Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2022, we had $212,259 in our operating bank account, and working capital deficit of $1,805,345.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, cash used in operating activities was $297,906.
Our liquidity needs up to the completion of our IPO on September 17, 2021 had been satisfied through a payment from our Sponsor of $25,000 for 5,750,000 Founder Shares (as defined below) and the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $148,372. The promissory note was fully repaid as of September 17, 2021.
On September 17, 2021, we consummated our IPO of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $200,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of our IPO, we consummated the sale of 7,630,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to our Sponsor and Cantor, one of the underwriters for our IPO. The Private Placement Warrants were sold at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating aggregate gross proceeds of $7,630,000.
Following the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, a total of $201,000,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of the Units and Private Placement Warrants was deposited in a U.S.-based trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Transaction costs of the IPO amounted to $13,810,289 consisting of $4,000,000 of underwriting discounts and commissions, $9,000,000 of deferred underwriting discounts commissions and $810,289 of other cash offering costs, including $ 148,372 in repayment of the unsecured promissory note to our Sponsor. In addition, as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $212,259 and $510,165 of cash was held outside of the Trust Account and is available for working capital purposes, respectively. The funds in the trust account are invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable and excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our Business Combination. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account. We expect the only taxes payable by us out of the funds in the Trust Account will be income and franchise taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our 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 have used 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, and to pay taxes to the extent the interest earned on the Trust Account is not sufficient to pay our taxes.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that our 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 our Trust Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to our Sponsor and Cantor. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any such working capital loans.
If our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a 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 Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or