Additionally, we expect that if the SLAC Class A common stock fails to meet the
NYSEs continued listing requirements, our units and warrants will fail to meet the NYSEs continued listing requirements for those securities. We cannot assure you that any of the SLAC Class A common stock, units or warrants will be
able to meet any of the NYSEs continued listing requirements following the special meeting and any related stockholder redemptions of the SLAC Class A common stock. If our securities do not meet the NYSEs continued listing
requirements, the NYSE may delist our securities from trading on its exchange.
If the NYSE delists any of our securities from trading on
its exchange and we are not able to list such securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter
market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
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reduced liquidity for our securities; |
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a determination that the SLAC Class A common stock is a penny stock which will require brokers
trading in the SLAC Class A common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
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a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
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a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
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The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states
from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as covered securities. The SLAC Class A common stock, units and warrants qualify as covered securities under such statute. Although the states are preempted from
regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of
covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by special purpose acquisition companies, certain state securities regulators view blank check
companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on the NYSE, our securities would not qualify as
covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
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. To avoid that result, on or shortly prior to the 24 month anniversary of the closing of the Companys IPO, we will liquidate securities held in
the trust account and instead hold all funds in the trust account in cash. As a result, following such liquidation, we will likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the trust account, which would reduce the dollar amount that
our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
On March 30, 2022, the SEC
issued proposed rules relating, among other things, to circumstances in which SPACs such as us could potentially 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 closing of the Companys IPO. Such SPAC would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months
after the closing of the Companys IPO.
There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to
a SPAC, including a company like ours, that has not entered into a definitive agreement within 18 months after the of the closing of the Companys IPO or that does not consummate its initial business combination within 24 months after
such date. We have not entered into a definitive business combination agreement within 18 months after the closing of the Companys IPO, and we can provide no assurances that we can consummate our initial business combination within
24 months of such date. 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 of 1940, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in an open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as determined by the Company. 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 of 1940, as amended), we will, on or shortly prior to the 24 month anniversary of the e closing of the Companys IPO, instruct 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 until the earlier of consummation
of our initial business combination or liquidation. As a result, following such liquidation, we will likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the trust account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would
receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
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