Liquidity and Capital Resources
On March 29, 2021 we consummated a $500,000,000 public offering consisting of 50,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Class A common stock”) and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Simultaneously, with the closing of the Public Offering, we consummated the $12,500,000 private placement (“Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 8,333,333 private placement warrants (“Sponsor Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per warrant. Upon closing of the Public Offering and Private Placement on March 29, 2021, $500,000,000 in proceeds (including $17,500,000 of deferred underwriting commissions) from the public offering and private placement was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. The remaining $12,500,000 held outside of trust was used to pay underwriting commissions of $10,000,000, loans to our Sponsors, and deferred offering and formation costs, and for working capital.
As of June 30, 2021, we had an unrestricted balance of $223,129 as well as cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $500,015,499. Our working capital needs will be satisfied through the funds, held outside of the Trust Account, from the public offering. Interest on funds held in the Trust Account may be used to pay income taxes and franchise taxes, if any. Further, our Sponsors have agreed to loan us up to $1,500,000, as may be required for ongoing business expenses and the Business Combination. The Sponsors will each have the option to convert any amounts outstanding under their respective convertible notes into warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant and would be identical to the Sponsor Warrants.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any significant business operations nor generated any revenues to date. All activities to date relate to the Company’s formation and its Public Offering and search for a suitable Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities 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 as we locate a suitable Business Combination.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net income of $10,900,924 related to $282,542 of general and administrative costs related to the formation of the Company and on-going expenses as we search for a Business Combination and $60,000 in management fees, offset by a gain of $10,916,667 in the change in the fair value of the warrant derivative liability, a reduction of $311,300 in offering costs expensed and $15,499 in earnings on the Trust Account assets.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net income of $9,947,357 related to $295,752 of general and administrative costs related to the formation of the Company and on-going expenses as we search for a Business Combination and $80,000 in management fees, and $942,390 in offering costs expensed, offset by a gain of $11,250,000 in the change in the fair value of the warrant derivative liability and $15,499 in earnings on the Trust Account assets.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies: