BACKGROUND
We are a blank check company formed in Delaware on September 11, 2020, for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
As of the record date of the Meeting, there were 1,953,422 shares of Class A common stock and 6,250,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding. In addition, we issued warrants to purchase 8,333,333 shares of Class A common stock as part of our IPO and warrants to purchase 4,933,333 shares of Class A common stock as part of the private placement with the Sponsor that we consummated simultaneously with the consummation of our IPO. Each whole warrant entitles its holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our Business Combination and expire five years after the completion of our Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants at a price of $0.01 per warrant, if the reported closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third business day before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. The Private Placement Warrants, however, are non-redeemable so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees.
As of March 31, 2023, approximately $20.2 million was held in our Trust Account in a demand deposit account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Business Combination, the Sponsor has committed, (i) unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of up to $1,944,000 issued for working capital purposes made by the Sponsor, of which approximately $1,359,222 was outstanding as of March 31, 2023; (ii) the Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $1,500,000 in connection with working capital loans made by the Sponsor and payment of transaction costs and expenses in connection with the Business Combination, for working capital requirements, of which approximately $1,500,000 was outstanding as of March 31, 2023; and (iii) a promissory note in the principal amount of up to $468,821 to the Sponsor pursuant to in connection with the extension approved by the Special Meeting, of which approximately $156,273 was outstanding as of March 31, 2023. At any time prior to payment in full of the principal balance of the Convertible Promissory Note, the Sponsor may elect to convert all or any portion of the unpaid principal balance into that number of Conversion Warrants, each exercisable for one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, equal to: (x) the portion of the principal amount of the Convertible Promissory Note being converted, divided by (y) $1.50, rounded up to the nearest whole number of warrants. The Conversion Warrants and their underlying securities are entitled to certain demand and piggyback registration rights as set forth in the Convertible Promissory Note.
The TriSalus Business Combination
As previously announced on our Current Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2022 as well as the TriSalus Registration Statement filed with the SEC on January 6, 2023, on November 11, 2022, we entered into the TriSalus Merger Agreement with Merger Sub and TriSalus, pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into TriSalus, with TriSalus surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of us, and with TriSalus’ equity holders receiving shares of our common stock. Upon consummation of the TriSalus Business Combination, we will be renamed “TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.”
As a result of the approval be the special meeting of our stockholders held on December 12, 2022, the date by which we must consummate our Business Combination has been extended from December 22, 2022 to June 22, 2023 (or such earlier date as determined by our Board). While we are using our best efforts to complete the TriSalus Business Combination as soon as practicable, our Board currently believes that there may not be sufficient time before June 22, 2023 to consummate the TriSalus Business Combination. Accordingly, our Board has determined that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate the Business Combination to the Extended Date in order to provide the