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DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS  
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

JATT Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on March 10, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”).

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from March 10, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022, relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and since the Initial Public Offering the search for a Business Combination. 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 from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

The Company’s sponsor is JATT Ventures, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on July 13, 2021. On July 16, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 12,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $120.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $10.5 million (net of reimbursement from underwriter of $480,000), of which approximately $3.4 million was for deferred underwriting commissions (see Note 5), approximately $4.7 million was incentives provided to Anchor Investors by the Sponsor (see Note 4), and approximately $685,000 of offering costs allocated to derivative warrant liabilities. On July 19, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised their option and purchased 1,800,000 additional Units, generating gross proceeds of $18.0 million (the “Over-Allotment”), and incurring offering costs of $990,000, of which $630,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions and approximately $62,000 was allocated to derivative warrant liabilities.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,370,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating proceeds of approximately $5.4 million (see Note 4). Concurrent with the consummation of the Over-Allotment on July 19, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 540,000 additional Private Placement Warrants, generating proceeds of $540,000 (the “Second Private Placement”).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement on July 16, 2021, and the Over-Allotment and Second Private Placement on July 16, 2021, approximately $139.4 million ($10.10 per Unit) of the net proceeds were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “Investment Company Act”), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, 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.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriters fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with 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 its holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially at $10.10 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares have been recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which were adopted by the Company upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering (the “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder 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 Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Founder Shares prior to this Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the Initial Shareholders agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the Company agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial Business Combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or January 16, 2023 (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 (less taxes payable and 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 Shareholder’s rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any) and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law.

In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public Shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on

the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).

The Initial Shareholders 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 Shareholders should 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. The underwriters agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period, and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares. 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 only $10.10 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.10 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.10 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable; provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

Proposed Business Combination

On June 16, 2022, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), among the Company, JATT Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (“Merger Sub”), JATT Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of JATT (“Merger Sub 2”), Zura Bio Holdings Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Holdco”) (to become a party before Closing, as described below) and Zura Bio Limited, a limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company” or “Zura”).

Before the closing of the Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Closing” and the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the “Closing Date”), Holdco will be established as a new holding company of Zura and will become a party to the Business Combination Agreement; and on the Closing, in sequential order: (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into Holdco, with Holdco continuing as the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”); (ii) immediately following the Merger, Holdco will merge with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Subsequent Merger”); and (iii) JATT will change its name to “Zura Bio Limited”.

On the Closing Date, (i) an FPA Investment (as defined below) in the amount of $30 million will be consummated immediately prior to the completion of the Merger or otherwise in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) the PIPE Investment (as defined below) in the amount of $20 million shall be consummated immediately prior to the completion of the Merger and Subsequent Merger. An additional FPA Investment of $15 million will be made at the same time in the event that the Company’s public share redemptions in connection with the Merger are greater than 90%. The FPA Investments, the PIPE Investment, the Merger, the Subsequent Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Business Combination.”

Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, in connection with the Merger and the Subsequent Merger, at the Closing, (i) each of the Company’s Units will (to the extent not already separated) be automatically separated and the holder thereof will be deemed to hold one Class A Ordinary Share of the Company and one-half of a Public Warrant; (ii) in consideration for the Merger, the Company will issue to holders of Holdco’s issued and outstanding shares immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) an aggregate of 16,500,000 of the Company’s Class A Shares

(less any set aside for the satisfaction of options to acquire the Company’s Class A Shares for which outstanding options to acquire Holdco shares will be exchanged on Closing); and (iii) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Company’s existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, all of the Company’s then-outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares will be automatically converted into the Company’s Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis.

The Business Combination Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions, including, among others, (i) obtaining required approvals of the Business Combination and related matters by the respective shareholders of the Company and Zura, (ii) the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 to be filed by the Company in connection with the Business Combination, (iii) receipt of approval for listing on NYSE the Class A Shares to be issued in connection with the Merger, (iv) that the Company will have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets upon the Closing, (v) the absence of any injunctions enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination, and (vi) as of immediately prior to the Closing, the amount of cash and cash equivalents held by the Company without restriction outside of the Trust Account (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) (other than any amounts received pursuant to any working capital or indebtedness (other than any indebtedness constituting the Company’s transaction expenses)) and any interest earned on the amount of cash held inside the Trust Account, must be equal to or greater than $65,000,000.

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties thereto, which representations and warranties of the respective parties to the Business Combination Agreement will not survive the Closing. The Business Combination Agreement includes customary covenants of the parties with respect to operation of their respective businesses prior to consummation of the Merger and efforts to satisfy conditions to consummation of the Merger. The Business Combination Agreement also contains additional covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants providing for the Company and Zura to use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in the preparation of the Proxy/Registration Statement (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) required to be filed in connection with the Merger and to seek all requisite approvals of their respective shareholders including, in the case of the Company, approvals of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the share issuance under NYSE rules and the LTIP (as defined below). The Company has also agreed to include in the Proxy/Registration Statement the recommendation of its board of directors that its shareholders approve all of the proposals to be presented at its special meeting.

The Company has agreed to approve and adopt an incentive equity plan (the “LTIP”) to be effective as of the Closing and in a form mutually acceptable to the Company and Zura. The LTIP shall provide for an initial aggregate share reserve up to 10.00% of the number of shares of the Company’s Class A Shares on a fully diluted basis immediately after the Closing.

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing (i) by written consent of the Company and Zura, (ii) by Zura or the Company, if certain approvals of the shareholders of the Company, to the extent required under the Business Combination Agreement, are not obtained as set forth therein, (iii) by the Company, if certain approvals of the shareholders of Holdco, to the extent required under the Business Combination Agreement, are not obtained and (iv) by either the Company or Zura in certain other circumstances set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, including (a) if any Law or non-appealable Order (each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) makes consummation of the Business Combination illegal or otherwise prevents it, (b) in the event of certain uncured breaches by the other party, and (c) if the Closing has not occurred on or before November 15, 2022.

Certain Related Agreements

PIPE Subscription Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, one accredited investor (the “PIPE Investor”) entered into a subscription agreement with the Company (the “PIPE Subscription Agreement”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investor has committed to purchase 2,000,000 shares of the Company‘s Class A Shares (the “PIPE Shares”) at a purchase price per share of $10.00 and an aggregate purchase price of $20,000,000 (the “PIPE Investment”). The obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

In connection with the PIPE Investment, the Company will grant the PIPE Investor certain customary registration rights. The PIPE Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and will be issued in reliance on the availability of an exemption from such registration. Additionally, depending upon the amount of redemptions by the public shareholders at the time of Closing the Business Combination Agreement, the PIPE Investor will be entitled to receive up to 1,654,800 of the Forfeited Private Placement Warrants (as described below).

Forward Purchase Agreement. On August 5, 2021, as amended on January 27, 2022, two accredited investors (the “FPA Investors”) entered into a Forward Purchase Agreement with the Company (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the FPA Investors have committed, on or shortly before Closing, to (i) purchase 3,000,000 of the Company’s Class A Shares (the “FPA Shares”) at a purchase price per share of $10.00 and an aggregate purchase price of $30,000,000 (the “FPA Investment”) and (ii) provide a binding redemption backstop to purchase an additional $15,000,000 of the Company’s Class A Shares from redeeming public shareholders in the event that the Company’s public share redemptions are greater than 90% in connection with the Merger (the “FPA Investments”). The FPA shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, and will be issued in reliance on the availability of an exemption from such registration.

Sponsor Support Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor, certain other holders of the Company’s Class B Shares (the “Other Class B Shareholders”) and Zura entered into a support agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor and such Other Class B Shareholders agreed to, among other things, (i) vote all of their ordinary shares and preferred shares of the Company which they hold or have power to vote or (including any acquired in future) in favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) be bound by certain transfer restrictions with respect to their shares of the Company, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement.

Company Support Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, Zura and certain shareholders of Zura entered into a company support agreement (the “Company Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, such holders agreed to (i) vote all of their shares of Zura in favor of, and otherwise support, the Business Combination, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Company Support Agreement and (ii) deliver a duly executed copy of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement at the Closing.

Sponsor Forfeiture Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor entered into a sponsor forfeiture agreement (the “Sponsor Forfeiture Agreement”) with the Company and Zura, pursuant to which, contingent upon the percentage of public shareholders who elect to redeem their shares at Closing, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit up to 4,137,000 of its Private Placement Warrants acquired by the Sponsor in July 2021, concurrent with the Initial Public Offering. At the Closing, the Forfeited Private Placement Warrants shall be transferred from the Sponsor to the FPA Investors and the PIPE Investor on a pro rata basis in accordance with such FPA Investors’ and PIPE Investor’s total invested capital.

Registration Rights Agreement. In connection with the Closing, Zura, the Company and certain shareholders of each of Zura and the Company who will receive shares of the Company’s Class A Shares pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, will enter into an amended and restated registration and shareholders rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) in a form agreed to by the Company and Zura, which will become effective upon the consummation of the Merger.

Lock-up Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor, certain affiliates of the Sponsor and the Zura shareholders and option holders, entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), to take effect at Closing, containing restrictions on transfer with respect to the Company’s Class A Shares held by each such holder (subject to certain exceptions, the “Lock-Up Shares”) for a period as follows: one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 6 months after the Closing, one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares will be restricted until 12 months after the Closing, and one-third (1/3) of the Lock-Up Shares shall be restricted until 24 months after the Closing; provided, that each portion of the Lock-Up Shares will be freely tradable on the earlier of the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period on a VWAP (as defined below) basis during the relevant lock-up period and the date on which the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange, reorganization, or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Shares for cash, securities or other property. For purposes of the Lock-Up Agreement, “VWAP” means, for any date, the daily volume weighted average price of the Company’s Class A Shares for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the Company’s Class A Shares are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time)).

Amendment to the Insider Letter Agreement. In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, the Sponsor, members of the Company’s board of directors and certain other individuals (collectively, the “Insiders”) who hold the Company’s Class B Shares (the “Founder Shares”) entered into an Amendment to the Insider Letter Agreement (the “Amended Insider Letter Agreement”), which provides, among other things, that certain Founder Shares (and any shares of the Company’s Class A Shares issuable upon conversion thereof) shall be subject to certain time and share-performance-based vesting provisions described below. The Sponsor and the Insiders agreed that they shall not transfer any Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) 6 months after the completion of the initial business combination and (B) the date following the completion of an initial business combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, subsequent to the Business Combination, the closing price of the Class A Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30- trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Business Combination, the Founder Shares shall be released from the Founder Shares Lock-up. The Amendment to the Insider Letter Agreement also provides that neither the Sponsor nor the Insiders will redeem any shares of the Company’s Class A Shares owned by such persons in connection with the Business Combination.