PART
I.
An investment in our securities involves a
high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained in
this Annual Report, including our financial statements and related notes, before making a decision to invest in our securities. If any
of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event,
the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described
below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently believe are not material,
may also become important factors that adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.
Summary of Risk Factors
An investment in our securities
involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained
in this prospectus, before making a decision to invest in our units. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition
and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you
could lose all or part of your investment. Such risks include, but are not limited to:
| ● | We
are a recently incorporated company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have
no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. |
| ● | Past
performance by our management team or their respective affiliates may not be indicative of
future performance of an investment in us. |
| ● | Our
shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business
combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority
of our shareholders do not support such a combination. |
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| ● | Your
only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination
may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash. |
| ● | If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor and members
of our management team have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination,
regardless of how our public shareholders vote. |
| ● | The
ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial
condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult
for us to enter into a business combination with a target. |
| ● | The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large
number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination
or optimize our capital structure. |
| ● | The
ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large
number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination
would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem
your shares. |
| ● | The
requirement that we consummate an initial business combination within 24 months after the
closing of this offering may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating
a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on
potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline,
which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that
would produce value for our shareholders. |
| ● | Our
search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate
a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19)
outbreak and the status of debt and equity markets. |
| ● | Our
Chairman, Omar Ishrak, and one of our Co-Chief Executive Officers, Jean Nehmé, are
each party to non-competition agreements that could limit the companies and businesses that
we may target for an initial business combination. This could negatively impact our prospects
for an initial business combination. |
| ● | We
may not be able to consummate an initial business combination within 24 months after the
closing of this offering, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose
of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate. |
| ● | If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors,
executive officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or
warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public
“float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants. |
| ● | If
a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection
with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering
its shares, such shares may not be redeemed. |
| ● | You
will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain
limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell
your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss. |
| ● | NYSE
may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’
ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions. |
| ● | You
will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check
companies. |
| ● | If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions
pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are
deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you will lose the ability
to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares. |
| ● | Because
of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities,
it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we have
not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public
shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per public share, or less in certain circumstances,
on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. |
| ● | If
the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being
held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for the 24 months following
the closing of this offering, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for
a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination,
and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management
team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination. |
| ● | The
other risks and uncertainties discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this
prospectus. |
Risks Relating to our Search
for, and Consummation of or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination
Our Public Stockholders may not be afforded
an opportunity to vote on our proposed Business Combination, which means we may complete our initial Business Combination even though
a majority of our Public Stockholders do not support such a combination.
We may not hold a stockholder
vote to approve our initial Business Combination unless the Business Combination would require stockholder approval under applicable law
or stock exchange rules or if we decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons. For instance, the rules of The New York
Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) currently allow us to engage in a tender offer in lieu of a stockholder meeting, but would still require
us to obtain stockholder approval if we were seeking to issue more than 20% of our issued and outstanding shares to a target business
as consideration in any Business Combination. Therefore, if we were structuring a Business Combination that required us to issue more
than 20% of our issued and outstanding shares, we would seek stockholder approval of such Business Combination. However, except as required
by applicable law or stock exchange rules, the decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed Business Combination
or will allow stockholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based
on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek
stockholder approval. Accordingly, we may consummate our initial Business Combination even if holders of a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of common stock do not approve of the Business Combination we consummate.
If we seek stockholder approval of our initial
Business Combination, our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote their shares in favor of such initial Business Combination,
regardless of how our Public Stockholders vote.
Our Sponsor, officers and directors
have agreed to vote any Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by them in favor of our initial Business Combination. As a result, in
addition to their Founder Shares, we would need only 32,343,751, or 37.5% (assuming all outstanding shares are voted), of the 86,250,000
Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering to be voted in favor of a transaction in order to have our initial Business Combination
approved. In addition, in the event Medtronic and The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (“PIF”) acquire our securities,
including up to 8,999,999 of the public Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, which will include up to 8,999,999 Public Shares, and
vote those Public Shares in favor of our initial Business Combination, then we would need only 23,343,752 Public Shares in addition to
the Medtronic and PIF Public Shares, or 27.1% of the 86,250,000 Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, to be voted in favor
of our initial Business Combination in order to have our initial Business Combination approved (assuming all outstanding shares are voted).
However, because we generally only need a majority of the outstanding shares to be voted in favor of a proposed Business Combination to
have such transaction approved, the number of Public Shares needed to be voted in favor of any transaction decreases as the overall number
of Public Shares voted decreases. Accordingly, we would need only 5,390,626, or 6.25%, of the 86,250,000 Public Shares sold in the Initial
Public Offering (or none of the 86,250,000 Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering in the event that Medtronic and PIF acquire
our securities, including up to 8,999,999 of the public Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, which will include up to 8,999,999
Public Shares, and vote those Public Shares in favor of our initial Business Combination) to be voted in favor of a transaction if only
the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted in order to have our initial Business Combination approved. Our initial stockholders
will own shares representing at least 20.0% of our outstanding shares of common stock immediately following the completion of the Initial
Public Offering. Accordingly, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial Business Combination, it is more likely that the necessary
stockholder approval will be received than would be the case if our Sponsor, officers and directors agreed to vote their Founder Shares
in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by our Public Stockholders.
Your only opportunity to affect the investment
decision regarding a potential Business Combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash,
unless we seek stockholder approval of the Business Combination.
Since our board of directors
may complete a Business Combination without seeking stockholder approval, Public Stockholders may not have the right or opportunity to
vote on the Business Combination. Accordingly, if we do not seek stockholder approval, your only opportunity to affect the investment
decision regarding a potential Business Combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights in connection with the consummation
of an initial Business Combination.
The ability of our Public Stockholders to
redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential target businesses, which may make it difficult
for us to enter into a Business Combination with a target.
We may seek to enter into a
Business Combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth
or a certain amount of cash. If too many Public Stockholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing
condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the Business Combination. Furthermore, we will only redeem our Public Shares
so long as (after such redemption) our net tangible assets will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation
of our initial Business Combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we do not then become subject
to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the
agreement relating to our initial Business Combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause
our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 immediately prior to or upon completion of our initial Business Combination or such
greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition, each as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related
Business Combination and may instead search for an alternate Business Combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and,
thus, may be reluctant to enter into a Business Combination transaction with us.
The ability of our Public Stockholders to
exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable Business Combination,
if at all, or optimize our capital structure.
At the time we enter into an
agreement for our initial Business Combination, we will not know how many stockholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore
will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If
our initial Business Combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or
requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to meet such
requirements, or arrange for third-party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares is submitted for redemption than we
initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the Trust Account or arrange
for third-party financing. Raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence
of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable Business
Combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. The amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters
will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with a Business Combination. The per-share amount we will distribute
to stockholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such
redemptions, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming stockholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred
underwriting commissions.
The ability of our Public Stockholders to
exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial Business Combination
would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your stock.
If our initial Business Combination
agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount
of cash at closing, the probability that our initial Business Combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial Business
Combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the Trust Account until we liquidate the Trust Account. If
you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your stock in the open market; however, at such time our stock may trade
at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the Trust Account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment
or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell your stock in the open
market.
The requirement that we complete our initial
Business Combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a Business
Combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential target businesses, in particular as we approach
our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial Business Combination on terms that would produce value
for our stockholders.
Any potential target business
with which we enter into negotiations concerning a Business Combination will be aware that we must complete our initial Business Combination
within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us
in negotiating a Business Combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial Business Combination with that particular target
business, we may be unable to complete our initial Business Combination with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer
to the end of the timeframe described above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence. As a result, we may be forced
to enter into an agreement for an initial Business Combination on terms that we would have rejected had we had more time to complete a
transaction.
We may not be able to complete our initial
Business Combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up
and we would redeem our Public Shares and liquidate, in which case our Public Stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or less
than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
Our certificate of incorporation
provides that we must complete our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial Business Combination within such time period. Our ability
to complete our initial Business Combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt
markets and the other risks described herein. For example, the outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow both in the U.S. and globally
and, while the extent of the impact of the outbreak on us will depend on future developments, it could limit our ability to complete our
initial Business Combination, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing
being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. Additionally, the outbreak of COVID-19 may negatively impact businesses we
may seek to acquire. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within such time period or during any extended time that
we have to consummate a Business Combination beyond 24 months as a result of a stockholder vote to amend our certificate of incorporation
(an “Extension Period”), we 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 us to pay our 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 Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including
the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption,
subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in in each case to our
obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such case, our Public
Stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share, and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders
may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us,
the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less
than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors in this section.
If we are unable to complete
an initial Business Combination within the 24-month period, we may seek an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to extend
the period of time we have to complete an initial Business Combination beyond 24 months. Our certificate of incorporation requires
that such an amendment be approved by holders of at least 65% of our outstanding common stock.
Our search for a Business Combination, and
any target business with which we ultimately consummate a Business Combination, may be materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak and other events, and the status of debt and equity markets.
In December 2019, a novel
strain of coronavirus was reported to have surfaced, which has and is continuing to spread throughout the world, including the United States.
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a “Public Health
Emergency of International Concern.” On January 31, 2020, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary declared a public health
emergency for the United States to aid the U.S. healthcare community in responding to COVID-19, and on March 11, 2020 the World
Health Organization characterized the outbreak as a “pandemic”. The COVID-19 outbreak has adversely affected, and other
events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases) could adversely affect, the
economies and financial markets worldwide, and the business of any potential target business with which we consummate a Business Combination
could be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a Business Combination if concerns relating to COVID-19 continue
to restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services
providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our
search for a Business Combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new
information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among
others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 or other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak
of other infectious diseases) continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations
of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a Business Combination, may be materially adversely affected.
In addition, our ability to
consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by COVID-19 and
other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases), including as a result
of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or
at all.
If we seek stockholder approval of our initial
Business Combination, our initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may enter into certain transactions,
including purchasing shares or warrants from the public, which may influence the outcome of a proposed Business Combination and reduce
the public “float” of our securities.
If we seek stockholder approval
of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business Combination pursuant to
the tender offer rules, our initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase Public Shares or public
warrants or a combination thereof in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion
of our initial Business Combination, although they are under no obligation to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement
that such stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not
to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase
shares in privately negotiated transactions from Public Stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such
selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. Additionally, at any time at or prior to
our initial Business Combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our
initial stockholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide
them with incentives to acquire Public Shares, vote their Public Shares in favor of our initial Business Combination or not redeem their
Public Shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any
terms or conditions for any such transactions. The purpose of any such transaction could be to (1) vote such shares in favor of the
initial Business Combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the initial Business Combination,
(2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or to vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for
approval in connection with our initial Business Combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that
requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial Business Combination, where it appears
that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the completion of our initial Business Combination that may not otherwise
have been possible.
In addition, if such purchases
are made, the public “float” of our Class A common stock or warrants and the number of beneficial holders of our securities
may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to obtain or maintain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities
exchange.
If a stockholder fails to receive notice
of our offer to redeem our Public Shares in connection with our initial Business Combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for
tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
We will comply with the tender
offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial Business Combination. Despite our
compliance with these rules, if a stockholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, such stockholder may
not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the tender offer documents or proxy materials, as applicable, that
we will furnish to holders of our Public Shares in connection with our initial Business Combination will describe the various procedures
that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem Public Shares. For example, if we hold a stockholder meeting to approve
a transaction, we may require our Public Stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or
hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent up to two business days prior
to the vote on the proposal to approve the Business Combination or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically. In the
event that a stockholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures, its shares may not be redeemed.
You are not entitled to protections normally
afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
Because we had net tangible
assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the successful completion of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement and filed a Current
Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to
protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors are not afforded the benefits or protections
of those rules. Among other things, this means we will have a longer period of time to complete our initial Business Combination than
do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if the Initial Public Offering was subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit
the release of any interest earned on funds held in the Trust Account to us unless and until the funds in the Trust Account were released
to us in connection with our completion of an initial Business Combination.
If we seek stockholder approval of our initial
Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of stockholders
are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A common stock, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of
15% of our Class A common stock.
If we seek stockholder approval
of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business Combination pursuant to
the tender offer rules, our certificate of incorporation 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
Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the Initial
Public Offering, without our prior consent. However, our certificate of incorporation does not restrict our stockholders’ ability
to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial Business Combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess
Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial Business Combination and you could suffer a material loss on
your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions
with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial Business Combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number
of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your stock in open market transactions, potentially
at a loss.
Because of our limited resources and the
significant competition for Business Combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.
If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share
on our redemption of our Public Shares, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
We expect to encounter intense
competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or
investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses
we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and
effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries. Many of these competitors
possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively
limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially
acquire with the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our ability to compete with
respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent
competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.
Furthermore, because we are
obligated to pay cash for the shares of Class A common stock which our Public Stockholders redeem in connection with our initial
Business Combination, target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial Business Combination.
Additionally, our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by target businesses.
This may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating and completing an initial Business Combination. If we are
unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation
of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders may receive less than $10.00
per share upon our liquidation. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could
be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors
in this section.
As the number of special purpose acquisition
companies increases, there may be more competition to find an attractive target for an initial Business Combination. This could increase
the costs associated with completing our initial Business Combination and may result in our inability to find a suitable target for our
initial Business Combination.
In recent years, the number
of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increased substantially. Many companies have entered into Business
Combinations with special purpose acquisition companies, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies seeking targets
for their initial Business Combination, as well as many additional special purpose acquisition companies currently in registration. As
a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available, and it may require more time, effort and resources to identify a suitable
target for an initial Business Combination.
In addition, because there
are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial Business Combination with available targets, the competition
for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause target companies to demand improved
financial terms. Attractive deals could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry sector downturns, geopolitical
tensions or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close Business Combinations or operate targets post-Business Combination.
This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find a suitable target for and/or complete
our initial Business Combination.
If the funds not being held in the Trust
Account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 24 months following the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
we may be unable to complete our initial Business Combination.
The funds available to us outside
of the Trust Account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 24 months following the closing of the Initial Public
Offering, assuming that our initial Business Combination is not completed during that time. We expect to incur significant costs in pursuit
of our acquisition plans. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through potential loans from certain of our affiliates
are discussed in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” However,
our affiliates are not obligated to make loans to us in the future, and we may not be able to raise additional financing from unaffiliated
parties necessary to fund our expenses. Any such event in the future may negatively impact the analysis regarding our ability to continue
as a going concern at such time.
Of the funds available to us,
we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could
also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intent designed
to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable
to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed Business Combination, although we do not have any current intention to
do so. If we enter into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently
required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching
for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business. If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within the
required time period, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the
liquidation of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us,
the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than
$10.00 per share” and other risk factors herein.
Changes in the market for directors and
officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination.
In recent months, the market
for directors and officers liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed in ways adverse to us and our management
team. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged for such policies
have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. These trends may continue into the future.
The increased cost and decreased
availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and complete
an initial Business Combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage as a result of becoming
a public company, the post-Business Combination entity might need to incur greater expense and/or accept less favorable terms. Furthermore,
any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact on the post-Business Combination’s
ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.
In addition, after completion
of any initial Business Combination, our directors and officers could be subject to potential liability from claims arising from conduct
alleged to have occurred prior to such initial Business Combination. As a result, in order to protect our directors and officers, the
post-Business Combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims (“run-off insurance”).
The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-Business Combination entity and could interfere with or frustrate
our ability to consummate an initial Business Combination on terms favorable to our investors.
If third parties bring claims against us,
the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than
$10.00 per share.
Our placing of funds in the
Trust Account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service
providers, prospective target businesses or other entities (except for our independently registered public accounting firm) with which
we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust
Account for the benefit of our Public Stockholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements
they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the Trust Account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach
of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order
to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the Trust Account. If any third party refuses
to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives
available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such
third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. Making such a request of potential target
businesses may make our acquisition proposal less attractive to them and, to the extent prospective target businesses refuse to execute
such a waiver, it may limit the field of potential target businesses that we might pursue. Our independent registered public accounting
firm will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, nor will the underwriters of the
Initial Public Offering.
Examples of possible instances
where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular
expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute
a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee
that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts
or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason. Upon redemption of our Public Shares, if we
have not completed our initial Business Combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection
with our initial Business Combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may
be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by Public
Stockholders could be less than the $10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account, due to claims of such creditors. Our Sponsor
has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us,
or by a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in
the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per Public Share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of
the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of
interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a
waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of
the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an
executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then our Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability
for such third-party claims. We have not independently verified whether our Sponsor, which is a newly formed entity, has sufficient
funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our Sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not
asked our Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. Therefore, we believe it is unlikely our Sponsor would be able to satisfy
those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the Trust Account, the funds available for our initial
Business Combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete
our initial Business Combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per Public Share in connection with any redemption of your
Public Shares. None of our officers will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and
prospective target businesses.
Our independent directors may decide not
to enforce the indemnification obligations of our Sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the Trust Account available
for distribution to our Public Stockholders.
In the event that the proceeds
in the Trust Account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held
in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each
case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations
or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take
legal action against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
While we currently expect that
our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us,
it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so if, for example, the cost
of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors
determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations,
the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution to our Public Stockholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.
The securities in which we invest the proceeds
held in the Trust Account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the interest income available for payment of taxes
or reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per share redemption amount received by Public Stockholders may be less
than $10.00 per share.
The proceeds held in the Trust
Account may only be invested in direct U.S. government securities with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in certain money market
funds which invest only in direct U.S. Treasury obligations. While short-term U.S. government treasury obligations currently yield
a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued
interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that
it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event of very low or negative yields, the amount of interest
income (which we may withdraw to pay income taxes, if any) would be reduced. In the event that we are unable to complete our initial Business
Combination, our Public Stockholders are entitled to receive their share of the proceeds held in the Trust Account, plus any interest
income. If the balance of the Trust Account is reduced below $862,500,000 as a result of negative interest rates, the amount of funds
in the Trust Account available for distribution to our Public Stockholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.
If, after we distribute the proceeds in
the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us
that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and we and our board may be exposed to claims of punitive
damages.
If, after we distribute the
proceeds in the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed
against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy
laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek
to recover some or all amounts received by our stockholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its
fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, by paying Public Stockholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages.
If, before distributing the proceeds in
the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us
that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our stockholders and the per-share
amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
If, before distributing the
proceeds in the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed
against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included
in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any
bankruptcy claims deplete the Trust Account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection
with our liquidation may be reduced.
If we are deemed to be an investment company
under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted,
which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.
If we are deemed to be an investment
company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:
| ● | restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
| ● | restrictions on the issuance of securities; |
| each | of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial
Business Combination. |
| In | addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements,
including: |
| ● | registration as an investment company with the SEC; |
| ● | adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
| ● | reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements
and compliance with other rules and regulations that we are currently not subject to. |
In order not to be regulated
as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged
primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting,
owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government
securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be to identify and complete a Business Combination and thereafter
to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale
or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.
We do not believe that our
anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the Trust Account may
only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment
Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated
under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the
trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments,
and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses
in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act. The Trust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the
completion of an initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder
vote to amend our certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection
with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within
24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or (B) with respect to any other provisions relating to stockholders’
rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; and (iii) absent a Business Combination, our return of the funds held in
the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders as part of our redemption of the Public Shares. Stockholders who do not exercise their rights
to the funds in connection with an amendment to our certificate of incorporation would still have rights to the funds in connection with
a subsequent Business Combination. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment
Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would
require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a Business Combination. If we
are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the
liquidation of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders may receive
less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds
held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per
share” and other risk factors in this section.
Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure
to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.
We are subject to laws and
regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required to comply with certain SEC and other
legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those
laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material
adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations,
as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our
initial Business Combination, and results of operations.
The securities in which we invest the funds
held in the Trust Account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the
per-share redemption amount received by Public Stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
The proceeds held in the Trust
Account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds
meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury
obligations. While short-term U.S. government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly
yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years,
and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies
in the United States. In the event that we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination or make certain amendments to
our certificate of incorporation, our Public Stockholders are entitled to receive their pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the
Trust Account, plus any interest income, net of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial Business
Combination, $100,000 of interest). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption
amount received by Public Stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
Our stockholders may be held liable for
claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of their shares.
Under the Delaware General
Corporation Law (“DGCL”), stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent
of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The pro rata portion of our Trust Account distributed to our Public Stockholders upon
the redemption of our Public Shares in the event we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the required time period may
be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law. If a corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280
of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during
which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject
any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability
of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the
claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of
the dissolution. However, it is our intention to redeem our Public Shares as soon as reasonably possible following the 24 month from
the closing of the Initial Public Offering (or the end of any Extension Period) in the event we do not complete our initial Business Combination
and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with the foregoing procedures.
Because we will not be complying
with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will
provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the 10 years
following our dissolution. However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be
limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as
lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses. If our plan of distribution complies with Section 281(b) of
the DGCL, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s
pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would likely be barred
after the third anniversary of the dissolution. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought
against us. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them (but
no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend beyond the third anniversary of such date. Furthermore, if the pro rata portion
of our Trust Account distributed to our Public Stockholders upon the redemption of our Public Shares in the event we do not complete our
initial Business Combination within the required time period is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such
redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims
of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating
distribution.
We may not hold an annual stockholder meeting
until after the consummation of our initial Business Combination. Our Public Stockholders will not have the right to elect or remove directors
prior to the consummation of our initial Business Combination.
We may not hold an annual meeting
of stockholders until after we consummate our initial Business Combination (unless required by the NYSE) and thus may not be in compliance
with Section 211(b) of the DGCL, which requires an annual meeting of stockholders be held for the purposes of electing directors
in accordance with a company’s bylaws unless such election is made by written consent in lieu of such a meeting. Therefore, if our
stockholders want us to hold an annual meeting prior to our consummation of our initial Business Combination, they may attempt to force
us to hold one by submitting an application to the Delaware Court of Chancery in accordance with Section 211(c) of the DGCL. Until
we hold an annual meeting of stockholders, Public Stockholders may not be afforded the opportunity to discuss company affairs with management.
In addition, prior to our Business Combination (a) as holders of our Class A common stock, our Public Stockholders will not
have the right to vote on the election of our directors and (b) holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our
Class B common stock may remove a member of our board of directors for any reason.
The grant of registration rights to our
initial stockholders may make it more difficult to complete our initial Business Combination, and the future exercise of such rights may
adversely affect the market price of our Class A common stock.
At or after the time of our initial Business Combination,
our initial stockholders and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the resale of their Founder Shares, after those shares
convert to shares of our Class A common stock. In addition, holders of our Private Placement Warrants and their permitted transferees
can demand that we register the resale of the Private Placement Warrants and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise
of the Private Placement Warrants, and holders of warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans may demand that
we register the resale of such warrants or the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants. We will bear the cost
of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public
market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock. In addition, the existence of the registration
rights may make our initial Business Combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders of the target
business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact
on the market price of our Class A common stock that is expected when the common stock owned by our initial stockholders, holders
of our Private Placement Warrants or holders of our working capital loans or their respective permitted transferees are registered for
resale.
Because we are not limited to a particular
industry, sector or geographic area nor have we selected any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial Business Combination,
you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.
We may seek to complete our
initial Business Combination with a target business in any industry, sector or geographic area. However, we will not, under our certificate
of incorporation, be permitted to complete our initial Business Combination solely with another blank check company or similar company
with nominal operations. Because we have not yet selected or approached any specific target business with respect to a Business Combination,
there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations,
cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete our initial Business Combination, we may be affected
by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business
or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations
of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent
in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors or that
we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with
no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an
investment in our securities will ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were
available, in a target business. Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder
following our initial Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such security holders are unlikely
to have a remedy for such reduction in value, unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our
officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim
under securities laws that the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, relating to the Business Combination contained
an actionable material misstatement or material omission.
We may seek acquisition opportunities in
industries or sectors which may or may not be outside of our management’s area of expertise.
We will consider a Business
Combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a Business Combination candidate is presented to us and we determine
that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the
risks inherent in any particular Business Combination candidate, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all
the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our Units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable
to investors in the Initial Public Offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a Business Combination candidate.
In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise
may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation, and our management’s expertise would not be relevant to an understanding
of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all the significant
risk factors. Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial
Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such security holders are unlikely to have a remedy for
such reduction in value.
Although we have identified general criteria
and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our initial Business Combination
with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial
Business Combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.
Although we have identified
general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter
into our initial Business Combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial Business Combination
with a target that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination
with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective Business Combination
with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of stockholders may exercise their redemption rights,
which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or
a certain amount of cash. In addition, if stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing
requirements, or we decide to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain stockholder
approval of our initial Business Combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we are unable
to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain
circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders
may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us,
the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less
than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors in this section.
We may seek acquisition opportunities with
an early stage company, a private company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue or earnings,
which could subject us to volatile revenues or earnings or difficulty in retaining key personnel.
To the extent we complete our
initial Business Combination with an early stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of
revenues or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine. These risks
include investing in a business without a proven business model and with limited historical financial data, volatile revenues or earnings
and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent
in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors and we may not have
adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to
control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We may also seek to complete our initial Business
Combination with a privately held company. Very little public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required
to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial Business Combination on the basis of limited information, which may result
in a Business Combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
We may not obtain an opinion from an independent
valuation provider, and consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that our initial Business Combination is fair
to our company from a financial point of view.
Unless we complete our Business
Combination with an affiliated entity, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from another
independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial Business Combination is fair to our company from a financial
point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our stockholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine
fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy
solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, related to our initial Business Combination.
We may issue additional common stock or
preferred stock to complete our initial Business Combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial Business
Combination. We may also issue shares of Class A common stock upon the conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater
than one-to-one at the time of our initial Business Combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained in our certificate
of incorporation. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our stockholders and likely present other risks.
Our certificate of incorporation
authorizes the issuance of up to 300,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 30,000,000 shares
of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
As of December 31, 2021, there were 213,750,000 and 8,437,500 authorized but unissued shares of Class A common stock and Class B
common stock, respectively, available for issuance, which amount does not take into account the shares of Class A common stock reserved
for issuance upon exercise of any outstanding warrants or the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Class B
common stock. As of December 31, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. Shares of Class B common stock
are convertible into shares of our Class A common stock initially at a one-for-one ratio but subject to adjustment as set forth herein,
including in certain circumstances in which we issue Class A common stock or equity-linked securities related to our initial
Business Combination.
We may issue a substantial
number of additional shares of common or preferred stock to complete our initial Business Combination (including pursuant to a specified
future issuance) or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial Business Combination. We may also issue shares of
Class A common stock to redeem the warrants or upon conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at
the time of our initial Business Combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation.
Our Class B common stock shall only be convertible at the time of our initial Business Combination. However, our certificate of incorporation
provides, among other things, that prior to our initial Business Combination, we may not issue additional securities that would entitle
the holders thereof, to (1) receive funds from the Trust Account or (2) vote as a class with our Public Shares (a) on any
initial Business Combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our certificate of incorporation. The restriction on issuing additional
shares of capital stock described in the prior sentence will expire upon consummation of our initial Business Combination. The issuance
of additional shares of common or preferred stock:
| ● | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors
in the Initial Public Offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B common stock resulted
in the issuance of Class A shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B common stock; |
| ● | may subordinate the rights of holders of our common stock
if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our common stock; |
| ● | could cause a change of control if a substantial number of
shares of our common stock is issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards,
if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
| ● | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of
control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
| ● | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units,
Class A common stock and/or warrants; and |
| ● | may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our
warrants. |
We may reincorporate in another jurisdiction
in connection with our initial Business Combination and such reincorporation may result in taxes imposed on stockholders or warrant holders.
We may effect a Business Combination
with a target company in another jurisdiction, reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located, or
reincorporate in another jurisdiction. Such transactions may result in tax liability for a stockholder or a warrant holder in the jurisdiction
in which the stockholder or warrant holder is a tax resident (or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity),
in which the target company is located, or in which we reincorporate. We do not intend to make any cash distributions to pay such taxes.
Stockholders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after the reincorporation.
Resources could be wasted in researching
acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another
business. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00
per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless.
We anticipate that the investigation
of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments
will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and others. If we decide not to
complete a specific initial Business Combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be
recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to complete our initial Business
Combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs
incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable
to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation
of our Trust Account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders may receive less than $10.00
per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust
Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and
other risk factors in this section.
We may engage in a Business Combination
with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our Sponsor, directors or officers
which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
In light of the involvement
of our Sponsor directors and officers with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated with our Sponsor,
directors and officers. Certain of our directors and officers also serve as officers and board members for other entities, including those
described under “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance—Conflicts of Interest.” Such entities
may compete with us for Business Combination opportunities. Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction
with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria and guidelines
for a Business Combination and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested directors. Despite our
agreement that we, or a committee of independent and disinterested directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking
firm or another valuation or appraisal firm that regularly renders fairness opinions on the type of target business we are seeking to
acquire, regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a Business Combination with one or more businesses affiliated
with our Sponsor, directors or officers, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the Business Combination
may not be as advantageous to our Public Stockholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
Since our Sponsor, officers and directors
will lose their entire investment in us if our Business Combination is not completed, a conflict of interest may arise in determining
whether a particular target business is appropriate for our initial Business Combination.
Our initial stockholders hold
21,562,500 Founder Shares as of the date of this Annual Report, including 21,442,500 held by our Sponsor. The Founder Shares will be worthless
if we do not complete an initial Business Combination. In addition, our Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 12,833,333 Private Placement
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of our Class A common stock at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, for a purchase price
of $19,250,000, or $1.50 per warrant, that will also be worthless if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the allocated
time period. In addition, we may obtain loans from our initial stockholders, officers, directors, or their affiliates. The personal and
financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target Business Combination,
completing an initial Business Combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial Business Combination. This
risk may become more acute as the deadline for completing our initial Business Combination nears.
We may issue notes or other debt securities,
or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a Business Combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition
and thus negatively impact the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.
We may choose to incur substantial
debt to complete our initial Business Combination. We have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness unless we have obtained from
the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the Trust Account. As such, no issuance
of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from the Trust Account. Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could
have a variety of negative effects, including:
| ● | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues
after an initial Business Combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| ● | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness
even if we make all principal and interest |
| ● | payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require
the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| ● | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest,
if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
| ● | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if
the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
| ● | our inability to pay dividends on our common stock; |
| ● | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal
and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our common stock if declared, our ability to pay expenses,
make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund other general corporate purposes; |
| ● | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting
to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
| ● | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic,
industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; |
| ● | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for
expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, and execution of our strategy; and |
| ● | other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors
who have less debt. |
We may only be able to complete one Business
Combination with the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, which will cause us to be
solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively
impact our operations and profitability.
We may complete our initial
Business Combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a short period of time. However,
we may not be able to complete our initial Business Combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including
the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that
present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined basis. By
completing our initial Business Combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic,
competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading
of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several Business Combinations in different
industries or different areas of a single industry. In addition, we initially intend to focus our search for an initial Business Combination
in a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:
| ● | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business,
property or asset; or |
| ● | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a
single or limited number of products, processes or services. |
This lack of diversification
may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact
upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial Business Combination.
We may attempt to simultaneously complete
Business Combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initial Business Combination and
give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
If we determine to simultaneously
acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its
business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other Business Combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay
our ability, to complete our initial Business Combination. With multiple Business Combinations, we could also face additional risks, including
additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers)
and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies
in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results
of operations.
We may attempt to complete our initial Business
Combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may result in a Business Combination with a company
that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
In pursuing our acquisition
strategy, we may seek to complete our initial Business Combination with a privately held company. Very little public information generally
exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial Business Combination
on the basis of limited information, which may result in a Business Combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected,
if at all.
We do not have a specified maximum redemption
threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial Business Combination with which
a substantial majority of our stockholders do not agree.
Our certificate of incorporation does not provide
a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that we will only redeem our Public Shares so long as (after such redemption) our net
tangible assets will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of our initial Business Combination and after
payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (such that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock”
rules). As a result, we may be able to complete our initial Business Combination even though a substantial majority of our Public Stockholders
do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial Business Combination
and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately
negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our initial stockholders, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates. In the event
the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for
redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed Business Combination exceed the aggregate
amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the Business Combination or redeem any shares, all shares of Class A common
stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.
In order to complete our initial Business
Combination, we may seek to amend our certificate of incorporation or other governing instruments, including our warrant agreement, in
a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial Business Combination but that our stockholders or warrant holders may
not support.
In order to complete a Business
Combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including
their warrant agreements. For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of Business Combination, increased redemption
thresholds, extended the time to consummate an initial Business Combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant
agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend
our certificate of incorporation or other governing instruments, including to extend the time we have to consummate an initial Business
Combination in order to complete our initial Business Combination.
The provisions of our certificate of incorporation
that relate to our pre-Business Combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from
our Trust Account) may be amended with the approval of holders of at least 65% of our outstanding common stock, which is a lower amendment
threshold than that of some other blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our certificate of incorporation
and the trust agreement to facilitate the completion of an initial Business Combination that some of our stockholders may not support.
Some other blank check companies
have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to a company’s
pre-Business Combination activity, without approval by holders of a certain percentage of the company’s stockholders. In those companies,
amendment of these provisions typically requires approval by holders holding between 90% and 100% of the company’s Public Shares.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that any of its provisions related to pre-Business Combination activity (including the requirement
to deposit proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants into the Trust Account and not release
such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to Public Stockholders as described herein) may be amended
if approved by holders of at least 65% of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon, and corresponding provisions of the trust
agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65% of our outstanding
common stock entitled to vote thereon; provided that amendments relating to the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial
Business Combination require a resolution passed by the holders of a majority of shares of our Class B common stock. In all other
instances, our certificate of incorporation may be amended by holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon,
subject to applicable provisions of the DGCL or applicable stock exchange rules. We may not issue additional securities that would entitle
the holders thereof, prior to our initial Business Combination, to (1) receive funds from the Trust Account or (2) vote as a
class with our Public Shares (a) on any initial Business Combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our certificate of incorporation.
The restriction on issuing additional securities described in the prior sentence will expire upon consummation of our initial Business
Combination. Our initial stockholders, who collectively beneficially own at least 20.0% of our common stock, may participate in any vote
to amend our certificate of incorporation and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a
result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our certificate of incorporation which governs our pre-Business Combination behavior
more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete our initial Business Combination with
which you do not agree. Our stockholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our certificate of incorporation.
Our Sponsor, officers, and
directors have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our certificate of incorporation
(A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or
to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the
Initial Public Offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business
Combination activity, unless we provide our Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any
such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including
interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. Our stockholders are
not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies
against our Sponsor, officers or directors for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our Public Stockholders
would need to pursue a stockholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
We may be unable to obtain additional financing
to complete our initial Business Combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target business, which could compel us to restructure
or abandon a particular Business Combination.
If the net proceeds of the
Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants available to us prove to be insufficient, either because of the
size of our initial Business Combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to
repurchase for cash a significant number of shares from stockholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination
or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial Business Combination, we may be required to
seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed Business Combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available
on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial Business
Combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular Business Combination and seek an alternative
target business candidate. Further, we may be required to obtain additional financing in connection with the closing of our initial Business
Combination for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction businesses,
the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial Business Combination, or to fund the purchase
of other companies. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial Business Combination, we may require
such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material
adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors, or stockholders is required
to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial Business Combination.
If we are unable to complete
our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may only receive approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our Trust
Account, and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our Public Stockholders may receive less than $10.00 per share
on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account
could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and other
risk factors in this section.
Our initial stockholders will control the
election of our board of directors until consummation of our initial Business Combination and will exert a substantial influence on actions
requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Our initial stockholders own
shares representing 20.0% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. In addition, prior to our initial Business Combination,
holders of our Class B common stock will have the right to appoint all of our directors and may remove members of our board of directors
for any reason. Holders of our Public Shares will have no right to vote on the election of directors during such time. These provisions
of our certificate of incorporation may only be amended by a resolution passed by the holders of a majority of shares of our Class B
common stock. As a result, you will not have any influence over the election of directors prior to our initial Business Combination.
If our initial stockholders
purchase any additional shares of common stock in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their control.
In addition, prior to the completion of our initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B common stock have the right
to vote on the election of directors and holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock may remove members
of our board of directors for any reason. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were elected by certain of our initial stockholders,
is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors
being elected in each year. We may not hold an annual meeting of stockholders to elect new directors prior to the completion of our Business
Combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion of the Business Combination.
If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered” board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors
will be considered for election and our Sponsor, because of its ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome.
Accordingly, our initial stockholders will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our Business Combination.
A provision of our warrant agreement may
make it more difficult for use to consummate an initial Business Combination.
If:
| ● | we issue additional shares or equity-linked securities
for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue
price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our 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”), the aggregate gross proceeds from
such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial Business
Combination on the date of the consummation of our initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and |
| ● | the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A
common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial Business
Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, |
then the exercise price of
each warrant will be adjusted such that the effective exercise price per full share will 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 applicable to our warrants will be adjusted (to
the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per-share redemption
trigger price applicable to our warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the
Newly Issued Price. This may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial Business Combination with a target business.
Our warrants and Founder Shares may have
an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A common stock and make it more difficult to complete our initial Business Combination.
We have issued warrants to
purchase 21,562,500 shares of our Class A common stock as part of the Units and, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, we issued Private Placement Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 12,833,333 shares of Class A common stock. Our
initial stockholders currently own an aggregate of 21,562,500 Founder Shares. The Founder Shares are convertible into shares of Class A
common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as set forth herein. In addition, if our initial stockholders, officers,
directors or their affiliates makes any working capital loans, up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price
of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
To the extent we issue shares
of Class A common stock to complete a Business Combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional
shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of these warrants and conversion rights could make us a less attractive acquisition
vehicle to a target business. Any such issuance will increase the number of issued and outstanding shares of our Class A common stock
and reduce the value of the shares of Class A common stock issued to complete the Business Combination. Therefore, our warrants and
Founder Shares may make it more difficult to complete a Business Combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
The Private Placement Warrants
are identical to the warrants sold as part of the Units except that, so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees,
(i) they will not be redeemable by us (except under certain limited exceptions), (ii) they (including the Class A common
stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold until
30 days after the completion of our initial Business Combination, (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis
and (iv) the holders thereof (including with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) are
entitled to registration rights. The Private Placement Warrants will not vote on any amendments to the warrant agreement discussed elsewhere
in this Annual Report of 10-K.
Because we must furnish our stockholders
with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial Business Combination
with some prospective target businesses.
The federal proxy rules require
that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a Business Combination meeting certain financial significance tests include target historical
and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender
offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared
in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP, or international
financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the
historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), or PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may
acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements in
accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame.
Compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act may make it more difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination, require substantial financial and management resources,
and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ending December 31, 2021. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer
qualify as an emerging growth company, will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation
requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target business with which
we seek to complete our initial Business Combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding
adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
If we complete our initial Business Combination
with a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks
that may negatively impact our operations.
If we complete our initial
Business Combination with a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States, we would be subject to any special
considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:
| ● | higher costs and difficulties inherent in managing
cross-border business operations and complying with different commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets; |
| ● | rules and regulations regarding currency redemption; |
| ● | complex withholding taxes; |
| ● | laws governing the manner in which future Business Combinations
may be effected; |
| ● | exchange listing and/or delisting requirements; |
| ● | tariffs and trade barriers; |
| ● | regulations related to customs and import/export matters; |
| ● | local or regional economic policies and market conditions; |
| ● | unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; |
| ● | challenges in managing and staffing international operations; |
| ● | longer payment cycles and challenges in collecting accounts
receivable; |
| ● | tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax
laws as compared to the United States; |
| ● | currency fluctuations and exchange controls; |
| ● | cultural and language differences; |
| ● | underdeveloped or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems; |
| ● | protection of intellectual property; |
| ● | social unrest, crime, strikes, riots and civil disturbances; |
| ● | regime changes and political upheaval; |
| ● | crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks,
natural disasters and wars; |
| ● | deterioration of political relations with the United States;
and |
| ● | government appropriations of assets. |
We may not be able to adequately address these
additional risks. If we were unable to do so, our operations might suffer, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial
condition.
Since only holders of our Founder Shares
will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our shares on the NYSE, the NYSE may consider us to be
a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE rules and, as a result, we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate
governance requirements.
After completion of the Initial
Public Offering, only holders of our Founder Shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result, the NYSE
may consider us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance standards. Under the NYSE
corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company
is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirements
that:
| ● | we have a board that includes a majority of “independent
directors,” as defined under the rules of the NYSE; |
| ● | we have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised
entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and |
| ● | we have a nominating and corporate governance committee of
our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. |
We do not intend to utilize these exemptions and
intend to comply with the corporate governance requirements of the NYSE, subject to applicable phase-in rules. However, if we determine
in the future to utilize some or all of these exemptions, you will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies
that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.
Our initial stockholders may receive additional
shares of Class A common stock if we issue certain shares to consummate an initial Business Combination.
The shares of Class B
common stock will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock at the time of our initial Business Combination,
or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations,
recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as described herein. 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 issued in the Initial Public Offering
and related to the closing of our initial Business Combination, including pursuant to a specified future issuance, 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 then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed
issuance, including pursuant to a specified future 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 plus all shares of Class A common stock
and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial Business Combination (net of the number of shares
of Class A common stock redeemed in connection with our initial Business Combination and excluding any shares or equity-linked securities
issued or issuable to any seller in the initial Business Combination).
We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy
indemnification claims of our directors and executive officers.
We have agreed to indemnify
our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. However, our officers and directors have agreed to waive (and any other
persons who may become an officer or director prior to the initial Business Combination will also be required to waive) any right, title,
interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account and to not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason
whatsoever. Accordingly, any indemnification provided will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside
of the Trust Account or (ii) we consummate an initial Business Combination. Our obligation to indemnify our officers and directors
may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions
also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even though such an action,
if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected
to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
Risks Relating to the Post-Business
Combination Company
There are risks related to the healthcare
industry to which we may be subject.
Business Combinations with
companies with operations in the healthcare industry entail special considerations and risks. If we are successful in completing a Business
Combination with a target business with operations in the healthcare industry, we will be subject to, and possibly adversely affected
by, the following risks, including but not limited to:
| ● | Competition could reduce profit margins. |
| ● | Our inability to comply with governmental regulations affecting
the healthcare industry could negatively affect our operations. |
| ● | An inability to license or enforce intellectual property
rights on which our business may depend. |
| ● | The success of our planned business following consummation
of our initial Business Combination may depend on maintaining a well-secured business and technology infrastructure. |
| ● | If we are required to obtain governmental approval of our
products, the production of our products could be delayed and we could be required to engage in a lengthy and expensive approval process
that may not ultimately be successful. |
| ● | Continuing government and private efforts to contain healthcare
costs, including through the implementation of legal and regulatory changes, may reduce our future revenue and our profitability following
such Business Combination. |
| ● | Changes in the healthcare related wellness industry and markets
for such products affecting our customers or retailing practices could negatively impact customer relationships and our results of operations. |
| ● | The healthcare industry is susceptible to significant liability
exposure. If liability claims are brought against us following a Business Combination, it could materially adversely affect our operations. |
| ● | Dependence of our operations upon third-party suppliers,
manufacturers or contractors whose failure to perform adequately could disrupt our business. |
| ● | The Affordable Care Act, possible changes to it or its repeal,
and how it is implemented could negatively impact our business. |
| ● | A disruption in supply could adversely impact our business. |
Any of the foregoing could
have an adverse impact on our operations following a Business Combination. However, our efforts in identifying prospective target businesses
will not be limited to the healthcare industry. Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in another industry, these risks will likely
not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant with the specific industry in which we operate or target business which
we acquire, none of which can be presently ascertained.
Subsequent to the completion of our initial
Business Combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have
a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities, which could cause you
to lose some or all of your investment.
Even if we conduct extensive
due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will surface all material issues that
may be present with a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount
of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise. As a result of these
factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other
charges that could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may
arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges
may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute
to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other
covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue of our obtaining
post-combination debt financing. Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain a stockholder or warrant holder
following our initial Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such security holders are unlikely
to have a remedy for such reduction in value, unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our
officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim
under securities laws that the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, relating to the Business Combination contained
an actionable material misstatement or material omission.
After our initial Business Combination,
our results of operations and prospects could be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political, social and government policies,
developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.
The economic, political and
social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect our business. Economic
growth could be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be sustained in the future.
If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand
for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially and adversely affect our
ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial Business Combination and if we effect our initial Business
Combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.
Our management may not be able to maintain
control of a target business after our initial Business Combination. We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target
business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
We may structure our initial
Business Combination so that the post-transaction company in which our Public Stockholders own or acquire shares will own less than
100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such Business Combination if the post-transaction company
owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target
business sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target,
our stockholders prior to our initial Business Combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post Business Combination company,
depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial Business Combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction
in which we issue a substantial number of new shares of common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target,
or issue a substantial number of new shares to third-parties in connection with financing our initial Business Combination. In such
cases, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares of common
stock, our stockholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock
subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority stockholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single
person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s stock than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely
that our management will not be able to maintain our control of the target business. We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control
of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
We may have a limited ability to assess
the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may complete our initial Business Combination with a target business
whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company, which could, in turn, negatively impact
the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.
When evaluating the desirability
of effecting our initial Business Combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management
may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities of the target’s management, therefore,
may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target’s
management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability
of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any stockholders or warrant holders who choose to remain
a stockholder or warrant holder following our initial Business Combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities.
Such security holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
The officers and directors
of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial Business Combination. The departure of a target business’s
key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business. The role of an acquisition
candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial Business Combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we
contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate
following our initial Business Combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to
remain in place.
If our management following our initial
Business Combination is unfamiliar with U.S. securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws,
which could lead to various regulatory issues.
Following our initial Business
Combination, any or all of our management could resign from their positions as officers of the company, and the management of the target
business at the time of the Business Combination could remain in place. Management of the target business may not be familiar with U.S.
securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with U.S. securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar
with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our
operations.
Risks Relating to Our Management Team
We are dependent upon our executive officers
and directors and their loss could adversely affect our ability to operate.
Our operations are dependent
upon a relatively small group of individuals and, in particular, our executive officers and directors. We believe that our success depends
on the continued service of our officers and directors, at least until we have completed our initial Business Combination. In addition,
our executive officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, will have
conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities, including identifying potential Business Combinations
and monitoring the related due diligence. We do not have an employment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of
our directors or executive officers. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or executive officers could have
a detrimental effect on us.
Our ability to successfully complete our
initial Business Combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of members of our management team,
some of whom may join us following our initial Business Combination. The loss of such people could negatively impact the operations and
profitability of our post-combination business.
Our ability to successfully
complete our Business Combination is dependent upon the efforts of members of our management team. The role of members of our management
team in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some members of our management team may remain with the
target business in senior management or advisory positions following our initial Business Combination, it is likely that some or all of
the management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our
initial Business Combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals
may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources
helping them become familiar with such requirements.
In addition, the officers and
directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial Business Combination. The departure of a target business’s
key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business. The role of an acquisition
candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial Business Combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we
contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate
following our initial Business Combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to
remain in place. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Members of our management team may negotiate
employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular Business Combination. These agreements may
provide for them to receive compensation following our Business Combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest
in determining whether a particular Business Combination is the most advantageous.
Members of our management team
may be able to remain with the company after the completion of our initial Business Combination only if they are able to negotiate employment
or consulting agreements in connection with the Business Combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation
of the Business Combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities
for services they would render to us after the completion of the Business Combination. The personal and financial interests of such individuals
may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business. However, we believe the ability of such individuals to
remain with us after the completion of our initial Business Combination will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether
or not we will proceed with any potential Business Combination. There is no certainty, however, that any members of our management team
will remain with us after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We cannot assure you that any members of our management
team will remain in senior management or advisory positions with us. The determination as to whether any members of our management team
will remain with us will be made at the time of our initial Business Combination.
Our officers and directors may allocate
their time to other businesses, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs.
This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial Business Combination.
None of our officers or directors is required
to commit his or her full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations
and our search for a Business Combination and their other businesses, including other business endeavors for which he or she may be entitled
to substantial compensation. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial Business Combination.
Our independent directors also serve as officers or board members for other entities. If our officers’ and directors’ other
business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could
limit their ability to devote time to our affairs, which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial Business Combination.
For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs, please see section entitled “Item
10. Directs, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Conflicts of Interest.”
Certain of our officers and directors are
now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be
conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and determining to which entity a particular
business opportunity should be presented.
Until we consummate our initial
Business Combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses or entities. Certain
of our officers and directors are, and may in the future become, affiliated with entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles)
that are engaged in a similar business.
Our officers and directors
also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the other entities in the future to
which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties or otherwise have an interest in, including Medtronic and any other special purpose
acquisition company in which they may become involved with. Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity
a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business
may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation to us and we might be required to seek another entity’s approval prior
to engaging with or entering into a business opportunity, although to the best of our knowledge we do not believe that any such entities
have an interest in directly acquiring the companies we intend to pursue. Our certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our
interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely
in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted
to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.
For a complete discussion of
our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please
see the sections entitled “Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance,” “Item 10. Directors, Executive
Officers and Corporate Governance — Conflicts of Interest” and “Item 13. — Certain Relationships and Related Party
Transactions — Administrative Services Agreement.”
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation
and Delaware law may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
Our certificate of incorporation
requires, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought
on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee to
us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against us, our directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any
provision of the DGCL or our certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us, our directors,
officers or employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine may be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware,
except any claim (A) as to which the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware determines that there is an indispensable party not
subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the
Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), (B) which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or
forum other than the Court of Chancery or (C) for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction, as to which
the Court of Chancery and the U.S. federal district court for the District of Delaware shall have concurrent jurisdiction. If an action
is brought outside of Delaware, the stockholder bringing the suit will be deemed to have consented to service of process on such stockholder’s
counsel. Although we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types
of lawsuits to which it applies, a court may determine that this provision is unenforceable, and to the extent it is enforceable, the
provision may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers, although our stockholders will not be deemed
to have waived our compliance with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
our certificate of incorporation provides that the exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability
created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Section 27 of the Exchange
Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the
rules and regulations thereunder. Additionally, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal courts
shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act against
us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or agents. Section 22 of the Securities Act, however, created concurrent jurisdiction
for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulation
thereunder. Accordingly, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar choice
of forum provisions in other companies’ charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. While the Delaware courts have
determined that such exclusive forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other
than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions, and there can be no assurance that such provisions will be enforced by a court
in those other jurisdictions. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in our securities shall be deemed to
have notice of and consented to these provisions, however, we note that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities
laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Although we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the
application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies, the provision may limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain
a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us and may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers.
Our officers, directors, security holders
and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.
We have not adopted a policy
that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial
interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact
we may enter into a Business Combination with a target business that is affiliated with our initial stockholders, directors or officers,
or any of their affiliates. We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business
activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.
Despite our agreement that,
in the event we seek to complete our initial Business Combination with a company business that is affiliated with our initial stockholders,
officers or directors, or any of their affiliates, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent
investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial
Business Combination is fair to us from a financial point of view, potential conflicts of interest still may exist. As a result, the terms
of the Business Combination may not be as advantageous to our company and our Public Stockholders as they would be absent any conflicts
of interest.
The personal and financial
interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target business and completing
a Business Combination. Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target
business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular Business Combination
are appropriate and in our stockholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would be a breach of their fiduciary duties to
us as a matter of Delaware law and we or our stockholders might have a claim against such individuals for infringing on our stockholders’
rights. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.
Omar Ishrak, our Chairman, and Jean Nehmé,
our Co-Chief Executive Officer, are each party to non-competition agreements that could limit the companies and businesses that we may
target for an initial Business Combination. This could negatively impact our prospects for an initial Business Combination.
Omar Ishrak, our Chairman,
and Jean Nehmé, our Co-Chief Executive Officer, are each party to separate non-compete agreements with Medtronic. These
non-compete agreements preclude Drs. Ishrak and Nehmé from, without the consent of Medtronic, providing services to any business
which may compete with Medtronic, without Medtronic’s consent. For Dr. Ishrak, this preclusion applies during his employment by
Medtronic and for a term of two years following the end of such employment. Dr. Ishrak’s employment by Medtronic ended in December
2020. For Dr. Nehmé, this preclusion applies during his employment by Medtronic and until the later of February 12, 2023 or
six months after the end of such employment. Dr. Nehmé is currently employed by Medtronic. No assurance can be given that Medtronic
would provide any consent on terms satisfactory to us or at all. As a result, we may be precluded from pursuing an initial Business Combination
with certain businesses, which could limit our prospects for an initial Business Combination and make us a less attractive buyer to certain
target companies. In addition, if our initial Business Combination does not cause Drs. Ishrak or Nehmé to violate their non-compete agreements,
no assurance can be given that the combined company would not in the future engage in competitive activities which would cause Drs. Ishrak
or Nehmé to be in breach of their non-compete agreements. If a court were to conclude that a violation of the non-compete agreements
had occurred, it could enjoin Drs. Ishrak or Nehmé from participating in our company, or enjoin us from engaging in aspects of
the business which compete with Medtronic, as applicable. The court could also impose monetary damages against Dr. Ishrak, Dr. Nehmé
or us. This could materially harm our business and the trading prices of our securities. Even if ultimately resolved in our favor, any
litigation associated with the non-competition could be time consuming, costly and distract management’s focus from locating
suitable acquisition candidates and operating our business. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public
Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our Trust Account
and our warrants will expire worthless. Please see “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust
Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and
other risk factors herein.
Members of our management team and board
of directors have significant experience as founders, board members, officers or executives of other companies. As a result, certain of
those persons have been, may be, or may become, involved in proceedings, investigations and litigation relating to the business affairs
of the companies with which they were, are, or may in the future be, affiliated. This may have an adverse effect on us, which may impede
our ability to consummate an initial Business Combination.
During the course of their
careers, members of our management team and board of directors have had significant experience as founders, board members, officers or
executives of other companies. As a result of their involvement and positions in these companies, certain persons were, are now, or may
in the future become, involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings relating to the business affairs of such companies or
transactions entered into by such companies. Any such litigation, investigations or other proceedings may divert our management team’s
and board’s attention and resources away from identifying and selecting a target business or businesses for our initial Business
Combination and may negatively affect our reputation, which may impede our ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
Risks Relating to Our Securities
You will not have any rights or interests
in funds from the Trust Account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced
to sell your Public Shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
Our Public Stockholders will
be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only upon the earliest to occur of: (a) the completion of our initial Business
Combination, and then only in connection with those shares of Class A common stock that such stockholder properly elected to redeem,
subject to the limitations described herein, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder
vote to amend our certificate of incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection
with our initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within
24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or (ii) with respect to any other provisions relating to stockholders’
rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (c) the redemption of our Public Shares if we have not completed our
initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, subject to applicable law. Stockholders
who do not exercise their rights to the funds in connection with an amendment to our certificate of incorporation would still have rights
to the funds in connection with a subsequent Business Combination within the allocated time period for any reason, compliance with Delaware
law may require that we submit a plan of dissolution to our then-existing stockholders for approval prior to the distribution of
the proceeds held in our Trust Account. In that case, Public Stockholders may be forced to wait beyond the end of such period before they
receive funds from our Trust Account. In no other circumstances will a public stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in the
Trust Account. Holders of warrants will not have any right to the proceeds held in the Trust Account with respect to the warrants. Accordingly,
to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your Public Shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
The NYSE may delist our securities from
trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional
trading restrictions.
We cannot assure you that our
securities will continue to be listed on the NYSE or prior to our initial Business Combination. In order to continue listing our securities
on the NYSE prior to our initial Business Combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and stock price levels. In general,
we must maintain a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 300 Public Stockholders). Additionally, in connection with our
initial Business Combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with the applicable exchange’s initial listing requirements,
which are more rigorous than continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities. We cannot
assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
If any of our securities are
delisted from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such
securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences,
including:
| ● | a limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
| ● | reduced liquidity for our securities; |
| ● | a determination that our Class A common stock is a “penny
stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result
in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
| ● | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
| ● | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain
additional financing in the future. |
The National Securities Markets
Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or pre-empts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities,
which are referred to as “covered securities.” Our Units, Class A common stock and warrants currently qualify as covered
securities under such statute. Although the states are pre-empted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute
does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then
the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these
powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities
regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities
of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on the NYSE, our securities would not qualify as covered
securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
You will not be permitted to exercise your
warrants unless we register and qualify the issuance of the underlying shares of Class A common stock or certain exemptions are available.
Pursuant to terms of the warrant
agreement, we have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of our initial Business
Combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file, and within 60 business days following our initial Business Combination
to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise
of the warrants. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current
prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed. We cannot assure you that
we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not current,
complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the
Securities Act, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. However, no warrant will be exercisable
for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless
the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder,
or an exemption from registration is available. Notwithstanding the above, if our Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise
of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under
Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to
do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we
will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will be required to use our commercially reasonable
efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In no event will
we be required to net cash settle any warrant. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified
or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant
may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of Units will have paid
the full unit purchase price solely for the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units. There may be a circumstance where
an exemption from registration exists for holders of our Private Placement Warrants to exercise their warrants while a corresponding exemption
does not exist for holders of the public warrants that were included as part of the Units. In such an instance, the initial purchasers
and their permitted transferees (which may include our directors and officers) would be able to exercise their warrants and sell the common
stock underlying their warrants while holders of our public warrants would not be able to exercise their warrants and sell the underlying
common stock. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register
or qualify the underlying shares of Class A common stock for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may
redeem the warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their warrants.
We may amend the terms of the warrants in
a manner that may be adverse to holders of public warrants with the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public
warrants. As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period could be shortened and the number of
shares of our Class A common stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.
Our warrants will be issued
in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The
warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to (i) cure any ambiguity
or correct any mistake or defective provision, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the
terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in the prospectus related to the Initial Public Offering, (ii) adjusting
the provisions relating to cash dividends on shares of common stock as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or
(iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties to
the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders
of the warrants, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that
adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of
the Private Placement Warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the Private Placement Warrants, 50% of the number
of the then-outstanding Private Placement Warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse
to a holder if holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to
amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples
of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into
cash or stock, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of our Class A common stock purchasable upon exercise
of a warrant.
We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior
to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.
We have the ability to redeem
outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided
that the last reported sales price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within
a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant
holders and provided certain other conditions are met. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption
right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a
result, we may redeem the public warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the warrants. Redemption
of the outstanding warrants could force you (i) to exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may
be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) to sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish
to hold your warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for
redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.
In addition, unlike many other
similarly structured blank check companies, we have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants 90 days after they become exercisable
for $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise
their warrants prior to redemption for a number of Class A common stock determined based on the redemption date and the fair market
value of our Class A common stock and provided certain other conditions are met. We would redeem the warrants in this manner when
we believe it is in our best interest to update our capital structure to remove the warrants and pay fair market value to the warrant
holders. We can also redeem the warrants for common stock when the Class A common stock is trading at a price starting at $10.00,
which is below the exercise price of $11.50, because it will provide certainty with respect to our capital structure and cash position
while providing warrant holders with fair market value in the form of shares of Class A common stock. If we choose to redeem the
warrants when the Class A common stock is trading at a price below the exercise price of the warrants, this could result in the warrant
holders receiving fewer shares of Class A common stock than they would have received if they had chosen to wait to exercise their
warrants for shares of Class A common stock if and when the Class A common stock trades at a price higher than the exercise
price of $11.50. Any such redemption may have similar consequences to the redemption described in the above paragraph. In addition, such
redemption may occur at a time when the warrants are “out-of-the-money,” in which case you would lose any potential embedded
value from a subsequent increase in the value of the Class A common stock had your warrants remained outstanding. Finally, this redemption
feature provides a ceiling to the value of your warrants since it locks in the redemption price in the number of Class A common stock
to be received if we choose to redeem the warrants for common stock.
Because each unit contains one-quarter of
one redeemable warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the Units may be worth less than Units of other blank check companies.
Each unit contains one-quarter of
one warrant. Because, pursuant to the warrant agreement, the warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares, only a whole
warrant may be exercised at any given time. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose Units include one share of common
stock and one whole warrant or a greater fraction of one whole warrant to purchase one whole share. We have established the components
of the Units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a Business Combination since the warrants
will be exercisable in the aggregate for one-quarter of the number of shares compared to Units that each contain a warrant to purchase
one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive Business Combination partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this
unit structure may cause our Units to be worth less than if they included one whole warrant or a greater fraction of one whole warrant
to purchase one whole share.
Our warrant agreement designates the courts
of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive
forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of
warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our warrant agreement provides
that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant
agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction
shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and
that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
these provisions of the warrant agreement do not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or
any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person
or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented
to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions
of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall
be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York
in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having
service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in
the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.
This choice-of-forum provision
may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company,
which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable or unenforceable
with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving
such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations
and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
Provisions in our certificate of incorporation
and Delaware law may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A
common stock and could entrench management.
Our certificate of incorporation
contains provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that stockholders may consider to be in their best interests. These
provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series
of preferred shares and the fact that prior to the completion of our initial Business Combination only holders of our shares of Class B
common stock, which are held by our initial stockholders, are entitled to vote on the election of directors and holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock may remove members of our board of directors for any reason, each of which
may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over
prevailing market prices for our securities.
We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions
under Delaware law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together these provisions may make the removal of management more
difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
You may only be able to exercise your public
warrants on a “cashless basis” under certain circumstances, and if you do so, you will receive fewer shares of Class A
common stock from such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.
The warrant agreement provides
that in the following circumstances holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants will not be permitted to do for cash and will,
instead, be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act: (i) if the shares
of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the
terms of the arrant agreement; and (ii) if we have so elected and the shares of Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise
of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of “covered securities” under
Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act. If you exercise your public warrants on a cashless basis under the circumstances described
in clauses (i) and (ii) in the preceding sentence, you would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number
of shares of Class A common stock equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number
of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined
below) of our Class A common stock over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value and (B) 0.361 shares
of Class A common stock per warrant. The “fair market value” of our Class A common stock for this purpose shall
mean the volume-weighted average price of the Class A common stock as reported during the 10 trading days immediately following
the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. As a result, you would receive fewer shares of Class A
common stock from such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.
Certain agreements related to the Initial
Public Offering may be amended without stockholder approval.
Each of the agreements related
to the Initial Public Offering to which we are a party, other than the warrant agreement and the investment management trust agreement,
may be amended without stockholder approval. Such agreements are: the underwriting agreement; the letter agreement among us and our initial
stockholders, sponsor, officers and directors; the registration rights agreement among us and our initial stockholders; the Private Placement
Warrants purchase agreement between us and our Sponsor; and the administrative services agreement among us, our Sponsor and an affiliate
of our Sponsor. These agreements contain various provisions that our Public Stockholders might deem to be material. For example, our letter
agreement and the underwriting agreement contain certain lock-up provisions with respect to the Founder Shares, Private Placement
Warrants and other securities held by our initial stockholders, sponsor, officers and directors. Amendments to such agreements would require
the consent of the applicable parties thereto and would need to be approved by our board of directors, which may do so for a variety of
reasons, including to facilitate our initial Business Combination. While we do not expect our board of directors to approve any amendment
to any of these agreements prior to our initial Business Combination, it may be possible that our board of directors, in exercising its
business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to any such agreement. Any amendment
entered into in connection with the consummation of our initial Business Combination will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or tender
offer materials, as applicable, related to such initial Business Combination, and any other material amendment to any of our material
agreements will be disclosed in a filing with the SEC. Any such amendments would not require approval from our stockholders, may result
in the completion of our initial Business Combination that may not otherwise have been possible, and may have an adverse effect on the
value of an investment in our securities.
General Risk Factors
We are a newly formed company with no operating
history and no operating revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
We are a newly formed company
with no operating results. Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business
objective of completing our initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses. We have no plans, arrangements or understandings
with any prospective target business concerning a Business Combination with our company and may be unable to complete our initial Business
Combination. If we fail to complete our Business Combination, we will never generate any operating revenues.
Past performance by our management team
and their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us.
Information regarding performance
by, or businesses associated with, our management team and their respective affiliates is presented for informational purposes only. Past
performance by our management team and their respective affiliates is not a guarantee either (i) that we will be able to locate a
suitable candidate for our initial Business Combination or (ii) of success with respect to any Business Combination we may consummate.
Our officers and directors have not had management experience with special purpose acquisition corporations in the past. You should not
rely on the historical performance of our management team and their respective affiliates as an indication of the future performance of
an investment in our company or the returns we will, or are likely to, generate going forward. In addition, an investment in our company
is not an investment in any other entities affiliated with our management team, including Medtronic. Furthermore, our Sponsor is a newly
formed entity formed for the sole purpose of holding securities of our company with no operational or historical record.
We are an emerging growth company and a
smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements
available to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and
may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
We are an “emerging growth
company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we 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 auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our 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. As a result, our stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be
an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market
value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of any second quarter of a fiscal year,
in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the end of such fiscal year. We cannot predict whether investors
will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive
as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there
may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.
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 an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have 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, we, 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 our 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.
Additionally, we are a “smaller
reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain
reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain
a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates
equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled
or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year or the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals
or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced
disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.
We have identified a material weakness
in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our
results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.
As
described elsewhere in this Annual Report, we have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related
to the accounting for a significant and unusual transaction related to the warrants and the Class A commons stock subject to possible
redemption we issued in connection with our initial public offering in February 2021. As a result of these material weaknesses, our management
has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2021. This material weakness resulted
in a material misstatement of our derivative warrant liabilities, Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, additional paid-in
capital, accumulated deficit and related financial disclosures as of February 16, 2021 and for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021
and June 30, 2021. For a discussion of management’s consideration of the material weakness identified related to our accounting
for a significant and unusual transaction related to the warrants we issued in connection with our IPO.
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with GAAP. Our management is likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and to disclose
any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation of those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency,
or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis.
After
consultation with our independent registered public accounting firm following the issuance of the SEC Staff Statement on April 12, 2021,
our management and our audit committee concluded that, in light of the SEC Staff Statement, it was appropriate to restate our previously
issued and audited balance sheet as of February 16, 2021.
As
described in Item 8. “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” we concluded that our internal controls over financial
reporting was ineffective as of June 30, 2021 because a material weakness existed in our internal control over financial reporting. We
have taken a number of measures to remediate the material weakness described therein; however, if we are unable to remediate our material
weakness in a timely manner or we identify additional material weaknesses, we may be unable to provide required financial information
in a timely or reliable manner and we may incorrectly report financial information. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed
on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC
or other regulatory authorities. In such a case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. The existence of material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting could adversely affect our reputation or investor
perceptions of us, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock. In addition, we may incur additional costs to
remediate the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, as described in Item 4. “Controls and Procedures.”
We
can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weakness identified or
that any additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement
and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls or otherwise.
We may face litigation and other risks as
a result of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
Following
the issuance of the SEC Staff Statement, after consultation with our independent registered public accounting firm, our management and
our audit committee concluded that it was appropriate to restate our previously issued audited balance sheet as of February 16, 2021.
As part of the restatement, we identified a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting.
As a result of such material
weakness, the restatement, the change in accounting for the warrants, and other matters raised or that may in the future be raised by
the SEC, we face potential litigation or other disputes, which may include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities
laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from, among others, the restatement and material weakness in our internal control over
financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this Annual Report, we have no knowledge of any
such litigation or dispute. However, we can provide no assurance that such litigation or dispute will not arise in the future. Any such
litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition or our ability to complete a Business Combination.
For the complete list of risks relating to our operations, see the
section titled “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” contained in our prospectus dated February 4, 2021.
Our independent registered public accounting
firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going
concern.”
As of December 31, 2021,
we had approximately $837,000 cash in hand, and working capital of approximately $1.4 million (not taking into account tax obligations
of approximately $200,000 that may be paid using investment income earned in Trust Account), and a working capital deficit of approximately
$1.4 million. Further, we have incurred, expect to continue to incur, significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Management’s
plans to address this need are discussed under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.” Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial Business Combination may not be successful. The initial
deadline for us to complete our initial business combination is February 9, 2023. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time which is considered to be one year from the issuance of these financial
statements. The financial statements contained elsewhere in this Annual Report do not include any adjustments that might result from
our inability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to complete a business combination prior to the mandatory liquidation
date.
Our warrants are accounted for as liabilities
and the changes in value of our warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.
On
April 12, 2021, the Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Acting Chief Accountant of the SEC together issued the
SEC Statement, which focused on certain settlement terms and provisions related to certain tender offers following a Business Combination,
which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing our warrants. As a result of the SEC Statement, we reevaluated
the accounting treatment of our 21,562,500 Public Warrants and 12,833,333 Private Placement Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”)
issued on February 9, 2021 and determined to classify the Warrants as derivative liabilities measured at fair value, with changes in fair
value each period reported in earnings.
As
a result, included on our balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 are derivative liabilities related to the embedded features contained within
our Warrants. ASC 815 provides for the remeasurement of the fair value of such derivatives at each balance sheet date, with a resulting
non-cash gain or loss related to the change in the fair value being recognized in earnings in the statement of operations. As a result
of the recurring fair value measurement, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly, based on factors
which are outside of our control. Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we expect that we will recognize non-cash gains or losses
on our Warrants each reporting period and that the amount of such gains or losses could be material.
As
of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, except for the risk factor described above with respect to changes in value of our warrants,
there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our prospectus dated February 4, 2021 filed with the SEC on February
8, 2021. We may disclose additional changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with
the SEC.
Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us
could result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.
We
depend on digital technologies, including information systems, infrastructure and cloud applications and services, including those of
third parties with which we may deal. Sophisticated and deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure,
or the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud, could lead to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary
information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early stage company without significant investments in data security protection,
we may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences. We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or
to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents. It is possible that any of these occurrences, or a combination of
them, could have adverse consequences on our business and lead to financial loss.