GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP. I References to the "Company," "our," "us" or "we" refer to
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report 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
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on
The issuance of additional shares in a Business Combination:
• may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the Public
Offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions
in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A
ordinary shares on a greater than
one-to-one
basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;
• may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if
preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our
Class A ordinary shares;
• could cause a change in control if a substantial number of our Class A
ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our
ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could
result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and
directors;
• may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us
by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to
obtain control of us;
• may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, Class A
ordinary shares and/or warrants; and may not result in adjustment to the
exercise price of our warrants.
Similarly, if we issue debt or otherwise incur significant debt, it could result
in:
• default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an
initial Business Combination are insufficient to repay our debt
obligations;
• acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make
all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain
covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or
reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
• our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if
the debt is payable on demand;
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• our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt
contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while
the debt is outstanding;
• our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;
• using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and
interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends
on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital
expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
• limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in
our business and in the industry in which we operate;
• increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry
and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;
and
• limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses,
capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution
of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to
our competitors who have less debt.
As indicated in the accompanying condensed financial statements, as of
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
Our entire activity from
For the three months ended
For the period from
As discussed further in Note 5 to the financial statements (and below), the Company accounts for its outstanding Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as derivative liabilities in the accompanying financial statements. As a result, the Company is required to measure the fair value of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants at the end of each reporting period and recognize changes in the fair value from the prior period in the Company's operating results for each current period.
In addition, since we are organized as an exempt company in the
Liquidity and Going Concern
Our liquidity needs were satisfied prior to the completion of the Public
Offering through (i)
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The net proceeds from (i) the sale of the Units in the Public Offering, after
deducting offering expenses of approximately
We believe that we have sufficient working capital at
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account,
including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less
taxes payable and deferred underwriting commissions) to complete our initial
Business Combination. We may withdraw interest income (if any) to pay income
taxes, if any. Since we are an exempt
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds following the Public
Offering in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business
prior to our initial Business Combination, other than funds available from loans
from our Sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team. However, if
our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking
in-depth
due diligence and negotiating an initial Business Combination are less than the
actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to
operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. In order to fund
working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an
intended initial Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our
Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to,
loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial Business
Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust
Account released to us. In the event that our 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 our Trust Account
would be used for such repayment. Up to
We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include
approximately
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These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a "no-shop" provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from "shopping" around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed Business Combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a "no-shop" provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific Business Combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial Business Combination, either because the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our Trust Account, or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon completion of the Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. If we have not consummated our initial Business Combination within the required time period because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP 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. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:
Basis of Presentation:
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements of the Company
are presented in GAAP pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's final prospectus datedOctober 22, 2021 , as well as the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed onMarch 16, 2022 .
All dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.
Emerging Growth Company:
The Company is an "emerging growth company," as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by 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, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
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Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when an accounting 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.
Net Loss per Ordinary Share:
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, "Earnings Per Share." Net income or loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income or loss applicable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period plus, to the extent dilutive, the incremental number of ordinary shares to settle warrants, as calculated using the treasury stock method.
The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 20,500,000 Class A ordinary shares in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted income (loss) per ordinary share is the same as basic income (loss) per ordinary share for the period presented.
At
The following table reflects the net income per share after allocating income between the shares based on outstanding shares.
March 31, 2022 Class A Class B
Numerator:
Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share: Allocation of income - basic and diluted$ 2,992,000 $ 748,000
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares: 20,000,000 5,000,000
Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share
Cash and cash equivalents:
The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturities of three
months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents. The Company has no cash
equivalents at
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 of
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Financial Instruments:
The fair value of the Company's assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures," approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair Value Measurements
The Company complies with FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,
for its financial assets and liabilities that are
re-measured
and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and
non-financial
assets and liabilities that are
re-measured
and reported at fair value at least annually.
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset
or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value
hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The
hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers
include:
• Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted)
for identical instruments in active markets;
• Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets
that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices
for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical
or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
• Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data
exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions,
such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more
significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at
least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition,
situation or set of circumstances that existed as of
Offering Costs:
The Company complies with the requirements of the FASB ASC
340-10-S99-1
and
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Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption:
All of the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold on
The Company recognizes changes immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of the securities at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable Class A ordinary shares are affected by adjustments to additional paid-in capital. Accordingly, atMarch 31, 2022 andDecember 31, 2021 , 20,000,000 of the 20,000,000 Public Shares were classified outside of permanent equity. Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption consist of: Gross proceeds of Public Offering$ 200,000,000 Less: Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants (7,900,000 ) Offering costs (11,234,000 )
Plus: Accretion of carrying value to redemption value 23,134,000
Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption$ 204,000,000
Income Taxes:
FASB ASC 740 "Income Taxes" prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions 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. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as ofMarch 31, 2022 andDecember 31, 2021 . The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties atMarch 31, 2022 andDecember 31, 2021 . 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 is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. The Company is considered an exemptedCayman Islands company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in theCayman Islands orthe United States . As such, the Company's tax provision was zero for the periods presented.
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 740, "Income Taxes". Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
Derivative Financial Instruments:
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815, "Derivatives and Hedging." For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value upon issuance, and the liability is then re-valued at each reporting date, as determined by the Company based upon a valuation report obtained from its independent third-party valuation firm, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. There were no derivative financial instruments as ofMarch 31, 2022 andDecember 31, 2021 . 23
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
InAugust 2020 , the FASB issued 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 effectiveJanuary 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning onJanuary 1, 2021 . The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the pronouncement will have on the financial statements.
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.
Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the date of the balance sheet through the date that the financial statements were issued. All such events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements have been recognized or disclosed.
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