CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On February 16, 2021, our Sponsor subscribed for an aggregate 2,875,000 Founder Shares for a total subscription price of
$25,000, or approximately $0.009 per share. The number of Founder Shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of our IPO would be a maximum of 11,500,000 Units if the underwriters over-allotment option was
exercised in full, and therefore that such Founder Shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after our IPO.
Up
to 375,000 of the Founder Shares were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters over-allotment option was exercised. At the IPO, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option
resulting in no Founder Shares being subject to forfeiture. In connection with the IPO, the Anchor Investors collectively acquired from the Sponsor, in the aggregate, 500,000 Founder Shares; all but 50,000 of such shares are held directly by the
Sponsor. The excess of the fair value of the Founder Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, offering cost associated with the IPO includes $3,386,739 of excess value of the
Anchor Investors. The valuation of $6.78 per Founder Share (or $3,391,739 in the aggregate) of the Anchor Investors was reduced by $0.01 per Founder Share (or $5,000 in the aggregate), the price paid for the Founder Shares. The valuation was
determined using an internal Monte Carlo simulation model.
Following the approval of the Founder Share Amendment at the
Second Special Meeting, on November 3, 2023, we issued an aggregate of 2,874,999 shares of our Class A Common Stock (consisting of 2,824,999 shares to our Sponsor and 50,000 shares to an Anchor Investor) upon the conversion of an equal
number of shares of our Class B Common Stock, held by our Sponsor and such Anchor Investor, respectively. The 2,874,999 shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion are subject to the same
restrictions as applied to the Class B Common Stock before the Founder Share Conversion, including, among other things, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of a Business Combination, as
described in the IPO Prospectus. Following the Founder Share Conversion, the First Extension Redemptions and the Second Extension Redemptions, our Sponsor holds approximately 69.4% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock.
Our Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,950,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $4,950,000 in
the aggregate, in the Private Placement. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at $11.50 per share. The Private Placement Warrants (including the Class A Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until 30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination.
We currently utilize office space at 11330 Avenue of the Americas, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10019 and 152 Elizabeth
Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia from our Sponsor. We pay up to $20,000 per month for administrative and other services. Upon completion of our initial Business Combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
Subject to approval by our Audit Committee, we may pay members of our Board for advisory or consulting services that may
be provided to us in connection with our initial Business Combination. In addition, our Sponsor, executive officers, and directors, or any of their respective affiliates are reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable Business Combination. Other than the
foregoing, no compensation of any kind, including finders and consulting fees, has been or will be paid by us to our Sponsor, executive officers, and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in
connection with the completion of an initial Business Combination. Our Audit Committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
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