UNITED STATES
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Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No.1 to
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
References throughout this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A to “we,” “us,” the “Company” or “our company” are to Venus Acquisition Corporation., unless the context otherwise indicates.
This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (this “report”) amends the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Venus Acquisition Corporation for the period ended June 30, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 16, 2021 (the “Original Report”).
Background of Restatement
On April 12, 2021, the Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Acting Chief Accountant of the SEC together issued a statement regarding the accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies(“SPACs”)” (the “SEC Statement”). Specifically, the SEC Statement focused on certain provisions that provided for potential changes to the settlement amounts dependent upon the characteristics of the holder of the warrant, which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing the Company’s warrants. As a result of the SEC Statement, on January 7, 2022, the Company re-evaluated the accounting treatment of the 4,600,000 warrants that were issued to the Company’s public shareholders in a public offering that closed concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Warrants”). The Company previously accounted for the Public Warrants as components of liabilities.
As a result of the above, the Company should have classified the Public Warrants as component of equity in its previously issued financial statements. The Company’s accounting for the Public Warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities did not have any effect on the Company’s previously reported operating expenses or cash.
In addition, in accordance with the SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (ASC 480), paragraph 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require ordinary share subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Company had previously classified a portion of its ordinary share in permanent equity. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that currently, the Company will not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. On January 7, 2022, the Company determined that the threshold would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable and thus would be required to be disclosed outside equity. As a result, the Company’s previously issued (i) audited balance sheet as of February 11, 2021 included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021, (ii) unaudited interim financial statements as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021 and (iii) ) unaudited interim financial statements as of June 30, 2021 and for the six months ended June 30, 2021 included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 16, 2021 (collectively, the “Affected Periods”), in each case, should be corrected to classify Public Warrants as equity and all of the Public Shares as temporary equity and should no longer be relied upon.
In connection with the restatement, the Company’s management reassessed the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures for the periods affected by the restatement. As a result of that reassessment, the Company’s management determined that its disclosure controls and procedures for such periods were not effective due to a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the classification of the Company’s warrants as components of equity instead of as derivative liabilities and the allocation and treatment of the initial transaction costs of the initial public offering. For more information, see Item 9A included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A.
The Company has reflected these corrections in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, filed with SEC on November 12, 2021 (the “November 2021 Form 10-Q”) and in this amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2021. The Company does not expect the changes described above to have any impact on its cash position or the balance held in the trust account. The Company has not amended its previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K for the period affected by the restatement. The financial information that has been previously filed or otherwise reported for these periods is superseded by the information in this interim Report on Form 10-Q/A, and the financial statements and related financial information contained in such previously filed reports should no longer be relied upon.
The restatement is more fully described in Note 2 of the notes to the financial statements included herein.
Items Amended in this Report
This report presents the Original Report, amended and restated with modifications necessary to reflect the restatements, but without any other amendments, modifications or updates. As such, this report speaks only as of the date the Original Report was filed, and should be read in conjunction with our other SEC filings, including our SEC filings subsequent to the date of the Original Report.
The following items have been amended to reflect the restatements:
Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Part I, Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Part I, Item 4. Controls and Procedures
In addition, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have provided new certifications dated as of the date of this filing in connection with this report (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2 and 32).
Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures in the Original Filing and does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the filing thereof. As such, this Amendment No. 1 speaks only as of the date the Original Filing was filed, and we have not undertaken herein to amend, supplement or update any information contained in the Original Filing to give effect to any subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing, including any amendment to those filings.
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION.
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the “Securities Act,” and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. The statements contained in this report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q may include, for example, statements about our:
| ● | ability to complete our initial business combination; |
| ● | success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; |
| ● | officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements; |
| ● | potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete a business combination; |
| ● | pool of prospective target businesses; |
| ● | ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential investment opportunities; |
| ● | potential change in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for shares; |
| ● | public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
| ● | the lack of a market for our securities; |
| ● | expectations regarding the time during which we will be an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act; |
| ● | use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; or |
| ● | financial performance following our initial public offering completed in February, 2021. |
The forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
VENUS ACQUISITION COPORATION
Condensed Financial Statements
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDTED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| June 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||
| (As Restated) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepayments | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Security and rental deposit | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | ||||||||
| Cash and investments held in trust account | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Advance from a related party | ||||||||
| Promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting compensation | ||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares, subject to possible redemption, shares at $ per share | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Deficit: | ||||||||
| Preferred shares, $ par value; shares authorized; share issued | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares, $ par value; shares authorized; and shares issued and outstanding (excluding and shares subject to redemption) | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total shareholders’ deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| (As Restated) | (As Restated) | |||||||||||||||
| Formation, general and administrative expenses | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Total operating expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other income/(expense) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Total other expense, net | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Income taxes | ||||||||||||||||
| NET LOSS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per share, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | - | - | ||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary shares attributable to Venus Acquisition Corporation | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, ordinary shares attributable to Venus Acquisition Corporation | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDTED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| Three months ended June 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | Additional paid-in | Accumulated | Total shareholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | capital | deficit | equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of April 1, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2021 (As Restated) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Three months ended June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | Additional paid-in | Accumulated | Total shareholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | capital | deficit | equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of April 1, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Six months ended June 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | Additional paid-in | Accumulated | Total shareholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | capital | deficit | (deficit) equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Sale of units in initial public offering | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair value of underwriter’s unit purchase option | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sale of units to the founder in private placement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Initial classification of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | - | - | | |||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2021 (As Restated) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Six months ended June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | Additional paid-in | Accumulated | Total shareholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | capital | deficit | equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
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Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| (As Restated) | ||||||||
| Cash flow from operating activities | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities | - | |||||||
| Interest income earned in cash and investments held in trust account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ||||||||
| Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Increase in prepayments and deposits | ( | ) | ||||||
| Decrease in accrued liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||
| Security deposit | ||||||||
| Proceeds deposited in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||
| Proceeds from unit purchase option | ||||||||
| Proceeds from public offering, net of expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from private placement, net of expenses | ||||||||
| Repayment to a related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of promissory note – related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Initial classification of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Deferred underwriting fee payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Initial recognition of warrant liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND
Venus Acquisition Corporation (“Venus” or the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on May 14, 2018. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (“Business Combination”).
On June 10, 2021, the Company, VIYI Algorithm Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Viyi”), Venus Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”) and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc., a Cayman Islands company and the legal and beneficial owner of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting securities of Viyi (“Majority Shareholder”), entered into a Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement"). Venus Merger Sub Corp. is a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands for the purpose of effecting the Business Combination and to serve as the vehicle for, and be subsumed by, VIYI Algorithm Inc., pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement Merger Sub is wholly owned by Venus. See the further description below regarding the proposed Business combination with Viyi.
The Company is an early stage and an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
All activity through June 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation, completion of its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) which occurred on February 11, 2021 and negotiation and consummation of the proposed Business Combination with Viyi. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering, which proceeds are held in trust.
Financing
The
registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering became effective on February 8, 2021. On February 11, 2021, the
Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of units (the “Public Units”), which includes the full exercise
by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of Public Units, at $per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds
of $
Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of, units (the “Private Placement Units”)
at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to Yolanda Management Corporation (the “Sponsor”),
generating gross proceeds of $
Transaction
costs amounted to $
Trust account
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 11, 2021, the aggregate amount of $46,460,000 ($10.10 per Public Unit) was placed in a trust account (the “Trust account”) with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee. The funds held in the Trust account can be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to the Company to pay its tax obligations.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
Business Combination
The
Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
and sale of the Private Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating
a Business Combination. NASDAQ rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have
a fair market value equal to at least
The Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In connection with an Initial Business Combination, the Company may seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders 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 shareholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder 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 Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, 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 shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.10 per Public Share, subject to increase of up to an additional $0.30 per Public Share in the event that the Sponsor elects to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination (see below), 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 shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter (as discussed in Note 7). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s rights or warrants. The ordinary shares will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Sponsor and any of the Company’s officers or directors that may hold Founder Shares (as defined in Note 7) (the “shareholders”) and the underwriters will agree (a) to vote their Founder Shares, the ordinary shares included in the Private Units (the “Private Shares”) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment; (c) not to redeem any shares (including the Founder Shares) and Private Shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder 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 shareholder approval in connection therewith) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association relating to shareholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the Founder Shares and Private Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the shareholders will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
On June 10, 2021, the Company entered into a merger
agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for a Business Combination between Venus and VIYI Algorithm Inc. Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination will be effected as a stock transaction and is intended to be qualified as a tax-free
reorganization. The Merger Agreement is by and among Venus, Merger Sub, VIYI, and WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc, a Cayman Islands limited liability
company as the representative of VIYI’s stockholders. The aggregate consideration for the Acquisition Merger is $
Upon the closing of the Business Combination, the former Venus shareholders will receive the consideration specified below and the former VIYI stockholders will receive an aggregate of shares of Merger Sub Common Stock.
The Company will be seeking approval from its shareholders of the proposed Business Combination and Merger with VIYI. The Company has filed a Form S-4/Proxy Statement with the SEC regarding the terms and conditions of the proposed Merger with Viyi and other matters. The Form S-4/Proxy Statement is under review by the SEC. Assuming that the S-4/Proxy Statement is declared effective by the SEC, of which there can be no assurance, the Company will provide its shareholders with definitive materials to consider in connection with the solicitation for approval of the Merger with Viyi and other matters as described in the S-4/Proxy Statement.
The
Company will have until February 11, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipates that it may not be
able to consummate a Business Combination within 12 months, the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination
up to nine times, each by an additional month (for a total of 21 months to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”).
In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, the Sponsor or its affiliate or designees
must deposit into the Trust Account $
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public 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 $50,000), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (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 shareholders 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 Public 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 Initial Public 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 (i) $10.10 per share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
| F-8 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2. RESTATEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
On April 12, 2021, the Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Acting Chief Accountant of the SEC together issued a statement regarding the accounting and reporting considerations for warrants issued by special purpose acquisition companies entitled “Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”)” (the “SEC Statement”). Specifically, the SEC Statement focused on certain provisions that provided for potential changes to the settlement amounts dependent upon the characteristics of the holder of the warrant, which terms are similar to those contained in the warrant agreement governing the Company’s warrants.
The Company’s management evaluated the warrants under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Subtopic 815-40, Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. ASC Section 815-40-15 addresses equity versus liability treatment and classification of equity-linked financial instruments, including warrants, and states that a warrant may be classified as a component of equity only if, among other things, the warrant is indexed to the issuer’s common stock. Under ASC Section 815-40-15, a warrant is not indexed to the issuer’s common stock if the terms of the warrant require an adjustment to the exercise price upon a specified event and that event is not an input to the fair value of the warrant. The Company’s Private Warrants are not indexed to the Company’s common shares in the manner contemplated by ASC Section 815-40-15 because the holder of the instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares. In addition, the tender offer provision included in the warrant agreement fails the “classified in shareholders’ equity” criteria as contemplated by ASC Section 815-40-25. Management of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, following discussion with its independent auditors, have determined that only the Private Warrants should be classified as liabilities and the Public Warrants should be classified as equity. The Company previously accounted for the Public Warrants as components of liabilities.
In further consideration of the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815”), the Company concluded that a provision in the warrant agreement related to certain transfer provisions precludes the Private Warrants from being accounted for as components of equity. As the Private Warrants meet the definition of a derivative as contemplated in ASC 815, the Private Warrants should be recorded as derivative liabilities on the balance sheet and measured at fair value at inception (on the date of the Initial Public Offering) and at each reporting date in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, with changes in fair value recognized in the Statements of Operations in the period of change.
In addition, the Company concluded it should restate
its consolidated financial statements to classify all ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in temporary equity. In accordance
with the SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity
(ASC 480), paragraph 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require ordinary shares subject to redemption
to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Company had previously classified a substantial portion of its ordinary shares in permanent
equity. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that the Company will not redeem its
public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $
In accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, “Materiality,” and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements;” the Company evaluated the changes and has determined that the related impacts were material to any previously presented financial statements. Therefore, the Company, in consultation with its Audit Committee, concluded that its previously issued financial statements impacted should be restated to report all public shares as temporary equity.
| F-9 |
The impact to the previously presented financial statements is presented below:
Adjustment #1 refer to Public warrant reclassify from warrant liabilities to equity component.
Adjustment #2 refer to classify all public shares as temporary equity.
| As | ||||||||||||||||
| Previously | As | |||||||||||||||
| Reported | Adjustments #1 | Adjustments #2 | Restated | |||||||||||||
| Balance sheet as of February 11, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity (deficit) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity (deficit) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Balance sheet as of June 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity (deficit) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net Loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary stock subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted income per share, ordinary share subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Statement of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary stock subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted income per share, ordinary share subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary stock subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted income per share, ordinary share subject to possible redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable ordinary shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Statement of changes in shareholders’ deficit for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – ordinary shares – no. of shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – ordinary shares – amount | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – total shareholder’s deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Statement of changes in shareholders’ deficit for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – ordinary shares – no. of shares | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – ordinary shares – amount | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – additional paid-in capital | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion – total shareholder’s deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Change in value of shares subject to conversion | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||||||||
| Initial classification of shares subject to conversion | ||||||||||||||||
| Change in value of shares subject to conversion | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
Notes 3, 5 and 8 have been updated to reflect the restatements.
| F-10 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (AS RESTATED)
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars and conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The interim financial information provided is unaudited, but includes all adjustments which management considers necessary for the fair presentation of the results for these periods. Operating results for the interim period ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis, and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form S-1 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021.
Principles of consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its subsidiaries are eliminated upon consolidation.
Subsidiaries are those entities in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting power; or has the power to govern the financial and operating policies, to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors, or to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of directors.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the Company and each of the following entities:
| Name | Background | Ownership | ||
| Venus Merger Sub Corp. (“Merger Sub”) | A Cayman Islands company Incorporated on May 25, 2021 |
100% Owned by Venus |
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor 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 shareholder 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 elect to 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 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 comparison of the Company’s consolidated financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
| F-11 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
Use of estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the 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 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
The
Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
There were
Cash and investments held in trust account
At June 30, 2021, the assets held in the Trust Account are held in cash and US Treasury securities.
The Company classifies its U.S. Treasury and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC Topic 320 “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.
Warrants
The Company accounts for warrants (Public Warrants or Private Warrants) as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. The Company has elected to account for its Public Warrants as equity and the Private Warrants as liabilities.
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Ordinary share subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. As of June 30, 2021, the Company’s ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control. ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the Public Offering and that were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Public Offering.
Fair value of financial instruments
FASB ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the buyer and the seller at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and cost approach shall be used to measure fair value. FASB ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs, which represent the assumptions used by the buyer and seller in pricing the asset or liability. These inputs are further defined as observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are those that buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that the buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
| F-12 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:
| Level 1 — | Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not being applied. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.
|
| Level 2 — | Valuations based on (i) quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets, (iii) inputs other than quoted prices for the assets or liabilities, or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market through correlation or other means.
|
| Level 3 — | Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. |
The fair value of the Company’s certain assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, and other current assets, accrued expenses, due to sponsor are estimated to approximate the carrying values as of June 30, 2021 due to the short maturities of such instruments.
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. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Income taxes
The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” 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 consolidated 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. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the consolidated 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’s management determined that the British Virgin Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of June 30, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company may be subject to potential examination by foreign taxing authorities in the area 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 foreign tax laws.
The Company’s tax provision is zero and it has no deferred tax assets. The Company is considered to be an exempted British Virgin Islands Company, and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the British Virgin Islands or the United States.
The Company calculates net loss per share in accordance with ASC Topic 260, Earnings per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable ordinary shares and non-redeemable ordinary shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable ordinary shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. As of June 30, 2021, the Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering to purchase an aggregate of shares in the calculation of diluted net loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive and the Company did not have any other dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.
| F-13 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
The net loss per share presented in the unaudited condensed statement of operations is based on the following:
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net profit | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 | |||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||||||
| Net profit | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 | For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Redeemable Ordinary shares | Non-Redeemable Ordinary shares | Redeemable Ordinary shares | Non-Redeemable Ordinary shares | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Numerators: | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | - | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Denominators: | ||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 | For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
| Redeemable Ordinary shares | Non-Redeemable Ordinary shares | Redeemable Ordinary shares | Non-Redeemable Ordinary shares | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Numerators: | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | - | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Allocation of net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Denominators: | ||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
| F-14 |
VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 4 — CASH AND INVESTMENT HELD IN TRUST ACCOUNT
As of June 30, 2021, investment securities in the Company’s Trust Account consisted of $46,467,588 in United States Treasury Bills and $0 in cash. The Company classifies its United States Treasury securities as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale marketable securities are recorded at their estimated fair value on the accompanying June 30, 2021 balance sheet. The carrying value, including gross unrealized holding gain as other comprehensive income and fair value of held to marketable securities on June 30, 2021 are as follows:
| Carrying Value as of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | Gross Unrealized Holding Gain | Fair Value as of June 30, 2021 (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| Available-for-sale: | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury Securities | $ | $ | - | $ | ||||||||
NOTE 5 — INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (AS RESTATED)
On February 11, 2021, the Company sold Units which includes a full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of Public Units, at a purchase price of $ per Unit. Each Unit will consist of one ordinary share, one right (“Public Right”) and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Right will convert into one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share. Each Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one-half of one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 8).
If the Company does not complete its Business Combination within the necessary time period described in Note 1, the Public Rights will expire and be worthless. Since the Company is not required to net cash settle the Rights and the Rights are convertible upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Management determined that the Rights are classified within shareholders’ equity as “Additional paid-in capital” upon their issuance in accordance with ASC 815-40. The proceeds from the sale are allocated to Public Shares and Rights based on the relative fair value of the securities in accordance with ASC 470-20-30. The value of the Public Shares and Rights will be based on the closing price paid by investors.
All of the
The Company’s redeemable ordinary shares is subject to SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either 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 to 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. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The accretion or remeasurement is treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).
As of June 30, 2021, the ordinary shares reflected on the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table.
| June 30, | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| Gross proceeds | $ | |||
| Less: | ||||
| Proceeds allocated Public Warrants | ( | ) | ||
| Proceeds allocated Public Rights | ( | ) | ||
| Offering costs of Public Shares | ( | ) | ||
| Plus: | ||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||
| Common stock subject to possible redemption | $ | |||
The
Company paid an upfront underwriting discount of $
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 6 – PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 11, 2021, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of or
NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
In May 2018, the Company issued one ordinary share to the Sponsor for no consideration. On August 21, 2019, the Company cancelled the one share for no consideration and the Sponsor purchased ordinary shares for an aggregate price of $25,000.
The founder shares (for purposes hereof referred to as the “Founder Shares”).
The founders and our officers and directors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until, with respect to% of the Founder Shares, 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 ordinary shares equals or exceeds $ 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 Founder Shares, 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 shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Advance from Related Party
As
of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the Sponsor had advanced the Company an aggregate of $
Promissory Note Payable
On
June 10, 2019, as amended on January 16, 2020, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the
Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $
Administrative Services Arrangement
An
affiliate of the Sponsor agreed, commencing on February 8, 2021 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 affiliate of the
Sponsor $
Related Party Loans
In
order 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 $
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
Related Party Extension Loans
As
discussed in Note 1, the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional
month (for a total of 21 months to complete a Business Combination). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate
a Business Combination, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees must deposit into the Trust Account $
NOTE 8 – SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICIT (AS RESTATED)
Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue ordinary shares, with a par value of $per share. Holders of the ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each ordinary share. At June 30, 2021, there were ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.
Rights — Each holder of a right will receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share 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 exchange of the 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 Initial Public 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 ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into ordinary share 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).
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
Public Warrants
Each public warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares. This means that only an even number of warrants may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
No public warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. It is the Company’s current intention to have an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares in effect promptly following consummation of an initial business combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of our initial business combination, public warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the day prior to the date of exercise. For example, if a holder held 300 warrants to purchase 150 shares and the fair market value on the date prior to exercise was $15.00, that holder would receive 35 shares without the payment of any additional cash consideration. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis.
The warrants will become exercisable on the later of the completion of an initial business combination and March 31, 2022. The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth anniversary of our completion of an initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption.
The Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (including any outstanding warrants issued upon exercise of the unit purchase option issued to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc.), in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:
| ● | at any time while the Public Warrants are exercisable, |
| ● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each Public Warrant holder, |
| ● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share, for any 20 trading days within a 20 trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the notice of redemption to Public Warrant holders, and |
| ● | if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the issuance of the ordinary shares underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. |
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and
the Company would issue a notice of redemption, each warrant holder can exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption
date. However, the price of the ordinary shares may fall below the $18.00 trigger price as well as the $
The redemption criteria for the warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.
If the Company call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the whole warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. Whether the Company will exercise our option to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis” will depend on a variety of factors including the price of our ordinary shares at the time the warrants are called for redemption, the Company’s cash needs at such time and concerns regarding dilutive share issuances.
NOTE 9 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
| Level 1: | Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. | |
| Level 2: | Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. | |
| Level 3: | Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. |
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| June 30, 2021 | Quoted Prices In Active Markets | Significant Other Observable Inputs | Significant Other Unobservable Inputs | |||||||||||||
| Description | (Unaudited) | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | ||||||||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury Securities held in Trust Account* | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| * | included in cash and investments held in trust account on the Company’s balance sheet. |
The private warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company established the initial fair value for the private warrants at $380,000 on February 11, 2021, the date of the Company’s Initial Public Offering, using a Black-Scholes model. The Company allocated the proceeds received from the sale of Private Units, first to the private warrants based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, with the remaining proceeds recorded as ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, and ordinary shares based on their relative fair values recorded at the initial measurement date. The warrants were classified as Level 3 at the initial measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs.
The key inputs into the binomial model and Black-Scholes model were as follows at their measurement dates:
| June 30, 2021 | February 11, 2021 (Initial measurement) | |||||||
| Input | ||||||||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | % | ||||||
| Volatility | % | % | ||||||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||||||
| Warrant life | ||||||||
As of June 30, 2021, the aggregate value of the
Private Warrants was $million. The change in fair value from February 11, 2021 to June 30, 2021 was approximately $
To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may be materially higher or lower than the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for investments categorized in Level 3. Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the Private Warrant liability for which there is no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate.
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VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)
NOTE 10 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Risks and Uncertainties
Management has evaluated 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 future financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, there has been a significant impact as of the date of these consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the future outcome of this uncertainty.
Registration Rights
The holders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of this prospectus, as well as the holders of the Private Units (and all underlying securities) and any securities our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may be issued in payment of working capital loans made to us, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this Initial Public Offering. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of a business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Leases
The Company terminated into short-term agreements
for temporary office space. For the periods ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred rent expense of $
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee
of
NOTE 11 – 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 consolidated financial statements are issued, the Company has evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after June 30, 2021, up through the date was the Company issued the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Venus Acquisition Corporation. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, references to the “Sponsor” refer to Yolanda Management Corporation. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Overview
We were formed on May 14, 2018 formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as a blank check company for the purpose of engaging in a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, with one or more target businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we intend to focus on businesses that have a connection to the Asian market. We believe that we will add value to these businesses primarily by providing them with access to the U.S. capital markets.
We presently have no revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation costs and have had no operations other than the active solicitation of a target business with which to complete a business combination. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from our officers and directors to fund our operations.
On February 11, 2021, the Company consummated its initial public offering of 4,600,000 Units, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $46,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the initial business combination, the Company consummated a private placement (“Private Placement”) of 225,000 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,250,000. In addition, the Company sold to Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., for $75, a total of 75,000 Shares.
A total of $46,460,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders.
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Transaction costs amounted to $2,462,767, consisting of $805,000 of underwriting fees, $1,150,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $507,767 of other offering costs.
As a result of the IPO, the Private Placement and sale of units to our underwriter, assuming the units were split into its component parts, we had: (i) 4,825,000 units, (ii) 6,050,000 ordinary shares, (iii) 4,825,000 rights to acquire an aggregate of 482,500 ordinary shares: and (iv) 4,825,000 warrants to acquire 2,412,500 ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of February 11, 2021. We have not issued any securities since such date.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the initial business combination and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination.
Results of Operations
Our entire activity from inception up to February 11, 2021 was in preparation for the initial public offering. Since the initial public offering, our activity has been limited to the evaluation of business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. We expect our expenses to increase substantially after this period.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of 218,140 and $306,463, respectively, which was comprised of general and administrative expenses, interest income and change in fair value of warrant liabilities. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we had a net loss of $6,100 and 13,455, respectively, which was comprised of formation, general and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2021, we had cash of $33,668. Until the consummation of the initial public offering, the Company’s only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the Sponsor, monies loaned by the Sponsor under a certain unsecured promissory note and advances from the Sponsor.
On February 11, 2021, we consummated the initial public offering of 4,600,000 Units (which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option), at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $46,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, we consummated the sale of 225,000 Private Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $2,250,000.
Following the initial public offering and the exercise of the over-allotment option, a total of $46,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $2,462,767, consisting of $805,000 of underwriting fees, $1,150,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $507,767 of other offering costs.
We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the initial public offering, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account, as well as any other net proceeds not expended, will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our business combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.
We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
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We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. This belief is based on the fact that while we may begin preliminary due diligence of a target business in connection with an indication of interest, we intend to undertake in-depth due diligence, depending on the circumstances of the relevant prospective acquisition, only after we have negotiated and signed a letter of intent or other preliminary agreement that addresses the terms of our initial business combination. However, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to use from the trust account is minimal as a result of the current interest rate environment, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from members of our management team, but such members of our management team are not under any obligation to advance funds to, or invest in, us. In the event that the business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $500,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The terms of such loans by our initial shareholders, officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.
Off-balance sheet financing arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of June 30, 2021. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services to the Company. We began incurring these fees on February 8, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the business combination and the Company’s liquidation.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The Company has not identified any significant accounting policies.
Warrants
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. As of June 30, 2021, 4,600,000 ordinary shares subject to possible redemption which are subject to occurrence of uncertain future events and considered to be outside of the Company’s control are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As of June 30, 2021, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. 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
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.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting 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, 2021, 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 and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as a result of our restatement of our balance sheets as of February 11, 2021, March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021 to reclassify our private warrants as derivative liabilities, as well as restatements of our balance sheets as of February 11, 2021, March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021 to reclassify all public shares as temporary equity.
Restatements of Previously Issued Financial Statements
On May 17, 2021, we revised our prior position on accounting for public and private warrants and concluded that our previously issued balance as of February 11, 2021 should not be relied on because of a misapplication in the guidance on warrant accounting. However, the non-cash adjustments to the balance do not impact the amounts previously reported for our cash and cash equivalents, and total assets.
On March 31, 2021, we revisited our prior position on accounting for public warrants and concluded that our public warrants as of February 11, 2021 should be reclassified as equity because of a misapplication in the guidance on warrant accounting. However, the non-cash adjustments to the balance do not impact the amounts previously reported for our cash and cash equivalents, and total assets.
In addition, the Company concluded it should restate its financial statements to classify all ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in temporary equity. In accordance with the SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (ASC 480), paragraph 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Company had previously classified a portion of its ordinary shares in permanent equity. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that currently, the Company will not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The Company considered that the threshold would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable and thus would be required to be disclosed outside equity. As a result, the Company restated its previously filed financial statements to classify all ordinary shares as temporary equity and to recognize accretion from the initial book value to redemption value at the time of its Initial Public Offering and in accordance with ASC 480. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of ordinary shares resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
As a result, management identified these material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for warrants and ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.
To remediate these material weaknesses, we developed a remediation plan with assistance from our accounting advisors and have dedicated significant resources and efforts to the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. While we have processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements, we plan to enhance our system of evaluating and implementing the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements. Our plans at this time include providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and documents and increased communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. For a discussion of management’s consideration of the material weakness identified related to our accounting for the public warrants and redeemable shares we issued in connection with our initial public offering, see “Note 2—Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements” to the accompanying financial statements.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than the matter disclosed above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter of June 30, 2021 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 1A Legal Proceedings
The Company is not party to any legal proceedings as of the filing date of this Form 10-Q.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in our final prospectus for our Initial Public Offering filed with the SEC on February 11, 2021. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our final prospectus dated February 11, 2021 other than as stated below.
Changes in the market for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and complete an initial business combination.
In recent months, the market for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged for such policies have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. There can be no assurance that these trends will not continue.
The increased cost and decreased availability of directors and officers’ liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate an initial business combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business combination entity might need to incur greater expense, accept less favorable terms or both. However, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact on the post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.
In addition, even after we were to complete an initial business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential liability from claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to the initial business combination. As a result, in order to protect our directors and officers, the post-business combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims (“run-off insurance”). The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
No unregistered sales or issuances of equity occurred during the quarter ended June 30,2021
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| (1) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 11, 2021 and incorporated by reference herein. |
| (2) | Previously filed as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No.333-251507) declared effective on February 3, 2021. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| VENUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
| Date: August 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ Yanming Liu |
| Name: | Yanming Liu | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| Date: August 16, 2021 | By: | /s/ River Chi |
| Name: | River Chi | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
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