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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
10-Q
 
 
 
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
 
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
                    
to
                    
Commission File Number:
001-40914
 
 
FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
  
86-2438985
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
100 Springhouse Drive, Suite 204
Collegeville
,
PA 19426
 
(610)
226-8101
  
19426
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
909-843-6518
 
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
  
Trading
Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, one right and
one-half
of one redeemable warrant
  
FEXDU
  
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  
FEXD
  
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
  
FEXDW
  
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights included as part of the units
  
FEXDR
  
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation
S-T
(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K
(§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-Q
or any amendment to this Form
10-Q.  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer   ☐    Accelerated filer   ☐
       
Non-accelerated
filer		   ☒    Smaller reporting company   ☒
       
         Emerging growth company   ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to
§240.10D-1(b).  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2
of the Act).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
The Registrant’s Units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on October 19, 2021, and the Registrant’s shares of Class A common stock and public warrants included in the units began separate trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on January 11, 2022.
The aggregate market value of the Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, of the registrant held by
non-affiliates
of the registrant as of June 30, 2022, based upon the last sale price of such stock on that date as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market, was $79,187,378.
As of May 
22
, 2023
, there were 11,557,500 Class A common shares, $
0
.0001 par value, and 2,875,000 Class B common shares, $0.0001 par value, issued and outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: None
 
 

Table of Contents

FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements   
  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets      1  
  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations      2  
  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit      3  
  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows      4  
  Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements      5  

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      29  

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      32  

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures      32  

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings      33  

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors      33  

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities      33  

Item 3.

   Defaults Upon Senior Securities      33  

Item 4.

   Mine Safety Disclosures      33  

Item 5.

   Other Information      33  

Item 6.

   Exhibits      34  

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P5D0.1
PART
I-FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
 
Item
1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
 
    
March 31,

2023
    
December 31,
2022
  
           (Audited)  
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash
    $ 12,184     $ 10,335  
Prepaid expenses
      35,755       38,951  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total current assets
   
 
47,939
 
  
 
49,286
 
Investments held in trust account
      121,227,252       118,985,048  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total assets
   
$
121,275,191
 
  
$
119,034,334
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
LIABILITIES, COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    $ 1,279,076     $ 990,605  
Income tax payable
      546,358       290,342  
Promissory notes from related parties
      669,957       519,957  
Promissory notes from related parties – accrued interest
      18,453       7,545  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total current liabilities
   
 
2,513,844
 
  
 
1,808,449
 
Derivative forward purchase liability
      291,011       285,567  
Derivative warrant liabilities
      478,010       756,018  
Deferred underwriter fee payable
      3,737,500       3,737,500  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total liabilities
   
 
7,020,365
 
  
 
6,587,534
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 6)
                 
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption; 11,500,000 shares at redemption value
      120,634,445       118,392,240  
Stockholders’ deficit:
                 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
      —         —    
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 57,500 shares issued and outstanding (excludes 11,500,000 shares subject to redemption)
      6       6  
Class B common stock, par value $0.0001; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 2,875,000 issued and outstanding
      288       288  
Additional
paid-in
capital
      —         —    
Accumulated deficit
      (6,379,913 )     (5,945,734 ) 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total stockholders’ deficit
   
 
(6,379,619
 )  
 
(5,945,440
) 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Total liabilities, common stock subject to possible redemption and stockholders’ deficit
   
$
121,275,191
 
  
$
119,034,334
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
 

 
  
Three months ended
March 31,

2023
 
 
Three months ended
March 31,

2022
 
Operating Expenses:
                  
Formation and Operating Costs
    $ 616,740      $ 205,943  
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Total operating expenses
   
 
616,740
 
   
 
205,943
 
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Other Income (Expense):
                  
Interest expense
      (10,908 )      —    
Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities
      312,508        1,708,740  
Change in fair value of derivative forward purchase liability
      (5,444 )       (161,031 ) 
Income from investments held in Trust Account
      1,269,126        11,696  
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Total other income (expense), net
      1,565,282        1,559,405  
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Income before income taxes
   
$
948,542
 
   
$
1,353,462
 
Income taxes
   
 
256,016
 
   
 
—  
 
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Net income
   
$
692,526
 
   
$
1,353,462
 
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Basic & diluted net income per share (Class A)
    $ 0.05      $ 0.09  
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Weighted average number of common share-basic and diluted (Class A)
   
 
11,557,500
 
   
 
11,557,500
 
Basic & diluted net income per share (Class B)
    $ 0.05      $ 0.09  
    
 
 
     
 
 
  
Weighted average number of common shares-basic and diluted (Class B)
   
 
2,875,000
 
   
 
2,875,000
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (UNAUDITED)
 

 
  
Common Stock
 
  
Additional
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2023
  
Class A
 
  
Class B
 
  
Paid-in
 
 
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
  
Shares
 
  
Amount
 
  
Share
 
  
Deficit
 
  
Capital
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Total
 
Balance, January 1, 2023
   
 
57,500
 
   
$
6
 
   
 
2,875,000
 
   
$
288
 
   
$
—  
 
  
$
(5,945,734
) 
  
$
(5,945,440
) 
Net Income
      —          —          —          —          —         692,526       692,526  
Sale of Private Placement Warrants
      —          —          —          —          1,115,500       —         1,115,500  
Remeasurement of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
      —          —          —          —          (1,115,500 )      (1,126,705 )      (2,242,205 ) 
    
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Balance, March 31, 2023
   
 
57,500
 
   
$
6
 
   
 
 2,875,000
 
   
$
288
 
   
$
—  
 
  
$
(6,379,913
 )  
$
(6,379,619
 )
 
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
 
  
Common Stock
 
  
Additional
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Three months ended March 31, 2022
  
Class A
 
  
Class B
 
  
Paid-in
 
  
Accumulated
 
 
 
 
  
Shares
 
  
Amount
 
  
Share
 
  
Amount
 
  
Capital
 
  
Deficit
 
 
Total
 
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
  
Balance, January 1, 2022
   
 
57,500
 
   
$
6
 
   
 
2,875,000
 
   
$
288
 
   
$
           —  
 
   
$
(8,610,118
) 
  
$
(8,609,824
) 
Net Income
   
 
—  
 
   
 
—  
 
   
 
—  
 
   
 
—  
 
            
 
1,353,462
 
  
 
1,353,462
 
    
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
    
 
 
  
Balance, March 31, 2022
   
 
57,500
 
   
$
6
 
   
 
2,875,000
 
   
$
288
 
   
$
—  
 
   
$
(7,256,656
) 
  
$
(7,256,362
) 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
 
    
Three months ended

March 31,

2023
    
Three months ended

March 31,

2022
  
Cash flows from operating activities:
                 
Net income
    $ 692,526     $ 1,353,462  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
                 
Change in fair value of derivative forward purchase liability
      5,444       161,031  
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
      (312,508 )      (1,708,740 ) 
Income from investments held in trust account
      (1,269,126 )      (11,696 ) 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                 
Prepaid expenses
      3,196       (39,712 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      288,471       (168,971 ) 
Related party promissory note accrued interest
      10,908       —    
Income tax payable
      256,016       —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Net cash used in operating activities
    $ (325,073 )    $ (414,626 ) 
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                 
Cash deposited in Trust Account
      (1,150,000 )      —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Net cash used in investing activities
      (1,150,000 )      —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Cash flows from financing activities:
                 
Proceeds from issuance of warrants to Sponsor
      1,150,000       —    
Proceeds from promissory notes from related parties
      200,000       —    
Repayment of related party promissory note
      (50,000 )      —    
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities
      176,922       —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Net cash provided by financing activities
      1,476,922       —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Net increase (decrease) in cash
      1,849       (414,626 ) 
Cash, beginning of period
      10,335       612,750  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Cash, end of period
    $ 12,184     $ 198,124  
    
 
 
    
 
 
  
Supplemental Disclosures of Noncash Financing Activities
                 
Remeasurement of Class A shares subject to redemption
    $ 2,242,205     $ —    
Share issuance obligation
    $ 22,500     $ —    
Cash paid for interest
    $ —       $ —    
Cash paid for income tax
    $ —       $ —    
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN
Fintech Ecosystem Development Corp. (the “Company” or “FEXD”) is a blank check company incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 5, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring, merging with, engaging in capital stock exchange with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, engaging in contractual arrangements, or engaging in any other similar business combination with a single operating entity, or one or more related or unrelated operating entities operating in any sector (“Business Combination”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus on companies in the financial technology development industry.
On March 31, 2023, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2023, relates to the Company’s formation, general operating expenses, the search for a target business with which to consummate an initial business combination and the Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”) as described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate
non-operating
income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year-end. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company, and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early-stage and emerging growth companies.
The Company’s sponsor is Revofast LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 18, 2021. On October 21, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000, and incurring offering costs of $6,061,368, of which $3,737,500 was for deferred underwriting commissions (see Note 6). In addition, the Company granted the underwriter a
45-day
option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 Units at the Initial Public Offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. Simultaneous with the close of the Initial Public Offering, the over- allotment option was exercised in full.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 3,900,250 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor, for $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $3,900,250 (the “Private Placement”) (see Note 4).
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 21, 2021, an amount of $116,150,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States and held as cash items or invested only in U.S. government securities within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of paragraph (d) of Rule
2a-7
of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s Stockholders, as described below.
The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A Common Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with a proposed Business Combination, the Company may seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public stockholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against a Business Combination. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
If the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to 15% or more of the Class A Common Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
 
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The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Class A Common Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.10 per
share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to public stockholders who redeem their Class A Common Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants or rights. All of the Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with our initial business combination and in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. In accordance with SEC and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”), paragraph
10-S99,
redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial carrying value of Class A common stock classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC Topic 470 “Debt” (“ASC 470”). The Class A common stock is subject to ASC
480-10-S99.
If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, we have the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. We have elected to recognize the changes immediately. The accretion or remeasurement will be treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in the absence of retained earnings, additional
paid-in
capital). While redemptions cannot cause the Company’s net tangible assets to
fall below $5,000,001, the Public Shares are redeemable and will be classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event takes place.
If a stockholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, offer such redemption pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to vote its Class B Common Stock, the Class A Common Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants and any Class A Common Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the Company’s
pre-Business
Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A Common Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Class B Common Stock) and into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or to sell any shares in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination if the Company does not seek stockholder approval in connection therewith) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation relating to stockholders’ rights of
pre-Business
Combination activity and (d) that the Class B Common Stock and Private Placement Warrants (including underlying Class A Common Shares) shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Class A Common Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.
The Company previously had 18 months until April 21, 2023, from the effective date of the registration statement to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the extension proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional months, from April 21, 2023, to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors (refer to Note 10). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination
by April 21, 2024
, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than five business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Class A Common Shares, at a
per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned (net of taxes payable and less interest to pay dissolution expenses up to $100,000), divided by the number of then outstanding Class A Common Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Class A Common Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Proposed Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amounts in the Trust Account to below $10.10 per share (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Proposed Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except for the Company’s independent registered accounting firm), prospective target businesses, or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
 
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Business Combinations and Extensions
On September 11, 2022, the Company entered into two business combination agreements. Refer to Note 6.
On October 21, 2022, the Company’s board of directors approved to extend the time by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from October 21, 2022 until January 21, 2023.
On January 20, 2023, the Company’s board of directors further approved to extend the time by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from January 21, 2023 to April 21, 2023.
On April 10, 2023, the Company sent a letter to Rana Financial, Inc. and David Kretzmer a letter notifying Rana Financial, Inc. of its failure to deliver audited financial statements pursuant to the business combination agreement dated September 9, 2022. The Company notified Rana of its intent to propose the termination of the agreement and abandonment of the contemplated business combination if the audited financial statements are not received by April 21, 2023. On May 12, 2023, the Company terminated the business combination agreement. Refer to Note 10.
On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the extension proposal to consider and vote upon (a) a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional one month periods, from April 21, 2023 to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors. Refer to Note 10.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $12,184 in its operating bank account, $121,227,252 investments held in its trust account, and working capital deficit of approximately $2,465,905.
The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs on the Company’s behalf in exchange for issuance of Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), and a loan from the Sponsor of approximately $141,768 under the Note (as defined in Note 5). The $141,768 loan was fully repaid as of December 31, 2021. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5). As of March 31, 2023, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.
On January 20, 2023, the Company consummated the private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant generating total proceeds of $1,150,000 (refer to Note 4).
On January 20, 2023, the Company entered into a $200,000 promissory note with its Sponsor (refer to Note 5).
Based on the foregoing, management does not believe that the Company will have sufficient worki
ng
capital to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable and accrued liabilities, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. In addition, the Company’s Sponsor or its designees will deposit monthly deposits of $110,000 into the Company’s trust accounts in order to extend the liquidation date on a monthly basis until April 21, 2024. The Company believes it may need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating the business. Furthermore, if the Company’s estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking
in-depth
due diligence and negotiating an Initial Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate the business prior to the Initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete the Initial Business Combination or to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the Initial Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Initial Business Combination. The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic
205-40,
“Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern,” the Company has until April 21, 2024, to consummate an initial business combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate an initial business combination by this time. If an initial business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and the mandatory liquidation, should an initial business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after April 21, 2024.
 
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Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, close of the Proposed Offering, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States of America, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these condensed consolidated financial statements and the specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Current Report on
Form 10-K
as filed with the SEC on April 20, 2023.
In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, which are only of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and its results of operations and cash flows for the three-month period then ended.
Principles of consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fama Financial Services, Inc. (“Fama”), which was incorporated on August 23, 2022 in the State of Georgia. There were no material business activities in Fama for the period from its incorporation date to March 31, 2023. All transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Emerging growth company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act’’), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that apply to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can
opt-out
of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to
non-emerging
growth companies, but any such election to
opt-out
is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to
opt-out
of such an extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make a comparison of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclose contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation, or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As a result, the Company had cash of $12,184 and no cash equivalents on March 31, 2023. The Company had cash of $10,335 and no cash equivalents on December 31, 2022.
 
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Investments Held in Trust Account
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $121,227,252 and $118,985,048 investments held in the Trust Account, respectively. The investments held in the Trust Account were held in marketable treasury funds. All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included in interest income in the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations. The estimated fair value of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
Income taxes
The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740 “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”) which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. In addition, valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as an income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review resulting in significant payments, accruals, or material deviation from its position.
The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal, state, and city taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions, and compliance with federal, state, and city tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months. The Company has been subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since its inception.
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s deferred tax asset had a full valuation allowance recorded against it. The effective tax rate was 27% for three months ended March 31, 2023, and 0.00% for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The effective tax rates differ from the statutory tax rate of 21% for three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 due to the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets and permanent differences on the change in fair value of derivative warrant
liabilities
.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise
tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is applicable to certain SPAC redemptions, including in connection with a SPAC’s business combination. The amount of a redemption subject to the excise tax is reduced by the fair market value of any stock issued by the SPAC during the taxable year of the redemption. The excise tax will only be applicable to the Company for its taxable years post December 31, 2022. The Company has not completed its initial business combination and there were no share redemptions during the period ended March 31, 2023. Therefore, the excise tax does not have impacts to its condensed consolidated financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2023.
Net income (loss) per common share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” (ASC 260”). The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income (loss) per common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.
The calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 9,650,250 shares of Class A Common Stock in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, because their exercise is contingent upon future events and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per share is the same as basic net income (loss) per share for the period from inception to March 31, 2023. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A Common Stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
The following table reflects presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for each class of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
Three months ended March 31, 2023
 
Description
   
Class A
     
Class B
  
Basic and diluted net income per common stock:
                  
Numerator:
                  
Allocation of net income
    $ 554,573      $ 137,953  
Denominator:
                  
Basic and diluted weighted average common stock outstanding
      11,557,500        2,875,000  
Basic and diluted net income per common stock
    $ 0.05      $ 0.05  
 
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Three months ended March 31, 2022
 
Description
   
Class A
     
Class B
  
Basic and diluted net income per common stock:
                  
Numerator:
                  
Allocation of net income
    $ 1,083,848      $ 269,614  
Denominator:
                  
Basic and diluted weighted average common stock outstanding
      11,557,500        2,875,000  
Basic and diluted net income per common stock
    $ 0.09      $ 0.09  
Concentration of credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. At March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had not experienced losses on this account, and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Fair value of financial instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
 
  •  
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
 
  •  
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
 
  •  
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Derivative financial instruments
The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and ASC
815-15.
The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is
re-assessed
at the end of each reporting period. In accordance with ASC
825-10
“Financial Instruments”, offering costs attributable to the issuance of the derivative warrant liabilities have been allocated based on their relative fair value of total proceeds and are recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as incurred.
The 5,750,000 public warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”), the 3,900,250 Private Placement Warrants issued on October 21, 2021, the 1,150,000 Private Placements Warrants issued on October 21, 2022 and the 1,150,000 Private Placement Warrants issued on January 20, 2923 are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC
815-40.
Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to
re-measurement
at each balance sheet date until exercised. The fair value of the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants have been estimated using a Monte Carlo or Black-Scholes simulation model at each measurement date. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified as
non-current
liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering
The Company complies with the requirements of ASC
340-10-S99-1
and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A-
Expenses of offering.
Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with derivative warrant liabilities are expensed as incurred, presented as
non-operating
expenses in the statements of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock were charged to stockholders’ deficit upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.
 
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Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
All of the 11,500,000 shares of Class A common stock sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. In accordance with ASC 480, conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480. Accordingly, 11,500,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at the redemption amount were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the common shares reflected on the condensed consolidated balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:
 
Gross proceeds from IPO
    $ 115,000,000  
Less:
         
Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants
      (1,380,000 ) 
Class A common share issuance costs
      (6,309,800 ) 
    
 
 
  
Plus:
         
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value
      8,839,800  
    
 
 
  
Class A common shares subject to redemption at December 31, 2021
   
$
116,150,000
 
    
 
 
  
Plus:
         
Remeasurement to common stock subject to possible redemption amount
      2,242,240  
    
 
 
  
Class A common shares subject to redemption at December 31, 2022
   
$
118,392,240
 
    
 
 
  
Plus:
         
Remeasurement to common stock subject to possible redemption amount
      2,242,205  
    
 
 
  
Class A common shares subject to redemption at March 31, 2023
   
$
120,634,445
 
    
 
 
  
Issued and adopted accounting standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
On October 21, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000. Simultaneously, the underwriters exercised over-allotments, purchasing 1,500,000 additional Units, generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000.
Each Unit consists of one share of Class A Common Stock,
one-half
of one Public Warrant, and one Public Right. Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (see Note 7). Each Public Right entitles the holder to receive
one-tenth
of one share of Class A Common Stock upon completion of a Business Combination (see Note 8).
The Company incurred offering costs related to the Initial Public Offering of $6,061,368, of which $1,437,500 was for underwriting fees, $3,737,500 was for deferred underwriting commissions, and $886,368 was for other offering costs.
 
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NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor has purchased an aggregate of 3,900,250 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant ($3,900,250 in the aggregate). The excess of the proceeds over the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants has been recognized as a capital contribution from the Sponsor.
Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Proposed Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Class A Common Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.
On October 21, 2022, the Company consummated the private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the “October 2022 Private Placement Warrants”), generating total proceeds of $1,150,000. The October 2022 Private Placement Warrants were purchased by the Sponsor and are substantially similar to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of IPO in October 2021. The October 2022 Private Placement Warrants have been issued pursuant to and are governed by a Warrant Agreement that is substantially similar to the Warrant Agreement that the Company entered into at the time of the IPO. Similar to the private placement warrants issued at the time of the IPO, the October 2022 Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the Company’s initial business combination and, unlike such private placement warrants, are not redeemable by the Company at any time (including following transfer by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees).
The proceeds received by the Company in connection with the issuance of the October 2022 Private Placement Warrants have been deposited in the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established at the time of the IPO. In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the deposit of such proceeds into the Trust Account on or prior to October 21, 2022 will extend by three months until January 21, 2023, which is the time the Company will have to consummate an initial business combination.
On January 20, 2023, the Company consummated the private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the “January 2023 Private Placement Warrants”), generating total proceeds of $1,150,000. In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the deposit of such proceeds into the Trust Account extended by another three months until April 21, 2023, which was the time the Company would have to consummate an initial business combination.
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Class B Common Stock
On March 8, 2021, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock (“Founder Shares”) to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash. In addition, such Founder Shares includes an aggregate of up to 375,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor and initial stockholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Offering (assuming our Sponsor and initial stockholders do not purchase any Class A Common Shares in the Proposed Offering and excluding the Private Placement Warrants and underlying securities).
On March 27, 2021, the Sponsor sold 15,000 Founder Shares to the Chief Financial Officer, Jenny Junkeer, and 10,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s three independent directors, Michael Tomczyk, Robin Meister, and Lynn Perkins, in each case, at a price of $0.009 per share, the same price at which the Sponsor purchased such Founder Shares from the Company. Thus, after giving effect to the issuance of Founder Shares, our Sponsor and initial stockholders will collectively own approximately 20% of the outstanding common stock following the offering, assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering or the public market.
Additionally, as consideration for financial advisory services rendered in connection with this offering, on March 11, 2021, ARC Capital received 50,000 shares of Class B Common Stock from our Sponsor at a price of $0.009 per share. The Founder Shares held by the independent directors and financial advisor are not subject to forfeiture in the event that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised.
The initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Class B common stock (except to certain permitted transferees) until, with respect to 50% of the Class B common stock, the earlier of (i) six months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or (ii) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any
30-trading
day period commencing after a Business Combination, with respect to the remaining 50% of the Class B common stock, upon six months after the date of the consummation of a Business Combination, or earlier, in each case, if, subsequent to a Business Combination, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property.
 
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Promissory Notes
On March 8, 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Sponsor Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $400,000, of which $141,768 was borrowed by the Company during 2021. The Sponsor Note was
non-interest
bearing and was fully repaid as of December 31, 2021.
On June 16, 2022, an affiliate of the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“June 2022 Note”) to the Company, pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $20,000. The June 2022 Note is
non-interest
bearing and previously had a maturity date on the earlier of: i) the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination; or ii) May 15, 2023. On May 8, 2023, the Company and the lender entered into an amendment agreement whereby the maturity date is amended to the Company’s initial business combination date. As of March 31, 2023, $19,957 remains outstanding on this June 2022
Note. The events of default related to the June 2022 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the June 2022 Note shall become immediately payable.
On August 2, 2022, a company owned by a director of our potential business combination target, issued an unsecured promissory note (“August 2022 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed a principal amount of $200,000 with an interest rate of 9% per annum. The August 2022 Note matured on February 2, 2023. The balance due to the lender as of the maturity date of February 3, 2023 was $209,235, representing the unpaid principal and accrued interest under the August 2022 Note. The Company failed to pay the principal amount and accrued interest within five business days of the maturity date. Therefore, the Company is required to pay default interest at a rate of 20% per annum. As of March 31, 2023, principal of $200,000 and accrued interest of $18,453, which includes $6,420 accrued default interest, remain outstanding on this August 2022
Note. The Company subsequently settled the August 2022 Note. Refer to Note 10.
On October 19, 2022, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“October 2022 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $300,000. The October 2022 Note is
non-interest
bearing and matures on May 15, 2023. On March 29, 2023, the Company made a repayment of $50,000 on the October 2022
Note. The events of default related to the October 2022 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the October 2022 Note shall become immediately payable. The Company subsequently renewed the October 2022 Note. Refer to Note 10.
On January 20, 2023, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“January 2023 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $200,000. The January 2023 Note is
non-interest
bearing and matures on July 15, 2023
. The events of default related to the January 2023 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the January 2023 Note shall become immediately payable.
Administrative Services Agreement
The Company’s Sponsor has agreed,
comm
encing fro
m t
he date that the Company’s securities are first listed on NASDAQ through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to the Company certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services, as the Company may require from time to time. The Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor $5,000 per month for these services. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has paid $15,000 and $5,000 to the Sponsor for these administrative services, respectively. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company accrued $nil and $30,000, respectively, for unpaid administrative services.
Related Party Loans
To finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of notes may be converted upon consummation of a Business Combination into warrants (“Working Capital Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Working Capital Warrant. The Working Capital Warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there have been no amounts borrowed under the Working Capital Loans.
Forward Purchase Agreement
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into a forward purchase agreement with Caltech Trading Corp., providing for the purchase by Caltech Trading Corp. of an aggregate of 9,000,000 forward purchase units at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit. The purchase of the Forward Purchase Units will occur concurrently and only in connection with the closing of the Business Combination.
The terms and provisions of the forward purchase warrants to be issued as part of the forward purchase units are identical to those of the Private Placement Warrants.
 
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Representative Shares
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued the 57,500 shares upon full exercise of the Over-allotment Option (the “Representative Shares”). The Representative has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such Representative Shares without prior consent of the Company until the completion of the initial Business Combination. In addition, the Representative has agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights (or right to participate in any tender offer) with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within 12 months (or up to 18 months, if applicable) from the Closing of the Offering.
The Representative will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Representative Shares, or cause the Representative Shares to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the Representative Shares by any person, for a period of 180 days (pursuant to Rule 5110(e)(1) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA) following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) the Representative or an underwriter or selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Representative or of any such underwriter or selected dealer. On and after the 181st day following the Effective Date, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws.
Private Placement Warrants
The Company consummated certain private placement warrants with its Sponsor. Refer to Note 4 for details.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of shares Class B Common Stock, Private Placement Warrants (and underlying securities), and any securities issued in payment of working capital loans made to the Company will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of Proposed Public Offering. The majority of these securities holders are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company registers such securities.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters (and/or their designees) may only make a demand registration (i) on one occasion and (ii) during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these Common Stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the Private Placement Warrants (and underlying securities) and securities issued in payment of working capital loans (or underlying securities) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters (and/or their designees) may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the seven year period beginning on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, under FINRA Rule 5110, the underwriters and/or their designees may only make a demand registration (i) on one occasion and (ii) during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering, and the underwriters and/ or their designees may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the seven-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering.
Underwriting Agreement
The Underwriter purchased the 1,500,000 of additional Units to cover over-allotments, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of one and
one-quarter
percent (1.25%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $1,437,500, as the underwriters’ over-allotment was exercised in full. In addition, upon closing of the Business Combination, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of three and
one-quarter
percent (3.25%) of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $3,737,500, as the underwriters’ over- allotment was exercised in full. The deferred fee will be paid in cash upon the closing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
 
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Right of First Refusal
For a period beginning on the closing of this offering and ending on the earlier of the twelve (12) month anniversary of the closing of a Business Combination or the three year anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement, we have granted EF Hutton a right of first refusal to act as lead-left book-running manager and lead left manager for any and all future private or public equity, convertible and debt offerings during such period. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(E)(i), such right of first refusal shall not have a duration of more than three years from the effective date of the registration statement consummating our initial public offering.
Forward Purchase Agreement
On July 16, 2021, the Company entered into a forward purchase agreement with an anchor investor. Refer to Note 7 below for details.
Business Combination Agreements
Rana Business Combination Agreement
On September 11, 2022, the Company announced that it, with Fama Financial Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Rana Financial Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Rana”) and David Kretzmer, as representative of the Shareholders (“Shareholder Representative”), had entered into a business combination agreement (the “Rana Business Combination Agreement”), dated September 9, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Rana (the “Merger”), with Rana surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The key terms of the Rana Business Combination Agreement are as follows:
Structure of the Rana Business Combination
 
  (a)
The transaction is structured as a reverse triangular merger. Pursuant to the Rana Business Combination Agreement, on the closing date, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Rana, with Rana surviving the Merger (together with the other transactions related thereto, the “Proposed Rana Transactions”) as a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Company (the “Surviving Company”).
 
  (b)
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the certificate of incorporation of Rana, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company, until thereafter amended as provided by law and such certificate of incorporation.
 
  (b)
At the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended as provided by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company and such bylaws, as applicable.
 
  (c)
At the closing, the Company shall amend and restate, effective as of the Effective Time, its certificate of incorporation to be as set forth in the Rana Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall have a single class structure with shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having voting rights of
one vote
per share (the “New Acquiror Class A Common Stock”).
 
  (d)
The Company shall pay a combination of Rana Cash Consideration and Rana Equity Consideration for the Company Common Stock subject to adjustments for Working Capital and Debt, which adjustments shall be secured by an escrow amount equal to $5,711,662 (the “Rana Escrow Amount”).
The Rana Cash Consideration means $7,800,000 and the Rana Equity Consideration means 7,020,000 shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock.
Rana Representations, Warranties and Covenants
The Rana Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of Rana, FEXD and Merger Sub, relating to, among other things, their ability to enter into the Rana Business Combination Agreement and their outstanding capitalization. Rana has agreed to customary “no shop” obligations.
 
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Conditions to Rana Closing
Mutual
The obligations of Rana, FEXD and Merger Sub to consummate the Proposed Rana Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Rana Closing, of the following conditions:
 
  (a)
the Acquiror Proposals have been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the stockholders of Acquiror in accordance with the Proxy Statement, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the organizational documents of FEXD and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq;
 
  (b)
no Governmental Authority has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, executive order or award which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Proposed Rana Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Proposed Rana Transactions, including the Merger; and
 
  (c)
the shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Proposed Rana Transactions shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, and immediately following the Rana Closing Acquiror shall satisfy any applicable listing requirements of Nasdaq and Acquiror shall not have received any notice of
non-compliance
therewith.
FEXD and Merger Sub
The obligations of FEXD and Merger Sub to consummate the Proposed Rana Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Rana Closing, of the following additional
conditions:
 
 
(a)
the representations and warranties of Rana contained in the sections titled (i) Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries, (ii) Capitalization, (iii) Authority Relative to this Business Combination Agreement and (iv) Brokers, are each true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein), except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. All other representations and warranties of Rana contained in the Rana Business Combination Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and (ii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;
 
 
(b)
Rana, the Shareholders and the Shareholder Representative, as applicable, have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Rana Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or prior to the Effective Time;
 
 
(c)
the Shareholder Representative has delivered to Acquiror the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Shareholder Representative;
 
 
(d)
Rana has delivered to FEXD a customary officer’s certificate, dated the date of the Rana Closing, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions;
 
 
(e)
no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred between the date of the Rana Business Combination Agreement and the Closing Date;
 
 
(f)
on or prior to the Rana Closing, Rana delivered to Acquiror a properly executed certification, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Acquiror, that the Company Common Stock, capital stock of Enova and capital stock of Fama, as applicable, are not “U.S. real property interests” in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code, together with a notice to the IRS (which will be filed by Acquiror with the IRS following the Rana Closing) in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1.897-2(h)(2)
of the Treasury Regulations;
 
 
(g)
Rana has delivered to Acquiror the PCAOB Financials together with an unqualified report therein of the auditors of the Company and its subsidiaries, if applicable, and the PCAOB Financials for periods covered by the Unaudited Financials and Latest Balance Sheet (and the related unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the
six-month
period then ended) do not differ from those disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule;
 
 
(h)
all conditions to consummation of the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties thereto; and
 
 
(i)
the Trust Fund contains funds sufficient to pay the Rana Cash Consideration and the Afinoz Cash Consideration (defined below), in full.
 
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Rana
The obligations of Rana to consummate the Proposed Rana Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to Rana Closing of the following additional conditions:
 
  (a)
the representations and warranties of FEXD and Merger Sub contained in the sections titled (i) Corporation Organization (ii) Capitalization, (iii) Authority Relative to this Agreement and (iv) Brokers, are each true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein), except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. All other representations and warranties of Acquiror and Merger Sub contained in the Rana Business Combination Agreement are true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and (ii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (b)
FEXD and Merger Sub have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Rana Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Effective Time;
 
  (c)
FEXD has delivered to the Shareholder Representative, the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by FEXD; and
 
  (d)
FEXD has delivered to Rana a customary officer’s certificate dated the date of the Rana Closing, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Termination
The Rana Business Combination Agreement may be terminated and the Proposed Rana Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of the Rana Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Rana Transactions by the stockholders of Rana or Acquiror, as
follows:
 
 
(a)
by mutual written consent of Rana and the Company;
 
 
(b)
by either FEXD or Rana, if: (i) the Effective Time has not occurred prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the date of the Rana Business Combination Agreement (the “ Rana Outside Date ”); provided, however, that the Rana Business Combination Agreement may not be terminated by or on behalf of any party (A) that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained in the Rana Business Combination Agreement and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a condition to the Proposed Rana Transactions on or prior to the Rana Outside Date, or (B) against which any legal proceeding is brought by a party to the Rana Business Combination Agreement for specific performance or injunctive or other forms of equitable relief in connection with the Rana Business Combination Agreement (which prohibition on such party’s right to terminate the Rana Business Combination Agreement continues throughout the pendency of such legal proceeding); (ii) any Governmental Authority in the United States has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any permanent injunction, order, decree or ruling which has become final and
non-appealable
and has the effect of making consummation of the Proposed Rana Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the Proposed Rana Transactions or the Merger; or (iii) any of the Acquiror Proposals fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the Acquiror Stockholders’ Meeting;
 
 
(c)
by FEXD if (i) there is an occurrence of a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in the Rana Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company has become untrue, in either case such that the closing conditions with respect to the accuracy of the representations and warranties and the performance of the agreements and covenants of the Company specified above would not be satisfied (“ Terminating Company Breach ”); provided, however, that FEXD has not waived such Terminating Company Breach and FEXD and Merger Sub are not then in material breach of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Rana Business Combination Agreement; provided further, however, that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by Rana, FEXD may not terminate the Rana Business Combination Agreement under this provision for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by FEXD to Rana; (ii) the PCAOB Financials (together with an unqualified report therein of the auditors of Rana and its subsidiaries, if applicable) are not delivered to FEXD by Rana on or before the dates required under the Rana Business Combination Agreement; or (iii) if the PCAOB Financials delivered to Acquiror by the Company for periods covered by the Unaudited Financials and Latest Balance Sheet (and the related unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the
six-month
period then ended) differ from those disclosed on the Company Disclosure Schedule;
 
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  (d)
by Rana if there is an occurrence of a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of FEXD and Merger Sub set forth in the Rana Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of FEXD and Merger Sub has become untrue, in either case such that the closing conditions with respect to the accuracy of the representations and warranties and the performance of the agreements and covenants of FEXD and Merger Sub specified above would not be satisfied (“Terminating Acquiror/Merger Sub Breach”); provided, however, that Rana has not waived such Terminating Acquiror/Merger Sub Breach and Rana is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Rana Business Combination Agreement; provided further, however, that, if such Terminating Acquiror/Merger Sub Breach is curable by FEXD and Merger Sub, Rana may not terminate the Rana Business Combination Agreement under this section for so long as FEXD and Merger Sub continue to exercise their reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by Rana to FEXD.
Effect of Termination
If the Rana Business Combination Agreement is terminated, the agreement will forthwith become void, and there will be no liability under the Rana Business Combination Agreement on the part of any party thereto, except as set forth in the Rana Business Combination Agreement or in the case of termination subsequent to a willful material breach of the Rana Business Combination Agreement by a party thereto.
The closing of the Proposed Rana Transactions (the “Rana Closing”) will occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three business days following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions.
On May 12, 2023, the Company terminated the Rana Business Combination Agreement. Refer to Note 10.
Afinoz Business Combination Agreement
On September 11, 2022, the Company, announced that it, Fama Financial Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Monisha Sahni, Rachna Suneja and Ritscapital, LLC (collectively the “Members”) and Monisha Sahni as representative of the Members (“Member Representative”), had entered into a business combination agreement (the “Afinoz Business Combination Agreement”), dated September 9, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, Mobitech International LLC, a limited liability company organized in the United Arab Emirates (“Afinoz”) will become as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The key terms of the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement are as follows:
 
  (a)
The transaction is structured as a purchase of limited liability company membership interests. Pursuant to the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement, on the closing date, the Company will purchase the limited liability company membership interests of Afinoz, with Afinoz continuing as a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Company (together with the other transactions related thereto, the “Proposed Afinoz Transactions”).
 
  (b)
The Company shall pay a combination of Afinoz Cash Consideration and Afinoz Equity Consideration for the Company Membership Interests subject to adjustments for Working Capital and Debt, which adjustments shall be secured by an escrow amount equal to $700,000 (the “Afinoz Escrow Amount”).
The Afinoz Cash Consideration means $5,000,000 and the Afinoz Equity Consideration means 11,500,000 shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock.
Afinoz Representations, Warranties and Covenants
The Afinoz Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of Afinoz and FEXD relating to, among other things, their ability to enter into the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement and their outstanding capitalization. Afinoz has agreed to customary “no shop” obligations.
Conditions to Afinoz Closing
Mutual
The obligations of Afinoz and FEXD to consummate the Proposed Afinoz Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Afinoz Closing, of the following conditions:
 
  (a)
the Acquiror Proposals have been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the stockholders of Acquiror in accordance with the Proxy Statement, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the organizational documents of FEXD and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq;
 
  (b)
no Governmental Authority has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, executive order or award which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Proposed Afinoz Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Proposed Afinoz Transactions; and
 
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the shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Proposed Afinoz Transactions shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, and immediately following the Closing Acquiror shall satisfy any applicable listing requirements of Nasdaq and Acquiror shall not have received any notice of
non-compliance
therewith.
 
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FEXD
The obligations of FEXD to consummate the Proposed Afinoz Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Afinoz Closing of the following additional conditions:
 
  (a)
the representations and warranties of FEXD contained in the sections titled (i) Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries, (ii) Capitalization, (iii) Authority Relative to this Business Combination Agreement and (iv) Brokers, are each true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein), except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. All other representations and warranties of Afinoz contained in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and (ii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (b)
Afinoz, the Members and Member Representative, as applicable, have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or prior to the Afinoz Closing;
 
  (c)
the Member Representative has delivered to Acquiror the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Member Representative;
 
  (d)
Afinoz has delivered to FEXD a customary officer’s certificate, dated the date of the Afinoz Closing, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions;
 
  (e)
no Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred between the date of the Rana Business Combination Agreement and the Closing Date;
 
  (f)
on or prior to the Afinoz Closing, each of the Members shall deliver to Acquiror a properly executed and duly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN;
 
  (g)
on or prior to the Afinoz Closing, each of the Members delivered to Acquiror the relevant ‘Tax residency certificate’ or any other similar requirements/certifications or evidences, as mandated under any of the domestic tax laws of their respective jurisdiction or territory, in order to claim the benefits of the
India-UAE
Double Tax Avoidance Agreement and to establish that no Indian withholding Tax is required to be deducted or withheld from the payment of consideration to such Member;
 
  (h)
Afinoz has delivered to Acquiror the PCAOB Financials required to be delivered under the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement;
 
  (i)
Afinoz has delivered to Acquiror evidence that it has executed certain regulatory filings with either the free-zone authority in the Sharjah Media City Free-Zone of the United Arab Emirates or the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy, as required pursuant to the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement;
 
  (j)
the Rana Business Combination Agreement has been consummated;
 
  (k)
the Trust Fund contains funds sufficient to pay the Rana Cash Consideration and the Afinoz Cash Consideration, in full; and
 
  (l)
Acquiror has completed its due diligence exercise on Afinoz and its subsidiaries, and Afinoz and its subsidiaries has resolved to Acquiror’s satisfaction any issues arising therefrom, including but not limited to, confirmation that each of the Members, Afinoz and its subsidiaries, have complied with certain conditions set forth in schedules to the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement.
 
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Afinoz
The obligations of the Members and the Member Representative to consummate the Proposed Afinoz Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to Closing of the following additional conditions:
 
  (a)
the representations and warranties of FEXD contained in the sections titled (i) Corporation Organization (ii) Capitalization, (iii) Authority Relative to this Agreement and (iv) Brokers, are each true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though made on the Closing Date (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein), except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. All other representations and warranties of Acquiror contained in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement are true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date and (ii) where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct (whether as of the Closing Date or such earlier date), taken as a whole, does not result in an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect;
 
  (b)
FEXD has performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Afinoz Closing;
 
  (c)
FEXD has delivered to the Member Representative, the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by FEXD; and
 
  (d)
FEXD has delivered to Afinoz a customary officer’s certificate dated the date of the Afinoz Closing, certifying as to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Termination
The Afinoz Business Combination Agreement may be terminated and the Proposed Afinoz Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Afinoz Transactions by the Members and stockholders of Acquiror, as follows:
 
  (a)
by mutual written consent of the Acquiror and Member Representative;
 
  (b)
by either FEXD or the Member Representative, if: (i) the Closing has not occurred prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the date of the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement (the “Afinoz Outside Date”); provided, however, that the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement may not be terminated by or on behalf of any party (A) that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a condition to the Proposed Afinoz Transactions on or prior to the Afinoz Outside Date, or (B) against which any legal proceeding is brought by a party to the Rana Business Combination Agreement for specific performance or injunctive or other forms of equitable relief in connection with the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement (which prohibition on such party’s right to terminate the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement continues throughout the pendency of such legal proceeding); (ii) any Governmental Authority in the United States has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any permanent injunction, order, decree or ruling which has become final and
non-appealable
and has the effect of making consummation of the Proposed Afinoz Transactions, illegal or otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the Proposed Afinoz Transactions; or (iii) any of the Acquiror Proposals fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the Acquiror Stockholders’ Meeting;
 
  (c)
by FEXD if: (i) there is an occurrence of a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of any Member set forth in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of any Member has become untrue, in either case such that the closing conditions with respect to the accuracy of the representations and warranties and the performance of the agreements and covenants of the Members specified above would not be satisfied (“Terminating Member Breach”); provided, however, that FEXD has not waived such Terminating Member Breach and FEXD is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement; provided further, however, that, if such Terminating Member Breach is curable by the applicable Member, FEXD may not terminate the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement under this provision for so long as such Member continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by FEXD to the applicable Member; (ii) the PCAOB Financials are not delivered to FEXD by the Member Representative on or before the dates required under the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement; (iii) the Rana Business Combination Agreement is terminated; or (iv) if Afinoz fails to comply, within thirty days of signing the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement, with certain specific conditions precedent set forth in schedules to the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement.
 
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  (d)
by the Member Representative if there is an occurrence of a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of FEXD set forth in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of FEXD has become untrue, in either case such that the closing conditions with respect to the accuracy of the representations and warranties and the performance of the agreements and covenants of FEXD specified above would not be satisfied (“ Terminating Acquiror Breach ”); provided, however, that Afinoz has not waived such Terminating Acquiror Breach and Afinoz is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement; provided further, however, that, if such Terminating Acquiror Breach is curable by FEXD, Afinoz may not terminate the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement under this section for so long as FEXD continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty days after notice of such breach is provided by Afinoz to FEXD.
Effect of Termination
If the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement is terminated, the agreement will forthwith become void, and there will be no liability under the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement on the part of any party thereto, except as set forth in the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement or in the case of termination subsequent to a willful material breach of the Afinoz Business Combination Agreement by a party thereto.
The Afinoz Closing will occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three business days following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions. As of March 31, 2023, the Afinoz Business Combination has not been closed.
Lock-Up
Agreements
The Company has entered into the three general forms of
lock-up
agreements described below with stockholders and employees of Rana and Afinoz. The general terms below apply to all
lock-up
agreements. The employee-specific terms apply to the Employee Stockholder
Lock-Up
and Protective Covenant Agreement and the Employee Optionholder
Lock-Up,
Unvested Stock & Protective Covenant Agreement. The employee optionholder-specific terms apply only to the Employee Optionholder
Lock-Up,
Unvested Stock & Protective Covenant Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in the description of the
lock-up
agreements below have the meanings given to them in the applicable form of
lock-up
agreement.
General Terms
The stockholders and certain employees of Rana and Afinoz that own equity interests have entered into
lock-up
agreements with Acquiror wherein they have agreed not to Transfer any shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock for the period commencing upon the Effective Time and ending one year after the Effective Time, provided, however, that such restriction shall expire if the reported last sale price of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty trading days within any thirty-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Effective Time. Such stockholders and employees have further agreed not to Transfer more than 200,000 Shares during any three-month period until the three-year anniversary of the Effective Date and not to Transfer more than 1,000,000 Shares during a further period thereafter, in each case subject to Permitted Transfers and the termination of restrictions upon expiration or termination of the applicable
lock-up
agreement.
Employee-Specific Terms
The
lock-up
agreements of certain employees of Rana and Afinoz also contain restrictive covenants regarding confidentiality, conflicts of interest,
non-competition,
non-solicitation,
non-inducement
and
non-interference
during a Restricted Period commencing on the Effective Time and ending on the later to occur of (a) the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time and (b) the second anniversary of the date on which the employee’s employment with FEXD and its subsidiaries terminates for any reason.
Employee Optionholder-Specific Terms
The
lock-up
agreements of the optionholder employees of Afinoz (“ Employee Optionholders ”) provide that Afinoz options outstanding prior to the Closing will convert into unvested shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock at Closing. The resulting Unvested Stock shall be eligible to vest on the following schedule: (a) the first quarter, as of twelve months from the Effective Time; (b) the second quarter, as of twenty-four months from the Effective Time; (c) the third quarter, as of thirty months from the Effective Time and (d) the fourth quarter, as of
thirty-six
months from the Effective Time. If the Employee Optionholder terminates the Employee Optionholder’s employment with FEXD and its subsidiaries, at any time before the Unvested Stock has vested and become Vested Stock, then the Employee Option holder’s Unvested Stock outstanding on the date of termination of employment shall be automatically forfeited. If the Employee Optionholder’s employment with FEXD and its subsidiaries is terminated by FEXD or any of its subsidiaries for Cause at any time before all of the Unvested Stock has vested and become Vested Stock, then all of the Employee Optionholder’s Unvested Stock and Vested Stock shall be automatically forfeited.
 
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Employment Offer Letters
On December 20, 2022, the Company entered into a conditional offer letter with an individual for the position of Chief Marketing Officer of FEXD (the “CMO Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the CMO Offer Letter, the individual will become the Chief Marketing Officer of FEXD on June 1, 2023. The appointment is contingent upon the consummation of the business combination among FEXD, Rana and Afinoz and shareholder approval. Upon effectiveness, the Chief Marketing Officer will receive an annual salary of $400,000, up to $150,000 in performance bonuses with $15,000 guaranteed, $200,000 in FEXD stock vesting over three years with a
12-month
cliff and standard benefits.
On December 20, 2022, the Company entered into a conditional offer letter with an individual for the position of Chief Executive Officer of Fama Financial Services (the “CEO Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the CEO Offer Letter, the individual will become the Chief Executive Officer of FEXD on June 1, 2023. The appointment is contingent upon the consummation of the business combination among FEXD, Rana and Afinoz and shareholder approval. Upon effectiveness, the Chief Executive Officer will receive an annual salary of $500,000, a minimum cash bonus of 30 percent of the annual salary year one, 20% percent on year two and 15% from year three onwards (subject to an objective based target bonus of up to 200% of prevailing salary which will be split equally with stocks vested over a period of three years and cash), $50,000 in FEXD
sto
ck vesting over three years with a
12-month
cliff and standard benefits.
De-SPAC
Service Agreement
On December 12, 2022, the Company entered a service agreement, effective January 15, 2023, with a third-party
de-SPAC
service provider. Pursuant to the agreement, the service provider will provide investor relation services to the Company for an initial
12-month
period. The service provider will receive compensation of $90,000 from the Company for its services covering the initial
12-month
period. In addition, the service provider will receive $22,500 worth of shares in the
de-SPAC
company quarterly, with the value accruing from the effective date of the service
agreement. Since the award of the $22,500 worth of share is an instrument that embodies an obligation that the Company must settle by issuing a variable number of its equity shares based on a fixed value known at inception, the instrument is classified as a liability. As of March 31, 2023, the Company accrued $22,500 worth of shares under the accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
NOTE 7. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Warrant Liability
Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional Public Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units, and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the date that is 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, provided that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or the Company permits holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis under the circumstances specified in the warrant agreement). The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No Public Warrant will be exercisable, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of a Public Warrant unless Class A common stock issuable upon such Public Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the Public Warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a Public Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
 
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The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $11.50 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume-weighted average trading price of Class A common stock during the
10-trading
day period starting on the trading day after to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the Public Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described under “Description of Securities—Warrants—Public Stockholders’ Warrants—Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the market value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption:
 
  •  
in whole and not in part;
 
  •  
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
 
  •  
upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the
30-day
redemption period, to each warrant holder; and
 
  •  
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, and the like and for certain issuances of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities as described above) for any 20 trading days within a
30-trading
day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the Public Warrant holders.
If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption for cash, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances, including in the event of a stock dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger, or consolidation. However, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A Common Stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period or during any Extension Period, and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.
The Private Placement Warrants, including the October 2022 and January 2023 Private Placement Warrants, will be identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the Proposed Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be
non-redeemable
so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees (except as set forth above). If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
The Company accounted for the 9,650,250 warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (including
5,750,000
Public Warrants and
3,900,250
Private Placement Warrants as the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full), the 1,150,000 October 2022 Private Placement Warrants, and the 1,150,000 January 2023 Private Placement Warrants in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC
815-40.
Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. The warrant agreement contains an Alternative Issuance provision that if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the Class A Common Stock in the Business Combination is payable in the form of common equity in the successor entity, and if the holders of the warrants properly exercise the warrants within thirty days following the public disclosure of the consummation of Business Combination by the Company, the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the difference of (i) the Warrant Price in effect prior to such reduction minus (ii) (A) the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) (but in no event less than zero) minus (B) the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined below). The “Black- Scholes Warrant Value” means the value of a Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Model for a Capped American Call on Bloomberg Financial Markets. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the common stock consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per common stock, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume-weighted average price of the common stock as reported during the
ten-trading
day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the Business Combination.
 
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The Company believes that the adjustments to the exercise price of the warrants are based on a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a
“fixed-for-fixed”
option as defined under FASB ASC Topic No. 815 – 40, and thus the warrants are not eligible for an exception from derivative accounting. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record a derivative liability upon closing the Proposed Public Offering. Accordingly, the Company will classify its Public Warrant, Private Placement Warrant as a liability at its fair value, and the warrants will be estimated using a valuation model prepared by an outside valuation firm. The valuation model uses inputs such as assumed share prices, volatility, discount factors, and other assumptions and may not reflect the price at which they can be settled. This liability is subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date. With each such remeasurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statements of operations. The Company will reassess the classification at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the warrants will be reclassified as of the date of the event that causes the reclassification.
Forward Purchase Agreement
On July 16, 2021, the Company entered into a forward purchase agreement (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with Caltech Trading Corp., an anchor investor. Pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, Caltech Trading Corp. will agree to purchase a minimum of 8,000,000 units and a maximum of 9,000,000 units (the “Forward Purchase Units”), with each Forward Purchase Unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock (a “Forward Purchase Share”), one right to receive
one-tenth
(1/10) of one share of its Class A common stock (a “Forward Purchase Right”) and
one-half
of one warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock (a “Forward Purchase Warrant”), at a price of $10.00 per Forward Purchase Unit, for a minimum aggregate purchase price of $80.0 million and a maximum aggregate purchase price of up to $90.0 million. The shares of Class A common stock to be issued under the Forward Purchase Agreement will have no redemption rights and no right to liquidate distributions from the Trust Account. The Forward Purchase Shares, the Forward Purchase Rights and Forward Purchase Warrants will be identical to the shares of Class A Common Stock, the Public Rights, and the Public Warrants, respectively, included in the Public Units to be sold in the Proposed Offering. The purchase of the Forward Purchase Units will occur concurrently and only in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. The Forward Purchase Shares, Forward Purchase Rights and Forward Purchase Warrants (and the shares of Class A common stock underlying such securities) are subject to registration rights. Caltech’s Trading commitment under the Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to customary closing conditions, including that the Business Combination must be consummated substantially concurrently with the purchase of the Forward Purchase Units. The obligations of Caltech Trading under the Forward Purchase Agreement do not depend on whether any Class A common shares held by public shareholders are redeemed by the Company.
The Company accounted for the Forward Purchase Agreement in accordance with the guidance in ASC
815-40
and accounts for such agreement as a derivative liability. The liability is subject to
re-measurement
at each balance sheet date, with changes in fair value recognized in the statements of operations.
 
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NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents information about the Company’s derivative warrant liabilities and forward purchase agreement liability that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
As of March 31, 2023
 
Description
   
Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

(Level 1)
     
Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)
     
Significant Other

Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)
  
Public Warrants
    $ 230,000      $ —        $ —    
Private Placement Warrants
      —          248,010        —    
Forward Purchase Agreement Liability
      —          —          291,011  
    
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  
Total
    $ 230,000      $ 248,010      $ 291,011  
As of December 31, 2022
 
Description
   
Quoted Prices in

Active Markets

(Level 1)
     
Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)
     
Significant Other

Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)
  
Public Warrants
    $ 402,500      $ —        $ —    
Private Placement Warrants
      —          353,518        —    
Forward Purchase Agreement Liability
      —          —          285,567  
    
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
  
Total
    $ 402,500      $ 353,518      $ 285,567  
The fair value of the public warrants is determined based on the publicly trading price on the valuation date. The fair value of the private warrants is determined using Black-Scholes model based on Level 2 observable inputs. Inherent in the Black-Scholes simulation are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock based on historical volatility of select peer companies that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury
zero-coupon
yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero. The fair value of the Forward Purchase Agreement is estimated by determining the current value of the instruments to be purchased based on the $10.61 trading price of the unit on the valuation date, less the present value of the committed purchase price based on $10.00 per unit of the same instruments using Level 3 inputs, which include risk free interest rate, expected remaining life of the agreement and probability of acquisition.
The change in the fair value of the forward purchase agreement liability, measured using level 3 inputs, for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, is summarized as follows:
 
Forward purchase agreement liability – level 3, at January 1, 2022
    $ 1,726,908  
Change in fair value
      161,031  
    
 
 
  
Forward purchase agreement liability – level 3, at March 31, 2022
    $ 1,887,939  
    
 
 
  
Forward purchase agreement liability – level 3, at January 1, 2023
    $ 285,567  
Change in fair value
      5,444  
    
 
 
  
Forward purchase agreement liability – level 3, at March 31, 2023
    $ 291,011  
    
 
 
  
 
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The following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2023:
 

Inputs
  
Private Placement
Warrants
 
 
Forward Purchase
Units
 
Exercise price
    $ 11.50     $ 10.00  
Volatility
      4.9 %      N/A
Expected term
      6.06 years       1.06 year  
Risk-free rate
      3.51 %      4.63 % 
Probability of acquisition
      3.0 %      3.0 % 
Dividend yield
      0 %      0 % 
The following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022:
 

Inputs
  
Private Placement
Warrants
 
 
Forward Purchase
Units
 
Exercise price
    $ 11.50     $ 10.00  
Volatility
      4.6 %      N/A  
Expected term
      5.06 years       0.06 year  
Risk-free rate
      3.91 %      4.04 % 
Probability of acquisition
      7.5 %      7.5 % 
Dividend yield
      0 %      0 % 
 
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NOTE 9. STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
Preferred Shares
The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A Common Stock are entitled to
one
vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 57,500 Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding excluding 11,500,000 shares subject to redemption.
Class B Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class B Common Stock are entitled to
one
vote for each share. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 2,875,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding. Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the initial business combination on a
one-for-one
basis.
Public Rights
Each holder of a Public Right will be entitled to receive
one-tenth
(1/10) of one share of Class A Common Stock upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all shares held by it in connection with a Business Combination. No fractional shares will be issued upon the exchange of the Public Rights. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the Proposed Offering. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the Class A Common Stock will receive in the transaction on an
as-converted
into Class A Common Stock basis and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive 1/10 share underlying each right (without paying additional consideration). The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company).
 
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NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In accordance with ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. Based on this review, except the event below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events through the date of the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements that would have required disclosure or adjustment in the condensed consolidated financial statements:
On April 10, 2023, timely, pursuant to the terms of the Rana Business Combination Agreement dated September 9, 2022, the Company sent a letter to Rana Financial, Inc. regarding its failure to deliver audited financial statements. The Company also notified Rana of its intent to propose the termination of the Rana Business Combination Agreement and abandonment of the proposed business combination if the audited financial statements are not delivered to the Company by April 21, 2023.
On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an extension proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional month periods, from April 21, 2023 to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors (the “Extended Date”). Pursuant to the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Sponsor has agreed to, or to cause a designee to, loan to the Company, pursuant to a promissory note (the “Extension Promissory Note”) an aggregate of $0.055 for each public share that is not redeemed, for each Extension Period (commencing on April 21, 2023, and on the 21st day of each subsequent month (or the next business day, if the 21st day of a calendar month falls on a day other than a business day)), until the Extended Date. Amounts due under the Promissory Note will not bear interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of the initial business combination. On April 21, 2023, the Sponsor deposited $110,000 under the Extension Promissory Note into the Company’s trust account for the first Extension Period to move the liquidation date from April 21, 2023 to May 21, 2023. On May 19, 2023, the Sponsor deposited the second $110,000
 
into the Company’s trust account for the second Extension Period to move the liquidation date from May 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.
On May 3, 2023, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with HRT North America Ltd, LLC (“HRT”), the lender of the August 2022 Note whereby the Company agreed to settle: i) the unpaid principal and accrued interest in the total amount of $209,235 as of the February 3, 2023 maturity date; ii) default interest of $10,794; and iii) $38,185 of costs, expenses and attorney’s fees that were incurred by HRT for filing a litigation against the Company to request for payment through legal proceeding. On May 4, 2023, the Company paid the total of $258,214 (the “Payment”) based on the settlement amount agreed with HRT in the Settlement Agreement. The Company and HRT agreed that, upon execution of this Settlement Agreement and upon receipt by HRT of the Payment, the August 2022 Note will be terminated and extinguished. Upon receipt of the Payment, the two parties will also file a stipulation discontinuing the litigation with prejudice.
On May 4, 2023, certain stockholders exercised their redemption rights and demanded the Company to redeem 7,527,997 shares of their Class A common stock. The Company distributed a total payment of $78,939,613 based on a redemption price of $10.49 per share from its trust account to these stockholders. The Company expects to have an excise tax liability of approximately $789,396 related to the shareholder redemptions for the year ended December 31, 2023.
On May 8, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment agreement with an affiliate of the Sponsor to renew the outstanding balance of $19,957 under the June 2022 Note, which will mature on May 15, 2023, to a new maturity date. Pursuant to the amendment agreement, the outstanding balance of the June 2022 Note will be payable on the initial business combination date.
On May 12, 2023, the Company terminated the Rana Business Combination Agreement dated as of September 9, 2022. The Rana Agreement was terminated with immediate effect pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Rana Agreement, which permits such termination if certain required financial statements (together with an unqualified report therein of the auditors of Rana and its subsidiaries, if applicable) are not delivered on or before the deadlines specified in the Rana Business Combination Agreement.
On May 17, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment agreement with the Sponsor to renew the outstanding balance of $250,000 under the October 2022 Note, which matured on May 15, 2023, to a new maturity date. Pursuant to the amendment agreement, the outstanding balance of the October 2022 Note will be payable on the earlier of: (i) the consummation of the initial business combination and (ii) April 21, 2024.
 
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References to “we,” “us,” “company” or “our company” are to Fintech Ecosystem Development Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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”). We have based these forward- looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

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. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt. For additional detail regarding our initial public offering and related transactions, see “Note 1- Description Of Organization And Business Operations and Going Concern.”

The issuance of additional shares of our stock in a business combination:

 

  •  

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering;

 

  •  

may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our common stock;

 

  •  

could cause a change of control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;

 

  •  

may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and

 

  •  

may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock, rights and/or warrants. Similarly, if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

 

  •  

default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;

 

  •  

acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of such covenants;

 

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our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;

 

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our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;

 

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our inability to pay dividends on our common stock;

 

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using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our common stock if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

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limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;

 

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increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry, and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and

 

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limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes, and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

 

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As indicated in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, as of March 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $6,379,913. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.

Initial Public Offering

On October 21, 2021, Fintech Ecosystem Development Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 11,500,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 1,500,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value of $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), one right of the Company (a “Right”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (a “Warrant”). The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale, in a private placement, of 3,900,250 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), to the Company’s sponsor, Revofast LLC, at an aggregate price of, and generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,900,250, $2,923,400 of which was placed in a trust account. The Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the Company’s initial business combination, and will have certain registration rights.

On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the extension proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional month periods, from April 21, 2023 to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors.

Recent Developments

 

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Business Combinations

Rana Business Combination Agreement

On September 11, 2022, the Company announced that it, with Fama Financial Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Rana Financial Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Rana”) and David Kretzmer, as representative of the Shareholders (“Shareholder Representative”), had entered into a business combination agreement (the “Rana Business Combination Agreement”), dated September 9, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into Rana (the “Merger”). The Company shall pay a combination of Rana Cash Consideration and Rana Equity Consideration for the Company Common Stock subject to adjustments for Working Capital and Debt, which adjustments shall be secured by an escrow amount equal to $5,711,662 (the “Rana Escrow Amount”). The Rana Cash Consideration means $7,800,000 and the Rana Equity Consideration means 7,020,000 shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock. The closing of the Proposed Rana Transactions (the “Rana Closing”) will occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three business days following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions.

On May 12, 2023, the Company terminated the Rana Business Combination Agreement. The termination was with immediate effect pursuant to Section 9.01(h) of the Rana Agreement, which permits such termination if certain required financial statements (together with an unqualified report therein of the auditors of Rana and its subsidiaries, if applicable) are not delivered on or before the deadlines specified in the Rana Business Combination Agreement.

Afinoz Business Combination Agreement

On September 11, 2022, the Company, announced that it, Fama Financial Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Monisha Sahni, Rachna Suneja and Ritscapital, LLC (collectively the “Members”) and Monisha Sahni as representative of the Members (“Member Representative”), had entered into a business combination agreement (the “Afinoz Business Combination Agreement”), dated September 9, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, Mobitech International LLC, a limited liability company organized in the United Arab Emirates (“Afinoz”) will become as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company shall pay a combination of Afinoz Cash Consideration and Afinoz Equity Consideration for the Company Membership Interests subject to adjustments for Working Capital and Debt, which adjustments shall be secured by an escrow amount equal to $700,000 (the “Afinoz Escrow Amount”). The Afinoz Cash Consideration means $5,000,000 and the Afinoz Equity Consideration means 11,500,000 shares of New Acquiror Class A Common Stock. The Afinoz Closing will occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three business days following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the closing conditions. As of March 31, 2023, the Afinoz Business Combination has not been closed.

Extensions

On October 17, 2022, we extended the time by which we have to consummate a business combination by three months from October 21, 2022 to January 21, 2023. Furthermore, on January 20, 2023, we extended the time by which we have to consummate a business combination by three months from January 21, 2023 to April 21, 2023.

On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the extension proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional month periods, from April 21, 2023 to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors (the “Extended Date”). Pursuant to the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Sponsor has agreed to, or to cause a designee to, loan to the Company, pursuant to a promissory note (the “Extension Promissory Note”) an aggregate of $0.055 for each public share that is not redeemed, for each Extension Period (commencing on April 21, 2023, and on the 21st day of each subsequent month (or the next business day, if the 21st day of a calendar month falls on a day other than a business day)), until the Extended Date. Amounts due under the Promissory Note will not bear interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of the initial business combination. On April 21, 2023, the Sponsor deposited $110,000 under the Extension Promissory Note into the Company’s trust account for the first Extension Period to move liquidation date from April 21, 2023 to May 21, 2023. On May 19, 2023, the Sponsor deposited the second $110,000 into the Company’s trust account for the second Extension Period to move the liquidation date from May 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

 

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Private placements

On October 21, 2022, the Company consummated a private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the “October 2022 Private Placement Warrants”), generating total proceeds of $1,150,000. The October 2022 Private Placement Warrants were purchased by Revofast LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Company’s sponsor, and are substantially similar to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Company’s IPO in October 2021.

On January 20, 2023, the Company consummated a private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the “January 2023 Private Placement Warrants”), generating total proceeds of $1,150,000. The January 2023 Private Placement Warrants were purchased by Revofast LLC and are substantially similar to the private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Company’s IPO in October 2021.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $12,184 in its operating bank account, $121,227,252 investments held in its trust account, and a working capital deficit of approximately $2,465,905.

On October 21, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 11,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale, in a private placement, of 3,900,250 warrants and generating gross proceeds of $3,900,250.

The Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5). As of March 31, 2023, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.

On January 20, 2023, the Company consummated the private placement of 1,150,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant generating total proceeds of $1,150,000.

On January 20, 2023, the Company entered into a $200,000 promissory note with its Sponsor.

On May 4, 2023, certain stockholders exercised their redemption rights and demanded the Company to redeem 7,527,997 shares of their Class A common stock. The Company distributed a total payment of $78,939,613 based on a redemption price of $10.4861 per share from its trust account to these stockholders.

We may also need to obtain additional financing either to complete a business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of shares of our Class A common stock upon completion of the business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with the business combination.

On April 20, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders in lieu of its 2023 annual meeting. At the special meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an extension proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate its initial business combination for a maximum of twelve (12) additional month periods, from April 21, 2023 to April 21, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by its board of directors (the “Extended Date”). Pursuant to the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Sponsor has agreed to, or to cause a designee to, loan to the Company, pursuant to a promissory note (the “Extension Promissory Note”) an aggregate of $0.055 for each public share that is not redeemed, for each Extension Period (commencing on April 21, 2023, and on the 21st day of each subsequent month (or the next business day, if the 21st day of a calendar month falls on a day other than a business day)), until the Extended Date. Amounts due under the Promissory Note will not bear interest and will be repayable by the Company to the Sponsor or its designees upon consummation of the initial business combination. On April 21, 2023, the Sponsor deposited $110,000 under the Extension Promissory Note into the Company’s trust account for the first Extension Period to move the liquidation date from April 21, 2023 to May 21, 2023. On May 19, 2023, the Sponsor deposited the second $110,000 into the Company’s trust account for the second Extension Period to move the liquidation date from May 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

Based on the foregoing, management does not believe that we will have sufficient working capital to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of an initial business combination or the Extended Date.

Over this time period, we will be using the funds held outside of the trust account for paying existing accounts payable and accrued liabilities, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the initial business combination. In addition, the Company’s Sponsor or its designees will deposit monthly deposits of $110,000 into the Company’s trust accounts in order to extend the liquidation date on a monthly basis until April 21, 2024. We believe we may need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating the business. Furthermore, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate the business prior to the initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete the initial business combination or to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such initial business combination. Our sponsor, officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working capital needs. Additionally, the Company has until April 21, 2024, to consummate an initial business combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate an initial business combination by this time. If an initial business combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and the mandatory liquidation, should an initial business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, off-balance sheet arrangements or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $5,000 for general and administrative services including office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support. This arrangement will terminate upon completion of our initial business combination or the distribution of the Trust Account to the public shareholders.

In addition, the Company has entered into certain arrangements as follows:

Underwriter Advisory Fee

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $3,737,500, which will become payable only if the Company consummates a Business Combination.

De-SPAC Service Agreement

On December 12, 2022, the Company entered a service agreement, effective January 15, 2023, with a third-party de-SPAC service provider. Pursuant to the agreement, the service provider will provide investor relation services to the Company for an initial 12-month period. The service provider will receive compensation of $90,000 from the Company for its services covering the initial 12-month period. In addition, the service provider will receive $22,500 worth of shares in the de-SPAC company quarterly, with the value accruing from the effective date of the service agreement.

Employment Offer Letters

On December 20, 2022, the Company entered into a conditional offer letter with an individual for the position of Chief Marketing Officer of FEXD (the “CMO Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the CMO Offer Letter, the individual will become the Chief Marketing Officer of FEXD on June 1, 2023. The appointment is contingent upon the consummation of the business combination among FEXD, Afinoz and shareholder approval. Upon effectiveness, the Chief Marketing Officer will receive an annual salary of $400,000, up to $150,000 in performance bonuses with $15,000 guaranteed, $200,000 in FEXD stock vesting over three years with a 12-month cliff and standard benefits.

On December 20, 2022, the Company entered into a conditional offer letter with an individual for the position of Chief Executive Officer of Fama Financial Services (the “CEO Offer Letter”). Pursuant to the CEO Offer Letter, the individual will become the Chief Executive Officer of FEXD on June 1, 2023. The appointment is contingent upon the consummation of the business combination among FEXD, Afinoz and shareholder approval. Upon effectiveness, the Chief Executive Officer will receive an annual salary of $500,000, a minimum cash bonus of 30 percent of the annual salary year one, 20% percent on year two and 15% from year three onwards (subject to an objective based target bonus of up to 200% of prevailing salary which will be split equally with stocks vested over a period of three years and cash), $50,000 in FEXD stock vesting over three years with a 12-month cliff and standard benefits.

Registration Rights

The holders of shares Class B Common Stock, Private Placement Warrants (and underlying securities), and any securities issued in payment of working capital loans made to the Company will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of Proposed Public Offering. The majority of these securities holders are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company registers such securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters (and/or their designees) may only make a demand registration (i) on one occasion and (ii) during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these Common Stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the Private Placement Warrants (and underlying securities) and securities issued in payment of working capital loans (or underlying securities) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters (and/or their designees) may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the seven year period beginning on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, under FINRA Rule 5110, the underwriters and/or their designees may only make a demand registration (i) on one occasion and (ii) during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering, and the underwriters and/ or their designees may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the seven-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering.

Promissory Notes

On March 8, 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Sponsor Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $400,000, of which $141,768 was borrowed by the Company during 2021. The Sponsor Note was non-interest bearing and was fully repaid as of December 31, 2021.

On June 16, 2022, an affiliate of the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“June 2022 Note”) to the Company, pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $20,000. The June 2022 Note is non-interest bearing and previously had a maturity date on the earlier of: i) the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination; or ii) May 15, 2023. On May 8, 2023, the Company and the lender entered into an amendment agreement whereby the maturity date is amended to the Company’s initial business combination date. As of March 31, 2023, $19,957 remains outstanding on this June 2022 Note. The events of default related to the June 2022 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the June 2022 Note shall become immediately payable.

On August 2, 2022, a company owned by a director of our potential business combination target, issued an unsecured promissory note (“August 2022 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed a principal amount of $200,000 with an interest rate of 9% per annum. The August 2022 Note matured on February 2, 2023. The balance due to the lender as of the maturity date of February 3, 2023 was $209,235, representing the unpaid principal and accrued interest under the August 2022 Note. The Company failed to pay the principal amount and accrued interest within five business days of the maturity date. Therefore, the Company is required to pay default interest at a rate of 20% per annum. As of March 31, 2023, principal of $200,000 and accrued interest of $18,453, which includes $6,420 accrued default interest, remain outstanding on this August 2022 Note. The Company subsequently settled the August 2022 Note. Refer to Note 10, Subsequent Events, in “Part 1 - Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements”.

On October 19, 2022, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“October 2022 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $300,000. The October 2022 Note is non-interest bearing and matures on May 15, 2023. On March 29, 2023, the Company made a repayment of $50,000 on the October 2022 Note. The events of default related to the October 2022 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the October 2022 Note shall become immediately payable. The Company subsequently renewed the October 2022 Note. Refer to Note 10, Subsequent Events, in “Part 1 - Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements”.

On January 20, 2023, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note (“January 2023 Note”), pursuant to which the Company borrowed principal amount of $200,000. The January 2023 Note is non-interest bearing and matures on July 15, 2023. The events of default related to the January 2023 Note include failure to make required payments, voluntary bankruptcy and involuntary bankruptcy. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the January 2023 Note shall become immediately payable.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for our initial public offering. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination.

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $692,526, which consisted of $312,508 non-operating income resulting from the change in fair value of derivative liabilities and $1,269,126 interest income generated from the investments held in the trust account. These other incomes are offset by $616,740 in general and administrative expenses, $10,908 interest expense, $5,444 non-operating loss resulting from the change in fair value of forward purchase agreement and $256,016 income tax expense.

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, we had net income of $1,353,462, which consisted of $1,547,709 non-operating income resulting from the change in fair value of derivative liabilities and forward purchase agreement and $11,696 interest income generated from the cash held in the trust account. These other incomes are offset by $205,943 in general and administrative expenses.

Related Party Transactions

Please refer to Note 5, Related Party Transactions, in “Part 1 - Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” for a discussion of our related party transactions.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our management makes a number of significant estimates, assumptions and judgments in the preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in “Part 1 - Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” for a discussion of the estimates and judgments necessary in our accounting for common stock subject to possible redemption, and net income (loss) per common share. Any new accounting policies or updates to existing accounting policies as a result of new accounting pronouncements have been included in the notes to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The application of our critical accounting policies may require management to make judgments and estimates about the amounts reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Management uses historical experience and all available information to make these estimates and judgments. Different amounts could be reported using different assumptions and estimates.

Recent Accounting Standards

Please refer to Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in “Part 1 - Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and their anticipated effect on our business.

JOBS Act

The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and, under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions, we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that the PCAOB may adopt regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the consolidated financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for five years following the completion of our initial public offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As of March 31, 2023, we were not subject to any significant market or interest rate risk. The net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account are invested in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective during the period covered by this report due to several material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting we identified during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. These material weaknesses remain un-remediated as of March 31, 2023, which include: (i) lack of proper segregation of duties due to the Chief Executive Officer’s ability to approve invoices and prepare and approve payments; (ii) lack of review controls over financial reporting, including formal accounting policies, procedures and controls over significant financial statement accounts and disclosures to achieve complete, accurate and timely financial accounting, reporting and disclosures; (iii) lack of review controls over related party transactions, which resulted in related party loans not being approved by the board of directors; and (iv) ineffective oversight on the part of our audit committee.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is subject to various claims and contingencies which are in the scope of ordinary and routine litigation incidental to its business, including those related to regulation, business transactions, employee-related matters and taxes, among others. When the Company becomes aware of a claim or potential claim, the likelihood of any loss or exposure is assessed. If it is probable that a loss will result and the amount or range of the loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company records a liability for the loss and discloses the possible loss in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Legal costs are expensed as incurred.

On April 19, 2023, HRT North America Ltd, LLC (“HRT”) filed a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint with the Supreme Court of the state of New York, County of New York for the unpaid principal and accrued interest of a promissory note executed by the Company on August 2, 2022 (the “August 2022 Note”). On May 3, 2023, the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with HRT whereby the Company agreed to settle: i) the unpaid principal and accrued interest in the total amount of $209,235 as of the February 3, 2023 maturity date; ii) default interest of $10,794; and iii) $38,185 of costs, expenses and attorney’s fees that were incurred by HRT for filing a litigation against the Company to request for payment through legal proceeding. On May 4, 2023, the Company paid the total of $258,214 (the “Payment”) based on the settlement amount agreed with HRT in the Settlement Agreement. The Company and HRT agreed that, upon execution of this Settlement Agreement and upon receipt by HRT of the Payment, the August 2022 Note will be terminated and extinguished. Upon receipt of the Payment, the two parties will also file a stipulation discontinuing the litigation with prejudice.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 20, 2023.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. 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 the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company 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 on hand to complete a Business combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

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

The information contained under the heading “Private Placement” in Note 4 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is incorporated by reference into this Item.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Description

31.1*    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2**    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*    Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*    Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    FINTECH ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Date: May 24, 2023     By:  

/s/ Jenny Junkeer

    Name:   Jenny Junkeer
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Duly Authorized Officer

 

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