Liquidity and Going Concern.
On December 27, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 8,625,000 units (the “Units”) generating gross proceeds of $86,250,000. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, and one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment at the closing of a business combination.
On December 27, 2021, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the issuance and sale (“Private Placement”) of 4,450,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) in a private placement transaction at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $4,450,000. Each whole Private Placement Warrant will be exercisable to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants were added to the proceeds from the IPO to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a business combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Placement Warrants and all underlying securities will be worthless.
On December 29, 2021, the underwriters’ exercised the over-allotment option in full pursuant to which an additional 1,125,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit were sold. The Over-allotment Units are identical to the Units sold at IPO.
Upon the closing of the Over-allotment on December 29, 2021, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 393,750 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $393,750. As of December 29, 2021, a total of $87,112,500 of the net proceeds from the IPO (including the Over-allotment Units) and the sale of Private Placement Warrants was placed in a U.S.-based trust account. As the over-allotment option was fully exercised, no portion of the 2,156,250 shares purchased by the initial shareholders is subject to forfeiture any longer.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, cash used in operating activities was $906,452.
As of March 31, 2022, we had marketable securities held in the trust account of $87,119,943. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less income taxes payable), to complete our business combination. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of March 31, 2022, we had cash of $497,048 outside of the trust account. We intend to use the funds held outside the trust account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a business combination, the Company will repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a business combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units at a price of $10.00 per unit. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.