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Warrants
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Warrants

NOTE 12 — Warrants

Warrants

Public Warrants

At each of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 7,105,772 warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 355,288 shares of common stock that had been included in the units issued in Merida’s initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase 0.05 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $230.00 per whole share. Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants became exercisable 30 days after the closing of the Business Combination. The Public Warrants may not be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, warrant holders may exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the Closing of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

in whole and not in part;
at a price of $0.20 per warrant;
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption;
if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $360.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing after the warrants became exercisable and ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and
if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the warrants.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, 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.

Private Warrants

At each of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 3,345,215 warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 167,260 shares of common stock that Merida had sold to the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital in a private placement that took place simultaneously with Merida’s initial public offering (the “Private Warrants”). The Private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Warrants and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Warrants were not transferable, assignable or salable until after the closing of the Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Warrants are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and are non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the Private Warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Private Warrants. During the year ended December 31, 2023, Private Warrant holders converted 77,951 Private Warrants to Public Warrants. No such conversions were made during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

The Company accounts for the Private Warrants as derivative liabilities, remeasured to fair value on a recurring basis, with changes in the fair value recorded to earnings.