ECD Automotive Design (ECDA) 8-KEf Hutton Acquisition Corporation I

Exhibit 99.1

EF HUTTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION I

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of

EF Hutton Acquisition Corporation I

Opinion on the Financial Statement

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of EF Hutton Acquisition Corporation I (the “Company”) as of September 13, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statement”). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September 13, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

The accompanying financial statement has been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by the close of business by June 13, 2023, the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. This date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution combined with uncertainty as to whether the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund operations through the liquidation date or thereafter should a deferral occur raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Marcum llp

Marcum llp

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.

Boston, MA
September 20, 2022

EF HUTTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION I

BALANCE SHEET

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statement.

EF HUTTON ACQUISITION CORPORATION I

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations and Going Concern

EF Hutton Acquisition Corporation I (formerly EF Hutton Acquisition Corp. II (see Note 8)) is a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 3, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock capital exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and the Company has not, nor has anyone on the Company’s behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target.

As of September 13, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 3, 2021 (inception) through September 13, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation and the Initial Public Offering (as defined below). The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering (as defined below). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

On March 4, 2021, EF Hutton Partners, LLC (“Sponsor”), purchased an aggregate of 3,450,000 shares of our common stock (up to 450,000 shares of which are subject to forfeiture, on a pro rata basis, depending upon the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. These shares are collectively referred to herein as “Founder Shares.” Thereafter on March 7, 2022, the Sponsor surrendered to the Company 575,000 founder shares for cancellation, leaving the Sponsor with 2,875,000 Founder Shares (up to 375,000 shares of which are subject to forfeiture, on a pro rata basis, depending upon the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). On March 8, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate total of 708,738 founder shares. Then on April 5, 2022, three of the initial stockholders transferred an aggregate amount of 141,624 founder shares back to the Sponsor. On May 23, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate amount of 57,500 founder shares to the other three initial stockholders.

The registration statements for the Company’s Initial Public Offering were declared effective on September 8, 2022. On September 13, 2022, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000, which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 257,500 units (each, a “Private Placement Unit” and, collectively, the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to the Sponsor, Kevin M. Bush (Chief Financial Officer), Paul Hodge Jr. (one of the directors) and SHR Ventures, LLC, generating gross proceeds of $2,575,000, which is described in Note 4.

Transaction costs amounted to $4,950,750, consisting $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $925,750 of other offering costs. In addition, cash of $132,392 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for the payment of offering costs and for working capital purposes.

The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and the taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will complete the initial Business Combination only if the post-Business Combination company in which its public stockholder’s own shares will own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or is otherwise not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 13, 2022, an amount of $116,150,000 ($10.10 per Public Share) from the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in the Trust Account to be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations 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. While short-term U.S. government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination or make certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the public stockholders are entitled to receive their pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the Trust Account, plus any interest income, net of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination, $100,000 of interest). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per share redemption amount received by public stockholders may be less than $10.10 per share.

The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of the Company’s common stock upon the completion of the initial Business Combination, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account described below as of two business days prior to the vote on the initial Business Combination, subject to the limitations described herein. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 9 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 18 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time), the Company will redeem 100% of the public shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as further described herein.

The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their stock at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any, divided by the number of then outstanding public stock. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share, regardless of whether or not the underwriters exercise any portion of their option to purchase additional units.

The shares of common stock subject to redemption are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding stock voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company will have until 9 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate the initial Business Combination. However, if it anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial business combination within 9 months, it may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to extend the time available for it to consummate its initial business combination, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account $575,000, or $0.05 per share for each one-month extension, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, or up to an aggregate of $5,175,000, or $0.45 per share if the Company extends for the full nine months. Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. Any such loans will be non-interest bearing and payable upon the consummation of an initial business combination. If the Company completes its initial business combination, it would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to it. If the Company does not complete a business combination, it will not repay such loans. Furthermore, the letter agreement with the initial stockholders contains a provision pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed to waive its right to be repaid for such loans out of the funds held in the Trust Account in the event that the Company does not complete a business combination. The Sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination. Stockholders will not be able to vote on or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension. If the Company has not consummated the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public stock, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding public stock, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); 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, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case to the Company’s obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

The initial stockholders and the Company’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and public shares held by them in connection with a stockholders’ vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or certain amendments to the Company’s charter prior thereto or to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within 9 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 18 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any founder shares held by them if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within 9 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 18 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time), although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame.

The Sponsor has agreed that they will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.10 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.10 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the initial stockholders’ only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

Going Concern

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standard Board (���FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution, should the Company be unable to complete a business combination, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has until June 13, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination, or until March 13, 2024 if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by the full amount of time. 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 June 13, 2023 (or March 13, 2024 if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by the full amount of time), there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after June 13, 2023 (or March 13, 2024 if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by the full amount of time).

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 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 this financial statement. The financial statement does 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 actions and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of this financial statement and the specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of this financial statement.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statement is presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Emerging Growth Company Status

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 auditor 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 stockholders’ 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 a 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 financial statement with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which 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 statement in conformity with US 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 statement. Actual results could differ 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 did not have any cash equivalents as of September 13, 2022. As of September 13, 2022 the Company has $132,392 in cash.

Cash Held in Trust Account

At September 13, 2022, the assets held in the Trust Account amounting to $116,150,000 were held in cash.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account.

Offering Costs

The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the Initial Public Offering that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are 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 are expensed as incurred and presented as non-operating expenses.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement 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.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statement 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.

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 13, 2022. 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 tax examinations 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.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

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). The Company’s financial instruments are classified as either Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3. These tiers include:

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

The Company will account for its Rights as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Rights’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considered whether the Rights were freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, met the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Rights met all the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Rights were indexed to the Company’s own shares of common stock, among other conditions for the equity classification.

Redeemable Share Classification

The Company’s common stock sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies public shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The public shares sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants) and as such, the initial carrying value of public shares classified as temporary equity are the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The public shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99 and are currently not redeemable as the redemption is contingent upon the occurrence of events mentioned above. According to ASC 480- 10- S99-15, no subsequent adjustment is needed if it is not probable that the instrument will become redeemable. Accordingly, at September 13, 2022, shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet.

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.

At September 13, 2022, the common shares reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company adopted ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, guidance to account for its stock-based compensation. It defines a fair value-based method of accounting for an employee stock option or similar equity instrument. The Company recognizes all forms of share-based payments, including stock option grants, warrants and restricted stock grants, at their fair value on the grant date, which are based on the estimated number of awards that are ultimately expected to vest. Share-based payments, excluding restricted stock, are valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Grants of share-based payment awards issued to non-employees for services rendered have been recorded at the fair value of the share-based payment, which is the more readily determinable value. The grants are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods, which is generally the vesting period. If an award is granted, but vesting does not occur, any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed in the period related to the termination of service. Stock-based compensation expenses are included in costs and operating expenses depending on the nature of the services provided in the statement of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. The update simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by removing certain separation models in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options for convertible instruments and introducing other changes. As a result of ASU No. 2020-06, more convertible debt instruments will be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost and more convertible preferred stock will be accounted for as a single equity instrument measured at its historical cost, as long as no features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives. The amendments are effective for smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU No. 2020-06 upon its incorporation. The impact to the balance sheet, statement of operations and cash flows was not material.

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 Company’s financial statement.

Note 3 — Initial Public Offering

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 11,500,000 Units, which includes a full exercise by the underwriters of their overallotment option in the amount of 1,500,000 Units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each unit consists of one share of common stock, one redeemable warrant and one right to receive 1/8 of one share of common stock. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share.

Note 4 — Private Placement

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor, Kevin M. Bush (Chief Financial Officer), Paul Hodge Jr. (one of the directors) and SHR Ventures, LLC purchased an aggregate of 257,500 private placement units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the “private units”). Each private unit consists of one share of common stock, one redeemable warrant and one right to received 1/8 of one share of common stock upon the consummation of the initial business combination. The Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 215,500 private units for a purchase price of $2,125,000, Mr. Bush purchased 5,000 private units for a purchase price of $50,000, Mr. Hodge purchased 10,000 private units for a purchase price of $100,000 and SHR Ventures, LLC purchased 30,000 private units for a purchase price of $300,000. The private units are identical to the units sold in the Initial Public Offering, subject to certain limited exceptions.

The warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) underlying the private units (including the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) are not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and they will not be redeemable by the Company so long as they are held by the private placement participants or their permitted transferees. Except for certain restrictions on transferability, the Private Placement Warrants have the same terms and conditions as the warrants included in the units sold in the Initial Public Offering (Note 7).

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On March 4, 2021, EF Hutton Partners, LLC, the Sponsor, purchased an aggregate of 3,450,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (up to 450,000 shares of which were subject to forfeiture, on a pro rata basis, depending upon the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. These shares are collectively referred to herein as “founder shares.” Thereafter on March 7, 2022, the Sponsor surrendered to the Company 575,000 founder shares for cancellation, leaving the Sponsor with 2,875,000 founder shares (up to 375,000 shares of which are subject to forfeiture, on a pro rata basis, depending upon the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). On March 8, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate total of 708,738 founder shares to several individuals and one entity. Then on April 5, 2022, three of the initial stockholders transferred an aggregate amount of 141,624 founder shares back to the Sponsor. On May 23, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate amount of 57,500 founder shares to the other three initial stockholders.

The founder shares are held by the following individuals and entities (referred to collectively as the “initial stockholders”) as follows: the Sponsor owns 2,250,386 founder shares, the Chief Financial Officer, Kevin M. Bush owns 91,624 founder shares, the Company’s directors, Thomas Wood owns 50,000 founder shares, Stanley Hutton Rumbough owns 50,000 founder shares, Anne Lee owns 50,000 founder shares, Paul Hodge Jr. owns 133,248 founder shares and SHR Ventures, LLC owns 249,742 founder shares.

The transfer of the founder shares to the Company’s management is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 374,614 shares transferred to the Company’s management on March 8, 2022 and May 23, 2022 and that were not transferred back to the Sponsor as of September 13, 2022 was $137,354. This set of founder shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to this set of founder shares is recognized only when the performance condition is probable of occurrence under the applicable accounting literature in this circumstance. As of September 13, 2022, the Company determined that a Business Combination is not considered probable, and, therefore, no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination) in an amount equal to the number of founder shares times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the founder shares. Additionally, another set of 250,000 founder shares were gifted to the Company’s directors on March 8, 2022 and under ASC 718, on March 8, 2022 had a fair value of $62,500, which has been recorded as stock-based compensation. The founder shares granted as gifts are not subject to a performance condition and as such stock-based compensation of $62,500 was recorded on the statement of operations.

The Company entered into agreements with each anchor investor prior to the Initial Public Offering that committed each anchor investor to purchase 9.9% tranches of the Units or the actual Units allocated to it. Additionally, each of the ten 9.9% anchor investors purchased 75,000 founder shares from certain initial stockholders, for a total of 750,000 founder shares, at the original purchase price of founder shares or $0.009 per share. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the 750,000 founders shares attributable to the anchor investors to be $3,626,296 or $4.84 per share. Each anchor investor acquired from the Sponsor an indirect economic interest in the founder shares. The excess of the fair value of the founder shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, the offering cost 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 allocated to the Public Shares were charged to stockholders’ deficit upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.

The initial stockholders, have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, that the founder shares are not transferable or saleable until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of the initial Business Combination, and (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination if the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the public stockholders having the right to exchange their public shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination.

Due from Related Party

At the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 13, 2022, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units in the amount of $500,000 was due to the Company to be held outside of the Trust Account for working capital purposes.

Promissory Note — Related Party

The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Initial Public Offering. This loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As of September 13, 2022, there was $19,700 outstanding under the promissory note, which is due on demand.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the terms of which have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto, or in connection with additional deposits into the Trust Account in order to extend the time available to us to consummate the initial 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, loan the Company funds on a non-interest-bearing basis as may be required. If the Company completes initial Business Combination, the Company will repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account. Otherwise, such loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that the Company’s 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 to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $5,475,000 of such loans may be convertible into private units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The private units are identical to the public units sold in this offering. At September 13, 2022, no working capital loans were outstanding.

Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies

Registration Rights

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on September 8, 2022 with the private placement participants, the Company may be required to register certain securities for sale under the Securities Act. These holders and holders of units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, are entitled under the registration rights agreement to make up to three demands that the Company register certain securities held by them for sale under the Securities Act and to have the securities covered thereby registered for resale pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders have the right to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company. The Company will bear the costs and expenses of filing any such registration statements.

Underwriters Agreement

The underwriters had a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 Units to cover over-allotments. On September 13, 2022, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters elected to fully exercise the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit.

The underwriters are entitled to deferred underwriting commissions of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $4,025,000, upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (“Craig-Hallum”) acted as a qualified independent underwriter for the Initial Public Offering. The Company has agreed to indemnify Craig-Hallum against certain liabilities incurred in connection with acting as a qualified independent underwriter, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Craig-Hallum received a fee of $100,000 upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering for acting as qualified independent underwriter.

Note 7 — Stockholder’s Deficit

Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At September 13, 2022, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Common Stock — The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorized to issue a total of 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. On March 4, 2021, the Sponsor, purchased an aggregate of 3,450,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. On March 7, 2022, the Sponsor surrendered to the Company 575,000 founder shares for cancellation, leaving the Sponsor with 2,875,000 founder shares. On March 8, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate total of 708,738 founder shares. Then on April 5, 2022, three of the initial stockholders transferred an aggregate amount of 141,624 founder shares back to the Sponsor. On May 23, 2022, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate amount of 57,500 founder shares to the other three initial stockholders. As of September 13, 2022, the Company has 3,132,500 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 11,500,000 shares subject to possible redemption.

Holders of common stock will vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders except as required by law. Unless specified in the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or as required by applicable provisions of the Companies Act or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Company’s common stock that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by its stockholders.

Warrants — As of September 13, 2022, 11,757,500 warrants were outstanding. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed herein. In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at a Newly Issued Price of less than $9.20 per share of common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial stockholders or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by the initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the Market Value is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Prices. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of one year from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or 30 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that, if the Company’s common stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy 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 the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the stock under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 90th day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the stock under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

Redemption of public and private warrants.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:

Rights — As of September 13, 2022, 11,757,500 Rights were outstanding. Each holder of a Right will receive one-eighth (1/8) of a share of common stock upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. In the event the Company will not be the survivor upon completion of the initial Business Combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its Rights in order to receive the one-eighth (1/8) share underlying each Right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any of such funds for their Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless. No fractional shares will be issued upon conversion of any Rights.

Note 8 — Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up through the date that the financial statement was issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement.