Organization and Plan of Business Operations |
Note 1—Organization and Plan of Business Operations
Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Company (f/k/a/ Crixus BH3 Acquisition Company) (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware company on February
23, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (an “Initial Business Combination”). The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
The registration statement for the initial public offering of the Company (the “Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on October 4, 2021 and the Company
consummated the Initial Public Offering by selling 23,000,000 units at a purchase price of $10.00 (“Units”) per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A
common stock and one-half public warrant. Each whole warrant (“Public Warrant”) entitles the holder to purchase one Class A common stock at a price of $11.50
per share.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 6,400,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per
warrant in a private placement to Crixus BH3 Sponsor LLC (the “Former Sponsor”) which is described in Note 4.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an amount of $232,300,000
or $10.10 per Unit from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
Warrants was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) which may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with
a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the
earlier of: (i) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.
The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth
companies.
The Company has not yet begun operations and therefore, all activity for the period from February 23, 2021 (date of inception) through September 30, 2024, relates to
the Company’s Initial Public Offering, identifying a target for the Initial Business Combination and activities necessary for the consummation of an Initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after
the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income or losses in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering and from changes in the fair
value of the warrant derivative liability, note payable – Polar, and the 2024 non-redemption agreement.
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 the Private
Placement Warrants (as defined in Note 4), although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Company’s Initial Business Combination must be with one or
more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding any
deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into an Initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete an Initial Business
Combination if the post-Initial Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the 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. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully
effect an Initial Business Combination.
The Company will provide the holders of Class A common stock, par value, $0.0001 per shares (“Class A common stock”, “Class A Shares” or “public shares”, and such holders, the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public
shares upon the completion of the Initial Business Combination, either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Initial Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer, in either case at a per-share price,
payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation
of the Initial Business Combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of the
Initial Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in
concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) 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. The Company will proceed with an Initial Business Combination only if it has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination and, in the case of a stockholder vote, a majority of the outstanding Common Stock
voted are voted in favor of the Initial Business Combination.
The Company will have until February 7, 2025 (as may be extended until April 7, 2025) to consummate an Initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If
the Company has not completed an Initial Business Combination by the such date, 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 less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution
expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Stockholders as stockholders (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 Company’s remaining stockholders and its Board of Directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the
Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In the event of a liquidation, the Public Stockholders will be entitled to receive a full pro rata interest in the Trust
Account (initially $10.10 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the Trust Fund not previously released to the Company to pay
its tax obligations and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses). There will be no redemption rights or liquidating
distributions with respect to the founder shares (as defined below) or the Private Placement Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete an Initial Business Combination on or before February 7, 2025 (as may be extended
until April 7, 2025).
Charter Amendments and Early Redemptions; Purchase Agreement; Anchor Transfer Agreements
On December 7, 2022, following approval by the Company’s stockholders at a special meeting (the “December 2022 Special Meeting”), the Company effected a charter
amendment and an amendment to its Investment Management Trust Agreement with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the effect of which was to change the Company’s prior termination date from April 7, 2023 to August 7, 2023 (and further
extended to October 6, 2023 by the Former Sponsor providing the Company with the requisite notice and the deposit amount). In connection with the December 2022 Special Meeting, 17,987,408 public shares were tendered for redemption (the “First Redemption”). Immediately after giving effect to the First Redemption, the Company had approximately $51.2 million remaining in the Trust Account.
On September 27, 2023, the Company, the Former Sponsor and Focus Impact BHAC Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, the Sponsor (i) agreed to purchase an aggregate of 3,746,303
shares of Class B common stock (as defined below) from the Former Sponsor and each of the anchor investors and 4,160,000 Private
Placement Warrants from the Former Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $16,288 and (ii) became the Sponsor of the Company
(together, the “Purchase”). In connection therewith, the Former Sponsor also entered into anchor transfer agreements with each of its anchor investors, whereby each anchor investor agreed, subject to the conditions contained therein, when and as
directed by the Former Sponsor, to transfer 2/3 of their shares of Class B common stock for no consideration; provided, however, upon
the request of an anchor investor, the Former Sponsor shall pay to them $0.0043 per share.
The Purchase Agreement closed as of November 2, 2023. In connection with the closing of the Purchase, the Sponsor, among other things, joined as a party to (i) the
Letter Agreement, dated October 4, 2021, by and between the Company and the Former Sponsor and (ii) the Registration and Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated October 4, 2021, among the Company, the Former Sponsor and certain security holders party
thereto. On November 3, 2023, the Company changed its corporate name to “Focus Impact BH3 Acquisition Company”, pursuant to an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on
November 3, 2023.
On October 6, 2023, following approval by our stockholders at a special meeting (the “October 2023 Special Meeting”), the Company effected an amendment to its
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the effect of which was to (i) further extend the period of time by which the Company has to consummate an Initial Business Combination to July 31, 2024 and (ii) provide for the right of a holder
of shares of Class B common stock to convert such shares into shares of Class A common stock on a one-to-one basis at any time and
from time to time at the election of the holder. In connection with the October 2023 Special Meeting, 2,700,563 public shares were
tendered for redemption (the “Second Redemption”) and the Former Sponsor converted 3,000,000 of its shares of Class B common stock
into shares of Class A common stock (the “Conversion”). Upon conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock, such Class A common stock will not be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account through redemptions or otherwise and
will remain subject to the existing transfer restrictions. Immediately after giving effect to the Second Redemption and the Conversion, on October 24, 2023, the Company had approximately $24.3 million remaining in the Trust Account, and 5,312,029 shares of Class A
common stock (including the 3,000,000 converted shares of Class B common stock) and 2,750,000 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding.
In connection with the October 2023 Special Meeting, the Company, the Former Sponsor and the Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements on substantially the same
terms with certain stockholders of the Company, pursuant to which such stockholders agreed not to redeem (or to validly rescind any redemption requests on) an aggregate of 1,946,794 shares of Class A common stock (the “Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the October 2023 Special Meeting. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such
Non-Redeemed Stock, the Sponsor agreed to transfer an aggregate of 389,359 shares of common stock held by the Sponsor to such
stockholders immediately following consummation of an Initial Business Combination.
On November 3, 2023, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with the Sponsor and Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund
(“Polar”), an unaffiliated third party, pursuant to which Polar agreed to make capital contributions of up to $1,200,000 (the “Capital
Contribution”) from time to time, at the request of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement, to the Company. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Capital Contribution shall be repaid to Polar by the
Company within five (5) business days of the Company closing an initial Business Combination. Polar may elect to receive such repayment
(i) in cash or (ii) in shares of common stock of the surviving entity in such Initial Business Combination (the “Surviving Entity”) at a rate of one
share of common stock for each ten dollars ($10.00) of the Capital Contribution that is funded. Additionally, in consideration of the
Capital Contribution, at the closing of an Initial Business Combination, the Surviving Entity will issue to Polar one share of common
stock for each dollar of Capital Contribution that is funded prior to the closing.
On December 20, 2023, one of the Company’s anchor investors submitted 10,084
Class B common stock to the Company for no consideration to be cancelled.
On July 31, 2024, following approval by our stockholders at a special meeting (the “July 2024 Special Meeting”), the Company effected an amendment to its amended and restated
certificate of incorporation, the effect of which was to (i) further extend the period of time by which the Company has to consummate an Initial Business Combination (the “Termination Date”) to February 7, 2025 and to allow the Company, without
the need for another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to two times, by an
additional one month each time, after February 7, 2025, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors if requested by the
Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date and (ii) eliminate the limitation that the
Company may not redeem public stock to the extent that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), of less than
$5,000,001 in order to allow the Company to redeem the Public Stock irrespective of whether such redemption would exceed the
Redemption Limitation.
In connection with the July 2024 Special Meeting, the holders of 1,099,905
shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (the “Third Redemption”) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.63 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $11,692,068. In addition, in connection with
the July 2024 Special Meeting, the Sponsor and Former Sponsor converted an aggregate of 1,100,000 of their shares of Class B common
stock into shares of Class A common stock on a one for one basis. Such converted shares of Class A common stock are not entitled to
receive funds from the Trust Account through redemptions or otherwise and will remain subject to the existing transfer restrictions. After giving effect to the Third Redemption and the conversion, the Company had approximately $12.9 million remaining in the Trust Account, 5,312,124
shares of Class A common stock (including 4,100,000 converted shares of Class B common stock) and 1,639,916 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.
In connection with the July 2024 Special Meeting, the Company and NewCo (as defined below) entered into non-redemption agreements (“2024 Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain
stockholders of the Company pursuant to which, such stockholders agreed not to redeem (or to validly rescind any redemption requests on) an aggregate of 1,047,399 shares of Class A common stock in connection with the July 2024 Special Meeting and to hold such shares through the July 2024 Special Meeting. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem
such shares of Class A common stock, NewCo agreed to issue to such stockholders, for no additional consideration, an aggregate of 174,566
shares of Class A common stock of NewCo (and up to an aggregate of 232,750 shares of Class A common stock of NewCo if the Company
utilizes the two monthly extensions described above), in connection with the consummation of the Initial Business Combination.
Proposed Business Combination
On March 11, 2024, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Focus Impact BH3 Newco, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“NewCo”), Focus Impact BH3 Merger Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub 1”), Focus Impact BH3 Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub 2”), and XCF Global Capital, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“XCF”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, the business
combination will be effected in two steps: (a) the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub 1 (the “NewCo Merger”), with Merger Sub 1 being the surviving entity of the NewCo Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo; and (b) immediately
following the NewCo Merger, Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into XCF (the “Company Merger” and, together with the NewCo Merger and all other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”), with XCF
being the surviving corporation of the Company Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo. As a result of the Business Combination, NewCo will become a new publicly-traded company.
The Business Combination Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur:
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the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 being the surviving entity of the NewCo Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo, and (x) each share of Class A common stock
outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the NewCo Merger will be converted into the right to receive one share
of NewCo’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“NewCo Common Stock”), (y) each share of Class B common stock,
outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the NewCo Merger will be converted into the right to receive one share
of NewCo Common Stock, and (z) each warrant of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the NewCo Merger will be converted into the right to receive one warrant of NewCo (the “NewCo Warrants”), with NewCo assuming the Company’s rights and obligations under the existing warrant agreement; and
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immediately following the NewCo Merger, Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into XCF, with XCF being the surviving corporation of the Company Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo, and each
share of common stock of XCF outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Company Merger will be converted into the right to receive shares of NewCo Common Stock determined in accordance with the Business Combination
Agreement based on a pre-money equity value of XCF of $1,750,000,000, subject to adjustments for net debt and transaction
expenses, and a price of $10.00 per share of NewCo Common Stock.
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Conditions to Closing
The Business Combination Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions, including, among others, (a) approval of the
Business Combination and related agreements and transactions by the Company’s stockholders and the XCF stockholders, (b) effectiveness of the proxy / registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by the Company and
NewCo in connection with the Business Combination, (c) expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, (d) receipt of approval for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), as applicable, the shares of NewCo Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Business Combination, and (e) the absence of any order, law or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the
consummation of the Business Combination in effect. Other conditions to XCF’s obligations to consummate the Business Combination include, among others, (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as of the closing of the
Business Combination (the “Closing”), (ii) the performance or compliance of each of the Company’s covenant in all material respects at or prior to the Closing and (iii) receipt of a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Company
certifying the satisfaction of the preceding clauses (i) and (ii). Other conditions to the Company’s obligations to consummate the Business Combination include, among others, (v) closing of the acquisition of New Rise Renewables, LLC and New Rise
SAF Renewables Limited Liability Company (collectively, “New Rise”), (w) entry into an amended and restated supply and offtake agreement with a key supplier or another party (the “Key Agreement”) on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, (x) the accuracy of the representations and warranties of XCF as of the Closing, (y) the performance or compliance of each XCF covenant in all material respects at or prior to the Closing and (z) receipt of a certificate signed by an
XCF authorized officer certifying the satisfaction of the preceding clauses (x) and (y).
Covenants
The Business Combination Agreement contains covenants, including, among others, providing for (i) XCF to conduct its business in the ordinary course in all material
respects through the Closing, (ii) the parties to not initiate any negotiations or enter into any agreements for certain alternative transactions, (iii) XCF to prepare and deliver to the Company certain audited and unaudited consolidated
financial statements of XCF, (iv) the Company and NewCo to prepare, with the assistance of XCF, and the Company and NewCo to file, the Registration Statement and take certain other actions to obtain the requisite approval of the Company’s
stockholders of certain proposals regarding the Business Combination, and (v) the parties to use reasonable best efforts to obtain necessary approvals from governmental agencies.
Representations and Warranties
The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by the Company and XCF for transactions of this type regarding themselves and
their respective businesses. The representations and warranties of the respective parties to the Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing of the Business Combination.
Termination
The Business Combination Agreement contains certain termination rights for both the Company and XCF including, among others, that the Business Combination Agreement
may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing (i) by mutual written consent of the Company and XCF, (ii) by written notice from either the Company or XCF to the other if certain approvals of the Company’s stockholders, to the extent required
under the Business Combination Agreement, are not obtained as set forth therein, (iii) by written notice from the Company, if certain approvals of the XCF stockholders are not obtained within two (2) business days after the Registration Statement is declared effective, (iv) by written notice from the Company if the Key Agreement is not entered into by a specified
date or a key supplier exercises certain rights under the Key Agreement in connection with the Business Combination and (v) by either the Company or XCF in certain other circumstances set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, including,
among others, (a) if the Closing is permanently enjoined, restrained or prohibited by the terms of a final, non-appealable governmental order, (b) in the event of certain uncured breaches by the other party, (c) if the Company’s stockholders do
not approve the Business Combination or (d) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to September 11, 2024 (the “Business Combination Termination Date”), provided that the Business Combination Termination Date will be automatically extended to
November 11, 2024 if the Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to September 11, 2024.
On November 29, 2024, the Business Combination Agreement was amended to extend the Business Combination Termination Date to March 31, 2025.
Reimbursable Expenses
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, XCF has agreed to pay for or reimburse, as the case may be, the Company for all expenses due and
payable by the Company in connection with the Business Combination (such expenses, collectively, “Reimbursable Expenses”). Such Reimbursable Expenses include:
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any expenses payable to any governmental authority in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, including the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act filing fee
and the S-4 filing fee;
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registrar, transfer agent and printer expenses;
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fees and expenses of third party advisors;
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fees and expenses of auditors and accountants;
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excise taxes of the Company; and
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any placement fee and any other fees, costs or expenses incurred in connection with NewCo’s listing on the Applicable Exchange.
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In the event that any Reimbursable Expenses become due and payable prior to the Closing, XCF has agreed to pay such Reimbursable Expenses directly on behalf of
the Company, within five (5) business days of its receipt of a written statement setting forth the amount of such Reimbursable
Expenses from the Company. Additionally, XCF has agreed to pay any Reimbursable Expenses which are outstanding, or which will become due and payable, as of a termination of the Business Combination Agreement.
Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement
On November 29, 2024, the Company, NewCo, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2 and XCF entered
into Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement, which amended the Business Combination Agreement to extend the Business Combination Termination Date to March 31, 2025.
Certain Related Agreements
Sponsor Letter Agreement
On March 11, 2024, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into a Sponsor Letter Agreement (the
“Sponsor Letter Agreement”), with the Sponsor and NewCo, pursuant to which the Sponsor has unconditionally and irrevocably agreed to, among other things: (a) vote at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and in any action by written
resolution of the stockholders of the Company, all of the shares of Class B common stock held by the Sponsor to approve the Business Combination and all related transactions and proposals; (b) vote against any proposal, action or agreement that
would result in a breach of any of the Company’s covenants, representations, warranties or other obligations or agreements under the Business Combination Agreement; and (c) waive any rights to adjustment or other anti-dilution or similar
protections with respect to the rate at which the shares of Class B common stock held by the Sponsor will convert into other shares of capital stock of the Company or shares of NewCo Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination and
related transactions; in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Letter Agreement.
Pursuant to the Sponsor Letter Agreement, the Sponsor also agreed to, among other things, certain lock-up restrictions with respect to the shares of NewCo Common
Stock until the earlier of (i) 12 months following the Closing and (y) the date on which NewCo completes a liquidation, merger,
capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of NewCo’s stockholders having the right to exchange their equity for cash, securities or other property, subject to certain exceptions; provided that such
lock-up restrictions will lapse prior to their expiration upon the occurrence of certain events, including the closing price of the shares of NewCo Common Stock equaling or exceeding $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing.
Support Agreements
On March 11, 2024, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, NewCo and XCF entered into Company Support
Agreements (collectively, the “Support Agreements”) with (i) Randy Soule, majority stakeholder of New Rise, and his affiliated entity (the “Soule Support Agreement”), (ii) GL Part SPV I, LLC, an existing XCF stockholder and New Rise equityholder
(the “GL Support Agreement”), (iii) certain XCF stockholders (the “Company Support Agreement”) and (iv) certain members of XCF management (the “Management Support Agreement”). Pursuant to the Support Agreements, certain XCF stockholders and New
Rise equityholders agreed to, among other things, vote to adopt and approve the Business Combination Agreement and all other documents and transactions contemplated thereby, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of the Support
Agreements, and vote against any alternative transaction, business combination or agreement that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, adversely affect or prevent the Closing of the Business
Combination or the Support Agreements or result in a breach of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement thereunder.
Pursuant to the Support Agreements, certain XCF and New Rise stockholders also agreed to, among other things, (a) to the extent required or applicable, vote or
provide consent for purposes of authorizing and approving the Business Combination or the Business Combination Agreement, (b) when any meeting of XCF stockholders is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the XCF stockholder’s Covered
Shares (as defined in the applicable Support Agreements) to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum, or respond to the request by XCF for written consent, as applicable, (c) vote or provide consent in any other
circumstances upon which a consent or other approval is required under XCF’s organizational documents (as applicable) and (d) not transfer any Covered Shares through the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Soule Support Agreement and the
GL Support Agreement provide that unless and until XCF or the Company obtains not less than $50 million in additional financing
following the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, such parties may transfer any direct or indirect equity interests in New Rise in an aggregate amount of up to the lesser of (x) 15% of such parties’ equity interests in New Rise and (y) $100
million, in the case of Randy Soule and his affiliated entity, or $50 million, in the case of GL Part SPV I, LLC.
Pursuant to the Support Agreements:
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the members of XCF management party to the Management Support Agreements have also agreed that they will not transfer shares of NewCo Common Stock held by such parties until the earlier of (x) twelve months after the Closing and (y) the date on which NewCo (or its successor) completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange,
reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of NewCo’s (or such successor’s) stockholders having the right to exchange their securities for cash, securities or other property; provided that such transfer restrictions
will lapse prior to their expiration upon the occurrence of certain events, including the closing price of the shares of NewCo Common Stock equaling or exceeding $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least
150 days after the Closing;
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each of the XCF stockholders party to the Company Support Agreements and the party to the GL Support Agreement have also agreed that with respect to 90% of shares of NewCo Common Stock held by such parties (the “Lock-up Shares”), they will not transfer such Lock-up Shares until the earlier of (x) twelve months after the Closing and (y) the date on which NewCo (or its successor) completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange,
reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of NewCo’s (or such successor’s) stockholders having the right to exchange their securities for cash, securities or other property; provided that such transfer restrictions
will lapse prior to their expiration upon the occurrence of certain events, including the closing price of the shares of NewCo Common Stock equaling or exceeding $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least
150 days after the Closing; provided, further, that such parties may transfer (A) on or after 90 days following the first quarterly earnings release published following the Closing, 10% of the Lock-up Shares, (B) on or after 180 days
following the closing date of the Business Combination, 30% of the Lock-up Shares and (C) on or after 360 days following the closing date of the Business Combination, 60% of the Lock-up Shares; and
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the Soule Support Agreement does not contain any lock-up restrictions following the Closing.
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Securities Listing
On October 7, 2024, the Company received a notice (the “Delisting Notice”) from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq stating that Nasdaq has determined to delist the Company’s
securities from The Nasdaq Capital Market and will suspend trading in those securities effective at the open of business on October 14, 2024. Nasdaq reached its decision pursuant to Nasdaq IM-5101-2 because the Company did not complete one or
more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its Initial Public Offering registration statement.
Following the suspension of trading on Nasdaq, the Company’s Units, shares of Class A common stock and redeemable warrants trade on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbols “BHACU,” “BHAC” and
“BHACW,” respectively. The Company remains subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Going Concern
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur additional costs in pursuit of its Initial Business Combination. The Company has determined that it will
not be able to sustain operations for the next twelve months without additional financing. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $594,619
in its operating bank account available for working capital needs, $12,950,024 investments in liquid securities held in its Trust
Account, which are not available for working capital needs, and a working capital deficit of $6,982,150.
Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity needs were satisfied through a payment of $25,000 from the Former Sponsor to cover certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares (as defined in Note 3) and a Note Payable
to Former Sponsor (Note 3) in the amount of $563,009 that was fully repaid on October 7, 2021.
The Company had net borrowings of $988,402 pursuant to
the Convertible Promissory Note issued to the Former Sponsor (Note 5) and on July 31, 2023, the Company issued a non-interest-bearing promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,052,644 to the Former Sponsor (the “Extension Promissory Note”). At the closing of the Purchase Agreement with the Sponsor on November 2, 2023, the Convertible Promissory
Note and Extension Promissory Note were terminated and of no further force and effect, resulting in loan forgiveness by the note holder.
In association with the Subscription Agreement (discussed in Note 3), the Company has borrowed $1,200,000.
On February 26, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the total principal amount of up to $500,000 (the “FI Sponsor Promissory Note”) to the Sponsor and had borrowed $110,000
under the FI Sponsor Promissory Note at September 30, 2024.
XCF has agreed to pay certain costs on behalf of the Company. Since entering into the Business Combination Agreement and as of September 30, 2024, XCF has paid $217,232 to or on behalf of the Company.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of
Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution, should the Company be unable to complete an Initial Business Combination, raises
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has until February 7, 2025 (as may be extended until April 7, 2025), to consummate an Initial Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be
able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by this time. If an Initial Business Combination is not consummated by this date, and the Termination Date is not extended beyond April 7, 2025, there will be a mandatory liquidation and
subsequent dissolution. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after February 7, 2025 (as may be extended until April 7, 2025).
As a plan to alleviate its going concern, on March 11, 2024, the Company entered into a proposed Business Combination Agreement with XCF.
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