BUSINESS OF TAILWIND AND CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT TAILWIND
References in this section to “we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Tailwind International Acquisition Corp.
General
We are a blank check company incorporated as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands on November 18, 2020 formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses in any industry or sector. We are currently reviewing a number of opportunities to enter into an initial business combination with one or more operating businesses.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On February 23, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 34,500,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 4,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $345,000,000. The securities in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-252595). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on February 18, 2021. Simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 6,466,666 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor at a price of $1.50 per Tailwind Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $9,700,000.
Transaction costs amounted to $19,571,149, consisting of $6,900,000 of underwriting fees, net of reimbursed from the underwriters, $12,075,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $596,149 of other offering costs.
Following the closing of our Initial Public Offering on February 23, 2021, an amount of approximately $345,000,000 ($10.00 per Tailwind Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in a Trust Account, and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in 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 investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earliest of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to our shareholders. Tailwind currently intends, prior to the Shareholder Meeting, to instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the liquidation of Tailwind. Interest on such deposit account is currently approximately 2.75% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and Tailwind cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.
Extension Meeting
On February 21, 2023, Tailwind held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to (i) amend Tailwind’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from February 23, 2023 to August 23, 2023 and (ii) remove the limitation that Tailwind may not redeem public shares to the extent that such redemption would result in Tailwind having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of less than $5,000,001. In connection with the vote to approve the Articles Amendment, the holders of 32,295,189 Class A Ordinary Shares of Tailwind properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.19 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $329,166,606.
On April 3, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange commenced proceedings to delist Tailwind’s Class A Ordinary Shares.