PART I
Overview
We are a blank check company recently incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Report as our initial business combination. Our sponsor is an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Cerberus”).
Our sponsor was founded by Stephen A. Feinberg, Frank W. Bruno, and certain senior executives of Cerberus. Stephen A. Feinberg founded Cerberus in 1992 and is currently its Co-Chief Executive Officer. Frank W. Bruno is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus and has worked with Mr. Feinberg for over 22 years. Mr. Bruno also serves as the Chairman of our board of directors. Under their leadership, Cerberus has become a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $53 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020 and expertise in private equity, credit and real estate. Over the course of its history, Cerberus has developed a group of senior information and communications technology (“ICT”) executives and investors with a proven track record of leading, investing in and growing large, scaled enterprises.
On September 10, 2020, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.002 per share, to cover certain expenses on our behalf in consideration of 11,500,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001. In October 2020, our sponsor surrendered 4,312,500 of our Class B ordinary shares, which decreased the number of outstanding founder shares from 11,500,000 to 7,187,500 and on December 7, 2020, as a result of the remaining over-allotment option expiring unexercised, 708,275 Class B ordinary shares were forfeited resulting in 6,479,225 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
On October 26, 2020, the company consummated its initial public offering of 25,000,000 units, generating gross proceeds of $250 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $14.5 million, inclusive of approximately $8.8 million in deferred underwriting commissions. On November 10, 2020, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 916,900 units, generating gross proceeds of approximately $9.2 million, and incurred additional offering costs of approximately $0.5 million in underwriting fees (inclusive of approximately $0.3 million in deferred underwriting fees).
Simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, the Company consummated the private placement of 800,000 private placement units at a price of $10.00 per private placement unit, generating total gross proceeds of $8.0 million. On November 10, 2020, simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 18,338 private placement units to our sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $183,380.
On March 12, 2021, the company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the company, King Pubco, Inc. (“Pubco”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the sponsor, an affiliate of the company, King Corp Merger Sub, Inc. (“Corp Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the sponsor, King LLC Merger Sub, LLC (“LLC Merger Sub”), a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco, and Maple Holdings Inc. (“KORE”), a Delaware corporation.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the parties thereto plan to enter into a business combination transaction (the “Proposed Transaction”) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the company will merge with and into LLC Merger Sub, a subsidiary of Pubco (the “Pubco Merger”), with LLC Merger Sub being the surviving entity of the Pubco Merger and Pubco as parent of the surviving entity, (ii) on the Closing Date and immediately prior to the First Merger (as
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