Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations
Organization and General
Bluescape Opportunities Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on July 9, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an early stage and “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 9, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2023 was related to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) further described below. Since such offering, our activity has been limited to the search for a prospective initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest.
On September 22, 2022, the Company's shareholders held a meeting and approved and adopted an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to extend the period of time for which the Company is required to consummate a Business Combination from October 30, 2022 to October 30, 2023 (the "Extension"). In connection with the Extension, shareholders holding 53,350,554 shares of the Company's Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company's Trust Account (as defined below) at a redemption price of approximately $10.06 per share. As a result, on September 22, 2022 $536,494,151 in cash was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.
On July 13, 2020, Bluescape Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) purchased 20,125,000 shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate price of $25,000. On October 23, 2020, the Sponsor surrendered 3,593,750 Founder Shares, resulting in an aggregate of 16,531,250 Founder Shares. As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, 1,343,750 additional Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in 15,187,500 Founder Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The 15,187,500 Founder Shares outstanding will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares upon consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7.
The registration statement for the Company’s Public Offering became effective on October 27, 2020. On October 30, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 57,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $575,000,000. Subsequently, on November 12, 2020, the Company consummated the closing of the sale of 3,250,000 additional units at a price of $10.00 per unit upon receiving notice of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, generating additional gross proceeds of $32,500,000 to the Company and resulting in an aggregate of 60,750,000 outstanding Units as of November 12, 2020 (Note 3). Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole public warrant entitles the holder to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 13,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor and an investment fund managed by Zimmer Partners, LP (“Zimmer Entity”), generating gross proceeds of $13,500,000. In connection with the November 12, 2020 exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, the Company consummated the private placement of an additional 650,000 warrants, at a purchase price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, to Bluescape Sponsor LLC and an investment fund managed by Zimmer Partners, LP, generating gross proceeds of $650,000 and resulting in an aggregate of 14,150,000 Private Placement Warrants (Note 4).