References to the "Company," "Big Sky," "our," "us," or "we" refer to
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in
Our sponsor isBig Sky Growth Partners, LLC , aDelaware limited liability company (the "Sponsor"). The registration statement for our initial public offering (the "Initial Public Offering") was declared effective onApril 28, 2021 . OnMay 3, 2021 , we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 units (the "Units" and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the "Public Shares"), at$10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of$300.0 million , and incurring offering costs of approximately$17.3 million , of which$10.5 million was for deferred underwriting commissions. We granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,500,000 Units at the Initial Public Offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. The option expired unexercised onJune 14, 2021 . Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (the "Private Placement") of 5,733,333 warrants (each, a "Private Placement Warrant" and collectively, the "Private Placement Warrants") at a price of$1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating proceeds of$8.6 million . Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement,$300.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and of the Private Placement Warrants in the Private Placement were placed in a trust account ("Trust Account") located inthe United States withContinental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only inU.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 of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), which invest only in directU.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. We must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the funds held in the Trust Account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held in trust and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, we only intend to complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target business or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the
closing of the Initial Public Offering, or
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Results of Operations
Our entire activity since inception, was in preparation for our formation and
the Initial Public Offering, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering up
to
For the period from
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of
Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering
were satisfied through the payment of
Based on the foregoing, our management believes that we will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
Contractual Obligations
Registration Rights and Shareholder Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of 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) were entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and stockholder rights agreement signed upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and "piggy-back" registration rights. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic, including new variant strains of the underlying virus, current or
anticipated military conflict, including between
Critical Accounting Policies
This management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results
of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in
accordance with
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate our financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant toFinancial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 480, Distinguishing Liabilities From Equity ("ASC 480") and FASB ASC Topic 815 , Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815") , paragraph 15 Embedded Derivatives ("ASC 815-15"). The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period.
The warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the "Public
Warrants") and the Private Placement Warrants are recognized as derivative
liabilities in accordance with ASC 815, paragraph 40, Contracts in Entity's Own
Equity ("ASC 815-40"). Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant
instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the instruments to fair
value at each reporting period until they are exercised. The fair value of the
Public Warrants issued in connection with the Public Offering and Private
Placement Warrants were initially measured at fair value utilizing a binomial
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Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in
accordance with the guidance in ASC 480. Class A common stock subject to
mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as liability instruments and are
measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including
Class A common stock that features redemption rights that are either within the
control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain
events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all
other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders' equity. Our
Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be
outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events.
Accordingly, as of
Under FASB ASC 480-10-S99, we have elected to recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying value of the security to equal the redemption value at the end of the reporting period. This method would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date of the security. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of shares of the redeemable Class A common stock resulted in charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share
We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, "Earnings Per Share." The Company has two classes of shares, which are referred to as Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. Net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding for the respective period.
The calculation of diluted net income per common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 13,233,333 shares of common stock since their exercise is contingent upon future events. The Company has considered the effect of Class B common stock that was excluded from the weighted average number of basic shares outstanding as they were contingent on the exercise of over-allotment option by the underwriters. Since the contingency was satisfied, the Company has included these shares in the weighted average number as of the beginning of the period to determine the dilutive impact of these shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A common stock is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
InAugust 2020 , the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity's Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity , which simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. The ASU also removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity-linked contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, and it also simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation in certain areas. We early adopted the ASU onFebruary 11, 2021 . Adoption of the ASU did not impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Our management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards updates, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
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JOBS Act
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act") contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We qualify as an "emerging growth company" and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, the financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an "emerging growth company," we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor's attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor's report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO's compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our Initial Public Offering or until we are no longer an "emerging growth company," whichever is earlier.
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