Form 10-Q Keyarch Acquisition Corp For: Mar 31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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

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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

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

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For the transition period from __________ to __________

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Commission File Number: 001-41243

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (914) 434-2030

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

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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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by 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 May 16, 2022, there were 12,245,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding.

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2022

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

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

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

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

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’

EQUITY/(DEFICIT)

THREE MONTH ENDED MARCH 31, 2022

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

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

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

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KEYARCH ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

References to the “Company,” “Keyarch,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Keyarch Acquisition Corporation. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. However, our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation provides that we shall not undertake our initial Business Combination with any entity that is based in, located in or with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). We intend to effectuate our initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our IPO and the sale of the private units, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.

Our sponsor is Keyarch Global Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands limited liability company. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.

If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, we 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 us to pay our franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from April 23, 2021 (date of inception) to March 31, 2022 were organizational activities and those necessary to consummate the IPO, described below. Following our IPO, we do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and marketable securities held after the IPO. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

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For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we had a net loss of $360,157, which consists of loss of approximately $369,085 derived from general and administrative expenses offset by interest earned on investment held in trust account of approximately $8,928.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On January 27, 2022, we consummated our IPO of 10,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of our IPO, we consummated the sale of 500,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit in a Private Placement to the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital, generating total gross proceeds of $5,000,000.

On February 8, 2022, the underwriters in our IPO purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units to exercise its over-allotment option in full at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the fully exercise of the over-allotment option, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 45,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $450,000. Transaction costs amounted to $3,471,734 consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting discount and $1,171,734 of other offering costs.

Following the closing of our IPO and the sale of over-allotment units, an aggregate of $116,150,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds and the sale of the Private Placement Units was held in a Trust Account (“Trust Account”),

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Any such loans would be on an interest-free basis and would be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial Business Combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units at a price of $10.00 per unit, at the option of the lender. These units would be identical to the private units issued to our Sponsor. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

As of March 31, 2022, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $116,158,928 consisting of securities held in a treasury trust fund that invests in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes with a maturity of 180 days or less. Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes. Through March 31, 2022, we did not withdraw any interest earned on the Trust Account to pay our taxes. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect a Business Combination, the remaining funds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our Business Combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of $631,522 and working capital of approximately $385,601. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering had been satisfied through proceeds from notes payable and advances from related party and from the issuance of common stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company expects that it will need additional capital to satisfy its liquidity needs beyond the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the proceeds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective business combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Initial Business Combination. Although certain of the Company’s initial stockholders, officers and directors or their affiliates have committed to loan the Company funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, there is no guarantee that the Company will receive such funds.

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Accordingly, the accompanying financial statement has been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Further, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our financing and acquisition plans. Management plans to address this uncertainty during period leading up to the Initial Business Combination. The Company cannot provide any assurance that its plans to raise capital or to consummate an Initial Business Combination will be successful. Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will not have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or one year from this filing. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2022. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

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.

Related Party Transactions

Private Placement Units

On January 27, 2022, our Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital purchased an aggregate of 500,000 private units (including 450,000 private units purchased by our sponsor and 50,000 private units purchased by EarlyBirdCapital) at a price of $10.00 per unit, for a purchase price of $5,000,000 in the aggregate.

On February 8, 2022, our Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital purchased an aggregate of 45,000 private units (including 40,500 private units purchased by our Sponsor and 4,500 private units purchased by EarlyBirdCapital) at a price of $10.00 per unit, for a purchase price of $450,000 in the aggregate. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant and one right. Each whole private warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. Ten rights will entitle the holder to one Class A ordinary share at the closing of the Business Combination.

Administrative Services Agreement

We entered into an agreement that provides, commencing on the effective date of the registration statement for the IPO and through the earlier of consummation of the initial Business Combination or our liquidation, we agree to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for administrative and support services. For the three month period ended March 31, 2022, the Company paid $20,000 for administrative and support services.

Other Contractual Obligations

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares and any underlying ordinary shares, EBC Founder Shares, private units (and their component parts and securities underlying those component parts) and any units that may be issued on conversion of working capital loans (and their component parts and securities underlying those component parts) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed upon the consummation of our IPO requiring us to

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register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that we register such securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, EarlyBirdCapital may only make a demand on one occasion and only during the 5-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial Business Combination and rights to require us to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that EarlyBirdCapital may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the 7-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

We granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of IPO to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full on February 8, 2022.

EarlyBirdCapital were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $2 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the IPO. Additionally, we have engaged EarlyBirdCapital as an advisor in connection with our Business Combination to assist us in holding meetings with our shareholders to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce us to potential investors that are interested in purchasing our securities in connection with our initial Business Combination and assist us with our press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. We will pay EarlyBirdCapital a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of our initial Business Combination in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of our IPO. In addition, we may engage EarlyBirdCapital as an advisor in connection with introducing a target business to us. If we engage EarlyBirdCapital and it introduces us to the target business with whom we complete our initial Business Combination, EarlyBirdCapital will receive a cash fee equal to 1% of the total consideration payable in the initial Business Combination.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for our ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that is 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, ordinary shares is classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s ordinary shares features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

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Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The unaudited condensed statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per redeemable share and income (loss) per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income (loss) per share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders.

Offering Costs

Offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, registration and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the IPO. The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A – “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs are allocated between the Public Shares, Public Warrants and Public Rights based on the estimated fair values of Public Shares, Public Warrants and Public Rights at the date of issuance.

Recent Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current principal executive officer and principal financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2022, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of March 31, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

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

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in our Prospectus filed with the SEC on January 26, 2022 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022, which could materially affect our business, financial position and results of operations.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On January 27, 2022, we consummated our IPO of 10,000,000 Units, and on February 8, 2022, we sold an additional 1,500,000 Units pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Public Share, one-half of one Public Warrant and one Public Right. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Public Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. Ten Public Rights will entitle the holder to one Class A ordinary share at the closing of the Business Combination. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $115,000,000. On January 20, 2021, simultaneously with the consummation of our IPO, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 500,000 Private Placement Units to our Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital, with an additional 45,000 Private Placement Units sold on February 8, 2022 pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $5,450,000.

Following the closing of our IPO and the over-allotment option, $116,150,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in our IPO, the exercise of the over-allotment option and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in a Trust Account established for the benefit of our public shareholders and maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be invested by the trustee only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

There has been no material change in the planned use of the proceeds from our IPO and the Private Placement as is described in the Company’s final prospectus related to our IPO.

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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

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

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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.

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