Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 6,000,000 Private Placement Warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $9.0 million. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. In connection with the underwriters’ full exercise of its Over-Allotment Option, the Company also consummated the sale of an additional 700,000 Private Placement Warrants at $1.50 per warrant, generating total proceeds of approximately $1.1 million (see Note 6).
The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Pri
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ate Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.
Related Party Loans
On September 10, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note. This loan was
non-interest
bearing and payable upon the earlier of March 31, 2021, or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company repaid all amounts outstanding under the Promissory Note in full on December 11, 2020 in connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, and the amounts were no longer available to the Company.
Furthermore, on January 15, 2021 and on April 19, 2021, the Company entered into the “Additional Promissory Note as Working Capital Loans (as defined below). The Additional Promissory Note is
non-interest
bearing and due on the earlier of: (i) November 23, 2022 or (ii) the effective date of a Business Combination. Up to $1,250,000 of the Additional Promissory Note may be converted into warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a conversion price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of Sponsor. If Sponsor elects such conversion, the terms of the warrants issued in connection with such conversion would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Pursuant to the Sponsor Letter Agreement, entered into among the Company, Zegna, the Sponsor and the current independent directors of the Company, the Company and the Sponsor have agreed not to convert the Working Capital Loans into warrants without the consent of Zegna.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company.
Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into shares of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. The Company has no borrowings outstanding under this agreement to date.
Administrative Support Agreement
Commencing on the date that the Company’s securities were first listed on the New York Stock Exchange through the earlier of consummation of the initial Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation, the Company began to reimburse the Sponsor for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the Company in the amount of $10,000 per month. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. The Company incurred approximately $30,000
in expenses in connection with such services during each three months ended September 30, 2021 and
$90,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as reflected in the accompanying condensed statements of operations. Under this agreement, $104,000 and $14,000
was due to the Sponsor as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Forward Purchase Agreement
On November 18, 2020, the Company entered into a forward purchase agreement with the Forward Purchaser (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which such affiliate has committed to purchase up to 25,000,000 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares for $10 per share, or an aggregate amount of up to $250 million, in a private placement that would occur concurrently with the consummation of the initial Business Combination.
On July 18, 2021, the Company entered into the Business Combination, providing for, among other things, the amendment of the Forward Purchase Agreement. On July 26, 2021, the Company and the Forward Purchaser entered into the Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”). Pursuant to the Amendment, the Forward Purchaser committed to purchase 22,500,000 Class A ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of €184.5 million ($219.3 million), subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Amendment, which forward purchase shall be consummated on the closing date of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.
A copy of the Amendment is filed with the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on July 28, 2021 as Exhibit 10.1 and the foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
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