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DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, AND GOING CONCERN | NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, AND GOING CONCERN
Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 12, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (“Business Combination”).
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from March 12, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2025 related to the Company’s formation, its initial public offering (“IPO” or “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and, subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for an initial Business Combination.
The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on November 11, 2021. On November 16, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase 3,000,000 Units. Each Unit consisted of one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Public Shares”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant, at $10.00 per Unit. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 9,400,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to DHIP Natural Resources Investments, LLC (“Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $9,400,000, which is described in Note 3.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with an initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.
Following the closing of the IPO on November 16, 2021, management agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.10 per Unit sold (or $232,300,000) in the Initial Public Offering and the proceeds of the Private Placement Warrants, would be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (“Equiniti”) (formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC) acting as trustee and invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below. The Company will provide its holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Stockholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). The Public Shares are recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.
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 a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation which was adopted by the Company upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, and was amended by certificates of amendment on February 9, 2023 and August 8, 2023 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules.
Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Founder Shares (discussed in Note 4) prior to this Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Stockholders”) will agree to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the Initial Stockholders will agree to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the Company has agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial Business Combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than aggregate of 15% or more of the Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Company’s Sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees agreed not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A common stock in conjunction with any such amendment.
In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public Shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).
The initial stockholders agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (discussed below). However, if the initial stockholders should acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, discussed below. The underwriters will agree to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.10 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, 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) $10.10 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 $10.10 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 Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Trust Extensions
Initially, the Company had 12 months from the closing of the IPO on November 16, 2021 to consummate an initial Business Combination (until November 16, 2022) (the “Combination Period”). Additionally, the Company was entitled to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a Business Combination) by depositing into the Trust Account maintained by Equiniti, acting as trustee, an amount of $0.10 per Unit sold to the public in the IPO, $2,300,000, for each such three-month extension (that would result in a total deposit of $10.30 per public share sold in the event both extensions were elected or an aggregate of $4,600,000). Public stockholders were not entitled to vote on or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension. In November 2022, the Sponsor deposited $2,300,000 into the Trust Account, to extend the deadline for an initial Business Combination by three months to February 2023. In lieu of a second $2,300,000 extension payment for a three month extension to May 2023, a special meeting of stockholders was held in February 2023 (“February 2023 Special Meeting”) that resulted in an extension of the deadline to complete an initial Business Combination to March 15, 2023 and allowed the Company to further extend the date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to five (5) times by an additional one month through September 15, 2023.
In connection with the vote on the extension Amendment at the February 2023 Special Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 9,155,918 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $94,489,075 (approximately $10.32 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to pay such holders in February 2023.
On August 8, 2023, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2023 Annual Meeting”) whereby the stockholders approved the second extension amendment proposal permitting an extension of the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination until February 15, 2024, subject to monthly extension deposits of $140,000, which were made in August 2023 through January 2024.
In connection with the vote on the extension Amendment at the 2023 Annual Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 7,354,836 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $79,652,874 (approximately $10.83 per share) was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders in August 2023.
On February 12, 2024 at a special meeting in lieu of an annual meetings of stockholders of the Company (the “February 2024 Special Meeting”), stockholders approved a third extension Amendment Proposal (the “Third Extension Amendment Proposal”) to extend the date by which the Company must (1) effectuate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (an “initial Business Combination”), (2) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial Business Combination, and (3) redeem 100% of the Company’s Class A common stock included as part of the Units sold in the Company’s Initial Public Offering, from February 15, 2024 to March 15, 2024, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $50,000 for such one-month extension, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend such date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to eight (8) times by an additional one (1) month each time, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), until November 15, 2024, or a total of up to nine (9) months after February 15, 2024 (such date as extended, the “Deadline Date”), by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $50,000 for each additional one-month extension on or prior to each applicable Deadline Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto. In connection with the vote on the third extension amendment proposal at the February 2024 Special Meeting, stockholders holding a total of 4,573,860 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $50,312,460 (approximately $11.00 per share) was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders. In association with the February 2024 redemptions, the Company inadvertently underpaid the redeeming shareholders $395,138 or approximately $0.09 per share. On September 24, 2024, the February 2024 redeeming shareholders were paid the additional $395,138 due them. Following the Company’s redemptions, the Company had an aggregate of 7,665,386 Class A and Class B Common Stock shares outstanding.
On November 14, 2024, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “November 2024 Special Meeting”), whereby the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal (the “November 2024 Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Charter (the “November 2024 Extension Amendment”) to extend the Deadline Date from November 15, 2024 to December 15, 2024, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $50,000 for such one-month extension (an “Extension Payment”) on or prior to November 15, 2024, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend the Deadline Date on a monthly basis up to five times by an additional one month each time after December 15, 2024 or later extended Deadline Date, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Deadline Date, until May 15, 2024, or a total of up to six months after November 15, 2024, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $50,000 for each additional one-month extension on or prior to each applicable Deadline Date, unless the closing of an initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto. As a result of the approval of the November 2024 Extension Amendment Proposal, the Sponsor will make an Extension Payment into the Trust Account on each applicable Deadline Date.
In connection with the vote on the November 2024 Extension Amendment Proposal at the November 2024 Special Meeting, stockholders holding an aggregate of 1,665,727 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As of the date of filing this Form 10-Q, the redeeming stockholders have not been paid for their redeemed shares and the Company owes $2,764,686 (approximately $13.32 per share) to pay such holders.
On May 13, 2025, the Company held the May 2025 Extension Meeting, whereby the Company’s stockholders approved the May 2025 Extension Amendment Proposal to approve the May 2025 Extension Amendment to extend the Deadline Date from May 15, 2025 to June 15, 2025, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $5,000 on or prior to May 15, 2025, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to further extend the Deadline Date on a monthly basis one time by an additional one month after June 15, 2025, by resolution of the SPAC Board, if requested by the Sponsor, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the Deadline Date, until July 15, 2025, by depositing (or causing to be deposited) into the Trust Account $5,000 for the additional one-month extension on or prior to the Deadline Date, unless the closing of an initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto. As a result of the approval of the May 2025 Extension Amendment Proposal, the Sponsor will make an Extension Payment into the Trust Account on each applicable Deadline Date.
In connection with the vote on the May 2025 Extension Amendment Proposal at the May 2025 Extension Meeting, stockholders holding an aggregate of 207,559 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $2,764,686 (approximately $13.32 per share) was removed from the Company’s Trust Account to pay such holders in May 2025.
Since its first extension deposit in the Trust Account in November 2022 to the filing of this Form 10-Q, the Company has deposited an aggregate of $7,998,225 in the Trust Account to extend the period to consummate a Business Combination to June 15, 2025.
Conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares
On November 13, 2024, the holders of the Company’s Class B common stock converted all issued and outstanding shares of Class B common stock (5,750,000 shares), on a one-for-one basis, into shares of Class A common stock. The newly issued shares of Class A common stock continue to be referred to as Founder Shares (discussed in Note 4). As such, the newly issued shares of Class A common stock are not redeemable and continue to carry restrictions regarding their assignment, transference and selling of the shares.
NYSE Delisting
On March 11, 2024, the Company received correspondence from the staff of NYSE Regulation (the “Staff”) of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) indicating that the Staff has determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant, with each warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock of the Company and Warrants from the NYSE pursuant to Section 802.01B of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual because the Company had fallen below the NYSE’s continued listing standard requiring a listed acquisition company to maintain an average aggregate global market capitalization attributable to its publicly-held shares over a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least $40,000,000.
On March 11, 2024 the Company’s securities were delisted from the NYSE and effective as of March 12, 2024, the Company’s securities were available for trading in the over-the-counter (OTC Pink) market. Proposed Business Combination
Merger Agreement
On August 12, 2024, the Company (“SPAC”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among (i) SPAC, (ii) Uinta Integrated Infrastructure Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), (iii) Uinta Integrated Infrastructure Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Lower Holdings”), (iv) RR Integration Merger Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“SPAC Merger Sub”), (v) RRG Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Lower Holdings (“Company Merger Sub,” and together with SPAC Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”; the Merger Subs, SPAC, Lower Holdings and Holdings are collectively referred to herein as the “SPAC Parties”), (vi) Tar Sands Holdings II, LLC, a Utah limited liability company (“TSH Company”), and (vii) Endeavor Capital Group, LLC (the “Company Member Representative”) (each entity named in (i) through (vii) above, a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth therein, (1) SPAC Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC, with SPAC continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “SPAC Merger”) and with the security holders of SPAC receiving substantially equivalent securities of Holdings and (2) Company Merger Sub will merge with and into TSH Company, with TSH Company continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Lower Holdings (the “Company Merger,” and together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”) and with the members of TSH Company receiving cash (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including, but not limited to the Mergers, the “proposed Business Combination”). The board of directors of SPAC (the “SPAC Board”) unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and the Mergers and resolved to recommend the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the proposed Business Combination by the stockholders of SPAC. The proposed Business Combination is expected to be consummated after obtaining the required approvals by the stockholders of SPAC and the Requisite Members (as defined in the Merger Agreement) of TSH Company and the satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions.
Merger Consideration / Treatment of Securities
Effect of Company Merger on Issued and Outstanding Company Membership Interests and Limited Liability Company Interests of Company Merger. At the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), by virtue of the Company Merger, and without any action on the part of any Party or any action on the part of the holders of securities of any Party, among other things:
(i) Each issued and outstanding Company Membership Interest (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (other than the Rollover Interests (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall be converted automatically into, and thereafter represent, the right to receive, and the holder of such Company Membership Interest shall be entitled to receive the Company Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
(ii) All of the limited liability company interests of Company Merger Sub that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall thereupon be converted into and become one Surviving Company Unit (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Effect of SPAC Merger on Issued and Outstanding Securities of SPAC and SPAC Merger Sub
By virtue of the SPAC Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or any action on the part of the holders of securities of any Party:
(i) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding unit of SPAC (“SPAC Unit”) (each SPAC Unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock of SPAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“SPAC Class A Common Stock”) and one-half of one whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share (each such whole warrant, a “SPAC Public Warrant”)), shall be automatically separated and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock and one-half of one SPAC Public Warrant in accordance with the terms of the applicable SPAC Unit.
(ii) Each share of SPAC Class A Common Stock and Class B common stock of SPAC, par value $0.0001 per share (together with SPAC Class A Common Stock, “SPAC Common Stock”) issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time shall, at the Effective Time, be converted automatically into and thereafter represent the right to receive one share of Class A common stock of Holdings, par value $0.0001 per share (“Holdings Class A Common Stock”), following which all shares of SPAC Common Stock shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist. The holders of shares of SPAC Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares, except as provided by the Merger Agreement. (iii) At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding SPAC Public Warrant shall be converted into one warrant, entitling the holder to purchase one share of Holdings Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share (“Holdings Public Warrant”), of like tenor. The SPAC Public Warrants shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist. Each of the Holdings Public Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions applicable to the SPAC Public Warrants, except as set forth in the Merger Agreement. At or prior to the Effective Time, the Parties shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for future issuance and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the Holdings Public Warrants remain outstanding, a sufficient number of shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock for delivery upon the exercise of such Holdings Public Warrants.
(iv) At the Effective Time, if there are any shares of capital stock of SPAC that are owned by SPAC as treasury shares, such shares shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration therefor.
(v) At the Effective Time, each share of common stock of SPAC Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number of shares of common stock of SPAC as the surviving corporation after the SPAC Merger (the “SPAC Surviving Subsidiary”), with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted, and such shares shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of SPAC Surviving Subsidiary.
Effect of Mergers on Issued and Outstanding Securities of Holdings
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Mergers and without any action on the part of any Party or any action on the part of the holders of securities of any Party, all of the shares of Holdings issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the Company Common Stock Consideration and the Company Convertible Preferred Stock Consideration (as each are defined in the Merger Agreement)) shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration therefor.
Representations and Warranties; Covenants
The Merger Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants of the Parties that are customary for transactions of this nature. The representations and warranties of the Parties will not survive the closing of the Mergers (the “Closing”). The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the Parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the Parties in connection with negotiating the Merger Agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement are also modified in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules which are not filed publicly, and which are subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from that generally applicable to stockholders and were used for the purpose of allocating risk among the Parties rather than establishing matters as facts. The Company does not believe that these schedules contain information that is material to an investment decision. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations
The Merger Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions by the Parties thereto, including, among others:
(i) if applicable, the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended;
(ii) the absence of any governmental order, statute, rule or regulation enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
(iii) the effectiveness of the Form S-4 registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to registration of the offer and sale of the shares of Holdings Common Stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and Holdings Public Warrants to be issued in connection with the Business Combination; (iv) the approval by the stockholders of SPAC of certain proposals relating to the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination (the “SPAC Stockholder Approval”);
(v) the execution of the Shell Commitment Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by the parties thereto;
(vi) the Available Closing Date Cash (as defined in the Meger Agreement) being not less than $44,000,000;
(vii) solely with respect to TSH Company, among others conditions: (a) certain representation and warranties of TSH Company being true and correct in all material respects, to applicable standards; (b) each of the agreements and covenants of TSH Company having been performed or complied with in all material respects; (c) the delivery by TSH Company to SPAC of a closing certificate; (d) irrevocable written consents of TSH Company Manager (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the Requisite Members, in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Written Consent”); and (e) the execution and delivery of certain Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement); and
(viii) solely with respect to SPAC, among others conditions: (a) certain representation and warranties of SPAC being true and correct in all material respects, to applicable standards; (b) each of the agreements and covenants of SPAC having been performed or complied with in all material respects; (c) the delivery by SPAC to TSH Company of a closing certificate; (d) the execution and delivery of certain Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (e) receipt of approval for listing on the NYSE, NASDAQ, or NYSE American of Holdings Class A Common Stock and Holdings Public Warrants; and (f) the resignation or removal of the officers and directors of SPAC.
Termination
The Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing,
(i) by mutual written consent of the Company and SPAC;
(ii) by either TSH Company or SPAC if the Effective Time shall not have occurred prior to July 15, 2025, provided that the Party seeking termination, either directly or indirectly through its Affiliates (as defined in the Merger Agreement), is not in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained herein and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a closing condition;
(iii) by either TSH Company or SPAC if any Governmental Authority (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any injunction, order, decree or ruling (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that has become final and non-appealable and has the effect of making consummation of the proposed Business Combination, including the Mergers, illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the proposed Business Combination;
(iv) by SPAC if TSH Company shall have failed to deliver the PCAOB Financials (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to SPAC within sixty days after the date of the Merger Agreement;
(v) subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement, by SPAC upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of TSH Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group Companies”) set forth in the Merger Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Group Companies shall have become untrue;
(vi) subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement, by TSH Company upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the SPAC Parties set forth in the Merger Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the SPAC Parties shall have become untrue; or
(vii) by written notice from either TSH Company or SPAC to the other if either the Written Consent or the SPAC Stockholder Approval is not obtained.
If the Merger Agreement is validly terminated, no party thereto will have any liability or any further obligation to any other party under the Merger Agreement, with certain limited exceptions, including liability for any intentional and willful breach of the Merger Agreement. Ancillary Agreements
Support Agreements
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, (i) the Sponsor entered into a support agreement with the other parties thereto (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor and certain other parties thereto agreed to vote their respective shares in favor of the proposed Business Combination and to otherwise be bound by its respective obligations under the Merger Agreement, and (ii) certain holders of Company Membership Interests entered into a support agreement (the “Company Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, such holders agreed not to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the recommendation of the Company Manager (as defined in the Merger Agreement) in favor of the proposed Business Combination and to otherwise be bound by its respective obligations under the Merger Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement
In connection with the Closing, Holdings, Sponsor, and certain TSH Company equity holders will enter into a registration rights agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Parties, pursuant to which, among other things, Holdings will agree to provide certain TSH Company equity holders with certain rights relating to the registration for resale of the Holdings securities that they will receive in connection with the Mergers.
Warrant Amendment
In connection with the SPAC Merger, Holdings, SPAC, and the transfer agent for the SPAC Public Warrants will enter into an amendment to the agreement governing such warrants (the “Warrant Amendment”) in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Parties, which will govern the terms and conditions of the Holdings Public Warrants.
Litigation
On September 6, 2024, Tyr Energy Utah Logistics, LLC (“Tyr Energy”) filed suit in the County Court at Law, Number 1, Nueces County, Texas against the Company, the Sponsor and certain affiliates of the Sponsor, asserting claims for breach of and tortious interference with a non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreement in connection with the public announcement of the proposed Business Combination, for which Tyr Energy seeks a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction. The Sponsor and its affiliates have specially appeared to dispute specific personal jurisdiction, and all defendants, including the Company, vehemently dispute liability and intend to vigorously defend against Tyr Energy’s claims.
Amendment to Merger Agreement
On November 8, 2024, the parties to the Merger Agreement entered into an Amendment to and Waiver of Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Amendment”) pursuant to which the parties agreed, among other things, to amend the Merger Agreement to (a) replace the SPAC Parties as follows: (i) Holdings will be replaced by Uinta Infrastructure Group Corp., a Delaware corporation (“UIGC”); (ii) Lower Holdings will be replaced by Uinta Lower Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of UIGC; (iii) SPAC Merger Sub will be replaced by Uinta Merger Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of UIGC; and (iv) Company Merger Sub will be replaced by Uinta Merger LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Lower Holdings, (b) permit the amendment of the SPAC Organizational Documents to accommodate the potential conversion of the SPAC Class B Common Stock to an equal number of SPAC Class A Common Stock at the option of the majority of the Class B Common Stock holders, and (c) waive any representations or interim covenants otherwise breached by transactions contemplated by the Amendment.
Amendment to Sponsor Support Agreement
On November 8, 2024, in connection with the Amendment, the parties to the Sponsor Support Agreement entered into an Amendment to Sponsor Support Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed, among other things, to replace Holdings with UIGC. Entry into Non-Binding Letter of Intent with Shell Trading
On November 6, 2024, the Company entered into a non-binding letter of intent for a crude supply and offtake agreement (the “Offtake Agreement”) with Shell Trading (US) Company (“STUSCO”), the commencement of which is conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the proposed Business Combination. Under this prospective arrangement, STUSCO would supply volumes of crude feedstock to the Company’s refining and terminating facility in Vernal, Utah (the “Facility”) and purchase certain crude oil products produced from such feedstock.
The initial term (the “Initial Term”) of the Offtake Agreement is 10 years from the date upon which the Facility commences operation (the “In-Service Date”), which In-Service Date is expected to be December 31, 2028, and may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties to the Offtake Agreement. STUSCO will have a one-time option (the “Extension Option”) to extend the Initial Term of the Offtake Agreement by five years (“Option Term”). In the event STUSCO elects to exercise its Extension Option, the Offtake Agreement will be automatically renewed from the end of the Option Term on one-year terms (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless cancelled in writing, by either party, at least 180 days in advance of the end of the Option Term or any Renewal Term, as applicable. The Initial Term, the Option Term, and the Renewal Term(s), as applicable, are collectively referred to as (the “Term”).
The commencement of the Term of the Offtake Agreement is subject to certain conditions precedent, including the below (collectively, the “Conditions Precedent”):
If the Conditions Precedent do not occur by the In-Service Deadline, then STUSCO has a one-time option to terminate the Offtake Agreement without liability to the Company. STUSCO will have the right to independently determine if the Conditions Precedent have been satisfied or waived, in its sole discretion, acting reasonably and in good faith.
STUSCO will be the sole supplier of Crude Feedstock to the Facility, and the sole purchaser of Crude Oil Products for the initial Nameplate Capacity, and for any expansion capacity for which STUSCO contracts. The Company will be responsible for maintaining operational storage, line fill, tank heels, etc. necessary to operate the Facility. Any capacity that remains uncontracted by STUSCO is exempt from the terms of the Offtake Agreement and may be taken to the open market. STUSCO will have a right of first refusal to any expansion in refining capacity at the Facility. If the Company offers substantially the same services to a third party at more favorable prices, STUSCO will be entitled to receive the same.
Following is a summary of the Shell Commitment Agreement between STUSCO and the Company, entered into on May 7, 2025. Under this arrangement, STUSCO will be the exclusive supplier of crude oil to the Facility, and the exclusive purchaser of refined products from the Facility, for an initial term of seven years following commencement of operations, with automatic two-year renewal periods thereafter unless terminated by STUSCO. The Company is responsible for the restoration and operation of the Facility at its own cost and risk, and must meet certain conditions precedent, including completion of construction and regulatory approvals, before the agreement becomes fully effective. The agreement provides for pricing based on published market indices with fixed differentials and includes provisions addressing exclusivity, right of first refusal on facility expansions, most favored nation terms, and customary termination, force majeure, and indemnification clauses.
STUSCO has no minimum volume commitments for delivery of Crude Feedstocks or offtake of Crude Oil Products to be supplied to or purchased from the Facility during the Term. However, STUSCO does have a Minimum Revenue Commitment (defined below) under the Offtake Agreement. The purchase price of the Crude Feedstock under the Offtake Agreement will be based on WTI CMA NYMEX (M+1) less a specified differential per barrel (the “Differential”). The purchase price for Crude Oil Products will be based on WTI CMA NYMEX (M+1) less the Differential, plus an agreed processing fee (the “Processing Fee”), and subject to an annual escalation with a negotiated cap. STUSCO will pay the Company a monthly minimum revenue commitment (currently estimated to be $400,000 per month) for a period of five years (the “Monthly Minimum Revenue Commitment”). The total sum of the Monthly Minimum Revenue Commitment payments must equal the total minimum revenue commitment, estimated to be $25,000,000 (the “Total Minimum Revenue Commitment”). Upon the satisfaction of the Total Minimum Revenue Commitment, and if the Facility is not operating due to STUSCO’s election to nominate less than the minimum operational capacity (the “Minimum Operational Capacity”), STUSCO will pay a minimum payment of approximately $50,000 per month (the “Minimum Payment”).
If the average value based on the formula agreed by the parties to the Offtake Agreement for the applicable month of delivery of the Crude Oil Products (the “Crack”) exceeds the established Processing Fee and the Monthly Minimum Revenue Commitment, net of actual losses at the Facility and deemed losses in transportation, any resulting positive difference (“Positive Differential”) will be split 50%/50% between the Company and STUSCO (“Profit Sharing Split”).
After the Initial Term, or upon STUSCO paying to the Company the Total Minimum Revenue Commitment, whichever is earlier, the Positive Differential will be adjusted to an amount equal the positive difference between the Crack and an amount equal to the agreed discount to the initial Processing Fee, and the Profit Sharing Split will be allocated 75% to the Company and 25% to STUSCO.
So long as the Facility maintains the Minimum Operational Capacity on average during a calendar month, then no credits will be created. If the Facility is not able to meet the Minimum Operational Capacity, then a credit will be created for each barrel below the Minimum Operational Capacity the Facility is unable to process. Any credit created, must be used within the 24-month period following the creation thereof, and any credits remaining at the end of the Term must be used within six months, or may be accounted for in any renewal negotiated at the time.
Performance under the Offtake Agreement may be excused in connection with certain force majeure events. However, in the event the Company declares a force majeure event with respect to the Facility lasting more than 270 consecutive days, or 270 days in the aggregate over a period of 365 consecutive days, STUSCO will have the option but not the obligation to, exercisable within 30 days after such period: (i) terminate the Offtake Agreement or (ii) extend the Initial Term by the number of days the Facility is under force majeure (a “Force Majeure Extension”). In the event the Facility assets are damaged such that the Facility will be inoperable for at least 18 months, the Company will have no obligation to continue operations, and each of the Company and STUSCO will have the right to terminate the Offtake Agreement. In the event STUSCO terminates the Offtake Agreement for force majeure in accordance with the foregoing, any unused deficiency credit balance will be automatically forfeited.
Upon the approval and in conjunction with the final investment decision of the Uinta Basin Railway (the “UBR”), STUSCO will have a right of first refusal to subscribe to capacity through the rail terminal and on the UBR at the then applicable shipping rates, up to STUSCO’s then existing capacity through the Facility.
The foregoing is a summary of a non-binding letter of intent relating to the Offtake Agreement. The terms and conditions of the final Offtake Agreement to be entered into by the parties thereto, when and if entered into, may differ materially from the terms and conditions described in the non-binding letter of intent summarized above and remain subject to the negotiation and approval of the parties to the Offtake Agreement.
Waiver to Merger Agreement
On April 30, 2025, the Parties to the Merger Agreement entered into that certain Waiver to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Waiver”) pursuant to which the Parties agreed to waive Section 8.03(f) of the Merger Agreement for a period of 90 days from the Closing (the “Waiver Period”). Section 8.03(f) required that the Shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock and Holdings Public Warrants shall have been approved for listing on a National Exchange. In exchange for granting the Waiver, if the Shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock and Holdings Public are not listed on a National Exchange by the end of the Waiver Period, SPAC agreed to make monthly payments to the Company in the amount of $120,000 until the earlier of: (1) the Company has received four million dollars from such payments or (2) the Shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock and Holdings Public are listed on a National Exchange.
Liquidity and Going Concern
At March 31, 2025, the Company had $224,204 in cash and $15,002,563 in working capital deficit.
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans and while the Company believes it has sufficient access to additional sources of capital, if necessary, there are no assurances that such additional capital will ultimately be available. In addition, the Company currently has less than 12 months from the date these consolidated financial statements were issued to complete a Business Combination and if the Company is unsuccessful in consummating an Initial Business Combination, it is required to liquidate and dissolve. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern”, management has determined that these factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. As is customary for a special purpose acquisition company, if the Company is not able to consummate a Business Combination during the combination period, it will cease all operations and redeem the Public Shares. Management plans to continue its efforts to consummate a Business Combination during the combination period. |