Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022, or any future interim periods.

The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The financial information as of December 31, 2021, is derived from the audited financial statements presented in in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart 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 shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates, among other things, the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $0.6 million and $0.7 million in its operating bank account and working capital of approximately $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans.

The Company’s liquidity needs were satisfied prior to the completion of the Initial Public Offering through receipt of $25,000 capital contribution from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares and a commitment from the Sponsor to loan the Company up to $300,000 to cover our expenses in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

The proceeds from (i) the sale of the shares of Class A ordinary shares in the Initial Public Offering, after deducting offering expenses of $0.8 million, underwriting fees of $8.1 million (excluding deferred underwriting commissions of $14.1 million), and (ii) the sale of the Private Placement Shares generated net proceeds of $403.7 million.

As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $0.6 million and $0.7 million outside of the Trust Account, respectively. The Company intends to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete the initial Business Combination. The Company has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans.

The Company does not believe it will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating the business prior to the initial Business Combination. However, if the Company’s estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate the business prior to the initial Business Combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the Company’s initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1.5 million of such loans may be convertible into private placement shares at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of the initial Business Combination, the Company does not expect to seek loans from parties other than the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor as the Company does 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 the trust account. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through the Combination Period, which is the date the Company is required cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up if it has not completed a business combination. These unaudited condensed interim financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

This may make comparison of the Company’s unaudited condensed interim financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period, difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

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 an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

This may make the comparison of the Company’s unaudited condensed interim financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Going Concern

The Company has performed an assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.” If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from September 15, 2020, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem all of the Class A ordinary redeemable shares issued as part of the units in the Initial Public Offering at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”), including interest, net of taxes (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the shareholder rights of owners of Class A ordinary shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution, including Trust Account assets, will be less than the initial public offering price per unit in the Public Offering. In addition, if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination within the Combination Period, there will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to warrants to purchase the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, which will expire worthless.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and do not include any adjustments that might arise as a result of uncertainties about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of unaudited condensed interim financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed interim financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Amounts could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had approximately $0.6 million and $0.7 million in cash as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively. The Company did not have any cash equivalents, outside of the funds held in the Trust Account, as of March 31, 2022, or December 31, 2021.

Class A Public Warrants Liability, Forward Purchase Securities Liability, and Class L Ordinary Shares Liability

The Company accounts for the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities (as defined in Note 4), and Class L ordinary shares as liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the applicable authoritative guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“FASB ASC Topic 480”) and FASB ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, (“FASB ASC Topic 815”). The assessment considers whether the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities, and Class L ordinary shares are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to FASB ASC Topic 480, meet the definition of a liability, and meet all of the requirements for equity classification under FASB ASC Topic 815, including whether the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities, and Class L ordinary shares are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of issuance of the Class A Public Warrants and Class L ordinary shares, and upon execution of the Forward Purchase Securities Agreement and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities, and Class L ordinary shares are outstanding. The Company determined that the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities, and Class L ordinary shares did not meet all the criteria for equity classification because they did not meet the criteria to be considered indexed to the Company’s stock. Accordingly, the Class A Public Warrants, Forward Purchase Securities, and Class L Ordinary Shares were recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and are adjusted to fair value at each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of these instruments are recognized as a gain or loss as a component of other income (expense) in the condensed statements of operations.

Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account

As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the assets held in the Trust Account were substantially held in U.S. Treasury Bills.

Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share

The Company follows the accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as redeemable ordinary shares and non-redeemable ordinary shares. The redeemable ordinary shares include Class A redeemable ordinary shares issued upon the Initial Public Offering. The non-redeemable ordinary shares include Class B non-redeemable ordinary shares and Class A non-redeemable ordinary Private Placement Shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Net income (loss) per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares of ordinary shares outstanding for the respective period. Class A public warrants were issued on September 15, 2020. At March 31, 2022, no warrants have been exercised. The potential ordinary shares for outstanding warrants to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares were excluded from diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 because the warrants are contingently exercisable and the contingencies have not yet been met. Class L ordinary shares will convert into Class A ordinary shares after the initial Business Combination only to the extent certain triggering events occur prior to the 10^th anniversary of the initial Business Combination, including specified strategic transactions and other triggering events based on the ordinary shares trading at $20.00 per share and additional ordinary share trading thresholds up to $50.00 per share, subject to adjustment (Note 4). The Company has not considered the effect of the Class L ordinary shares or the exercise of the Forward Purchase Securities in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the Class L ordinary shares conversion into Class A ordinary shares and the exercise of the Forward Purchase Securities is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and that contingency has not yet been met. As a result, diluted net income per ordinary share is the same as basic net income per ordinary share for the period. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income per ordinary share for each class of ordinary shares:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Numerator:
Allocation of net income	$	21,578,760	$	47,503,957

Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A redeemable ordinary shares, basic and diluted		40,250,000		40,250,000
Basic and diluted net income per redeemable ordinary share	$	0.54	$	1.18

Numerator:
Allocation of net income	$	2,936,439	$	6,464,341

Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding of non-redeemable ordinary shares, basic and diluted		5,477,222		5,477,222
Basic and diluted net income per non-redeemable ordinary share	$	0.54	$	1.18

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480. Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary shares that features redemption rights that is 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. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, 40,250,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity (for mezzanine), outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s unaudited condensed balance sheets.

The Company’s Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption is subject to SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The accretion or re-measurement is treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).

The accretion of carrying value to redemption value was recognized on September 15, 2020, the date the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering.

There were no changes in Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or 2021.

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. As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

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Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

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Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

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Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the carrying values of cash, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and advances from related party approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities held in the Trust Account is comprised of investment in a money market funds selected by the Company. The fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices in active markets.

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 these unaudited condensed interim financial statements. The unaudited condensed interim financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Offering Costs

Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering and were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in September 2020.

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740 Income Taxes ("FASB ASC Topic 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

FASB ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals, or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.

There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed interim financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company’s management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed interim financial statements.

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