Note 5 —Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On April 27, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to purchase 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. On October 11, 2021, 2,875,000 of such shares were forfeited by the holder thereof. On November 8, 2021, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to its Class B ordinary shares of 690,000 shares thereof, resulting in its initial shareholders holding an aggregate of 5,002,500 founder shares (up to 652,500 of which were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised). On November 12, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option, hence, 652,500 Founder Shares were no longer subject to forfeiture. On November 12, 2021, the Sponsor transferred 90,000 founder shares to the Company’s independent directors at their original purchase price. As of November 12, 2021, the fair value of transferred founder shares was $694,109, which was recorded as a stock based compensation expense with a credit to equity.
The Sponsor and the Company’s directors and executive officers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the initial shareholders with respect to any Founder Shares (the “lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up if (i) the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property or (ii) the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for sub divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing any time 150 days after completion of the initial Business Combination.
Promissory Note —Related Party
On April 27, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of the IPO. On November 22, 2021, the Company had repaid the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $200,000. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the promissory note.
Due to Related Party
As of June 30, 2022, the balance due to related party is $336,318, which contains $336,836 of salary of CFO paid by the Sponsor, $60,757 of deferred offering costs paid by related party, $1,667 of administrative service fees, and $1,177 of legal fees paid by the Sponsor, partially offset by $64,119 of costs paid by the Company on behalf of the Sponsor.
As of December 31, 2021, the balance due to related party is $256,192, which contains $193,768 of salary of CFO paid by the Sponsor, $60,757 of deferred offering costs paid by related party and $1,667 of the administrative service fees.
Working Capital Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $1,000,000 of the Working Capital 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. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.