Thunder Power Holdings, Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Mar 31, 2024

References in this Quarterly Report to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, references to the “sponsor” refer to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results, expectations and plans discussed in these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.”

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and variations thereof and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s final prospectus for its initial public offering filed with the SEC on June 17, 2022 (the “Prospectus”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov). Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 19, 2022 formed 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 “Business Combination”). We will not undertake our initial Business Combination with an entity based in or having the majority of its operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”) of the Company’s units (the “Public Units”, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, or the “Public Shares”, one warrant, or the “Public Warrants”, and one right, or the “Public Rights”), and the sale of units (the “Private Placement Units”) in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) to the Company’s sponsor Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), potential additional shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.

We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

Permission Required from the PRC Authorities for our Business Combination and Relevance of PRC Regulations.

We are a Delaware corporation with no operations in China and all of our officers and directors are U.S. citizens, thus we or any of our officers and directors are not required to obtain permission from any Chinese authorities to operate or conduct a Business Combination. Since we will not undertake our initial Business Combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), we do not expect that any permission or approval that our officers and directors or us would be required from the Chinese authorities to search for a target company or to consummate our initial Business Combination.

We are a blank check company with no operations of our own except searching for a non-China-based target for our initial Business Combination. We do not have any subsidiaries and all of our officers and directors are located in the United States. Therefore, we do not consider ourselves a China-based issuer, in particular, as specified in the Trial Administrative Measures of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Trial Measures, and five supporting guidelines promulgated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) on February 17, 2023, which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Administration Measures, an issuer is a “domestic [Chinese] company” if the issuer meets both of the following conditions and thus, subject to the requirements for domestic [Chinese] companies seeking to offer or list securities overseas, both directly and indirectly, thereunder: (i) any of the total assets, net assets, revenues or profits of the domestic operating entities of the issuer in the most recent accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding figure in the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statements for the same period; and (ii) its major operational activities are carried out in China or its main places of business are located in China, or the senior managers in charge of operation and management of the issuer are mostly Chinese citizens or are domiciled in China.

Additionally, as of the date of this report, no transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made by us. We have not adopted or maintained any other cash management policies and procedures and need to comply with applicable law or regulations with respect to transfer of funds, dividends and distributions, if any. Given that we are not a China-based issuer or expect to be a China-based issuer upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination, we are not subject to or will become subject to the foreign exchange control rules of the PRC.

Certain Potential Restrictions or Negative Impacts

We believe that none of our officers, directors, Sponsor and members of our Sponsor have significant ties to China except that some of our management members and Sponsor members lived in China or Hong Kong more than ten or twenty years ago before they came to the United States for advanced education and commenced their professional careers in the United States and certain members of our Sponsor including Ms. Sau Fong Yeung (holding approximately 41.3% of equity interest in the Sponsor), the manager of the Sponsor and Mr. Xianhong Wu (indirectly holding approximately 17.4% of equity interest in the Sponsor) are Hong Kong citizens and U.S. permanent residents. As our Certificate of Incorporation prohibits us from undertaking our initial Business Combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), we do not believe the historical path of some of our management and Sponsor members will result in a material change in our search for a target company and the value of the securities that we are registering for sale. However, as we cannot predict the perception from potential target companies or the market, it is uncertain whether that would make us a less attractive partner to a non-China or non-Hong Kong-based target company and such perception may potentially limit or negatively impact our search for our initial Business Combination. Furthermore, if any officers and directors of the post-combination entity will be located outside the United States, it may be difficult, or in some cases, impossible for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights against, effect service of process upon, or enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties under United States securities laws against such officers and directors after our Business Combination. See “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 6, 2024.

Controlling or non-controlling investments in U.S. businesses that produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate or develop one or more critical technologies in one of 27 identified industries – including aviation, defense, semiconductors, telecommunications and biotechnology – are subject to a mandatory filing with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (“CFIUS”). In addition, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Two members of our Sponsor (including the manager of the Sponsor) are Hong Kong citizens and U.S. permanent residents, therefore any proposed Business Combination between us and a U.S. business engaged in a regulated industry or which may affect national security could be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review. The scope of CFIUS was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subject certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential initial Business Combination with a U.S. business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate a Business Combination with such business. In addition, if our potential Business Combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with our initial Business Combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing our initial Business Combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial Business Combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to our initial Business Combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we proceed without first obtaining CFIUS clearance. The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent us from pursuing certain initial Business Combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete our initial Business Combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership restrictions. Moreover, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial Business Combination our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share initially, and our warrants and rights will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company. See “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 6, 2024.

Recent Developments

Extensions of the Period of Time to Consummate Initial Business Combination and Charter Amendments

On March 18, 2024, the Company held a special meeting of the stockholders (the “2024 Special Meeting”) at which the stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “Second Amendment”) to allow the Company until March 21, 2024 to complete an initial business combination and may elect to extend such period up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each, a “Second Amendment Monthly Extension”), for a total up to nine months until December 21, 2024, by depositing to the Company’s trust account, the lesser of (i) $60,000 for all public shares and (ii) $0.035 for each public share for each one-month extension (each, a “Second Amendment Monthly Extension Payment”). In connection with the votes to approve the Second Amendment, 2,378,699 shares of Class A common stock were redeemed resulting in the Company having 2,604,794 shares of Class A common stock and 2,443,750 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

From March 2024 to April 2024, two Second Amendment Monthly Extension Payments were deposited into the Trust Account by Thunder Power Holdings Limited (“Thunder Power”) pursuant to a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated October 26, 2023 (as amended. the “Merger Agreement”), as a result of which, the Company must complete the Business Combination by May 21, 2024 unless otherwise extended. The Company issued two unsecured promissory notes in an aggregate amount $120,000 to Thunder Power to evidence the deposits.

The notes issued to Thunder Power bear no interest and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the business combination or (ii) the Maturity Date (as defined in the promissory notes). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) an enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated. The notes also will rank senior to repayments of the existing monthly extension payments provided by the Sponsor or its other designees in the event of the liquidation of the Company.

The issuance of the notes described above was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Amendments to the Merger Agreement

On March 19, 2024, the Company and Thunder Power entered into an amendment (the “Merger Agreement Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement Amendment, Thunder Power shall continue to provide $60,000 for each Second Amendment Monthly Extension if the Company seeks to extend the deadline for consummating the Business Combination up to December 21, 2024. In exchange for each Second Amendment Monthly Extension Payment, the Company will issue a note in the amount of $60,000 to Thunder Power, which will provide for repayment upon the Business Combination or the conversion into 6,000 private placement units of the Company. Each such new note will rank senior to repayments of the Existing Monthly Extension Payments provided by the Sponsor or its other designees in the event of the liquidation of the Company.

On April 5, 2024, the Company and Thunder Power entered into the second amendment to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the board of directors of the combined entity shall consist of five (5) directors, among which three (3) directors shall be nominated by Thunder Power, one (1) director shall be nominated by the Company, and one (1) director shall be mutually nominated by the Thunder Power and the Company.

Change of Address of Principal Executive Offices

On May 14, 2024, the Company changed its address of principal executive office from 48 Bridge Street, Building A, Metuchen, New Jersey 08840 to 221 W 9th St #848, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date except the preparation and completion of the IPO and search for target candidate following the consummation of the IPO. Our only activities from inception through March 31, 2024 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO and search for target for initial Business Combination after IPO, described below. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the IPO. We expect that we will 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 in connection with searching for, and completing, our initial Business Combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, we had a net loss of $18,535 and net income of $611,090, respectively, from interest income less formation and operating costs and tax expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern

The Company’s liquidity needs up to March 31, 2024 had had been satisfied through the initial payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the insider shares and proceeds from the Private Placement.

On June 21, 2022, we consummated the IPO of 9,775,000 Public Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option), generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters, we consummated the sale of 498,875 units as Private Placement Units to the Sponsor (for 478,875 units) and US Tiger (for 20,000 units), one of the representative of the underwriters, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock, one warrant and one right, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750. Following the closings of the IPO and the sales of the Private Placement Units on June 21, 2022, a total of $99,216,250 (or $10.15 per share) was placed in the Trust Account.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had cash of $35,622 and a working capital deficit of $30,034,328.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with our initial Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial Business Combination does not close, we 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 for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

If our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our initial Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our initial Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with our initial Business Combination, all of which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

In addition, our Charter and Charter Amendment allow the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial Business Combination, to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024, and to elect to extend the Combination Deadline for up to nine times, each by an additional New Monthly Extension, for a total of up to nine months to December 21, 2024. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination by December 21, 2024 upon maximum extension, we may seek approval from our stockholders holding no less than 65% or more of the votes to approve to extend the completion period if we fail to obtain approval from our stockholders for such extension or we do not seek such extension, the Company will cease all operations.

There is no assurance that our plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period. In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15 of the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB), “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity concern and mandatary liquidation mentioned above raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2024. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

The holders of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Units, and any units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial Business Combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Warrants

We account for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, whether they meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. We determined that upon further review of the proposed form of warrant agreement, management concluded that the warrants included in the units issued in the IPO pursuant to the warrant agreement qualify for equity accounting treatment.

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including 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 the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2024, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value of $11.02 per share as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity 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 common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of our assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

The fair value of our financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that we would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, we seek to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

• Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active market.
• Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.
• Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which modifies the rules on income tax disclosures to require entities to disclose (1) specific categories in the rate reconciliation, (2) the income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit (separated between domestic and foreign) and (3) income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations (separated by federal, state and foreign). ASU 2023-09 also requires entities to disclose their income tax payments to international, federal, state and local jurisdictions, among other changes. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. ASU 2023-09 should be applied on a prospective basis, but retrospective application is permitted. We evaluated the potential impact of adopting this new guidance on our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and believe that the adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on our financial statements.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statement.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and our chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2024, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

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.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include an attestation report of internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in the Prospectus, our annual reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2022 and 2023 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023 and March 6, 2023 respectively (collectively, the “Annual Reports”), the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 21, 2023 (the “August 2023 10 Q”), and a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-275933) relating to the proposed business combination with Thunder Power filed with the SEC on December 6, 2023 (as amended from time to time, the “S-4”). Any of these 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. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Prospectus, the Annual Reports, the August 2023 10 Q , and the S-4