UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2022
AURORA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-41250 | 98-1624542 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1449
San Francisco, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 550-0458
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading |
Name of each exchange | ||
Units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share, par value, $0.0001 per share, one Redeemable Warrant to acquire one-half of one Class A Ordinary Share, and one Right to acquire one-tenth of one Class A Ordinary Share | ATAKU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of Units | ATAK | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Redeemable Warrants included as part of Units | ATAKW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Rights included as part of the Units | ATAKR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) is being filed by Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the Company) to amend the information provided in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2022 (the Original Report) to include an audited balance sheet as of February 9, 2022, reflecting the Companys receipt of proceeds in connection with the consummation of the IPO and Private Placement. The audited balance sheet is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the consummation of the IPO and Private Placement is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Amendment No. 1 does not amend any other item of the Original Report or purport to provide an update or a discussion of any developments at the Company subsequent to the filing date of the Original Report. The information previously reported in or filed with the Original Report is hereby incorporated by reference to this Amendment No. 1.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Original Report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit |
Description | |
99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet | |
99.2 | Press Release. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 15, 2022
AURORA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Zachary Wang | |
Name: |
Zachary Wang | |
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
AURORA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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Balance Sheet as of February 9, 2022 |
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Notes to Financial Statement |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp.
Opinion on the Financial Statement
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the Company) as of February 9, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statement). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 9, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
The financial statement is the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companys financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ EisnerAmper LLP
We have served as the Companys auditor since 2021
EISNERAMPER LLP
New York, New York
February 15, 2022
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AURORA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP.
BALANCE SHEET
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Assets |
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Current assets |
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Cash |
$ | 1,468,333 | ||
Prepaid expenses - current |
425,000 | |||
Receivable related party |
22,199 | |||
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Total Current Assets |
1,915,532 | |||
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Prepaid expenses non-current |
210,216 | |||
Cash and marketable securities held in trust account |
204,020,000 | |||
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Total Assets |
$ | 206,145,748 | ||
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Liabilities and Shareholders Deficit |
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Current Liabilities |
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Accrued expenses |
$ | 647,447 | ||
Accrued offering costs |
253,524 | |||
Over-allotment option liability |
258,440 | |||
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Total Current Liabilities |
1,159,411 | |||
Warrant liability |
5,780,547 | |||
Deferred underwriters fee payable |
7,070,000 | |||
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Total Liabilities |
14,009,958 | |||
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 8) |
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Redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares |
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Class A ordinary shares $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 20,200,000 shares issued and outstanding subject to possible redemption, at redemption value |
204,020,000 | |||
Shareholders Deficit |
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Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding |
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Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 303,000 issued and outstanding |
30 | |||
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding including 700,000 shares subject to forfeiture |
575 | |||
Additional paid-in capital |
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Accumulated deficit |
(11,884,815 | ) | ||
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Total Shareholders Deficit |
(11,884,210 | ) | ||
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Total Liabilities, Redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares and Shareholders Deficit |
$ | 206,145,748 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
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AURORA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISTION CORP.
NOTES TO BALANCE SHEET
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Note 1. Description of Organization, Business Operations and Liquidity
Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the Company) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 6, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the Business Combination).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of February 9, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from August 6, 2021 (inception) through February 9, 2022, relates to the Companys formation and its initial public offering (IPO), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a 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 Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Companys IPO was declared effective on February 7, 2022 (the Effective Date). On February 9, 2022, the Company consummated the IPO of 20,200,000 Units (as defined below) at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $202,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 6,470,000 Private Placement Warrants (the Private Placement Warrants) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant in a private placement to certain funds and accounts managed by ATAC Sponsor LLC (the Sponsor), generating proceeds of $6,470,000 from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants.
Following the closing of the IPO on February 9, 2022, $204,020,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (Trust Account), located in the United States which will be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares (as defined below) properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and (iii) the redemption of the Companys Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 12 months (or 18 months, as applicable) from February 9, 2022 (the Combination Period), the closing of the IPO.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Companys financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of this financial statement. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Liquidity and Managements Plan
Management believes that the funds which the Company has available following the completion of the IPO will enable it to sustain operations for a period of at least one-year for the issuance date this financial statement. Accordingly, substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern as disclosed in previously issued financial statement has been alleviated.
Prior to the completion of the IPO, the Company lacked the liquidity it needed to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statement. The Company has since competed its IPO at which time capital in excess of the funds deposited in the trust and/or used to fund offering expenses was released to the Company for general working capital purposes. Accordingly, management has since re-evaluated the Companys liquidity and financial condition and determined that sufficient capital exists to sustain operations through February 15, 2023 and therefore substantial doubt has been alleviated.
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Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying audited financial statement is prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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 independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Companys financial statement 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.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Companys 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 statement 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 statement, 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 had $1,468,333 of operating cash and no cash equivalents as of February 9, 2022.
Cash Held in Trust Account
Following the closing of the IPO on February 9, 2022, an amount of $204,020,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed in the Trust Account and may be invested only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The Trust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Companys obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO, the return of the funds held in the Trust Account to the public shareholders as part of redemption of the Public Shares.
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Offering Costs Associated with IPO
The Company complies with the requirements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 5A Expenses of Offering. Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the IPO. Offering costs are charged to shareholders deficit or the statement of operations based on the relative value of the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the IPO. Accordingly, on February 9, 2022, offering costs totaling $10,307,927, consisting of $2,525,000 of underwriting fee, $7,070,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $712,927 of actual offering costs were recognized, with $179,719 included in accumulated deficit as an allocation for the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants, and $10,128,208 included as a reduction of the proceeds.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Companys assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Warrant-Liability
The Company accounts for warrants for the Companys ordinary shares that are not indexed to its own shares as liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet. The warrants are subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date and any change in fair value is recognized as a component of other income (expense), net on the statement of operations. The Company will continue to adjust the liability for changes in fair value until the earlier of the exercise or expiration of the ordinary share warrants. At that time, the portion of the warrant liability related to the ordinary share warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. 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. |
See Note 9 for level 3 disclosures related to the warrant liability.
Ordinary shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either
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within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Companys control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders equity. The Companys ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that is considered to be outside of the Companys control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at February 9, 2022, 20,200,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Ordinary Shares) subject to possible redemption is presented, at redemption value, as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders deficit section of the Companys balance sheet.
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Such changes are reflected in additional paid-in capital, or in the absence of additional capital, in accumulated deficit. On February 9, 2022, the Company recorded an accretion of $11,717,195, $24,425 of which was recorded in additional paid-in capital and $11,692,770 was recorded in accumulated deficit.
Income taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under the asset and liability method, as required by this accounting standard, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to the period when assets are realized or liability is settled. Any effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the operation of statement in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a comprehensive model for how companies should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in their financial statements uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740, tax positions must initially be recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions must initially and subsequently be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority assuming full knowledge of the position and relevant facts. The Companys management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Companys only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of February 9, 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.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Companys financial statements. The Companys management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Related Parties
Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. At February 9, 2022, the Company has not experienced losses on this account.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-06, Debt with Conversion and other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entitys Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). The new guidance eliminates the beneficial conversion and cash conversion accounting models for convertible instruments. It also amends the accounting for certain contracts in an entitys own equity that are currently accounted for as derivatives because of specific settlement provisions. In addition, the new guidance modifies how particular convertible
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instruments and certain contracts that may be settled in cash or shares impact the diluted EPS computation. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the updated standard will have on its financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosure.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Companys financial statement.
Note 3. Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the IPO on February 9, 2022 the Company sold 20,200,000 units (the Units) at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share (Public Shares), one-half of one warrant (Public Warrants), and one right to receive one-tenth of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the Companys initial Business Combination. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Shares at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).
An aggregate of $10.10 per Unit sold in the IPO was held in the Trust Account and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company. As of February 9, 2022, $204,020,000 of the IPO proceeds was held in the Trust Account, representing an overfunding of the trust account of 101.0% of the public offering size. In addition, $1,468,333 of cash is not held in the Trust Account and is available for working capital purposes.
Transaction costs of the IPO amounted to $10,307,927 consisting of $2,525,000 of underwriting discount, $7,070,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $712,927 of actual offering costs.
Note 4. Private Placement
The Company entered into an agreement with the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 6,470,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant (approximately $6,470,000 in the aggregate), in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closing of the IPO. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6). A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the IPO held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.
Note 5. Related Party-Transactions
Founder-Shares
On August 6, 2021, the Sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000 to cover for certain expenses on behalf of the Company in exchange for issuance of 5,750,000 Founder Shares. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriters overallotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares collectively represent 20% of the Companys issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the IPO. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment in part. Accordingly, 700,000 Founder Shares are still subject to forfeiture.
The Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) six months after the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, 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 initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
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Promissory Note Related Party
In August 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the Promissory Note), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of March 31, 2022 or the consummation of the IPO. At the time of repayment, there was $242,801 outstanding under the Promissory Note. On February 9, 2022, the Company repaid the Sponsor $265,000 for amounts outstanding under the Promissory Note. As a result of the over-payment, the Company has recorded a $22,199 related party receivable.
Administrative Support Agreement
Commencing on February 9, 2022, the Company will pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to the Company. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Companys liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, certain of the Companys officers and directors or any of their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (Working Capital Loans). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lenders discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of February 9, 2022, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
Note 6. Shareholders Equity
Preference Shares The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Companys board of directors. At February 9, 2022 there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Companys Class A Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At February 9, 2022, there were 20,200,000 Class A Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
Class B Ordinary Shares The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At February 9, 2022, there were 5,750,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding. Holders of Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders except as required by law.
Holders are entitled to one vote for each Class B ordinary share. Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders of the Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Companys shareholders, except as required by law. Unless specified in the Companys amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or as required by applicable provisions of Cayman Islands law or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of the ordinary shares that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by the Companys shareholders.
The Class B Ordinary Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A Ordinary Shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B Ordinary Shares shall convert into Class A Ordinary Shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B Ordinary Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the IPO plus all Class A Ordinary Shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination).
Rights - Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a Business Combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of a right redeemed all shares held by him, her or it in connection with a Business Combination or an amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with respect to its pre-business combination activities. In the event that the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of a Business Combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively exchange his, her or its rights in order to receive the one-tenth (1/10) of a share underlying each right upon consummation of the Business Combination.
The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Islands law. As a result, the holders of the rights must hold rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of the holders rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company redeems the Public Shares for the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds for their rights and the rights will expire worthless.
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Note 7. Warrants
The Company will account for the 16,570,000 warrants issued in connection with the IPO (the 10,100,000 Public Warrants and the 6,470,000 Private Placement Warrants) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40. Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability. Accordingly, the Company will classify each warrant as a liability at its fair value. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liability will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Companys statement of operations.
WarrantsPublic Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless a unit holder purchases at least three units, they will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant. The Public Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No Public Warrant will be exercisable, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any Class A Ordinary Shares upon exercise of a Public Warrant unless the Class A Ordinary Share issuable upon such Public Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or a new registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A Ordinary Shares until the Public Warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if the Class A Ordinary Shares is at the time of any exercise of a Public Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a covered security under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but it will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of a Business Combination, Public Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Public Warrants on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Redemption of warrants
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
| in whole and not in part; |
| at a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
| upon a minimum of 30 days prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and |
| if, and only if, the last sale price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holder |
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In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A Ordinary Share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Companys board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the Newly Issued Price), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates a Business Combination (such price, the Market Value) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holders option, and be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees (except for a number of Class A Ordinary Shares as described above under Redemption of warrants for Class A Ordinary Shares). If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
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Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies
Registration and Shareholder Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants, and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the IPO, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A Ordinary Shares). The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders will have certain piggy-back registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the IPO to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the IPO price less the underwriting discount. On February 9, 2022 the underwriter partially exercised the over-allotment option, generating an additional $2,000,000 in gross proceeds. As a result of the over-allotment being exercised in part, the Sponsor forfeited 700,000 Founder Shares back to the Company. As of February 9, 2022, the Company recorded a liability of $258,440 for the 2,800,000 units not exercised. The underwriter was entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $2,525,000 in the aggregate, paid at the closing of the IPO. In addition, $0.35 per Unit, or $7,070,000 in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Note 9. Recurring Fair Value Measurements
At February 9, 2022, the Companys warrant liability was valued at $5,780,547. Under the guidance in ASC 815-40, the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment. As such, the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants must be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. This valuation is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each re-measurement, the valuations will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Companys statement of operations.
The following table presents fair value information as of February 9, 2022, of the Companys financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. The Companys warrant liability is based on a valuation model utilizing management judgment and pricing inputs from observable and unobservable markets with less volume and transaction frequency than active markets. Significant deviations from these estimates and inputs could result in a material change in fair value. The fair value of the warrant liability is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Companys assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis:
(Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | ||||||||||
Assets |
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Cash and marketable securities held in trust account |
$ | 204,020,000 | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Liabilities |
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Public Warrants |
$ | | $ | | $ | 3,521,870 | ||||||
Private Placement Warrants |
$ | | $ | | $ | 2,258,677 | ||||||
Over-allotment option |
$ | | $ | | $ | 258,440 |
Measurement
The Company established the initial fair value for the warrants on February 9, 2022, the date of the consummation of the Companys IPO. The Company used a Black Scholes Merton model to value the warrants. The Company allocated the proceeds received from (i) the sale of Units (which is inclusive of one Class A Ordinary Share one-half of one Public Warrant and one right to receive one-tenth of a Class A ordinary share upon consummation of an initial business combination), (ii) the sale of Private Placement Warrants, and (iii) the issuance of Class B Ordinary Shares, first to the warrants based on their fair values as determined at initial measurement, with the remaining proceeds allocated to Class A Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption (temporary equity), Class A Ordinary Shares (permanent equity) and Class B Ordinary Shares (permanent equity) based on their relative fair values at the initial measurement date.
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The key inputs into the Black Scholes Merton simulation model formula were as follows at February 9, 2022:
Input |
Public Warrants |
Private Placement Warrants |
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Ordinary shares price |
$ | 9.0836 | $ | 9.0836 | ||||
Exercise price |
$ | 11.50 | $ | 11.50 | ||||
Risk-free rate of interest |
1.8 | % | 1.8 | % | ||||
Volatility |
9.418 | % | 9.425 | % | ||||
Term |
5.99 | 5.99 | ||||||
Warrant to buy one share (unadjusted for the probability of dissolution) |
$ | 0.4102 | $ | 0.4108 | ||||
Warrant to buy one share (adjusted for the probability of dissolution) |
$ | 0.3487 | $ | 0.3491 | ||||
Dividend yield |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % |
Input |
Over-allotment Option |
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Unit Price |
$ | 10.03 | ||
Exercise Price |
$ | 10.00 | ||
Risk-free rate of interest |
0.3 | % | ||
Volatility |
5.439 | % | ||
Term |
.12 | |||
Call value |
$ | 0.0923 | ||
Number of Units |
(2,800,000 | ) |
Note 10. Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events to determine if events or transactions occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statement was issued. Based upon this review the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement which has not been previously adjusted or disclosed within the financial statement.
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Exhibit 99.2
Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of $202 Million Initial Public Offering, Including Exercise of the Underwriters Over-Allotment Option
SAN FRANCISCO, CA February 9, 2022 Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. (the Company) a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and led by Chairman and CEO, Zachary Wang, Co-vice Chairwoman and COO, Cathryn Chen, Co-vice Chairman and CFO, Yida Gao as well as additional Board Members Max Baucus, Jim Woolery, Sam Yam, Alec Hartman, and Paul Asquith, announced today that it closed its initial public offering of 20,200,000 units, which includes the partial exercise of the underwriters over-allotment option. The units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, resulting in total gross proceeds of $202,000,000. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, one redeemable warrant and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one class A ordinary share. Each redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one Class A ordinary share at a purchase price of $11.50 per whole share. Each ten (10) rights entitle the holder thereof to receive one Class A ordinary share at the closing of a business combination. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (Nasdaq) under the ticker symbol ATAKU on February 7, 2022. After the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares, warrants and rights are expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols ATAK, ATAKW and ATAKR, respectively.
Maxim Group LLC acted as sole book-running manager of the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on February 7, 2022. The offering has been made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by accessing the SECs website, www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp.
Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp. is a Cayman Island based blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses in any industry or geographic location, but intends to focus its search on high-growth technology companies based in North America and Asia (excluding China). The Company aims to prioritize target companies founded by Asian or Asian-American entrepreneurs who are building a global enterprise supported by forward thinking visions and innovative frontier technologies that include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, and electric vehicles.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements, including with respect to the initial public offering and search for an initial business combination. No assurance can be given that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Companys registration statement for the initial public offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SECs website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
Contact Information
Zachary Wang, CEO
Cathryn Chen, COO
Yida Gao, CFO
Email: info@auroraspac.com