# WinVest Acquisition Corp.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Sep 30, 2023

- Company: [WinVest Acquisition Corp.](/companies/winv.md) (CIK 1854463)
- Form: 10-Q
- Filed: 2023-11-21
- Accepted by EDGAR: Nov 21, 2023, 02:28 ET
- Period: 2023-09-30
- Accession: 0001493152-23-042186
- Inline XBRL: yes
- Main document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315223042186/form10-q.htm
- All documents and exhibits: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315223042186/

## Figures reported in this filing

Standardized XBRL line items for the period ended 2023-09-30.

| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| Operating income | 3 months, 2023-07-01 to 2023-09-30 | −$257.5k | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Operating income | 9 months, 2023-01-01 to 2023-09-30 | −$1.5m | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Income tax | 3 months, 2023-07-01 to 2023-09-30 | $14.0k | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Income tax | 9 months, 2023-01-01 to 2023-09-30 | $96.0k | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Net income | 3 months, 2023-07-01 to 2023-09-30 | −$103.6k | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Net income | 9 months, 2023-01-01 to 2023-09-30 | −$966.7k | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Operating cash flow | 9 months, 2023-01-01 to 2023-09-30 | −$543.2k | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Cash and equivalents | at 2023-09-30 | $878 | us-gaap:Cash |
| Current assets | at 2023-09-30 | $79.9k | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent |
| Total assets | at 2023-09-30 | $14.1m | us-gaap:Assets |
| Current liabilities | at 2023-09-30 | $2.9m | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent |
| Total liabilities | at 2023-09-30 | $6.9m | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | at 2023-09-30 | −$6.8m | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |

## Management's discussion and analysis

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The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in the section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements in the discussion and analysis set forth below may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” and variations and similar words and expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to those factors set forth under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

References in this discussion and analysis to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.

#### Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and 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 “Initial Business Combination”). We intend to effectuate our Initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

As of September 30, 2023 and the date of this filing, we had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023 related to our formation, raising funds through our Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

The stock exchange listing rules provide that the Initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the assets held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as trustee (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable), at the time of the our signing a definitive agreement in connection with the Initial Business Combination. We will only complete an Initial Business Combination if the post-Initial Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target company or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target company sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provided that we had until December 17, 2022 to complete an Initial Business Combination; provided, however, that if we anticipated we may not be able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2022, we, by resolution of the board of directors if requested by our sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”), could extend the period of time to consummate an Initial Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (up until June 17, 2023), subject to the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees. On November 30, 2022, we held a special meeting of stockholders (the “November 2022 Extension Meeting”) to, among other things, approve an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which we must consummate an Initial Business Combination (the “Termination Date”) from December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after the original Termination Date of December 17, 2022, unless the closing of the Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “November 2022 Extension Amendment”). Our Sponsor agreed that if the November 2022 Extension Amendment was approved at the November 2022 Extension Meeting, it or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees would lend to us up to $750,000 to be deposited into the Trust Account.

The stockholders approved the November 2022 Extension Amendment at the November 2022 Extension Meeting. Accordingly, on December 5, 2022, we issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $750,000 (the “First Extension Note”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan to us up to $750,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The First Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of the Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the First Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, our Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the First Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) issued to our Sponsor at the time of our Initial Public Offering. The balance on the First Extension Note as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $750,000 and $125,000, respectively.

In connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of 9,606,887 shares of Common Stock issued as part of the Units (as defined below) sold in our Initial Public Offering (“Public Shares”) properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $98.0 million.

On June 12, 2023, we held a second special meeting of stockholders (the “June 2023 Extension Meeting”) at which the stockholders approved, among other things, (i) an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation (the “June 2023 Extension Amendment”) to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to July 17, 2023, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month (or such shorter period as may be requested by the Sponsor) after July 17, 2023, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2023, unless the closing of our Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, and (ii) an amendment (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment”) to eliminate from the Certificate of Incorporation the limitation that we may not consummate any business combination unless we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such business combination. Following stockholder approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment at the June 2023 Extension Meeting, on June 16, 2023, we filed the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

In connection with the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $390,000 (the “Second Extension Note,” and collectively with the First Extension Note, the “Extension Notes”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to loan us up to $390,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Second Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Second Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, our Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Second Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to our Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering. The balance on the Second Extension Note as of September 30, 2023 was $260,000.

In connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.71 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $6,721,795. Following such redemptions, $13,551,331 was left in Trust Account and 1,265,429 Public Shares remained outstanding.

Through the date of this report, we have effected drawdowns of $1,140,000 under the Extension Notes and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from December 17, 2022 to December 17, 2023. Such amounts would be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of Public Shares upon our liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment or (b) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.

If we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination within the allotted time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay our dissolution expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the Rights (as defined below) and Public and Private Placement Warrants will expire and will be worthless.

#### Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events

All activities through September 30, 2023, were related to our organizational activities, preparation for our Initial Public Offering, and, after our Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our Initial Business Combination. Subsequent to our Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, we generate non-operating income in the form of interest on cash and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account, and prior to the liquidation of the marketable securities held in the Trust Account, we generated dividend income on such marketable securities. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse change has occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. We incur ongoing 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 nine months ended September 30, 2023, our net loss was $966,681 and expenses from operating activities were $1,476,911, mainly due to costs associated with professional services, including legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance expenses. We intend to use our operating cash 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, and structure, negotiate and complete an Initial Business Combination.

#### Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

As of September 30, 2023, we had $878 in our operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $2,218,057. Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from a related party, our Sponsor, and from the issuance of Common Stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the proceeds from our Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Warrants held outside of our Trust Account and loans from the Sponsor. We believe we will need to access additional liquidity in order to consummate an Initial Business Combination.

On March 16, 2021, we issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, which note was amended on March 27, 2022 (the “March 2021 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000, of which $146,000 was outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note as of September 30, 2023. The March 2021 Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the date on which we consummate an Initial Business Combination. The Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note into warrants to purchase shares of our Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one-half share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, commencing on the date of our Initial Business Combination. No such conversions have yet occurred. During 2023, we have effected drawdowns of $146,000 under the March 2021 Promissory Note. These amounts remain outstanding as of September 30, 2023. The purpose of each drawdown is for the payment of expenses associated with operations and those necessary to initiate an Initial Business Combination.

On September 17, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrant”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment, and one right (the “Right”), with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by us of an Initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses).

Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of the Units, we completed the private sale of 10,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants,” and collectively with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (such sale, the “Private Placement”). Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.

On September 23, 2021, our underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021. Simultaneously with the sale of Over-Allotment Units, we consummated a private sale of an additional 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Additional Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $450,000.

We paid a total of $2,400,000 in underwriting discounts, expenses and commissions (not including deferred underwriting commissions of $4,025,000 payable only upon completion of our Initial Business Combination) and $523,969 for other costs and expenses related to the Initial Public Offering, resulting in aggregate net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and overallotment of $112,076,031.

As of September 27, 2021, a total of $116,150,000 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Additional Private Placement Warrants were deposited in the Trust Account, and we had $638,000 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering.

On December 5, 2022, we issued the First Extension Note to our Sponsor in the principal amount of $750,000. The First Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the First Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the First Extension Note into private warrants identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of our Initial Public Offering. On December 5, 2022, we effected the first drawdown of $125,000 under the First Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023. During 2023, we effected drawdowns of $625,000 under the First Extension Note and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from January 17, 2023 to June 17, 2023.

In connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of 9,606,887 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $98.0 million.

On June 13, 2023, we issued the Second Extension Note to our Sponsor in the principal amount of $390,000. The Second Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) our liquidation. In the event that we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Second Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Second Extension Note into private warrants identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of our Initial Public Offering. On June 15, 2023, we effected the first drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to July 17, 2023. On July 14, 2023, we effected the second drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from July 17, 2023 to August 17, 2023. On August 16, 2023, we effected the third drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from August 17, 2023 to September 17, 2023. On September 15, 2023, we effected the fourth drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from September 17, 2023 to October 17, 2023. On October 16, 2023, we effected the fifth drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from October 17, 2023 to November 17, 2023. On November 16, 2023, we effected the sixth drawdown of $65,000 under the Second Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from November 17, 2023 to December 17, 2023.

In connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.71 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $6,721,795.

As of September 30, 2023, we had cash held in the Trust Account of approximately $14.0 million. We intend to use substantially all of the remaining funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable, to complete our Initial Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes and up to $100,000 of dissolution expenses, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to consummate an Initial 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.

On October 31, 2023, we issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “October 2023 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000. The October 2023 Promissory Note does not bear interest and matures upon the closing of the Initial Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the October 2023 Promissory Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. We have effected drawdowns of $192,200 under the October 2023 Promissory Note.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis that we will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of September 30, 2023, we had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 relates to our formation and the Initial Public Offering. All activity for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 relates to identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. Our ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating an Initial Business Combination. We currently have until December 17, 2023 to consummate our Initial Business Combination, which is 27 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering. We will not be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2023.

Management’s plan to address the December 17, 2023 liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 13, 2023, we are proposing to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from December 17, 2023 to January 17, 2024 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $55,000, to be loaned to us by our Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date (each, an “Additional Extension”), by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by our Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after December 17, 2023, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit an additional $55,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees (the “Charter Extension Amendment”). If the Charter Extension Amendment is approved and effective, our public stockholders may elect to redeem their Public Shares. An electing stockholder will be entitled to receive a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares. This redemption right will apply to each holder of Public Shares regardless of whether and how such holder votes on the proposal. The removal from the Trust Account of such amounts would reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of the Company held by our Sponsor. Due to the reasons stated above, we believe we may not have sufficient liquidity through the date of an Initial Business Combination, if extended through December 17, 2023.

To the extent we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, we will need to pay the costs of liquidation as well from our current available funds outside the Trust Account, as well as the approximate amounts of $807,800 still available to us under the October 2023 Promissory Note. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern due to insufficient liquidity, the uncertainty of liquidity requirements and the mandatory liquidation date within one year.

Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities as of September 30, 2023, other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial, and administrative support services provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on September 14, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of an Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation.

Deferred underwriting discounts and commissions in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds raised in the Initial Public Offering, or $4,025,000, will be payable to the underwriters upon the consummation of our Initial Business Combination and will be held in the Trust Account until the consummation of such Initial Business Combination.

#### Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2023, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K. 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.

#### Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. See Note 2 to our financial statements for further information on our critical accounting policies.

#### Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“ASU 2022-03”). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in this Update also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The provisions in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 for public business entities. Early adoption is permitted. We do not expect to early adopt this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.

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

## Market risk

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We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are not required to provide the information under this item.

## Controls and procedures

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#### 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, 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 chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officer”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of September 30, 2023, 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.

#### Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act). Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria established in “Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the framework in “Internal Control - Integrated Framework,” management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30, 2023, due to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to incorrectly filing income taxes in the state of Delaware.

As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our condensed financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the period presented.

Management has implemented remediation steps to improve our internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, we expanded and improved our review process for identifying in which jurisdictions the Company should file its income tax returns. We plan to further improve this process by enhancing access to The Internal Review Code and identification of third-party professionals with whom to consult regarding tax decisions.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting due to an exemption established by the rules of the SEC for “emerging growth companies.”

#### Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Except as set forth above, 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) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are 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 our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

## Risk factors

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There have been no material changes to the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 31, 2023, except as set forth below:

***There are no assurances that the Charter Extension Amendment will enable us to complete a Business Combination.***

Approving the Charter Extension Amendment involves a number of risks. Even if the Charter Extension Amendment is approved, we can provide no assurances that an Initial Business Combination will be consummated prior to June 17, 2024. Our ability to consummate any Initial Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. We are required to offer stockholders the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment, and we will be required to offer stockholders redemption rights again in connection with any stockholder vote to approve an Initial Business Combination. Even if the Charter Extension Amendment or an Initial Business Combination are approved by our stockholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate an Initial Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Charter Extension Amendment vote and the Initial Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our stockholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our Public Shares on the open market. The price of our Public Shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that stockholders will be able to dispose of their Public Shares at favorable prices, or at all.

***The SEC has issued proposed rules to regulate special purpose acquisition companies. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Initial Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete our Initial Business Combination and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an Initial Business Combination.***

On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”) relating to, among other items, disclosures in SEC filings in connection with business combination transactions between special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) such as us and private operating companies; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. The SPAC Rule Proposals have not yet been adopted and may be adopted in the proposed form or in a different form that could impose additional regulatory requirements on SPACs. Regardless of the SPAC Rule Proposals, we may be deemed to be an investment company, as further described below. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Initial Business Combination target or others may determine to undertake in connection with the SPAC Rule Proposals, or pursuant to the SEC’s views expressed in the SPAC Rule Proposals, may increase the costs of negotiating and completing an Initial Business Combination and the time required to consummate a transaction, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an Initial Business Combination.

***If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. As a result, in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an Initial Business Combination and instead to liquidate the Company.***

As described further above, the SPAC Rule Proposals relate, among other matters, to the circumstances in which SPACs such as the Company could potentially be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. The SPAC Rule Proposals would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that a SPAC satisfies certain criteria, including a limited time period to announce and complete a de-SPAC transaction. Specifically, to comply with the safe harbor, the SPAC Rule Proposals would require a company to file a report on Form 8-K announcing that it has entered into an agreement with a target company for a business combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”). The company would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement. Our IPO Registration Statement was declared effective in September 2021, more than 24 months ago, and we have not yet completed our Initial Business Combination. Accordingly, we would not meet the criteria for this safe harbor under the SPAC Rule Proposals. In addition, even though we have instructed Continental, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement and thereafter to maintain all funds in the Trust Account in cash, we may still be deemed to be an investment company. We understand that the SEC has recently been taking informal positions regarding the Investment Company Act consistent with the SPAC Proposed Rules. There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC, including a company like ours, that does not complete its initial business combination within the proposed time frame set forth in the proposed safe harbor rule. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.

If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition, we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. Although we do not believe that our principal activities will subject us to regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, if we are deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance with and regulation under the Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we were able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an Initial Business Combination and instead to liquidate the Company. If we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive return of a pro rata portion of the amounts remaining in the Trust Account, and our Public Warrants and Rights will expire worthless. This will also cause our stockholders to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on their investment through any price appreciation in the combined company.

***To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we have instructed the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash until the earlier of the consummation of our Initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, we may receive less interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.***

The funds in the Trust Account are currently held in an interest-bearing deposit account and have, since our Initial Public Offering, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less, in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act or in cash. To mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of our IPO Registration Statement, we instructed Continental, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearking bank account until the earlier of consummation of our Initial Business Combination or liquidation of the Company. The interest rate on such deposit account is currently approximately 4.5% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable interest rate, and we cannot assure you that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly. As a result, we may receive less interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account than if the assets in the Trust Account had remained in U.S. government securities or money market funds. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted. As a result, our liquidation of the securities held in the Trust Account and the holding of all funds in the Trust Account in cash could reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.

***The Excise Tax Included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 may decrease the value of our securities following our Initial Business Combination and hinder our ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination.***

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock repurchased by “covered corporations” beginning in 2023, with certain exceptions (the “Excise Tax”). The Excise Tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which the stock is repurchased. Because we are a Delaware corporation and our securities are trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”), we believe that we are a “covered corporation” for this purpose. The amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the Excise Tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the Excise Tax.

The U.S. Department of Treasury has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the Excise Tax, and on December 27, 2022, it issued Notice 2023-2 which provided interim guidance on which taxpayers may rely. Under the interim rules, liquidating distributions made by publicly traded domestic corporations are exempt from the Excise Tax. In addition, any redemptions that occur in the same taxable year in which a liquidation is completed will also be exempt from such tax., However, although such notice clarifies certain aspects of the Excise Tax, the interpretation and operation of other aspects of the Excise Tax remain unclear, and such interim operating rules are subject to change.

In connection with the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 Public Shares properly exercised their right to require us to redeem their Public Shares, and in connection with the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment, our public stockholders will have the right to require us to redeem their Public Shares. Because the redemptions made in connection with the June 2023 Extension Amendment occurred after December 31, 2022, these redemptions and any other redemption or other repurchase that we make, including in connection with the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment, may be subject to the Excise Tax to the extent we do not liquidate by December 31, 2023. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the Excise Tax would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with our Initial Business Combination, (ii) the structure of an Initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with an Initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with an Initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of an Initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury. In addition, because the Excise Tax would be payable by us, and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the Excise Tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available to complete an Initial Business Combination and could have an adverse effect on our ability to complete an Initial Business Combination.

***Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange following redemptions by our stockholders in connection with approval of the Charter Extension Amendment, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.***

Our Common Stock, Units, Warrants and Rights are listed on Nasdaq. After the Stockholder Meeting, we may be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements in order to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. Such continued listing requirements for our Common Stock include, among other things, the requirement to maintain at least 300 public holders, at least 500,000 publicly held shares and a market value of publicly held shares of $1 million. Pursuant to the terms of our Certificate of Incorporation, in connection with the Charter Extension Amendment, stockholders may elect to redeem their Public Shares and, as a result, we may not be in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements.

If our securities do not meet Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange. If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list such securities on another approved national securities exchange, we expect that such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: (i) a limited availability of market quotations for our securities, (ii) reduced liquidity for our securities, (iii) a determination that our Public Shares are a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Public Shares to adhere to more stringent rules, including being subject to the depository requirements of Rule 419 of the Securities Act, and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities, (iv) a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future, and (v) a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business in connection with an Initial Business Combination. The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Our Common Stock, Units, Warrants and Rights qualify as covered securities under such statute. If we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under such statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

***As of September 30, 2023, the Company has identified a material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. If the Company is unable to develop and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, the Company may not be able to accurately report its financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence in the Company and materially and adversely affect the Company’s business and operating results.***

During the preparation of the Company’s financial statements as of and for the period ended September 30, 2023, the Company identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting related to incorrectly filing income taxes in the state of Delaware. The Company will file an amended return and will file its income tax returns in the U.S., Massachusetts, and Florida jurisdictions.

Filed Nov 21, 2023.
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