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to include risk factors in this Report.
−Removed: However, as of the date of this Report, other than as set forth below, there have been no
−Removed: material changes with respect to those risk factors previously disclosed in our (i) Registration Statement on Form S-1 with respect to
−Removed: our initial public offering, initially filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021, as amended and which became effective on March 11, 2021
−Removed: 333-253308), (ii) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022 and
−Removed: (iii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, as filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022 and
−Removed: August 15, 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations
−Removed: or financial condition.
−Removed: Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business
−Removed: or results of operations.
−Removed: We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future
−Removed: filings with the SEC.
−Removed: The Sponsor and
−Removed: our officers and directors have the ability to control any further votes of stockholders, including any subsequent extension proposals,
−Removed: any amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any proposed business combination and may potentially vote
−Removed: in a manner that you do not support.
−Removed: Following the First Extension
−Removed: and the Second Extension, the Sponsor and officer and directors own shares representing approximately 69.46% of our issued and outstanding
−Removed: shares of common stock.
−Removed: As a result, you will not have any influence over any stockholder votes, including, but not limited to, any further
−Removed: extensions of the deadline for our initial business combination, any amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
−Removed: and any votes to approve any proposed initial business combination, including, the proposed business combination with XBP Europe.
−Removed: A new 1% U.S.
−Removed: federal excise tax could be
−Removed: imposed on us in connection with redemptions by us of our shares in connection with a business combination or other stockholder vote pursuant
−Removed: to which stockholders would have a right to submit their shares for redemption (a “Redemption Event”).
−Removed: On August 16, 2022, the Inflation
−Removed: Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law.
−Removed: The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new
−Removed: federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations
−Removed: and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations.
−Removed: The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself,
−Removed: not its stockholders from which shares are repurchased.
−Removed: The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares
−Removed: repurchased at the time of the repurchase.
−Removed: However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted
−Removed: to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable
−Removed: In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax.
−Removed: Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”)
−Removed: has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
−Removed: The IR Act applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Any redemption or other repurchase
−Removed: that occurs after December 31, 2022 in connection with a Redemption Event may be subject to the excise tax.
−Removed: Whether and to what extent
−Removed: we would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Redemption Event would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair
−Removed: market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Redemption Event, (ii) the structure of our initial business combination,
−Removed: (iii) the nature and amount of any private investment in public equity or other equity issuances in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Redemption Event but issued within the same taxable year of our initial business
−Removed: combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury Department.
−Removed: In addition, because the excise tax
−Removed: would be payable by us, and not by the redeeming stockholder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined.
−Removed: To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed
−Removed: to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time, instruct the trustee to liquidate the securities
−Removed: held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash items until the earlier of the consummation of our
−Removed: initial business combination or our liquidation.
−Removed: As a result, following the liquidation of securities in the Trust Account, we would likely
−Removed: receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would limit the dollar amount our public stockholders
−Removed: would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
−Removed: funds in the Trust Account have, since our initial public offering, been held only in U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations with a maturity
−Removed: of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions
−Removed: under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company
−Removed: (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment
−Removed: Company Act, we may, at any time, instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account,
−Removed: to liquidate the U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds
−Removed: in the Trust Account as cash items until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation.
−Removed: such liquidation of the securities in the Trust Account, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust
−Removed: However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any.
−Removed: As a result, any decision to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account
−Removed: in cash items would limit the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption of their shares or our liquidation.
−Removed: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
−Removed: and Use of Proceeds
−Removed: Defaults Upon Senior Securities
−Removed: Mine Safety Disclosures
−Removed: Not applicable.
+Added: However, as of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes with respect
+Added: to those risk factors previously disclosed in (i) our Registration Statement on Form S-1 with respect to the Initial Public Offering,
+Added: initially filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021, as amended and which became effective on March 11, 2021 (File No.
+Added: 333-253308), (ii)
+Added: our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2023 and March 31,
+Added: 2022, respectively, (iii) our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022,
+Added: as filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022, August 15, 2022 and November 14, 2022, respectively, (iv) th e
+Added: Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022, and (v) the XBP Europe Proxy Statement .
+Added: Any of these risk factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.
+Added: We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
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