UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021

 

OR

 

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from            to            

 

CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-39824   85-1042073

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

110 East 59th Street,

New York, NY

  10022
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 938-5000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant   CFIVU   The Nasdaq Capital Market
Class A common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share
  CFIV   The Nasdaq Capital Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50   CFIVW   The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒   No ☐

 

As of November 15, 2021, there were 51,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 12,500,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

 

Table of Contents

 

      Page No.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION    
       
Item 1. Financial Statements   1
       
  Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2020   1
       
  Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021, the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020, and for the Period from January 23, 2020 (Inception) through September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)   2
       
  Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and for the Period from January 23, 2020 (Inception) through September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)   3
       
  Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30,2021 and for the Period from January 23, 2020 (Inception) through September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)   4
       
  Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements   5
       
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   21
       
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   25
       
Item 4. Controls and Procedures   26
       
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION    
       
Item 1. Legal Proceedings   27
       
Item 1A. Risk Factors   27
       
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities   27
       
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities   27
       
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures   27
       
Item 5. Other Information   27
       
Item 6. Exhibits   28
       
SIGNATURES   29

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   September 30,
2021
   December 31,
2020
 
   (Unaudited)     
Assets        
Current Assets:        
Cash  $25,000   $468,731 
Prepaid expenses   501,000    206,250 
Total current assets   526,000    674,981 
Other assets   107,834    201,164 
Cash equivalents held in Trust Account   500,026,749    500,000,000 
Total Assets  $500,660,583   $500,876,145 
           
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):          
Current Liabilities:          
Accrued expenses  $911,597   $41,547 
Payables to related party   
    412,500 
Sponsor loan – promissory notes   811,840    
 
Franchise tax payable   147,238    1,644 
Total Current Liabilities   1,870,675    455,691 
Warrant liability   14,619,999    22,635,499 
Forward purchase securities liability   2,698,819    3,370,886 
Total Liabilities  $19,189,493   $26,462,076 
           
Commitments and Contingencies   
 
    
 
 
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 50,000,000 shares at redemption value of $10.00 per share as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020   500,000,000    500,000,000 
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit):          
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020   
    
 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 240,000,000 shares authorized; 1,000,000 issued and outstanding (excluding 50,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020   100    100 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 40,000,000 shares authorized; 12,500,000 shares issued and outstanding as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020   1,250    1,250 
Additional paid-in-capital   
    
 
Accumulated deficit   (18,530,260)   (25,587,281)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit   (18,528,910)   (25,585,931)
           
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit  $500,660,583   $500,876,145 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

 

   For the
Three Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the
Three Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the
Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the
Period from
January 23,
2020
(Inception)
through
September 30,
 
   2021   2020   2021   2020 
                 
General and administrative costs  $1,015,087   $
   $1,417,624   $
 
Administrative expenses - related party   30,000    
    91,290    
 
Franchise tax expense   49,974    
    155,335    
 
Loss from operations   (1,095,061)   
    (1,664,249)   
 
Interest income on investments held in Trust Account   12,605    
    33,703    
 
Changes in fair value of warrant liability   3,911,700    
    8,015,500    
 
Changes in fair value of forward purchase securities liability   356,384    
    672,067    
 
Net income  $3,185,628   $
   $7,057,021   $
 
                     
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding:                    
Class A - Public shares   50,000,000    
    50,000,000    
 
Class A - Private placement   1,000,000    
    1,000,000    
 
Class B - Common stock   12,500,000(1)   11,250,000    12,500,000(1)   11,250,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share:                    
Class A - Public shares  $0.05   $
   $0.11   $
 
Class A - Private placement  $0.05   $
   $0.11   $
 
Class B - Common stock  $0.05   $
   $0.11   $
 

 

(1) This number has been adjusted to reflect the recapitalization of the Company in the form of a 1.25-for-1 stock split, the cancellation of 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock, a subsequent 1.125-for-1 stock split and the forfeiture of 437,500 shares of Class B common stock by the Sponsor (see Note 6).

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(UNAUDITED)

 

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and for the Period from January 23, 2020
(Inception) through September 30, 2020

 

   Class A   Class B   Additional
Paid-In-
   Accumulated   Total
Stockholders’
 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance – December 31, 2020   1,000,000   $100    12,500,000   $1,250   $
   $(25,587,281)  $(25,585,931)
Net income       
        
    
    7,658,914    7,658,914 
Balance – March 31, 2021   1,000,000   $100    12,500,000   $1,250   $
   $(17,928,367)  $(17,927,017)
Net loss       
        
    
    (3,787,521)   (3,787,521)
Balance – June 30, 2021   1,000,000   $100    12,500,000   $1,250   $
   $(21,715,888)  $(21,714,538)
Net income       
        
    
    3,185,628    3,185,628 
Balance – September 30, 2021   1,000,000   $100    12,500,000   $1,250   $
   $(18,530,260)  $(18,528,910)

 

   Class A   Class B   Additional
Paid-In-
   Accumulated   Total
Stockholders’
 
   Shares   Amount   Shares (1)   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Equity 
Balance – January 23, 2020 (Inception)   
   $
    
   $
   $
   $
   $
 
Issuance of Class B common stock to sponsor       
    12,500,000    1,250    23,750    
    25,000 
Net income       
        
    
    
    
 
Balance – March 31, 2020      $
    12,500,000   $1,250   $23,750   $
   $25,000 
Net income       
        
    
    
    
 
Balance – June 30, 2020      $
    12,500,000   $1,250   $23,750   $
   $25,000 
Net income       
        
    
    
    
 
Balance – September 30, 2020   
   $
    12,500,000   $1,250   $23,750   $
   $25,000 

 

(1) This number has been adjusted to reflect the recapitalization of the Company in the form of a 1.25-for-1 stock split, the cancellation of 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock, a subsequent 1.125-for-1 stock split and the forfeiture of 437,500 shares of Class B common stock by the Sponsor (see Note 6).

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 

   For the
Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
   For the
Period from
January 23,
2020
(Inception)
through
September 30,
 
   2021   2020 
Cash flows from operating activities          
Net income  $7,057,021   $
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                                      
General and administrative expenses paid by related party   633,525     
Interest income on investments held in Trust Account   (33,703)   
 
Changes in fair value of warrant liability   (8,015,500)   
 
Changes in fair value of forward purchase securities liability   (672,067)   
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Other assets   427,580      
Accrued expenses   870,050    
 
Payables to related party   (412,500)   
 
Franchise tax payable   145,594    
 
Net cash provided by operating activities       
 
           
Cash flows from investing activities          
Proceeds from Trust Account to pay tax   6,955    
 
Net cash provided by investing activities   6,955    
 
Cash flows from financing activities          
Proceeds from issuance of Class B common stock       25,000 
Proceeds from related party - Sponsor loan   811,840    
 
Payment of related party payable   (1,262,526)   
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (450,686)   25,000 
           
Net change in cash   (443,731)   25,000 
Cash - beginning of the period   468,731     
Cash - end of the period  $25,000   $25,000 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities          
Prepaid expenses paid with payables to related party  $629,000   $
         —
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1—Description of Organization, Business Operations and Basis of Presentation

 

CF Acquisition Corp. IV (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on January 23, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

 

Although the Company is not limited in its search for target businesses to a particular industry or sector for the purpose of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to focus its search on companies operating in the financial services, healthcare, real estate services, technology and software industries. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced operations. All activity through September 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) described below, and all activity since the Initial Public Offering, relates to the Company’s efforts toward locating and completing a suitable Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company has generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. Treasury Securities and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering, and recognized changes in the fair value of warrant liability and FPS (as defined below) liability as other income (expense).

 

The Company’s sponsor is CFAC Holdings IV, LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statements for the Initial Public Offering became effective on December 22, 2020. On December 28, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 50,000,000 units (each, a “Unit” and with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), including 5,000,000 Units sold upon the partial exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $500,000,000, which is described in Note 3. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50. Each warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering and will expire 5 years after the completion of the Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 1,000,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit to the Sponsor in a private placement, generating gross proceeds of $10,000,000, which is described in Note 4. The proceeds of the Private Placement Units were deposited into the Trust Account (as defined below) and will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares subject to the requirements of applicable law (see Note 4).

 

Offering costs amounted to approximately $9,600,000, consisting of $9,100,000 of underwriting fees and approximately $500,000 of other costs.

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering and sale of Private Placement Units on December 28, 2020, an amount of $500,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units (see Note 4) was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States at UMB Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, which may be invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) 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 Trust Account, as described below.

 

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Initial 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 the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

 

The Company will provide the holders of the Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) 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 stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per Public Share). The per share amount to be distributed to public stockholders who redeem the Public Shares will not be reduced by the Marketing Fee (as defined below in Note 4). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as may be amended, the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the Business Combination is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed Business Combination. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial stockholders (as defined below) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4), their shares underlying the Private Placement Units and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by the initial stockholders in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.

 

The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors (the “initial stockholders”) have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with its Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

 

Forward Purchase Contract — In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor committed, pursuant to a forward purchase contract with the Company (the “FPA”), to purchase, in a private placement for gross proceeds of $15,000,000 to occur concurrently with the consummation of an initial Business Combination, 1,500,000 of the Company’s Units on substantially the same terms as the sale of Units in the Initial Public Offering at $10.00 per Unit, and 375,000 shares of Class A common stock (for no additional consideration) (the securities issuable pursuant to the FPA, the “FPS”). The funds from the sale of the FPS will be used as part of the consideration to the sellers in the initial Business Combination; any excess funds from this private placement will be used for working capital in the post-transaction company. This commitment is independent of the percentage of stockholders electing to redeem their Public Shares and provides the Company with a minimum funding level for the initial Business Combination.

 

Failure to Consummate a Business Combination – The Company has until December 28, 2022 to consummate a Business Combination, or a later date approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the 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 on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

 

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The initial stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial stockholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be less than $10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to 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 amount of funds in the Trust Account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or 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”). Moreover, 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, except for the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $25,000 and $468,731, respectively, of cash in its operating account, and a working capital deficit of $1,344,675 and working capital of $219,290, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had $12,605 and $33,703, respectively, of interest income earned on funds held in the Trust Account available to pay taxes.

 

The Company’s liquidity needs through September 30, 2021 have been satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares, a loan of $157,994 from the Sponsor pursuant to a promissory note (the “Pre-IPO Note”) (see Note 4), the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units not held in the Trust Account, and the Sponsor Loan (as defined below). The Company fully repaid the Pre-IPO Note upon completion of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has committed up to $1,750,000 to be provided to the Company to fund the Company’s expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Company’s initial Business Combination (the “Sponsor Loan”). If the Sponsor Loan is insufficient, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company with Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4). As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there was $811,840 and $0 outstanding, respectively, under the Sponsor Loan.

 

Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors, to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective target businesses, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The unaudited condensed financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position as of September 30, 2021 and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Certain information and disclosures normally included in unaudited condensed financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Form 10-K/A and the final prospectus filed by the Company with the SEC on May 14, 2021 and December 28, 2020, respectively.

 

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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 of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth 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 an 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 unaudited condensed financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

 

Revisions of Previously Issued Financial Statements

 

In connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Company re-evaluated its accounting of the Public Shares. As a result, the Company determined that at the closing of the Initial Public Offering, it had improperly valued the Public Shares. The Company has previously determined the Public Shares subject to possible redemption to be equal to the redemption value of $10.00 per share, while also taking into consideration that a redemption cannot result in net tangible assets being less than $5,000,001. Pursuant to the updated analysis, management determined that all Public Shares can be redeemed or become redeemable subject to the occurrence of future events considered outside the Company’s control. Therefore, management concluded that the redemption value should include all Public Shares subject to possible redemption, resulting in the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption being equal to their redemption value, and reclassified the remaining Public Shares from permanent equity to temporary equity on the Company’s condensed balance sheets.

 

The Company assessed the materiality of these revisions on its prior periods’ financial statements in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins Topic 1.M, Materiality and Topic 1.A, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements and the guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, and concluded that the revisions were not material to the Company’s financial statements for prior annual or interim periods. Accordingly, the Company has concluded that an amendment of its previously filed periodic reports is not required. Therefore, the Company has revised the historical periods in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the historical interim periods that will be presented in the Company's prospective filings will be revised accordingly.

 

As a result, the Company also revised its December 31, 2020 financial statements to classify all Public Shares as temporary equity and to record accretion on the Public Shares. The following table presents the effects of the resulting revisions on the Company’s December 31, 2020 audited balance sheet:

 

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020 (audited)   As Previously
Reported
     Adjustment        As Revised  
                   
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption   $ 469,414,060     $ 30,585,940     $ 500,000,000  
Class A common stock   $ 406     $ (306 )   $ 100  
Additional paid-in-capital   $ 10,794,117     $ (10,794,117 ) (1) $
-
   
Accumulated deficit   $ (5,795,764 )   $ (19,791,517 ) (1) $ (25,587,281 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)   $ 5,000,009     $ (30,585,940 )   $ (25,585,931 )

 

(1)Represents the accretion from carrying value to redemption value for redeemable shares of Class A common stock

 

In connection with the change in presentation for the shares of Class A common stock subject to redemption, the Company also revised its earnings per share calculation to allocate net income (loss) evenly to shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, non-redeemable shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class B common stock. This presentation contemplates a Business Combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, all classes of common stock will share pro-rata in the net income (loss) of the Company.

 

There has been no change in the Company’s total assets, liabilities, cash flows or operating results for all periods presented.

 

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Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s 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 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 financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the warrant liability and FPS liability. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and, therefore, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash equivalents in its operating account as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were comprised of cash equivalents.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation maximum coverage limit of $250,000, and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from January 23, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, with the exception of the warrant and FPS liabilities.

 

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

 

Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, and other costs incurred in connection with the preparation for the Initial Public Offering. These costs, together with the underwriting discount, were charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.

 

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Warrant and FPS Liability

 

The Company accounts for the Warrants and FPS as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms of the Warrants and FPS using applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The assessment considers whether the Warrants and FPS are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants and FPS are indexed to the Company’s own common 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 issuance of the Warrants and execution of the FPA and as of each subsequent quarterly period-end date while the Warrants and FPS are outstanding. For issued or modified warrants and for instruments to be issued pursuant to the FPA that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, such warrants and instruments are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants and for the FPA instruments that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such warrants and instruments are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and on each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of liability-classified Warrants and the FPS are recognized on the statements of operations in the period of the change.

 

The Company accounts for the Warrants and FPS in accordance with guidance in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”), pursuant to which the Warrants and FPS do not meet the criteria for equity classification and must be recorded as liabilities. See Note 7 for further discussion of the pertinent terms of the Warrants and Note 8 for further discussion of the methodology used to determine the fair value of the Warrants and FPS.

 

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and measured at fair value. Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. As discussed in Note 1, all of the Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets. The Company recognizes any subsequent changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock to the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value of redeemable Class A common stock. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock also resulted in charges against Additional paid-in capital and Accumulated deficit.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are accounted for under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), using the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the unaudited condensed financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. To the extent that it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets will not be recognized, a valuation allowance would be established to offset their benefit.

 

ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the unaudited condensed financial statements. The Company provides for uncertain tax positions, based upon management’s assessment of whether a tax benefit is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as provision for income taxes on the statement of operations.

 

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Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

 

The Company complies with the accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the applicable periods. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

 

The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants to purchase an aggregate of 16,999,999 shares of Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share of common stock is the same as basic earnings per share of common stock for the periods presented.

 

The following tables reflect the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock:

 

   For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
2021
   For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
2020
   For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
2021
   For the Period from
January 23, 2020
(Inception) through
September 30, 2020
 
   Class A –
Public shares
   Class A-
Private
placement
shares and
Class B –
Common stock
   Class A –
Public shares
   Class A-
Private
placement
shares and
Class B –
Common stock
   Class A –
Public shares
   Class A-
Private
placement
shares and
Class B –
Common stock
   Class A –
Public shares
   Class A-
Private
placement
shares and
Class B –
Common stock
 
Basic and diluted net income per share of common stock                                
Numerator:                                
Allocation of net income  $2,508,369   $677,259   $
-
   $
-
   $5,556,709   $1,500,312   $
              -
   $
-
 
Denominator:                                        
Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding   50,000,000    13,500,000    
-
    11,250,000    50,000,000    13,500,000    
-
    11,250,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share of common stock  $0.05   $0.05   $
              -
   $
-
   $0.11   $0.11   $
-
   $
-
 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own   Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. The standard is expected to reduce complexity and improve comparability of financial reporting associated with accounting for convertible instruments and contracts in an entity’s own equity. The ASU also enhances information transparency by making targeted improvements to the related disclosures guidance. Additionally, the amendments affect the diluted EPS calculation for instruments that may be settled in cash or shares and for convertible instruments. The new standard will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2024, can be applied using either a modified retrospective or a fully retrospective method of transition and early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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Note 3—Initial Public Offering

 

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 50,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, including 5,000,000 Units sold upon the partial exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6). No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. On December 28, 2020, the Sponsor forfeited 437,500 shares of Class B common stock due to the underwriter not exercising the remaining portion of the overallotment option, such that the initial stockholders would collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock after the Initial Public Offering (not including the shares of Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units).

 

Note 4—Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

On January 23, 2020, the Sponsor purchased 11,500,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Class B common stock”) for an aggregate price of $25,000. On September 23, 2020, the Company effected a 1.25-for-1 stock split. On November 3, 2020, the Sponsor returned to the Company, at no cost, an aggregate of 2,875,000 Founder Shares, which the Company cancelled. On December 18, 2020, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 30,000 Founder Shares to independent directors of the Company. On December 22, 2020, the Company effected a 1.125-for-1 stock split. On December 28, 2020, the Sponsor forfeited 437,500 shares of Class B common stock, due to the underwriter not exercising the overallotment option in full, such that the initial stockholders would collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock after the Initial Public Offering (not including the shares of Class A common stock underlying the Private Placement Units), resulting in an aggregate of 12,500,000 Founder Shares outstanding and held by the Sponsor and independent directors of the Company. All share and per share amounts have been retroactively restated. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the consummation of the Business Combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions.

 

The initial stockholders have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20-trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

Private Placement Units

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 1,000,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit ($10,000,000 in the aggregate). Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant (the “Private Placement Warrants”). Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the Private Placement Units have been added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

 

The Private Placement Warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

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The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Units until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

 

Underwriter

 

The lead underwriter is an affiliate of the Sponsor (see Note 5).

 

Business Combination Marketing Agreement

 

The Company has engaged Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“CF&Co.”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, as an advisor in connection with the Business Combination to assist the Company in holding meetings with its stockholders to discuss the Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce the Company to potential investors that are interested in purchasing the Company’s securities, assist the Company in obtaining stockholder approval for the Business Combination and assist the Company with its press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. The Company will pay CF&Co. a cash fee (the “Marketing Fee”) for such services upon the consummation of the Business Combination in an amount of $18,500,000, which is equal to, in the aggregate, 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the base offering in the Initial Public Offering, and 5.5% of the gross proceeds from the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

Related Party Loans

 

The Sponsor made available to the Company, under the Pre-IPO Note, up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Initial Public Offering. Prior to closing the Initial Public Offering, the amount outstanding under the Pre-IPO Note was $157,994. The Pre-IPO Note was non-interest bearing and was repaid in full upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering.

 

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor has committed, pursuant to the Sponsor Loan, up to $1,750,000 to be provided to the Company to fund the Company’s expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements, including $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services that will be paid to the Sponsor, after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Company’s initial Business Combination. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had borrowed $811,840 and $0, respectively, under the Sponsor Loan.

 

If the Sponsor Loan is insufficient to cover the working capital requirements of the Company, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

 

The Sponsor pays expenses on the Company’s behalf. The Company reimburses the Sponsor for such expenses paid on its behalf. The unpaid balance is included in Payables to related parties on the accompanying balance sheets. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had accounts payable outstanding to the Sponsor for such expenses paid on the Company’s behalf of $0 and $412,500, respectively.

 

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Note 5—Commitments and Contingencies

 

Registration Rights

 

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on December 22, 2020, the holders of Founder Shares and Private Placement Units (and component securities) are entitled to registration rights (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion of such shares to shares of Class A common stock). These holders are entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The Company granted CF&Co., the lead underwriter and an affiliate of the Sponsor, a 45-day option to purchase up to 6,750,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. CF&Co. partially exercised the over-allotment option for 5,000,000 Units concurrent with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. On December 28, 2020, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, CF&Co. advised the Company that it would not exercise the remaining portion of the over-allotment option.

 

CF&Co. was paid a cash underwriting discount of $9,000,000 in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

 

The Company also engaged a qualified independent underwriter to participate in the preparation of the registration statement and exercise the usual standards of “due diligence” in respect thereto. The Company paid the independent underwriter a fee of $100,000 upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in consideration for its services and expenses as the qualified independent underwriter. The qualified independent underwriter received no other compensation.

 

Business Combination Marketing Agreement

 

The Company has engaged CF&Co. as an advisor in connection with the Company’s Business Combination (see Note 4).

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management is continuing to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the pandemic could have an effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

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Note 6—Stockholders’ Equity

 

Class A Common Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 240,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 1,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 50,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption. The outstanding Class A common stock includes 1,000,000 shares included in the Private Placement Units. The shares of Class A common stock included in the Private Placement Units do not contain the same redemption features contained in the Public Shares.

 

Class B Common Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 12,500,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. On December 28, 2020, the Sponsor forfeited 437,500 shares of Class B common stock, due to the underwriter not exercising the remaining portion of the overallotment option. The initial stockholders collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock after the Initial Public Offering (not including the Private Placement Units).

 

Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, only holders of Class B common stock have the right to vote on the election of directors. Holders of Class A common stock are not entitled to vote on the election of directors during such time. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders except as required by law.

 

The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination).

 

On September 23, 2020, the Company effected a 1.25-for-1 stock split. On November 3, 2020, the Sponsor returned to the Company, at no cost, an aggregate of 2,875,000 Founder Shares, which were cancelled. On December 18, 2020, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 30,000 Founder Shares to the independent directors of the Company. On December 22, 2020, the Company effected a 1.125-for-1 stock split. On December 28, 2020, the Sponsor forfeited 437,500 shares of Class B common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 12,500,000 Founder Shares outstanding and held by the Sponsor and independent directors of the Company. Information contained in the unaudited condensed financial statements have been retroactively adjusted for this split and cancellation.

 

Preferred Stock - The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

 

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Note 7—Warrants

 

Warrants - Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available.

 

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

 

Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

 

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

 

  in whole and not in part;

 

  at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

  at any time during the exercise period;

 

  upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption;

 

  if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20-trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and

 

  if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants.

 

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis”, as described in the warrant agreement.

 

The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the Warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrants. 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 Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such Warrants. Accordingly, the Warrants may expire worthless.

 

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Note 8—Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used in measuring fair value. 

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

 

  Level 1 measurements –  unadjusted observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

 

  Level 2 measurements –  inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

 

  Level 3 measurements –  unobservable inputs for which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The following tables present information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the inputs that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

 

September 30, 2021

 

Description  Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
Assets:                
Assets held in Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities  $500,026,749   $
-
   $
-
   $500,026,749 
Liabilities:                    
Warrant liability  $14,333,333   $286,666   $
-
   $14,619,999 
FPS liability   
-
    
-
    2,698,819    2,698,819 
Total Liabilities  $14,333,333   $286,666   $2,698,819   $17,318,818 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Description  Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
   Total 
Assets:                
Assets held in Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities  $500,000,000   $
-
   $
-
   $500,000,000 
Liabilities:                    
Warrant liability  $
-
   $
-
   $22,635,499   $22,635,499 
FPS liability   
-
    
-
    3,370,886    3,370,886 
Total Liabilities  $
-
   $
-
   $26,006,385   $26,006,385 

 

Level 1 assets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 include investments in a money market fund that holds U.S. Treasury securities. The Company uses inputs such as actual trade data, benchmark yields, quoted market prices from dealers or brokers, and other similar sources to determine the fair value of its investments.

 

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Warrant Liability

 

The Warrants are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liability on the Company’s balance sheet. The warrant liability is measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with any subsequent changes in fair value presented within change in fair value of warrant liability in the Company’s statement of operations.

 

Initial Measurement

 

The Company established the initial fair value for the Warrants on December 28, 2020, the date of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, and subsequent fair value as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were measured at fair value on a recurring basis, using an Options Pricing Model (the “OPM”). The Company allocated the proceeds received from (i) the sale of Units in the Initial Public Offering (which is inclusive of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one Public Warrant), (ii) the sale of the Private Placement Units (which is inclusive of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one Private Placement Warrant), and (iii) the issuance of Class B common stock, first to the Warrants based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, with the remaining proceeds allocated to shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption. The Warrants were classified as Level 3 at the initial measurement date and as of December 31, 2020 due to the use of unobservable inputs.

 

The Company utilized the OPM to value the Warrants as of December 31, 2020, with any subsequent changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations. The estimated fair value of the warrant liability as of December 31, 2020 was determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in the OPM are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimated the volatility of its shares of common stock based on historical volatility that matches the expected remaining life of the Warrants. The risk-free interest rate was based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the Warrants. The expected life of the Warrants was assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate was based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipated to remain at zero. The aforementioned warrant liability is not subject to qualified hedge accounting.

 

The following table provides quantitative information about the inputs utilized by the Company in the fair value measurement of the Warrants as of December 31, 2020:

 

   December 31,
2020
 
Risk-free interest rate   0.5%
Expected term (years)   5 
Expected volatility   17.5%
Exercise price  $11.50 
Stock price  $10.29 
Dividend yield   0.0%

 

Subsequent Measurement

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the fair value measurement of the Public Warrants was reclassified from Level 3 to Level 1 due to the use of an observable quoted price in an active market. As the transfer of Private Placement Warrants to anyone who is not a permitted transferee would result in the Private Placement Warrants having substantially the same terms as the Public Warrants, the Company determined that the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is equivalent to that of the Public Warrants. As such, the Private Placement Warrants were reclassified from Level 3 to Level 2 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

As of September 30, 2021, the aggregate fair values of the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants were approximately $0.3 million and $14.3 million, respectively.

 

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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liability:

 

   Private
Placement
   Public   Warrant
Liability
 
Fair value as of December 31, 2020  $443,833   $22,191,666   $22,635,499 
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions(1)    (150,500)   (7,525,000)   (7,675,500)
Fair value as of March 31, 2021  $293,333   $14,666,666   $14,959,999 
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions(1)    70,033    3,501,667    3,571,700 
Fair value as of June 30, 2021  $363,366   $18,168,333   $18,531,699 
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions(1)    (76,700)   (3,835,000)   (3,911,700)
Fair value as of September 30, 2021(2)  $286,666   $14,333,333   $14,619,999 

 

(1)  Changes in valuation inputs or other assumptions are recognized in Change in fair value of warrant liability in the statement of operations.

 

(2)  Due to the use of quoted prices in an active market (Level 1) and the use of observable inputs for similar assets or liabilities (Level 2) for Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, respectively, subsequent to initial measurement, the Company had transfers out of Level 3 totaling $7.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. There were no transfers between levels during the three months ended September 30, 2021.

 

FPS Liability

 

The liability for the FPS was valued using an adjusted net assets method, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. Under the adjusted net assets method utilized, the aggregate commitment of $15.0 million pursuant to the FPA is discounted to present value and compared to the fair value of the shares of common stock and warrants to be issued pursuant to the FPA. The fair value of the shares of common stock and warrants to be issued under the FPA are based on the public trading price of the Units issued in the Initial Public Offering. The excess (liability) or deficit (asset) of the fair value of the shares of common stock and warrants to be issued compared to the $15.0 million fixed commitment is then reduced to account for the probability of consummation of the Business Combination. The primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the FPS is the probability of consummation of the Business Combination. As of September 30, 2021, the probability assigned to the consummation of the Business Combination was 82% which was determined based on a hybrid approach of both observed success rates of business combinations for special purpose acquisition companies and the Sponsor’s track record for consummating similar transactions.

 

The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the FPS liability:

 

   FPS
Liability
 
Fair value as of December 31, 2020  $3,370,886 
Change in valuation inputs or other  assumptions(1)   (274,940)
Fair value as of March 31, 2021  $3,095,946 
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions(1)   (40,743)
Fair value as of June 30, 2021  $3,055,203 
Change in valuation inputs or other assumptions(1)   (356,384)
Fair value as of September 30, 2021  $2,698,819 

 

(1) Changes in valuation inputs or other assumptions are recognized in Change in fair value of FPS liability in the statement of operations.

 

Note 9—Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the financial statements date through the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements were available to be issued and determined that there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to the disclosures in the unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

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

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on January 23, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Initial Business Combination”). Our sponsor is CFAC Holdings IV, LLC (the “Sponsor”).

 

Although we are not limited in our search for target businesses to a particular industry or sector for the purpose of consummating the Initial Business Combination, we are focusing our search on companies operating in the financial services, healthcare, real estate services, technology and software industries. We are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

Our registration statements for our initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) became effective on December 22, 2020. On December 28, 2020, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 50,000,000 units (each, a “Unit” and with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), including 5,000,000 Units sold upon the partial exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $500,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50. Each warrant will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Initial Business Combination or December 28, 2021 (12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering) and will expire 5 years after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 1,000,000 Units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit to the Sponsor in a private placement (the “Private Placement”), generating gross proceeds of $10,000,000.

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering and sale of Private Placement Units on December 28, 2020, an amount of $500,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States at UMB Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, which may be invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the Initial Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.

 

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We have until December 28, 2022 (24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering), or a later date approved by our stockholders in accordance with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Combination Period”). If we are unable to complete the Initial Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the 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 on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish our public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete the Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had $25,000 and $468,731, respectively, of cash in our operating account. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had a working capital deficit of $1,344,675 and working capital of $219,290, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we had $12,605 and $33,703, respectively, of interest income from the Trust Account available to pay franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of such net interest to pay dissolution expenses).

 

Our liquidity needs through September 30, 2021 have been satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares, a loan of $157,994 from the Sponsor pursuant to a promissory note (the “Pre-IPO Note”), the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement with the Sponsor not held in the Trust Account, and the Sponsor Loan (as defined below). We fully repaid the Pre-IPO Note upon completion of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with the Initial Business Combination, our Sponsor has committed up to $1,750,000 to be provided to us to fund our expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Initial Business Combination (the “Sponsor Loan”). If the Sponsor Loan is insufficient, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us additional loans. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, $811,840 and $0, respectively, was outstanding under the Sponsor Loan.

 

Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or one year from the date of this Report. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective target businesses, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Our entire activity from inception through September 30, 2021 related to our formation, the preparation for the Initial Public Offering, and since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, toward locating and completing a suitable Initial Business Combination. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our Initial Business Combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account. 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.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of approximately $3,186,000, which consisted of approximately $3,912,000 of gain from the change in fair value of warrant liability, approximately $356,000 of gain from the change in fair value of FPS liability, and approximately $13,000 of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account, partially offset by approximately $1,015,000 of general and administrative expenses, approximately $50,000 of franchise tax expense, and $30,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of approximately $7,057,000, which consisted of approximately $8,015,000 of gain from the change in fair value of warrant liability, approximately $672,000 of gain from the change in fair value of FPS liability, and approximately $34,000 of interest income on investment held in the Trust Account, partially offset by approximately $1,418,000 of general and administrative expenses, approximately $155,000 of franchise tax expense and approximately $91,000 of administrative expenses paid to the Sponsor.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Business Combination Marketing Agreement

 

We engaged Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“CF&Co.”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, as an advisor in connection with the Initial Business Combination to assist us in holding meetings with our stockholders to discuss the Initial Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce us to potential investors that are interested in purchasing our securities, assist us in obtaining stockholder approval for the Initial Business Combination and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection with the Initial Business Combination. We will pay CF&Co. a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of the Initial Business Combination in an amount of $18,500,000, which is equal to, in the aggregate, 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the base offering in the Initial Public Offering, and 5.5% of the gross proceeds from the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor has committed up to $1,750,000 in the Sponsor Loan to be provided to us to fund expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital requirements, including $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services that will be paid to the Sponsor, after the Initial Public Offering and prior to the Initial Business Combination. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had borrowed $811,840 and $0, respectively, under the Sponsor Loan.

 

The Sponsor pays expenses on our behalf. We reimburse the Sponsor for such expenses paid on our behalf. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had accounts payable outstanding to the Sponsor for such expenses paid on our behalf of $0 and $412,500, respectively.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

We have identified the following as our critical accounting polices:

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of our unaudited condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. These accounting estimates require the use of assumptions about matters, some of which are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. To the extent actual experience differs from the assumptions used, our unaudited condensed balance sheets, unaudited condensed statements of operations and unaudited condensed statements of cash flows could be materially affected. We believe that the following accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (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 registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) 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. We have 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, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

 

Warrant and Forward Purchase Securities Liability

 

We account for our outstanding public warrants and private placement warrants and the securities underlying the forward purchase agreement with the Sponsor (the “FPA” and such securities, the “FPS”) in accordance with guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, under which the warrants and FPS do not meet the criteria for equity classification and must be recorded as liabilities. As both the public and private placement warrants and FPS meet the definition of a derivative under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, they are measured at fair value at inception and at each reporting date in accordance with the guidance in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, with any subsequent changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations in the period of change.

 

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Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

We account for our Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Shares of conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including shares of Class A common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. All of the Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of both September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheets. We recognize any subsequent changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock to the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value of redeemable Class A common stock. The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock also resulted in charges against Additional paid-in capital and Accumulated deficit.

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

 

We comply with the accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the applicable periods. We apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

 

We have not considered the effect of the warrants to purchase an aggregate of 16,999,999 shares of Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share of common stock is the same as basic earnings per share of common stock for the periods presented.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

 

As of September 30, 2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 2—“Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to our unaudited condensed financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information regarding recent accounting pronouncements. 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

 

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), as of September 30, 2021, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Certifying Officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 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. The material weakness discussed below was remediated during the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

 

Remediation of a Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

We recognize the importance of the control environment as it sets the overall tone for the Company and is the foundation for all other components of internal control. Consequently, we designed and implemented remediation measures to address the material weakness pertaining to the restatement of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 and enhanced our internal control over financial reporting. As a result, we enhanced our system of evaluating and implementing the accounting standards that apply to our financial statements, including through enhanced analyses by our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications.

 

As part of our remediation efforts, we took the following steps:

 

  We implemented procedures intended to ensure that we identify and apply the applicable accounting guidance to all complex transactions.

 

  We established additional monitoring and oversight controls designed to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our condensed financial statements and related disclosures.

 

  During 2021, management performed a broad and detailed analysis over the classification of our warrant and FPS liabilities. Based on the analysis, the warrants and FPS are classified as liabilities on our condensed balance sheet and measured at fair value through condensed statement of operations at the end of each reporting period.

 

As a result of our actions, we believe our material weakness has been remediated as of September 30, 2021.

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021 and Amendment No. 1 thereto as filed with the SEC on May 14, 2021.

 

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

 

None.

 

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.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
31.1*   Certification of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2*   Certification of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32.1**   Certification of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.2**   Certification of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

* Filed herewith.

 

** Furnished herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  CF ACQUISITION CORP. IV
     
Date: November 15, 2021 By: /s/ Howard W. Lutnick
  Name:  Howard W. Lutnick
  Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Date: November 15, 2021 By: /s/ Jane Novak
  Name:  Jane Novak
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

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