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Captivision Inc (CPTAF) Risk Analysis

Public companies are required to disclose risks that can affect the business and impact the stock. These disclosures are known as “Risk Factors”. Companies disclose these risks in their yearly (Form 10-K), quarterly earnings (Form 10-Q), or “foreign private issuer” reports (Form 20-F). Risk factors show the challenges a company faces. Investors can consider the worst-case scenarios before making an investment. TipRanks’ Risk Analysis categorizes risks based on proprietary classification algorithms and machine learning. Captivision Inc disclosed 96 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Captivision Inc reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q4, 2022

Risk Distribution
96Risks
Sector Avg.Finance & CorporateTech & InnovationLegal & RegulatoryProductionAbility to SellMacro & Political
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Risk Change Over Time

Captivision Inc disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks96Q4Showing: Q4, 2022
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Risk Highlights Q4, 2022

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 71 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
96
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
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Number of Risk Changed
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S&P 500 Average: 1

Risk Word Cloud

our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. the loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.efforts of our key personnelthe requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the completion window may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.give potential target businesses leveragebecause of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.35 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our rights and warrants will expire worthless.consummated our initial business combinationwe may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers, directors or initial shareholders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.raise potential conflicts of interestunlike some other similarly structured blank check companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional class a ordinary shares if we issue shares to complete our initial business combination.similarly structured blank check companiesour ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. the loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.profitability of our post-combination businessif we are unable to obtain sufficient funding on a timely basis and on acceptable terms and continue as a going concern, we may be required to significantly curtail, delay, or discontinue our operations.unable to obtain sufficient fundingif, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.fiduciary duties to our creditorswe may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initial business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.give rise to increased coststhe ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.large number of our shares

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 96

Share Price & Shareholder Rights40 | 41.7%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    Since Our Sponsor, Executive Officers And Directors Will Lose Their Entire Investment In Us If Our Initial Business Combination Is Not Completed (Other Than With Respect To Public Shares They May Acquire During Or After The Initial Public Offering), And Because Our Sponsor, Executive Officers And Directors May Profit Substantially From A Business Combination Even Under Circumstances Where Our Public Shareholders Would Experience Losses In Connection With Their Investment, A Conflict Of Interest May Arise In Determining Whether A Particular Business Combination Target Is Appropriate For Our Initial Business Combination.

    Our initial shareholders hold an aggregate of 7,666,667 founder shares as of the date of this report. The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination. In addition, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 12,450,000 Private Placement Warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.00 per Warrant ($12,450,000 in the aggregate). If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Sponsor and each member of our management team have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed initial business combination and to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with (i) the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. Pursuant to the letter agreement, the Sponsor has agreed that upon and subject to the completion of the initial business combination, 25% of the founder shares then held by the Sponsor shall be considered to be newly unvested shares, which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period is achieved on or after the first anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary (founder shares, if any, that remain unvested at the fifth anniversary of the closing of the initial business combination will be forfeited, subject to certain exceptions as described in the letter agreement). If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which in respect of our company, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and voted at a general meeting of the company. In such case, the Sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and public shares in favor of our initial business combination. While we do not expect our board of directors to approve any amendment to or waiver of the letter agreement or registration rights agreement prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board of directors, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to or waivers of such agreements in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Any such amendments or waivers would not require approval from our shareholders, may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible, and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities. The personal and financial interests of our executive officers and directors may, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, if we do not complete the proposed Business Combination with GLAAM, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination and may result in a misalignment of interests between the holders of our founder shares and our officers and directors, on the one hand, and our public shareholders, on the other. These risks may become more acute as the deadline for our consummation of an initial business combination nears, and the vesting structure of the Sponsor's founder shares may lead to the Sponsor selecting a target which is more likely to lead to satisfying the return hurdles even if it ends up being a riskier or less suitable target. In particular, because the founder shares were purchased at a purchase price of approximately $0.004 per share, the holders of our founder shares (including certain of our directors and officers that directly or indirectly own founder shares) could make a substantial profit after our initial business combination even if our public shareholders lose money on their investment as a result of a decrease in the post-combination value of their Class A Ordinary Shares (after accounting for any adjustments in connection with an exchange or other transaction contemplated by the business combination). For example, a holder of 1,000 founder shares would have paid approximately $4.00 to purchase such shares. At the time of an initial business combination, such holder would be able to convert such founder shares into 1,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, and would receive the same consideration in connection with our initial business combination as a public shareholder for the same number of Class A Ordinary Shares. If the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on a post-business combination basis (after accounting for any adjustments in connection with an exchange or other transaction contemplated by the business combination) were to decrease to $5.00 per Class A Ordinary Share, such holder of our founder shares would obtain a profit of approximately $4,996 on account of the 1,000 founder shares that the holder had converted into Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with the initial business combination. By contrast, a public shareholder holding 1,000 Class A Ordinary Shares acquired as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering would lose approximately $5,000 (excluding the value of Warrants included in the Units) in connection with the same transaction. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors were to be included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    Certain Of Our Officers And Directors Have Or Will Have Direct And Indirect Economic Interests In Us And/Or Our Sponsor And Such Interests May Potentially Conflict With Those Of Our Public Shareholders As We Evaluate And Decide Whether To Recommend A Potential Business Combination To Our Public Shareholders.

    Certain of our officers and directors may own membership interests in the Sponsor and indirect interests in our Class B Ordinary Shares and Private Placement Warrants which may result in interests that differ from the economic interests of the investors of the Initial Public Offering, which includes making a determination of whether a particular target business, including GLAAM is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. There may be a potential conflict of interest between our officers and directors that hold membership interests in the Sponsor and our public shareholders that may not be resolved in favor of our public shareholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    If A Shareholder Fails To Receive Notice Of Our Offer To Redeem Our Public Shares In Connection With Our Initial Business Combination, Or Fails To Comply With The Procedures For Tendering Its Shares, Such Shares May Not Be Redeemed.

    We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly redeem or tender public shares. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these procedures, its shares may not be redeemed. See the section of this report entitled "Item 1. Business-Effecting Our Initial Business Combination-Tendering Share Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights."

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    The Grant Of Registration Rights To Our Initial Shareholders May Make It More Difficult To Complete Our Initial Business Combination, And The Future Exercise Of Such Rights May Adversely Affect The Market Price Of Our Class A Ordinary Shares.

    Pursuant to an agreement, our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the resale of the Class A Ordinary Shares into which founder shares are convertible, the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of such warrants. The registration rights will be exercisable with respect to the founder shares and the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such Private Placement Warrants. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A Ordinary Shares. In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our securities that is expected when the securities owned by our initial shareholders or their permitted transferees are registered for resale.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Provisions In Our Amended And Restated Memorandum And Articles Of Association May Inhibit A Takeover Of Us, Which Could Limit The Price Investors Might Be Willing To Pay In The Future For Our Class A Ordinary Shares And Could Entrench Management.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions will include a staggered board of directors, the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, and the fact that prior to the completion of our initial business combination only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares, which have been issued to the Sponsor, are entitled to vote on the appointment of directors, which may make more difficult the removal of management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    The Warrants May Become Exercisable And Redeemable For A Security Other Than The Class A Ordinary Shares, And You Will Not Have Any Information Regarding Such Other Security At This Time.

    In certain situations, including if we are not the surviving entity in our initial business combination, the Warrants may become exercisable for a security other than the Class A Ordinary Shares. As a result, if the surviving company redeems your Warrants for securities pursuant to the warrant agreement, you may receive a security in a company of which you do not have information at this time. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, the surviving company will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the issuance of the security underlying the Warrants within 20 business days of the closing of an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    Because Each Unit Contains One-Half Of One Redeemable Warrant And Only A Whole Warrant May Be Exercised, The Units May Be Worth Less Than Units Of Other Blank Check Companies.

    Each Unit contains one-half of one redeemable Warrant. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional Warrants were issued upon separation of the Units, and only whole Units trade. If, upon exercise of the Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Class A Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one ordinary share and one whole Warrant to purchase one whole share. We have established the components of the Units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the Warrants upon completion of a business combination since the Warrants will be exercisable in the aggregate for one-half of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole Warrant to purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our Units to be worth less than if a unit included a warrant to purchase one whole share.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    Our Rights And Warrants May Have An Adverse Effect On The Market Price Of Our Class A Ordinary Shares And Make It More Difficult To Effectuate Our Initial Business Combination.

    We issued 23,000,000 Rights entitling the holder thereof to receive one-twelfth (1/12) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of our initial business combination and Warrants to purchase 11,500,000 of our Class A Ordinary Shares as part of the Units offered in the Initial Public Offering and, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we issued in a Private Placement an aggregate of 12,450,000 Private Placement Warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. In addition, if the Sponsor, its affiliates or a member of our management team makes any working capital loans, it may convert up to $1,500,000 of such loans into up to an additional 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants, at the price of $1.00 per warrant. We may also issue Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with our redemption of our Warrants. To the extent we issue ordinary shares for any reason, including to effectuate a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares upon exercise of these Warrants could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such Warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and reduce the value of the Class A Ordinary Shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our Warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    Holders Of Class A Ordinary Shares Will Not Be Entitled To Vote On Any Election Of Directors Or To Continue Our Company Outside The Cayman Islands Prior To Our Initial Business Combination.

    Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and to continue our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors or to continue our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands during such time. In addition, prior to our initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. Accordingly, you may not have any say in the management of our company prior to the consummation of an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10
    The Registration Of The Class A Ordinary Shares Issuable Upon Exercise Of The Warrants Under The Securities Act Or Any State Securities Laws At May Not Be In Place When An Investor Desires To Exercise Warrants, Thus Precluding Such Investor From Being Able To Exercise Its Warrants Except On A Cashless Basis And Potentially Causing Such Warrants To Expire Worthless.

    We registered the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in the registration statement for our Initial Public Offering because the Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, which may be within one year of our Initial Public Offering. However, because the Warrants will be exercisable until their expiration date of up to five years after the completion of our initial business combination, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act following the consummation of our initial business combination, under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement or a new registration statement covering the issuance of such shares, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A Ordinary Shares until the Warrants expire or are redeemed. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not current, complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the above requirements, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis, in which case, the number of Class A Ordinary Shares that you will receive upon cashless exercise will be based on a formula subject to a maximum amount of shares equal to 0.361 Class A Ordinary Shares per Warrant (subject to adjustment). However, no Warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we 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 our 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, we may, at our 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 we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. Exercising the Warrants on a cashless basis could have the effect of reducing the potential "upside" of the holder's investment in our company because the Warrant holder will hold a smaller number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon a cashless exercise of the Warrants they hold. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue securities or other compensation in exchange for the Warrants in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the Warrants under applicable state securities laws and no exemption is available. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the Warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their Warrants as part of a purchase of Units will have paid the full Unit purchase price solely for the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units. There may be a circumstance where an exemption from registration exists for holders of our Private Placement Warrants to exercise their Warrants while a corresponding exemption does not exist for holders of the Public Warrants included as part of Units sold in the Initial Public Offering. In such an instance, the Sponsor and its permitted transferees (which may include our directors and executive officers) would be able to exercise their Warrants and sell the ordinary shares underlying their Warrants while holders of our Public Warrants would not be able to exercise their Warrants and sell the underlying ordinary shares. If and when the Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying Class A Ordinary Shares for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the Warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their Warrants.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11
    We May Issue Additional Class A Ordinary Shares Or Preference Shares To Complete Our Initial Business Combination Or Under An Employee Incentive Plan After Completion Of Our Initial Business Combination. We May Also Issue Class A Ordinary Shares Upon The Conversion Of The Founder Shares At A Ratio Greater Than One-to-one At The Time Of Our Initial Business Combination As A Result Of The Anti-dilution Provisions Contained In Our Amended And Restated Memorandum And Articles Of Association. Any Such Issuances Would Dilute The Interest Of Our Shareholders And Likely Present Other Risks.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorize the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date of this report, there are 477,000,000 and 42,333,333 authorized but unissued Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, respectively, available for issuance, which amount does not take into account shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding Rights, Warrants or shares issuable upon conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares, if any. The Class B Ordinary Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares (which such Class A Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if we fail to complete our initial business combination) at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. As of the date of this report, there are no preference shares issued and outstanding. We may issue a substantial number of additional Class A Ordinary Shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with our redeeming the Warrants or upon conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth herein. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide, among other things, that prior to or in connection with our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the Trust Account or (ii) vote on any initial business combination or on any other proposal presented to shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares: -   may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the Initial Public Offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B Ordinary Shares resulted in the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B Ordinary Shares;-   may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A Ordinary Shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A Ordinary Shares;-   could cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A Ordinary Shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;-   may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;-   may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Rights and/or Warrants; and -   may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our Warrants.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12
    You Will Not Be Entitled To Protections Normally Afforded To Investors Of Many Other Blank Check Companies.

    Since the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement are intended to be used to complete an initial business combination with a target business that was not selected, we may have been deemed to be a "blank check" company under the United States securities laws. However, because we had net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement and filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, we may have a longer period of time to complete our initial business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if we were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the Trust Account to us unless and until the funds in the Trust Account were released to us in connection with our completion of an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13
    Nasdaq May Delist Our Securities From Trading On Its Exchange, Which Could Limit Investors' Ability To Make Transactions In Our Securities And Subject Us To Additional Trading Restrictions.

    Our Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants are separately listed on Nasdaq. Although after giving effect to the Initial Public Offering we have met the minimum initial listing standards set forth in the Nasdaq listing standards, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial business combination. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels. Generally, based on Nasdaq's current listing standards, we must maintain a minimum market value of listed securities (generally $50,000,000) and a minimum number of holders of our listed securities (generally 300 shareholders). Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq's initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than Nasdaq's continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance, based on Nasdaq's current listing standards, our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share, the market value of listed securities would generally be required to be at least $100 million (or we would need to satisfy certain shareholders' equity or total assets and total revenue requirements). Additionally, we would generally be required to have a minimum of 300 round lot holders of our securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time. If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: -   a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;-   reduced liquidity for our securities;-   a determination that our Class A Ordinary Shares are a "penny stock" which will require brokers trading in our Class A Ordinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;-   a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and -   a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as "covered securities." Because our Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants are separately listed on Nasdaq, our Units, Class A Ordinary Shares, Rights and Warrants qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities, including in connection with our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14
    If We Seek Shareholder Approval Of Our Initial Business Combination And We Do Not Conduct Redemptions Pursuant To The Tender Offer Rules, And If You Or A "Group" Of Shareholders Are Deemed To Hold In Excess Of 15% Of Our Class A Ordinary Shares, You Will Lose The Ability To Redeem All Such Shares In Excess Of 15% Of Our Class A Ordinary Shares.

    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, which we refer to as the "Excess Shares," without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders' ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15
    Certain Agreements Related To The Initial Public Offering May Be Amended Without Shareholder Approval.

    Certain agreements, including the letter agreement among us and our Sponsor, officers and directors, and the registration and shareholder rights agreement among us and our initial shareholders may be amended without shareholder approval. These agreements contain various provisions that our public shareholders might deem to be material. While we do not expect our board of directors to approve any amendment to any of these agreements prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board of directors, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to any such agreement in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Any such amendments would not require approval from our shareholders, may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible, and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 16
    If We Have Not Completed Our Initial Business Combination Within The Completion Window, Our Public Shareholders May Be Forced To Wait Beyond Such Completion Window Before Redemption From Our Trust Account.

    If we have not completed our initial business combination within the completion window, the proceeds then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the Trust Account will be effected automatically by function of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind up, liquidate the Trust Account and distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond the completion window before the redemption proceeds of our Trust Account become available to them, and they receive the return of their pro rata portion of the proceeds from our Trust Account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation unless, prior thereto, we consummate our initial business combination or amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, and only then in cases where investors have sought to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled to distributions if we do not complete our initial business combination and do not amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the Trust Account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 17
    Because We Must Furnish Our Shareholders With Target Business Financial Statements, We May Lose The Ability To Complete An Otherwise Advantageous Initial Business Combination With Some Prospective Target Businesses.

    The federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial significance tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IFRS"), depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB"). If we do not complete the proposed Business Combination with GLAAM, these financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 18
    The Provisions Of Our Amended And Restated Memorandum And Articles Of Association That Relate To The Rights Of Holders Of Our Class A Ordinary Shares (and Corresponding Provisions Of The Agreement Governing The Release Of Funds From Our Trust Account) May Be Amended With The Approval Of A Special Resolution Which Requires The Affirmative Vote Of A Majority Of At Least Two-thirds Of The Shares By Shareholders Who Attend And Vote At A General Meeting Of The Company, Which Is A Lower Amendment Threshold Than That Of Some Other Blank Check Companies. It May Be Easier For Us, Therefore, To Amend Our Amended And Restated Memorandum And Articles Of Association To Facilitate The Completion Of An Initial Business Combination That Some Of Our Shareholders May Not Support.

    Some other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to the rights of a company's shareholders, without approval by a certain percentage of the company's shareholders. In those companies, amendment of these provisions typically requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company's shareholders. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that any of its provisions related to the rights of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares (including the requirement to not release proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by special resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of at least two-thirds of the shares by shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65% of our ordinary shares; provided that the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governing the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at our general meeting which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B Ordinary Shares. Our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees, if any, collectively beneficially own, on an as-converted basis, 25% of our Class A Ordinary Shares, will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Our Sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed, pursuant to agreements with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A Ordinary Shares upon approval of any such amendment 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 us to pay our taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our Sponsor, executive officers, directors or director nominees for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 19
    We Are Not Required To Obtain An Opinion From An Independent Accounting Or Investment Banking Firm, And Consequently, You May Have No Assurance From An Independent Source That The Price We Are Paying For The Business Is Fair To Our Shareholders From A Financial Point Of View.

    Unless we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 20
    If, Before Distributing The Proceeds In The Trust Account To Our Public Shareholders, We File A Bankruptcy Petition Or An Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Is Filed Against Us That Is Not Dismissed, The Claims Of Creditors In Such Proceeding May Have Priority Over The Claims Of Our Shareholders And The Per-share Amount That Would Otherwise Be Received By Our Shareholders In Connection With Our Liquidation May Be Reduced.

    If, before distributing the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy or insolvency claims deplete the Trust Account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 21
    If, After We Distribute The Proceeds In The Trust Account To Our Public Shareholders, We File A Bankruptcy Petition Or An Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Is Filed Against Us That Is Not Dismissed, A Bankruptcy Court May Seek To Recover Such Proceeds, And The Members Of Our Board Of Directors May Be Viewed As Having Breached Their Fiduciary Duties To Our Creditors, Thereby Exposing The Members Of Our Board Of Directors And Us To Claims Of Punitive Damages.

    If, after we distribute the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy or insolvency laws as either a "preferential transfer" or a "fraudulent conveyance." As a result, a bankruptcy or insolvency court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 22
    Our Directors May Decide Not To Enforce The Indemnification Obligations Of Our Sponsor, Resulting In A Reduction In The Amount Of Funds In The Trust Account Available For Distribution To Our Public Shareholders.

    In the event that the proceeds in the Trust Account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.35 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account if less than $10.35 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, and the Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against the Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against the Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.35 per public share.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 23
    If Third Parties Bring Claims Against Us, The Proceeds Held In The Trust Account Could Be Reduced And The Per-share Redemption Amount Received By Shareholders May Be Less Than $10.35 Per Public Share.

    Our placing of funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we seek to have all vendors, service providers (except our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements, they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the Trust Account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the Trust Account. If any third-party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third-party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third-party's engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third-party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we have not completed our initial business combination within the completion window, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the ten years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.35 per public share initially held in the Trust Account, due to claims of such creditors. Pursuant to the letter agreement, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third-party (other than our independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.35 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account if less than $10.35 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third-party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third-party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. However, we have not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that the Sponsor's only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the Trust Account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.35 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 24
    Our Initial Shareholders Control A Substantial Interest In Us And Thus May Exert A Substantial Influence On Actions Requiring A Shareholder Vote, Potentially In A Manner That You Do Not Support.

    Immediately following our Initial Public Offering, our initial shareholders own, on an as-converted basis, 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Of these shares, 25% shall be considered to be newly unvested shares, which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period, on or after the first anniversary of the closing of our initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary. Accordingly, our initial shareholders may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. If our initial shareholders purchase any Units or if the Sponsor purchases any additional Class A Ordinary Shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase its control. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were appointed by the Sponsor, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being appointed in each year. We may not hold an annual general meeting to elect new directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion of the business combination. If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our "staggered" board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and the Sponsor, because of its ownership position, will control the outcome, as only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and to continue our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior to our initial business combination. Accordingly, the Sponsor will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our initial business combination. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 25
    In Order To Effectuate An Initial Business Combination, Blank Check Companies Have, In The Recent Past, Amended Various Provisions Of Their Charters And Other Governing Instruments, Including Their Warrant Agreements. We Cannot Assure You That We Will Not Seek To Amend Our Amended And Restated Memorandum And Articles Of Association Or Governing Instruments In A Manner That Will Make It Easier For Us To Complete Our Initial Business Combination That Our Shareholders May Not Support.

    In order to effectuate a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business combination, increased redemption thresholds, extended the time to complete their initial business combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require a special resolution of our shareholders as a matter of Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote or a majority of at least two-thirds of the shares by shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and amending our warrant agreement will require a vote of holders of at least 50% of the Public Warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the Private Placement Warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the Private Placement Warrants, 50% of the number of the then outstanding Private Placement Warrants. In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association requires us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A Ordinary Shares. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change the nature of any of the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or governing instruments in order to effectuate our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 26
    We Do Not Have A Specified Maximum Redemption Threshold. The Absence Of Such A Redemption Threshold May Make It Possible For Us To Complete Our Initial Business Combination With Which A Substantial Majority Of Our Shareholders Do Not Agree.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association does not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC's "penny stock" rules). As a result, we may be able to complete our initial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our Sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A Ordinary Shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceeds the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Class A Ordinary Shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 27
    Unlike Some Other Similarly Structured Blank Check Companies, Our Initial Shareholders Will Receive Additional Class A Ordinary Shares If We Issue Shares To Complete Our Initial Business Combination.

    The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares (which such Class A Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if we fail to complete our initial business combination) at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares (assuming vesting of the 25% of the founder shares subject to performance vesting) will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A Ordinary Shares that are public shares), plus (ii) the total number of Class A Ordinary Shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding 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 any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, any of its affiliates or any members of our management team upon conversion of working capital loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares (the "Class B Ordinary Shares") convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at a rate of less than one-to-one. This is different than some other similarly structured blank check companies in which the initial shareholders will only be issued an aggregate of 20% of the total number of shares to be outstanding prior to the initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 28
    Our Shareholders May Be Held Liable For Claims By Third Parties Against Us To The Extent Of Distributions Received By Them Upon Redemption Of Their Shares.

    If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable for a fine of $18,292.68 and imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 29
    If We Seek Shareholder Approval Of Our Initial Business Combination, Our Sponsor, Directors, Executive Officers, Advisors And Their Affiliates May Elect To Purchase Public Shares, Rights Or Warrants, Which May Influence A Vote On A Proposed Business Combination And Reduce The Public "Float" Of Our Securities.

    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares, Rights or Warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation to do so. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the Trust Account will be used to purchase public shares, Rights or Warrants in such transactions. In the event that our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. The purpose of any such transaction could be to (1) vote in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of Public Warrants outstanding or vote such Warrants on any matters submitted to the Warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination, (3) reduce the number of Rights outstanding or vote such Rights on any matters submitted to the Rights holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (4) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public "float" of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 30
    The Nominal Purchase Price Paid By Our Sponsor For The Founder Shares May Significantly Dilute The Implied Value Of Your Public Shares In The Event We Complete An Initial Business Combination. In Addition, The Value Of The Sponsor's Founder Shares Will Be Significantly Greater Than The Amount Our Sponsor Paid To Purchase Such Shares In The Event We Complete An Initial Business Combination, Even If The Business Combination Causes The Trading Price Of Our Class A Ordinary Share To Materially Decline.

    The Sponsor invested an aggregate of $12,475,000 in us in connection with our Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares and the $12,450,000 purchase price for the Private Placement Warrants. We offered our Units to the public at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, and the amount in our Trust Account as of December 31, 2022 was $10.35 per public share. However, because the Sponsor contributed only a nominal amount of approximately $0.004 per share for the founder shares, the value of your public shares may be significantly diluted as a result of the automatic conversion of the Sponsor's founder shares into Class A Ordinary Shares upon our completion of an initial business combination. The following table shows the public shareholders' and the Sponsor's investment per share and how these compare to the implied value of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the completion of our initial business combination. The following table assumes that (i) our valuation is $234,600,000 (which is the amount in the Trust Account after our Initial Public Offering), (ii) no interest is earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, (iii) no public shares are redeemed in connection with our initial business combination, (iv) the vesting of the 25% of the founder shares which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period, on or after the first anniversary of the closing of our initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary and (v) all founder shares are held by our initial shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination, and does not take into account other potential impacts on our valuation at the time of the initial business combination such as (a) the value of our public and Private Placement Warrants, (b) the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, (c) the initial business combination transaction costs (including payment of $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting commissions), (d) any equity issued or cash paid to the target's sellers, (e) any equity issued to other third party investors, or (f) the target's business itself. Class A Ordinary Shares held by public shareholders      23,000,000        shares   Class B ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders      7,666,667        shares   Total ordinary shares      30,666,667        shares   Total funds in trust at the initial business combination    $ 234,600,000      Public shareholders' investment per Class A Ordinary Share(1)    $ 10.00      The Sponsor's investment per Class B ordinary share(2)    $ 0.004      Implied value per Class A Ordinary Share upon the initial business combination(3)    $ 7.65 (1) While the public shareholders' investment is in both the public shares and the Public Warrants, for purposes of this table the full investment amount is ascribed to the public shares only. (2) The Sponsor's total investment in the equity of the company, inclusive of the founder shares and the Sponsor's $12,450,000 investment in the Private Placement Warrants, is $12,475,000. For purposes of this table, the full investment amount is ascribed to the founder shares only. (3) All founder shares held by the Sponsor would automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares upon completion of our initial business combination. Based on these assumptions, each Class A Ordinary Share would have an implied value of $7.65 per share upon completion of our initial business combination, representing a 25% decrease from the initial implied value of $10.20 per public share. While the implied value of $7.65 per Class A Ordinary Share upon completion of our initial business combination would represent a dilution to our public shareholders, this would represent a significant increase in value for the Sponsor relative to the price it paid for each founder share. At $7.65 per share, the 7,666,667 Class A Ordinary Shares that the Sponsor would own upon completion of our initial business combination (after automatic conversion of the Sponsor's founder shares) would have an aggregate implied value of $58,650,002. As a result, even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares significantly declines, the value of the founder shares held by the Sponsor will be significantly greater than the amount the Sponsor paid to purchase such shares. In addition, the Sponsor could potentially recoup its entire investment in our company even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares after the initial business combination is as low as $1.00 per share. As a result, the Sponsor is likely to earn a substantial profit on its investment in us upon disposition of its Class A Ordinary Shares even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares declines after we complete our initial business combination. The Sponsor may therefore be economically incentivized to complete an initial business combination with a riskier, weaker-performing or less-established target business than would be the case if the Sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares. This dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the founder shares result in the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the founder shares at the time of our initial business combination and would become exacerbated to the extent that public shareholders seek redemptions from the trust for their public shares. In addition, because of the anti-dilution protection in the founder shares, any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection with our initial business combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A Ordinary Shares.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 31
    We May Issue Our Shares To Investors In Connection With Our Initial Business Combination At A Price Which Is Less Than The Prevailing Market Price Of Our Shares At That Time.

    In connection with our initial business combination, we may issue shares to investors in private placement transactions (so-called PIPE transactions) at a price of $10.00 per share. A purpose of such issuances may be to enable us to provide sufficient liquidity to the post-business combination entity. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares at such time.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 32
    The Ability Of Our Public Shareholders To Exercise Redemption Rights With Respect To A Large Number Of Our Shares Could Increase The Probability That Our Initial Business Combination Would Be Unsuccessful And That You Would Have To Wait For Liquidation In Order To Redeem Your Shares.

    If our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account until we liquidate the Trust Account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the Trust Account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 33
    The Ability Of Our Public Shareholders To Exercise Redemption Rights With Respect To A Large Number Of Our Shares May Not Allow Us To Complete The Most Desirable Business Combination Or Optimize Our Capital Structure.

    At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If a large number of shares are submitted for redemption, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the Trust Account or arrange for additional third-party financing. Raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. The per-share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting commissions.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 34
    The Ability Of Our Public Shareholders To Redeem Their Shares For Cash May Make Our Financial Condition Unattractive To Potential Business Combination Targets, Which May Make It Difficult For Us To Enter Into A Business Combination With A Target.

    If we do not complete our proposed Business Combination with GLAAM, we may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC's "penny stock" rules). Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets are aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 35
    If We Seek Shareholder Approval Of Our Initial Business Combination, Our Sponsor And Members Of Our Management Team Have Agreed To Vote In Favor Of Such Initial Business Combination, Regardless Of How Our Public Shareholders Vote.

    Our initial shareholders own, on an as-converted basis, 25% of our outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the completion of our Initial Public Offering. Of these shares, 25% shall be considered to be newly unvested shares, which will vest only if the closing price of our Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period, on or after the first anniversary of the closing of our initial business combination but before the fifth anniversary. Our Sponsor and members of our management team also may from time-to-time purchase Class A Ordinary Shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, if we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which in respect of our company, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and voted at a general meeting of the company. A quorum for such meeting will be present if holders of one-third of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting are represented in person or by proxy. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders' founder shares, we would need 7,666,668, or 33.3% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted), or none (assuming only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted), of the 23,000,000 public shares outstanding to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by the Sponsor and each member of our management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that we will receive the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 36
    Your Only Opportunity To Affect The Investment Decision Regarding A Potential Business Combination May Be Limited To The Exercise Of Your Right To Redeem Your Shares From Us For Cash.

    At the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any target businesses. Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder approval. Accordingly, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 37
    Our Shareholders May Not Be Afforded An Opportunity To Vote On Our Proposed Initial Business Combination, Which Means We May Complete Our Initial Business Combination Even Though A Majority Of Our Shareholders Do Not Support Such A Combination.

    We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote before we complete our initial business combination if the business combination would not require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. For instance, if we were seeking to acquire a target business where the consideration we were paying in the transaction was all cash, we would typically not be required to seek shareholder approval to complete such a transaction. Except for as required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares do not approve of the business combination we complete.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 38
    Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Report Contains An Explanatory Paragraph That Expresses Substantial Doubt About Our Ability To Continue As A "Going Concern."

    On a routine basis, the Company assesses going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 205-40. As of December 31, 2022, we had $640,582 in cash, a working capital surplus of $1,194,294, and $238,038,403 of marketable securities held in the Trust Account to be used for the Business Combination, another initial business combination or to repurchase or redeem our Public Shares in connection therewith. Prior to the completion of the Initial Public Offering, our liquidity needs had been satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from our Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares and a loan of $250,000 from the Sponsor pursuant to a promissory note (the "Note"), under which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000 from the Sponsor and a Sponsor affiliate. The Note was repaid on February 15, 2022, upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering out of the offering proceeds. Subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, we have sufficient cash held outside of the Trust Account to meet our obligations. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination or another business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us working capital loans. We have until August 10, 2023 to consummate the Business Combination or another business combination. If the Business Combination or another business combination is not consummated by this date and an extension is not requested by the Sponsor, we will have a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. The liquidity condition, date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution within twelve months raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We intend to complete the Business Combination or another business combination prior to the mandatory liquidation date or obtain approval for an extension, however, it is uncertain whether we will be able to do so. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 39
    We May Reincorporate In Another Jurisdiction In Connection With Our Initial Business Combination And Such Reincorporation May Result In Taxes Imposed On Shareholders, Rights Holders, Or Warrant Holders.

    We may, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to requisite shareholder approval under the Companies Act, reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located or in another jurisdiction. The transaction may require a shareholder, Rights holder or Warrant holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the shareholder, Rights holder or Warrant holder is a tax resident or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity. We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders, Rights holders or Warrant holders to pay such taxes. Shareholders, Rights holders or Warrant holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after the reincorporation.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 40
    We Are An Emerging Growth Company And A Smaller Reporting Company Within The Meaning Of The Securities Act, And If We Take Advantage Of Certain Exemptions From Disclosure Requirements Available To "Emerging Growth Companies" Or "Smaller Reporting Companies," This Could Make Our Securities Less Attractive To Investors And May Make It More Difficult To Compare Our Performance With Other Public Companies.

    We are an "emerging growth company" within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we 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 auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our 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. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile. 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 a 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. We have 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, we, 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 our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used. Additionally, we are a "smaller reporting company" as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements, and, if their revenues are less than $100 million, not providing an independent registered public accounting firm attestation on internal control over financial reporting. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.

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TipRanks has identified 6 major categories of risk factors and a number of subcategories for each. You can see how these categories are broken down in the list below. 1. Financial & Corporate Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results. Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing. Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments. Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances. 2. Legal & Regulatory Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company. Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation. Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy. Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives. 3. Production Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory. Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers. Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls. Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation. 4. Technology & Innovation Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development. Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology. Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks. Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying. 5. Ability to Sell Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers. Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes. Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration. Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation. 6. Macro & Political Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions. Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19. International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company. Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.