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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                    to                   

Commission File Number 001-40167

IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   

Delaware

85-3901431

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

3rd Floor Zephyr House122 Mary Street, George Town

PO Box 10085

Grand Cayman KY1-1001, Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (619) 567 9955

Tribe Capital Growth Corp I

2700 19th Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

    

Trading Symbol(s)

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-fourth of one Redeemable Warrant

IRAAU

The Nasdaq Capital Market LLC

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

IRAA

The Nasdaq Capital Market LLC

Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50

IRAAW

The Nasdaq Capital Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES   NO 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). YES   NO 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

 Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

 Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

 

 

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by the check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES   NO 

As of August 18, 2022, there were 27,600,000 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding, and 6,900,000 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.

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IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

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Page

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Condensed Financial Statements

Condensed Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021

1

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

2

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

3

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021

4

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

5

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

18

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

21

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

21

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

23

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

23

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

23

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

23

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

23

Item 5.

Other Information

23

Item 6.

Exhibits

24

SIGNATURES

25

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

June 30, 2022

December 31, 2021

    

(Unaudited)

    

Assets

Current assets

Cash

$

50,429

$

336,228

Due from Sponsor

1,256

1,256

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

334,917

 

84,438

Total current assets

386,602

421,922

Investments held in Trust Account

275,816,671

276,016,842

Total Assets

$

276,203,273

$

276,438,764

 

 

Liabilities, Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

1,406,693

$

1,090,389

Due to related party

75,000

90,000

Franchise tax payable

300,000

200,000

Promissory note – related party

300,000

Total current liabilities

2,081,693

1,380,389

Deferred underwriting fee payable

 

9,660,000

 

9,660,000

Warrant liability

 

1,924,300

 

10,529,510

Total Liabilities

13,665,993

 

21,569,899

 

  

 

  

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)

 

  

 

  

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 27,600,000 shares at redemption value at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

275,816,671

276,000,000

 

  

 

  

Stockholders’ Deficit

 

  

 

  

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 280,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 27,600,000 shares subject to possible redemption) at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

 

Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 6,900,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

690

 

690

Additional paid-in capital

 

140,000

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(13,420,081)

 

(21,131,825)

Total Stockholders’ Deficit

 

(13,279,391)

 

(21,131,135)

Total Liabilities, Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders' Deficit

$

276,203,273

$

276,438,764

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended June 30, 

Six Months Ended June 30, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2022

    

2021

Formation and operating costs

$

291,993

$

395,233

$

876,623

$

793,254

Loss from operations

(291,993)

(395,233)

(876,623)

(793,254)

Other income (expense):

Change in fair value of warrant liability

4,211,660

229,859

8,605,210

(430,086)

Interest income on marketable securities held in Trust Account

161,103

4,310

167,910

4,310

Unrealized loss on investments held in Trust Account

(368,082)

(368,082)

Offering costs

(606,622)

Excess of fair value of Private Warrants over proceeds received

(298,825)

Total other income (expense)

4,004,681

234,169

8,405,038

(1,331,223)

Net income (loss)

$

3,712,688

$

(161,064)

$

7,528,415

$

(2,124,477)

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A common stock subject to possible redemption

 

27,600,000

 

27,600,000

 

27,600,000

27,600,000

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class A common stock subject to possible redemption

$

0.11

$

(0.00)

$

0.22

$

(0.06)

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B common stock

 

6,900,000

 

6,900,000

 

6,900,000

 

6,900,000

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B common stock

$

0.11

$

(0.00)

$

0.22

$

(0.06)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2022

Class B

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Stockholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Deficit

Balance - December 31, 2021

6,900,000

$

690

$

$

(21,131,825)

$

(21,131,135)

Net income

3,815,727

3,815,727

Balance as of March 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

6,900,000

690

(17,316,098)

(17,315,408)

Forgiveness of payable due to an affiliate of the Sponsor

140,000

140,000

Remeasurement of Class A common stock to redemption amount

 

 

 

183,329

 

183,329

Net income

3,712,688

3,712,688

Balance as of June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

6,900,000

$

690

$

140,000

$

(13,420,081)

$

(13,279,391)

THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2021

Class B

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Stockholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Equity (Deficit)

Balance - December 31, 2020

6,900,000

$

690

$

24,310

$

(1,302)

$

23,698

Remeasurement of shares of Class A common stock to redemption amount

(24,310)

(25,500,182)

(25,524,492)

Net loss

(1,963,413)

(1,963,413)

Balance as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

6,900,000

690

(27,464,897)

(27,464,207)

Net loss

(161,064)

(161,064)

Balance as of June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

6,900,000

$

690

$

$

(27,625,961)

$

(27,625,271)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

Six Months Ended June 30,

    

2022

    

2021

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    

  

Net income (loss)

$

7,528,415

$

(2,124,477)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

Excess of fair value of Private Warrants over proceeds received

298,825

(Gain) loss on change in fair value of warrant liability

(8,605,210)

430,086

Interest earned on cash and Investments held in Trust Account

(167,910)

(4,310)

Unrealized loss on Investments held in Trust Account

368,082

Offering Costs

606,622

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(250,479)

 

(320,607)

Due from Sponsor

(1,068)

Franchise tax payable

 

100,000

 

100,000

Due to related party

125,000

55,752

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

316,303

100,049

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(585,799)

 

(859,128)

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

Cash Deposited in Trust Account

(276,000,000)

Net cash used in investing activities

(276,000,000)

 

  

 

  

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

  

 

  

Proceeds from sale of Units, net of offering costs

 

 

275,552,107

Proceeds from issuance of Private Warrants

7,520,000

Payment of underwriter discount

(5,520,000)

Proceeds from promissory note – related party

300,000

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

300,000

 

277,552,107

 

 

  

Net Change in Cash

 

(285,799)

 

692,979

Cash, beginning of period

 

336,228

 

Cash, end of period

$

50,429

$

692,979

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash operating and financing activities:

 

 

Initial classification of warrant liabilities

$

$

18,023,221

Deferred underwriting fee payable charged to additional paid-in capital

$

$

9,660,000

Accretion of Class A common stock subject to redemption value

$

183,329

$

25,524,492

Forgiveness of payable due to an affiliate of the Sponsor

$

140,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

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IRIS ACQUISITION CORP

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Iris Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) formally known as Tribe Capital Growth Corp (name of the Company changed on July 27th, 2022), is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on November 5, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and it has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with the Company.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from November 5, 2020 (inception) through June 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering described below (the “IPO”), 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 its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO and unrealized gains and losses on the change in fair value of its warrants.

The Company’s sponsor is Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC (formerly known as Tribe Arrow Holdings I LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on March 4, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On March 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 27,600,000 units (the “Units”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,600,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 5,013,333 warrants (the “Private Warrants”) to the Sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a price of $1.50 per Private Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $7,520,000, which is discussed in Note 4. Each warrant (including the Private Warrants and the warrants included as part of the Units) entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share.

Transaction costs for the IPO amounted to $15,627,893 (consisting of $5,520,000 of underwriting discount, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $447,893 of other offering costs ) were recognized, of which $606,622 was (i) allocated to the public warrants and Private Warrants and (ii) included in the statements of operations, and $15,021,271 was charged directly to stockholders’ equity.

Following the closing of the IPO on March 9, 2021, $276,000,000 (approximately $10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO, including the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants, was deposited in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will be invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay franchise taxes, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) without a stockholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, in its sole discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of income taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein. The amount in the Trust Account is initially approximately $10.00 per public share. The per share amount the Company will distribute

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to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the representative of the underwriters.

The shares of common stock subject to redemption are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”). In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

The Company will have only 24 months from the closing of the IPO to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). However, if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of income taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.  

The Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and public shares they hold in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and public shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, and (iv) vote any Founder Shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the initial Business Combination.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share, due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

The Company consummated its IPO on March 9, 2021. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $50,429 and $336,228 in its operating bank account, and negative working capital of approximately $1,395,091 and $758,467, respectively, which excludes $300,000 and $200,000 of franchise taxes payable which may be paid from interest earned on the Trust Account. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company with Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no Working Capital Loans outstanding.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, management has determined that the Company has and will continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our

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initial Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial 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 initial Business Combination. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Accounts. In addition, following our initial Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by March 8, 2023, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution as well as the Company’s working capital deficit raise substantial doubt about the Company’s 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 the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2022. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022 or for any future interim periods.

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Emerging Growth Company Status

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies 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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s condensed financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had operating cash (i.e, cash held outside the Trust Account) of $50,429 and $336,228, respectively.

Investments Held in Trust Account

Investments held in Trust Account are consist of U.S. Treasury Bills which are characterized as Level 1 investments within the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 (as defined below). These investments are classified as trading securities for which interest earned and unrealized and realized gains and losses are included in the condensed statements of operations.

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 $250,000. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its shares of common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock 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 a component of temporary equity. At all other times, shares of common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock

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features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Stock

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Earnings and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the IPO and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 14,437,500 of the Company’s Class A common stocks in the calculation of diluted income per share, since their exercise is contingent upon future events. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock is the same as basic net income (loss) per share of common stock for the periods. Accretion of the carrying value of Class A common stocks to redemption value is excluded from net income per common stock because the redemption value approximates fair value. The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for each class of common stock:

    

Three Months Ended

Three Months Ended

    

Six Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2021

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2021

    

Class A

    

Class B

    

Class A

    

Class B

    

Class A

    

Class B

    

Class A

    

Class B

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:

Numerator:

Net income (loss)

$

2,970,150

$

742,538

$

(128,851)

$

(32,213)

$

6,022,732

$

1,505,683

$

(1,699,582)

$

(424,895)

Denominator:

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding

27,600,000

6,900,000

27,600,000

6,900,000

27,600,000

6,900,000

27,600,000

6,900,000

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share

$

0.11

$

0.11

$

(0.00)

$

(0.00)

$

0.22

$

0.22

$

(0.06)

$

(0.06)

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. Offering costs are charged to stockholders’ equity or the statement of operations based on the relative value of the Public Warrants to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the IPO. Offering costs totaled $15,627,893 (consisting of $5,520,000 of underwriting discount, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $447,893 of other offering costs) were recognized, of which $606,622 was (i) allocated to the public warrants and Private Warrants and (ii) included in the statement of operations, and $15,021,271 was charged directly to stockholders’ equity.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). 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. The Company has determined that the warrants are a derivative instrument.

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ASC Topic 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 common stock and warrants, using the residual method by allocating IPO proceeds first to fair value of the warrants and then the Class A common stock.

Fair Value Measurements

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.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the condensed financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carryforwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s condensed financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for condensed financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of June 30, 2022 and December 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 has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company’s management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.

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Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business objectives and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s condensed financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these condensed financial statements. The condensed 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. Further, 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 unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

On March 9, 2021, the Company sold 27,600,000 units, which includes 3,600,000 units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO, March 9, 2021, and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation (see Note 6).

The Company paid an underwriting fee at the closing of the IPO of $5,520,000. As of March 9, 2021, an additional fee of $9,660,000 (see Note 6) was deferred and will become payable upon the Company’s completion of an initial Business Combination. The deferred portion of the fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its initial Business Combination.

All of the 27,600,000 shares of Class A common stock sold as part of the units in the IPO contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such shares of Class A common stock in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s certificate of incorporation. In accordance with SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity.

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The Class A common stock 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 common stock resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the common stock reflected on the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

Gross proceeds from IPO

    

$

276,000,000

Less:

 

  

Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants

 

(10,503,221)

Common stock issuance costs

 

(15,021,271)

Plus:

 

  

Accretion of carrying value to redemption value

 

25,524,492

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2021

276,000,000

Less: Accretion of carrying value to redemption value

(183,239)

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as June 30, 2022

$

275,816,671

Warrants — Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed herein. In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the initial stockholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the initial stockholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s Class A common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 12 months from the closing of the IPO or 30 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, it will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A common stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so

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elects, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption for cash:

in whole and not in part;
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder (the “30-day redemption period”); and
if, and only if, the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing once the warrants become exercisable and ending three business days before the Company sends to the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company for cash, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor and Cantor purchased an aggregate of 5,013,333 Private Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of $7,520,000, in a private placement. Each Private Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the private placement was added to the proceeds from the IPO held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Warrants will expire worthless.

The Private Warrants are identical to the public warrants included as part of the Units sold in the IPO except that they will be non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis for as long as the Private Warrants are held by the Sponsor or Cantor, the representative of the underwriters, or its permitted transferees. Additionally, for so long as the Private Warrants are held by Cantor or its designees or affiliates, they may not be exercised after five years from the commencement of sales of the IPO.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

In December 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain offering costs in consideration for 5,750,000 Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Founder Shares”). In February 2021, the Company effected a stock dividend of 0.2 shares for each share of Class B common stock outstanding, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 6,900,000 Founder Shares (up to an aggregate of 900,000 of which were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock dividend. As a result of the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option, the 900,000 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.

The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of its stockholders having the right to exchange their Class A common stock for cash, securities or other property (the “lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released from the lock-up.

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Promissory Note — Related Party

On December 31, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of June 30, 2021 or the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. The loan was to be repaid upon the closing of the IPO out of the $1,000,000 of offering proceeds that had been allocated to the payment of offering expenses. The Promissory Note is no longer available to the Company.

On May 27, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to a loan the Company up to $300,000 for working capital purposes. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are to be repaid by December 31, 2022.

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or 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 on a non-interest bearing basis (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. 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 1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Warrants. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.

Administrative Support Agreement

Subsequent to the closing of the IPO, the Company began paying an affiliate of the Sponsor, Tribe Capital Markets LLC (“Tribe”) $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services provided to members of the Company’s management team. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company incurred $20,000 and $50,000 of administrative service fees, respectively, which are included in formation and operating costs on the unaudited condensed statements of operations. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, $0 and $90,000 related to this agreement is recorded in due to related party on the condensed balance sheets.

On June 1, 2022, Tribe withdrew as a member of the Sponsor. In conjunction with its withdrawal as a member, Tribe resigned as the managing member of the Sponsor effective June 1, 2022. Members holding a majority of the membership interest in the Sponsor appointed Arrow Multi Asset Fund – Arrow SP6 (“Arrow”) as the managing member of the Sponsor effective June 1, 2022. Following the withdrawal of Tribe as a member of the Sponsor, the $140,000 of administrative expense payable as of June 1, 2022 was forgiven and reclassified as a capital contribution.

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the (i) Founder Shares, which were issued in a private placement prior to the closing of the IPO, (ii) Private Warrants, which were issued in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and the shares of Class A common stock underlying such Private Warrants and (iii) Private Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the Company’s securities held by them pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the Effective Date. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding Form S-3 demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Company’s completion of its initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

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Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3.5% (or $9,660,000) of the gross proceeds of the IPO upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination.

NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Preferred stock—The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 and with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At both June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Class A common stock—The Company is authorized to issue 280,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At both June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 27,600,000 shares issued and outstanding, all of which are subject to possible redemption.

Class B common stock—The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At both June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 6,900,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.

Stockholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Holders of Class A common stock and holders of Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders except as required by law. Unless specified in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or as required by applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or applicable stock exchange rules, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Company’s shares of common stock that are voted is required to approve any such matter voted on by its stockholders.

The Class B common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the total number of Class A common stock outstanding after such conversion, including the total number of shares of Class A common stock issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding (i) any shares of Class A common stock redeemed by public stockholders in connection with the initial Business Combination and (ii) any Class A common stock or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A common stock issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans; provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.

NOTE 8. INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was 0.0%. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was 0.0%. The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the statutory income tax rate of 21% primarily due to the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities and change in the valuation allowance. The Company has used a discrete effective tax rate method to calculate taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. The Company believes that, at this time, the use of the discrete method for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 is appropriate as the estimated annual effective tax rate method.

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NOTE 9. RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company’s warrant liabilities were valued at $1,924,300 and $10,529,510, respectively. Under the guidance in ASC 815-40, the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment. As such, the warrants must be recorded on the condensed balance sheets at fair value. This valuation is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each re-measurement, the warrant valuation will be adjusted to fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s condensed statements of operations.

All of the Company’s permitted investments are held in a money market fund. Fair values of these investments are determined by Level 1 inputs utilizing quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets. The Company’s warrant liability for the Private Placement Warrants is based on a valuation model utilizing management judgment and pricing inputs from observable and unobservable markets with less volume and transaction frequency than active markets. Significant deviations from these estimates and inputs could result in a material change in fair value. The fair value of the Private Placement Warrant liability is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s warrant liability for the Public Warrants is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. The fair value of the Public Warrant liability is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Public Warrants were reclassified from a Level 3 to a Level 1 classification.

The following table presents fair value information as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

Description

    

Amount at Fair Value

    

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

June 30, 2022

Assets:

Investments held in Trust Account:

 

  

  

 

  

  

Money Market investments

$

275,780,634

$

275,780,634

$

$

Liabilities:

Public Warrants

$

1,097,100

$

1,097,100

$

$

Private Warrants

$

827,200

$

$

$

827,200

December 31, 2021

Assets:

Investments held in Trust Account:

Money Market Funds

$

276,016,842

$

276,016,842

$

Liabilities:

Public Warrants

$

5,934,690

$

5,934,690

$

Private Warrants

$

4,594,820

$

4,594,820

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Measurement - The Company established the initial fair value for the warrants on March 9, 2021, the date of the consummation of the IPO. On June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the fair value was remeasured. For March 9, 2021, neither the Public Warrants nor the Private Placement Warrants were separately traded on an open market. As such, the Company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to value the Warrants. In May 2021, the Public Warrants were separately traded in the open market and the valuation for the Public Warrants was based on unadjusted quoted prices at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. For June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to value the Private Placement Warrants.

The key inputs into the Monte Carlo simulation model for the Warrants were as follows at initial measurement, June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

March 9, 2021 (Initial

    

June 30, 2022

    

December 31, 2021

    

Measurement)

Risk-free interest rate

3.02

%

1.30

%

1.09

%

Expected term (years)

5.73

5.40

6.31

Expected volatility

14.4

%

13.6

%

24.3

%

Exercise Price

11.50

11.50

11.50

The change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities classified as Level 3 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31,2021 is summarized as follows:

Fair value at January 1, 2021

    

$

Issuance due to initial public offering

18,322,046

Public Warrants reclassified to level 1

(9,108,000)

Change in fair value

(4,619,226)

Fair value at December 31, 2021

4,594,820

Change in fair value

 

(1,977,860)

Fair value at March 31, 2022

2,616,960

Change in fair value

(1,789,760)

Fair value at June 30, 2022

$

827,200

NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On June 1, 2022, Tribe Capital Markets LLC (“Tribe”) withdrew as a member of the Sponsor. In connection with the withdrawal of Tribe as a member of the Sponsor: (1) on July 26, 2022, the following actions occurred (i) Arjun Sethi resigned in his capacity as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iris Acquisition Corp (formerly known as Tribe Capital Growth Corp I), (ii) Henry Ward resigned from his role as an independent director of the Company, (iii) Omar Chohan resigned from his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and (v) Ted Maidenberg resigned from his role as Secretary of the Company; and (2) on July 27, 2022 the following actions occurred (i) the Sponsor changed its name from Tribe Arrow Holdings I LLC to Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC, and (ii) the Company’s strategy to identify a target business was revised as described in Item 8.01 of its Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2022. The director and officer departures were not the result of any disagreement between the Company and such individuals on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

Effective July 26, 2022, the board of directors of the Company appointed (i) Sumit Mehta to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, (ii) Lisha Parmar to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Omkar Halady to serve as the Vice President of the Company. Also, Rohit Nanani was elevated from member to Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Iris Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC (formerly known as Tribe Arrow Holdings I LLC). The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) that are not historical facts and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated on November 5, 2020 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial business combination (pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of our initial public offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing. The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective by the SEC on March 4, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On March 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 27,600,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of $276,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant entitling its holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Warrant Purchase Agreements, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 5,013,333 Warrants (each a “Private Placement Warrant”) to the Sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant. The sale of the Private Placement Warrants generated gross proceeds to the Company of $7,520,000.

Since completing the Company’s IPO, the Company has reviewed, and continues to review, a number of opportunities to enter into a Business Combination with an operating business, but the Company is not able to determine at this time whether it will complete a Business Combination with any of the target businesses that it has reviewed or with any other target business. The Company intends to effectuate its Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of its IPO and the proceeds of the Private Placements, its capital stock, debt, or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

On June 1, 2022, Tribe Capital Markets LLC (“Tribe”) withdrew as a member of the Sponsor. In connection with the withdrawal of Tribe as a member of the Sponsor: (1) on July 26, 2022 the following actions occurred: (i) Arjun Sethi resigned in his capacity as

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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iris Acquisition Corp (formerly known as Tribe Capital Growth Corp I), (ii) Henry Ward resigned from his role as an independent director of the Company, (iii) Omar Chohan resigned from his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and (v) Ted Maidenberg resigned from his role as Secretary of the Company; and (2) on July 27, 2022 the following actions occurred (i) the Sponsor changed its name from Tribe Arrow Holdings I LLC, to Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC, and (ii) the Company’s strategy to identify a target business was revised as described in Item 8.01 of its Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2022. The director and officer departures were not the result of any disagreement between the Company and such individuals on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

Effective July 26, 2022, the board of directors of the Company appointed (i) Sumit Mehta to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, (ii) Lisha Parmar to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Omkar Halady to serve as the Vice President of the Company. Also, Rohit Nanani was elevated from member to Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities for the period from November 5, 2020 (inception) through June 30, 2022 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the IPO, and identifying a target company for our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating interest income from cash and cash equivalents marketable securities held in the Trust Account and changes in the value of warrant liabilities. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing), as well as for due diligence expenses. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination.

For the three months ended June 30, 2022, we had net income of approximately $3,712,688, which consisted of a $4,211,660 gain on the change in fair value of warrants and interest income on investments held in the Trust Account of $161,103, partially offset by unrealized losses on investments held in the Trust Account of $368,082 and $291,993 of formation and operating costs.

For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $161,064, which consisted of approximately $395,233 of formation and operating costs, partially offset by a gain on the change in fair value of warrants $229,859 and interest income on investments held in the Trust Account for $4,310.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we had net income of $7,528,415, which consisted of a change in the fair value of warrant of $8,605,210 and interest income on investments held in the Trust Account of $167,910, partially offset by $876,623 of formation and operating costs and unrealized losses on investments held in the Trust Account of $368,082.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $2,124,477, which consisted of $793,254 of formation and operating costs, a loss on the change in fair value of warrants of $430,086, $606,622 in expensed offering costs, and $298,825 in excess fair value of Private Warrants over proceeds received, partially offset by interest income on investments held in the Trust Account of $4,310.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We consummated our IPO on March 9, 2021. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $50,429 and $336,228 in our operating bank account, negative working capital of approximately $1,395,091 and $758,467, which excludes franchise taxes payable which may be paid from interest earned on the Trust Account. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us Working Capital Loans. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were no Working Capital Loans outstanding.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $585,799 which was due to a change in fair value of warrant liability of $8,605,210 and interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account of $167,910, which was partially offset by our net income of $7,528,415, a change in operating assets and liabilities of $290,824 and an unrealized loss on investments held in the Trust Account of $368,082.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash used in operating activities was $859,128, which was due to our net loss of $2,124,477, change in operating assets and liabilities of $65,874, and interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account for $4,310; which was partially offset by offering costs of $606,622, a change in fair value of warrant liability of $430,086, and excess of fair value of Private Warrants over proceeds received for $298,825.

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For the six months ended June 30, 2022 there no cash flows from investing activities.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, there was $276,000,000 used in net cash from investing activities which was a result of cash being deposited into the Trust Account.

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $300,000 which was a result of the proceeds from the promissory note from a related party for $300,000.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, net cash provided by financing activities was $277,552,107, which was a result of proceeds from the sale of Units, net of offering costs for $275,552,107, proceeds from the issuance of Private Warrants for $7,520,000 partially offset by the payment of the underwriter discount for $5,520,000.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, management has determined that the Company has and will continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our initial Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our initial 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 initial Business Combination. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Accounts. In addition, following our initial Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by March 8, 2023 (the “Combination Period”), then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution as well as the Company’s working capital deficit raise substantial doubt about the Company’s 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 the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date.

Critical Accounting Policies

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our condensed financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified the following as our critical accounting policies:

Marketable Securities Held in the Trust Account

Our portfolio of investments held in the Trust Account are invested in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities are included in net gain on investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying condensed statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using quoted market prices.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act and are allowed to

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comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our condensed financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

As an “emerging growth company”, we are not required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the condensed financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our IPO or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for shares of common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock 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, shares of common stock are classified as a component of stockholders’ equity. Our common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We evaluate our 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. We have determined the warrants are a derivative instrument.

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. We apply this guidance to allocate IPO proceeds from the Units between Class A common stock and warrants, using the residual method by allocating IPO proceeds first to fair value of the warrants and then the Class A common stock.

Recent Accounting Standards

Our management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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

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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 chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2022, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of June 30, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

Specifically, management’s determination was based on the following material weakness which existed as of December 31, 2021. Our internal controls did not detect an error in the classification related to complex financial instruments. The Company has begun to develop a remediation which is more fully described below.

After identifying the material weakness, we have commenced our remediation efforts by taking the following steps:

We have expanded and improved our review process for complex securities and related accounting standards.
We have increased communication among its personnel and third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications.
We are establishing additional monitoring and oversight controls designed to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our condensed financial statements and related disclosures.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim condensed financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Notwithstanding the determination that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective, as of June 30, 2022 based on the material weakness described above, we believe that our condensed financial statements contained in this quarterly report fairly present our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the years covered hereby in all material respects.

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 were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such, and we and our officers and directors have not been subject to any such proceeding in the 12 months preceding the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2022 and in the other reports the Company has filed, and will in the future file, with the SEC. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2022.

Military conflict in Ukraine could make it more difficult for us to consummate a Business Combination.

In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. As a result of this action 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.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

No.

    

Description of Exhibit

31.1*

  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*

  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1**

  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2**

  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS

  

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

  

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

  

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

  

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

  

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

  

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Iris Acquisition Corp

Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Sumit Mehta

Name: Sumit Mehta

Title: Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Lisha Parmar

Name: Lisha Parmar

Title: Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Sumit Mehta, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Iris Acquisition Corp;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and

b)(Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238/34-47986 and 33-8392/34-49313);

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s first fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

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Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Sumit Mehta

 

 

Sumit Mehta

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)



Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Lisha Parmar, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Iris Acquisition Corp;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)(Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238/34-47986 and 33-8392/34-49313);

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Lisha Parmar

Lisha Parmar

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Iris Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Sumit Mehta, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.To my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report.

Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Sumit Mehta

Sumit Mehta

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)



Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Iris Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Lisha Parmar, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.

To my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report.

Date: August 19, 2022

By:

/s/ Lisha Parmar

Lisha Parmar

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



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