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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis

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our pool of prospective target businesses;

our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19pandemic, as well as from the emergence of variant strains of COVID-19, including the efficacy and adoption of recently developed vaccines with respect to COVID-19 and variant strains thereof;

the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities;

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We were incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on April 19, 2021 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”).

We have not selected any Business Combination target.

We will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region in our identification and acquisition of a target company.

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On October 22, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 27,600,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit (which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), and the sale of 14,040,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to our sponsor that closed simultaneously with the initial public offering.

Transaction costs amounted to $16,138,202 consisting of $5,520,000 of underwriting commissions, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting commissions and $958,202 of other cash offering costs.

Of this amount, $15,428,121 was charged to shareholder’s deficit and $710,081 was allocated to the warrants and expensed.

Following the closing of our initial public offering on October 22, 2021, $281,520,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds sold in our initial public offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was deposited in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and will only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.

government treasury obligations.

We will have 15 months (unless otherwise extended) from the closing of our initial public offering to consummate the initial Business Combination.

Prior to shareholder approval of the Charter Amendment (as defined below), we had 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering to consummate the initial Business Combination.

If we have not consummated the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, we will:

(i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up;

(ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at aper-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay winding up and dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any);

(ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay winding up and dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any);

and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

On January 18, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Charter Amendment”) to (i) extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination (the “Termination Date”) from January 22, 2023 to April 22, 2023 and (ii) in the event that the Company has not consummated an initial business combination by April 22, 2023, to allow the Company, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and, without any approval of the Company’s shareholders, upon five days’ advance notice prior to each Additional Extension, to extend the Termination Date up to six times (with each such extension being upon five days’ advance notice), each by one additional month (for a total of up to six additional months to complete a business combination) (each, an “Additional Extension” and such date, an “Additional Extension Date”), provided that the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s affiliates or permitted designees will deposit into the Trust Account for each Additional Extension Date the lesser of (a) US $140,000 or (b) $0.04 for each Public Share that is then-outstanding, in exchange for one or more non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory notes issued by the Company to the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s affiliates or permitted designees (the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”).

In connection with the vote to approve the Charter Amendment, the holders of 24,703,445 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.35 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $255,875,758.

The Company’s current Additional Extension Date as of the date hereof is May 22, 2023.

On April 19, 2023, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement, by and among the Company, ESGEN OpCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of ESGEN (“OpCo”), Sunergy Renewables, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Sunergy”), the Sunergy equityholders set forth on the signature pages thereto (collectively, “Sellers” and each, a “Seller”, and collectively with Sunergy, the “Sunergy Parties”), for limited purposes, the Sponsor, and for limited purposes, Timothy Bridgewater, an individual, in his capacity as the Sellers Representative (the “Business Combination Agreement”).

In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, among other things:

(i) prior to the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), each issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of ESGEN will convert into one ESGEN Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of ESGEN (the “ESGEN Share Conversion”);

and (ii) following the ESGEN Share Conversion but prior to the Closing, ESGEN will, subject to the receipt of the requisite shareholder approval, transfer by way of continuation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware and domesticate as a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”).

In connection with the Domestication, (A) each outstanding ESGEN Class A Ordinary Share will become one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of ESGEN, (B) each outstanding warrant to purchase one ESGEN Class A Ordinary Share will become a warrant to purchase one share of ESGEN Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and (C) ESGEN will file its certificate of incorporation and will adopt bylaws to serve as its governing documents upon consummation of the Domestication.

In connection with the ESGEN Share Conversion and the Domestication, each issued and outstanding unit of ESGEN, each consisting of ESGEN Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one warrant to purchase one ESGEN Class A Ordinary Share (each, an “ESGEN Unit”), that has not been previously separated into the underlying ESGEN Class A Ordinary Shares and underlying ESGEN Warrants prior to the Domestication will be cancelled and will entitle the holder thereof to (x) one share of ESGEN Class A Common Stock and (y) one-half of one warrant representing the right to purchase one share of ESGEN Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share on the terms and subject to the conditions applicable to ESGEN Warrants set forth in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, between ESGEN and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”).

In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, Sunergy will cause all holders of any options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase any equity interests of Sunergy or its subsidiaries or securities (including debt securities) convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire, any equity interests of Sunergy or any subsidiary thereof (collectively, the “Sunergy Convertible Interests”) existing immediately prior to the Closing either to exchange or convert all such holder’s Sunergy Convertible Interests into limited liability interests of Sunergy (the “Sunergy Company Interests”) in accordance with the governing documents of Sunergy or the Sunergy Convertible Interests (collectively, the “Sunergy Exchanges”).

At the Closing, ESGEN will contribute to OpCo (1) all of its assets (excluding its interests in OpCo, but including the amount of cash in the trust account established by ESGEN with the proceeds from its initial public offering (the “Trust Account”) as of immediately prior to the Closing (after giving effect to the exercise of redemption rights by any ESGEN shareholders)), and (2) a number of newly issued shares of Class V common stock of ESGEN, par value $0.0001 per share, which will generally have only voting rights (the “ESGEN Class V Common Stock”), equal to the number of Seller OpCo Units (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (the “Seller Class V Shares”) and (y) in exchange, OpCo shall issue to ESGEN (i) a number of common units of OpCo (the “OpCo Units”) which shall equal the number of total shares of ESGEN Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing and (ii) a number of warrants to purchase OpCo Units which shall equal the number of SPAC Warrants issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing (the transactions described above in this paragraph, the “ESGEN Contribution”).

Immediately following the ESGEN Contribution, (x) the Sellers will contribute to OpCo the Sunergy Company Interests and (y) in exchange therefor, OpCo will transfer to the Sellers the Seller OpCo Units and the Seller Class V Shares.

The obligation of ESGEN, the Sunergy Parties and OpCo to consummate the Business Combination is subject to certain customary closing conditions, including, but not limited to, (i) the absence of any order, law or other legal restraint or prohibition enacted, issued or promulgated by any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity of competent jurisdiction having the effect of making the Business Combination illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination, (ii) the termination or expiration of any applicable waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Business Combination under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, (iii) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, registering the ESGEN Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, (iv) receipt of the required approvals of ESGEN’s shareholders at a meeting of the shareholders of ESGEN in connection with the Business Combination, (v) the ESGEN Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination immediately after Closing shall be listed on Nasdaq and ESGEN will be able to satisfy any continued listing requirements of Nasdaq immediately after Closing, (vi) if the ESGEN shareholders do not approve the Redemption Limitation Amendment (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), ESGEN having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) remaining immediately after any holders of the ESGEN Class A Ordinary Shares exercise their redemption rights, (vii) the members of the post-Business Combination ESGEN board of directors shall have been elected or appointed in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement and (viii) the aggregate transaction proceeds, including from the Trust Account after giving effect to the exercise of redemption rights by any ESGEN shareholders pursuant to the ESGEN amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended, and the proceeds resulting from the Initial PIPE Investment (as defined below) and any financing agreements executed in furtherance of the Business Combination Agreement, shall be greater or equal to $20.0 million.

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ESGEN entered into a subscription agreement (the “Initial Subscription Agreement”) with Sponsor.

Pursuant to the Initial Subscription Agreement, Sponsor agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and ESGEN agreed to issue and sell to Sponsor, concurrently with the Closing, an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of ESGEN Class A Common Stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $10,000,000 (the “Initial PIPE Investment”).

The closing of the Initial PIPE Investment is contingent upon, among other things, the substantially concurrent consummation of the Business Combination.

The Initial Subscription Agreement provides that ESGEN will grant Sponsor certain customary registration rights.

In addition to the Initial PIPE Investment, under the Business Combination Agreement, ESGEN and Sunergy have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to identify other investors to enter into equity financing agreements (the “Additional Financing Agreements” and, together with the Initial Subscription Agreement, the “Financing Agreements”), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to ESGEN and Sunergy, to support the transaction (such equity financing under the Financing Agreements, collectively, herein referred to as the “Private Placements”).

For additional information regarding the Business Combination Agreement, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 20, 2023.

The Business Combination is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, following the receipt of the required approvals by our shareholders and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions.

On April 5, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to the Sponsor, which may be drawn down by the Company from time to time prior to the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination.

The Note does not bear interest, matures on the date of consummation of the Business Combination and is subject to customary events of default.

The Note will be repaid only to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its trust account established in connection with its initial public offering.

As of May 11, 2023, there was approximately $1,384,500 outstanding under the Note.

Results of Operations

All of our activity from April 19, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022, was in preparation for our initial public offering, and since our initial public offering, our activity has been limited to the search for a prospective initial Business Combination.

All of our activity from April 19, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2023, was in preparation for our initial public offering, and since our initial public offering, including the effectuation of the Charter Amendment and the negotiation and entry into the Business Combination Agreement.

We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had income of $4,262,070, which consisted of a gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $3,345,600, interest income from marketable securities held in trust account of $1,245,745, partially offset by operating costs of $329,275.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had income of $11,637,242, which consisted of a gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $11,608,560, interest income from marketable securities held in trust account of $1,632,690, partially offset by operating costs of $1,604,008.

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had net loss of $1,690, which consisted of formation and operating costs.

For the period from April 19, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 2021, we had a loss of $15,393, which consisted of formation and operating costs.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had loss of $1,446,111, which consisted of a change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $874,176 and operating costs of $1,512,581, partially offset by interest income from marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $940,646.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had an income of $5,880,541, which consisted of a change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $6,735,360, interest income from marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $18,171, offset by formation and operating costs of $872,990.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash of $890,273 and owes $1,089,536 in accrued offering costs and expenses and an additional $285,539 to related parties.

Prior to the completion of our initial public offering, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a capital contribution from the Sponsor of $25,000 and a loan to us of up to $300,000 by our Sponsor under an unsecured promissory note, which had an outstanding balance of $171,346 at September 30, 2022.

As of March 31, 2023, we had cash of $50,471 and owe $3,063,779 in accounts payable and accrued expenses and an additional $420,539 payable to related parties.

Prior to the completion of our initial public offering, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a capital contribution from the sponsor of $25,000 and a loan to us of up to $300,000 by our sponsor under an unsecured promissory note, which had an outstanding balance of $171,346 at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

The Sponsor has agreed to defer repayment of the loan until the close of the Business Combination.

On April 5, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to our Sponsor, which may be drawn down by us from time to time prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination.

As of May 11, 2023, there was approximately $1,384,500 outstanding under the Note.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our Sponsor, an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us Working Capital Loans.

As of September 30, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans.

Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will not have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing.

Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Subtopic205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern”, the Company has until January 22, 2023 (unless extended) to consummate a Business Combination.

If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension not obtained, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company.

Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before January 22, 2023, it is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time.

In connection with the company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Subtopic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern”, the company has until May 22, 2023 (unless extended as described above) to consummate a Business Combination.

If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an Additional Extension not obtained, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the company.

It is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time.

Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and an extension is not obtained, as well as the potential for us to have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to a Business Combination, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

It is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time.

No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after January 22, 2023.

It is uncertain whether the company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an Additional Extension by this time.

No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the company be required to liquidate after May 22, 2023 (unless extended as described above).

Contractual Obligations

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Underwriting Agreement

We granted the underwriters a45-dayoption to purchase up to 3,600,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at our initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

The underwriters exercised the full over-allotment at the consummation of our initial public offering on October 22, 2021.

The underwriters earned an underwriting discount of two percent (2%) of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering, or $5,520,000, which we paid in cash at closing of the Public Offering.

Additionally, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of our initial public offering upon the completion of our initial Business Combination.

The IPO underwriters were entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of our IPO upon the completion of our initial Business Combination.

However, in April 2023, the IPO underwriters have waived any right to receive such deferred underwriting commissions and will therefore receive no additional underwriting commissions in connection with the Closing.

Office Space, Secretarial and Administrative Services

Commencing on the date that our securities are first listed on the NASDAQ through the earlier of consummation of our initial Business Combination and the liquidation, we are expected to pay our Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative services.

As of September 30, 2022, we had incurred $114,193 pursuant to this agreement, which was accrued in “Due to related party”.

Through the earlier of consummation of the initial Business Combination or the liquidation, the Company incurs $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial support and administrative services provided by the Sponsor.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred $30,000 and $30,000, respectively, pursuant to this agreement.

No amounts have been paid for these services.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company reported on the balance sheets $105,000 and $120,000, respectively, pursuant to this agreement, in “Due to related party”.

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement signed at the closing of our initial public offering.

The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities.

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We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Except as described herein, the Sponsor and its directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any30-tradingday period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

Except as described herein, the Sponsor and its directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Sponsor and its directors and executive officers with respect to any founder shares.

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In addition, pursuant to the registration and shareholder rights agreement, the Sponsor, upon and following consummation of an initial Business Combination, will be entitled to nominate three individuals for election to the board of directors, as long as the Sponsor holds any securities covered by the registration and shareholder rights agreement.

Going Concern

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash of $890,273 and owes $1,089,536 in accrued offering costs and expenses and an additional $285,539 to related parties.

The Company anticipates that the cash held outside of the Trust Account as of September 30, 2022 will not be sufficient to allow the Company to operate for at least the next 12 months from the issuance of the financial statements, assuming that a Business Combination is not consummated during that time.

The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans.

There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period.

If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension not obtained, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company.

Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before January 22, 2023, it is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time.

It is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time.

No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after January 22, 2023.

A&R Registration Rights Agreement

The Business Combination Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, Sunergy, Sunergy’s underlying equityholders and the Initial Shareholders (as defined below) (collectively, the “New PubCo Holders”) and New PubCo will enter into an amended and restated IPO Registration Rights Agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, New PubCo and the Initial Shareholders will agree to amend and restate the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, entered into by them in connection with ESGEN’s IPO.

Pursuant to the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, New PubCo will agree that, within 30 days following the consummation of the Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a resale shelf registration statement on behalf of Sunergy, Sunergy’s underlying equityholders and the Initial Shareholders (the “New PubCo Holders”) registering (i) New PubCo’s private placement warrants, (ii) any outstanding shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New PubCo (“New PubCo Class A Common Stock”) held by the New PubCo Holders, (iii) any shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of an equivalent number of Class B units of OpCo and Class V common stock of New PubCo, par value $0.0001 per share, issued to the Sellers pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (iv) any shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock issued or to be issued to any of the New PubCo Holders in connection with the Business Combination and (v) any other equity security of New PubCo issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”);

provided, however, that as to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (A) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities becomes effective under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such registration statement, (B) such Registrable Securities shall have been otherwise transferred and such transferee is not entitled to the registration rights provided in the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, (C) such Registrable Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (D) such Registrable Securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 and Rule 145, as applicable, promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereto) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations).

Additionally, the A&R Registration Rights Agreement will also provide, subject to certain underwriter cutbacks and suspension periods, (i) certain demand rights entitling the New PubCo Holders the right to require New PubCo to effect an underwritten offering and (ii) certain piggyback rights entitling the New PubCo Holders the right to include such New PubCo Holder’s Registrable Securities in any underwritten offering that New PubCo proposes to consummate for its own account or for the account of its stockholders.

Amendment to the Letter Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor, the independent directors of the board of directors of ESGEN and one or more client accounts of Westwood Group Holdings, Inc.

(successor to Salient Capital Advisors, LLC) (collectively, the “Initial Shareholders”) entered into an amendment (as amended, the “Amendment to the Letter Agreement”) to that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2021, by and between the Initial Shareholders, pursuant to which, among other things, each of the Initial Shareholders agreed (i) not to transfer his, her or its ESGEN Class B ordinary shares (or the ESGEN Class A Common Stock issuable in exchange for such ESGEN Class B ordinary shares pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement) prior to the earlier of (A) six months after the Closing or (B) subsequent to the Closing (x) if the last sale price of the ESGEN Class A Common Stock quoted on Nasdaq is greater than or equal to $12 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-consecutive trading day period commencing at least 90 days after Closing, or (y) the date on which ESGEN completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ESGEN Class A ordinary shares (including any shares of ESGEN Class A Common Stock issuable in exchange for such ESGEN Class A ordinary shares) for cash, securities or other property and (ii) each Initial Shareholder agreed to waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in the governing documents of ESGEN with respect to the ESGEN Class B ordinary shares prior to the earlier of the ESGEN Share Conversion or the Closing.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires 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 statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires 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 statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.

Actual results could differ from those estimates.

We have identified the following critical accounting estimates:

Warrant Liability

The Company accounts for the Public and Private Placement warrants issued in connection with the Public Offering in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC815-40and ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.

Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability.

Accordingly, the Company classified each warrant as a liability at its fair value.

This liability is subject tore-measurement at each balance sheet date.

With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.

Offering Costs Associated with Initial Public Offering

We comply with the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 340-10-S99-1and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering”.

Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, underwriting and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to our initial public offering.

Offering costs amounted to $16,138,202 and of this, $15,428,121 was charged to temporary equity and $710,081 was deemed allocable to the warrants and charged to expense upon the completion of our initial public offering.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for our Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value.

Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity.

At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholder’s equity.

Our Class A ordinary shares sold in our initial public offering feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events.

Accordingly, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 27,600,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholder’s (deficit) equity section of our balance sheets.

Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share

We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share.

Ordinary share subject to possible redemption which is not currently redeemable and is not redeemable at fair value, has been excluded from the calculation of basic net income (loss) per ordinary share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings.

Our net income (loss) is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to ordinary share subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not our income or losses.

We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the 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.

As a smaller reporting company, ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021.

We are currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

We have not adopted this guidance as of September 30, 2022.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the financial statement.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2022, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations.

Refer to Note 2 (“Significant Accounting Policies”) in the financial statements for the recent accounting pronouncements.

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