Description Of Organization, And Business Operations And Going Concern |
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN APx Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on May 13, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “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 September 30, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period May 13, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023, relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) which is described below. 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 in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. The Company’s sponsor is APx Cap Sponsor Group I, LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on December 6, 2021. On December 9, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 17,250,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $172,500,000, which is described in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 8,950,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor, each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $8,950,000 (Note 4). Transaction costs amounted to $10,321,097, consisting of $3,450,000 of underwriting fees, $6,037,500 of deferred underwriting fees and $833,597 of other offering costs. In addition, at December 9, 2021, cash of $ 1,295,936 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes. On October 17, 2022, the Company entered into an engagement letter with EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”) for the provision of M&A advisory services (the “Advisory Agreement”) and an engagement letter with EBC for placement agency services (the “Placement Agency Agreement”). Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Company would pay to EBC a fee of $2,000,000 in cash upon the closing of a business combination or similar transaction (the “Transaction Fee”). Pursuant to the Placement Agency Agreement, the Company would pay to EBC upon the closing of a business combination or similar transaction a cash placement fee (the “Placement Agent Fee”) equal to (a) 4.5% of the aggregate equity amount funded by investors contacted by EBC in connection with the placement, and (b) 2.5% of the aggregate debt financing amount, including secured and convertible debt, funded by investors contacted by EBC in connection with the placement. On August 22, 2023, the Company and EBC entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Amendment”) which terminated the Placement Agency Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Placement Agent Fee) and amended the Advisory Agreement. Pursuant to the Letter Amendment, the Advisory Agreement was amended to provide that the Company, at its option, could elect to pay up to $500,000 of the Transaction Fee in ordinary shares of the post-business combination company (in lieu of cash), with such issuance to occur on the six month anniversary of the closing of the business combination, and valued based on the volume weighted average price of the post-business combination company’s ordinary shares for the ten trading days immediately preceding the six month anniversary of the closing of the business combination. On February 27, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “February 2023 EGM”) and its shareholders approved an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as amended, the “Articles of Association”) and to the investment management trust agreement dated as of September 7, 2021 (as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) to change the payment required to extend the Combination Period by two three-month periods (the “February Extension Amendment Amendment”). In connection with such vote, the holders of 10,693,417 public shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for an aggregate redemption amount of $ 111,346,281 . Following such redemptions, approximately $ 68,271,081 remained in the trust account and 6,556,583 public shares remained issued and outstanding. Such remaining amount in the trust account will be distributed either to (i) all holders of public shares upon our liquidation or (ii) holders of public shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Accordingly, on March 1, 2023, the Company deposited $ 750,000 into the Trust Account in order to effect the extension of the termination date, from March 9, 2023 to June 9, 2023 (the “First Extension”). On June 22, 2023, the Company deposited an additional $ 750,000 into the Trust Account for a subsequent extension of the termination date, from June 9, 2023 to September 9, 2023 (the “Second Extension”), that the Company may need to complete an initial business combination. On September 7, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “September 2023 EGM”) and its shareholders approved an amendment to its Articles and to the Trust Agreement to extend the time to complete a business combination (the “Termination Date”) up to three (3) times for an additional one (1) month each time (each, an “Extension”) from September 9, 2023 to December 9, 2023, by depositing the lesser of $0.025 per public share or $125,000 (each such payment, an “Extension Payment”) for each one-month extension into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”). In connection with the September 2023 EGM, the holders of 757,463 public shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $8,273,281. Following such redemptions, approximately $63,340,058 remained in the trust account and 5,799,120 public shares remained issued and outstanding. Such remaining amount in the trust account will be distributed either to (i) all holders of public shares upon our liquidation or (ii) holders of public shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. On September 8, 2023, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Company’s sponsor, APx Cap Sponsor Group I, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Templar, LLC and its designees (the “Purchaser”), whereby the Sponsor transferred to the Purchaser, in exchange for $1.00 plus the Purchaser’s agreement to advance up to $50,000 to pay for expenses related to Company’s Exchange Act filing obligations, 3,342,188 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value (the “Founder Shares”) and 6,936,250 private placement warrants (the “Placement Warrants”) purchased at the time of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) pursuant to a Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated December 6, 2021. The Sponsor retained 970,312 Founder Shares and 2,013,750 Private Placement Warrants. The transfer of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants to the Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement is referred to as the “Transfer,” which closed on September 8, 2023. The Transfer and all transactions consummated in connection there with are referred to as the “Sponsor Alliance Transaction.” On September 15, 2023 October 19, 2023 and November 13, 2023, the Company deposited $125,000 into the Trust Account in order to effect three one-month extensions of the termination date, from September 9, 2023 to December 9, 2023. On December 8, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “December 2023 EGM”) and its shareholders approved an amendment to its Articles and to the Trust Agreement to extend the Termination Date up to twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from December 9, 2023 to December 9, 2024, by depositing the lesser of $0.025 per public share or $125,000 for each one-month extension into the Company’s Trust Account. In connection with the December 2023 EGM, the holders of 201,496 public shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for an aggregate redemption amount of $2,246,585. Following such redemptions, $62,410,856 remained in the trust account and 5,597,624 public shares remained issued and outstanding. Such remaining amount in the trust account will be distributed either to (i) all holders of public shares upon our liquidation or (ii) holders of public shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. On December 20, 2023, January 10, 2024 and February 9, 2024, the Company deposited each month into the Trust Account in order to effect three one-month extensions of the termination date to March 9, 2024. Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an amount of $ 175,950,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States and will be invested only 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 selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below. The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. NASDAQ rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing a definitive agreement to enter a Business Combination. The Company will 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 of 1940, as amended (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 holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public shareholders”) 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 shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a proposed Business Combination, the Company may seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to redeem their shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation provides 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to shareholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (Note 8). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. These Class A ordinary shares will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Articles, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. The Company’s Sponsor has agreed (a) to vote its Founder Shares (Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the closing of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Founder Shares) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company does not seek shareholder approval in connection therewith) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Articles relating to shareholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Founder Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no 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 us to pay taxes (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 shareholder’s rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the 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. The Sponsor has agreed that it will 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 entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the day of liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure its shareholders that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. The Company will seek 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. Liquidity and Capital Resources As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $9,369 in cash and a working capital deficit of $167,889. The Company’s liquidity needs up to September 30, 2023 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 (Note 5) for the Founder Shares and the remaining net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering, the Private Placement Warrants and the Promissory Notes (as defined below), to cover certain offering expenses. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans, as defined below (Note 6). As of September 30, 2023, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loans. On February 28, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “First Promissory Note”) in the amount of $875,000. The proceeds of the First Promissory Note were drawn in a single instance and will be used to economically facility the Company’s ability to effect the extension of the termination date. The First Promissory Note is payable in full on the earlier of (a) the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or (b) December 31, 2023. On May 26, 2023, the Company issued a second unsecured promissory note (the “Second Promissory Note”) and, together with the First Promissory Note, the “Promissory Notes”) in the amount of $750,000. The proceeds of the Second Promissory Note were drawn in a single instance and will be used to economically facility the Company’s ability to effect the extension of the termination date. The Second Promissory Note is payable in full on the earlier of (a) the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or (b) December 31, 2023. On August 18, 2023, the Company paid in full the outstanding balance of $1,625,000 drawn on the First Promissory and Second Promissory Notes, in connection the Company incurred a gain on settlement of debt of $117,373. The Note payable is considered paid in full, and the Company no longer has access to draw funds. On September 8, 2023, in connection with the Sponsor Alliance , the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Working Capital Promissory Note”) in the amount of up to $500,000. The note is non-interest bearing and is convertible at the option of the holder into one or more private placement warrants. The proceeds of the Promissory Note will be used to finance operating costs in connection with a Business Combination. The Working Capital Promissory Note is payable in full upon the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination. Management determined that there was an embedded conversion feature related to the note that would require bifurcation and be classified as a liability. However, as of September 30, 2023 the amount was determined to be de minimis. As of September 30, 2023 a principal balance of $125,000 was outstanding under the Working Capital Promissory Note. Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will not have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. Risks and Uncertainties Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Going Concern Consideration At September 30, 2023, the Company $9,369 in cash and a working capital deficit of $167,889. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Account Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.” The Company has until December 9, 2024 (36 months from the closing of the IPO), if we further extend the period by up to twelve additional one-month periods, 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, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution as well as insufficient cash flows raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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