For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, we had net income of approximately $548,000 and $3,740,000, respectively, which consisted of an approximately $1,435,000 and $3,895,000, respectively, in change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, and approximately $2,180,000 and $20,000, respectively, of interest income on investments held in Trust Account, partly offset by approximately $197,000 and $175,000, respectively, of loss from operations. The loss from operations consists primarily of our costs of operating as a public company, as well as costs of searching for a Business Combination.
Prior to October 25, 2021, our costs from operations were primarily devoted or organizational activities and those activities necessary to prepare for our Public Offering. As noted, we have and expect to continue to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments and cash and cash equivalents.
As discussed further in Note 5 to the financial statements (and below), the Company accounts for its outstanding Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as derivative liabilities in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements. As a result, the Company is required to measure the fair value of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants at the end of each reporting period and recognize changes in the fair value from the prior period in the Company’s operating results for each current period.
In addition, since we are organized as an exempt company in the Cayman Islands we are not subject to income tax in either the Cayman Islands or the United States.
We have entered into an administrative services agreement pursuant to which we pay our Sponsor or an affiliate thereof $10,000 per month (which is a portion of the amounts of operating costs referenced above) for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of our management team, as well as the services provided by one or more investment professionals, creation and maintenance of our website, and miscellaneous additional services and other expenses and obligations of our Sponsor. Furthermore, we may enter into consulting arrangements directly or indirectly with individuals (who will not be our executive officers) to provide similar services.
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have an effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company and/or a target company’s financial position and results of its operations, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our liquidity needs were satisfied prior to the completion of the Public Offering through (i) $25,000 paid by our Sponsor to cover certain of our offering and formation costs in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares to our Sponsor and (ii) the receipt of loans to us of up to $240,000 by our Sponsor under an unsecured promissory note through closing of the Public Offering on October 25, 2021 and upon closing of the Public Offering, the entire balance of $240,000 was repaid.
The net proceeds from (i) the sale of the Units in the Public Offering, after deducting offering expenses of approximately $725,000, underwriting commissions of $4,000,000 including the commission on the underwriters’ over-allotment option exercise (excluding deferred underwriting commissions of $7,000,000, including the deferred commission on the underwriters’ over-allotment option, 47.5% of which has been forfeited on October 3, 2022 by one of the underwriters in the Company’s October 25, 2021 Public Offering, and including the deferred commission on the underwriters’ over-allotment option), and (ii) the sale of the Private Placement Warrants for a purchase price of $10,500,000 including the amount paid in connection with the underwriters’ over-allotment option exercise were approximately $205,775,000. Of this amount, $204,000,000 was deposited in the Trust Account, which includes the deferred underwriting commissions described above. The proceeds held in the Trust Account is required to be, and is invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The remaining $1,775,000 has not been held in the Trust Account.
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