UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
 
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
 
OR

☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from             to
 
Commission file number 001-40740
 
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
86-3116385
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

126 E. 56th St., 30th Floor
New York, New York
   
10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
(212) 479-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on
which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant
APMIU
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
APMI
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
APMIW
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes  ☒    No  ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes ☒  No ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer
☐
  
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
  
Smaller reporting company
 ☒
     
Emerging growth company
 ☒
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
 
As of May 26, 2023, there were 15,000,000 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock and 3,750,000 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock outstanding.

AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
 
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2023
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
F-2
 
F-2
 
F-3
 
F-4
 
F-5
 
F-6
Item 2.
22
Item 3.
26
Item 4.
26
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
28
Item 1A.
 28
Item 2.
 28
Item 3.
 28
Item 4.
 28
Item 5.
 28
Item 6.
 29
PART III
  
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F-1
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

   
March 31,
2023
    
December 31,
2022
  
ASSETS
   (unaudited)
        
Current assets
  

       
Cash
   $ 35,275     $ 35,275  
Prepaid insurance
     152,195       293,582  
Total current assets     187,470       328,857  
Investment held in Trust Account
     153,801,107       152,173,325  
Long-term prepaid insurance
     —       —  
Total Assets
  
$
153,988,577
     $ 152,502,182  
                 
LIABILITIES, CLASS A COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
                
Current Liabilities
                
Accrued expenses   $ 246,747     $ 475,434  
Franchise tax payable
    
401,374
       351,374  
Accounts payable
     426,277       674,985  
Income tax payable
     798,113       456,279  
Due to related party
     299,585
       231,405
  
Total current liabilities
    
2,172,096
       2,189,477  
Deferred underwriting fee payable
     5,250,000       5,250,000  
Warrant liabilities
     1,333,333       333,333  
Total Liabilities   $
8,755,429    
 $
7,772,810  
                 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
            
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption at $10.17 per share at March 31, 2023, and $10.08 per share at December 31, 2022, respectively
     152,565,159       151,265,672  
                 
Stockholders’ Deficit
                
Preferred Stock - $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
   
—
       —  
Class A Common Stock - $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding (excluding 15,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption)
   
—
       —  
Class B Common Stock - $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 3,750,000 shares issued and outstanding
   
375
       375  
Additional paid-in capital
    
—
       —  
Accumulated deficit
    
(7,332,386
)
     (6,536,675 )
Total Stockholders’ Deficit
    
(7,332,011
)
     (6,536,300 )
Total Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit
  
$
153,988,577
     $ 152,502,182  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

F-2
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

   
For the three months
ended
March 31, 2023
    
For the three months
ended
March 31, 2022
  
General and administrative costs/(reversal)
  
$
(267,828
)
   $ 440,594  
Franchise tax expense
    
50,000
       50,000  
Income (loss) from operations
    
217,828
       (490,594 )
Other Income (expense):
                
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
    
(1,000,000
)
     2,416,667  
Income earned on investments in Trust Account
    
1,627,782
       10,516  
Net income before provision for income taxes 
  $ 845,610     $ 1,936,589  
Provision for income taxes
    341,834       —  
Net income
  
$
503,776
     $ 1,936,589  
Weighted average Class A common stock outstanding, basic and diluted
    
15,000,000
       15,000,000  
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A
  
$
0.03
     $ 0.10  
Weighted average Class B common stock outstanding, basic and diluted
    
3,750,000
       3,750,000  
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B
  
$
0.03
     $ 0.10  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

F-3
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023

   
Class B
Common Stock
    
Additional
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
    
Total
Stockholders’
  
   
Shares
    
Amount
    
Capital
    
Deficit
    
Deficit
  
Balance at December 31, 2022
    
3,750,000
    
$
375
    
$
—
    
$
(6,536,675
)
  
$
(6,536,300
)
Accretion of Class A common stock to redemption amount
    —       —       —       (1,299,487 )     (1,299,487 )
Net Income
     —       —       —      
503,776
      
503,776
  
Balance at March 31, 2023 (unaudited)
    
3,750,000
    
$
375
    
$
—
    
$
(7,332,386
)
  
$
(7,332,011
)


AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022

   
Class B
Common Stock
    
Additional
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
    
Total
Stockholders’
  
   
Shares
    
Amount
    
Capital
    
Deficit
    
Deficit
  
Balance at December 31, 2021
    
3,750,000
    
$
375
    
$
—
    
$
(11,205,052
)
  
$
(11,204,677
)
Net Income
     —       —       —      
1,936,589
      
1,936,589
  
Balance at March 31, 2022 (unaudited)
    
3,750,000
    
$
375
    
$
—
    
$
(9,268,463
)
  
$
(9,268,088
)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

F-4
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
Unaudited CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

    For the three months ended
     For the three months ended  
    March 31,
     March 31,  
    2023     2022  
Cash flow from operating activities:
            
Net income
  
$
503,776
     $ 1,936,589  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
                
Income earned on investments in Trust Account
     (1,627,782 )     (10,516 )
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
    
1,000,000
       (2,416,667 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                
Prepaid insurance
     141,387       177,706  
Accounts payable
     (248,708 )     63,412  
Accrued expenses
    
(228,687
)
     115,923  
Franchise tax payable
     50,000       50,000  
Income tax payable
     341,834       —  
Due to related party
     68,180      
—
  
Net Cash used in Operating Activities
    
—
       (83,553 )
                 
Net change in cash
    
—
       (83,553 )
Cash at the beginning of the period
    
35,275
       449,254  
Cash at the end of the period
  
$
35,275
     $ 365,701  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

F-5
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2023


NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN



AxonPrime Infrastructure Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the state of Delaware on April 1, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period April 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) which is described below, and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s search for Business Combination candidates. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

The Company’s sponsor is AxonPrime Infrastructure Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 12, 2021. On August 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 15,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,000,000 (see Note 3).

As part of the Initial Public Offering, certain institutional anchor investors (the “Institutional Anchor Investors”) not then affiliated with the Company, the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers, directors, or any member of the Company’s management purchased an aggregate of 12,790,000 Units. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $127,900,000 which is included in the gross proceeds of $150,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 3,333,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement (“Private Placement”) to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (see Note 4). Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Private Placement, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 66,666 Private Placement Warrants to the Institutional Anchor Investors for $100,000.

During the closing of the IPO, the Institutional Anchor Investors also purchased 650,000 shares of Class B common Stock (“Founder Shares”) from the Sponsor at the original purchase price of $0.003 per share (see Note 5). The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Company’s Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided in the Company’s final prospectus, dated August 12, 2021, as filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021 (“Final Prospectus”).

The Company incurred offering costs in the Public Offering totaling $8,703,625, consisting of $3,000,000 of underwriting fees, $5,250,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $453,625 of other offering costs.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on August 17, 2021, an amount of $150,000,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and additional proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States and are invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.

F-6

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined above) (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing a definitive agreement to enter a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.


The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules of the SEC or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a proposed Business Combination, the Company will be required to seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.


If the Company conducts redemptions of the Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules in conjunction with a shareholder meeting instead of pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 15% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to shareholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. These shares of Class A common stock are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

If the Company is unable to conduct redemptions pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules as described above, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.

The Company’s Sponsor, officers, directors, and advisors have agreed (a) to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Founder Shares) into cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company is unable to conduct redemptions pursuant to the proxy solicitation rules) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating to shareholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Founder Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor and the Company’s officers, directors and advisors will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination. The Institutional Anchor Investors have agreed to (a) vote any Founder Shares held by them in favor of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (b) subject any Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, if applicable, held by them to substantially the same transfer restrictions as the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants, respectively, held by the Sponsor and the officers and directors described above and (c) waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account (including applicable redemption rights or rights to liquidating distributions), or any other asset of the Company as a result of any liquidation of the Company, with respect to any Founder Shares held by them.
F-7

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or August 17, 2023 (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the price per Unit of $10.00.


The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the day of liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure its shareholders that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.


Liquidity and Going Concern


As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $35,275 in its operating bank account and working capital deficit of $1,984,626. To date, the Company’s liquidity needs have been satisfied through a payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), a loan of approximately $121,000 pursuant to the Note issued to the Sponsor (Note 5), and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. The Company fully repaid the Note on September 8, 2021. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s officers, directors and Initial Shareholders may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there was no written agreement in place for the Working Capital Loans.


F-8

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until August 17, 2023, to consummate the initial Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate the initial Business Combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after August 17, 2023. The Company intends to complete the initial Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any business combination by August 17, 2023.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the period presented.


The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or any future period.

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it 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 independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its 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.

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 election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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, the Company, 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 the Company’s 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.


This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and judgements are used in, among other things, estimating fair value of warrant liabilities.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the  financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 respectively.

Investments Held in Trust Account
 

The Company’s portfolio of investments held in trust consists solely of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities, or a combination thereof. The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these investments are included in income earned on investments in Trust Account in the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 respectively. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.  The Company’s effective tax rate was 40.42% and 0.00% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rate differed from the statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the change in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets related primarily to the capitalization of start-up costs.



The Company has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is incorporated in the state of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the state of Delaware on an annual basis.


Net Income Per Share of Common Stock

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net income per common stock is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 562,500 shares of Class B common stock that were forfeited because the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriter (see Note 5 and Note 8).

The calculation of diluted income per share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) Initial Public Offering, and (ii) the Private Placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The warrants are exercisable to purchase 8,333,333 shares of  Class A common stock in the aggregate. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted net income per common stock is the same as basic net income per common stock for the periods presented.


The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share (in dollars, except per share amounts):



  
For the three months
ended
March 31, 2023
    
For the three months
ended
March 31, 2022
  
   
Class A
    
Class B
     Class A     Class B  
EPS: Common Stock
                        
Numerator:
                        
Allocation of net income
  
$
403,021
    
$
100,755
     $ 1,549,271   $ 387,318
Denominator:
                                
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
    
15,000,000
      
3,750,000
       15,000,000
       3,750,000
  
Basic and diluted net income per share
  
$
0.03
    
$
0.03
     $ 0.10   $ 0.10

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering


Offering costs of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering were charged to temporary equity at the completion of the Initial Public Offering.


Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities are expensed as incurred, presented as other income (expense) in the unaudited condensed statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Public Shares were charged to the carrying value of the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company classifies deferred underwriting commissions as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.

Warrant Liabilities


The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in FASB ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the unaudited condensed statements of operations. The fair value of the private warrants were estimated using a Black Scholes simulation model-based approach (see Note 10). The measurements of fair market value of the Public Warrants were initially estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model-based approach. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 the Public warrants are calculated based on the market price of the Public Warrants, which trade under the ticker symbol APMIW.


Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which at times may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account however, any loss incurred or lack of access to such funds could have significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.



Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption



The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable shares of Class A common stock (including Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of  uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 15,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheets.



The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. This method would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
 

At March 31, 2023, the Class A common stock reflected in the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:



Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2022
   $
151,265,672
  
Add:
        
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value
     1,299,487  
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at March 31, 2023
  $ 152,565,159  

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Level 1 — Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.



Level 2 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.


Level 3 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
 
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING



On August 17, 2021, the Company sold 15,000,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,000,000, and incurring offering costs totaling $8,703,625, consisting of $3,000,000 of underwriting fees, $5,250,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $453,625 of other offering costs. Each Unit consists of one of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).

As part of the Initial Public Offering, certain Institutional Anchor Investors not then affiliated with the Company, the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers, directors, or any member of the Company’s management purchased an aggregate of 12,790,000 Units at the offering price of $10.00 per Unit.

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT



Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased 3,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant, generating total proceeds of $5,000,000 to the Company. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Private Placement, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 66,666 Private Placement Warrants to the Institutional Anchor Investors for $100,000.

Each Private Placement Warrant is identical to the warrants offered in the Initial Public Offering, except there will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to Private Placement Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares and Initial Public Offering

On April 9, 2021, one of the Company’s founders paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Founder Shares”). Subsequently, on April 19, 2021, all Founder Shares were assigned to the Sponsor. On July 6, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock for no consideration, which were cancelled resulting in an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of such date. Also on July 6, 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 25,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent director nominees (75,000 shares in total) at their original issue price.

The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Following the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option on September 26, 2021, 562,500 Founder Shares were forfeited by the Sponsor resulting in an aggregate amount outstanding of 3,750,000 Founder Shares as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) following the completion of an initial Business Combination, the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or similar transaction that results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the last sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up.


In connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor sold 650,000 shares of Class B common stock (“Founder Shares”) to the Institutional Anchor Investors at the original purchase price of $0.003 per share.



In addition, certain investment funds managed by an affiliate of the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 15,000,000 Units as part of the Initial Public Offering. These Units were sold at the public offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $150,000,000.
Promissory Note — Related Party

On April 9, 2021, 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 (the “Note”). The Note is non-interest bearing and is payable on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2021 or (ii) the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. The Company borrowed approximately $121,000 under the Note. The company fully repaid this balance on September 8, 2021. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there were no amounts outstanding on the Note and it is no longer available to the Company.
Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of notes may be converted upon consummation of a Business Combination into warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of 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. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there were no outstanding amounts due under the Working Capital Loans.

Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the date the Company’s securities were first listed, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the members of the Company’s management team. 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 connection with such services for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, in formation costs and other operating expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations, and which remains included in accrued expenses in the balance sheets. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there was $150,000 and $120,000 in accrued administrative services, respectively.
 
Due to Related Party


The Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to pay expenses on behalf of the Company. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the total amount due to Sponsor was $299,585 and $231,405, respectively.

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the closing date of the Initial Public Offering, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to our Class A common stock). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised and expired on September 26, 2021.


The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting discount of 2.00% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $3,000,000, in connection with the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of three and half percent (3.50%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $5,250,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Risks and Uncertainties


Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


In February 2022, a military conflict started between Russia and Ukraine. The ongoing military conflict has provoked strong reactions from the United States, the UK, the European Union and various other countries around the world, including the imposition of broad financial and economic sanctions against Russia. Further, the precise effects of the ongoing military conflict and these sanctions on the global economies remain uncertain as of the date of these financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these audited financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.



On May 1, 2023, First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California, was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions which are currently within the FDIC insurance limit. Any failure of a depository institution to return any of our deposits, or any other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets affecting depository institutions, could impact access to the Company’s invested cash and could adversely impact the Company’s operations, liquidity and operating results.


Inflation Reduction Act of 2022



On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.



Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

NOTE 7. WARRANT LIABILITIES

The Company accounts for the 8,333,333 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (5,000,000 Public Warrants and 3,333,333 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company has classified each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statements of operations.

Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
F-16

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No Public Warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their Public 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.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement registering the issuance, under the Securities Act, of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, to cause such registration statement to become effective and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th business day after the closing of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption.


Redemption of public warrants when the price per Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00. Once the public warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants for redemption:
●
in whole and not in part;

●
at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant;

●
upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, which the Company refers to as the 30-day redemption period; and

●
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like and for certain issuances of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities as described below) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.


The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available throughout the 30-day redemption period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if the Company is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.


Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00. Once the Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Warrants for redemption:
●
in whole and not in part;

●
at a price of $0.10 per warrant provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares of Class A common stock determined by reference to the table set forth under “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Stockholders’ Warrants” in the Final Prospectus based on the redemption date and the “fair market value” of the Class A common stock (as defined below) except as otherwise described in “Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Stockholders’ Warrants”;


F-17
●
upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption;


●
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on the trading day prior to the date on which the Company will send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders;


●
if, and only if, there is an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating thereto available throughout the 30-day period after written notice of redemption is given; and


●
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and the like), the Private Placement Warrants are also concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.


If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise its redemption right if the issuance of shares of common stock upon exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification.

The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless. If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.


In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s 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”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to 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 described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The Private Placement Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants included in the Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

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NOTE 8. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT



Preferred stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of par value $0.0001 per share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Class A common stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no shares of Class A common stock issued or outstanding (excluding 15,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption).

Class B common stock — The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value common stock. Holders of the Company’s Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 3,750,000 shares of Class B common stock issued or outstanding.


On April 9, 2021, one of the Company’s founders purchased an aggregate of 8,625,000 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share. On April 19, 2021, the founder shares were assigned to the Company’s sponsor for the same purchase price that was initially paid by one of the Company’s founders.

On July 6, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock for no consideration, which were cancelled resulting in an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock outstanding as of such date. Of the 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock, an aggregate of 562,500 shares were subject to forfeiture to the Company for no consideration to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial stockholders collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial Public Offering (excluding the Private Placement Shares and assuming the initial stockholders do not purchase any Class A common stock in the Initial Public Offering). Also on July 6, 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 25,000 shares of Class B common stock to each of the Company’s independent director nominees (75,000 shares in total) at their original purchase price.

On August 17, 2021, the Institutional Anchor Investors also purchased 650,000 shares of Class B common Stock from the Sponsor at the original purchase price of $0.003 per share. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Company’s initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided in the Final Prospectus.



Following the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, an aggregate of 3,750,000 founder shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, (reflecting the forfeiture by the Sponsor of 562,500 founder shares).


The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like. 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 offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, 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 outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed 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 a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, and any private placement-equivalent warrants issued to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon conversion of loans made to the Company). Holders of Founder Shares may also elect to convert their shares of Class B common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.
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The Company may issue additional common stock or preference shares to complete its Business Combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of its Business Combination.

NOTE 9. CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION

The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share Accordingly, as of  March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 15,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheets.

NOTE 10. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS


The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities).


The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

Description
  
Level
    
March 31, 2023
    
December 31, 2022
  
Assets:
                  
Investments held in Trust Account
    
1
    
$
153,801,107
    
$
152,173,325
  
Liabilities:
                        
Private Placement Warrants
    
3
    
$
533,333
    
$
133,333
  
Public Warrants
    
2
    
$
800,000
    

—
  
Public Warrants
     1      
 —     $
 200,000  

Warrants


The Warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the unaudited condensed statements of operations.

Initial Measurement


The Company established the initial fair value for the Warrants on August 17, 2021, using a Monte Carlo simulation model for both the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants. The Company allocated the proceeds received from (i) the Sale of Units (which is inclusive of one share of Class A common stock, and one-third of one Public Warrant), and (ii) the sale of Private Placement Warrants, and first to the Warrants based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, with the remaining proceeds allocated to Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, Class A common stock based on their relative fair values at the initial measurement date. The Warrants were classified as Level 3 at the initial measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs.

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The key inputs into the Black Scholes simulation model for the Private Placement Warrants were as follows:

 
Input
   March 31,2023
    December 31,2022
  
Risk-free interest rate
     4.77 %    
4.51
%
Expected term (years)
     1.63      
1.70
  
Expected volatility
     3.50 %    
4.90
%
Exercise price
   $ 11.50    
$
11.50
  
Stock Price
   $ 10.11    
$
10.00
  


Inherent in an options pricing model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield.

•
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants.

•
The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term.

•
The Company estimates the volatility of its shares of common stock based on historical volatility that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants.

•
The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates to remain at zero.

Subsequent Measurement


The Subsequent measurement of the Public Warrants as of March 31, 2023 were classified as Level 2 due to the fact that the fair value was based on quoted market prices from an inactive market. At December 31, 2022, they were classified as Level 1 due to the use of an observable market quote in an active market under the ticker APMIW. At the subsequent measurement date of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Private Placement Warrants were fair valued using the Black Scholes model. The fair value classification for Private Placement Warrants remain unchanged as Level 3 from their initial valuation.

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:

 
  
Private
Placement
Warrants
  
Fair value as of December 31, 2022
 
$
133,333
  
Change in valuation inputs or assumptions(1)
     400,000
Fair value as of March 31, 2023
   $
 533,333  

(1)
Changes in valuation inputs or other assumptions are recognized in change in fair value of warrant liabilities in the unaudited condensed statements of operations.

NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management of the Company evaluated events that have occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon the review, management did not identify any recognized or non-recognized subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ITEM 2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to AxonPrime Infrastructure Acquisition Corporation, except where the context requires otherwise. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to AxonPrime Infrastructure Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
 
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or assumptions, and actual results, events or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, plans or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Factors that might cause or contribute to actual results, events or performance differing from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, and the Company’s final prospectus for our initial public offering (“IPO”) filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021 (“Final Prospectus”). The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Overview

          We are a blank check company formed under the laws of the state of Delaware on April 1, 2021, for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (“business combination”). We intend to effectuate our business combination using cash from the proceeds of our IPO, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

As indicated in the accompanying unaudited financial statements, as of March 31, 2023, we had $35,275 in cash and working capital deficit of $1,984,626. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for our IPO, and, since the closing of our Initial Public Offering, our search for business combination candidates. On August 17, 2021, we consummated our IPO of 15,000,000 Units, as described below under “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Subsequent to our IPO, we have not generated, and will not generate, any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We have generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement (as defined herein). There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position since the date of our unaudited condensed financial statements included in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 18, 2021. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance) as well as for due diligence expenses. We expect our expenses to increase substantially since the closing of our IPO.

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Our entire activity from April 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2023, was, except as noted above, related to organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO. Since the consummation of the IPO, our only business activities have been searching for a target for a business combination. As a result, we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $503,776. We incurred $245,461 of general and administrative costs offset by a reversal of $513,289, which related to an over accrual of certain general and administrative costs from the prior year. In this period, we incurred $50,000 of a franchise tax expense. We had investment income of $1,627782 from investments held in the Trust Account and change in the fair value of our warrants that generated a loss of $1,000,000. The general and administrative expenses were primarily due to fees to professionals such as the auditors, legal counsel and consultants, and insurance expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had a net income of $1,936,589, which was comprised of general and administrative costs of $440,594, accrued income of $10,516 from investments in our Trust Account, $50,000 of franchise tax expense and $2,416,667 of unrealized gain on fair value changes of warrants. The general and administrative costs were primarily due to fees to professionals such as the auditors, legal counsel and consultants, and insurance expenses.

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

On August 17, 2021 we consummated our IPO of 15,000,000 Units at $10.00 per share. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Certain investment funds managed by affiliates of the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 1,500,000 Units in the IPO. As part of the IPO, the Institutional Anchor Investors purchased an aggregate of $127,900,000 of Units. The IPO generated net proceeds of $146,466,375 and offering costs of $8,703,625, which includes $3,000,000 of underwriting fees, $5,250,000 in deferred underwriting commissions, $453,625 of other offering costs, and an estimated additional $80,000 in other offering expenses that will be paid (or net proceeds of $141,216,375 giving effect to deferred underwriting commissions). No payments for offering expenses, and no payments from the net offering proceeds, were made by us to our directors, officers or their associates, persons owning 10% or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or affiliates of the Company, except that offering expenses have been funded in part by the outstanding promissory note with our Sponsor, as disclosed above.

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the Private Placement of 3,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $5,000,000, to the Sponsor. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Private Placement, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 66,666 Private Placement Warrants to the Institutional Anchor Investors. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the warrants sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants are non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. The purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the securities purchased in the Private Placement, including the underlying shares of Class A common stock (except to certain permitted transferees), until 30 days after the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.

 Upon the closing of the IPO and the Private Placement, a total amount of $150,000,000 ($10.00 per share) from the net proceeds of the IPO and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement was placed in a Trust Account located in the United States with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. acting as trustee. The funds are invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account.

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We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete an initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of March 31, 2023 the Company had $35,275 in its operating bank account and had a working capital deficit of $1,984,626. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we expect to repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside of the Trust Account. 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 issued to our Sponsor. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until August 17, 2023, to consummate the initial Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate the initial Business Combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after August 17, 2023. The Company intends to complete the initial Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any business combination by August 17, 2023.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

Administrative Services Agreement

On August 12, 2021, we entered into an Administrative Services Agreement pursuant to which we have been paying our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month, and will continue to pay this amount for up to 24 months in total, for administrative and support services. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.

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 Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to our Class A ordinary shares). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting discount of 2.00% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $3,000,000, in connection with the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of three and half percent (3.50%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $5,250,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

The underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised and expired on September 26, 2021.

Critical Accounting Estimates

This management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting estimates:

Warrant Liabilities

The Company accounts for the Warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms of the Warrants and the applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”), and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether they are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the holders of the Warrants could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of issuance of the Warrants and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. The fair value of the Private Warrants were estimated using a Black Scholes simulation model-based approach. The measurements of fair market value of the Public Warrants were initially estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model-based approach. As of March 31, 2023 the Public warrants are calculated based on the market price of the Public Warrants, which trade under the ticker symbol APMIW (See Note 10).

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JOBS Act

The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation and (v) comply with the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our IPO or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
 
As of March 31, 2023, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our IPO, the net proceeds of our IPO, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
 
ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.
 
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2023.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None.
 
ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS.

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include any of the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business, results of operations or financial condition. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2023.
 
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

On August 17, 2021, we consummated our IPO of 15,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total  gross proceeds of $150,000,000. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as sole book-running manager. The securities sold in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-257777). The offering has been completed and all of the Units registered pursuant to the registration statement, other than the Units underlying the underwriter’s over-allotment option, were sold. The registration statement became effective on August 12, 2021. The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the Final Prospectus to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Following the expiration of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, an aggregate of 3,750,000 Founder Shares were issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 (reflecting the forfeiture by our Sponsor of 562,500 Founder Shares).

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, we consummated the Private Placement of 3,333,333 Private Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Warrant, generating total proceeds of $5,000,000, to the Sponsor. Such securities were issued in reliance on the private offering exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Private Placement, one of the Institutional Anchor Investors purchased Private Warrants from the Sponsor, in an aggregate amount of 66,666 Private Warrants, at the same price per Private Warrant paid by our Sponsor for such warrants.

A total of $150,000,000 composed of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of Private Warrants was placed in the Trust Account.

We paid a total of $3,000,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $453,625 for other costs and expenses related to the IPO, in addition to an estimated additional $80,000 in other offering expenses that will be paid. In addition, the underwriter agreed to defer $5,250,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions.

For a description of the net proceeds and the use of the proceeds generated in our IPO, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q, which is incorporated in this Part II, Item 2 by reference.
ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
 
None.
 
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable. 
 
ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION.

 None.
 
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ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
  
Description

 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a), as adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
  
Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE
  
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104
  
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document, which is contained in Exhibit 101).

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PART III
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AXONPRIME INFRASTRUCTURE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 
Date: May 26, 2023
/s/ Dinakar Singh

Dinakar Singh

Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Duly Authorized and Principal Executive Officer)


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