The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION,
GOING CONCERN AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Pivotal Investment Corporation III
(the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 6, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger,
capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses
or entities (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular
industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and,
as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had
not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from October 6, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2023 relates to the
Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below and subsequent
to the Initial Public Offering, and seeking to identify a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any
operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating
income on cash and cash equivalents in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering and simultaneous
private placement described below.
The registration statement for the
Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 8, 2021. On February 11, 2021, the Company consummated
the Initial Public Offering of 27,600,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock
included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment
option in the amount of 3,600,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000, which is described in Note 3.
Simultaneously with the closing of
the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 7,270,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and,
collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to
Pivotal Investment Holdings III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and entity affiliated with certain of the Company’s officers
(the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $7,270,000, which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $15,695,537,
consisting of $5,520,000 of underwriting fees, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $515,537 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of the Initial
Public Offering on February 11, 2021, an amount of $276,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the
Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”)
and held as cash items or invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16)of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment
company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined
by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust
Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to the
Company to pay its tax obligations.
While the Company’s management
has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the cash held outside of the Trust Account, substantially all of the
net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, which are placed in the Trust Account, are
intended to be applied generally toward completing a Business Combination. The Company must complete its initial Business Combination
having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (net of amounts previously
disbursed to management for tax obligations and excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in the Trust Account) at
the time of the agreement to enter into an initial Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company is not then listed
on the NYSE for whatever reason, it would no longer be required to meet the foregoing 80% fair market value test. The Company intends
to only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting
securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as
an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business
Combination.
The Company will provide its stockholders
with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection
with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the
Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its
discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust
Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account
and not previously released to the Company). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect
to the Company’s warrants.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
The Company will proceed with a Business
Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon the consummation of a Business
Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons,
the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”), conduct the conversions
pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents
with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the
Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with
a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval
in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 5) have agreed to vote their Founder
Shares (as defined below in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving
a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they vote,
irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed Business Combination.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Company
seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct conversions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Charter
provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is
acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% or more of the
Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
The holders of Founder Shares (as defined
below in Note 5) have agreed (a) to waive their conversion rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it
in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Charter (i) that would
affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete
a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination
activity, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any
such amendment.
On December 30, 2022 the proposal to
amend the Company’s Charter to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from February 11, 2023
to August 11, 2023 was voted upon. In connection with the Meeting, the Sponsor entered into Non-Redemption Agreements with several unaffiliated
third parties and agreed to transfer an aggregate of 409,051 shares of common stock to such parties in exchange for them agreeing not
to redeem their public shares at the Meeting. As a result of the foregoing, effective December 30, 2022, public holders of an aggregate
of 25,577,957 public shares exercised their right to redeem their public shares (leaving an aggregate of 2,022,043 public shares outstanding
after the Meeting) resulting in payment to such holders of an aggregate of $258,248,749 in cash and payable as of December 31, 2022. The
redemptions were paid on January 6, 2023. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company has $0 and $258,248,749 outstanding
balance under redemption payable. The Company performed a valuation of the shares of common stock the Sponsor agreed to transfer to the
non-redeeming third parties and determined the shares had a value of $163,620, or $0.40 per share.
If the Company is unable to complete
a Business Combination by the amended date of August 11, 2023 and such period is not extended by stockholders, the Company will (i) cease
all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter,
redeem the Public Shares, 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 the Company (less up to $100,000 of interest to
pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public
stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable
law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining
stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the
Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There
will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if
the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
The holders of Founder Shares have
agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within
the Combination Period. However, if the holders of Founder Shares acquire Public Shares, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating
distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters
are expected to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission (see Note 7) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company
does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other
funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution,
it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering
price per Unit ($10.00).
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
In order to protect the amounts held
in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services
rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction
agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per share or (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 $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value
of the trust assets. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title,
interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the
underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(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. The Company seeks to reduce the possibility
that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers,
prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any
right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the balance sheets.
The balance sheets do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
The Company is exposed to volatility
in the banking market. At various times, we could have deposits with certain U.S. banks in excess of the maximum amounts insured by the
U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank became insolvent. State regulators
closed the bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was appointed as its receiver. The Company did not
hold any deposits with Silicon Valley Bank as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation
Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S.
federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries
of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation
itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value
of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations
are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the
same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”)
has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase
that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the
excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension
vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in
connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature
and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection
with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations
and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder,
the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available
on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company has agreed that the per share price payable to stockholders exercising their redemption rights, whether in connection
with the vote on an extension or an initial Business Combination, will not be reduced by payments required to be made by the Company under
the IR Act.
Going Concern
At March 31, 2023, the Company had
$92,870 in its operating bank accounts, $20,614,420 in securities held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to
repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and working capital deficit of $1,888,223. As of March 31, 2023, approximately
$394,000 of the amount on deposit in the Trust Account represented interest income, which is available to pay the Company’s tax
obligations.
Until the consummation of a Business
Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition
candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to
acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
In connection with the Company’s
assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update
(“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,”
the Company has until August 11, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate
a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension has not been requested
by the Sponsor and approved by the Company’s stockholders, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the
Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, working capital deficit and the mandatory liquidation, should a Business
Combination not occur and an extension is not requested by the Sponsor and approved by the Company’s stockholders, and potential
subsequent dissolution raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been
made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after August 11, 2023. The Company intends
to continue to search for and seek to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)
for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of
the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been
condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include
all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In
the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring
nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth
company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012
(the “JOBS Act”), and it 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
independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced
disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements
of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously
approved.
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 election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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, the Company,
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 the Company’s 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.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management
to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set
of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could
change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these
condensed financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities. Such estimates may be subject to change
as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term
investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash
equivalents as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Marketable Securities Held in
Trust Account
At March 31, 2023 and December 31,
2022, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account are invested primarily in U.S. Treasury securities. All of the Company’s
investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the condensed balance
sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held
in Trust Account are included in interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed statements
of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
Offering Costs
Offering costs consisted of legal,
accounting and other expenses incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering.
Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value
basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred in the condensed
statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock issued were charged to temporary equity upon the
completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs amounting to $15,168,938 were charged to stockholders’ deficit upon the
completion of the Initial Public Offering and $526,599 were expensed as of the date of the Initial Public Offering.
Class A Common Stock Subject
to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A
common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic
480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a
liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption
rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within
the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’
equity. The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s
control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
The Company recognizes changes in redemption
value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of
each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the remeasurement adjustment
from carrying value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock resulted in charges
against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.
Components of Equity
Upon the Initial Public Offering, the
Company issued Class A common stock and Public Warrants. The Company also issued Private Placement Warrants. The Company allocated the
proceeds received from the issuance using the with-and-without method. Under that method, the Company first allocated the proceeds to
the Warrants based on their initial fair value measurement of $20,604,690 and then allocated the remaining proceeds, net of underwriting
discounts and offering costs of $22,438,938 to the Class A common stock. On December 30, 2022, public holders of an aggregate of 25,577,957
public shares exercised their right to redeem their public shares. Following the shareholder redemption vote, the value of the 25,577,957
shares is reflected as a redemption payable. The remaining 2,022,043 of shares not redeemed are reflected in temporary equity, as these
shares are subject to redemption upon the occurrence of events not solely within the Company’s control.
As a result of the Sponsor’s
conversion of 6,540,000 shares of Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock the Sponsor held 360,000 shares of Class B
common stock outstanding.
Warrant Liabilities
The Company assessed its warrants under
ASC 480-25, “Distinguishing liabilities from equity” and ASC 815-40 “Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s
Own Equity”. The Company accounts for the Public Warrants (as defined below) and Private Placement Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”)
as warrant liabilities. A provision in the Warrant Agreement related to certain tender or exchange offers precludes the Warrants from
being accounted for as components of equity. As the Warrants meet the definition of a derivative as contemplated in ASC 815, the Company
accounts for Warrants for shares of the Company’s common stock that are not indexed to its own stock as derivative liabilities at
fair value on the balance sheets and measured at fair value at inception (on the date of the Initial Public Offering) and at each reporting
date in accordance with ASC 820, with changes in fair value recognized in the statements of operations in the period of change.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes
under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” ASC 740, Income Taxes, requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for
both the expected impact of differences between the unaudited condensed financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and
for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation
allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of March
31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred tax asset had a full valuation allowance recorded against it.
Our effective tax rates from continuing
operations were 998.39% and 0.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from
the statutory tax rate of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, due to changes in fair value of warrant liabilities,
and the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting
for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement
process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those
benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740
also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.
The Company recognizes accrued interest
and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued
for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that
could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company has identified the United
States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is subject to income taxation by major taxing authorities since inception.
These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and
compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits
will materially change over the next twelve months.
Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share
The Company complies with accounting
and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net (loss) income per common stock is computed by
dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average number of common stocks outstanding for the period. The Company applies the two-class
method in calculating earnings per share. Remeasurement adjustment associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stocks
is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
The Company has not considered the
effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and private placement to purchase an aggregate of 12,790,000 shares in the
calculation of diluted net (loss) income per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events
and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.
The following table reflects the calculation of
basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
| |
For the Three Months Ended March 31, | |
| |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
| |
Class A | | |
Class B | | |
Class A | | |
Class B | |
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common stock | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Numerator: | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Allocation of net (loss) income | |
$ | (29,667 | ) | |
$ | (1,247 | ) | |
$ | 4,358,602 | | |
| 1,089,651 | |
Denominator: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | |
| 8,562,043 | | |
| 360,000 | | |
| 27,600,000 | | |
| 6,900,000 | |
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common stock | |
$ | (0.00 | ) | |
$ | (0.00 | ) | |
$ | 0.16 | | |
$ | 0.16 | |
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially
subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed
the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company had not experienced losses on this account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s
assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates
the carrying amounts represented in the Company’s condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except for
warrant liabilities (see Note 8).
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In June 2016, the
FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13 – Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326):
Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). This update requires financial assets measured
at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The measurement of expected credit losses is based
on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts
that affect the collectibility of the reported amount. Since June 2016, the FASB issued clarifying updates to the new standard including
changing the effective date for smaller reporting companies. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023.
The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
Management does not believe that any
recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s
unaudited condensed financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering,
the Company sold 27,600,000 Units, which includes a full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of
3,600,000 Units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-fifth of one
redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A
common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 8).
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of
the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 7,270,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private
Placement Warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of $7,270,000 in a private placement. Each Private Placement Warrant will be exercisable
to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50. The proceeds from the sale of Private Placement Warrants
were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination
within the Combination Period, the proceeds of 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 will expire worthless. As a result of the difference
between the purchase price of the Private Placement Warrants of $1.00 and the fair value of $1.61, the Company recorded a change of $0
and $11,511,000 which is recorded in the change in fair value of warrant liability for the period ended March 31, 2023 and December 31,
2022, respectively.
PIVOTAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On October 6, 2020, the Sponsor
paid $25,000 to cover certain offering and formation costs of the Company in consideration for 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s
Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”). Our Sponsor subsequently transferred certain shares to our officers
and directors and other third parties in each case at the same per-share purchase price paid by our initial stockholders. On February 8, 2021,
the Company effected a stock dividend of 0.2 shares of Class B common stock for each outstanding share of Class B common stock
resulting in there being an aggregate of 6,900,000 Founder Shares outstanding. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into
Class A common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustments as described
in Note 6. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 900,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the holders to the extent
that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial stockholders will own, on
an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. As a result of
the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option, no Founder Shares are currently subject to forfeiture.
The holders of Founder Shares have
agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur
of (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the
last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations,
recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business
Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction
that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities
or other property.
Related Party Advances
On December 30, 2021, the Company
reimbursed MGG Investment Group LP, an affiliate of the Sponsor, $160,491 for payment of expenses in 2021 on behalf of the Company.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs
in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s officer, directors, Sponsor or an affiliate of the foregoing, 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 would 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 is
not completed, the Company may use a portion of the 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 $1,500,000
of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant.
The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
Non-Redemption Agreements
The Company entered into Non-Redemption
Agreements with various stockholders pursuant to which these stockholders have committed not to redeem its Pivotal III shares until the
closing of the Business Combination. In consideration of this agreement, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer a portion of its Founder shares
to the Non-Redeeming Stockholders at the closing of the Business Combination. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the 409,051
founders shares attributable to the Non-Redeeming Stockholders to be $163,620 or $0.40 per share. Each Non-Redeeming Stockholder acquired
from the Sponsor an indirect economic interest in the founder shares. The excess of the fair value of the founder shares was determined
to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. The Company accounted for the transfer of a portion of the
Sponsor’s founders shares to non-redeeming stockholders as a capital contribution by the Sponsor with a corresponding charge to
additional paid-in capital to recognize the fair value of the shares transferred.
The fair value of the founders
shares was based on the following significant inputs:
| |
December 30, 2022 | |
Risk-free interest rate | |
| 4.49 | % |
Remaining life of SPAC | |
| 1.75 | |
Underlying stock price | |
$ | 10.12 | |
Probability of transaction | |
| 4.60 | % |
PIVOTAL
INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE
6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration
Rights
Pursuant
to a registration rights agreement entered into on February 8, 2021, the holders of the Founder Shares (and any shares of Class A common
stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Founder Shares), Private Placement Warrants (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants), and warrants (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of
such warrants) that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans have registration rights to require the Company to register
such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of the majority
of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain
“piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business
Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriter’s
Agreement
The
underwriters from the Initial Public Offering are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $9,660,000 in the aggregate. The deferred
fee will be forfeited by the underwriters solely in the event that the Company fails to complete a Business Combination, subject to the
terms of the underwriting agreement.
NOTE
7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preferred
Stock— The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with
such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors.
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Class A
Common Stock— The Company is authorized to issue up to 125,000,000 shares of Class A, $0.0001 par value common stock. Holders
of the Company’s shares of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share.
At
March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there were 8,562,043 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, 2,022,043 of which are
presented as temporary equity. On December 30, 2022, public holders of an aggregate of 25,577,957 public shares exercised their right
to redeem their public shares. The remaining 2,022,043 of shares not redeemed are reflected in temporary equity, as these shares are
subject to redemption upon the occurrence of events not solely within the Company’s control.
Class B
Common Stock— The Company is authorized to issue up to 25,000,000 shares of Class B, $0.0001 par value common stock.
Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. On December 30, 2022, the Sponsor voluntarily converted
6,540,000 shares of Class B common stock of the Company it held as of such date into 6,540,000 shares of Class A common stock of the
Company in accordance with the Charter. As a result, the Company has an aggregate of 360,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding
as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The
shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination
on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities,
are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business
Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted
(unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect
to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares
of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares
of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, net of conversions, plus all shares of Class A common
stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked
securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, any private placement-equivalent securities issued, or to
be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, any private placement equivalent securities issued to the initial stockholders or
their affiliates upon conversion of loans made to the Company). Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their shares of Class B
common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.
PIVOTAL
INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
On
February 28, 2023, the Company received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the staff of NYSE Regulation (the “Staff”)
of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) indicating that the Staff has determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s
Class A Common Stock and units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant (the “Units”),
each warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Warrants”), from the NYSE pursuant to
Section 802.01B of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual because the Company had fallen below the NYSE’s continued listing standard
requiring a listed acquisition company to maintain an average aggregate global market capitalization attributable to its publicly-held
shares over a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least $40,000,000.
The
Company has requested a review of this determination by a Committee of the Board of Directors of the NYSE. Application to the Securities
and Exchange Commission to delist the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Units is pending, subject to the completion of all applicable
procedures, including the appeal by the Company of the Staff’s decision. Effective as of March 1, 2023, the Class A Common Stock
and units may be quoted and traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market under the ticker symbols “PICC” and
“PICCU,” respectively.
NOTE
8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The
Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each
reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The
fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would
have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company
seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable
inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is
used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and
liabilities:
Level 1: |
Quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions
for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. |
|
|
Level 2: |
Observable
inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets
or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. |
|
|
Level 3: |
Unobservable
inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. |
At
March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets held in the Trust Account were $20,614,420 and $278,664,377, respectively, which is
invested primarily in U.S. Treasury Securities. Through March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company withdrew an amount of $0 and
$1,112,748 from the interest earned on the Trust Account to pay franchise and income taxes, respectively.
The
following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring
basis at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to
determine such fair value.
| |
Level | |
December
31, 2022 | | |
March
31, 2023 | |
Assets: | |
| |
| | |
| |
Marketable securities
held in Trust Account | |
1 | |
$ | 278,664,377 | | |
$ | 20,614,420 | |
Liabilities: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Warrant Liability –
Private Placement Warrants | |
2 | |
| 363,500 | | |
| 363,500 | |
Warrant Liability –
Public Warrants | |
1 | |
| 276,000 | | |
| 276,000 | |
Warrant
Liabilities
The
Warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC815-40and are presented within warrant liabilities on our accompanying
March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring
basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the condensed statements of operations.
PIVOTAL
INVESTMENT CORPORATION III
NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH
31, 2023
(Unaudited)
The
Public Warrants and the Private Warrants were initially valued using a Modified Black Scholes Option Pricing Model, which is considered
to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The Modified Black Scholes model’s primary unobservable input utilized in determining
the fair value of the Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the common stock. The expected volatility as of the IPO date was
derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank-check’ companies without an identified target. The expected
volatility as of subsequent valuation dates was implied from the Company’s own public warrant pricing. A Monte Carlo simulation
methodology was used in estimating the fair value of the public warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available,
using the same expected volatility as was used in measuring the fair value of the Private Warrants. For periods subsequent to the detachment
of the warrants from the Units on February 11, 2021, the close price of the public warrant price will be used as the fair value
as of each relevant date. At December 31, 2021 the Private Warrants transferred to Level 2 due to the use of an observable market
quote for a similar asset in an active market.
At
March 31, 2023, the values of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were $276,000 and $363,500, respectively, based on a
fair value of $0.05 per warrant.
At
December 31, 2022, the values of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were $276,000 and $363,500, respectively, based on
a fair value of $0.05 per warrant.
Transfers
to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which a change in valuation technique or methodology occurs.
There are no transfers between the levels for the period ended March 31, 2023 or the year ended December 31, 2022.
The
following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
| |
Private
Placement | | |
Public | | |
Warrant
Liabilities | |
Fair
value as of December 31, 2022 | |
$ | 363,500 | | |
$ | 276,000 | | |
$ | 639,500 | |
Change
in valuation inputs or other assumptions | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
Fair
value as of March 31, 2023 | |
$ | 363,500 | | |
$ | 276,000 | | |
$ | 639,500 | |
NOTE
9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The
Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the unaudited condensed
financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required
adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.