BUSINESS OF JWSM AND CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT JWSM
References in this section to “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corporation.
General
We are a blank check company incorporated as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands on October 19, 2020, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses in any industry or sector. We are currently reviewing a number of opportunities to enter into an initial business combination with one or more operating businesses.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On February 4, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 103,500,000 Units, including the issuance of 13,500,000 additional units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, at $10.00 per JWSM Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $1.035 billion. The securities in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-252165).
The SEC declared the registration statement effective on February 1, 2021. Simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 11,350,000 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price of $2.00 per JWSM Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $22,700,000.
Transaction costs amounted to $57,010,008, consisting of $19,800,000 of underwriting fees, net of $900,000 reimbursed from the underwriters, $36,225,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $985,008 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of our Initial Public Offering on February 4, 2021, an amount of approximately $1,035,000,000 ($10.00 per JWSM Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in 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 investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earliest of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to our shareholders. To mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating an unregistered investment company, JWSM has instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of consummation of a Business Combination and liquidation of JWSM. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.5 – 3.0% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and JWSM cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.
On February 1, 2023, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (“Initial Extension Meeting”) to, in part, amend our Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which we have to consummate a Business Combination. In connection with that vote, the holders of 101,396,386 Class A Ordinary Shares of JWSM properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $1,032,028,964. After the satisfaction of such redemptions, the balance in our trust account was approximately $21,410,926.
Following the Charter Extension, JWSM intends to continue searching for business combination targets across all industries, which may include, without limitation, real estate, lodging, oil and gas and energy infrastructure.