UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

CF ACQUISITION CORP. VII

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 938-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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, a 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.

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 13, 2024, there were 10,160,134 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 120,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding.

CF ACQUISITION CORP. VII

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(UNAUDITED)

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References to the “Company,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to CF Acquisition Corp. VII. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report (as defined below). 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 (this “Report”) 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. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on July 8, 2020 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 “Initial Business Combination”). Our sponsor is CFAC Holdings VII, LLC (the “Sponsor”).

Although we are not limited in our search for target businesses to a particular industry or sector for the purpose of consummating the Initial Business Combination, we are focusing our search on companies operating in the financial services, healthcare, real estate services, technology and software industries. We are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

Our registration statement for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) became effective on December 15, 2021. On December 20, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 18,250,000 units (each, a “Unit” and with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), including 750,000 Units sold upon the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $182,500,000. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50. Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the Initial Business Combination and will expire 5 years after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 450,000 Units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit to the Sponsor in a private placement (the “Private Placement”), generating gross proceeds of $4,500,000, and we executed a promissory note (the “Sponsor Note”) in favor of the Sponsor pursuant to which we borrowed $3,650,000 from the Sponsor.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering and sale of the Private Placement Units on December 20, 2021, an amount of $186,150,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering, the sale of the Private Placement Units and the proceeds of the Sponsor Note, was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) acting as trustee, which were initially invested only 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 any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us. To mitigate the risk of the Company being deemed to be an unregistered investment company and thus be subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, in December 2023, we instructed Continental to liquidate the investment in money market funds that invested in U.S. government debt securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a U.S. bank, with Continental continuing to act as trustee, until the earlier of the consummation of: (i) the completion of the Initial Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.

On June 12, 2023, we issued 4,442,500 shares of Class A common stock to the Sponsor upon the conversion of 4,442,500 shares of Class B common stock held by the Sponsor (the “Conversion”). The 4,442,500 shares of Class A common stock issued in connection with the Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B common stock prior to the Conversion, including, among other things, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of the Initial Business Combination as described in the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering.

On June 16, 2023, at a special meeting of our stockholders, our stockholders approved an extension of time for us to consummate the Initial Business Combination from June 20, 2023 to March 20, 2024 (the “First Extension”). In connection with the First Extension, as of September 30, 2024 the Sponsor loaned us an aggregate amount of $3,861,967 (the “First Extension Loan”), with $429,107 ($0.03 for each Public Share that was not redeemed in connection with the First Extension) (the “First Extension Monthly Amount”) deposited into the Trust Account for each month of the First Extension. The First Extension Loan does not bear interest and is repayable by us to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination. In connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Extension, 3,946,419 Public Shares were redeemed at approximately $10.48 per share, resulting in a reduction of $41,373,633 in the amount held in the Trust Account.

On March 14, 2024, at a special meeting of our stockholders, our stockholders approved an extension of time for us to consummate the Initial Business Combination from March 20, 2024 to March 20, 2025 (or such shorter period of time as determined by our board of directors) (the “Second Extension” and, together with the First Extension, the “Extensions”). In connection with the Second Extension, the Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate amount of up to $1,200,000 pursuant to the Second Extension Loan, with (i) $100,000 (the “Second Extension Monthly Amount”) deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the first funding of the Second Extension Loan on March 15, 2024, and (ii) the Second Extension Monthly Amount being deposited into the Trust Account for each calendar month thereafter (commencing on April 21, 2024 and ending on the 20^th day of each subsequent month through March 20, 2025), or portion thereof, that is needed by us to complete the Initial Business Combination. The Second Extension Loan does not bear interest and is repayable by us to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination. In connection with the stockholder vote to approve the Second Extension, 9,035,947 Public Shares were redeemed at approximately $10.94 per share, resulting in a reduction of $98,891,433 in the amount held in the Trust Account.

Following the Conversion and the redemptions in connection with the Extensions, (i) there are 10,160,134 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding and 120,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, and (ii) the Sponsor holds 48.1% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock.

We have until March 20, 2025 (which was originally June 20, 2023 and has been extended by the stockholder approval of the Extensions as described above), or a later date approved by our stockholders in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to consummate the Initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If we are unable to complete the Initial Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period, we 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 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 and not previously released to us to pay taxes (less 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 our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to our 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 our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete the Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the new rules and regulations for special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”), which became effective on July 1, 2024 (the “2024 SPAC Rules”). The 2024 SPAC Rules require, among other matters, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC business combination transactions; (ii) additional disclosures relating to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates in both SPAC initial public offerings and business combination transactions; (iii) additional disclosures regarding projections included in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; and (iv) the requirement that both the SPAC and its target company be co-registrants for business combination registration statements. In addition, the SEC’s adopting release provided guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including its duration, asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its management team in furtherance of such goals. The 2024 SPAC Rules may materially affect our ability to negotiate and complete our Initial Business Combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.

On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted its climate-related disclosure rules, which require registrants to provide detailed climate-related disclosures in registration statements and certain periodic reports. The final rules set forth requirements for disclosure of material climate-related risks, mitigation activities, targets and goals, and governance. The rules also require disclosure of certain greenhouse gas emissions metrics and attestation of emissions disclosures. We are evaluating the potential impacts of these new requirements at this time, including in connection with ongoing litigation challenging such requirements and the SEC’s stay of the requirements pending judicial review. However, if these requirements are implemented following the completion of judicial review, they may significantly increase the complexity of our periodic reporting as a U.S. public company.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of both September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had $25,000 of cash in our operating account. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $12,314,000 and approximately $9,382,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, approximately $3,714,000 and approximately $6,282,000, respectively, of interest income earned on funds held in the Trust Account was available to pay taxes.

Our liquidity needs through September 30, 2024 have been satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares, a loan of approximately $97,000 from the Sponsor pursuant to a promissory note (the “Pre-IPO Note”), the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement with the Sponsor not held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor Loan (as defined below), the 2023 Working Capital Loan (as defined below), and the 2024 Working Capital Loan (as defined below). We fully repaid the Pre-IPO Note upon completion of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor loaned us $1,750,000 to fund our expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Initial Business Combination (the “Sponsor Loan”), which Sponsor Loan has been fully drawn by us.

If the Sponsor Loan is insufficient, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us additional loans (“Working Capital Loans”).

On September 29, 2023, we entered into a Working Capital Loan (the “2023 Working Capital Loan”) with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $1,000,000 in connection with advances the Sponsor made to us for working capital expenses, which 2023 Working Capital Loan has been fully drawn.

Effective as of September 30, 2024, we entered into a Working Capital Loan (the “2024 Working Capital Loan”) with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $750,000 in connection with advances the Sponsor will make to us for working capital expenses.

Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

On June 16, 2023, we entered into the First Extension Loan with the Sponsor, pursuant to which as of September 30, 2024, the Sponsor loaned us $3,861,967 in the aggregate.

On March 14, 2024, we entered into the Second Extension Loan with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $1,200,000. Seven fundings of the Second Extension Monthly Amount were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 for the aggregate amount of $700,000.

Each of the 2023 Working Capital Loan, the 2024 Working Capital Loan, the First Extension Loan and the Second Extension Loan bears no interest and is due and payable on the date on which we consummate the Initial Business Combination. The principal balance of each loan may be prepaid at any time with funds outside of the Trust Account.

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was approximately $11,039,000 and approximately $8,462,000, respectively, outstanding under the loans payable by us to the Sponsor. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, these amounts included $1,750,000 as of both periods outstanding under the Sponsor Loan, approximately $3,862,000 and approximately $3,004,000, respectively, outstanding under the First Extension Loan, $3,650,000 as of both periods outstanding under the Sponsor Note, $1,000,000 and approximately $58,000, respectively, outstanding under the 2023 Working Capital Loan, $700,000 and $0, respectively, outstanding under the Second Extension Loan, and approximately $77,000 and $0, respectively, outstanding under the 2024 Working Capital Loan.

Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or one year from the date of this Report. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective target businesses, 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 Initial Business Combination.

Results of Operations

Our entire activity from inception through September 30, 2024 related to our formation, the Initial Public Offering, and to our efforts toward locating and completing a suitable Initial Business Combination. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of the Initial Business Combination. We have generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on amounts held in the Trust Account. We expect to incur increased 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, 2024, we had net income of approximately $167,000, which consisted of approximately $719,000 of interest income from cash deposited in a demand deposit account held at a U.S. bank, partially offset by approximately $257,000 of general and administrative expenses, approximately $229,000 of income tax expense, approximately $36,000 of franchise tax expense, and $30,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we had a net loss of approximately $3,942,000, which consisted of approximately $5,276,000 of interest expense on mandatorily redeemable Class A common stock, approximately $1,102,000 of income tax expense, approximately $849,000 of general and administrative expenses, $160,000 of franchise tax expense, and $90,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor, partially offset by approximately $3,535,000 of interest income recognized from the cash and investments held in the Trust Account.

For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we had net income of approximately $1,068,000, which consisted of approximately $1,826,000 of interest income from investments held in the Trust Account, partially offset by approximately $377,000 of income tax expense, approximately $321,000 of general and administrative expenses, $30,000 of franchise tax expense, and $30,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we had net income of approximately $1,676,000, which consisted of approximately $5,515,000 of interest income from investments held in the Trust Account, partially offset by approximately $1,534,000 of interest expense on mandatorily redeemable Class A common stock, approximately $1,125,000 of income tax expense, approximately $930,000 of general and administrative expenses, $160,000 of franchise tax expense and $90,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor.

Factors That May Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations

Our results of operations and our ability to complete the Initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. Our business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. We cannot at this time predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and our ability to complete the Initial Business Combination.  

Contractual Obligations

Business Combination Marketing Agreement

We engaged Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“CF&Co.”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, as an advisor in connection with any Initial Business Combination to assist us in holding meetings with our stockholders to discuss any potential Initial Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce us to potential investors that are interested in purchasing our securities and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection with any Initial Business Combination. We will pay CF&Co. a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination in an amount of $6,537,500, which is equal to, in the aggregate, 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the base offering in the Initial Public Offering and 5.5% of the gross proceeds from the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

Related Party Loans

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, we executed the Sponsor Note in favor of the Sponsor pursuant to which we borrowed $3,650,000 from the Sponsor.

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor loaned us $1,750,000 in the Sponsor Loan to fund expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements, including $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services that will be paid to the Sponsor, after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Initial Business Combination.

On September 29, 2023, we entered into the 2023 Working Capital Loan with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $1,000,000 in connection with advances the Sponsor made to us for working capital expenses, which 2023 Working Capital Loan has been fully drawn.

Effective as of September 30, 2024, we entered into the 2024 Working Capital Loan with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $750,000 in connection with advances the Sponsor will make to us for working capital expenses. 

On June 16, 2023, we entered into the First Extension Loan with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $3,861,967, which as of September 30, 2024 has been fully funded by the Sponsor.

On March 14, 2024, we entered into the Second Extension Loan with the Sponsor in the amount of up to $1,200,000. Seven fundings of the Second Extension Monthly Amount were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 for the aggregate amount of $700,000.

Each of the 2023 Working Capital Loan, the 2024 Working Capital Loan, the First Extension Loan and the Second Extension Loan bears no interest and is due and payable on the date on which we consummate the Business Combination. The principal balance of each loan may be prepaid at any time with funds outside of the Trust Account.

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was approximately $11,039,000 and approximately $8,462,000, respectively, outstanding under the loans payable by us to the Sponsor. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, these amounts included $1,750,000 as of both periods outstanding under the Sponsor Loan, approximately $3,862,000 and approximately $3,004,000, respectively, outstanding under the First Extension Loan, $3,650,000 as of both periods outstanding under the Sponsor Note, $1,000,000 and approximately $58,000, respectively, outstanding under the 2023 Working Capital Loan, and $700,000 and $0, respectively, outstanding under the Second Extension Loan, and approximately $77,000 and $0, respectively, outstanding under the 2024 Working Capital Loan.

The Sponsor pays expenses on our behalf and we reimburse the Sponsor for such expenses paid on our behalf. As of both September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we had no payable outstanding to the Sponsor for such expenses paid on our behalf. 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our unaudited condensed 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, income and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, in our unaudited condensed financial statements. These accounting estimates require the use of assumptions about matters, some of which are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. To the extent actual experience differs from the assumptions used, our balance sheets, unaudited condensed statements of operations, unaudited condensed statements of stockholders’ deficit and unaudited condensed statements of cash flows could be materially affected. We believe that the following accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.

Going Concern

In connection with our going concern considerations in accordance with guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern, we have until March 20, 2025 to consummate the Initial Business Combination. Our mandatory liquidation date, if the Initial Business Combination is not consummated, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements included in this Report do not include any adjustments related to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities should we be unable to continue as a going concern. In the event of a mandatory liquidation, within ten business days, we will 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 interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay taxes, other than excise tax (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares.

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (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 registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) 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. We have 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, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

Warrants and FPS

We account for our outstanding public warrants and private placement warrants and the securities underlying the forward purchase agreement with the Sponsor (such securities, the “FPS”) in accordance with the guidance in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. Pursuant to the guidance, the warrants and the FPS meet the criteria for equity classification and are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. 

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for our shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and measured at fair value. For shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) with a fixed redemption amount and a fixed redemption date, we recognize interest expense on the unaudited condensed statements of operations to reflect accretion to the redemption amount. As a result, to reflect accretion to the redemption amount, we recognized interest expense of $0 and approximately $4,285,000 in our unaudited condensed statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and interest expense of $0 and approximately $1,120,000 in our unaudited condensed statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. All of the Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 5,267,634 and 14,303,581 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively, are presented as temporary equity outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of our balance sheets. We recognize any subsequent changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares of Class A common stock to the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value of redeemable shares of Class A common stock. This method would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of Class A common stock also resulted in charges against Additional paid-in capital and Accumulated deficit.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

We comply with the accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the applicable periods. We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share and allocate net income (loss) pro rata to shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, nonredeemable shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class B common stock. Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

We have not considered the effect of the warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,233,333 shares of Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, because their exercise is contingent upon future events and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share of common stock is the same as basic earnings per share of common stock for the periods presented.

See Note 2— “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to our unaudited condensed financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Report for additional information regarding these critical accounting policies and other significant accounting policies.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

As of September 30, 2024, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures 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 management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report.

We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.  

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

To the knowledge of our management team, there is no material litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property. 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. However, as of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes with respect to those risk factors previously disclosed in our (i) Registration Statement on Form S-1 with respect to the Initial Public Offering, initially filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021, as amended and declared effective on December 15, 2021 (File No. 333-253307), (ii) Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024, March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, respectively, (iii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2024, as filed with the SEC on May 13, 2022, August 12, 2022, November 14, 2022 and August 14, 2024, respectively, and (iv) the Definitive Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A, as filed with the SEC on February 16, 2024 and May 19, 2023. Any of the previously disclosed risk 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 risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Use of Proceeds

For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, see Part II, Item 2 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022.

In December 2023, we instructed Continental to liquidate the investment in money market funds that invested in U.S. government debt securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a U.S. bank, with Continental continuing to act as trustee, until the earlier of the consummation of our Initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, the remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement are no longer invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds invested in U.S. government securities.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Trading Arrangements

During the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

Additional Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

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