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DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

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DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

 

SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation (“SEDA” or the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 16, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region 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.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 16, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”) as described below, and since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income or loss in the form of interest income or gains (losses) on investments on the cash and investments held in a trust account from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the Company will recognize non-operating income or loss on the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities and promissory notes.

 

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 28, 2021. On November 2, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 17,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $175,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”).

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 8,250,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to SDCL EDGE Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), Sustainable Investors Fund, LP (“Capricorn”), and Seaside Holdings (Nominee) Limited (“Seaside” and, together with Capricorn, the “A Anchor Investors”) generating gross proceeds of $8,250,000, which is described in Note 4.

 

The Company had granted the underwriters in the Initial Public Offering (the “Underwriters”) a 45-day option to purchase up to 2,625,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any. On November 16, 2021, the Underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 2,495,246 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $24,952,460, and incurred $499,049 in cash underwriting fees.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company consummated the sale of 748,574 warrants (the “Over-Allotment Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor and the A Anchor Investors generating gross proceeds of $748,574.

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, the sale of the Over-Allotment Units, and the sale of the Over-Allotment Warrants, an amount of $201,951,985 ($10.10 per Unit) was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The funds in the Trust Account were initially invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with maturities 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, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of an initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Public Shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; and (iii) absent an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, the return of the funds held in the Trust Account to the public shareholders as part of the redemption of the Public Shares. If the Company does not invest the proceeds as discussed above, the Company may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. If the Company is deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which the Company has not allotted funds and may hinder the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination. Following the Extraordinary General Meeting, the funds in the Trust Account were moved out of investment in securities and into an interest-bearing bank deposit account until the earlier of consummation of the Company's initial Business Combination or liquidation in order to mitigate the risk of being deemed an unregistered investment company. The funds in the Trust Account may only be (i) held uninvested, (ii) held in an interest-bearing bank demand deposit account, or (iii) held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination, the Company’s public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and the warrants will expire worthless.

 

In addition, the Sponsor agreed to forfeit up to 656,250 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) to the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriters. As a result of the underwriters’ partial exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company repurchased and cancelled 32,439 Founders Shares. No other Founder Shares remain subject to forfeiture.

 

The Company will provide its public shareholders 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 shareholder meeting called to approve a Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, in its sole discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the Trust Account ($10.77 per share as of December 31, 2023), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of a Business Combination, including 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 Company’s warrants. The Class A ordinary shares are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”).

 

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association as then in effect, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial shareholders, Anchor Investors (as defined in Note 5), and management team have agreed to vote any Founder Shares held by them, and any Public Shares purchased in or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or whether they were a public shareholder on the record date for the general meeting held to approve the proposed transaction.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder 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% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

The initial shareholders and A Anchor Investors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares they hold in connection with the completion of an initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares they hold in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within 24 months from the Initial Public Offering. In connection with the Extension Proposal (as defined below), the waiver described in (i), (ii), and (iii) has occurred. However, if the initial shareholders or Anchor Investors (as defined in Note 5) acquire additional Public Shares 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 (as defined below).

 

The Company will have until May 2, 2024, or July 2, 2024 by monthly extensions approved by the board of directors (the “Combination Period”), to complete a Business Combination. 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (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 shareholders and board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Upon the approval of the Extension Proposal (as defined below), the Company entered into a funding undertaking and promissory note agreement (each a “Funding Agreement” and together, the “Funding Agreements”) with each of the Sponsor and the A Anchor Investors pursuant to which each of the Sponsor and the A Anchor Investors will agree, severally and not jointly, that for each month, or pro rata portion thereof if less than a month, until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company consummates an initial Business Combination and (ii) July 2, 2024 (or any earlier date of termination, dissolution or winding up of the Company as determined in the sole discretion of the Company’s board of directors), the Sponsor and each of the A Anchor Investors will make, in aggregate, extension deposits of $0.019 into the Trust Account for each remaining Public Share, up to a total of $250,000 per month.

 

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 (1) $10.10 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 $10.10 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay the Company’s tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third-party or prospective target business that executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 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 (other than 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.

 

Business Combination Agreement

 

 On February 20, 2024, (i) SEDA, (ii) Specialty Copper Listco Plc, a public limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 15395590 (“PubCo”), (iii) SEDA Magnet LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Merger Sub”), (iv) MAGNET Joint Venture GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register of the local court of Osnabrück under registration number HRB 217397 (“JV GmbH”), (v) PP S&C Holding GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register of the local court of Munich under registration number HRB 275474, (vi) cunova GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register of the local court of Osnabrück under registration number HRB 216155 (“Cunova”), (vii) KME SE, a stock corporation organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register of the local court of Osnabrück under registration number HRB 213357 (“KME”), (viii) Creature Kingdom Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 06799429, (ix) The Paragon Fund III GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG, a limited partnership organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register of the local court of Munich under registration number HRB 110100 (“Paragon” and together with KME, the “Shareholders”) and (x) Mr. Edward Wilson Davis, solely in the capacity as the representative for the shareholders of SEDA, entered into a business combination agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which several transactions relating to the special product business of Cunova, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of JV GmbH, and certain assets of KME comprising the KME specialty aerospace business (the “Aerospace Business” and, together with Cunova, the “Target”) will occur, and in connection therewith, PubCo will become the ultimate parent company of Merger Sub, JV GmbH and the Target (the “Target Business Combination”).

 

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein:

 

(i) SEDA will merge with and into Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub being the surviving entity in the merger (the time at which the Merger becomes effective, the “Merger Effective Time”);

 

(ii) in connection with the Merger, (a) each outstanding SEDA Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “SEDA Class B Shares”) will be converted (unless otherwise agreed in writing) into 0.893 SEDA Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “SEDA Class A Shares,” and together with the SEDA Class B Shares, the “SEDA Shares”), (b) each outstanding SEDA Class A Share will be automatically canceled and converted into PubCo ordinary shares at an exchange ratio of 1.119375, each such PubCo ordinary share having a par value of £1 per share (the “PubCo Shares”), and (c) each outstanding warrant of SEDA will be automatically adjusted to entitle the holder to purchase one whole PubCo Share at a price of $11.50 per PubCo Share;

 

(iii) on the Exchange Date (as defined below) (and, if applicable, immediately after the closing contemplated of any Financing (as defined below)), PubCo will (a) redeem the redeemable preference share in PubCo held by Creature Kingdom, and (b) purchase from Creature Kingdom the ordinary share in PubCo held by Creature Kingdom in exchange for the release of the undertaking to pay the subscription price of such redeemable share; and

 

(iv) on the Exchange Date (as defined below), (a) Paragon will transfer its shares in PP Holding and a certain shareholder loan to PubCo in exchange for cash and a vendor loan agreement by and between Paragon and PubCo, (b) Cunova will redeem the preference share of Cunova with the number 25,001 (the “Cunova Preference Share”) in consideration for the transfer of the preference share of KME AssetCo GmbH (“KME AssetCo”) with the number 25,001 (the “KME AssetCo Preference Share”) by Cunova to KME Special Products GmbH & Co. KG (“KME Special”), and (c) KME will cause (i) KME Germany GmbH (“KME Germany”), KME Mansfeld GmbH (“KME Mansfeld”) and KME America Inc. (“KME America” and, together with KME Germany and KME Mansfeld, the “Aerospace Business Sellers”) to transfer to Cunova the KME specialty aerospace business in exchange for a vendor loan debt instrument issued by Cunova (the “Aerospace VLN”) and which the Aerospace Business Sellers will transfer to KME Special and KME Special, in turn, will contribute the Aerospace VLN to PubCo in exchange for PubCo Shares; and (ii) KME Special to transfer its shares in JV GmbH and a certain shareholder loan between KME Special and JV GmbH to PubCo in exchange for PubCo Shares and cash ((a)-(c) the “Exchange” and the date on which the Exchange occurs, the “Exchange Date”).

 

Sponsor Support Agreement

 

On February 20, 2024, in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, SEDA entered into a sponsor support agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) with PubCo and Sponsor as a holder of private warrants of SEDA (“SEDA Private Warrants”) (purchased in a private placement contemporaneously with the Initial Public Offering of SEDA) and a holder of SEDA Class B Shares. Pursuant to the Sponsor Support Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, until the earlier of the Merger Effective Time and the date and time, if any, that the Business Combination Agreement is terminated, the Sponsor agreed to, among other things: (i) inter alia, vote any SEDA Shares that it owns in favor of the proposals regarding the Target Business Combination; (ii) not redeem or effect any sale or distribution of any SEDA Shares or SEDA Private Warrants that it owns; (iii) convert its 2,639,375 SEDA Class B Shares into 1,593,941 SEDA Class A Shares; and (iv) at closing of the Target Business Combination (the “Closing”), enter into a registration rights agreement based on the term sheet scheduled to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Anchor Support Agreement

 

On February 20, 2024, in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, SEDA entered into an anchor support agreement (the “Anchor Support Agreement”) with PubCo and each of the A Anchor Investors as holders of public warrants of SEDA (“SEDA Public Warrants” and, together with the SEDA Private Warrants, the “SEDA Warrants”) (purchased in the Initial Public Offering of SEDA) and SEDA Private Warrants (purchased in a private placement contemporaneously with the Initial Public Offering of SEDA) and holders of SEDA Class A Shares and SEDA Class B Shares. Pursuant to the Anchor Support Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, until the earlier of the Merger Effective Time and the date and time, if any, that the Business Combination Agreement is terminated, each A Anchor Investor agreed to, among other things: (i) vote any SEDA Shares that it owns in favor of the proposals regarding the Target Business Combination; (ii) not redeem or effect any sale or distribution of any SEDA Shares or SEDA Warrants that it owns; (iii) convert its 499,881 SEDA Class B Shares into 283,291 SEDA Class A Shares; and (iv) at the Closing, enter into a registration rights agreement based on the term sheet scheduled to the Business Combination Agreement.

 

NYSE Continued Listing Standards Compliance Notification

 

On January 12, 2023, the Company received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the Company was not in compliance with NYSE listing standard 802.01B because the Company had fallen below compliance with the 300 public shareholders requirement. On August 23, 2023, the NYSE notified the Company that it was again in compliance with NYSE listing standard 802.01B but that the Company was subject to continued monitoring and review for a period of 12 months.

 

Extraordinary General Meeting

 

On October 30, 2023, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting of Company shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”). At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination (the “Extension Proposal”) from November 2, 2023 to March 2, 2024 (the “Extended Date”) and to allow the board of directors of the Company, without another shareholder vote, to elect to further extend the date to consummate an initial Business Combination after the Extended Date up to four times, by an additional month each time, up to July 2, 2024.

 

In connection with the Extension Proposal, a total of 44 shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 6,817,313 Class A ordinary shares, representing approximately 34.1% of the issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares. As a result, $72,546,420 was paid out of the Company’s Trust Account in connection with the redemptions, representing a redemption price per Class A ordinary share of approximately $10.64.

 

Pursuant to the Funding Agreements, between November 7, 2023 and December 31, 2023, the Sponsor and the A Anchor Investors deposited $575,866 in the aggregate into the Trust Account.

 

On February 27, 2024, the board of directors of the Company approved a first extension of the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from March 2, 2024 to April 2, 2024. The first extension was the first of four one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. On March 27, 2024, the board of directors of the Company approved a second extension of the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from April 2, 2024 to May 2, 2024. The second extension is the second of four one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.

 

Going Concern Consideration

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $364,721 in cash held outside of the Trust Account and a working capital deficit of $7,114,121.

 

If a Business Combination is not consummated by the Combination Period, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company.

 

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, management has determined there is a lack of liquidity the Company needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time and the Combination Period deadline raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the date that these financial statements are issued. These 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.