UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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Total Liabilities, Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Deficit | $ | | $ | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B ordinary shares and Class A ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption | ( | ( | ( | ( |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 8, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, including additional amounts deposited into trust | $ | | $ | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation, Liquidation and Going Concern
Model Performance Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a British Virgin Islands business company on January 8, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from January 8, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“IPO”), which is described below, and subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates 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 Company’s sponsor is First Euro Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Sponsor”).
The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on April 7, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On April 12, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of
On April 15, 2021, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional
Transaction costs of the IPO and the exercise of over-allotment option, amounted to $
Following the closing of the IPO and the exercise of over-allotment option, $
On March 29, 2022, using the loan amount received to date, the Company deposited into the Company’s trust account an additional $
On June 29, 2022, using the loan amount received to date, the Company deposited into the Company’s trust account an additional $
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On September 29, 2022, after the redemption as described below, the Company deposited into the Company’s trust account an additional $
Merger
The Company has entered into a merger agreement, dated as of August 6, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), which provides for a business combination between the Company and MultiMetaVerse Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“MMV”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the business combination will be effected in two steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the shareholders of the Company, the Company will reincorporate to British Virgin Islands by merging with and into Model Performance Mini Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“PubCo”), with PubCo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity (the “Reincorporation Merger”); and (ii) Model Performance Mini Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), will be merged with and into MMV resulting in MMV being a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
On January 6, 2022, each of the parties to the Merger Agreement and Avatar Group Holdings Limited entered into a First Amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment”). Under the Amendment, the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) will be extended to September 30, 2022 from December 31, 2021. The Amendment includes an amended covenant to procure equity financing in the aggregate amount of $
Simultaneously, MMV agrees to make to Company, and the Company agrees to borrow from MMV
On August 6, 2022, the Company has entered into certain subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with certain investor, pursuant to which such investor has committed to provide equity financing to the Company immediately prior to the closing of the business combination in the aggregate amount of $
On September 28, 2022, the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to amend its memorandum and articles of association, giving the Company the right to extend the Combination Period up to
On September 29, 2022, the Company, MMV and other named parties entered into the Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement pursuant to which the parties agreed to, among other things, the following:
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● | MMV to make an interest-free loan to the Company an aggregate principal amount of $ |
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On January 10, 2022, March 21, 2022, June 21, 2022, June 29, 2022 and September 30, 2022, the Company received loans for an aggregate of $
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $
The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the IPO were satisfied through the proceeds of $
On January 10, 2022, March 21, 2022, June 21, 2022, June 29, 2022 and September 30, the Company received loans for an aggregate of $
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of the acquisition plans. If the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing or draw on the Working Capital Loans (as defined below) either to complete a Business Combination or because it becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of the public shares upon consummation of the Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of the Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete the Business Combination because it does not have sufficient funds available, the Company will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following the Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, the Company may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet the obligations. This raises substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern.
In addition, in connection with the assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until April 12, 2023 (after three extensions and one potential extension for a quarter each since April 12, 2022, the initial expiration date) to consummate the proposed Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by this time. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after April 12, 2023. On August 6, 2021, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement, which provides for a business combination between the Company and MMV. The Company intends to complete the proposed Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any business combination by April 12, 2023.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Risks and Uncertainties
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (the “COVID-19 outbreak”). In March 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in exposure globally. The full impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company’s financial position will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and related advisories and restrictions. These developments and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the financial markets and the overall economy are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If the financial markets and/or the overall economy are impacted for an extended period, the Company’s financial position may be materially adversely affected. Additionally, the Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be materially adversely affected due to significant governmental measures being implemented to contain the COVID-19 outbreak or treat its impact, including travel restrictions, the shutdown of businesses and quarantines, among others, which may limit the Company’s ability to have meetings with potential investors or affect the ability of a potential target company’s personnel, vendors and service providers to negotiate and consummate an initial Business Combination in a timely manner. The Company’s ability to consummate an initial Business Combination may also be dependent on the ability to raise additional equity and debt financing, which may be impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting market downturn. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Additionally, as a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC (as defined below). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31, 2022.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC on April 15, 2022.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company”, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, ( the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
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In addition, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. The Company intends to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with US 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 and Cash Equivalents
As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the assets held in the Trust Account were held in institutional money market mutual funds and cash. The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage limit. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“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 features 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, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, on September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021,
All of the
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The Class A ordinary share is subject to SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur. Immediately upon the closing of the IPO, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable ordinary share resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the amount for Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected on the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
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On March 29, 2022, using the loan amount received to date, the Company deposited into the Company’s trust account an additional $
On June 29, 2022, using the loan amount received to date, the Company deposited into the Company’s trust account an additional $
On September 29, 2022, $
Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the 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 and were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO, while the offering costs attributable to private placement warrants are immaterial and not recorded. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2022, offering costs in the aggregate of $
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Income Taxes
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement’s recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.
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For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the British Virgin Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the British Virgin Islands. In accordance with British Virgin Islands federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Warrant Liability
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”. Derivative instruments are recorded at fair value on the grant date and re- valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative assets and 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.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate IPO proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, using the residual method by allocating IPO proceeds first to fair value of the warrants and then the Class A ordinary shares.
The Company accounts for the private placement warrants as warrant liabilities due to certain features contained in the warrant agreements that give rise to liability treatment. The public warrants are treated as equity as they do not meet the definition of a warrant liability.
Net Loss Per Share
The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. The
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Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for the Company and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold
On April 15, 2021, the underwriter fully exercised their over-allotment option with respect to the
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of
Simultaneously with the full exercise of over-allotment option, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of
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Note 5 — Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities
Fair value is defined as the price which would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-tier fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies is as follows:
Level 1 Inputs - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 Inputs - Unobservable inputs for determining the fair values of assets or liabilities that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities.
The following presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on non-recurring basis as of September 30, 2022:
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Asset: |
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Marketable securities held in Trust Account | $ | | $ | $ | $ | | ||||||
Total Asset | $ | | $ | $ | $ | | ||||||
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Warrant Liability | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Total Liability | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
The following presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2021:
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Asset: |
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Marketable securities held in Trust Account | $ | | $ | | $ | $ | | |||||
Total Asset | $ | | $ | | $ | $ | | |||||
Liability: | ||||||||||||
Warrant Liability | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Total Liability | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | |
The estimated fair value of the warrants is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a Monte-Carlo simulation model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility (pre-merger and post-merger), expected term, dividend yield and risk-free interest rate. The Company estimates the volatility of its ordinary shares based on management’s understanding of the volatility associated with instruments of other similar entities. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is simulated based on management assumptions regarding the timing and likelihood of completing a Business Combination. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates to remain at zero. Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants when the price per Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $
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The following table presents information about the Company’s liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
April 12, | December 31, | September 30, |
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Exercise price | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Stock price | $ | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Volatility | | % | | % | | % | ||||
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Risk-free rate | | | % | | % | |||||
Dividend yield | | |
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The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the warrant liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:
Warrant | |||
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Fair value as of December 31, 2021 | $ | | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ||
Fair value as of March 31, 2022 | $ | | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ||
Fair value as of June 30, 2022 | $ | | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ||
Fair value as of September 30, 2022 | $ | |
The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the warrant liability for the period from January 8, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 2021:
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Liability | |||
Fair value as of January 8, 2021 (inception) | $ | — | |
Initial fair value of warrant liability upon issuance at IPO |
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Initial fair value of warrant liability upon the exercise of over-allotment option |
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Change in fair value of warrant liability |
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Fair value as of June 30, 2021 | $ | | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ||
Fair value as of September 30, 2021 | $ | |
Note 6 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On January 13, 2021, the Company issued
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The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within such time period and (iv) the founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the initial Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights, as described in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. If the Company submits the initial Business Combination to the public shareholders for a vote, the Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree) to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the initial Business Combination.
Promissory Note - Related Party
On January 13, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, the Company may repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. 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 the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $
Administrative Support Agreement
Commencing on the date of the IPO, the Company will pay the Sponsor $
For the period from April 7, 2021 (“Effective Date”) through September 30, 2021, the Company incurred $
Note 7 — Promissory Note - MMV
On January 6, 2022, each of the parties to the Merger Agreement and Avatar Group Holdings Limited entered into a First Amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment”). Under the Amendment, MMV agrees to make to Company, and the Company agrees to borrow from MMV
On September 29, 2022, the Company, MMV and other named parties entered into the Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement pursuant to which, MMV agreed to make an interest-free loan to the Company for an aggregate principal amount of $
On January 10, 2022, March 21, 2022, June 21, 2022, June 29, 2022 and September 30, 2022, the Company received loans for an aggregate of $
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Note 8 — Commitments & Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of founder shares, Private Placement Units, shares being issued to the underwriters of the IPO, and units that may be issued on conversion of Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement 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 the Company’s Class A ordinary shares). The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a
On April 12, 2021, the Company paid a fixed underwriting fee of $
Representative’s Ordinary Shares
The Company has issued to Maxim Partners LLC and/or its designees,
The shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of
Right of First Refusal
For a period beginning on the closing of the IPO and ending 12 months from the closing of a Business Combination, the Company has granted Maxim a right of first refusal to act as lead-left book running manager and lead left placement agent for any and all future private or public equity, equity-linked, convertible and debt offerings during such period. In accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(6)(A), such right of first refusal shall not have a duration of more than three years from the commencement of sales in the IPO.
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Note 9 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of
Class B Ordinary Shares —The Company is authorized to issue a total of
Warrants— Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional ordinary shares 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 $
The warrants will become exercisable on the later of
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than
Once the public warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the public warrants:
● | in whole and not in part; |
● | at a price of $ |
● | upon not less than |
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● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A ordinary shares for any |
The Company has established the last of the redemption criterion discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the call a significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and the Company issues a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the Class A ordinary shares may fall below the $
If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, the management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise his, her or its warrant to do so on a “cashless basis.” In determining whether to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis,” the management will consider, among other factors, the Company’s cash position, the number of warrants that are outstanding and the dilutive effect on the Company’s shareholders of issuing the maximum number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants. If the management takes advantage of this option, all holders of warrants would pay the exercise price by surrendering their warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Class A ordinary shares for the
If the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a capitalization payable in Class A ordinary shares, or by a sub-division of Class A ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such capitalization, sub-division or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares. A rights offering to holders of Class A ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a capitalization of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per Class A ordinary share paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable for Class A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the
Rights
Each holder of a right will receive
(1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of the initial Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all Class A ordinary shares held by the holder in connection with the initial Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of an initial Business Combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the IPO. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the Class A ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into Class A ordinary share basis, and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive the share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Business Combination. More specifically, the right holder will be required to indicate its election to convert the rights into underlying shares as well as to return the original rights certificates to the Company.19
If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless.
As soon as practicable upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Company will direct registered holders of the rights to return their rights to the rights agent. Upon receipt of the rights, the rights agent will issue to the registered holder of such rights the number of full Class A ordinary shares to which it is entitled. The Company will notify registered holders of the rights to deliver their rights to the rights agent promptly upon consummation of such Business Combination and have been informed by the rights agent that the process of exchanging their rights for Class A ordinary shares should take no more than a matter of days. The foregoing exchange of rights is solely ministerial in nature and is not intended to provide the Company with any means of avoiding the Company’s obligation to issue the shares underlying the rights upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. Other than confirming that the rights delivered by a registered holder are valid, the Company will have no ability to avoid delivery of the shares underlying the rights. Nevertheless, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination.
The shares issuable upon conversion of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company’s). The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of British Virgin Island’s law. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of the investors’ rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. Other than described below, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
On November 3, 2022, the Company, Model Performance Mini Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Purchaser”), and Prominence Investment Management Ltd. (the “PIPE Investor”) entered into a subscription agreement (“Subscription Agreement”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investor has committed to purchase an aggregate of
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
References to the “Company,” “MPAC,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Model Performance Acquisition 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 consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the 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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a business company and incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement units, the proceeds of the sale of our securities in connection with our initial business combination, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination (as defined below) will be successful.
Business Combination Agreement
On August 6, 2021, MultiMetaVerse Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“MMV”), MPAC, certain shareholders of MMV (each, a “Principal Shareholder” and collectively the “Principal Shareholders”), Model Performance Mini Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Purchaser”) and Model Performance Mini Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Merger Sub”), entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”).
On January 6, 2022, each of the parties to the Merger Agreement and Avatar Group Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company controlled by certain Principal Shareholder (“Avatar”), entered into a First Amendment to Merger Agreement (the “First Amendment”).
The First Amendment includes an amended covenant for MMV to procure from additional reputable investors equity financing in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 to MPAC no later than 15 days prior to the closing date of the Business Combination (the “Closing Date”).
The First Amendment also includes the following new covenants:
● | MMV agrees to make to MPAC, and MPAC agrees to borrow from MMV three tranches of non-interest bearing loans in the aggregate principal amount of $2,750,000 (the “Company Loans”), all of which shall become repayable upon closing of the Business Combination, or if the Purchaser Parties (defined below) materially breach the Merger Agreement or the First Amendment and such breach has not been cured within fifteen (15) days after the Company’s receipt of such notice containing the details of breach; |
● | MPAC shall use the proceeds of MMV Loans for, among other things, working capital and to fund amounts required to extend the period of time for MPAC to consummate a Business Combination for up to two (2) times up to 18 months from the closing of its initial public offering (“MPAC’s Duration Period”); |
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● | prior to the expiration of the MPAC’s Duration Period, the MPAC shall hold a general meeting of shareholders to further extend the MPAC’s Duration Period (the “Further Extension Period”), and MMV shall bear and prepay MPAC in the form of additional loans to fund for any and all costs and expenses incurred (including costs from an increased redemption amount or additional premium paid or to be paid to the shareholders of MPAC); |
● | in the event that the closing of the Business Combination fails to occur within the MPAC’s Duration Period (inclusive of applicable Further Extension Period) due to reasons not directly attributable to MPAC, Purchaser and Merger Sub (collectively, the “Purchaser Parties”), Avatar shall pay MPAC a lump sum payment of $3,250,000 (the “No-Deal Payment”); and |
● | in the event that the closing of the Business Combination fails to occur on or prior to August 25, 2022, within five (5) business days after MMV’s receipt of relevant account details, MMV and Avatar shall (on a joint and several basis) deposit $2,900,000 of the No-Deal Payment into an escrow account designated by MPAC, the amount of which shall be released to MPAC, for satisfaction of the obligation of Avatar under the First Amendment. |
On September 29, 2022, each of the parties to the First Amendment entered into a Second Amendment to Merger Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to, among other things, the following:
● | extend the Outside Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) from September 30, 2022 to February 25, 2023; |
● | in order to facilitate the extension of the date by which MPAC has to consummate a Business Combination for up to two (2) times for an additional three (3) months each time, from October 12, 2022 to April 12, 2023, MMV agreed to loan to MPAC an aggregate principal amount of $525,000 in two tranches, all of which shall become repayable upon closing of the Business Combination, or if the Purchaser Parties materially breach the Merger Agreement or its amendments and such breach has not been cured within fifteen (15) days following receipt of a notice of such breach; and |
● | certain Principal Shareholders (the “Restricted Shareholders”) agreed that (i) an aggregate of 5,000,000 ordinary shares of their Closing Payment Shares (“Restricted Closing Payment Shares”) will be non-transferable and subject to forfeiture by the Reincorporation Surviving Corporation if the Release Event does not occur within 12 months following the Closing, (ii) such Restricted Closing Payment Shares shall vest and become transferable and non-forfeitable upon the successful creation of a new gameplay coupled with a public announcement regarding release of the new gameplay, whether through the introduction of a new mobile game or updates to an existing mobile game to revamp its gameplay and commercial appeal (the “Release Event”), with the determination of whether an event is deemed a Release Event to be determined by a majority vote of the independent directors of the board of the Reincorporation Surviving Corporation in their sole discretion; and (iii) until the vesting of the Restricted Closing Payment Shares, such Restricted Closing Payment Shares shall be held in escrow in accordance with certain Share Restriction Agreements to be entered between the Purchaser and each of the Restricted Shareholders prior to the closing of the Business Combination. |
The foregoing descriptions of the Merger Agreement, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, respectively. Copies of the Merger Agreement, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment are further described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 30, 2022 as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, respectively, and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.
On September 28, 2022, MPAC’s shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to amend its memorandum and articles of association. In connection with the meeting, 3,508,994 Class A ordinary shares were tendered for redemption. On September 29, 2022, $36,343,194 was paid from the Trust Account to public shareholders for redemption of 3,508,994 Class A ordinary shares, and $224,101 was deposited into the trust account by MPAC, to extend the Combination Period from October 12, 2022 to January 12, 2023. Following such redemptions and the deposit, the amount of funds remaining in the trust account is approximately $23.4 million.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through September 30, 2022 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the Initial Public Offering. We expect that we will incur
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increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net loss of $370,812 which consisted of formation and operating expenses $633,462, offset by interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $256,391, change in fair value of warrant liability of $6,259.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net loss of $970,865 which consisted of formation and operating expenses $1,350,364, offset by interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $336,532, change in fair value of warrant liability of $42,967.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $195,224, which consists of formation and operation costs of $201,875, offset by the change in fair value of private warrants of $5,187 and trust interest income of $1,464.
For the period from January 8, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $264,270, which consists of formation and operation costs of $332,852, offset by the change in fair value of private warrants of $66,450 and trust interest income of $2,132.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On April 12, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 5,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share (“Ordinary Share”), one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Warrant”) with each whole warrant entitling its holder to purchase one Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50, and one right (“Right”) to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Company granted the underwriters of the IPO (the “Underwriters”) a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 units at the IPO price to cover over-allotments, which was subsequently exercised on April 12, 2021 (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $50,000,000. On April 15, 2021, the Over-Allotment Option closed. The total aggregate issuance by the Company of the Over- Allotment Option Units at a price of $10.00 per unit resulted in total gross proceeds of $7,500,000. On April 15, 2021, simultaneously with the sale of the Over-Allotment Option Units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 22,500 private Units, generating gross proceeds of $225,000. The Private Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.
Following the Initial Public Offering, the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the exercise of over-allotment option, a total of $58,075,000 was placed in the Trust Account. As of September 30, 2022, we had $442,450 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering, and available for working capital purposes. We incurred $4,120,737 in transaction costs, including $1,150,000 of underwriting fees, $2,012,500 of deferred underwriting fees and $496,269 of other offering costs and $461,968 of fair value of 57,500 representative’s ordinary shares.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, cash and cash equivalents used in operating activities was $1,205,276. Net loss of $970,865 was affected by noncash charges related to interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $336,532, change in fair value of warrant liability of $42,967 and cash used in operating activities of $145,088.
For the period from January 8, 2021 (inception) to September 30, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $205,533. Net loss of $264,270 was affected by noncash charges related to formation costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares of $3,725, interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $2,132, change in fair value of warrant liability of 66,450 and cash used in operating activities of $123,594.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had cash of $442,450 available for working capital needs.
Our liquidity needs have been satisfied to date through receipt of $25,001 from the sale of the insider shares, advances from our sponsor and an affiliate of our sponsor in an aggregate amount of $200,000, which was cancelled in connection with the Private Placement and not outstanding as of December 31, 2021, and, following the IPO, the remaining net proceeds from our IPO and Private Placements.
On January 10, 2022, March 21, 2022, June 21, 2022, June 29, 2022 and September 30, 2022, we received loans for an aggregate of $2,684,975, from MMV.
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We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. If the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing or draw on the Working Capital Loans (as defined below) either to complete a Business Combination or because it becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of the public shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our Business Combination. If we are unable to complete the Business Combination because it does not have sufficient funds available, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following the Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
In addition, in connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” we have until April 12, 2023 (after three extensions and one potential extension for a quarter each since April 12, 2022, the initial expiration date) to consummate the proposed Business Combination. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by this time. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after April 12, 2023. On August 6, 2021, we entered into a Merger Agreement, which provides for a business combination between us and MMV. We intend to complete the proposed Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to consummate any business combination by April 12, 2023.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non- financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities other than an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on April 12, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, or $2,012,500. The deferred fee will be payable in cash to the underwriters solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Pursuant to the Amendments, MMV will provide certain interest-free loans with an aggregate principal amount of $3,275,000 to us to fund any amount that may be required in order to extend the period of time available for us to consummate a business combination and for our working capital. Such loans will only become repayable upon the Closing of the Business Combination. As of September 30, 2022 we received $2,684,975 under such loan.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:
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Warrant Liability
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”. Derivative instruments are recorded at fair value on the grant date and re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. Derivative assets and 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.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate IPO proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, using the residual method by allocating IPO proceeds first to fair value of the warrants and then the Class A ordinary shares.
The Company accounts for the private placement warrants as warrant liabilities due to certain features contained in the warrant agreements that give rise to liability treatment. The public warrants are treated as equity as they do not meet the definition of a warrant liability.
Net Loss Per Share
We have two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. The 3,021,250 and 0 potential common shares for outstanding warrants to purchase our stock were excluded from diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from January 8, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 respectively, because the warrants are contingently exercisable, and the contingencies have not yet been met. As a result, diluted net loss per common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for the periods.
Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-06 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As smaller reporting company we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Quarterly Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of September 30, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of a material in our internal control over financial reporting described below in “Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter of September 30, 2022 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management has identified a material weakness in internal controls over financial reporting related to the Company’s accounting for complex financial instruments, as described above. In light of the material weakness identified and the resulting restatement, although we have processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements, we plan to enhance our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements. Our plans at this time include providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and documents and increased communication among our personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As smaller reporting company we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
The registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for our Initial Public Offering was declared effective on April 7, 2021. On April 12, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 5,000,000 units (“Units”) Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share (“Ordinary Share”), one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Warrant”) with each whole warrant entitling its holder to purchase one Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50, and one right (“Right”) to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Company granted the underwriters of the IPO (the “Underwriters”) a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 units at the IPO price to cover over- allotments, which was subsequently exercised on April 12, 2021 (the “Over-Allotment Option”). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $50,000,000 and incurring offering costs of approximately $2 million, inclusive of approximately $1 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
On April 15, 2021, the Over-Allotment Option closed. The total aggregate issuance by the Company of the Over-Allotment Option Units at a price of $10.00 per unit resulted in total gross proceeds of $7,500,000. On April 15, 2021, simultaneously with the sale of the Over-Allotment Option Units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 22,500 private Units, generating gross proceeds of $225,000. The private Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement (including the exercise of the over-allotment option) $58,075,000 ($10.10 per share) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and held as cash or invested only in U.S. “government securities,” within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting certain conditions 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 a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
We paid a total of approximately $1 million in underwriting fees and commissions (not including the 3.5% deferred underwriting commission payable at the consummation of the initial business combination) and approximately $0.5 million for other costs and expenses related to our formation and the Initial Public Offering.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit |
| Description |
101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |
101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit) |
* | 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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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: November 14, 2022 | MODEL PERFORMANCE ACQUISITION CORP. | |
By: | /s/ Claudius Tsang | |
Name: | Claudius Tsang | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (Principal Executive Officer) | |
By: | /s/ Serena Shie | |
Name: | Serena Shie | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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