rendered to us prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order
to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, the
following payments will be made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the
proceeds of this offering held in the trust account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:
•
Repayment of up to an aggregate of $500,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses;
•
Payment to Weixuan Luo, our Chief Financial Officer, of $5,000 for her services per month starting from August 1, 2020;
•
Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination; and
•
Repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the terms of which have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. Up to $1,500,000 of such working capital loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued 165,000 shares of Class A common stock if $1,500,000 of notes were so converted since the 150,000 rights included in such units would result in the issuance of 15,000 shares upon the closing of our business combination), at the option of the lender.
Our audit committee will review on a quarterly
basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates.
ITEM 14 . PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES
AND SERVICES.
The following table shows the fees that were billed
for the audit and other services provided by MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”), the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021.
2022
2021
Audit Fees
$
15,000
$
12,500
Audit-Related Fees
32,500
-
Tax Fees
-
-
All Other Fees
-
-
Total
$
47,500
$
12,500
Audit Fees - This category includes the
audit of the Company’s annual financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, review of financial
statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the independent registered
public accounting firm in connection with engagements for those fiscal years. This category also includes advice on audit and accounting
matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or the review of interim financial statements.
Audit-Related Fees - This category consists
of assurance and related services by the independent registered public accounting firm that are reasonably related to the performance
of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported above under “Audit Fees.” The services
for the fees disclosed under this category include consultation regarding the Company’s correspondence with the SEC, other accounting
consulting and other audit services.
Tax Fees - This category consists of professional
services rendered by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance and tax advice. The services
for the fees disclosed under this category include tax return preparation and technical tax advice.
All Other Fees - This category consists
of fees for other miscellaneous items.
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Pursuant to the audit committee’s charter, all
audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm must be pre-approved. These services
may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one
year and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of service. The independent registered public accounting
firm and management are required to periodically report to the audit committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent
registered public accounting firm. Consistent with the audit committee’s policy, all audit and permissible non-audit services provided
by MaloneBailey during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 were pre-approved by the audit committee.
In considering the nature of the services provided
by MaloneBailey for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, the audit committee determined that such services were compatible with the
provision of independent audit services. The audit committee discussed these services with MaloneBailey and management for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2022 to determine that they were permitted under the rules and regulations concerning auditors’ independence
promulgated by the SEC to implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a)(1) Financial Statements
The financial statements required
to be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are listed in the Index to Financial Statements on page F-1 and included beginning on
page F-2 of this Annual Report.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules
All schedules for which provision
is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the SEC are either not required under the related instructions, are not applicable
(and therefore have been omitted), or the required disclosures are contained in the financial statements included herein.
(3) Exhibits.
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EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 13, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
3.2
Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
3.3
By Laws (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 13, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
3.4
Certificate of
Correction to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2021 (File No. 001-40970)).
4.1
Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
4.2
Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
4.3
Specimen Right
Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.4) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
4.4
Form of Rights Agreement between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 13, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
4.5
Form of Warrant issuable by the Registrant to the Representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.1
Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, our officers, directors, Bright Vision Sponsor LLC and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.2
Promissory Note, dated March 15, 2021, issued to Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 13, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.3
Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.4
Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and certain security holders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.5
Securities Subscription Agreement, dated March 15, 2021, between the Registrant and Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 13, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.6
Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement among the Registrant, Bright Vision Sponsor LLC and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
10.7
Form of Indemnity Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
14
Form of Code of
Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12,
2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.1
Form of Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
99.2
Form of Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed on October 12, 2021 (File No. 333-259500)).
101.
XBRL Instance Document
101.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
* Filed herewith
**
Furnished.
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ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
DEEP MEDICINE ACQUISITION CORP.
Date: June 24, 2022
By:
/s/ Humphrey P. Polanen
Humphrey P. Polanen
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in
the capacities and on June 24, 2022.
Name
Title
/s/ Humphrey P. Polanen
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Humphrey P. Polanen
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Weixuan Luo
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Weixuan Luo
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Ronald M. Razmi, MD
Director
Ronald M. Razmi, MD
/s/ Tina Spires
Director
Tina Spires
/s/ HongLiang Ren
Director
HongLiang Ren
/s/ Bryant E. Fong
Director
Bryant E. Fong
/s/ Marc A. Hamer
Director
Marc A. Hamer
/s/ Wanlei Miao
Director
Wanlei Miao
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March
31, 2021
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 206 )
F-2
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 and 2021
F-3
Statements of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2022 and for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
F-7
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Index
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance
sheets of Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2021 and 2022, and the related statements of operations,
stockholders’ (deficit), and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2022 and the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March
31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2021 and 2022, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2022 and the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern Matter
The accompanying financial statements have
been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements,
the Company’s business plan is dependent on the completion of a business combination within a prescribed period of time and if not
completed will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these
matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB")
and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with
the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we
engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding
of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal
control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures
to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that
respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ MaloneBailey, LLP
www.malonebailey.com
We have served as the Company's auditor
since 2021.
Houston, Texas
June 24, 2022
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Index
Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp.
Balance Sheets
(Audited)
March 31, 2022
March 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets
Cash
$ 877,099
$ 500,067
Prepaid expenses
315,306
37,500
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account
127,760,867
—
Total current assets
128,953,272
537,567
Total assets
$ 128,953,272
$ 537,567
Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit)
Current liabilities
Accrued expenses - related party
$ 21,000
$ 40,000
Accrued expenses
15,712
862
Loan payable - related party
500,000
—
Due to related party
—
100
Total current liabilities
536,712
40,962
Non-current liabilities
Accrued expenses - related party
—
6,000
Loan payable - related party
—
500,000
Deferred underwriting commissions
4,427,500
—
Total non-current liabilities
4,427,500
506,000
Total liabilities
4,964,212
546,962
Commitments
Common stock subject to possible redemption, 12,650,000 shares at $ 10.10 per share
127,765,000
—
Stockholders’ (Deficit)
Preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, - 0 - shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and 2021
—
—
Class A Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 620,700 and - 0 - shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
62
—
Class B Common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,162,500 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021
316
316
Additional paid-in capital
—
49,684
Accumulated deficits
( 3,776,318 )
( 59,395 )
Total Stockholders’ (Deficit)
( 3,775,940 )
( 9,395 )
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit)
$ 128,953,272
$ 537,567
The accompanying notes are an integral part of audited financial statement
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DEEP MEDICINE ACQUISITION CORP.
Statements of Operations
(Audited)
For the Year Ended
March 31, 2022
For the Period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
Operating expense
Officers compensation
$ 60,000
$ 46,000
General and administrative expenses
349,912
13,395
Total operating expense
409,912
59,395
Other income
Unrealized (loss) from the trust account
( 4,133 )
—
Total other income
( 4,133 )
—
Net (loss) before income tax
( 414,045 )
( 59,395 )
Income tax
—
—
Net income (loss)
( 414,045 )
( 59,395 )
Net (loss) per share
Basic and diluted - Class A
$ ( 0.05 )
—
Basic and diluted - Class B
$ ( 0.05 )
$ ( 0.02 )
Weighted average number of shares
Basic and diluted - Class A
5,578,069
—
Basic and diluted - Class B
3,162,500
2,750,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements
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DEEP MEDICINE ACQUISITION CORP.
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' (Deficit)
(Audited)
Preferred Stock
Class A Common Stock
Class B Common Stock
Additional Paid-in
Accumulated
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficits
Total
Balance, July 8, 2020 (Inception)
—
$ —
—
$ —
—
$ —
$ —
$ —
$ —
Class B common stock issued for cash (1)
—
—
—
—
3,162,500
316
49,684
—
50,000
Net (loss)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 59,395 )
( 59,395 )
Balance, March 31, 2021
—
$ —
—
$ —
3,162,500
$ 316
$ 49,684
$ ( 59,395 )
$ ( 9,395 )
Class A common stock issued in IPO
—
—
12,650,000
1,265
—
—
126,498,735
—
126,500,000
Offering cost
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 2,855,000 )
—
( 2,855,000 )
Deferred underwriting commission
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 4,427,500 )
—
( 4,427,500 )
Class A common stock issued for services
—
—
101,200
10
—
—
( 10 )
—
—
Sale of 519,500 private units
—
—
519,500
52
—
—
5,194,948
—
5,195,000
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
—
—
( 12,650,000 )
( 1,265 )
—
—
( 127,763,735 )
—
( 127,765,000 )
Reclassification from negative additional paid-in capital to accumulated deficit
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,302,878
( 3,302,878 )
—
Net (loss)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 414,045 )
( 414,045 )
Balance, March 31, 2022
—
$ —
620,700
$ 62
3,162,500
$ 316
$ —
$ ( 3,776,318 )
$ ( 3,775,940 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements
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DEEP MEDICINE ACQUISITION CORP.
Statements of Cash Flows
(Audited)
For the Year Ended
March 31, 2022
For the Period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss)
$ ( 414,045 )
$ ( 59,395 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Unrealized loss from the trust account
4,133
—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses
( 277,806 )
( 37,500 )
Accrued expenses
14,850
862
Accrued expenses - related parties
( 25,000 )
46,000
Net cash (used in) operating activities
( 697,868 )
( 50,033 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment of cash in Trust Account
( 127,765,000 )
—
Net cash (used in) investing activities
( 127,765,000 )
—
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid
123,970,000
—
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Units
5,195,000
—
Payment of offering costs
( 325,000 )
—
Proceeds from notes payable - related parties
—
500,000
Proceeds from sales of class B common stock
—
50,000
Due to related party
( 100 )
100
Net cash provided by financing activities
128,839,900
550,100
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
377,032
500,067
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
500,067
—
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
$ 877,099
$ 500,067
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest
$ —
$ —
Cash paid for income taxes
$ —
$ —
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Initial classification of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
$ 127,765,000
$ —
Deferred underwriting fee payable
$ 4,427,500
$ —
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited financial statements
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Index
DEEP MEDICINE ACQUISITION
CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 - Organization and Description
of Business Operations
Deep
Medicine Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated on July 8, 2020, under the laws of the State
of Delaware for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other
similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). While the Company may, subject
to certain limitations, pursue a Business Combination target with operations or prospects in the digital healthcare and AI in medicine
sector in the global market.
As
of March 31, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March
31, 2022, relates to the Company’s formation and its initial public offering (“IPO”), which is described below, and
subsequent to IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until
after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest
income from the cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account (as defined below). The Company has selected March 31 as its
fiscal year end.
On October 29, 2021, the Company
consummated its IPO of 12,650,000
units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units, the “Public
Shares”) at $ 10.00 per unit, which included
1,650,000 Units issued pursuant
to the full exercise by the Underwriters (as defined below) of their over-allotment option, and the private sale of an aggregate of 519,500
Units (the “Private Placement Units” and with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units,
the “Private Placement Shares”) to its sponsor, Bright Vision Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and I-Bankers Securities,
Inc. (“I-Bankers”) at a purchase price of $ 10.00
per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 5,195,000
to the Company that closed simultaneously with the closing of the IPO (see Note 3). The Company’s securities have been listed on the Nasdaq Global Market
(“Nasdaq”). On December 2, 2021, the Company’s Units no longer traded, and shares of the Company’s Class A common
stock and rights underlying the Units commenced trading separately.
Transaction costs amounted to
$ 7,282,500 consisting of $ 2,530,000 in cash of underwriting commissions, $ 4,427,500 of business combination marketing fee, and $ 325,000
of other offering costs.
Upon the closing of the IPO on
October 29, 2021, the Company deposited $ 127,765,000
($ 10.10 per Unit) from the proceeds of the IPO
and certain proceeds of the sales of Private Placement Units in the trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United
States 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 certain conditions
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 funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.
Following
the closing of the IPO, cash of $ 764,101 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital
purposes. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had available cash of $ 877,099 on its balance sheet and a working capital of $ 655,693 .
The
Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale
of the Private Placement Units, 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 a Business Combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have an aggregate fair market value
equal to at least 80 % of the net assets held in the Trust Account (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital
purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the Company’s signing
a definitive agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. 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
an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 -
Organization and Description of Business Operations (Continued)
The Company will provide its stockholders
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 stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the
Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The stockholders
will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the Trust Account (initially $ 10.10 per share), calculated
as of two business days prior to the completion of a Business Combination, including any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in
the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations. The shares of Class A common stock will be recorded
at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will proceed with
a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $ 5,000,001 upon such completion of a Business Combination
and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
If the Company seeks stockholder
approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to (i) waive its redemption rights with respect to their Private
Placement Shares in connection with the completion of the Business Combination, (ii) waive its redemption rights with respect to their
Private Placement Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s second amended and restated
certificate of incorporation (a) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares
if the Company does not complete the Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (b) with respect to any
other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) waive its rights to liquidating
distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Private Placement Shares if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination
within the Combination Period. In addition, the Sponsor has agreed to vote any share it held in favor of the Business Combination.
Additionally, each public stockholder
may elect to redeem its Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed
Business Combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate
of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder 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% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
The Company will have until
October 29, 2022 (or April 29, 2023 if the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination) (the
“Combination Period”) to complete a Business Combination. 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 no more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100 %
of the outstanding 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 (less up to $ 50,000
of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely
extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the 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 stockholders
and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under
Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
The
Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined below) and Private Placement Shares
if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares
in or after the IPO, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete
a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their business combination
marketing fees
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 - Organization and Description
of Business Operations (Continued)
(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 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 assets remaining available for distribution
will be less than the IPO price per Unit ($ 10.10 ).
The
Sponsor has agreed that it will 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 by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce
the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (1) $ 10.10 per Public Share or (2) such lesser amount per Public Share held in
the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case
net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third
party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s
indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO 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
(other than the Company’s independent auditors), 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.
Underwriting
Agreement and Business Combination Marketing Agreement
The Company engaged I-Bankers
as the representative of the underwriters (the “Underwriters”) in the IPO of the Company’s Class A common stock, par
value of $ 0.0001 per share (“Shares”), for $110 million and the simultaneous listing on Nasdaq. Pursuant to that certain underwriting
agreement, I-Bankers acted as the representative of the Underwriters of the IPO for 11,000,000 Units at $ 10.00 per Unit, plus an over-allotment
option equal to 15% of the number of Units offered, or 1,650,000 Units, which was exercised in full simultaneously upon the closing of
the IPO. The Company paid I-Bankers underwriters’ commission of $ 2,530,000 , equal to 2.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the IPO
for such services upon the consummation of the IPO (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which might become payable).
Upon the closing of the
IPO, the Company issued to I-Bankers a five-year warrant to purchase 632,500 Shares of Class A common stock, equal to 5.0 % of the Shares
issued in the IPO (“Representative Warrants”). The exercise price of Representative Warrants is $ 12.00 per Share. In addition,
I-Bankers was issued 101,200 shares of Class A common stock upon the consummation of IPO (“Representative Shares”).
In addition, under a business
combination marketing agreement, the Company has engaged I-Bankers as an advisor in connection with the Business Combination and will
pay I-Bankers a cash fee for such marketing services upon the consummation of the Business Combination in an amount equal to, in the
aggregate, 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, including any proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment
option. The fee will become payable to the Underwriters 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.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
Company has principally financed its operations from inception using proceeds from the sale of its equity securities to its shareholders
prior to the IPO, proceeds from related party loan and such amount of proceeds from the IPO that were placed in an account outside of
the Trust Account for working capital purposes. 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.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 - Organization and Description
of Business Operations (Continued)
Liquidity
and Capital Resources (Continued)
As
of March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had a loan payable to the Sponsor in amount of $ 500,000 with zero interest (the “Loan”).
Pursuant to the promissory note between the Company and the Sponsor, the Loan is unsecured, and the Sponsor agrees to fund the Company
in amount of up to $ 500,000 . Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited to any officer, director, employee
or stockholder of the Company, be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Loan. These amounts will be repaid upon
completion of an initial Business Combination.
The
Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors,
or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to (other than as described above), 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.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management
continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that
the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target
company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of this financial statement. The financial statement does not
include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Going Concern and Management’s Plan
The Company expects to incur significant
costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans and will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial business
combination. In addition, the Company expects to have negative cash flows from operations as it pursues an initial business combination
target. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”
the Company does not currently have adequate liquidity to sustain operations, which consist solely of pursuing a Business Combination.
The Company may raise additional
capital through loans or additional investments from the Sponsor or its shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s
officers and directors and the Sponsor may, but are not obligated to (except as described above), loan the Company funds, from time to
time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Based on the
foregoing, the Company believes it will have sufficient cash to meet its needs through the earlier of consummation of a Business Combination
or the deadline to complete a Business Combination pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (unless
otherwise amended by shareholders).
While the Company expects to have
sufficient access to additional sources of capital if necessary, there is no current commitment on the part of any financing source to
provide additional capital and no assurances can be provided that such additional capital will ultimately be available. These conditions
raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year after the
date that the financial statements are issued. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise additional capital (to the
extent ultimately necessary) or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period. The
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
As is customary for a special
purpose acquisition company, if the Company is not able to consummate a Business Combination during the Combination Period, it will cease
all operations and redeem the Public Shares. Management plans to continue its efforts to consummate a Business Combination during the
Combination Period.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 2 -
Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of
Presentation
The
accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Emerging
Growth Company Status
The
Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act and 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, 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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further,
Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting
standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not
have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards.
The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply
to non-emerging growth companies but any such 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 another public company which is neither an emerging
growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because
of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 of the financial
statement and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. 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 statement, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to
one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and
Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash
equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. The Company had $ 877,099 and $ 500,067 in cash as of March 31, 2022
and 2021, respectively, and no cash equivalent as of March 31, 2022 and 2021.
Marketable
Securities Held in Trust Account
At
March 31, 2022, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested primarily
in U.S. Treasury securities. 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 interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying
statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
As of March 31, 2022 and 2021, the marketable securities held in the Trust Account were $ 127,760,867 and $ 0 , respectively.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note
2 - Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Common Stock
Subject to Possible Redemption
The
Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption are classified
as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock 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, common stock are classified as shareholders’
equity. The Company’s common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control
and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption
value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
The
Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to
equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the IPO, the Company recognized the remeasurement
from initial book value to redemption value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable common stock resulted in charges against additional
paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
At
March 31, 2022, the common stock subject to redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
Changes
In Redemption Value
Gross proceeds
$
126,500,000
Less:
Common stock issuance costs
( 2,855,000
)
Plus:
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value
4,110,867
Common stock subject to possible redemption
$
127,760,867
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to
their short-term nature.
Fair Value
Measurements
The
Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 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
fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would
have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company
seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable
inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is
used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and
liabilities:
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 2 -
Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Fair Value
Measurements (Continued)
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
Warrants
ASC
Topic 480 requires a reporting entity to classify certain freestanding financial instruments as liabilities (or in some cases as assets).
ASC 480-10-S99 addresses concerns raised by the SEC regarding the financial statement classification and measurement of securities subject
to mandatory redemption requirements or whose redemption is outside the control of the issuer. If the stock subject to mandatory redemption
provisions represents the only shares in the reporting entity, it must report instruments in the liabilities section of its statement
of financial position. The stock subject must then describe them as shares subject to mandatory redemption, so as to distinguish the instruments
from other financial statement liabilities. The Company concludes that the warrants to I-Bankers do not exhibit any of the above characteristics
and, therefore, are outside the scope of ASC 480. The warrants were issued in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, Derivatives
and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity.
Stock
Based Compensation
The
Company recognizes compensation costs to employees under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 718 “Compensation - Stock Compensation”
(“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, companies are required to measure the compensation costs of share-based compensation arrangements
based on the grant-date fair value and recognize the costs in the financial statements over the period during which employees are required
to provide services. Share based compensation arrangements include stock options and warrants. As such, compensation cost is measured
on the date of grant at their fair value. Such compensation amounts, if any, are amortized over the respective vesting periods of the
option grant.
On
July 8, 2020, the inception date, the Company adopted ASU No. 2018-07 “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements
to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” These amendments expand the scope of Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation
(which currently only includes share-based payments to employees) to include share-based payments issued to nonemployees for goods or
services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees will be substantially aligned.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax
assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities
and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation
allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 2 -
Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Income
Taxes (Continued)
ASC
740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes
a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
period, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain
tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements. Since the Company was incorporated on July 8, 2020, the
evaluation was performed for 2020 tax year which is the only period subject to examination. The Company believes that its income tax positions
and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial
position. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such items as a component
of income tax expense.
The
provision for income taxes was deemed to be immaterial for the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
Net
Loss per Share of Common Stock
The
Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share.” Net loss per share of common
stock is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding for the period,
excluding shares of common stock subject to forfeiture. At March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities
and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into shares of common stock and then share in the earnings (loss)
of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share of common stock is the same as basic loss per share of common stock for the period.
Earnings Per Share Table
For the Year Ended March 31, 2022
For the Period from July 8, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021
Numerator:
Net loss
$
( 414,045
)
$
( 59,395
)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted loss per share – Class A
$
( 0.05
)
—
Basic and diluted loss per share – Class B
$
( 0.05
)
$
( 0.02
)
Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share - Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding during the period
5,578,069
—
Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share - Weighted-average shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding during the period
3,162,500
2,750,000
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 . The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 2 -
Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In
August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06,
Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s
Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates
the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies
the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard
also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s
own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all
convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with
early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The adoption of ASU 2020-06 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material
effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Note 3 -
Public Offering
At the IPO, the Company sold 12,650,000
Units at a purchase price of $ 10.00 per Unit, which included 1,650,000 Units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the Underwriters
of their over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $ 126,500,000 . Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common
stock of the Company, par value $ 0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”), and one right to receive one-tenth of one share
of Class A common stock upon the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (see Note 6).
A total of $ 127,765,000
of the net proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in a U.S.-based Trust Account maintained
by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, acting as trustee.
Note 4 -
Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On March 15, 2021, the Sponsor
purchased 2,875,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price
of $ 50,000 .
In October 2021, the Company effected
a 0.1 for 1 stock dividend for each share of Class B common stock outstanding (which has been accounted for as a stock split) of 287,500
shares of Class B common stock, which resulted in an aggregate of 3,162,500 shares of Class B common stock outstanding. All share and
associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend.
The Founder Shares include an
aggregate of up to 412,500 shares of Class B common stock subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’
over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares will collectively represent 20 % of the Company’s
issued and outstanding shares upon the completion of the IPO. On October 29, 2021, the Underwriters exercised the over-allotment option
in full. As a result, no Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture.
The Sponsor has agreed not to
transfer, assign or sell 50 % of the Founder Shares until the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of the Business
Combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $ 12.50 per share
(as adjusted for stock sub-divisions, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30 -trading
day period commencing after the Business Combination and the remaining 50 % of the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold
until six months after the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Business
Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the stockholders
having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 4 -
Related Party Transactions (Continued)
Private Placement
Concurrently with the closing
of the IPO, the Sponsor and the Underwriters purchased an aggregate of 519,500 Private Placement Units, generating gross proceeds of $ 5,195,000
in aggregate in a private placement. Each Private Placement Unit will consist of one share of Class A common stock and one right. Each
right underlying the Private Placement Unit (the "Private Placement Right") will entitle the holder to receive one-tenth of
one share of Class A common stock at the closing of a Business Combination. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units
have been added to the net proceeds from the IPO held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within
the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares
(subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Placements Units and all underlying securities will expire worthless.
The Private Placement Units (including
the underlying Private Placement Rights, the Private Placement Shares and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion
of the Private Placement Rights) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business
Combination (except as described under the section of the IPO prospectus entitled “Principal Stockholders — Restrictions
on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Units”). Following such period, the Private Placement Units (including the
underlying Private Placement Rights, the Private Placement Shares and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of
the Private Placement Rights) will be transferable, assignable or salable, except that the Private Placement Units will not trade.
Accrued Expenses
- Related Parties
As
of March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had accrued expenses – related parties in amount of $ 21,000
and $ 46,000 , respectively, of
which $ 6,000 was in connection with the accrued non-cash compensation to the Company’s management and directors. Pursuant
to the executed Offer Letters, the Company agreed to pay the Company’s Chief Financial Officer $ 5,000 in cash per month
starting from August 1, 2020, and the Company’s officers and directors an aggregate of 300,000 post Business
Combination shares within 10 days following the
Business Combination, with the same lock-up restrictions and registration
rights as the Founder Shares. The fair value of this stock issuance was determined by the fair value of the Company’s Common
Stock on the grant date, at a price of $ 0.02 per share. As of March 31, 2022 and 2021, the accrued expenses related to the cash
compensation to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer was $ 15,000 and $ 40,000 , respectively.
Loan Payable
– Related Party
As of March 31,
2022 and 2021, the Company had a loan payable to the Sponsor in amount of $ 500,000
with zero interest (the “Loan”). Pursuant to the promissory note between the Company and the Sponsor, the Loan is
unsecured, and the Sponsor agrees to fund the Company in an amount of up to $ 500,000 .
Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited to any officer, director, employee or stockholder of the
Company, be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Loan. The proceeds of the Loan are used to pay a portion
of the offering expenses of the IPO. These amounts will be repaid upon completion of an initial Business
Combination.
Working Capital
Loans
In addition, in order to finance
transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s
officers and directors or their affiliates 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 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.
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 private placement-equivalent units at a price of
$ 10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. 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. As of March 31, 2022 and 2021, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
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Note 5 -
Commitments and Contingency
Registration
Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares,
Private Placement Units (and their underlying securities), the Representative Shares, the Representative Warrants (and their underlying
securities), the 300,000
shares of Class A common stock issuable to the Company’s directors and officers within 10
days following the Business Combination and any Units that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and their
underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on
the effective date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after
conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands,
that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect
to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register
for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidated
damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear
the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company had granted the
Underwriters a 30- day option from the date of
IPO to purchase up to 1,650,000
additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
Simultaneously upon the closing
of the IPO, the Underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full. As such, the Underwriters were paid an underwriting discount
and commission of $ 0.20 per Unit, or $ 2,530,000 in the aggregate payable upon the closing of the IPO, and I-Bankers was entitled to a
business combination marketing fee of $ 4,427,500 in the aggregate, which is held in the Trust Account and payable upon completion of the
Business Combination.
Note 6 -
Stockholders’ Equity
The Company is authorized to
issue a total of 111,000,000 shares, par value
of $ 0.0001 per share, consisting of
(a) 110,000,000 shares of common stock, including
(i) 100,000,000
shares of Class A common stock, and (ii) 10,000,000
shares of Class B common stock, and (b) 1,000,000
shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”).
As
of March 31, 2022, there were 620,700 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 12,650,000 shares
of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption which are presented as temporary equity. As of March 31, 2021, there was 0
share of Class A common stock issued and outstanding.
As
of March 31, 2022 and 2021, there were 3,162,500
shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, which such amount having been
restated to reflect a 0.1 for 1 stock
dividend for each share of Class B common stock outstanding in October 2021.
As
of March 31, 2022 and 2021, no share of Preferred Stock was issued or outstanding. The designations, voting and other rights and preferences
of the Preferred Stock may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors.
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Note 6 -
Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)
Rights
Each
holder of a right will receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination. In the
event the Company will not be the surviving entity upon completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, each holder of
a public right will automatically receive the 1/10 share of Class A common stock underlying such public right (without paying any additional
consideration); and each holder of a Private Placement Right or right underlying Units to be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital
Loans will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive the 1/10 share of Class A common stock underlying each
right (without paying any additional consideration). If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required
time period and public stockholders redeem the public shares for the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive
any such funds in exchange for their rights and the rights will expire worthless. The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion
of the rights. If, upon conversion of the rights, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company
will, upon exchange, comply with Section 155 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company will make the determination of how to
treat fractional shares at the time of its initial Business Combination and will include such determination in the proxy materials that
it will send to stockholders for their consideration of such initial Business Combination.
If
the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the
Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution
from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further,
there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination.
Additionally,
in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights, and the rights may expire worthless.
Representative
Warrants and Representative Shares
Upon
the closing of the IPO, the Company issued to the Underwriters Representative Warrants, the exercise price of which will be $ 12.00
per Share, and 101,200 Representative
Shares.
The Representative Warrants shall
be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing the later of October 26, 2022 and the closing of the Company’s initial Business
Combination and terminating on October 29, 2026. The Company accounted for the 632,500 warrants as an expense of the IPO resulting in
a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The fair value of Representative Warrants was estimated to be approximately $ 1,333,482
(or $ 2.11 per warrant) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the Representative Warrants granted to the Underwriters
was estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 35 % , (2) risk-free interest rate of
1.18 % and (3) expected life of five years. The Representative Warrants and the shares of Class A common stock underlying Representative
Warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180 -day lock-up immediately following October 29, 2021
pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1).
The
Representative Warrants grants to holders demand and “piggy back” rights for periods of five and seven years from October
29, 2021. The Company will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities, other than underwriting commissions which
will be paid for by the holders themselves. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Representative Warrants
may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or the Company’s recapitalization, reorganization,
merger or consolidation. However, the Representative Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of Class A common stock at a price below
its exercise price.
The
Underwriters agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Representative Shares without the Company’s prior written consent
until the completion of the Business Combination. The Underwriters agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights with respect to such shares
in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the
Trust Account with respect to the Representative Shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within Combination
Period. The shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately
following October 29, 2021 pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1).
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Note 7 -
Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at
March 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair
value:
Fair
Value Hierarchy Valuation
March 31,
Description
Level
2022
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
1
$
127,760,867
There was no such
presentation as of March 31, 2021 since the IPO was not consummated until October 29, 2021.
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