Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On August 8, 2022, simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed a private placement of an aggregate of 543,300 units, in view of the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full (the “Placement Units”), at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $5,433,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Placement Units are identical to the Units sold as part of the public Units in this offering, except as described in the Company’s Registration Statement and prospectus, including in part that the initial purchasers agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Placement Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances, as described in the prospectus) until the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. Such initial purchasers were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Placement Units. The Placement Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering. The Placement Units have been issued pursuant to, and are governed by the Warrant Agreement.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
In connection with the consummation of the Company’s IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation”) with the State of Delaware, effective on August 3, 2022. A copy of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $102,551,250, comprised of the proceeds from the IPO after offering expenses and the proceeds of the sale of the Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will provide that the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the placement units, will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (a) the completion of our initial business combination, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to (i) modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within nine months from the closing of this offering (or up to a total of 18 if we extend the original nine months, through nine one-month extensions beyond the initial nine (9) months provided that, pursuant to the terms of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company, an additional $0.0333 per unit for each month extended totaling $289,710 per month under the offering of 8.7 million Units or up to $333,166.50 per month assuming the underwriter exercises its full over-allotment option (yielding $2,607,390 assuming nine extensions or $2,998,498.50 assuming nine extensions and the underwriter has exercised its over-allotment) is deposited into the trust, subject to applicable law.
On August 8, 2022, in connection with the consummation of the IPO, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1. In addition, in connection with the closing of the Company’s IPO on August 8, 2022, the Company issued an additional press release. A copy of the August 8, 2022 press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.