Related Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions	Note 4 — Related Party Transactions Founder Shares On December 2, 2020, the Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 for certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”). On February 4, 2021, the Company effected a share sub-division of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in an aggregate of 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. Up to an aggregate of 1,125,000 Founder Shares were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full by the underwriters or was reduced, so that the Founder Shares would represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. On February 9, 2021, the underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option; thus, these 1,125,000 Founder Shares were no longer subject to forfeiture. The Initial Shareholders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization 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, Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, 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, the Founder Shares will be released from the lockup. Private Placement Warrants Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 6,100,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9.2 million. Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable except as described below in Note 8 and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. Related Party Loans On December 2, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Initial Note”). The Initial Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company had borrowed approximately $173,000 under the Initial Note and repaid it in full on February 12, 2021. Subsequent to the repayment, the facility was no longer available to the Company. In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may 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 warrants (“Working Capital Loan Warrants”) of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. 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. On March 1, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $1.5 million to cover expenses pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”). This loan is non-interest bearing and payable on the completion of the Initial Business Combination. On March 9, 2021, the Sponsor Note was converted into 1,000,000 Working Capital Loan Warrants. These warrants have the same rights and restriction as that of the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no outstanding balance under the working capital loans. The Company does not have access to any additional Working Capital Loans that can be converted into warrants. On January 20, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $1,000,000 pursuant to a promissory note (the “New Note”). The New Note is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the closing of the initial business combination or February 9, 2023. Administrative Support Agreement Commencing on the date that the Company’s securities were first listed on the New York Stock Exchange through the earlier of consummation of the initial Business Combination and the liquidation, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the Company. The Company incurred approximately $30,000 and $30,000 in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company incurred approximately $90,000 and $80,000 in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had accrued approximately $30,000 and $20,000, respectively, for services in connection with such agreement on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets included in due to related party. In addition, the Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combinations. The audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by the Company to the Sponsor, officers or directors, or the Company’s or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial Business Combination will be made from funds held outside the Trust Account. Due to Related Party As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, an affiliate of the Company paid approximately $680,000 and $160,000, respectively, of expenses on behalf of the company which is included in due to related party in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Forward Purchase Agreement The Sponsor entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with the Company that provided for the purchase by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, in the aggregate, of 10,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 2,000,000 redeemable warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000,000, in each case, for $10.00 per one Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one Forward Purchase Warrant, in a private placement to close substantially concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination. The obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreement will not depend on whether any Class A ordinary shares are redeemed by the holders of Public Shares. The Class A ordinary shares and Forward Purchase Warrants sold pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement will be identical to the Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants included in the units being sold in the Initial Public Offering, respectively, except that the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, as applicable, will have certain registration rights. The capital from such private placement would be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the Business Combination, and any excess capital from such private placement would be used for working capital in the post-transaction company. Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement Concurrent with the execution of the BCA Amendment, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a Second Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement and in connection with the acceleration of funding to the Company under the Amended and Restated Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement”), the Company and the Sponsor have agreed to reduce the Committed Amount (as defined in the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement) by the aggregate principal amount of up to $50 million under each Note that is converted in connection with the consummation of the Mergers into shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock and Assumed SPAC Warrants in accordance with the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement. The obligation of the Sponsor under the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions therein, including the substantially concurrent consummation of the Mergers.

Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On December 2, 2020, the Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 for certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”). On February 4, 2021, the Company effected a share sub-division of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in an aggregate of 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. Up to an aggregate of 1,125,000 Founder Shares were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full by the underwriters or was reduced, so that the Founder Shares would represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. On February 9, 2021, the underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option; thus, these 1,125,000 Founder Shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.

The Initial Shareholders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization 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, Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, 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, the Founder Shares will be released from the lockup.

Private Placement Warrants

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 6,100,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9.2 million.

Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable except as described below in Note 8 and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

Related Party Loans

On December 2, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Initial Note”). The Initial Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company had borrowed approximately $173,000 under the Initial Note and repaid it in full on February 12, 2021. Subsequent to the repayment, the facility was no longer available to the Company.

In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may 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 warrants (“Working Capital Loan Warrants”) of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. 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. On March 1, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $1.5 million to cover expenses pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”). This loan is non-interest bearing and payable on the completion of the Initial Business Combination. On March 9, 2021, the Sponsor Note was converted into 1,000,000 Working Capital Loan Warrants. These warrants have the same rights and restriction as that of the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no outstanding balance under the working capital loans. The Company does not have access to any additional Working Capital Loans that can be converted into warrants.

On January 20, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $1,000,000 pursuant to a promissory note (the “New Note”). The New Note is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the closing of the initial business combination or February 9, 2023.

Administrative Support Agreement

Commencing on the date that the Company’s securities were first listed on the New York Stock Exchange through the earlier of consummation of the initial Business Combination and the liquidation, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the Company. The Company incurred approximately $30,000 and $30,000 in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company incurred approximately $90,000 and $80,000 in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had accrued approximately $30,000 and $20,000, respectively, for services in connection with such agreement on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets included in due to related party.

In addition, the Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on the Company’s behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combinations. The audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by the Company to the Sponsor, officers or directors, or the Company’s or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial Business Combination will be made from funds held outside the Trust Account.

Due to Related Party

As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, an affiliate of the Company paid approximately $680,000 and $160,000, respectively, of expenses on behalf of the company which is included in due to related party in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Forward Purchase Agreement

The Sponsor entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with the Company that provided for the purchase by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, in the aggregate, of 10,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 2,000,000 redeemable warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000,000, in each case, for $10.00 per one Class A ordinary share and one-fifth of one Forward Purchase Warrant, in a private placement to close substantially concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination. The obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreement will not depend on whether any Class A ordinary shares are redeemed by the holders of Public Shares. The Class A ordinary shares and Forward Purchase Warrants sold pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement will be identical to the Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants included in the units being sold in the Initial Public Offering, respectively, except that the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, as applicable, will have certain registration rights. The capital from such private

placement would be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the Business Combination, and any excess capital from such private placement would be used for working capital in the post-transaction company.

Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement

Concurrent with the execution of the BCA Amendment, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a Second Amended and Restated Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement and in connection with the acceleration of funding to the Company under the Amended and Restated Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement”), the Company and the Sponsor have agreed to reduce the Committed Amount (as defined in the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement) by the aggregate principal amount of up to $50 million under each Note that is converted in connection with the consummation of the Mergers into shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock and Assumed SPAC Warrants in accordance with the Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement. The obligation of the Sponsor under the Second A&R Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions therein, including the substantially concurrent consummation of the Mergers.

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