UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024

 

or

 

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

 

For the transition period from                  to

 

Commission File Number: 001- 41023

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		86-1433401
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

10900 Research Blvd Suite 160C, PMB 1081  Austin, TX		78759
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(561) 231-7070

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable Warrant		NPABU		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock included as part of the Units		NPAB		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants included as part of the Units, each whole Warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50		NPABW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

	Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
	Non-accelerated filer ☒	Smaller reporting company ☒
		Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by 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 21, 2024, there were 3,682,524 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant issued and outstanding.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

 

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2024

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

			Page
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements.		1
	Condensed Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023		1
	Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		2
	Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		3
	Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)		4
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements		5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.		21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.		26
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures.		26
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings.		27
Item 1A.	Risk Factors.		27
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.		29
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities.		30
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures.		30
Item 5.	Other Information.		30
Item 6.	Exhibits.		30
SIGNATURES			31

 

 

Unless otherwise stated in this Report (as defined below), or the context otherwise requires, references to:

 

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“2021 Annual Report” are to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, as filed with the SEC (as defined below) on March 25, 2022;

 

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“2022 Annual Report” are to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023;

 

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“2023 Annual Report” are to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on April 9, 2024;

 

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“2023 Redemptions” are to the 19,732,125 Public Shares whose holders properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share in connection with the approval of the First Extension Amendment Proposal (as defined below) and Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal (as defined below);

 

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“2024 SPAC Rules” are to the new rules and regulations for SPACs (as defined below) adopted by the SEC on January 24, 2024, which will become effective on July 1, 2024;

 

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“2024 Redemptions” are to the 4,585,351 Public Shares whose holders properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.89 per share in connection with the approval of the Second Extension Amendment Proposal (as defined below);

 

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“Administrative Support Agreement” are to the Administrative Support Agreement, dated November 4, 2021, which we entered into with our Sponsor (as defined below);

 

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“Amended and Restated Charter” are to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and currently in effect;

 

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“ASC” are to the FASB (as defined below) Accounting Standards Codification;

 

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“ASU” are to the FASB Accounting Standards Update;

 

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“Board of Directors” or “Board” are to our board of directors;

 

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“Business Combination” are to a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses;

 

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“Class A Common Stock” are to shares of our Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

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“Class B Common Stock” are to shares of our Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

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“Combination Period” are to the 36-month period, from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (as defined below) to November 9, 2024 if all monthly extensions are implemented (or such earlier date as determined by the Board), as extended by the Second Extension Amendment Proposal (as defined below), that we have to consummate an initial Business Combination; provided that the Combination Period may be further extended pursuant to an amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter and consistent with applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange rules;

 

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“Common Stock” are to the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, together;

 

 

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“Company,” “our,” “we,” or “us” are to New Providence Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation;

 

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“Continental” are to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, trustee of our Trust Account (as defined below) and warrant agent of our Public Warrants (as defined below);

 

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“Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

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“FASB” are to the Financial Accounting Standards Board;

 

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“First Extension Amendment Proposal” are to the  proposal at the First Extension Meeting (as defined below) to extend the Combination Period from May 9, 2023 to May 9, 2024;

 

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“First Extension Meeting” are to our special meeting of stockholders in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders held on May 5, 2023;

 

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“First Promissory Note” are to that certain unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of up to $300,000 issued to our Sponsor on September 15, 2023;

 

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“Founder Share Conversion” are to the 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued on May 5, 2023 to the Sponsor upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor as Founder Shares (as defined below);

 

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“Founder Shares” are to the shares of Class B Common Stock initially purchased by our Sponsor prior to the Initial Public Offering and the shares of Class A Common Stock that will be issued upon the (i) automatic conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock at the time of our Business Combination as described herein (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A Common Stock will not be “Public Shares” (as defined below)) and (ii) conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock at any time and from time to time at the option of the holder thereof  (such as those that were issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock);

 

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“GAAP” are to the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America;

 

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“Initial Public Offering” or “IPO” are to the initial public offering that we consummated on November 9, 2021;

 

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“Investment Company Act” are to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

 

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“IPO Registration Statement” are to the Registration Statements on Form S-1, initially filed with the SEC on February 22, 2021, as amended, which were declared effective on November 4, 2021 (File Nos. 333-253337 and 333-260794);

 

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“Management” or our “Management Team” are to our executive officers and directors;

 

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“Nasdaq” are to the Nasdaq Global Market;

  

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“Private Placement” are to the private placement of Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) that occurred simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering;

 

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“Private Placement Warrants” are to the warrants issued to our Sponsor in the Private Placement;

 

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“Promissory Notes” are to First Promissory Note and the Second Promissory Note (as defined below), together;

 

 

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“Public Shares” are to the shares of Class A Common Stock sold as part of the Units (as defined below) in our Initial Public Offering (whether they were purchased in our Initial Public Offering or thereafter in the open market);

 

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“Public Stockholders” are to the holders of our Public Shares, including our Management Team to the extent  the members of our Management Team purchase Public Shares, provided that each member of our Management Team’s status as a “Public Stockholder” will only exist with respect to such Public Shares;

 

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“Public Warrants” are to the redeemable warrants sold as part of the Units in our Initial Public Offering (whether they were subscribed for in our Initial Public Offering or purchased in the open market);

 

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“Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal” are to the  proposal at the First Extension Meeting to amend the Amended and Restated Charter to remove the limitation that we may not redeem shares of public stock to the extent that such redemption would result in us having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act), of less than $5,000,001;

 

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“Report” are to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024;

 

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“SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

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“Second Extension Amendment Proposal” are to the proposal at the Second Extension Meeting (as defined below) to extend the Combination Period on a monthly basis, up to six (6) times, from May 9, 2024 until November 9, 2024, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board;

 

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“Second Extension Meeting” are to our special meeting of stockholders in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders held on May 9, 2024;

 

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“Second Promissory Note” are to that certain non-interest bearing promissory note in the principal amount of up to $400,000 issued to our Sponsor on March 7, 2024;

 

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“Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

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“SPACs” are to special purpose acquisition companies;

 

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“Sponsor” are to New Providence Acquisition II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

 

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“Trust Account” are to the U.S.-based trust account in which an amount of $255,000,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants in the Private Placement was placed following the closing of the Initial Public Offering;

 

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“Units” are to the units sold in our Initial Public Offering, which consist of one Public Share and one-third of one Public Warrant; and

 

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“Working Capital Loans” are to funds that, in order to provide working capital or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan us.

 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

		March 31,				December 31,
		2024				2023
		(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash		$	55,287			$	56,867
Prepaid expenses			80,492				13,080
Total Current Assets			135,779				69,947
Marketable securities held in Trust Account			57,411,866				56,981,202
TOTAL ASSETS		$	57,547,645			$	57,051,149
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	1,305,779			$	1,295,810
Income taxes payable			196,901				209,997
Excise taxes payable			2,054,788				2,054,788
Promissory Notes - related party			590,000				290,000
Total Current Liabilities			4,147,468				3,850,595
Deferred underwriting payable			8,750,000				8,750,000
Total Liabilities			12,897,468				12,600,595
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 5,267,875 shares issued and outstanding at $10.85 and $10.75 per share redemption value at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively			57,164,965				56,621,690
Stockholders’ Deficit
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding			—				—
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized; 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 5,267,875 shares subject to possible redemption) at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023			300				300
Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 3,250,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023			325				325
Additional paid-in capital			—				—
Accumulated deficit			(12,515,413	)			(12,171,761	)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit			(12,514,788	)			(12,171,136	)
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT		$	57,547,645			$	57,051,149

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Operating costs		$	399,255			$	325,866
Loss from operations			(399,255	)			(325,866	)
Other income:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account			744,782				2,719,339
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account			—				98,701
Other income			744,782				2,818,040
Income before provision for income taxes			345,527				2,492,174
Provision for income taxes			(145,904	)			(581,288	)
Net income		$	199,623			$	1,910,886
Weighted average shares outstanding, Redeemable Class A Common Stock			5,267,875				25,000,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Redeemable Class A Common Stock		$	0.02			$	0.06
Weighted average shares outstanding, Non-Redeemable Class A Common Stock			3,000,000				—
Basic and diluted net income per share, Non-Redeemable Class A Common Stock		$	0.02			$	—
Weighted average shares outstanding, Class B Common Stock			3,250,000				6,250,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B Common Stock		$	0.02			$	0.06

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(Unaudited)

 

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024

 

		Class A Common Stock								Class B Common Stock								Additional Paid-in				Accumulated				Total Stockholders’
		Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Capital				Deficit				Deficit
Balance – January 1, 2024			3,000,000			$	300				3,250,000			$	325			$	—			$	(12,171,761	)		$	(12,171,136	)
Remeasurement of Class A Common Stock to Redemption Value			—				—				—				—				—				(543,275	)			(543,275	)
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				199,623				199,623
Balance – March 31, 2024			3,000,000			$	300				3,250,000			$	325			$	—			$	(12,515,413	)		$	(12,514,788	)

 

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2023

 

		Class A Common Stock								Class B Common Stock								Additional Paid-in				Accumulated				Total Stockholder’
		Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Capital				Deficit				Deficit
Balance – January 1, 2023			—			$	—				6,250,000			$	625			$	—			$	(8,951,464	)		$	(8,950,839	)
Remeasurement of Class A Common Stock to Redemption Value			—				—				—				—				—				(2,186,752	)			(2,186,752	)
Net income			—				—				—				—				—				1,910,886				1,910,886
Balance – March 31, 2023			—			$	—				6,250,000			$	625			$	—			$	(9,227,330	)		$	(9,226,705	)

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income		$	199,623			$	1,910,886
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account			(744,782	)			(2,719,339	)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account			—				(98,701	)
Deferred tax provision			—				24,980
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses			(67,412	)			43,243
Prepaid income taxes			—				125,826
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			9,969				(140,491	)
Income taxes payable			(13,096	)			430,482
Net cash used in operating activities			(615,698	)			(423,114	)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay franchise and income taxes			314,118				259,950
Net cash provided by financing activities			314,118				259,950
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from Promissory Notes - related party			300,000				—
Net cash provided by financing activities			300,000				—
Net Change in Cash			(1,580	)			(163,164	)
Cash – Beginning of period			56,867				339,663
Cash – End of period		$	55,287			$	176,499
Supplementary cash flow information:
Cash paid for franchise and income taxes		$	159,000			$	—
Non-Cash investing and financing activities:
Remeasurement of Class A Common Stock subject to redemption		$	543,275			$	2,186,752

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, LIQUIDITY, AND RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

New Providence Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on November 16, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

 

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

All activity through March 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering that was consummated by the Company on November 9, 2021 (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account (as described below).

 

The Registration Statements on Form S-1 for the Initial Public Offering, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 22, 2021, as amended (File Nos. 333-253337 and 333-260794) were declared effective on November 4, 2021 (the “IPO Registration Statement”). On November 9, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the (i) shares of the Class A Common Stock (as defined below) included in the Units offered, the “Public Shares” and (ii) redeemable warrants included in the Units offered, the “Public Warrants”), which includes the partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 2,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000 (see Note 3).

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 8,000,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and, collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to New Providence Acquisition II LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $12,000,000 (the “Private Placement”) (see Note 4).

 

Transaction costs amounted to $14,566,172, consisting of $5,000,000 of underwriting fees, $8,750,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $816,172 of other offering costs.

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on November 9, 2021, an amount of $255,000,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants in the Private Placement was placed in a U.S.-based trust account (the “Trust Account”), which was initially invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below.

 

The Company’s management (“Management”) has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete one or more initial Business Combinations 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 (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing a definitive agreement to enter a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination 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.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding 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 ($10.85 per Public Share as of March 31, 2024, 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). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Warrants.

 

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, 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 reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and currently in effect, the “Amended and Restated Charter”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other 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. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or do not vote at all. Upon approval by the Company’s stockholders of the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal (as defined below) at the First Extension Meeting (as defined below), the net tangible asset limitation was removed from the Amended and Restated Charter.

 

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Charter 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 an aggregate of 15% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.

 

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter (i) to modify the substance or timing of the ability of the Public Stockholders to seek redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 36 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

 

The Company previously had 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to complete a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). In connection with the First Extension Meeting (as defined below), the Combination Period was extended until 30 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or May 5, 2024.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

 

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriter of the Initial Public Offering has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the per Unit amount held in the Trust Account ($10.85 per Public Share as of March 31, 2024).

 

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to 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 discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.20 per Public Share or (2) 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 $10.20 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account 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 monies held in the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, 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 all 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.

  

Extension of the Combination Period

 

On May 5, 2023, the Company held a special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders (the “First Extension Meeting”), to, among other things, amend the Amended and Restated Charter to (i) extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from May 9, 2023 to May 9, 2024 (the “First Extension Amendment Proposal”) and (ii) remove the limitation that the Company may not redeem shares of public stock to the extent that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act), of less than $5,000,001 (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal”). The stockholders of the Company approved the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal at the First Extension Meeting and on May 5, 2023, the Company filed the required amendments to the Amended and Restated Charter with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

In connection with the vote to approve the First Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Public Stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 19,732,125 Public Shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $205,478,750 (the “2023 Redemptions”).

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

Founder Share Conversion

 

On May 5, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) to the Sponsor upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock,” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”) held by the Sponsor as Founder Shares (the “Founder Share Conversion”). The 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B Common Stock before the Founder Share Conversion (see Note 5). As a result of the Founder Share Conversion and the 2023 Redemptions, the (i) Sponsor held approximately 53.8.% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) the Company had an aggregate of (x) 8,267,875 shares of Class A Common Stock and (y) 3,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024.

 

Share Transfer Agreements

 

In connection with the First Extension Meeting, the Company and the Sponsor, entered into share transfer agreements with several holders of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to which such holders agreed not to redeem an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common stock (the “Non-Redeemed Stock”). In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such Non-Redeemed Stock, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit and surrender to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor, at the closing of the initial Business Combination, and the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to such holders at such time.

 

Liquidity and Going Concern

 

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $55,287 in its operating bank accounts, $57,411,866 in marketable securities held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its Common Stock in connection therewith and a working capital deficit of $4,011,689. Approximately $3,700,000 of interest income earned on funds held in the Trust Account was available to pay for current tax liabilities.

 

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will continue to use the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

 

The Company expects to need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, in connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) Topic 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until November 9, 2024 to consummate the proposed Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by this time. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date that the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statement were issued. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023 (the “Excise Tax”). The Excise Tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the Excise Tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the Excise Tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the Excise Tax.  In April 2024, the Treasury issued proposed regulations providing guidance with respect to the Excise Tax. Taxpayers may rely on these proposed regulations until final regulations are issued. Under the proposed regulations, liquidating distributions made by publicly traded domestic corporations are exempt from the Excise Tax. In addition, any redemptions that occur in the same taxable year as a liquidation is completed will also be exempt from such tax.

 

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the Excise Tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the Excise Tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

 

On May 5, 2023, in the 2023 Redemptions, Public Stockholders elected to redeem 19,732,125 Public Shares for a total of $205,478,750. As such the Company has recorded a 1% Excise Tax liability in the amount of $2,054,788 on the accompanying condensed balance sheets as of March 31, 2024. The liability does not impact the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations and is offset against additional paid-in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid-in capital is not available. This Excise Tax liability can be offset by future share issuances within the same fiscal year which will be evaluated and adjusted in the period in which the issuances occur.

 

The Company’s results of operations and its ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. The Company’s business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, including geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Company cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and the Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination.

  

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of Management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the period ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on April 9, 2024. The interim results for the periods ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the period ending December 31, 2024 or for any future periods.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2022, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

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

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

Making estimates requires Management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements, which Management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

 

Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account

 

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account consisted of investments in money-market funds that invest in U.S. Treasury securities. All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in the Trust Account are included in interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying unaudited condensed statement of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.

  

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). Class A Common Stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A Common Stock (including common stock that features 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, Class A Common Stock are classified as stockholder’s equity. The Class A Common Stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheets.

 

The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Common Stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.

 

At March 31, 2024, the Common Stock reflected in the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

 

Common Stock subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2023		$	56,621,690
Plus:
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value			543,275
Common Stock subject to possible redemption, March 31, 2024		$	57,164,965

 

Offering Costs

 

Offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the Initial Public Offering that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs are allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received. Offering costs associated with the equity Warrants and Class A Common Stock issued were initially charged to temporary equity and then accreted to Common Stock subject to redemption upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs amounted to $14,566,172, of which $14,202,018 were allocated to Class A Common Stock and $364,154 were allocated to equity Warrants.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the unaudited condensed financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s deferred tax asset for start up organizational expenses had a full valuation allowance recorded against it. Our effective tax rate was 42.23% and 23.30% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, primarily due to the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets.

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

The Company has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction. The Company is subject to income taxation by major taxing authorities since its inception. These examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. Management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

 

While ASC 740 identifies usage of an effective annual tax rate for purposes of an interim provision, it does allow for estimating individual elements in the current period is they are significant, unusual or infrequent. Computing the effective tax rate for the Company is complicated due to the potential impact of the timing of any Business Combination expenses and the actual interest income that will be recognized during the year. The Company has taken a position as to the calculation of income tax expense in a current period based on ASC 740-270-25-3 which states, “[i]f an entity is unable to estimate a part of its ordinary income (or loss) or the related tax (benefit) but is otherwise able to make a reasonable estimate, the tax (or benefit) applicable to the item that cannot be estimated shall be reported in the interim period in which the item is reported.” The Company believes its calculation to be a reliable estimate and allows it to properly take into account the usual elements that can impact its annualized book income and its impact on the effect tax rate. As such, the Company is computing its taxable income (loss) and associated income tax provision based on actual results through March 31, 2024.

 

Net Income per Common Stock

 

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net income per common stock is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding for the period. Remeasurement associated with the redeemable shares of Class A Common Stock is excluded from income per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

 

The calculation of diluted income per share does not consider the effect of the Warrants issued in connection with the (i) Initial Public Offering, and (ii) the Private Placement since the exercise of the Warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The Warrants are exercisable to purchase 16,333,333 Class A Common Stock in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into Common Stock and then share in the income of the Company. As a result, diluted net income per common stock is the same as basic net income per Common Stock for the periods presented.

 

The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income per Common Stock (in dollars, except per share amounts):

 

		For the Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024												2023
		Class A redeemable				Class A non- redeemable				Class B				Class A redeemable				Class B
Basic and diluted net income per Common Stock
Numerator:
Allocation of net income		$	91,301			$	51,994			$	56,328			$	1,528,709			$	382,177
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average Common Stock outstanding			5,267,875				3,000,000				3,250,000				25,000,000				6,250,000
Basic and diluted net income per share of Common Stock		$	0.02			$	0.02			$	0.02			$	0.06			$	0.06

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except for warrant liabilities (see Note 8).

 

Warrant Liabilities

 

The Company accounts for Warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the instruments’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in and FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the instruments are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the instruments meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the instruments are indexed to the company’s own common shares and whether the instrument holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the instruments are outstanding. Upon review of the warrant agreement the Company entered into with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) on November 4, 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”), Management concluded that the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued pursuant to the warrant agreement qualify for equity accounting treatment.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company was not exposed to significant risks on such account.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU Topic 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”). This update requires financial assets measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The measurement of expected credit losses is based on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. Since June 2016, the FASB issued clarifying updates to the new standard including changing the effective date for smaller reporting companies. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU Topic 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires disclosure of incremental income tax information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements and disclosures.

 

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

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

 

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 25,000,000 Units, which includes a partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 2,500,000 Units, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Public Share and one-third of one Public Warrant. Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).

 

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of $12,000,000, in the Private Placement. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7). A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.

 

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Founder Shares

 

On January 19, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 to cover certain offering costs of the Company in consideration for 5,750,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Founder Shares”). In February 2021, the Sponsor transferred 10,000 Founder Shares to certain of the Company’s directors, Rick Mazer, Dan Ginsberg, Tim Gannon, Terry Wilson and Greg Stevens. On November 4, 2021, the Company effected a stock capitalization resulting in its initial stockholders holding 6,468,750 shares of its Class B Common Stock. Following the underwriter’s election to partially exercise its over-allotment option at the Initial Public Offering and forfeiture by the underwriters of the remaining outstanding option, 218,750 Founder Shares were forfeited.

 

The sale of the Founder Shares to the Company’s directors is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The Company has hired a valuation firm who used the lattice model to assess the fair value associated with the Founder Shares granted. The fair value of the 50,000 Founder Shares granted to the Company’s directors was $487,000 or $9.74 per share. The Founder Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the performance condition is probable of occurrence under the applicable accounting literature in this circumstance. As of March 31, 2024, the Company determined the performance conditions are not considered probable, and, therefore, no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date the performance conditions are considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination) in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares vested times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founder Shares.

 

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (1) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

On May 5, 2023, in connection with the First Extension Meeting, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Sponsor upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor as Founder Shares (see Note 5). The 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B Common Stock before the Founder Share Conversion as described above.

 

Administrative Support Agreement

 

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on November 4, 2021 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay the Sponsor a total of up to $20,000 per month for, among other things, the provision of the services of one or more investment professionals, who may be related parties of the Sponsor or of one of the Company’s executive officers. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred $60,000 in fees for these services, of which $60,000 is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheets. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred $60,000 in fees for these services, of which $40,000 was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

 

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 directors and officers 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. 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 $1.50 per warrant. Any warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had no Working Capital Loans.

 

Promissory Note — Related Party

 

On September 15, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $300,000 to the Sponsor (the “First Promissory Note”). The First Promissory Note bears no interest and has been amended and restated to be payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of the Company’s liquidation (see Note 9). The Company and the Sponsor agree that the Company may request up to $300,000 for costs reasonably related to the Business Combination. The principal of the First Promissory Note may be drawn down upon written request from the Company to the Sponsor (each, a “Drawdown Request”). Each Drawdown Request must state the amount to be drawn down, and must not be an amount less than $1,000 unless agreed upon by the Company and the Sponsor. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $290,000 outstanding under the First Promissory Note.

 

On March 7, 2024, the Company issued a non-interest bearing promissory note to the Sponsor to borrow up to $400,000 (the “Second Promissory Note”, and together the “Promissory Notes”). The Second Promissory Note has been amended and restated to be payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of the Company’s liquidation (see Note 9). The principal balance may be prepaid at any time. As of March 31, 2024, there was $300,000 outstanding under the Second Promissory Note.

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, there was an aggregate of $590,000 and $290,000 outstanding under the Promissory Notes.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Registration and Stockholders Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and stockholder rights agreement entered into on November 4, 2021, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to shares of Class A Common Stock). The holders of the majority of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Such registration rights agreement does not contain liquidated damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,750,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

 

Consulting Services Arrangements

 

The Company has arrangements with third party consultants to provide services to the Company relating to identification of and negotiation with potential targets, assistance with due diligence, marketing, financial analyses and investor relations. These arrangements provide for aggregate monthly fees of approximately $10,000. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company did not incur any fees for these services. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred and paid $30,365.

 

NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company filed an Amended and Restated Charter prior to the closing date of the Initial Public Offering such that the Company is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a $0.0001 par value. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no preferred stock issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 400,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock. Holders of the Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding (excluding 5,267,875 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption were issued or outstanding).

  

Class B Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock. Holders of the Class B Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 3,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, except as required by law.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

The shares of Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock (a) at any time and from time to time at the option of the holder thereof and (b) automatically upon the closing of the Business Combination on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). In the case that additional shares of Class A Common Stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A Common Stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B Common Stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% (taking into account any shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Sponsor in connection with its prior conversion) of the sum of the total number of all shares of Common Stock outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A Common Stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, and any private placement-equivalent warrants issued to the Sponsor or its affiliates upon conversion of loans made to the Company).

 

On May 5, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Sponsor upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of the Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor as Founder Shares. The 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B Common Stock before the Founder Share Conversion. As a result of the Founder Share Conversion and the 2023 Redemptions, the (i) Sponsor held approximately 53.8.% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) the Company had an aggregate of (x) 8,267,875 shares of Class A Common Stock and (y) 3,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024.

 

Warrants

 

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 8,333,333 Public Warrants issued and outstanding. Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A Common Stock underlying the Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No Warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a share of Class A Common Stock upon exercise of a Warrant unless the share of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Warrants.

 

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and thereafter will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A Common Stock until the Warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the Warrant Agreement. If a registration statement covering the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is not effective by the 60th business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when it will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption by surrendering such Warrants for that number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the Warrants and the “fair market value” by (y) the fair market value; provided, however, that no cashless exercise shall be permitted unless the fair market value is equal to or higher than the exercise price. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the Class A Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their Warrants on a cashless basis.

 

The Warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. On the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant exercise price will be paid directly to the Company and not placed in the Trust Account.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

Redemption of Warrants

 

Once the Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:

 

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in whole and not in part;

 

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at a price of $0.01 per warrant, which we refer to as the “30-day redemption period”;

 

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upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

 

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if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations and as adjusted as described in the IPO Registration Statement), for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period commencing at any time after the Warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to warrant holders

 

If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise its redemption right if the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such registration or qualification.

 

The exercise price and number of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of Class A Common Stock at a price below their exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.

 

In addition, if (a) the Company issues additional shares of Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of an initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price as determined by the Board of Directors, in good faith, and in the case of any such issuance to the Company’s initial stockholders (as defined in the IPO Registration Statement) or their affiliates, without taking into account any of the Founder Shares, issued prior to the Initial Public Offering and held by the Company’s initial stockholders or their affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (b) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (c) the Market Value (as defined below) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the Market Value and (ii) Newly Issued Price, and the Redemption Trigger Price (as defined below) will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the greater of (i) the Market Value and (ii) the Newly Issued Price. For the purposes of this adjustment, the “Market Value” shall mean the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A Common Stock during the twenty (20) trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination. The “Redemption Trigger Price” shall mean $18.00 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement.

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there are 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants issued and outstanding. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis and are non-redeemable.

  

NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.

 

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects Management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

 

	Level 1:	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
	Level 2:	Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
	Level 3:	Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

Description		Level				March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account			1			$	57,411,866			$	56,981,202

 

 

NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2024

 

NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below or within these financial statements, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

To mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating an unregistered investment company, on April 12, 2024, the Company instructed Continental, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the liquidation of the Company. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, the remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement are no longer invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds invested in U.S. government securities. Interest on such deposit account is currently 4.5% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and the Company cannot assure its stockholders that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.

 

On May 9, 2024, the Company held a special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders (the “Second Extension Meeting”), to amend the Amended and Restated Charter extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination from May 9, 2024 on a monthly basis, up to six (6) times, until November 9, 2024, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board (the “Second Extension Amendment Proposal”). The stockholders of the Company approved the Second Extension Amendment Proposal at the Second Extension Meeting and on May 9, 2024, the Company filed the required amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

In connection with the vote to approve the Second Extension Amendment Proposal, Public Stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 4,585,351 Public Shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.89 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $49.95 million. Following the 2024 Redemptions, the Company will have 682,524 Public Shares outstanding.

 

On May 20, 2024, the Company amended and restated the Promissory Notes to the Sponsor to make the Promissory Notes payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of the Company’s liquidation. The rest of the terms of the Promissory Notes remain the same, including that the Promissory Notes bear no interest. Since March 31, 2024, the Company did not borrow any additional amounts under the Promissory Notes and an aggregate of $110,000 remains available to borrow under the Promissory Notes, as amended and restated.

 

 

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

  

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Report including, without limitation, statements under this Item regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of Management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Report, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our Management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our Management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our Management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements”.

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on November 16, 2020 for the purpose of effectuating a Business Combination. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and our Private Placement, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

 

On November 9, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 25,000,000 Units , which includes the partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 2,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrants in the Private Placement to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $12,000,000.

 

Following our Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, a total of $255,000,000 was placed in our Trust Account. We incurred $14,566,172 in Initial Public Offering related costs, including $5,000,000 of underwriting fees, $8,750,000 of deferred underwriting fees, and $816,172 of other offering costs.

 

We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

 

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the 2024 SPAC Rules. The 2024 SPAC Rules require, among other matters, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC Business Combination transactions; (ii) additional disclosures relating to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates in both SPAC initial public offerings and Business Combination transactions; (iii) additional disclosures regarding projections included in SEC filings in connection with proposed Business Combination transactions; and (iv) the requirement that both the SPAC and its target company be co-registrants for Business Combination registration statements. In addition, the SEC’s adopting release provided guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including its duration, asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its management team in furtherance of such goals. The 2024 SPAC Rules may materially affect our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.

 

Recent Developments

 

To mitigate the risk of being viewed as operating an unregistered investment company, on April 12, 2024, we instructed Continental, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain the funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, the remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement are no longer invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds invested in U.S. government securities. Interest on such deposit account is currently 4.5% per annum, but such deposit account carries a variable rate and we cannot assure our stockholders that such rate will not decrease or increase significantly.

 

 

On May 9, 2024, we held the Second Extension Meeting, to amend the Amended and Restated Charter to extend the date by which we have to consummate a Business Combination from May 9, 2024 on a monthly basis, up to six (6) times, until November 9, 2024, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board. Our stockholders approved the Second Extension Amendment Proposal at the Second Extension Meeting and on May 9, 2024, the we filed the required amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

In connection with the vote to approve the Second Extension Amendment Proposal, Public Stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 4,585,351 Public Shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.89 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $49.95 million in the 2024 Redemptions. Following the 2024 Redemptions, we will have 682,524 Public Shares outstanding.

 

On May 20, 2024, we amended and restated the Promissory Notes to the Sponsor to make the Promissory Notes payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of our liquidation. The rest of the terms of the Promissory Notes remain the same, including that the Promissory Notes bear no interest. Since March 31, 2024, we did not borrow any additional amounts under the Promissory Notes and an aggregate of $110,000 remains available to borrow under the Promissory Notes, as amended and restated.

 

Extension of Our Combination Period

 

On May 5, 2023, we held the First Extension Meeting, to, among other things, amend the Amended and Restated Charter to (i) extend the date by which we had to consummate a Business Combination from May 9, 2023 to May 9, 2024 and (ii) remove the limitation that we may not redeem shares of public stock to the extent that such redemption would result in us having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act), of less than $5,000,001. Our stockholders approved the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal at the First Extension Meeting and on May 5, 2023, we filed the required amendments to the Amended and Restated Charter with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

In connection with the vote to approve the First Extension Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, Public Stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 19,732,125 Public Shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $205,478,750 in the 2023 Redemptions.

 

We may seek to further extend the Combination Period consistent with applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange rules. Such an extension would require the approval of our Public Stockholders, who will be provided the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares. Such redemptions will likely have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our Trust Account, our capitalization, principal stockholders and other impacts on our Company or Management Team, such as our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq.

 

Founder Share Conversion

 

On May 5, 2023, we issued an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Sponsor upon the conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor as Founder Shares. The 3,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Founder Share Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B Common Stock before the Founder Share Conversion. As a result of the Founder Share Conversion and the 2023 Redemptions, the (i) Sponsor held approximately 53.8.% of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) we had an aggregate of (x) 8,267,875 shares of Class A Common Stock and (y) 3,250,000 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024.

 

In connection with the First Extension Meeting, the Company and the Sponsor, entered into share transfer agreements with several holders of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to which such holders agreed not to redeem an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common stock (the “Non-Redeemed Stock”). In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such Non-Redeemed Stock, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit and surrender to the Company for no consideration an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor, at the closing of the initial Business Combination, and the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to such holders at such time.

 

 

Results of Operations

 

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities through March 31, 2024 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for our Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in our Trust Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence and other expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had net income of $199,623, which consisted of interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $744,782, offset operating costs of $399,255 and provision for income taxes of $145,904.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $1,910,886, which consisted of unrealized gain on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $98,701 and interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $2,719,339, offset operating costs of $325,866 and provision for income taxes of $581,288.

 

Factors That May Adversely Affect our Results of Operations

 

Our results of operations and our ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. Our business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, public health considerations, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. We cannot at this time predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and our ability to complete an initial Business Combination.

 

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash used in operating activities was $615,698. Net income of $199,623 was affected by interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $744,782. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $70,539 of cash for operating activities.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2023, cash used in operating activities was $423,114. Net income of $1,910,886 was affected by an unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $98,701, interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $2,719,339 and deferred tax provision of $24,980. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $459,060 of cash for operating activities.

 

As of March 31, 2024, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $57,411,866 (including approximately $3,700,000 of interest income) consisting of money market funds that invest in U.S. Treasury securities. Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes. From our inception through March 31, 2024, we have withdrawn an aggregate of $3,679,541 of interest earned from the Trust Account to pay tax obligations.

 

We plan to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

 

 

As of March 31, 2024, we had cash held outside the Trust Account of $55,287. We use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

 

On September 15, 2023, we issued the First Promissory Note in the principal amount of $300,000 to the Sponsor. The First Promissory Note bears no interest and was amended and restated to be payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of our liquidation. We agreed with the Sponsor that we may request up to $300,000 for costs reasonably related to the Business Combination. The principal of the First Promissory Note may be drawn down upon written request from us to the Sponsor. Each such drawdown request must state the amount to be drawn down, and must not be an amount less than $1,000 unless agreed upon by us and the Sponsor. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $290,000 outstanding under the First Promissory Note.

 

On March 7, 2024, we issued the Second Promissory Note to our Sponsor to borrow up to $400,000. The Second Promissory Note is due and payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of our liquidation. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time. As of March 31, 2024 there was $300,000 outstanding under the Second Promissory Note.

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, there was an aggregate of $590,000 and $290,000 outstanding under the Promissory Notes.

 

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us Working Capital Loans as may be required. If we complete a business combination, we would repay such Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. Any warrants issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

 

We may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. Our officers, directors and our Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Accordingly, we may not be able to obtain additional financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, in connection with the company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASU Topic 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” we have until November 9, 2024 to consummate the proposed Business Combination, if all available six monthly extensions are utilized. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate the proposed Business Combination by this time. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for at least one year from the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements” were issued. The unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements” do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable 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, 2024. 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.

 

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than the Administrative Support Agreement, pursuant to which, we pay our Sponsor a total of up to $20,000 per month for, among other things, the provision of the services of one or more investment professionals, who may be related parties of our Sponsor or of one of our executive officers.

 

The underwriter of the Initial Public Offering is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $8,750,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the trust account solely in the event that we complete a business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

 

In connection with the First Extension Meeting, we entered into share transfer agreements with the Sponsor and several holders of Class A Common Stock, pursuant to which such holders agreed not to redeem an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common stock. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such Public Shares, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit and surrender to us, for no consideration, an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock held by the Sponsor, at the closing of the initial Business Combination, and we agreed to issue an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to such holders at such time.

 

Critical Accounting Estimates

 

The preparation of the unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements” requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements”. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to fair value of financial instruments and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and, accordingly, actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if: (i) the accounting estimate requires us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate was made, and (ii) changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from period to period or use of different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, would have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. There are items within our unaudited condensed financial statement that require estimation but are not deemed critical, as defined above.

 

As of the end of the reporting period, we have not identified any critical accounting estimates.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU Topic 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”). This update requires financial assets measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The measurement of expected credit losses is based on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. Since June 2016, the FASB issued clarifying updates to the new standard including changing the effective date for smaller reporting companies. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2023. The adoption of ASU 2016-13 did not have a material impact on the unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements”.

 

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU Topic 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires disclosure of incremental income tax information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have a material impact on the unaudited condensed financial statements and notes thereto included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements”.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements”.

 

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

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

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officer”), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our Management, including our Certifying Officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, due to (i) identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting related to properly recording and accruing expenses, as disclosed in our 2023 Annual Report and (ii) a new material weakness identified during the December 31, 2023 audit related to proper safeguarding of Trust Account assets, reporting of appropriate disclosure and monitoring process over the use of Trust Account funds. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report under “Item 1. Financial Statements” were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, Management believes that the unaudited condensed financial statements included in this Report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented. As of March 31, 2024, the identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting has not yet been remediated.

 

In light of this material weakness, we have also enhanced our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements including making greater use of third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. We believe our efforts will enhance our controls relating to accounting for complex financial transactions, but we can offer no assurance that our controls will not require additional review and modification in the future as industry accounting practice may evolve over time.

 

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

 

Other than as described above, there have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

To the knowledge of our Management Team, there is no material litigation currently pending or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.

  

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

As a smaller reporting company under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. For additional risks relating to our operations, other than as set forth below, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in our (i) IPO Registration Statement, (ii) 2023 Annual Report, 2022 Annual Report and 2021 Annual Report (iii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2022 and March 21, 2022, as filed with the SEC on August 10, 2022 and May 13, 2022, respectively, and (iv) Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2024. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risks could arise that may also affect our business or ability to consummate an initial Business Combination. We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

 

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination, and results of operations.

 

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements and numerous complex tax laws. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial Business Combination, and results of operations.

 

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the 2024 SPAC Rules requiring, among other matters, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC Business Combination transactions; (ii) additional disclosures relating to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates in both SPAC initial public offerings and Business Combination transactions; (iii) additional disclosures regarding projections included in SEC filings in connection with proposed Business Combination transactions; and (iv) the requirement that both the SPAC and its target company be co-registrants for Business Combination registration statements

 

In addition, the SEC’s adopting release provided guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including its duration, asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its management team in furtherance of such goals.

 

Compliance with the 2024 SPAC Rules and related guidance may (i) increase the costs of and the time needed to negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination and (ii) constrain the circumstances under which we could affect our ability to complete an initial Business Combination.

 

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.

 

The SEC’s adopting release with respect to the 2024 SPAC Rules provided guidance relating to the potential status of SPACs as investment companies subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act and the regulations thereunder. Whether a SPAC is an investment company is dependent on specific facts and circumstances and we can give no assurance that a claim will not be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.

 

 

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including (i) restrictions on the nature of our investments; and (ii) restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial Business Combination.

 

In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including: (i) registration as an investment company; (ii) adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and (iii) reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.

 

In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We are mindful of the SEC’s investment company definition and guidance and intend to complete an initial Business Combination with an operating business, and not with an investment company, or to acquire minority interests in other businesses exceeding the permitted threshold.

 

We do not believe that our business activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the Trust Account were initially invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended Business Combination. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the Trust Account, on April 12, 2024, we instructed Continental, as trustee of the Trust Account, to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank.

 

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, Continental is not permitted to invest in securities or assets other than as described above. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intended to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. Our Initial Public Offering was not intended for persons who were seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The Trust Account is intended solely as a temporary depository for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of our initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our Amended and Restated Charter (x) in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period; or (y) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of shares of our Class A Common Stock or pre-initial Business Combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, our return of the funds held in the Trust Account to our Public Stockholders as part of our redemption of the Public Shares.

 

We are aware of litigation claiming that certain SPACs should be considered investment companies. Although we believe that these claims are without merit, we cannot guarantee that we will not be deemed to be an investment company and thus subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete an initial Business Combination or may result in our liquidation. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination, our Public Stockholders may receive only approximately $10.85 (as of March 31, 2024) per Public Share upon the liquidation of our Trust Account and our Warrants will expire worthless.

 

We may seek to further extend the Combination Period, which could have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our Trust Account and other adverse effects on our Company.

 

We may seek to further extend the Combination Period. Such an extension would require the approval of our Public Stockholders, who will be provided the opportunity to redeem all or a portion their Public Shares. Such redemptions will likely have a material adverse effect on the amount held in our Trust Account, our capitalization, principal stockholders and other impacts on our Company or Management Team, such as our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq.

 

 

If we seek to further extend the Combination Period, such extension would not be in compliance with Nasdaq rules, and unless Nasdaq were to grant us an exemption, will likely lead Nasdaq to suspend trading in or delist our securities.

 

Our securities are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. Nasdaq Rule IM-5101-2 requires that a SPAC complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement, which, in our case, would be November 9, 2024. If we were to seek to further extend the Combination Period beyond November 9, 2024, our Combination Period would extend beyond the 36-month period provided by the Nasdaq rules. Consequently, further extension of our Combination Period does not comply with Nasdaq rules. There is a risk that, even if an extension were approved by our stockholders, trading in our securities may be suspended and we may be subject to delisting by Nasdaq. If this were to occur, we may be given the opportunity to request a hearing before the Nasdaq’s Hearings Panel, which would stay the suspension of trading on our securities, and our securities would continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market until the hearing process concludes and the Hearing Panel issues a written decision. However, we cannot assure you that (i) Nasdaq will not delist our securities in the event such an extension were approved and we do not complete one or more Business Combinations by November 9, 2024, (ii) we will be able to obtain a hearing with Nasdaq’s Hearings Panel to appeal the delisting determination, or (iii) our securities will not be suspended pending the Hearing Panel’s decision.

 

If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading and we are unable to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could potentially be quoted on an over-the-counter market. However, if this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences.

 

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

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

None.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, see Part II, Item 2 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, as filed with the SEC on December 20, 2021.There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as described in the IPO Registration Statement. The specific investments in our Trust Account may change from time to time.

 

On April 12, 2024, we instructed Continental to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank, with Continental continuing to act as trustee, until the earlier of the consummation of our initial Business Combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, the remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement are no longer invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds invested in U.S. government securities.

 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

On May 9, 2024, we held the Second Meeting and our stockholders approved, among other things, the Extension Amendment Proposal, which extended the date by which we have to consummate a Business Combination from May 9, 2024 on a monthly basis, up to six (6) times, until November 9, 2024, or such earlier date as may be determined by the Board. In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, Public Stockholders holding 4,585,351 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. We paid cash in the aggregate amount of $49.95 million, or approximately $10.89 per share to such redeeming Public Stockholders in the 2024 Redemptions.

 

There were no such repurchases of our equity securities by us or an affiliate during the quarterly period covered by the Report.

 

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

Trading Arrangements

 

During the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.

 

Additional Information

 

On May 20, 2024, we amended and restated the Promissory Notes to the Sponsor to make the Promissory Notes payable in full upon the earlier of (i) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (ii) the date of our liquidation. The rest of the terms of the Promissory Notes remain the same, including that the Promissory Notes bear no interest. Since March 31, 2024, we did not borrow any additional amounts under the Promissory Notes and an aggregate of $110,000 remains available to borrow under the Promissory Notes, as amended and restated.

 

The issuance of the Promissory Notes was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Promissory Notes, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to the Report, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 6. Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Report.

 

No.		Description of Exhibit
3.1		Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)
10.1		Amended and Restated Promissory Note issued to New Providence Acquisition II LLC on May 20, 2024.*
10.2		Amended and Restated Second Promissory Note issued to New Providence Acquisition II LLC on May 20, 2024.*
31.1		Certification of the Principal Executive and Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
32.1		Certification of the Principal Executive and Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
101.INS		Inline XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.*
101.CAL		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.*
101.DEF		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.*
101.LAB		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.*
101.PRE		Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.*
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded as Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101).*

 

*

Filed herewith.

 

**

Furnished herewith.

 

(1)

Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2024.

 

 

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.

 

Dated: May 21, 2024	NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP. II
	By:	/s/ Gary Smith
	Name:	Gary Smith
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Executive, Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

 

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