If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may
be forced to abandon our efforts to consummate an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate the Company.
On
March 30, 2022, the SEC issued the SPAC Rule Proposals, relating, among other things, to circumstances in SPACs such as us that could potentially cause us to be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. The
SPAC Rule Proposals would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that a SPAC satisfies certain criteria. To comply
with the duration limitation of the proposed safe harbor, a SPAC would have a limited time period to announce and complete a de-SPAC transaction. Specifically, to comply with the safe harbor, the
SPAC Rule Proposals would require a SPAC to file a report on Form 8-K announcing that it has entered into an agreement with a target company for an initial business combination no later than 18
months after the effective date of the registration statement relating to the SPACs initial public offering. Such SPAC would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the
registration statement relating to its initial public offering.
We have not entered into a definitive business combination agreement within 24
months after the effective date of the registration statement relating to our IPO. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company. If we were deemed to be an investment
company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we might be forced to abandon our efforts to consummate an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate. If we are required to liquidate, our investors would not be able
to realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless.
The funds in the Trust Account have, since our IPO, been held only in 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 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. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment
Company Act), on the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to our initial public offering, we instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest bearing account until
the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation. As a result, following such liquidation, we receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which reduces the dollar amount our public
shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
In addition, the longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held
in short-term U.S. government securities or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, there is a greater risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate.
Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account at any time, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash, which would further reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would
receive upon any redemption of our public shares or liquidation of the Company.
The last paragraph on page 20 of the Definitive Proxy Statement is
hereby amended and restated as follows:
The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Companys shareholders to approve the
Extension Amendment Proposal to allow for additional time to consider, negotiate and enter into a definitive agreement relating to our initial business combination, to hold an extraordinary general meeting to obtain the shareholder approvals
required in connection with a business combination and to consummate the closing of a business combination pursuant to which, once approved, the Company will have until May 12, 2025 to consummate its initial business combination, and the
Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination nine times by an additional one month each time, for a total of up to nine additional months until May 12, 2025 to complete a business
combination, provided that the Sponsor or its designee must deposit into the Trust Account the Monthly Extension Fee in the amount of the $50,000 for each Monthly Extension.