Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the initial public offering and the sale of private placement warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a business combination.
If we are unable to complete a business combination within the completion window, 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. We will be unable to complete an initial business combination by August 17, 2022 and so we will liquidate and subsequently dissolve in accordance with the provisions of our amended and restated articles of association and will redeem all Public Shares, at a
per-share
redemption price of approximately $10.02.
Termination of Business Combination Agreement
On October 13, 2021, we entered into a Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (as amended by that First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated December 12, 2021 and that Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated March 28, 2022) (the “Business Combination Agreement”), with Showstop Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of RedBall (“Merger Sub One”), Showstop Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of RedBall (“Merger Sub Two”), and SeatGeek, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SeatGeek”).
On May 31, 2022, RedBall, Merger Sub One, Merger Sub Two, RedBall SponsorCo LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and SeatGeek entered into a Termination and Release Agreement (the “Termination and Release Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, RedBall and SeatGeek mutually terminated the Business Combination Agreement, as disclosed in a Current Report on
Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on June 1, 2022.
Recent Developments
Expiration of Combination Period without Consummation of an Initial Business Combination
Our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the prospectus that we filed in connection with our Initial Public Offering provided that we had 24 months after the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or until August 17, 2022, to complete an initial business combination. We will not consummate an initial business combination by the August 17, 2022 deadline and as a result, we will redeem 100% of our Public Shares included in the Units sold in our Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which will completely extinguish our Public Shareholders’ rights in the Company.
There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless.
Deferred Underwriting Commission
In accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement entered into in connection with the Initial Public Offering, because we will not consummate an initial business combination within twenty-four months from the closing of the initial public offering, the deferred underwriting commission will be included in the distribution of the proceeds held in the Trust Account made to the Public Shareholders upon liquidation. In connection with such liquidation, the Underwriters forfeit any rights or claims to the deferred underwriting commission.
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