UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___________ to ___________
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | | 001-40203 | | 85-4366403 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703 Philadelphia, PA | | 19104 |
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(215) 701-9555
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-quarter of one redeemable warrant | | FTPAU | | Nasdaq Capital Market |
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | FTPA | | Nasdaq Capital Market |
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock | | FTPAW | | Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
Emerging growth company | ☒ | | |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒ No ☐
As of November 9, 2022, 25,690,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 8,563,333 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
Form 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2022
Table of Contents
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Assets: | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | |
Cash | | $ | 105,235 | | | $ | 811,005 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 166,734 | | | | 299,803 | |
Total current assets | | | 271,969 | | | | 1,110,808 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Investments held in Trust Account | | | 251,095,080 | | | | 250,019,865 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 251,367,049 | | | $ | 251,130,673 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit: | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accrued expenses | | $ | 143,872 | | | $ | 87,208 | |
Franchise tax payable | | | 52,973 | | | | 161,762 | |
Income tax payable | | | 165,594 | | | | — | |
Promissory note - related party | | | 150,000 | | | | — | |
Total current liabilities | | | 512,439 | | | | 248,970 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Derivative warrant liabilities | | | 774,155 | | | | 7,456,605 | |
Deferred underwriting commissions | | | 10,600,000 | | | | 10,600,000 | |
Total liabilities | | | 11,886,594 | | | | 18,305,575 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Commitments and Contingencies | | | | | | | | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 25,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at $10.03 and $10.00 per share redemption value as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | | | 250,926,513 | | | | 250,000,000 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Stockholders’ Deficit: | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding | | | — | | | | — | |
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized; 690,000 non-redeemable shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 | | | 69 | | | | 69 | |
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 8,563,333 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 | | | 856 | | | | 856 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | — | | | | — | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (11,446,983 | ) | | | (17,175,827 | ) |
Total Stockholders’ Deficit | | | (11,446,058 | ) | | | (17,174,902 | ) |
Total Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit | | $ | 251,367,049 | | | $ | 251,130,673 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
| | For the Three Months Ended September 30, | | | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
General and administrative expenses | | $ | 445,548 | | | $ | 266,360 | | | $ | 1,077,845 | | | $ | 640,733 | |
Franchise tax expense | | | 50,000 | | | | 49,863 | | | | 150,000 | | | | 147,447 | |
Loss from operations | | | (495,548 | ) | | | (316,223 | ) | | | (1,227,845 | ) | | | (788,180 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | 512,075 | | | | 822,850 | | | | 6,682,450 | | | | 2,537,950 | |
Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (522,300 | ) |
Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account | | | 1,102,610 | | | | 6,302 | | | | 1,442,346 | | | | 13,563 | |
Total other income, net | | | 1,614,685 | | | | 829,152 | | | | 8,124,796 | | | | 2,029,213 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income before provision for income taxes | | | 1,119,137 | | | | 512,929 | | | | 6,896,951 | | | | 1,241,033 | |
Provision for income taxes | | | (202,569 | ) | | | — | | | | (241,594 | ) | | | — | |
Net income | | $ | 916,568 | | | $ | 512,929 | | | $ | 6,655,357 | | | $ | 1,241,033 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding of Class A common stock | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 18,726,410 | |
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A common stock | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.05 | |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding of Class B common stock | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 8,292,271 | |
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B common stock | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.05 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Unaudited)
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
| | Common Stock | | | Additional | | | | | | Total | |
| | Class A | | | Class B | | | Paid-In | | | Accumulated | | | Stockholders’ | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Capital | | | Deficit | | | Deficit | |
Balance – January 1, 2022 | | | 690,000 | | | $ | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | $ | 856 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (17,175,827 | ) | | $ | (17,174,902 | ) |
Net income | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,700,439 | | | | 4,700,439 | |
Balance – March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 856 | | | | — | | | | (12,475,388 | ) | | | (12,474,463 | ) |
Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (90,108 | ) | | | (90,108 | ) |
Net income | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,038,350 | | | | 1,038,350 | |
Balance – June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 856 | | | | — | | | | (11,527,146 | ) | | | (11,526,221 | ) |
Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (836,405 | ) | | | (836,405 | ) |
Net income | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 916,568 | | | | 916,568 | |
Balance – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | $ | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | $ | 856 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (11,446,983 | ) | | $ | (11,446,058 | ) |
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
| | Common Stock | | | Additional | | | | | | Total Stockholders’ | |
| | Class A | | | Class B | | | Paid-In | | | Accumulated | | | Equity | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Capital | | | Deficit | | | (Deficit) | |
Balance – January 1, 2021 | | | — | | | $ | — | | | | 8,663,333 | | | $ | 866 | | | $ | 24,134 | | | $ | (1,503 | ) | | $ | 23,497 | |
Sale of private placement units, less fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | 690,000 | | | | 69 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 6,615,301 | | | | — | | | | 6,615,370 | |
Forfeiture of Class B common stock | | | — | | | | — | | | | (100,000 | ) | | | (10 | ) | | | 10 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (6,639,445 | ) | | | (16,990,620 | ) | | | (23,630,065 | ) |
Net loss | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (295,215 | ) | | | (295,215 | ) |
Balance – March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 856 | | | | — | | | | (17,287,338 | ) | | | (17,286,413 | ) |
Net income | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,023,319 | | | | 1,023,319 | |
Balance – June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 856 | | | | — | | | | (16,264,019 | ) | | | (16,263,094 | ) |
Net income | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 512,929 | | | | 512,929 | |
Balance – September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | | | 690,000 | | | $ | 69 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | $ | 856 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (15,751,090 | ) | | $ | (15,750,165 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | | | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | | | | | | |
Net income | | $ | 6,655,357 | | | $ | 1,241,033 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account | | | (1,442,346 | ) | | | (13,563 | ) |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (6,682,450 | ) | | | (2,537,950 | ) |
Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities | | | — | | | | 522,300 | |
General and administrative expenses paid by related party under promissory note | | | — | | | | 875 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 133,069 | | | | (369,408 | ) |
Franchise tax payable | | | (108,789 | ) | | | 147,447 | |
Accounts payable | | | — | | | | (503 | ) |
Accrued expenses | | | 56,664 | | | | 6,499 | |
Income tax payable | | | 165,594 | | | | — | |
Net cash used in operating activities | | | (1,222,901 | ) | | | (1,003,270 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | | | | | | | | |
Investment of cash into Trust Account | | | — | | | | (250,000,000 | ) |
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account for tax purposes | | | 367,131 | | | | — | |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | | 367,131 | | | | (250,000,000 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from stock subscription receivable | | | — | | | | 25,000 | |
Repayment of note payable to related party | | | — | | | | (66,927 | ) |
Proceeds from promissory note - related party | | | 150,000 | | | | — | |
Proceeds received from Initial Public Offering, gross | | | — | | | | 250,000,000 | |
Proceeds received from Private Placement | | | — | | | | 6,900,000 | |
Offering costs paid | | | — | | | | (4,791,312 | ) |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | 150,000 | | | | 252,066,761 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Net Change in Cash | | | (705,770 | ) | | | 1,063,491 | |
Cash – Beginning of period | | | 811,005 | | | | — | |
Cash – End of period | | $ | 105,235 | | | $ | 1,063,491 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | | | | | | |
Offering costs included in accounts payable and accrued expenses | | $ | — | | | $ | 64,215 | |
Offering costs paid by related party under promissory note | | $ | — | | | $ | 66,053 | |
Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with Initial Public Offering | | $ | — | | | $ | 10,600,000 | |
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Supplemental information | | | | | | | | |
Income taxes paid | | $ | 76,000 | | | | — | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Note 1 – DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
FTAC Parnassus Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), formerly known as FTAC General Acquisition Corp., is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on December 18, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through September 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) described below, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement placed in the Trust Account (defined below).
The Company’s sponsors are FTAC Parnassus Sponsor, LLC, and FTAC Parnassus Advisors, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on March 11, 2021. On March 16, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), including the issuance of 3,000,000 additional Units as a result of the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Units”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $15.5 million, of which $10.6 million was for deferred underwriting commissions (see Note 5).
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 690,000 units (each, a “Private Placement Unit” and collectively, the “Private Placement Units”), at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6.9 million (see Note 4). The Private Placement Units were purchased by Millennium Management LLC (“Millennium”) (345,000 Units) and one of the Company’s Sponsors, FTAC Parnassus Sponsor, LLC (345,000 Units).
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $250.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations, until the earlier of (i) the consummation of a Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, or March 16, 2023 (the “Combination Period”) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; or (iii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to pay the Company’s tax obligations, if the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or upon any earlier liquidation of the Company.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of signing a definitive agreement in connection with a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The Company will provide holders of the Public Shares (“public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (at $10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to stockholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter (as discussed in Note 5). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Class A common stock subject to redemption were recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity, in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”).
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors (the “Insiders”) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4), the shares of Class A common stock included in the Private Placement Units (the “Placement Shares”) and any Public Shares held by them in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
The Company will also provide the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in connection with any stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if it does not complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity. There will be no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants in connection with a stockholder vote to approve such an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not redeem shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The Insiders have agreed to vote any Founder Shares, any Placement Shares and any Public Shares held by them in favor of any such amendment.
The Company will have until the expiration of the Combination Period to consummate its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including any interest earned on the Trust Account not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
The Insiders and Millennium have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Placement Shares, as applicable, (i) in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Insiders have also agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Public Shares held by them in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination and in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if it does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, the Insiders will be entitled to redemption rights with respect to Public Shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination or liquidates within the Combination Period. The representative agreed to waive its rights to deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than the initial public offering price per Unit in the Initial Public Offering. Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced to below $10.00 per share by the claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for service rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company. However, it may not be able to satisfy those obligations should they arise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of its Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions in connection with its Business Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to an aggregate of 20.0% or more of the shares sold in the Initial Public Offering. However, there is no restriction on the Company’s stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares for or against a Business Combination.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy is not determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements.
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and inhibit the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $105,235 in its operating bank account and working capital of $10,439.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4). As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $150,000 and $0 outstanding borrowings, respectively, under the Working Capital Loans.
Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
Going Concern
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until March 16, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to complete a Business Combination by close of business on March 16, 2023. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 16, 2023.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31, 2022, or any future period.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the condensed financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these condensed financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available, and accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Investments Held in the Trust Account
At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds. The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities is comprised solely of 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 selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, which invest only in U.S. government securities. Interest income is recognized when earned. Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $250 million was placed in the Trust Account and invested in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities. All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the condensed balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included in interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. As of September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” equals or approximates the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheets, except for derivative warrant liabilities (see Note 9).
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers consist of:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs for which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.
The Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the carrying value of the instruments to fair value at each reporting period until they are exercised. The initial fair value of the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering were estimated using a binomial lattice model in a risk-neutral framework. The fair value of the Public Warrants as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were based on observable listed prices for such warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering
Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering date that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred and presented as non-operating expenses in the unaudited condensed statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock issued were charged against the carrying value of the shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company classifies deferred underwriting commissions as non-current liabilities as their satisfaction is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including Class A common stock that features redemption rights that are within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. As part of the Private Placement, the Company issued 690,000 Placement Shares to the Sponsor and Millennium. These Placement Shares will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, as such they are considered non-redeemable and presented as permanent equity in the Company’s September 30, 2022 condensed balance sheet. Excluding the Placement Shares, the Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of the Initial Public Offering date, 25,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed balance sheets.
Effective with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the over-allotment option, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount, which resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.
Net Income Per Common Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per common share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.
The calculation of diluted net income per common share does not consider the effect of the warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (including the consummation of the over-allotment) and the private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,422,500 shares of Class A common stock, because their exercise is contingent upon future events and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income per common share is the same as basic net income per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income per share for each class of common stock:
| | For the Three Months Ended September 30, | | | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
| | Class A | | | Class B | | | Class A | | | Class B | | | Class A | | | Class B | | | Class A | | | Class B | |
Basic and diluted net income per common share: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Numerator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Allocation of net income | | $ | 687,426 | | | $ | 229,142 | | | $ | 384,697 | | | $ | 128,232 | | | $ | 4,991,518 | | | $ | 1,663,839 | | | $ | 860,149 | | | $ | 380,884 | |
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Denominator: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 25,690,000 | | | | 8,563,333 | | | | 18,726,410 | | | | 8,292,271 | |
Basic and diluted net income per common share | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | 0.03 | | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | 0.01 | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.19 | | | $ | 0.05 | | | $ | 0.05 | |
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the unaudited condensed financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company’s deferred tax asset had a full valuation allowance recorded against it. The Company’s effective tax rate was 18.10% and 0.00% for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 3.50% and 0.00% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate of 21% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, due to changes in fair value in warrant liability and the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is subject to income taxation by major taxing authorities since inception. These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
On March 16, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 Units, including the issuance of 3,000,000 Over-Allotment Units as a result of the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $15.5 million, of which $10.6 million was for deferred underwriting commissions.
Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 (see Note 8).
NOTE 4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On December 28, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,000 shares of Class B common stock to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 which was subsequently paid by the Sponsor on January 22, 2021. On January 15, 2021, the Company effected a 5,905-for-1 stock split, and on January 27, 2021, the Company effected a stock dividend of 1.46711821 shares of Class B common stock for each share of Class B common stock outstanding prior to the dividend. All shares and share amounts were retroactively restated to reflect the stock split and stock dividend, resulting in 8,663,333 shares of Class B common stock being held by the Sponsor (the “Founder Shares”). The 8,663,333 Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 1,100,000 shares of Class B common stock which were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s overallotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Founder Shares would represent 25% of the Company’s aggregate Founder Shares, Placement Shares and issued and outstanding Public Shares after the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Sponsor will transfer 1,380,000 Founder Shares to Millennium for the same price originally paid for such shares. On March 16, 2021, the underwriter partially exercised the over-allotment option to purchase 3,000,000 additional Units and forfeited the remainder of its option; thus, an aggregate of 100,000 Founder Shares were forfeited and cancelled by the Company, resulting in 8,563,333 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.
The Insiders and Millennium agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares (except to permitted transferees) until (i) with respect to 25% of such shares, upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) with respect to 25% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $12.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination, (iii) with respect to 25% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $13.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination, and (iv) with respect to 25% of such shares, when the closing price of the Class A common stock exceeds $17.00 for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier, in any case, if, following a Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Private Placement Units
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 690,000 Private Placement Units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6.9 million. The Private Placement Units were purchased by Millennium (345,000 Units) and one of the Company’s Sponsors, FTAC Parnassus Sponsor, LLC (345,000 Units).
Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one warrant (the “Private Placement Warrant”). Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the Private Placement were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Private Placement Warrants.
Promissory Note – Related Party
On January 15, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”). This Note was non-interest bearing and payable upon the closing date of the Initial Public Offering. The Company borrowed approximately $67,000 under the Note and repaid the Note in full on March 16, 2021. Subsequent to the repayment, the facility was no longer available to the Company.
On September 8, 2022, the Company issued a promissory note to the Sponsor (the “Promissory Note”). Pursuant to the Promissory Note, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000. The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and all outstanding amounts under the Promissory Note will be due on the date on which a business combination is consummated (the “Maturity Date”). If a business combination is not consummated, the Company may use a portion of any funds held outside the trust account to repay the Promissory Note; however, no proceeds from the trust account may be used for such repayment. If such funds are insufficient to repay the Promissory Note, the unpaid amounts would be forgiven. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $150,000 and $0 outstanding borrowings under the Promissory Note, respectively.
Working Capital Loans
If needed to finance transaction costs in connection with searching for a target business or consummating an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would be paid upon consummation of the initial Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lenders’ discretion, up to $1,500,000 of the Working Capital Loans may be converted upon consummation of the Business Combination into additional private placement units at a conversion price of $10.00 per unit. Such private placement units will be issued on substantially identical terms to the Private Placement Units issued at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $150,000 and $0 outstanding borrowings under the Working Capital Loans (via the Promissory Note referenced above), respectively.
Administrative Support Agreement
Commencing on the date that the Company’s securities were first listed on Nasdaq through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor $20,000 per month for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services. On June 8, 2021, the administrative services agreement was amended and restated to increase the monthly charge from $20,000 to $27,500. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred and paid expenses of $82,500 and $247,500 under this agreement, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company incurred and paid expenses of $82,500 and $162,500 under this agreement, respectively. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no balance outstanding for services in connection with such agreement in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
NOTE 5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Units (including securities contained therein) and the units that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or the warrants issued as part of the units upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans) were entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed upon the effective date of the Initial Public Offering requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, the holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include such securities in other registration statements filed by the Company and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company would not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriter was entitled to a cash underwriting discount of 2.0% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $4.4 million. In addition, the underwriter was entitled to a deferred fee of (i) 4.0% of the gross proceeds of the initial 22,000,000 Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, and (ii) 6.0% of the gross proceeds from the 3,000,000 Over-Allotment Units, for an aggregate of $10.6 million. The deferred fee will become payable to the representative from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
NOTE 6. CLASS A COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION
The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of future events. The Company is authorized to issue 60,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 25,690,000 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, of which 25,000,000 shares were subject to possible redemption and are classified outside of permanent equity in the condensed balance sheets.
The Class A common stock subject to possible redemption reflected on the condensed balance sheets is reconciled in the following table:
Gross proceeds from Initial Public Offering | | $ | 250,000,000 | |
Less: | | | | |
Fair value of Public Warrants at issuance | | | (8,625,000 | ) |
Offering costs allocated to Class A common stock subject to possible redemption | | | (15,005,066 | ) |
Add: | | | | |
Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount | | | 23,630,066 | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2021 | | $ | 250,000,000 | |
Add: | | | | |
Accretion of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption amount | | | 926,513 | |
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, September 30, 2022 | | $ | 250,926,513 | |
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SETPEMBER 30, 2022
NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 60,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 25,690,000 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, of which 25,000,000 shares were subject to possible redemption and are classified as temporary equity (see Note 6).
Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 8,563,333 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, respectively (see Note 4).
Holders of Class B common stock will vote on the election of directors prior to the consummation of a Business Combination. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as described below or as required by law.
The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, including Placement Shares, plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination).
NOTE 8. WARRANTS
As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 6,250,000 Public Warrants and 172,500 Private Placement Warrants outstanding.
Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise for cash of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable, and the Company will not be obligated to issue shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of a warrant unless Class A common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt from the registration or qualifications requirements of the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants has not been declared effective by the end of 60 business days following the closing of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
The Company agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| | |
| ● | at a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
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| ● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and |
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| ● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption for cash, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants.
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company and in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Insiders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 50% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination on the date of the completion of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume-weighted average trading price of the shares of Class A common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company completes a Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants are non-redeemable so long as they are held by the Sponsor, Millennium or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the Sponsor, Millennium or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The following tables present information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.
September 30, 2022 |
Description | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Investments held in Trust Account - money market funds | | $ | 251,095,080 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative warrant liabilities - Public warrants | | $ | 750,000 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Derivative warrant liabilities - Private placement warrants | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 24,155 | |
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SETPEMBER 30, 2022
December 31, 2021 |
Description | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Investments held in Trust Account - money market funds | | $ | 250,019,865 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative warrant liabilities - Public warrants | | $ | 7,187,505 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Derivative warrant liabilities - Private placement warrants | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 269,100 | |
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period. The estimated fair value of Public Warrants was transferred from a Level 3 fair value measurement to a Level 1 measurement when the Public Warrants became separately listed and traded in May 2021. There were no other transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2021. There were no transfers during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Level 1 assets include investments in money market funds that invest solely in U.S. government securities. The Company uses inputs such as actual trade data, quoted market prices from dealers or brokers, and other similar sources to determine the fair value of its investments.
For periods where no observable traded price is available, the fair value of the Public Warrants were estimated using a binomial lattice model and the Private Placement Warrants have been estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the fair value of the Public Warrants is based on the observable listed price for such warrants. The estimated fair value of the Public and Private Placement Warrants, prior to the Public Warrants being traded in an active market, was determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a binomial lattice model and Black-Scholes option pricing model are assumptions related to the Unit price, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, term to expiration, and dividend yield. The Unit price is based on the publicly traded price of the Units as of the measurement date. The Company estimated the volatility for the Public and Private Placement Warrants based on the implied volatility from the traded prices of warrants issued by other special purpose acquisition companies. The risk-free interest rate is based on interpolated U.S. Treasury rates, commensurate with a similar term to the Public and Private Placement Warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. Finally, the Company does not anticipate paying a dividend. Any changes in these assumptions can change the valuation significantly.
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements inputs at their measurement dates:
| | September 30, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | |
Exercise price | | $ | 11.50 | | | $ | 11.50 | |
Stock price | | $ | 9.82 | | | $ | 9.84 | |
Volatility | | | 1.2 | % | | | 24.9 | % |
Term (years) | | | 5.3 | | | | 5.5 | |
Risk-free rate | | | 3.9 | % | | | 1.3 | % |
Dividend yield | | | 0.0 | % | | | 0.0 | % |
The change in the fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities, measured using Level 3 inputs, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is summarized as follows:
Derivative warrant liabilities at January 1, 2022 | | $ | 269,100 | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (200,100 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2022 (Level 3) | | | 69,000 | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (32,775 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2022 (Level 3) | | | 36,225 | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (12,070 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2022 (Level 3) | | $ | 24,155 | |
FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SETPEMBER 30, 2022
The change in the fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities, measured using Level 3 inputs, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 is summarized as follows:
Derivative warrant liabilities at beginning of period | | $ | — | |
Issuance of Public Warrants | | | 8,625,000 | |
Issuance of Private Placement Warrants | | | 284,630 | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (322,850 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2021 (Level 3) | | | 8,586,780 | |
Transfer of Public Warrants to Level 1 | | | (8,312,500 | ) |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (17,250 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2021 (Level 3) | | | 257,030 | |
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities | | | (10,350 | ) |
Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2021 (Level 3) | | $ | 246,680 | |
NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the condensed balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the “Company,” “FTAC Parnassus Acquisition Corp.,” “FTAC Parnassus,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to FTAC Parnassus Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other SEC filings.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on December 18, 2020. We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more target businesses (the “Business Combination”). We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the placement units that occurred simultaneously with the completion of our initial public offering, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations (other than searching for a Business Combination after the Initial Public Offering) nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through September 30, 2022 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and, after the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination, at the earliest. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the Initial Public Offering. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $916,568, which consisted of a $512,075 non-operating gain resulting from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and $1,102,610 of income from investments held in Trust Account, offset by provision for income taxes of $202,569 and $495,548 in general and administrative expenses.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had net income of $6,655,357, which consisted of a $6,682,450 non-operating gain resulting from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and $1,442,346 of income from investments held in Trust Account, offset by provision for income taxes of $241,594 and $1,227,845 in general and administrative expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of $512,929, which consisted of a $822,850 non-operating gain resulting from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and $6,302 of income from investments held in Trust Account, offset by approximately $316,223 in general and administrative expenses.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of $1,241,033, which consisted of a $2,537,950 non-operating gain resulting from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and $13,563 of income from investments held in Trust Account, offset by approximately $788,180 in general and administrative expenses and $522,300 in offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On March 16, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 Units, which included the partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 690,000 Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit in a private placement to our Sponsor and Millennium, generating gross proceeds of $6,900,000.
Following the Initial Public Offering, the partial exercise of the over-allotment option, and the sale of the Placement Units, a total of $250,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations. We incurred $15,527,366 in transaction costs, including $4,400,000 of underwriting fees, $10,600,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $527,366 of other offering costs.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, cash used in operating activities was $1,222,901. Net income of $6,655,357 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $1,442,346 and change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $6,682,450. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $246,538 of cash for operating activities.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $1,003,270. Net income of $1,241,033 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $13,563, change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $2,537,950, transaction costs attributable to warrant liabilities of $522,300, and general and administrative expenses paid under the promissory note of $875. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $215,965 of cash for operating activities.
As of September 30, 2022, we had investments held in the Trust Account of $251,095,080 (including $1,095,080 of interest, net of withdrawals). We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account to complete our Business Combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we withdrew an amount of $367,131 in interest income from the Trust Account to pay franchise and income taxes. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. As of September 30, 2022, $150,000 in such loans were outstanding.
Going Concern
We have until March 16, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to complete a Business Combination prior to March 16, 2023. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after March 16, 2023.
As of September 30, 2022, we had $105,235 of cash held outside of the Trust Account. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor, or certain of our directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, at the option of the lender. The units would be identical to the Placement Units. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $150,000 outstanding borrowings under the Promissory Note.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our Business Combination. If we are unable to complete our Business Combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following our Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on our financial position, results of our operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the condensed financial statements. The condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a monthly fee of $20,000 for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services to the Company. We began incurring these fees on March 12, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of a business combination and our liquidation. On June 8, 2021, the administrative services agreement was amended and restated to increase the monthly charge payable from $20,000 to $27,500. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we incurred and paid expenses of $82,500 and $247,500 under this agreement, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we incurred and paid expenses of $82,500 and $162,500 under this agreement, respectively. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we did not have a balance outstanding for services in connection with such agreement in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.
In addition, we have an agreement to pay the underwriter a deferred fee of $10,600,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the representative of the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”), and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.
The Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, we recognize the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjust the carrying value of the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised. The initial fair value of the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering were estimated using a binomial lattice model in a risk-neutral framework. The fair value of the Public Warrants as of September 30, 2022 is based on observable listed prices for such warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants as of September 30, 2022 is determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as non-current liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including Class A common stock that features redemption rights that are within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. As part of the Private Placement, the Company issued 690,000 shares of Class A common stock (“Placement Shares”). These Placement Shares will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, as such they are considered non-redeemable and presented as permanent equity in the Company’s condensed balance sheets. Excluding the Placement Shares, our Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of the Initial Public Offering date, 25,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our condensed balance sheets.
Effective with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the over-allotment option, we recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount, which resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit (see Note 2).
Net Income per Common Share
We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” We have two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income per common share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.
The calculation of diluted net income per common share does not consider the effect of the warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (including the consummation of the over-allotment) and the private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,422,500 shares of Class A common stock, because their exercise is contingent upon future events and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income per share is the same as basic net income per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per common share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-06, “Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards updates, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13 a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
Changes in laws or regulations or how such laws or regulations are interpreted or applied, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. We will be required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination and results of operations.
On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to, among other items, disclosures in business combination transactions involving SPACs (defined below) and private operating companies; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. These rules, if adopted, whether in the form proposed or in a revised form, may increase the costs of and the time needed to negotiate and complete an initial business combination, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial business combination.
We may be subject to the 1% excise tax instituted under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in connection with redemptions we conduct after December 31, 2022.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. For purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase we conduct after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by us and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination or otherwise inhibit our ability to complete a Business Combination.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On March 16, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 Units, including the issuance of 3,000,000 additional Units as a result of the underwriter’s partial exercise of its over-allotment option at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $15.5 million. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as sole book running manager of the offering. The securities sold in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-252821). The SEC declared the registration statement effective on March 11, 2021.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 690,000 Private Placement Units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6.9 million. The Private Placement Units were purchased by Millennium (345,000 Units) and one of the Company’s Sponsors, FTAC Parnassus Sponsor, LLC (345,000 Units). Such securities were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
In connection with the Initial Public Offering, our Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 pursuant to the Note. This loan was non-interest bearing and payable on the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. As of September 30, 2022, the loan balance was $0.
Of the gross proceeds received from the Initial Public Offering, the partial exercise of the option to purchase additional Units and the Private Placement, $250,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. These proceeds are invested in U.S. government treasury bills 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.
We paid a total of approximately $4.4 million in underwriting discounts and commissions related to the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriter agreed to defer $10.6 million in underwriting discounts and commissions.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Not applicable
Item 6. Exhibits.
(1) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2022 |
(2) | Filed herewith |
* | These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 9, 2022 | FTAC PARNASSUS ACQUISITION CORP. |
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| By: | /s/ Ryan M. Gilbert |
| Name: | Ryan M. Gilbert |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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