merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the public warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the public warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the trust account, holders of public warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their public warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the trust account with respect to such public warrants. Accordingly, the public warrants may expire worthless.
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates a Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants will be identical to the public warrants underlying the Units being sold in the IPO, except that (x) the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, in each case subject to certain limited exceptions, (y) the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and
be non-redeemable and
(z) the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will be entitled to registration rights.
The Company accounts for 13,333,333 warrants issued in connection with the IPO (including 6,666,666 Public Warrants and 6,666,667 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in
ASC 815-40.
Such guidance provides that the warrants described above are not precluded from equity classification. Equity-classified contracts are initially measured at fair value (or allocated value). Subsequent changes in fair value are not recognized as long as the contracts continue to be classified in equity.
Forward Purchase Agreements
The Company entered into two forward purchase agreements (the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with Target Global Selected Opportunities, LLC - Series Selenium (“TGSO Series Selenium”) on November 8, 2021, pursuant to which TGSO Series Selenium agreed to purchase (1) an aggregate of 2,500,000 forward purchase shares for $10.00 per share (the “firm forward purchase shares”), or an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 and (2) in addition, an aggregate of up to 2,500,000 forward purchase shares for $10.00 per share (the “additional forward purchase shares”), or an aggregate maximum amount of up to $25,000,000, in each case in a private placement that may close simultaneously with the closing of the Business Combination. On May 11, 2022, all of TGSO Series Selenium’s rights and obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreements (including the obligation to purchase the Forward Purchase Shares) were transferred in full to Target Global Selected Opportunities, LLC - Series Selenium 3 (the “FPA Purchaser”) in accordance with Section 4(c) of the Forward Purchase Agreements. The FPA Purchaser is indirectly controlled by TG, which in turn is a controlling affiliate of the Sponsor. The FPA Purchaser will purchase that number of additional forward purchase shares, if any, that the Company expects will result in gross proceeds necessary to enable it to consummate the Business Combination and pay related fees and expenses, after first applying amounts available from the trust account (after paying the deferred underwriting discount and giving effect to any redemptions of public shares) and any other financing source obtained for such purpose at or prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, plus any additional amounts mutually agreed by the Company and the FPA Purchaser to be retained by the post-business combination company for working capital or other purposes. The FPA Purchaser’s obligations to purchase forward purchase shares will be subject to certain conditions, including in the case of the additional forward purchase shares a requirement, among other things, that such Business Combination is reasonably acceptable to the FPA Purchaser.
The forward purchase shares will not be issued until completion of the Business Combination and, accordingly, will not be entitled to vote in any shareholder vote until immediately after the Business Combination has been completed.
The Forward Purchase Agreements also provide that the FPA Purchaser will be entitled to certain registration rights with respect to its forward purchase shares. The FPA Purchaser’s commitment to purchase securities pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreements is intended to provide the Company with a minimum funding level for the Business Combination. The proceeds from the sale of the forward purchase shares, if any, may be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the Business Combination, expenses in connection with the Business Combination or for working capital in the post-transaction company. Subject to the conditions in the Forward Purchase Agreements, the purchase of the forward purchase shares will be a binding obligation of the FPA Purchaser, regardless of whether any shares of Class A ordinary shares are redeemed by the Company’s public shareholders in connection with the Business Combination.
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