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As of May 9, 2023,
LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2023
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| March
31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Marketable securities held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities, Redeemable Class A Common Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Due to Sponsors | ||||||||
| Franchise taxes payable | ||||||||
| Income taxes payable | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commissions | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | ||||||||
| Redeemable Class A common stock | ||||||||
| Class A common stock $ | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ Deficit: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ | - | |||||||
| Class A common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Class B common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities, Redeemable Class A Common Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
| Three
Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Administrative service fee – related party | $ | $ | ||||||
| Director and officer insurance | ||||||||
| Franchise taxes | ||||||||
| Other operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income: | ||||||||
| Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Bank interest income | ||||||||
| Earnings and gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total other income, net | ||||||||
| Income before income taxes | ||||||||
| Income tax expense | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Class A common stock | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Class B common stock | ||||||||
| $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023
| Common Stock | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class B | Paid-In | Accumulated | Stockholder’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of Redeemable Class A common stock to redemption value | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2022
| Common Stock | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class B | Paid-In | Accumulated | Stockholder’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of Redeemable Class A common stock to redemption value | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
| For the three | For the three | |||||||
| months ended | months ended | |||||||
| March
31, 2023 | March
31, 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in the fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Franchise taxes payable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Income taxes payable | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Due to Sponsors | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of marketable securities held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Purchase of marketable securities held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Funds withdrawn from Trust Account to pay taxes | ||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net change in cash | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash, beginning of the period | ||||||||
| Cash, end of the period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Accretion of Redeemable Class A common stock to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations
Logistics Innovation Technologies Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on February 18, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). 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 March 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 18, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “IPO”), and since the closing of IPO, identifying a target company 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 will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and investments held in the Trust Account from the proceeds derived from the IPO and unrealized gains and losses from the change in the fair value of its warrant liabilities. The Company’s sponsors are 1P Management LLC (the “Sponsor”) and AG LIT Holdings, LLC (“AG LIT”, and together with 1P Management LLC, the “Sponsors”), Delaware limited liability companies.
The registration statement for the Company’s
IPO was declared effective on June 10, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On June 15, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO
and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of an aggregate
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination.
The stock exchange listing rules provide
that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least
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Upon the closing of the IPO, management has deposited
$
The Company will provide its public stockholders
with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of the initial Business
Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) by
means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination
or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in the Company’s discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled
to redeem their shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of
two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust
Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public
Shares. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be approximately $
During the three months ended March 31, 2023
and 2022, the Company withdrew $
The shares of common stock subject to redemption was recorded in temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO and immediately accreted to redemption value, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination
if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $
The Company’s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation provides that the Company will have only 24 months from the closing of the IPO (the “Combination Period”)
to complete the initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within such 24-month
period from the closing of the IPO or during any extended period of time that the Company may have to consummate an initial business
combination as a result of an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (an “Extension
Period”), the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably
possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the
aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously
released to us to pay our taxes (less up to $
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Founder Shares
Founder Shares refers to the Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) acquired by the Sponsors prior to the Company’s IPO.
The Sponsors have agreed not to transfer, assign
or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination
or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds
$
The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
At March 31, 2023, the Company had cash outside
the Trust Account of $
In order to finance transaction costs in connection
with a Business Combination or any extension of the deadline by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination or
liquidate, the Sponsors or an affiliate of the Sponsors or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated
to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes an initial Business
Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise,
such loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that the initial Business Combination does
not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds
from the Trust Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. The Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsors, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern one year from the date these financial statements are issued. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Risks and Uncertainties
In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the period presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023, which contains the audited financial statements and notes thereto. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.
Emerging Growth Company Status
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.
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 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.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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 March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
Marketable securities held in Trust Account consisted of U.S. Money Market Funds primarily invested in U.S. Treasury obligations. Such securities and investments are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of the reporting period. The Company classifies its investments in a U.S. Money Market Fund as other assets at fair value within marketable securities held in Trust Account on the balance sheets. The Company considers these investments a trading securities and earnings and gains from the marketable securities held in the Trust Account are recognized in earnings and gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account on the statements of operations.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement”, defines fair value as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. Fair value measurements are classified on a three-tier hierarchy as follows:
| ● | 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. |
In many cases, a valuation technique used to measure fair value includes inputs from multiple levels of the fair value hierarchy described above. The lowest level of significant input determines the placement of the entire fair value measurement in the hierarchy.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, except for the warrant liabilities, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to its short-term nature.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company accounts for derivative financial instruments in accordance with ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value upon issuance and remeasured at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative financial instruments is evaluated at the end of each reporting period.
Warrants
The Company accounts for the redeemable warrants to public investors (the “Public Warrants”) and Private Placement Warrants as liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance of ASC 480 and 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 shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent reporting period end date while the warrants are outstanding. Because the Company does not control the occurrence of events, such as a tender offer or exchange, that may trigger cash settlement of the warrants where not all of the stockholders also receive cash, the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, as such, the warrants are recorded as derivative liabilities.
Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Shares of Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable shares of Class A common stock (including shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity.
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The Company’s shares of Class A common
stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence
of uncertain future events. Accordingly,
| March
31, 2023 | December
31, 2022 | |||||||
| As of December 31, 2022 or 2021, respectively | $ | $ | ||||||
| Plus: | ||||||||
| Accretion of Redeemable Class A common stock to redemption value | ||||||||
| Class A common stock subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
Share Based Compensation
The Company complies with ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation” regarding founder shares acquired by directors of the Company at prices below fair value. The acquired shares shall vest upon the Company consummating an initial Business Combination (the “Vesting Date”). If prior to the Vesting Date, the director ceases to be a director, the shares will be forfeited. The founder shares owned by the director (1) may not be sold or transferred, until 180 days after the consummation of a Business Combination, (2) not be entitled to redemption from the funds held in the Trust Account, or any liquidating distributions. The Company has 24 months from the date of the IPO to consummate a Business Combination, and if a Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will liquidate and the shares will become worthless.
The shares were issued on March 3, 2021 (“Grant
Date”), and the shares vest, not upon a fixed date, but upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Company has determined
the valuation of the Class B common stock as of the Grant Date. The valuation resulted in a fair value of $
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Stock
The statements of operations include a presentation of net income (loss) per Class A redeemable common stock and net income (loss) per Class B common stock following the two-class method of income (loss) per share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the Class A redeemable stock and Class B common stock, the Company first considered the total income (loss) allocable to both classes of stock. 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 Class A common stock subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders.
Subsequent to calculating the total income (loss) allocable to the Class A common stock and the Class B common stock, the Company allocated the net income (loss) including accretion of temporary equity to redemption value using a ratio of the number of weighted average shares outstanding of each class of common stock to the total weighted average shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, reflective of the participation rights.
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The net income (loss) per share presented in the statements of operations is based on the following:
| For the three months ended March 31, 2023 | For the three months ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: Accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net (loss) income excluding accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| For the three months ended | For the three months ended | |||||||||||||||
| March
31, 2023 | March
31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share: | ||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net (loss) income including accretion of temporary equity | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ||||||||
| Deemed dividend for accretion of temporary equity to redemption value | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | |||||||||||
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in earnings. As a result, diluted income (loss) per share is the same as basic income (loss) per share for the periods presented.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the unaudited condensed financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the
Company’s deferred tax asset had a full valuation allowance recorded against it. Our effective tax rate was
While ASC 740 identifies usage of an effective annual tax rate for purposes of an interim provision, it does allow for estimating individual elements in the current period if they are significant, unusual or infrequent. Computing the effective tax rate for the Company is complicated due to the potential impact of the Company’s change in fair value of warrants (or any other change in fair value of a complex financial instrument), the timing of any potential Business Combination expenses and the actual interest income that will be recognized during the year. The Company has taken a position as to the calculation of income tax expense in a current period based on ASC 740-270-25-3 which states, “If an entity is unable to estimate a part of its ordinary income (or loss) or the related tax (benefit) but is otherwise able to make a reasonable estimate, the tax (or benefit) applicable to the item that cannot be estimated shall be reported in the interim period in which the item is reported.” The Company believes its calculation to be a reliable estimate and allows it to properly take into account the usual elements that can impact its annualized book income and its impact on the effective tax rate. As such, the Company is computing its taxable income (loss) and associated income tax provision based on actual results through March 31, 2023.
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The Company is taking the position that the deferred tax asset related
to the unutilized net operating loss (“NOL” should be fully reserved. While interest rates have increased, the actual amount
of interest income for tax purposes may differ significantly due to the timing of treasuries purchased, whether the Company invests in
treasuries or potential unrealized interest income based on maturity. Additionally, the NOL utilization is limited to
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.
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 March 31, 2023 and December 31, 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 has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is subject to income taxation by major taxing authorities since inception. These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements.
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection
with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsors or an affiliate of the Sponsors or certain of the Company’s officers
and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes an initial Business
Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise,
such loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that the initial Business Combination does
not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds
from the Trust Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $
Administrative Services Agreement
The Company has entered into an agreement that would continue until the
earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, that the Company will pay one
of the Sponsors a total of $
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Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
Fair values of the Company’s marketable securities are classified as Level 1 utilizing quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets.
Public Warrants
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, valuation for the Public Warrants was based on unadjusted quoted prices in an active market (Nasdaq) for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. The fair value of the Public Warrant liabilities was classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Private Placement Warrants
The Company’s views the Private Placement Warrants to be economically equivalent to the Public Warrants. As such, the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants is based on the fair value of the Public Warrants. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrant liabilities is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 there were no transfers into or out of Level 3 classification.
The following tables presents fair value information of the Company’s 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.
| March 31, 2023 Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
| Marketable securities held in Trust Account | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Public Warrant liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Private Placement Warrants liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| December 31, 2022 Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
| Marketable securities held in Trust Account | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Public Warrant liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Private Placement Warrant liabilities | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Note 5 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration and Stockholder Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to the consummation of the IPO, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to the Class A common stock). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting
commission of two percent (
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Note 6 — Stockholders’ Deficit
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
Class A Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
Class B Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as required by law; provided that only holders of shares of Class B common stock have the right to vote on the election of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination.
The shares of Class B common stock will
automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis (subject
to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), and subject to further adjustment.
In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of
the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common
stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number
of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate,
on an as-converted basis,
Note 7 — Warrant Liabilities
Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder
to purchase one whole share of the Class A common stock at a price of $
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use the commercially reasonable efforts to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement, or a registration statement, for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and the Company will use the commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to the shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if the shares of Class A common stock are at the time of any exercise of a 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 elect, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will use the 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 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, 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 warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use the commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) less the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value and (B) 0.361. The “fair market value” as used in this paragraph shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent.
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Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00.
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement 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 closing price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00.
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants (but not the Private Placement Warrants):
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional
shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial
Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $
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If a tender offer, exchange or redemption offer
shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the Class A common stock (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made
by the Company in connection with redemption rights held by stockholders as provided for in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation
or as a result of the repurchase of shares of Class A common stock by the Company if a proposed initial business combination is presented
to the stockholders for approval) and upon completion of such offer, the offeror owns beneficially more than
The Company accounted for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as liabilities in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”, upon issuance at IPO. Because the Company does not control the occurrence of events, such as a tender offer or exchange, that may trigger cash settlement of the warrants where not all of the stockholders also receive cash, the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, as such, the warrants are recorded as derivative liability.
Additionally, certain adjustments to the settlement amount of the Private Placement Warrants are based on a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a “fixed-for-fixed” option as defined under ASC 815 — 40, and thus the Private Placement Warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock and not eligible for an exception from derivative accounting. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record a derivative liability upon issuance of the warrants at the closing of the IPO. Accordingly, the Company classified each warrant as a liability at its fair value. The Public Warrants were allocated a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the Units equal to its fair value determined with the assistance of a professional independent valuation firm. The warrant liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liabilities will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statements of operations. The Company will reassess the classification of the warrants at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the warrants will be reclassified as of the date of the event that causes the reclassification.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References to the “Company,” “Logistics Innovation Technologies Corp.,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Logistics Innovation Technologies Corp. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other SEC filings.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on February 18, 2021 as a Delaware corporation 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 are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
Our Sponsors are AG LIT Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and 1P Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The registration statement for our IPO was declared effective on June 10, 2021. On June 15, 2021, we consummated the IPO of 34,089,611 Units, including the issuance of 4,089,611 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise in part of their option to purchase additional Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $340,896,110, and incurring offering costs of $18,860,728, inclusive of $11,931,364 in deferred underwriting commissions.
Upon the closing of the IPO and the Private Placement in June 2021, $340,896,110 ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the IPO and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement were placed in a Trust Account located in the United States at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and was invested only in U.S. “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 the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an initial business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating an initial business combination.
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If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, or June 15, 2023, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay its taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
At March 31, 2023, we had cash outside the Trust Account of $409,599 and working capital deficit of $1,183,749. Excluding Delaware franchise and income taxes payable, all remaining investments held in the Trust Account are generally unavailable for our use prior to an initial business combination and is restricted for use either in a Business Combination or to redeem common stock.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination or any extension of the deadline by which we must consummate our initial business combination or liquidate, the Sponsors or an affiliate of the Sponsors or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If we complete an initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. Otherwise, such loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. We may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsors, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and Sponsors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet our working capital needs. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern one year from the date these financial statements are issued.
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine that has continued to escalate without any resolution of the invasion foreseeable in the near future with the short and long-term impact on financial and business conditions remaining uncertain. The United States, the European Union, Canada and other countries have imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation contributing to higher inflation and disruptions to supply and distribution chains. The impact of the sanctions also includes disruptions to financial markets, an inability to complete financial or banking transactions, restrictions on travel and an inability to service existing or new customers in a timely manner in the affected areas of Europe. The circumstances related to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine could have a material and adverse effect on the business and the cost and availability of capital. The number of attractive targets for the Company’s Business Combination could be reduced, the cost of a Business Combination may be increased, and the Company could experience a delay of, or inability to complete a Business Combination. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for our IPO and identifying a target company for our initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of earnings and gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as expenses as we conduct due diligence on prospective Business Combination candidates.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $1,276,908, which consisted primarily of $3,658,070 in earnings and gains on marketable securities held in the Trust Account and bank interest income of $5,051, partially offset by operating costs of $417,726, the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $1,209,742 and income tax expense of $758,745.
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had net income of $8,319,325, which consisted primarily of $8,655,743 the change in fair value of warrant liabilities, bank interest income of $22 and earnings and gains on marketable securities held in the trust account of $34,328, partially offset by operating costs of $370,768.
Contractual Obligations
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters are due $0.35 per Public Share, or $11,931,364 in the aggregate, as a deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to the financial statements required by Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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JOBS Act
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, the financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our IPO or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of March 31, 2023 because of a material weakness in our internal controls over designed and maintained effective controls relating to the financial statement close process which resulted in errors in the classification of investing activity in our statement of cash flows whereby we incorrectly classified interest earned and reinvested in money market mutual funds on the trust account within the cash flows from operating activities section on our statement of cash flows.
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our Chief Financial Officer performs additional post-closing review procedures including a review of the classification of earnings on the trust account and confirmation of amounts and balances with the trustee.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than the remediation plan above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A Risk Factors
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are any of the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023 and below. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023, except as set forth below. However, we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
If we are deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate the Company. To mitigate the risk of that result, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to our IPO, we may instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to liquidate the securities held in the trust account and instead hold all funds in the trust account in cash. As a result, following such change, we will likely receive minimal, if any, interest, on the funds held in the trust account, which would reduce the dollar amount that our public shareholders would have otherwise received upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company if the assets in the trust account had remained in U.S. government securities or money market funds.
On March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules (the “SPAC Rule Proposals”), relating, among other things, to circumstances in which SPACs such as us 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. To comply with the duration limitation of the proposed safe harbor, a SPAC would have 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 an initial business combination no later than 18 months after the effective date of the registration statement for its initial public offering. The company would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 24 months after the effective date of the registration statement for its initial public offering. We understand that the SEC has recently been taking informal positions regarding the Investment Company Act consistent with the SPAC Rule Proposals.
There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a SPAC, including a company like ours, that does not complete its initial business combination within the proposed time frame set forth in the proposed safe harbor rule. We completed our IPO in June 2021 and have operated as a blank check company searching for a target business with which to consummate an initial business combination since such time (or approximately 17 months after the effective date of our IPO, as of the date of this Quarterly Report). If we were deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we might be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate the Company. If we are required to liquidate the Company, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning shares in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our shares and warrants following such a transaction, and our warrants would expire worthless.
The funds in the trust account have, since our IPO, 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. As of March 31, 2023, amounts held in trust account included approximately $8.6 million of accrued interest. To mitigate the risk of us being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to our IPO, or June 10, 2023, 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 (i.e., in one or more bank accounts) until the earlier of the consummation of a business combination or our liquidation. Following such liquidation of the assets in our trust account, we will likely receive minimal interest, if any, on the funds held in the trust account, which would reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would have otherwise received upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company if the assets in the trust account had remained in U.S. government securities or money market funds. This means that the amount available for redemption will not increase in the future.
In addition, even prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement relating to our IPO, we may be deemed to be an investment company. The longer that the funds in the trust account are held in short-term U.S. government securities or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, even prior to the 24-month anniversary, there is a greater risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate. 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, and instead hold all funds in the trust account in cash, which would further reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or our liquidation.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits.
| * | These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized on this 15th day of May 2023.
| LOGISTICS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Isaac Applbaum | |
| Name: | Isaac Applbaum | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | ||
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