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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
September 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses, long-term portion | ||||||||
| Cash held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
| Income tax payable | ||||||||
| Related party payables | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commission payable | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) | ||||||||
| Common stock subject to possible redemption, shares at redemption value of and per share for September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ deficit: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, par value , shares authorized; issued and outstanding | ||||||||
Common stock, par value , shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding (excluding shares subject to possible redemption) | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended | For the Three Months Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | For the Period March 1, 2021 (inception) Through | |||||||||||||
| September 30, 2022 | September 30, 2021 | September 30, 2022 | September 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other income: | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income tax | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income tax expense | ( | ) |
| ( | ) |
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Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted, redeemable shares subject to redemption | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, redeemable shares subject to redemption | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted, non-redeemable shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable shares | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, AND THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(Unaudited)
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 1, 2021 (inception) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock to founders for cash | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2021 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock to founders for cash | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2021 | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts and offering costs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sale of private placement warrants | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification of common stock subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Accretion of common stock to redemption value | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at September 30, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2022 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of common stock to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance at June 30, 2022 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of common stock to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at September 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| For the Nine Months Ended | For the Period from March 1, 2021 (inception) Through | |||||||
| September 30, 2022 | September 30, 2021 | |||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Formation costs paid by third-party | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Changes in prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Changes in related party payables | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Sale of Investments in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
| Cash proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid | ||||||||
| Cash proceeds from sale of private warrants | ||||||||
| Cash proceeds from issuance of common stock to founders | ||||||||
| Payment of offering costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| NET CHANGE IN CASH | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash - Beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash - End of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Common stock issued for relief of related party advances | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accretion of common stock to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF THE BUSINESS
WinVest Acquisition Corp. (“WinVest,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 1, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (“Initial Business Combination”) with one or more businesses or entities. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
Throughout this report, the terms “our,” “we,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation, raising funds through the initial public offering (“IPO”) and its search for a target company, which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO.
The
registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the IPO was declared effective on September
14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of
one share of common stock of the Company, $ par value per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant (the “Public
Warrants”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $
Simultaneously
with the consummation of the IPO and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company completed the private sale of warrants
(the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $ per Private Placement Warrant to its sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the
“Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $
Each
Private Placement Warrant entitles the holders to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $
On
September 23, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional Units (the “Over-Allotment
Units”), generating gross proceeds of $
Following
the closing of the IPO on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full on September
23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $
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No compensation of any kind (including finders’, consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of our existing officers, directors, stockholders, or any of their affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after our Initial Business Combination is uncertain, we have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after our Initial Business Combination.
Management intends to use the excess working capital available for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business and for director and officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described below.
The allocation of the net proceeds available to us outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account available to us to pay our income and other tax liabilities, represents our best estimate of the intended uses of these funds. If our assumptions prove to be inaccurate, we may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories. If our estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating our Initial Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the Trust Account is insufficient based on prevailing interest rates, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsor or third parties, Our Sponsor and/or founding stockholders may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes that would either be paid upon consummation of our Initial Business Combination, or, at such lender’s discretion. However, our Sponsor and/or founding stockholders are under no obligation to loan us any funds or invest in us. If we are unable to obtain the necessary funds, we may be forced to cease searching for a target business and liquidate without completing our Initial Business Combination.
We
will likely use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, the Private Placement and the sale of the Additional Private Placement
Warrants, including the funds held in the Trust Account, in connection with our Initial Business Combination and to pay our expenses
relating thereto, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount equal to
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We
will have until December 17, 2022, 15 months from the closing of the IPO, to consummate our Initial Business Combination. However, if
we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination within 15 months, we may, by resolution of our board
of directors if requested by our Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate an Initial Business Combination up to two times, each
by an additional three months (for a total of up to 21 months to complete an Initial Business Combination), subject to the deposit of
additional funds into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees as set out below. Our stockholders will not be
entitled to vote or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, in order for the time available for us to consummate our Initial Business Combination to be extended, our Sponsor or
its affiliates or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account
$
To the extent we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, we will pay the costs of liquidation from our remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war on the economy and the capital markets and has concluded that, while it is reasonably possible that such events could have negative effects on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impacts are not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties
Going Concern and Management Liquidity Plans
As
of September 30, 2022, we had $
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 related to the Company’s formation, the IPO, and its search for a target company. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from its IPO. The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Company has until December 17, 2022, 15 months from the closing of its IPO, to consummate its Initial Business Combination. The Company will not be able to consummate its Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2022.
Management’s
plan to address the December 17, 2022 liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to the Company’s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) on November 8, 2022, the Company is proposing to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend
the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company has to consummate an Initial Business Combination from the original
Termination Date of December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust
Account of $
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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and the three months ended September 30, 2021, and the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, and are presented on the same basis as the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Annual Report”), filed with the SEC on April 15, 2022. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the interim periods presented, and the adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The financial results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The balance sheet information as of December 31, 2021, was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report
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 a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
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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. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
Following
the closing of the IPO on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full on September
23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $
The Company classifies its Marketable Securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with ASC Topic 320 “Investments - Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity securities are those securities which the Company has the ability and intent to hold until maturity. Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at amortized cost on the accompanying condensed balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts. When the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market securities, the investments are classified as trading securities. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included in interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account in the accompanying unaudited condensed statement of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.
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Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares are effected by charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
Public and Private Warrants
The Company accounts for its Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding. In that respect, the Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants underlying additional units the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company, were identical to the warrants underlying the Units offered in the IPO.
Rights
The Company accounts for its Rights as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Rights’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the Rights are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Rights meet all the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Rights are indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other conditions for the equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgement, is conducted at the time of Rights issuance.
Each Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless. The Company has not considered the effect of Rights sold in the IPO and the private placement to purchase shares of common stock, since the exercise of the Rights are contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the 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 included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
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ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. For those tax positions deemed to be uncertain, the Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to the associated unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution,
which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; | |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and | |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Fair value measurements at reporting date using: | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | Fair Value | Quoted
prices in active markets for identical liabilities (Level 1) |
Significant
other observable inputs (Level 2) |
Significant
unobservable inputs (Level 3) |
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| Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
| Marketable securities held in Trust Account as of September 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Marketable securities held in Trust Account as of December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per share, except the weighted average number of common shares outstanding are increased to include additional shares from the assumed exercise of share options, if dilutive.
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. The Statements of Operations include a presentation of income (loss) per redeemable share and income (loss) per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income per share. In order to determine the Net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the total income (loss) allocable to both sets of shares. This is calculated using the total net income (loss) less any dividends paid. For purposes of calculating net income (loss) per share, any remeasurement of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. Subsequent to calculating the total income (loss) allocable to both sets of shares, the Company split the amount to be allocated using a ratio of 80% for the redeemable public shares and 20% for the non-redeemable shares, reflective of the respective participation rights, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
For the Three Months Ending September 30, 2022 |
For the Nine Months Ending September 30, 2022 |
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| Net income (loss) applicable to Common Shares Subject to Redemption Including Accretion of Temporary Equity | $ | $ | ( |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per share, redeemable shares subject to redemption | $ | $ | ( |
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| Net loss applicable to Non-redeemable Common Shares Including Accretion of Temporary Equity | $ | ( |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable shares | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
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For the Three Months Ending September 30, 2021 |
From
the Period of March 1, 2021 (Inception) through September 30, 2021 |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per share, redeemable shares subject to redemption | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable shares | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
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The Company has not considered the effect of warrants and Rights sold in the IPO and the private placement to purchase shares of common stock in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the warrants and Rights are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for the periods presented.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“ASU 2022-03”). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in this Update also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The provisions in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 for public business entities. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect to early adopt this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows.
On August 5, 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 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, which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities that are not smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The guidance may be early adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
The Company 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 financial statements.
NOTE 3 – INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant
to the IPO, on September 17, 2021, the Company sold Units at a price of $ per Unit for a total of $
As
of December 31, 2021, the Company incurred offering costs of $
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NOTE 4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Sponsor Shares
On
March 16, 2021, the Company’s Sponsor purchased shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s common
stock for an aggregate price of $
Prior to the effective date of the registration statement in connection with our IPO, the Company entered into agreements with its directors in connection with their board service and certain members of its advisory board in connection with their advisory board service for its Sponsor to transfer an aggregate of of its Founder Shares to the Company’s directors for no cash consideration and an aggregate of of its Founder Shares to certain members of the Company’s advisory board for no cash consideration, for a total of shares, approximating the fair value of the shares on such date, or $. The shares were subsequently transferred prior to the effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement, and vested immediately, with no impact on the Company’s net loss. The Founder Shares do not have redemption rights and will be worthless unless the Company consummates its Initial Business Combination.
Private Placement Warrants
The
Company’s Sponsor purchased from us an aggregate of
Promissory Note – Related Party
On
March 16, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, which was amended on March 27, 2022 (the “Promissory
Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $
Administrative Support Agreement
The
Company entered into an agreement to pay the Sponsor a monthly fee of $
NOTE 5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO. The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the Founder Shares are to be released from escrow. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of our Initial Business Combination.
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On
July 19, 2022, the Company entered into finder’s agreements with two separate service providers to help identify targets for an
Initial Business Combination. In connection with each agreement, the Company will be required to pay a finder’s fee, contingent
on the consummation of an Initial Business Combination with a target that is introduced by the respective service provider. The finder’s
fees for the two agreements are
NOTE 6 – COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION
The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
Common Shares Subject to Possible Redemption | ||||
| Gross proceeds from IPO | $ | |||
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| Offering costs allocated to common stock subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | ||
| Proceeds allocated to public warrants | ( | ) | ||
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| Deposit to Trust Account from private placement | ||||
| Accretion on common stock subject to possible redemption | ||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | ||||
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| Balance, September 30, 2022 | $ | |||
NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preferred and Common Stock
The
Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of shares of common stock, par
value $
In March 2021, the Company issued Founder Shares of common stock at a price of approximately $ per share for total cash of $. There are shares of preferred stock outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Public Warrants
Each redeemable warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one half of one share of common stock at a price of $ per full share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of the completion of an Initial Business Combination and 15 months from the closing of the IPO. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within 90 days from the consummation of our Initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire five years from the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.
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The
Company may call the outstanding warrants for redemption (excluding the Private Placement Warrants and warrants underlying the units
that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans), in whole and not in part, at a price of $
| ● | at any time while the warrants are exercisable; | |
| ● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; | |
| ● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of common stock equals or exceeds $ per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders (the “Force-Call Provision”), and | |
| ● | if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. |
The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.
The redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.
If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, management of the Company will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.”
In
addition, if (x) the
The Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants underlying additional units the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company, will be identical to the warrants underlying the Units being offered in the IPO.
NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 – Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides for an asset and liability approach of accounting for income taxes. Under this approach, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on anticipated future tax consequences, using currently enacted tax laws, attributed to temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts calculated for income tax purposes.
The
Company had
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The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. The Company assessed the need for a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets and determined a full valuation allowance is required as it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.
The Company has evaluated its income tax positions and has determined that it does not have any uncertain tax positions. The Company will recognize interest and penalties related to any uncertain tax positions through its income tax expense.
The Company is subject to franchise tax filing requirements in the State of Delaware.
NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, up to the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than the following, management did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.
On
November 8, 2022, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC to amend to amend its amended and restated certificate
of incorporation to extend the Termination Date from the original Termination Date of December 17, 2022 to the Charter Extension Date
upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K entitled “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements in the discussion and analysis set forth below, may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “will,” “would” and variations and similar words and expressions may identify forward looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to those factors set forth under the headings “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
References in this discussion and analysis to “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination (“Initial Business Combination”) using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”), our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
As of September 30, 2022 and through the date of this filing, we had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 relates to our formation and raising funds through our IPO. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO.
The stock exchange listing rules provide that the Initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the assets held in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trust Account”) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with the Initial Business Combination. We will only complete an Initial Business Combination if the post-Initial Business Combination 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 of 1940, as amended. There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.
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We will have until 15 months from the closing of our IPO, or until December 17, 2022, to consummate our Initial Business Combination. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination within 15 months, we may, by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by WinVest SPAC LLC, our Sponsor (the “Sponsor”), extend the period of time to consummate an Initial Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 21 months to complete an Initial Business Combination) (an “Automatic Extension”). Our stockholders will not be entitled to vote or redeem their shares in connection with any such Automatic Extension. Our Sponsor is not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for us to complete our Initial Business Combination. If we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination within such time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding shares of common stock issued as part of the units sold in our IPO (the “Public Stock”) for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay our dissolution expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, our rights and public and private warrants will expire and will be worthless.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
All activities through September 30, 2022 were related to our organizational activities, and preparation for our IPO, and, after our IPO, identifying a target company for an Initial Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our Initial Business Combination. Subsequent to our IPO on September 17, 2021, we generate non-operating income in the form of interest and dividend income on cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities held in the Trust Account. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse change has occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. We incur ongoing 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had income (loss) of $145,269 and $(217,083), respectively. The income and loss, respectively, for both periods consisted primarily of administrative fees, office expenses, and legal and professional fees, offset in part by investment income related to assets held in the Trust Account. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, we had net losses of $66,031 and $66,559, respectively, consisting mainly of legal and professional fees for our formation. We have no material deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2022.
Going Concern and Management Liquidity Plans
As of September 30, 2022, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $116,743,063. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable, to complete our Initial Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes and up to $100,000 of dissolution expenses, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to consummate an Initial Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of September 30, 2022, we had $216,246 in cash available in our operating bank account and working capital of $402,519. Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the IPO had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from a related party, our Sponsor, and from the issuance of common stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the IPO, liquidity was satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the IPO and the proceeds from the Sponsor’s purchase of warrants that are held outside of our Trust Account. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net loss was $90,477 and cash used in operating activities was $393,693, mainly due to cash paid for professional services, including legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance expenses. We intend to use our operating cash held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete an Initial Business Combination. We believe we will not have sufficient liquidity with our current resources through the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements. In addition, we currently have a mandatory liquidation date of December 17, 2022. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared on the basis that we will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.
As of September 30, 2022, we had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 related to our formation, the IPO and our search for a target company. We will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from our IPO. Our ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating an Initial Business Combination. We have until December 17, 2022, 15 months from the closing of our IPO, to consummate our Initial Business Combination. We do not believe we will be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2022.
Management’s plan to address the December 17, 2022 liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 8, 2022, we are proposing to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Extension Amendment”) to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which we must consummate an Initial Business Combination from the original Termination Date of December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $125,000, to be loaned to us by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date (each, an “Additional Extension”), by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after December 17, 2022, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit an additional $125,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees. If the proposal to extend the Termination Date is approved and effective, our stockholders may elect to redeem their shares of Public Stock. An electing stockholder will be entitled to receive a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding shares of Public Stock. This redemption right will apply to each holder of Public Stock regardless of whether and how such holder votes on the proposal. The removal from the Trust Account of such amounts would reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of the Company held by the Sponsor. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we cannot redeem or repurchase Public Stock to the extent such redemption would result in our failure to have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets. Due to the reasons stated above, we believe we may not have sufficient liquidity through the date of an Initial Business Combination, if extended through June 17, 2023.
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Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities as of September 30, 2022, other than an agreement to pay WinVest SPAC LLC a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial and administrative support services provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on September 14, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of an Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation.
To the extent we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, we will pay the costs of liquidation from our remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
Deferred underwriting discounts and commissions in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds raised in the IPO, or $4,025,000, will be payable to the underwriters upon the consummation of our Initial Business Combination and will be held in the Trust Account until the consummation of such Initial Business Combination.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of 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 financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. See Note 2 to our financial statements for further information on our critical accounting policies.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2022, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“ASU 2022-03”). The amendments in ASU 2022-03 clarify that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments in this Update also require additional disclosures for equity securities subject to contractual sale restrictions. The provisions in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 for public business entities. Early adoption is permitted. We do not expect to early adopt this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on the balance sheet, results of operations and cash flows.
On August 5, 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 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, which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities that are not smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The guidance may be early adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
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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 under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits 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 by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15f and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter ended September 30, 2022, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer, who is also our principal financial and accounting officer, has concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2022 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.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on April 15, 2022, except as set forth below:
There can be no assurance that the Charter Extension will be approved by stockholders, and there can be no assurance that the Charter Extension will enable us to complete an Initial Business Combination.
Approval of the Charter Extension would require the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock, including at least 37.5% of our Public Stock (assuming our Sponsor, directors, officers and advisory board members vote their shares of common stock in favor of the Charter Extension. There is no assurance that our stockholders will approve the Charter Extension, and if our stockholders do not approve the Charter Extension, our Sponsor is not obligated to exercise an Automatic Extension. In the event our stockholders do not approve the Charter Extension and an Automatic Extension is not exercised, we are unlikely to be able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by the Termination Date.
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Additionally, approving the Charter Extension involves a number of risks. Even if the Charter Extension is approved by stockholders, we can provide no assurances that an Initial Business Combination will be consummated prior to the Termination Date. Our ability to consummate any Initial Business Business Combination is dependent on a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. We are required to offer stockholders the opportunity to redeem shares in connection with the stockholder vote on the Extension Amendment, and we will be required to offer stockholders redemption rights again in connection with any stockholder vote to approve an Initial Business Combination. Even if the Charter Extension or an Initial Business Combination are approved by our stockholders, it is possible that redemptions will leave us with insufficient cash to consummate an Initial Business Combination on commercially acceptable terms, or at all. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Charter Extension vote and the Initial Business Combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our stockholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our Public Stock on the open market. The price of our Public Stock may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that stockholders will be able to dispose of their Public Stock at favorable prices, or at all.
The SEC has issued proposed rules to regulate special purpose acquisition companies. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Initial Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with such proposals may increase our costs and the time needed to complete our Initial Business Combination and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an Initial Business Combination.
On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”) relating to, among other items, disclosures in SEC filings in connection with business combination transactions between special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) such as us and private operating companies; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions; the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), including a proposed rule that would provide SPACs a safe harbor from treatment as an investment company if they satisfy certain conditions that limit a SPAC’s duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities. The SPAC Rule Proposals have not yet been adopted and may be adopted in the proposed form or in a different form that could impose additional regulatory requirements on SPACs. Certain of the procedures that we, a potential Initial Business Combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with the SPAC Rule Proposals, or pursuant to the SEC’s views expressed in the SPAC Rule Proposals, may increase the costs of negotiating and completing an Initial Business Combination and the time required to consummate a transaction, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an Initial Business Combination.
If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we would be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities would be severely restricted. As a result, in such circumstances, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an Initial Business Combination and instead to liquidate the Company.
As described further above, the SPAC Rule Proposals relate, among other matters, to the circumstances in which SPACs such as the Company could potentially be subject to the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. The SPAC Rule Proposals would provide a safe harbor for such companies from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that a SPAC satisfies certain criteria, including a limited time period to announce and complete a de-SPAC transaction. Specifically, to comply with the safe harbor, the SPAC Rule Proposals would require a company to file a report on Form 8-K announcing that it has entered into an agreement with a target company for a business combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”). The company would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement.
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Because the SPAC Rule Proposals have not yet been adopted, there is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC, including a company like ours, that may not complete its business combination within 24 months after the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement. As a result, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.
If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition, we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. Although we do not believe that our principal activities will subject us to regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, if we are deemed to be an investment company and subject to compliance with and regulation under the Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we were able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we would expect to abandon our efforts to complete an Initial Business Combination and instead to liquidate the Company.
To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time, instruct the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash until the earlier of the consummation of our Initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of securities in the Trust Account, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The funds in the Trust Account have, since our initial public offering, been held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of our IPO Registration Statement, instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash until the earlier of consummation of our Initial Business Combination or liquidation of the Company. Following such liquidation, we would likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the Trust Account. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted. As a result, any decision to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash could reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
In addition, even prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of our IPO Registration Statement, we may be deemed to be an investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate the Company. Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account at any time, even prior to the 24-month anniversary of our IPO Registration Statement, and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash, which would further reduce the dollar amount our public stockholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The Excise Tax included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 may decrease the value of our securities following our Initial Business Combination, hinder our ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination, and decrease the amount of funds available for distribution in connection with a liquidation.
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock repurchased by “covered corporations” beginning in 2023, with certain exceptions (the “Excise Tax”). The Excise Tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which the stock is repurchased. Because we are a Delaware corporation and our securities are trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, we believe that we are a “covered corporation” for this purpose. The amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the Excise Tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the Excise Tax. The U.S. Department of Treasury has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the Excise Tax; however, no guidance has been issued to date. It is uncertain whether, and/or to what extent, the Excise Tax could apply to any Redemptions of our public shares after December 31, 2022, including any redemptions in connection with an Initial Business Combination or in the event we do not consummate an Initial Business Combination by the Charter Extension Date.
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If the Termination Date (currently December 17, 2022) is extended, our public stockholders will have the right to require us to redeem their Public Stock. Because any redemption that occurs as a result of the Extension Amendment would occur before December 31, 2022, we would not be subject to the Excise Tax as a result of any redemptions in connection with the Extension Amendment. However, if our stockholders approve the Extension Amendment, then any redemption or other repurchase that we make that occurs after December 31, 2022 may be subject to the Excise Tax. Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the Excise Tax would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of any redemptions and repurchases in connection with our Initial Business Combination, (ii) the structure of an Initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with an Initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with an Initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of an Initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Department of Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by us, and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available for a stockholder redemption, could cause a reduction in the cash available to complete an Initial Business Combination, and could have an adverse effect on our ability to complete an Initial Business Combination.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.
Item 3. Defaults upon senior securities
None.
Item 4. Mine safety disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| WINVEST ACQUISITION CORPORATION. | ||
| By: | /s/ Manish Jhunjhunwala | |
| Manish Jhunjhunwala | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
Date: November 15, 2022
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