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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Cayman Islands	001-41001	98-1598139
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2333 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 630

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(786)662-3114)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant	TOACU	The Nasdaq Global Market
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	TOAC	The Nasdaq Global Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	TOACW	The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T(§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule

12b-2under

the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2under the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐

As of May

, 2023

, 9,682,608 Class A ordinary shares, par value $

0.0001

per share, and 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $

0.0001

per share, were issued and outstanding.

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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
Condensed Balance Sheets		1
Unaudited Condensed Statement of Operations		2
Unaudited Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit		3
Unaudited Condensed Statement of Cash Flows		4
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements		5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	18
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	18
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	18
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	18
Items 1A.	Risk Factors	18
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	19
Item 3.	Defaults upon Senior Securities	19
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	19
Item 5.	Other Information	19
Item 6.	Exhibits	19

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS


	As of March 31, 2023 (unaudited)			As of December 31, 2022
Assets:
Current assets:
Cash	$	361,906		$	92,674
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		159,961			315,459

Total current assets		521,867			408,133
Restricted cash		225,076			—
Cash and investments held in Trust Account		102,440,661			239,110,999

Total assets	$	103,187,604		$	239,519,132

Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit:
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	682,250		$	741,584
Due to related parties		1,807			2,388
Convertible promissory note - related party, at fair value		102,000			—

Total current liabilities		786,057			743,972
Deferred underwriting fees payable		8,050,000			8,050,000
Derivative warrant liability		1,732,500			495,000

Total liabilities		10,568,557			9,288,972

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)
Common stock subject to possible redemption, 9,682,608 shares at redemption value of $10.60 per share as of March 31, 2023 and 23,000,000 shares at redemption value of $10.40 per share as of December 31, 2022		102,665,737			239,110,999
Shareholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding		—			—
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding		—			—
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 199,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding		575			575
Additional paid-in capital		—			—
Accumulated deficit		(10,047,265	)		(8,881,414	)

Total shareholders’ deficit		(10,046,690	)		(8,880,839	)

Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit	$	103,187,604		$	239,519,132

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS


	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023			For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
General and administrative expenses	$	745,260		$	886,928

Loss from Operations		(745,260	)		(886,928	)

Other income (expense):
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities		(1,237,500	)		4,967,500
Change in fair value of convertible promissory note – related party		1,351,042			—
Income earned in marketable securities held in Trust Account		1,528,789			9,533

Total other income, net		1,642,331			4,977,033

Net income	$	897,071		$	4,090,105

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A		13,529,855			23,000,000

Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A	$	0.05		$	0.14

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B		5,750,000			5,750,000

Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B	$	0.05		$	0.14

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023 and 2022


	Ordinary Shares				Additional Paid-			Accumulated			Total Shareholders’
	Shares		Amount		In Capital			Deficit			Deficit
Balance as of December 31, 2022		5,750,000	$	575	$	—		$	(8,881,414	)	$	(8,880,839	)
Stock-based compensation		—		—		125,867			—			125,867
Proceeds received in excess of initial fair value of convertible promissory note		—		—		656,006			—			656,006
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption value		—		—		(781,873	)		(2,062,922	)		(2,844,795	)
Net Income		—		—		—			897,071			897,071

Balance as of March 31, 2023		5,750,000	$	575	$	—		$	(10,047,265	)	$	(10,046,690	)


	Ordinary Shares				Additional Paid-			Accumulated			Total Shareholders’
	Shares		Amount		In Capital			Deficit			Deficit
Balance as of December 31, 2021		5,750,000	$	575	$	—		$	(18,480,211	)	$	(18,479,636	)
Stock-based compensation		—		—		377,600			—			377,600
Net Income		—		—		—			4,090,105			4,090,105

Balance as of March 31, 2022		5,750,000	$	575	$	377,600		$	(14,390,106	)	$	(14,011,931	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS


	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023			For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Cash flows used in operating activities:
Net income	$	897,071		$	4,090,105
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation		125,867			377,600
Unrealized change in fair value of warrant liabilities		1,237,500			(4,967,500	)
Unrealized change in fair value of convertible promissory note – related party		(1,351,042	)		—
Income earned in marketable securities held in Trust Account		(1,528,789	)		(9,533	)
Bank service fees		—			12,500
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other Current Assets		155,498			(24,001	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(59,334	)		67,902
Non-Current Assets		—			201,914
Due to related party		(581	)		—

Net cash used in operating activities		(523,810	)		(251,013	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash deposited in Trust Account		(660,000	)		—
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account in connection with redemption		138,634,051			—
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account for estimated tax obligation		225,076			—

Net cash provided by investing activities		138,199,127			—

Cash flows from financing activities:
Redemption of Class A common stock		(138,634,051	)		—
Proceeds from convertible promissory note - related party		1,453,042			—
Repayments of loans from related parties		—			(2,500	)

Net cash used in financing activities		(137,181,009	)		(2,500	)

Net change in cash and restricted cash		494,308			(253,513	)
Cash and restricted cash beginning of period		92,674			1,090,391

Cash and restricted cash end of period	$	586,982		$	836,878

Supplemental disclosure with respect to cash flows:
Change in value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption	$	2,188,789		$	—

Proceeds received in excess of initial fair value of convertible promissory note	$	656,006		$	—

The accompanying notes are an integral part

these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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TALON 1 ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 — Organization, Business Operations

and

Going Concern

Talon 1 Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Cayman Islands on April 20, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate

non-operating

income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering held in trust.

The Company’s sponsor is AVi8 Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The Company commenced operations upon obtaining adequate financial resources through its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) of 23,000,000 units of the Company, each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share and

one-half

of one warrant (each, a “Unit” and collectively, the “Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, which is discussed in Note 5, and the sale of 13,250,000 warrants of the Company (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor that closed simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering. In total, the Company received $238,650,000 from the sale of Class A shares and private placement warrants, as described above. $235,750,000 was deposited into the

rust

ccount. The Company has incurred $4,571,781 in costs as of March 31, 2023, and has a deficit of $264,190 in working capital.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in Trust and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company only intends to complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.25 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including the proceeds from the sale of the private placement warrants and the sale of forward purchase units, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule2a-7

promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

The Company will provide the holders (the “Public Shareholders“) of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Shares”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholders meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then held in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.25 per Public Share). The

per-share

amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” If the Company seeks shareholder approval, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem the Public Shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial shareholders (as defined below) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the

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Company. The holders of the Founder Shares (the “initial shareholders”) have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholder’s rights or

pre-initial

Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

The Company has until 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate a Business Combination. However, if the Company is not able to consummate a Business Combination within 15 months, the Company, by resolution of the board of the Company, at the request of the Company’s Sponsor, may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by an additional three months (for a total of 18 months to complete a Business Combination), subject to the Company’s Sponsor providing advance notice and depositing additional funds into the

rust

ccount as set out below (the “Combination Period”). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the trust agreement to be entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate its initial Business Combination by an additional three months, the Company’s Sponsor or its affiliates or designees must provide advance notice at least five days prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering and must deposit into the

rust

ccount $2,300,000 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date which is 15 months from the closing of our initial public offering. In the event that the Company receives notice from its Sponsor at least five days prior to the deadline to effect the extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. However, the Company’s initial shareholders and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the

rust

ccount to extend the time to consummate a Business Combination.

The Company has until November 8, 2023 (which was originally March 16, 2022 but has been extended by the stockholder approval of the Extension (as defined below)), or a later date approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, 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 the Company to pay its taxes, if any (less up to

$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholder’s rights as shareholders (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, liquidate and dissolve, 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.

The initial shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial shareholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.25. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement (a “Target”), reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.25 per Public Share or (ii) the lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or Target that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

On January 27, 2023, at an extraordinary general meeting (“Extraordinary General Meeting”) of the Company’s stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Trust Agreement Amendment”). Pursuant to the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Company will deposit $330,000 into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”), for each

one-month

extension. At the Extraordinary General Meeting the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination up to nine (9) times for an additional one (1) month each time from February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023 (which is 24 months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering). Under Cayman Islands law, the Charter Amendment took effect upon approval by the stockholders. In connection with the stockholder’s approval of the amendments, the stockholders of

13,317,392

Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $138.6 million.

In connection with the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Sponsor has agreed to make available to the Company an aggregate amount of up to $4,000,000 pursuant to a convertible promissory in favor of the Sponsor (see Note 4). The proceeds of the Note will be used by the Company to deposit additional funds to the

rust

ccount in connection with the extension of the amount of time the Company has available to complete a business combination and to fund the Company’s operations.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $361,906 in cash and a working capital deficit of $264,190. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $102,440,661 of

cash and investments held in its Trust Account and restricted cash for use in a potential Business Combination. The Company withdrew $225,076 from the Trust Account in January 2023 for expected tax obligation, however upon further evaluation the Company determined the amount should be deposited back into the Trust Account. As of March 31, 2023 the $225,076 was held in the Company’s operating cash account and is classified as restricted cash on the accompanying balance sheet.

The Company will deposit the funds back into the Trust Account in June 2023.

The Company has until November 8, 2023 to complete a business combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after November 8, 2023.

Risks and Uncertainties

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (the

“COVID-19

outbreak”). In March 2020, the WHO classified the

COVID-19

outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally. The full impact of the

COVID-19

outbreak continues to evolve. Management continues to evaluate the impact of the

COVID-19

outbreak 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 financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

In February 2022, the Russian Federation commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy is not determinable as of the date of these audited financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of the financial statements.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) was signed into federal law. The IRA includes provisions imposing a 1% excise tax on share repurchases by publicly traded domestic corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations that occur after December 31, 2022. The excise tax is imposed on the fair market value of the repurchased stock, with certain exceptions. Although the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands, there is a possibility that it may acquire a U.S. domestic corporation or engage in a transaction in which a domestic corporation becomes its parent or affiliate. While not free from doubt, absent any further guidance, it is possible that the excise tax will apply to any redemptions of the Company’s shares after December 31, 2022, including redemptions made in connection with an initial Business Combination or redemptions made if the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination within the requisite time period. The application of the excise tax to any redemptions the Company makes after December 31, 2022 could potentially reduce the

per-share

amount that the public stockholders would otherwise be entitled to received.

Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form

10-Q

and Article 10 of Regulation

S-X

of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future interim periods. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

filed with the SEC on April 18, 2023.

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 Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 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.

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 comparison of the Company’s 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.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of the 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.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the private placement warrant liabilities as well as the fair value of the convertible promissory note. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash

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 no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Restricted Cash

The Company withdrew $225,076 from the Trust Account in January 2023 for expected tax obligation, however upon further evaluation the Company determined the amount should be deposited back into the Trust Account. The amount has been classified as restricted cash on the accompanying condensed balance sheet as

the Company does not have the ability to use these funds for general operating purposes.

Cash and Investments held in Trust Account

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, all of the assets held in the Trust Account were invested in a money market fund that only invests in U.S. Treasury securities or U.S. Treasury Bills. The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. The change in fair value is recorded as income earned on cash and investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed statement of operations.

Convertible Promissory Note—Related Party

The Company accounts for its convertible promissory note under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). Under ASC

815-15-25,

the election can be at the inception of a financial instrument to account for the instrument under the fair value option under ASC 825. The Company has made such election for its convertible promissory note. Using the fair value option, the convertible promissory note is recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the convertible promissory note are recognized as

non-cash

change in the fair value of the convertible promissory note in the statements of operations. The fair value of the option to convert into private warrants was valued utilizing the Monte Carlo Simulation model.

Derivative Warrant Liabilities

The Company accounts for the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the guidance contained in

ASC815-40.

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 will classify each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-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.

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 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary 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 the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet. The redemption value of the Class A ordinary shares is remeasured each accounting period to reflect the redemption value as of the balance sheet date with an off set to additional

paid-in

capital or retained earnings if the additional

paid-in

capital account is depleted.

The following reflects Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of March 31, 2023:


Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2021	$	235,750,000
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to redemption value		3,360,999

Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2022		239,110,999
Redemptions		(138,634,051	)
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to redemption value		2,188,789

Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of March 31, 2023	$	102,665,737

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Net Income Per Ordinary Share

The Company applies the

two-class

method in calculating earnings per share. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to forfeiture. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary share and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income per share is the same as basic income per share for the periods presented.


	For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023		For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Class A ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income	$	629,530	$	3,272,084
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		13,529,855		23,000,000

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.05	$	0.14

Class B ordinary shares
Numerator:
Allocation of net income	$	267,541	$	818,021
Denominator:
Basic and diluted Weighted Average shares outstanding		5,750,000		5,750,000

Basic and diluted earnings per share	$	0.05	$	0.14

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” 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. The Company had no deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2023.

FASB ASC 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, 2023. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties as of March 31, 2023. 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 considered an exempted Cayman Islands company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company’s cash is held on deposit in accounts at a large financial institution in amounts in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, insurance coverage limit of $250,000. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company held $586,982 and $92,674, respectively, at the bank. The Company has not experienced losses on this account as of March 31, 2023.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except for the warrant liabilities and convertible promissory note (see Note 8).

Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are remeasured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and

non-financial

assets and liabilities that are remeasured and reported at fair value at least annually.

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, an exit price, in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, includes:

•

Level 1 – Observable inputs for identical assets or liabilities such as quoted prices in active markets;

•

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and

•

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, which are therefore developed by the Company using estimates and assumptions that reflect those that a market participant would use.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge its exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. Management evaluates all of the Company’s financial instruments, including issued warrants to purchase its Class A ordinary shares, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is

re-assessed

at the end of each reporting period with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statements of operations. The Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company recognized the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the carrying value of the instruments to fair value at each reporting period until they are exercised. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities was $1,732,500 and $495,000, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized unrealized (loss) gain of ($1,237,500) and $4,967,500, respectively, in change of fair value of derivative warrant liabilities in the statements of operations.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation is accounted for based on the requirements of ASC 718 – “Compensation–Stock Compensation”, which requires recognition in the financial statements of the cost of employee,

non-employee

and director services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments over the period the employee or director is required to perform the services in exchange for the award (presumptively, the vesting period). The ASC also requires measurement of the cost of employee and director services received in exchange for an award based on the grant-date fair value of the award. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company recognized $125,867 and $377,600, respectively, of stock-based compensation related to founder shares in the general and administrative expenses line item in the statement of operations.

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. The Company adopted ASU

2020-06

on January 1, 2022. Adoption of the ASU did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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

Note 3 — Initial Public Offering

On November 8, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 23,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A ordinary shares,

and one-half of

one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

In April 2021, the sponsor acquired 5,750,000 founder shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, consisting of 5,750,000 Class B founder shares. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by our sponsor, we had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the company by the aggregate number of founder shares issued. On July 23, 2021, our sponsor transferred, for no consideration, 50,000 founder shares to each of our three independent directors, 10,000 founder shares to each of the two members of the Company’s board of advisors, 50,000 founder shares to Ryan Goepel, our Chief Financial Officer, and 75,000 founder shares to Jeremy Falk, our Chief Operating Officer. The fair value of the founder shares at March 31, 2023 is $1,888,000. The founder shares are accounted for as stock-based compensation, amortized straight-line over the life of the SPAC, or 15 months.

Class B Founder Shares

The Class B founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the completion of our initial business combination, at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B founder shares will equal, in the aggregate on an

as-converted

basis, 15% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of our initial public offering (including any over-allotment shares if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option), plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion of the Class B founder shares plus (iii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities (as defined herein) or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding (x) any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination, and (y) any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, its affiliates or any member of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors.

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Employee Compensation

The Company has an agreement with three key employees to pay Mr. Falk, Mr. Wegel, and Mr. Goepel $20,000, $5,000, and $2,500 per month, respectively, in respect of services to be provided to us in advance of the completion of our initial business combination.

Due to Related Party

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance was $1,807 and $2,388, respectively. The entire balance represented expenses paid by the Sponsor and Officers on behalf of the Company.

Convertible Promissory Note—Related Party

As discussed in Note 1, the Company Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination up to nine (9) times for an additional one (1) month each time from February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023 (which is 24 months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering). Pursuant to the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Company will deposit $

330,000

into the Company’s Trust Account, for each

one-month

extension. On February 6, 2023 and March 6, 2023, the Company deposited $

330,000

into the Trust Account in connection with the extension.

On January 27, 2023, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $4,000,000 pursuant to the convertible promissory note. The Convertible Promissory Note bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Company’s Business Combination is consummated and (ii) the liquidation of the Company on or before November 23, 2023. At the election of the Sponsor, up to $1,500,000 of the unpaid principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note may be converted into warrants of the Company, each warrant exercisable for one share of common stock of the Company upon the consummation of its Business Combination, equal to: (x) the portion of the principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note being converted, divided by (y) $1.00, rounded up to the nearest whole number of warrants. As of March 31, 2023, there was $1,453,042 outstanding under the Convertible Promissory Note. The Convertible Promissory Note was valued using the fair value method. The fair value of the Convertible Promissory Note as of March 31, 2023, was $102,000, which resulted in a change in fair value of the convertible promissory note of $1,351,042 which was recorded in the statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 (see Note 10). In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination, the Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Company’s

rust

ccount, if any.

Private Placement Warrants

The Sponsor has purchased an aggregate of 13,250,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, or approximately $13.25 million in the aggregate in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A ordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per ordinary 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 to be 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 6 under “Warrants — Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00”) so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.

The purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants will agree, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants (except to permitted transferees) until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

Note 5 — Commitments & Contingencies

Registration Rights

The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans), are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. These holders are entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. However, the registration rights agreement provides that we will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until termination of the applicable

lock-up

period. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,050,000 in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Investment Advisory Agreement

a 1% “Success fee”

of the capital committed by the Company for such transaction and Genaesis will be entitled to charge appropriate expenses for its services to the Company for placing an announcement and/or press release on their behalf.

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Note 6 — Warrant Liabilities

Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or holders are permitted to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under certain circumstances as a result of (i) the Company’s failure to have an effective registration statement by the 60th business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination or (ii) a notice of redemption described under “Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00”). The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, the Company will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by the Company, (ii) they (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and (iv) are subject to registration rights.

Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class

A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00

: Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):

•

in whole and not in part;

•

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

•

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption; and

•

if, and only if the last reported sale price of Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within

30-trading

day

period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the “Reference Value”) equals or exceeds $18.00

per share (as adjusted).

The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above unless an effec

tiv

e registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the

30-day

redemption period. Any such exercise would not be on a cashless basis and would require the exercising warrant holder to pay the exercise price for each warrant being exercised.

Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class

A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00

: Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:

•

in whole and not in part;

•

at a price of $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis after receiving notice of redemption but prior to redemption and receive that number of Class A ordinary shares to be determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares;

•

if, and only if the Reference Value equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted); and

•

if, and only if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted), the private placement warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding public warrants. The “fair market value” of Class A ordinary shares shall mean the volume-weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. In no event will the warrants be exercisable in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment).

In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

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As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Com

pan

y recognized a $1,732,500 and $495,000, respectively, warrant liability on its balance sheet. This is a increase in the liability of $1,237,500 since its last valuation, with the change in fair value reported on the Company’s statement of operations as an unrealized gain for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Note 7 — Shareholders’ Deficit

Class

A Ordinary Shares

— The Company is authorized to issue 800,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were

Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding 9,682,608 and 23,000,000, respectively, shares subject to possible redemption.

Class

B Ordinary Shares

— The Company is authorized to issue 199,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. On March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022,

5,750,000

Class B ordinary shares were issued and outstanding. Each Class B ordinary share has 10 votes.

Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders of the Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders, except as required by law or stock exchange rule; provided that only holders of the Class B ordinary shares shall have the right to vote on the election of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination.

Preferred Shares

— The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001 per share, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC Topic 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that arere-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and

non-financial

assets and liabilities that arere-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:


Level 1:		Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2:		Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3:		Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:


			March 31,		December 31
Description	Level		2023		2022
Assets:
Cash and investments held in Trust Account		1	$	102,440,661	$	239,110,999
Liabilities:
Warrant Liability – Public Warrants		1	$	805,000	$	230,000
Warrant Liability – Private Placement Warrants		3	$	927,500	$	265,000
Convertible promissory note– related party		3	$	102,000	$	—

The warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC

815-40

and are presented within derivative warrant liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities in the statements of operations.

The Private Placement Warrants were valued as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 using a Monte Carlo simulation, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Monte Carlo simulation’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Warrants is the probability of consummation of the Business Combination. The probability assigned to the consummation of the Business Combination was 7%, which was estimated based on the observed success rates of business combinations for special purpose acquisition companies. The expected volatility as of the Initial Public Offering date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Public Warrants were valued using the level 1 quoted prices in an active market.

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The public warrants began separately trading on December 30, 2021, and therefore were transferred out of a Level 3 investment into a Level 1 investment.

The following table presents the quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements of the private warrants:


Input	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Risk-free interest rate		3.60	%		3.99	%
Expected term (years)		5.24			5.24
Expected volatility		2.00	%		2.00	%
Exercise price	$	11.50		$	11.50
Unit Price (public)	$	10.56		$	10.37
Unit Price (private)	$	11.50		$	11.50

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of Level 3 warrant liabilities:


	Private Placement Warrant Liabilities
Fair value as of December 31, 2022	$	265,000
Change in fair value		662,500

Fair value as of March 31, 2023	$	927,500

The following table presents the quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements of the convertible promissory note:


Input	March 31, 2023			February 3, 2023
Risk-free interest rate		3.60	%		3.62	%
Expected term (years)		5.24			5.24
Expected volatility		2.00	%		2.00	%
Exercise price	$	11.50		$	11.50
Dividend yield		0.00	%		0.00	%
Stock price	$	10.56		$	10.44
Probability of transaction		7.00	%		7.00	%

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of Level 3 convertible promissory note:


	Convertible Promissory Note
Fair value as of January 1, 2023	$	—
Proceeds received through Convertible Promissory Note		1,453,042
Proceeds received in excess of initial fair value of convertible promissory note		(656,006	)
Change in fair value		(695,036	)

Fair value as of March 31, 2023	$	102,000

There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 from other levels in the fair value hierarchy during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Note 9 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date the financial statements were issued.

The Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure to the financial statements.

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Talon 1 Acquisition Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

Overview

We were incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and incorporated with limited liability on April 20, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

On November 8, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (including the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option) at $10.00 per unit (each, a “Unit”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.

On January 27, 2023, at an extraordinary general meeting (“Extraordinary General Meeting”) of the Company’s stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination up to nine (9) times for an additional one (1) month each time from February 8, 2023 to November 8, 2023 (which is 24 months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering). Under Cayman Islands law, the Charter Amendment took effect upon approval by the shareholders. The Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Cayman Islands General Registry within 15 days of the Extraordinary General Meeting.

At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company’s stockholders also approved the amendment to the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Trust Agreement Amendment”). Pursuant to the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Company will deposit into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”), for each one-month extension, $330,000.

In connection with the Trust Agreement Amendment, AVi8 Acquisition LLC (the “Sponsor”) has agreed to make available to the Company an aggregate amount of up to $4,000,000 pursuant to a promissory note in favor of the Sponsor (the “Note”).

The Sponsor may elect to convert up to $1,500,000 of the outstanding principal balance of the Note into warrants to purchase shares of Class A ordinary shares of the Company at a conversion price equal to $1.00 per warrant. The terms of such warrants issued in connection with such conversion shall be identical to the warrants issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Company’s initial public offering that closed on November 8, 2021. The Note does not bear interest. In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination, the Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Company’s Trust Account, if any.

The proceeds of the Note will be used by the Company to deposit additional funds to the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the amount of time the Company has available to complete a business combination and to fund the Company’s operations.

In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 13,317,392 Class A Ordinary Shares at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share (the “Redemption”), for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $138,634,051.

If the Company is unable to complete our initial Business Combination within the applicable time period, the Company 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 a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and other requirements of applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since April 20, 2021 (inception) have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for our initial public offering. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income and unrealized gains on investments held in our Trust Account. Our expenses have increased substantially after the closing of our initial public offering. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expense related to the search for a prospective initial Business Combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $897,071 which consisted of general and administrative expenses of $745,260 and a unfavorable change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $1,237,500, offset by a favorable change in fair value of convertible promissory note of $1,351,042 and income earned in marketable securities held in Trust Account of $1,528,789.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had net income of $4,090,105, which consisted of general and administrative expenses of $886,928, offset by a favorable change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $4,967,500 and income earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $9,533.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On November 8, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 20,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of $30,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, the Company consummated the sale of 13,250,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to our Sponsor generating gross proceeds of $13,250,000.

A total of $235,750,000 of the proceeds from our initial public offering, a portion of the sale of the private placement warrants, the sale of the over-allotment units and the sale of the over-allotment warrants were placed in a U.S.-based Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

As of March 31, 2023, we had cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $102,440,661 (including approximately $1,528,789 of income from the change in value of marketable securities held in the Trust Account) consisting of securities held in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury. We also had $225,076 in restricted cash that was withdrawn from the Trust Account in January 2023 for expected tax obligations, however upon further evaluation the Company determined the amount should be deposited back into the Trust Account. The Company will deposit the funds back into the Trust Account in June 2023.

As of March 31, 2023, we had cash of $361,906 held outside the Trust Account. We intend 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 a Business Combination.

The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $102,440,661 cash and investments held in its Trust Account and $225,076 in restricted cash for use in a potential Business Combination. The Company had until February 8, 2023 to complete a Business Combination, however, the Company has since extended this date to November 8, 2023. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $361,906 in cash and working capital deficit of $264,190. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. However, if our 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, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. 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 our initial Business Combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities as a result of this uncertainty.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Net Income Per Ordinary Share

Net income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. On March 31, 2023, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income per share is the same as basic income per share for the period presented.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as assets or liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative instruments are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

Recent Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022 and it did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on November 3, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the initial business combination or our liquidation. Effective March 31, 2021, we entered into a termination agreement with our sponsor to terminate the Administrative Support Agreement (and any accrued obligations pursuant thereto). Since our initial public offering, we have not made any payments under the Administrative Support Agreement and have paid for services rendered and expenses advanced by our sponsor on an as-needed basis.

Registration Rights

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $4,600,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of the initial public offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,050,000 in the aggregate, will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Investment Advisory Agreement

On January 20, 2023, the Company entered into an investment advisory agreement with Genaesis, LLC (“Genaesis”) pursuant to which Genaesis will serve as the non-exclusive transaction advisor in connection with the potential identification and introduction of candidates to the Company for a business combination, or financing or equity investment in the Company. In the event that the Company consummates such a transaction with a target introduced by Genaesis within 24 months of this agreement, it shall pay Genaesis a 1% “Success fee” of the capital committed by the Company for such transaction and Genaesis will be entitled to charge appropriate expenses for its services to the Company for placing an announcement and/or press release on their behalf.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act and are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

As an “emerging growth company,” we are not required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five (5) years following the completion of our initial public offering or until we otherwise no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company.”

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2023. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting that was identified during our preparation of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, the Company’s management has concluded that our controls around the carrying value of our Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption were not effectively designed or maintained to prevent an error in the calculation of such carrying value, as the Company failed to adjust the carrying value to account for the interest and dividends accrued in the Trust Account during the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 during the closing process. The failure to accrue interest and dividends resulted in us having to record a post-closing journal entry to correct the error prior to filing this Quarterly Report. The Company’s management has also concluded that our controls around the valuation of financial instruments and classifications of restricted cash were not effectively designed or maintained to prevent an error in the calculation of the Convertible promissory note - related party, at fair value and classification of restricted cash during the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 during the closing process. The improper significant input used in the valuation for the Convertible promissory note - related party and incorrect breakout of restricted cash resulted in us having to record a post-closing journal entry to correct the error prior to filling this Quarterly Report. Since this control deficiency could lead to a material misstatement, management concluded that there was a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have continued our remediation efforts in connection with the identification of the material weakness discussed above. Specifically, we have expanded and improved our closing process with respect to the review of the carrying value of the of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption. As of March 31, 2023, the material weakness discussed above had not been fully remediated. Accordingly, we continue to remediate our controls regarding operating efficiency.

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

None.

Items 1A.

Risk Factors

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None.

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Other Information

None.

Item 6.

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Talon 1 Acquisition Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2023).

10.1		Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 27, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2023).

10.2		Promissory Note, dated January 27, 2 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2023).

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS*		Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

101.SCH*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE*		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104*		The cover page for the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q has been formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101

These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 22, 2023


By:		/s/ Edward J. Wegel
Name:		Edward J. Wegel
Title:		Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)

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Talon 1 Acquisition Corp 10-Q