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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]    
Related Party Transactions
NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On January 28, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 to cover certain offering and formation costs of the Company in consideration for 7,187,500 Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”). On March 2, 2021, the Sponsor transferred 30,000 Founder Shares to Cassandra S. Lee for the consideration of $104.35 (approximately $0.003 per share) and 25,000 Founder Shares to each of Zakary C. Brown, James W. Keyes, Gerald D. Putnam and John J. Romanelli, in each case for the consideration of $86.96 (approximately $0.003 per Founder Share), resulting in the Sponsor holding 7,057,500 Founder Shares. On November 17, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 1,437,500 Founder Shares for no consideration, thereby reducing the aggregate number of Founder Shares held by the Sponsor to 5,620,000 Founder Shares. Immediately prior to the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 1,430,923 Founder Shares in connection with the issuance of Founder Shares to the Sponsor
Co-Investor.
 
The Company entered into agreements with the Sponsor
Co-Investor,
pursuant to which such Sponsor
Co-Investor
purchased (i) an aggregate of approximately 25% of the issued and outstanding, or 1,430,923 Founder Shares, and (ii) an aggregate of 3,450,000 Private Placement Warrants from the Sponsor immediately prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Sponsor
Co-Investor
entered into an agreement to vote all of the Founder Shares it owns in favor of an initial Business Combination and will also agree not to redeem any Founder Shares it owns in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Sponsor
Co-Investor
was not granted any material additional shareholder or other rights, other than the Founder Shares.
Subject to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
purchasing 100% of the Founder Shares allocated to it, in connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 1,430,923 Founder Shares to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
at their original purchase price of $.0043 per share. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Founder Shares attributable to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
to be $10,402,810, or $7.27 per share. The excess of the fair value of the Founder Shares was determined to be a contribution to the Company from the founders in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 5T and an offering cost in accordance with SAB Topic 5A. Accordingly, the offering costs were recorded against additional paid in capital in accordance with the accounting of other offering costs.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) 
one year
after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $
12.00
per share (as adjusted for share
sub-divisions,
share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any
20
trading days within any30-tradingday period commencing at least
150
days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.
On July 6, 2023, the Company and Sponsor, entered into
non-redemption
agreements (the
“Non-Redemption
Agreements”) with unaffiliated third parties (the “Investors”). Pursuant to the
Non-Redemption
Agreements, the Investors agreed not to redeem an aggregate of 3.5 million Class A ordinary shares of the Company (the
“Non-Redeemed
Shares”) in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting held. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such shares, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to the Investors an aggregate of 875,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company held by the Sponsor immediately following consummation of an initial business combination if the Investors continue to hold such
Non-Redeemed
Shares through the Extraordinary General Meeting. The transfer of these shares are contingent upon the business combination, as such no expense has been recorded as of September 30, 2023.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement commencing on January 12, 2022 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $15,000 per month for office space and administrative and support services. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred and paid $45,000 and $135,000 in fees for these services, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred and paid $45,000 and $128,710 in fees for these services, respectively.

Promissory Note — Related Party
On January 28, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. On December 17, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor agreed to amend the Promissory Note to increase the aggregate principal amount of the Promissory Note to $400,000 and to change the date by which the Promissory Note was payable. The Promissory Note, as amended, was
non-interest
bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2022 and the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The total outstanding loan of $240,629 was repaid at the time of the Initial Public Offering, on January 18, 2022. Borrowings under the Promissory Note are no longer available.
Convertible Promissory Notes — Related Party
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company issued unsecured promissory notes (collectively, the “Notes”) to the Sponsor on January 25, 2023, Michael M. Andretti, William J. Sandbrook, and William M. Brown all on March 29, 2023 (collectively, the “Payees”), in the amounts of up to $
375,000
, $
500,000
, $
500,000
, and $
100,000
, respectively. The proceeds of the Notes, which may be drawn down from time to time until the Company consummates the initial Business Combination, will be used for general working capital purposes. The Notes bear interest of
4.50
% per annum and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination or (ii) the liquidation date of the Company in accordance with its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. A failure to pay the principal and accrued interest within five business days of the date specified above or the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action shall be deemed an event of default, in which case the Notes may be accelerated. At the election of the Payees, up to $
1,500,000
of the principal amounts of the Notes may be converted into private placement warrants of the Company, with such terms as are described in the prospectus included in the registration statement on Form
S-1
(Reg.
No. 333-254627)
 
filed
 
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective on January 12, 2022, at a price of
 
$
1.00
per warrant. The terms of the Conversion Warrants would be identical to the warrants issued by the Company to the Sponsor in a private placement that was consummated in connection with the Initial Public Offering. The Payees shall be entitled to certain registration rights relating to the Conversion Warrants. The issuance of the Note was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company will repay the Notes out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Notes will be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Notes, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used to repay the Notes. On May 17, 2023, the notes were amended and restated to increase the total borrowing amounts to $
800,000
for Michael M. Andretti, $
800,000
for William J. Sandbrook, and $
160,000
for William M. Brown. On May 23, 2023, the notes were amended and restated to increase the total borrowing amounts to $
1,400,000
for Michael M. Andretti, $
1,400,000
for William J. Sandbrook, and $
280,000
for William M. Brown. The notes are payable upon the earlier of the liquidation of the Company or the consummation of initial business combination.
At September 30, 2023, there was $2,373,952 of cumulative cash advanced under the Notes. The Notes were valued using the fair value method. The initial advances on the Notes totaling $2,373,952, consisting of draws of $175,000 at January 26, 2023, $725,555 at March 29, 2023, $225,001 at April 27, 2023, $234,869 at May 19, 2023, $713,527 at June 2, 2023 and $300,000 at August 31, 2023 were valued at $119,391 as of January 26, 2023, $492,943 as of March 29, 2023, $153,288 at April 27, 2023, $160,231 at May 19, 2023, $484,828
 at
June 2, 2023 and $204,457 at August 31, 2023 whereas the collective difference of $758,814 was recorded as a credit to shareholders’ deficit. The change in the fair value of the note recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, was $22,210 and $38,199, respectively, resulting in a fair value of the Notes of $1,653,337 (see Note 8).
NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On January 28, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 to cover certain offering and formation costs of the Company in consideration for 7,187,500 Class B Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”). On March 2, 2021, the Sponsor transferred 30,000 Founder Shares to Cassandra S. Lee for the consideration of $104.35 (approximately $0.003 per share) and 25,000 Founder Shares to each of Zakary C. Brown, James W. Keyes, Gerald D. Putnam and John J. Romanelli, in each case for the consideration of $86.96 (approximately $0.003 per Founder Share), resulting in the Sponsor holding 7,057,500 Founder Shares. On November 17, 2021, the Sponsor surrendered an aggregate of 1,437,500 Founder Shares for no consideration, thereby reducing the aggregate number of
Founder
Shares
held by the Sponsor to 5,620,000 Founder Shares. Immediately prior to the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 1,430,923 Founder Shares in connection with the issuance of Founder Shares to the Sponsor
Co-Investor.
The Company entered into agreements with the Sponsor
Co-Investor,
pursuant to which such Sponsor
Co-Investor
purchased (i) an aggregate of approximately 25% of the issued and outstanding, or 1,430,923 Founder Shares, and (ii) an aggregate of 3,450,000 Private Placement Warrants from the Sponsor immediately prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Sponsor
Co-Investor
entered into an agreement to vote all of the Founder Shares it owns in favor of an initial Business Combination and will also agree not to redeem any Founder Shares it owns in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Sponsor
Co-Investor
was not granted any material additional shareholder or other rights, other than the Founder Shares.
Subject to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
purchasing 100% of the Founder Shares allocated to it, in connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor sold an aggregate of 1,430,923 Founder Shares to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
at their original purchase price of $0.0043 per share. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Founder Shares attributable to the Sponsor
Co-Investor
to be $10,402,810, or $7.27 per share. The excess of the fair value of the Founder Shares was determined to be a contribution to the Company from the founders in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 5T and an offering cost in accordance with SAB Topic 5A. Accordingly, the offering cost were recorded against additional paid in capital in accordance with the accounting of other offering costs.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share
sub-divisions,
share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any30-tradingday period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other
property.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement commencing on January 12, 2022 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $15,000 per month for office space and administrative and support services. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred and paid $173,710 in fees for these services. For the period from January 20, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, the Company did
no
t incur any fees for these services.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On January 28, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. On December 17, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor agreed to amend the Promissory Note to increase the aggregate principal amount of the Promissory Note to $400,000 and to change the date by which the Promissory Note was payable. The Promissory Note, as amended, was
non-interest
bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2022 and the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The total outstanding loan of $240,629 was repaid at the time of the Initial Public Offering, on January 18, 2022. Borrowings under the Promissory Note are no longer available.
On January 25, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the amount of up to $375,000 to the Sponsor. The proceeds of the Note, which may be drawn down from time to time until the Company consummates the initial Business Combination, will be used for general working capital
purposes. The
Note
bears interest of 4.50% per annum and is payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination or (ii) the liquidation date of the Company in accordance with its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. A failure to pay the principal and accrued interest within five business days of the date specified above or the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action shall be deemed an event of default, in which case the Note may be accelerated. At the election of the Sponsor, the principal amount of the Note may be converted into private placement warrants of the Maker, with such terms as are described in the prospectus included in the registration statement on Form
S-1
(Reg.
No. 333-254627)
filed by the Maker with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective on January 12, 2022, at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The terms of the Conversion Warrants would be identical to the warrants issued by the Company to the Sponsor in a private placement that was consummated in connection with the Initial Public Offering. The Sponsor shall be entitled to certain registration rights relating to the Conversion Warrants. The issuance of the Note was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, 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 $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company has no outstanding borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.