Business Combination and Backstop Agreement | 3. Business Combination and Backstop Agreement Business Combination On February 14, 2023, the Company consummated its Business Combination pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement. Upon consummation of the Business Combination and other transactions (or immediately prior to, where indicated), the following occurred: ● AHAC changed its name from “Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp.” to “Ocean Biomedical, Inc.” and is referred to herein as “the Company.” Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “AHAC” herein refer to the Company prior to Closing. ● AHAC issued approximately 23,355,432 233.6 ● The 2,625,000 converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of AHAC’s Class A common stock ● The Backstop Parties (as defined below within Backstop Agreement 3,535,466 ● AHAC issued an additional 1,365,000 ● The Backstop Parties purchased 1,200,000 12.7 ● The Company issued to Second Street Capital, LLC (“Second Street Capital”), Legacy Ocean’s lender, three warrants (the “Converted Ocean Warrants”) exercisable to acquire that number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the economic value of the Legacy Ocean warrants previously issued to Second Street Capital in exchange for the termination of the Legacy Ocean warrants. The Converted Ocean Warrants were exercisable for a total of 511,712 8.06 102,342 7.47 ● The Company issued to Polar (as defined below within Backstop Agreement 1,350,000 ● Each share of AHAC’s Class A common stock was automatically reclassified into one share of the Company’s common stock, including the remaining shares of AHAC Class A common stock that were not redeemed. The following table reconciles the elements of the Business Combination to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023: Schedule of Elements of Business Combination (in thousands) Cash from AHAC trust, net of redemptions $ 52,070 Offering costs from Business Combination (2,049 ) Net impact on total stockholders’ deficit 50,021 Non-cash offering costs 2,049 Net impact on cash provided by financing activities $ 52,070 Earnout Shares In addition, pursuant to Business Combination Agreement, Legacy Ocean’s stockholders prior to the Closing (the “Legacy Ocean Stockholders”) are entitled to receive from the Company, in the aggregate, up to an additional 19,000,000 (a) in the event that the volume-weighted average price (the “VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock exceeds $15.00 per share for twenty (20) out of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days beginning on the Closing date until the 36-month anniversary of the Closing, the Legacy Ocean Stockholders shall be entitled to receive an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, (b) in the event that the VWAP of the Company’s common stock exceeds $17.50 per share for twenty (20) out of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days beginning on the Closing date until the 36-month anniversary of the Closing, the Legacy Ocean Stockholders shall be entitled to receive an additional 7,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and (c) in the event that the VWAP of the Company’s common stock exceeds $20.00 per share for twenty (20) out of any thirty (30) consecutive trading days beginning on the Closing date until the 36-month anniversary of the Closing, the Legacy Ocean Stockholders shall be entitled to receive an additional 7,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In addition, for each issuance of Earnout Shares, the Company will also issue to Sponsor an additional 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has concluded that the Earnout Shares represent a freestanding equity-linked financial instrument as the arrangement (i) can be indexed to the Company’s stock and (ii) meets all of the criteria for equity classification within ASC 815-40. The Company performed the two-step analysis described within ASC 815-40-15 to determine indexation and noted that while the arrangement does contain contingencies, these contingencies are based on the market for the Company’s stock and do not preclude indexation. Upon Closing, the fair value of the Earnout Shares was accounted for as a deemed dividend as of the Closing date. Since the entries to recognize the fair value of the Earnout Shares offset within additional paid-in capital, there is no inherent impact to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Since the Earnout Shares are contingent on the Company’s stock price, there will be no impact to outstanding shares and will not represent participating securities until the time at which the contingencies have been met. Backstop Agreement As discussed in Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 8,000,000 80.0 On February 13, 2023, AHAC, Vellar and Legacy Ocean entered into an assignment and novation agreement with Meteora Special Opportunity Fund I, LP, Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP and Meteora Capital Partners, LP (collectively “Meteora”) (the “Meteora Agreement”), pursuant to which Vellar assigned its obligation to purchase 2,666,667 2,667,667 Further, the Backstop Agreement grants the Backstop Parties the right to purchase additional shares from the Company (the “Additional Shares” and, together with the Recycled Shares (defined below), the “Backstop Shares”) up to an amount equal to the difference between the number of Recycled Shares and the maximum number of shares of 8,000,000 As further discussed in Note 2, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 8,000,000 2.50 On February 14, 2023, (i) pursuant to the Backstop Agreement, the Backstop Parties purchased 3,535,466 10.56 1,350,000 10.56 Subsequent to Closing, the Prepayment amount was equal to $ 51.6 37.3 14.3 14.3 37.3 51.6 14.3 The Backstop Agreement consists of two financial instruments that are accounted for as follows: (i) The in-substance written put option which is recorded in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as the “Backstop Put Option Liability” and treated as a derivative liability recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net loss. The Company measures the fair value of the Backstop Put Option Liability on a recurring basis, with any fair value adjustment recorded within other income/(expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 4, Fair Value Measurements (ii) The “Fixed Maturity Consideration” representing the 8,000,000 4,885,466 2.50 Financial Instruments Fair Value Measurements The Prepayment is accounted for as a reduction to equity to reflect the substance of the overall arrangement as a net purchase of the Backstop Shares and sales of shares to the Backstop Parties. At any time prior to the Maturity Date, and in accordance with the terms of the Backstop Agreement, the Backstop Parties may elect an Optional Early Termination to sell some or all of the Backstop Shares. If the Backstop Parties sell any shares prior to the Maturity Date, the pro-rata portion of the Prepayment amount is due back to the Company. As of March 31, 2023, the Backstop Parties had sold 143,261 Backstop Shares, for which the Company has received net proceeds of $1.4 million, after paying related fees to the Backstop Parties. Depending on the manner in which the Backstop Agreement is settled, the Company may never have access to the full Prepayment On May 23, 2023 the Company received an Equity Prepaid Forward Transaction - Valuation Date Notice (“Notice”) from Vellar stating that due to the Company’s alleged failure to timely register the shares held by Vellar, Vellar had the right to terminate the Backstop Agreement as to their portion of the shares and Vellar claimed that it is entitled to receive Maturity Consideration (as defined in the Backstop Agreement) equal to $ 6.7 On October 2, 2023, the Company entered into a Side Letter Agreement (the “Side Letter”) with Polar. The Side Letter amended certain terms of the Polar Agreement, as discussed in Note 3, Business Combination and Backstop Agreement. The Side Letter amended the definitions of “Seller VWAP Trigger Event” and “Reset Price” as used in the Backstop Agreement as it relates to Polar and the Polar Agreement. Per the amended definitions, the (i) “Seller VWAP Trigger Event” is an event that occurs if the VWAP price is below $ 2.50 8.00 The “Seller VWAP Trigger Event” for Polar occurred in October 2023 and the other Backstop Parties in November 2023. The Company received written notice from Polar on November 6, 2023, acknowledging its right to designate any date as the Maturity Date from the date of the notice to, and including, the third anniversary of the Business Combination. As of the date of this filing, one of the Backstop Parties, Polar had not designated a Maturity Date. Refer to above in this footnote for further detail around the purported Maturity Date for Vellar. Common Stock Purchase Agreement The Company is subject to the terms and conditions of (i) a common stock purchase agreement, dated September 7, 2022, and as amended on October 4, 2023 (the “Common Stock Purchase Agreement”) and (ii) a registration rights agreement, dated September 7, 2022 (the “White Lion Registration Rights Agreement”), that AHAC entered into with White Lion Capital LLC (“White Lion”). Pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right from time to time at its option to sell to White Lion up to $ 75.0 In accordance with ASC No. 815, Derivatives and Hedging, In consideration for the commitments of White Lion to purchase Equity Line Shares, the Common Stock Purchase Agreement included 75,000 0.5 0.5 Effective October 4, 2023, the Company and White Lion entered into the first amendment of the Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”). The Amendment is intended to afford the Company greater flexibility and provide the Company an additional alternative to issue a fixed price “Purchase Notice” under the Common Stock Purchase Agreement at $ 7.00 9.00 41,677 64 Sponsor Promissory Notes Upon consummation of the Business Combination, the Company assumed two of AHAC’s loans, totaling $ 2.1 8 15 0.5 Senior Secured Convertible Notes In connection with the assumption of AHAC’s loans and pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement described above, the Company issued 1,365,000 200,000 The Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $ 1.2 200,000 13.6 18 Deferred Underwriting Commissions At Closing, the underwriters for AHAC’s initial public offering (“IPO”) agreed to defer payment of $ 3.2 million of deferred underwriting discounts otherwise due to them until November 14, 2023, pursuant to the terms of a promissory note (the “Underwriter Promissory Note”). The deferred amounts bear interest at 9 % per annum and 24 % per annum following an event of default under the promissory note. The Company has a right to pay up to fifty percent (50%) of the principal and interest due on this promissory note using the common stock of the Company at a price per share of $10.56. The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the principal and interest due on this promissory note must be paid in cash. The Company recorded $ 0.2 million and $ 36 thousand of interest expense on the outstanding balance in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. On March 4, 2024, the Company converted the convertible portion of the Underwriter Promissory Note into 169,582 10.56 1.6 0.2 1.6 |