10-Q/A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)


QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period fromto
Commission File Number: 001-40313

BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
86-2084915
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1201 Western Avenue, Suite 406
Seattle, Washington
98101
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(406)
351-0820
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class:
Trading
Symbol:
Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered:
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value,
and one-fourth of a redeemable Warrant to acquire one share of Class A common stock
BSKYU
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Class A common stock included as part of the
Units
BSKY
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Redeemable warrants to acquire one share of Class A common stock included as part of the Units
BSKYW
The Nasdaq Capital Market
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, 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 February 24, 2022, there were 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and 7,500,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, issued and outstanding.
BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2021
Table of Contents
Page
Item 1.
Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited) 1
Condensed Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 1
Condensed Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021, and for the Period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 2
Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021, and for the Period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 3
Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the Period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) 4
Notes to Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited) (as restated) 5
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 20
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 25
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures (as restated) 25
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings 26
Item 1A.
Risk Factors 26
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities 27
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities 27
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures 27
Item 5.
Other Information 27
Item 6.
Exhibits 28
EXPLANATORY NOTE
References throughout this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A
to "we," "us," the "Company" or "our company" are Big Sky Growth Partners, Inc. unless the context otherwise indicates.
This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A
(this "Amendment No. 1") amends the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
of Big Sky Growth Partners Inc. (the "Company") as of and for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on November 12, 2021 (the "Original Filing").
The Original Filing included a section within Note 2, Revision of Previously Reported Financial Statements ("Note 2"), that describes a revision to the Company's classification of its Class A common stock subject to redemption issued as part of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering ("IPO") on May 3, 2021. As described in Note 2, upon its IPO, the Company classified a portion of the Class A common stock as permanent equity to maintain net tangible assets greater than $5,000,000 on the basis that the Company will consummate its initial business combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001. The Company's management
re-evaluated
the conclusion and determined that the Class A common stock subject to redemption included certain provisions that require classification of the Class A common stock as temporary equity regardless of the minimum net tangible assets required to complete the Company's initial business combination. As a result, management corrected the error by restating all Class A common stock subject to redemption as temporary equity and recognized accretion from the initial book value to redemption value at the time of its IPO. This resulted in an adjustment to the initial carrying value of the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption with the offset recorded to additional
paid-in
capital (to the extent available), accumulated deficit and Class A common stock.
In connection with the change in presentation for the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, the Company revised its earnings per share calculation to allocate income and losses shared pro rata between the two classes of shares. This presentation differs from the previously presented method of earnings per share, which was similar to the
two-class
method.
The Company determined the changes were not qualitatively material to the Company's previously reported financial statements and did not restate its financial statements. Instead, the Company revised its previously reported financial statements within Note 2 to its Original Filing. Although the qualitative factors that management assessed tended to support a conclusion that the misstatements were not material, these factors were not strong enough to overcome the significant quantitative errors in the financial statements. The qualitative and quantitative factors support a conclusion that the misstatements are material on a quantitative basis. Management concluded that the misstatement was of a sufficient magnitude that it is probable that the judgment of a reasonable person relying upon the financial statements would have been influenced by the inclusion or correction of the foregoing items. As such, upon further consideration of the change, the Company determined the change in classification of the Class A common stock and change to its presentation of earnings per share was material quantitatively and it should restate its previously reported financial statements.
Therefore, on January 25, 2022, the Company's management and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (the "Audit Committee") concluded that the Company's (i) unaudited interim financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on August 13, 2021; and (ii) Note 2 to the unaudited interim financial statements and Item 4 of Part I included in the Original Filing (collectively, the "Affected Periods"), should be restated to report all Class A Shares as temporary equity and restate earnings per share and should no longer be relied upon. As such, the Company has restated these financial statements for the Affected Periods in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A.
The restatement does not have an impact on its cash position and cash held in the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the "Trust Account").
After
re-evaluation,
the Company's management has concluded that in light of the errors described above, a material weakness existed in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the Affected Periods and that the
Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. The Company's remediation plan with respect to such material weakness is described in more detail in the Item 4 - Controls and Procedures, contained herein.
We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to amend and restate the Original Filing with modification as necessary to reflect the restatements. The following items have been amended to reflect the restatements:
Part I, Item 1. Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Part I, Item 4 Controls and Procedures
Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have provided new certifications dated as of the date of this filing in connection with this Amendment No. 1 (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2).
Except as described above, no other information included in the Original Filing is being amended or updated by this Amendment No. 1 and, other than as described herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Original Filing and, except as expressly contained herein, we have not updated, modified or supplemented the disclosures contained in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and with our filings with the SEC subsequent to the Original Filing.
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Condensed Interim Financial Statements (Unaudited)
BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2021
Assets:
Current assets:
Cash
$ 1,129,671
Prepaid expenses
540,033
Total current assets
1,669,704
Investments held in Trust Account
300,008,267
Total Assets
$
301,677,971
Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
153,368
Accrued expenses
78,840
Franchise tax payable
124,981
Total current liabilities
357,189
Derivative warrant liabilities
10,586,670
Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the Initial Public Offering
10,500,000
Total Liabilities
Commitments and Contingencies
21,443,859
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption; $.0001 par value; 30,000,000 shares issued and outstanding at $10.00 per share redemption value
300,000,000
Stockholders' Deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
or outstanding; no non-redeemable shares issued or
outstanding
-
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized
-
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; 7,500,000 shares issued and outstanding
750
Accumulated Deficit
(19,766,638 )
Total stockholders' deficit
(19,765,888 )
Total Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders' Deficit
$
301,677,971
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
2021
For the Period From February 11,
2021 (Inception) Through
September 30, 2021
Weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock - diluted
7,500,000 7,500,000
General and administrative expenses
$ 199,307 $ 359,725
Franchise tax expenses
49,864 124,982
Loss from operations
(249,171 ) (484,707 )
Other Income (Expenses)
Income from investments held in Trust Account
3,861 8,267
Offering Costs
- (536,497 )
Change of fair value of derivative warrant liabilities
3,970,000 5,293,330
Interest Income
29 133
Total other income, net
3,973,890 4,765,233
Net income
$ 3,724,719 $ 4,280,526
Weighted average number of shares of Class
A
common stock
30,000,000 19,525,862
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A common stock
$
0.10
$
0.16
Weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock - basic
7,500,000 7,241,379
Weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock -
diluted
7,500,000 7,500,000
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class B common stock
$ 0.10 $ 0.16
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT (UNAUDITED)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021, and for the Period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Common Stock
Retained

Earnings
Total

Stockholders'

Deficit
Class A
Additional
Paid-In

Capital
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Balance - February 11, 2021 (inception)
-
$
-
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor
- - 8,625,000 863 24,137 - 25,000
Net loss
- - - - - (32,211 ) (32,211 )
Balance - March 31, 2021 (unaudited)
-
-
8,625,000
863
24,137
(32,211
)
(7,211
)
Proceeds in excess of fair value upon the sale of Private Placement Warrants
- - - - 1,720,000 - 1,720,000
Accretion to Class A common stock redemption amount
- - - - (1,744,137 ) (24,047,276 ) (25,791,413 )
Forfeiture of Class B Common Shares
- - (1,125,000 ) (113 ) - 113 -
Net income
- - - - - 588,017 588,017
Balance - June 30, 2021 (unaudited) (as restated, see Note 2)
-
-
7,500,000
750
-
(23,491,357
)
(23,490,607
)
Net income
- - - - - 3,724,719 3,724,719
Balance - September 30, 2021 (unaudited)
-
$
-
7,500,000
$
750
$
-
$
(19,766,638
)
$
(19,765,888
)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income
$ 4,280,526
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
General and administrative expenses paid by related party under promissory note
873
Offering costs associated with warrants
536,497
Change in the fair value of derivative warrant liabilities
(5,293,330 )
Income from investments held in Trust Account
(8,267 )
Prepaid Expenses
(540,033 )
Change in operating liabilities:
Accounts payable
85,522
Accrued Expenses
8,840
Franchise tax payable
124,981
Net cash used in operating activities
(804,391 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Cash deposited in Trust Account
(300,000,000 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(300,000,000 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Repayments of note payable to related parties
(95,763 )
Proceeds received from initial public offering, gross
300,000,000
Proceeds received from private placement
8,600,000
Offering cost paid
(6,570,175 )
Net Cash provided by financing activities
301,934,062
Net change in cash
1,129,671
Cash - beginning of the period
-
Cash - end of the period
$
1,129,671
Supplemental schedule of noncash financing activities:
Offering costs paid in exchange for issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor
$ 25,000
Offering costs included in accounts payable
$ 67,846
Offering costs included in accrued expenses
$ 70,000
Offering costs paid by related party under promissory note
$ 94,890
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Note 1-Description of Organization, Business Operations
Big Sky Growth Partners, Inc. (the "Company") is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on February 11, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the "Business Combination"). The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, relates to the Company's formation and the initial public offering (the "Initial Public Offering"), 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 its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company
generates non-operating
income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company's sponsor is Big Sky Growth Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Sponsor"). The registration statement for the Company's Initial Public Offering was declared effective on April 28, 2021. On May 3, 2021, the Company consummated its 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 (see Note 5). The Company 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 over-allotment option expired unexercised.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement ("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 (see Note 4).
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 in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and 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 of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), which invest only in direct U.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.
The Company's 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 the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company 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, the Company only intends to complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the 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.
The Company will provide the holders of the 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
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then held in the Trust Account (at $10.00 per Public Share, plus pro rata interest earned in Trust Account).
The per-share
amount to be distributed to Public Stockholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 5). These Public Shares were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity" (ASC 480). If the Company seeks stockholder approval, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company will not redeem the Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("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 legal 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. 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 or are not a holder of record of Public Shares on the record date established in connection with a Business Combination. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial stockholders (as defined below) agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined below in Note 4) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial stockholders agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.
The Certificate of Incorporation 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 holders of the Founder Shares (the "initial stockholders") agreed not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company's obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or with respect to any other material provisions 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.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or May 3, 2023 (the "Combination Period"), and the Company's stockholders have not amended the Certificate of Incorporation to extend such 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 income taxes (less 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 Stockholders' rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; 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, liquidate and dissolve, 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.
The initial stockholders agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial stockholders acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commission (see Note 5) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within 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 residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account (or less than that in certain circumstances). In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (except for the Company's independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or by a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement (a "Target"), reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) 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 $10.00 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or Target that executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in 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 (except for 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.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2021, we had approximately $1.1 million in our operating bank account and working capital of approximately $1.4 million (not taking into account approximately $125,000 in tax obligations that may be paid using investment income earned from the Trust Account).
The Company's liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs on the Company's behalf in exchange for issuance of Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4), and a loan from the Sponsor of approximately $96,000 under the Note (as defined in Note 4). The Company repaid the Note in full on May 4, 2021. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company's liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company's officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4). As of September 30, 2021, there were no working capital loans outstanding.
Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account 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.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Note 2-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances and results for the period presented. Operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and for the period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31, 2021.
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements, notes thereto included in the final prospectus, filed by the Company with the SEC on May 7, 2021, and April 30, 2021.
Restatement of Previously Reported Financial Statements
In preparation of the Company's unaudited condensed interim financial statements as of and for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Company concluded it should restate its financial statements to classify all Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in temporary equity. In accordance with the SEC and its staff's guidance on redeemable equity instruments, ASC 480, paragraph 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. The Company had previously classified a portion of its Class A common stock in permanent equity, or total stockholders' equity. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter currently provides that, the Company will not redeem its public shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than
$5,000,001
.
The Company reconsidered the classification of such shares and determined that the threshold would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable and thus would be required to be disclosed outside equity. As a result, the Company restated its previously filed financial statements to classify all of its Class A common stock as temporary equity and to recognize accretion from the initial book value to redemption value at the time of its Initial Public Offering and in accordance with ASC 480. In connection with the change in presentation for the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, the Company restated its earnings per share calculation to allocate income and losses pro rata between the two classes of shares. This presentation contemplates a Business Combination as the most likely outcome, in which case, both classes of shares participate pro rata in the income and losses of the Company.
In accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, "Materiality," and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, "Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements," the Company evaluated the corrections and has determined that the related impact was material to the previously reported financial statements that contained the error, reported in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 (the "Affected Quarterly Period"). Therefore, the Company, in consultation with its Audit Committee, concluded that the Affected Quarterly Period should be restated to present all Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as temporary equity and to recognize accretion from the initial book value to redemption value at the time of its Initial Public Offering. As such, the Company is reporting the restatement to the period in this quarterly report. The previously presented Affected Quarterly Period should no longer be relied upon.
Impact of the Restatement
The table below presents the effect of the financial statement adjustments related to the restatement discussed above of the Company's previously reported unaudited condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 2021:
As of June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
As Reported
Adjustment
As Restated
Total assets
$
301,841,273
$
2
$
301,841,275
Total liabilities
$
25,331,882
$
25,331,882
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
271,509,390
28,490,610
300,000,000
Preferred stock

-
-
-
Class A common stock
285
(285
)
-
Class B common stock
750
-
750
Additional paid-in capital
$

4,443,161
$

(4,443,161
)
-
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)
$

555,805
$

(24,047,162
)
$

(23,491,357
)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)
$
5,000,001
$
(28,490,608
)
$
(23,490,607
)
Total Liabilities, Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

$
301,841,273
$
2
$
301,841,275
Shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
27,150,939
2,849,061
30,000,000
Shares of Class A non-redeemable common stock
2,849,061
(2,849,061
)
-
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The Company's statement of stockholders' equity has been restated to reflect the changes to the impacted stockholders' equity accounts described above.
The table below presents the effect of the financial statement adjustments related to the restatement discussed above of the Company's previously reported unaudited condensed statement of cash flows for period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021:
For the Period From February 11, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
As Reported
Adjustment
As Restated
Supplemental Disclosure of Noncash Financing Activities:
Initial value of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
$
270,406,910
$
(270,406,910
)
$
-
Change in value of Class A common stock subject to possible
$
1,102,480
$
(1,102,480
)
$
-
The impact to the reported amounts of weighted average shares outstanding and basic and diluted earnings per share is presented below for the Affected Quarterly Period:
Earnings Per Share
As Reported
Adjustment
As Restated
Three months ended June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
Net income
$
588,016
$
-
$
588,016
Weighted average shares outstanding - Class A common stock
30,000,000
(10,549,451
)
19,450,549
Basic and diluted earnings per share - Class A common stock
$
0.00
$
0.02
$
0.02
Weighted average shares outstanding - Class B common stock
7,500,000
-
7,500,000
Basic and diluted earnings per share - Class B common stock
$
0.08
$
(0.06
)
$
0.02
For the Period From February 11, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
Net income
$
555,805
$
-
$
555,805
Weighted average shares outstanding - Class A common stock
30,000,000
(17,357,143
)
12,642,857
Basic and diluted earnings per share - Class A common stock
$
0.00
$
0.03
$
0.03
Weighted average shares outstanding - Class B common stock
7,500,000
(428,571
)
7,071,429
Basic and diluted earnings per share - Class B common stock
$
0.07
$
(0.04
)
$
0.03
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an "emerging growth company," as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 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 an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
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 standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company's financial statements 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 accountant standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the unaudited condensed interim 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 interim financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. 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 interim financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ 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 had no cash equivalents held outside the Trust Account as of September 30, 2021.
Investments Held in Trust Account
The Company's portfolio of investments is comprised of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities and generally have a readily determinable fair value, or a combination thereof. When the Company's investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government securities, the investments are classified as trading securities. When the Company's investments held in the Trust Account are comprised of money market funds, the investments are recognized at fair value. Trading securities and investments in money market funds are presented on the balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities is included in income on investments held in the Trust Account in the accompanying condensed statement
s
of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the Trust Account are determined using available market information.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage (FDIC) of
$250,000 and investments held in the Trust Account. At September 30, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company's assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC Topic 820, "Fair Value Measurements," equals or approximate the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheet.
Fair Value of Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers consist of:
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Derivative Warrant Liabilities
The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. The Company evaluates all of its financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant 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 Montel Carlo simulation model. The fair value of Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering have subsequently been measured based on the listed market price of such warrants on September 30, 2021. Subsequently, the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants has been estimated utilizing a simulation with assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liability may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified
as non-current liabilities
as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering
Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs were 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 derivative warrant liabilities were expensed as incurred and presented
as non-operating expenses
in the statement of operations. Offering costs associated with the Class A common stock were charged against their carrying value upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company will keep deferred underwriting commissions are classified
as non-current
liabilities as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
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 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 the Company's control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders' equity. The Company's Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company's control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2021, all 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders' equity section of the Company's condensed balance sheet.
Under ASC 480-10-S99, the Company has 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, the Company 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.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, "Income Taxes." Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had deferred tax assets with a full valuation allowance against them.
FASB ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions 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. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2021. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties as of September 30, 2021. 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 is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock
The Company complies 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 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 does not consider the effect of the warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 13,233,333 shares of Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted income per share, 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 interim 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.
The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for each class of common stock:
For the Three Months Ended

September 30, 2021
For the Period From February 11, 2021
(inception) Through September 30, 2021
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Basic and diluted net income per common share:
Numerator:
Allocation of net income
$ 2,979,776 $ 744,944 $ 3,122,509 $ 1,158,017
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
30,000,000 7,500,000 19,525,862 7,241,379
Basic and diluted net income per common share
$ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.16 $ 0.16
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In August 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. The Company early adopted the ASU on February 11, 2021. Adoption of the ASU did not impact the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
The Company's 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 the unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
Note 3-Initial Public Offering
On May 3, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $300.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $17.3 million, inclusive of $10.5 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock
and one-fourth of
one redeemable warrant (each, a "Public Warrant"). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 6).
The Company granted the underwriters
a 45-day option
from the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The option to purchase additional units expired unexercised on June 14, 2021.
Note 4-Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On February 19, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 of the Company's offering costs in exchange for issuance of 8,625,000 shares of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Founder Shares"). The initial stockholders agreed to forfeit up to 1,125,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the underwriters' option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full, so that the Founder Shares would represent 20.0% of the Company's issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. The over-allotment expired unexercised; thus, the 1,125,000 Founder Shares were forfeited on July 16, 2021.
The initial stockholder agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of 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 the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the initial stockholder with respect to any Founder Shares.
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 5,733,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating proceeds of $8.6 million. If the over-allotment option was exercised in full, the Sponsor could have purchased an additional 600,000 Private Placement Warrants but did not as the option expired unexercised.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor 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 Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will be
non-redeemable
for cash and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.
The Sponsor and the Company's officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.
Related Party Loans
On February 19, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the "Note"). This loan
was non-interest bearing
and payable upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The Company borrowed approximately $96,000 under the Note and repaid the Note in full on May 4, 2021.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company's officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required ("Working Capital Loans"). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company will 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 the 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 or, at the lender's discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be
convertible into
warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to
such loans. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had no outstanding Working Capital Loans.
Note 5-Commitments & Contingencies
Registration 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. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $6.0 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $10.5 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters 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. As of September 30, 2021 the over-allotment expired unexercised.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic
on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company's financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the unaudited condensed interim financial statements. The unaudited condensed interim financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Note 6-Derivative Warrant Liabilities
As of September 30, 2021, there were 7,500,000 and 5,733,333 Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants outstanding.
The Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Public Warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering; provided in each case that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act). The Company agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of the initial Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and have an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed. If a registration statement covering the issuance of the 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 the Company 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. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company's shares of Class A common stock are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a "covered security" under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a "cashless basis" in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
The warrants have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments, and will expirefive years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share of Class A common stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), or the Newly Issued Price, (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 50% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day after the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the "Market Value") is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 and $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described below under "Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00" and "Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00" will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 100% and 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will
be non-redeemable
so long as they are held by the Sponsor or its permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00:
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants for cash (except as described herein with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):
in whole and not in part;
at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption; and
if, and only if, the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like and for certain issuances of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination) for any 20 trading days within a
30-trading
day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders (the "Reference Value").
The Company will not redeem the warrants unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available throughout the
30-day
redemption period.
Redemption of warrants when the price per share of Class
A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00
:
After the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
in whole and not in part;
at a price of $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30
days' prior written notice of redemption provided that during such 30-day period holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares of Class A common stock determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the "fair value" of the shares of Class A common stock (as defined below); provided, further, that if the warrants are not exercised on a cashless basis or otherwise during such

30-day period, the Company shall redeem such warrants for $0.10 per share;
if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the shares of Class A common stock equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted per stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, reclassifications, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within the
30-trading
day period ending three trading days prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and
if the Reference Value is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, reclassifications, recapitalizations and the like) then the Private Placement Warrants must also concurrently be called for redemption on the same terms (except as described herein with respect to a holders' ability to cashless exercise its warrants) as the outstanding Public Warrants as described above.
The fair value of Class A common stock for the above purpose shall mean the volume weighted average last reported sale price of Class A common stock for the 10 trading days immediately following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. In no event will the warrants be exercisable in connection with this redemption feature for more than 0.361 Class A common stock per warrant (subject to adjustment).
In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. 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 warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company's assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
The Company accounted for the warrants in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic
815-40.
Such guidance provides that because the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment thereunder, each warrant must be recorded as a liability due to the existence of provisions whereby adjustments to the exercise price of the warrants is based on a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a
''fixed-for-fixed''
option and the existence of the potential for net cash settlement for the warrant holders (but not all common stockholders) in the event of a tender offer.
Note 7 - Temporary Equity - Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company's Class A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company's control and subject to the occurrence of future events. The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company's Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2021, there were 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock outstanding subject to possible redemption.
As of September 30, 2021, Class A common stock reflected on the balance sheet is reconciled on the following table:
As of September 30,
2021
Gross proceeds
$ 300,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants
(9,000,000 )
Class A common stock issuance costs
(16,791,413 )
Plus:
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value
25,791,413
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
$

300,000,000

Note 8-Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock
-The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company's board of directors. As of September 30, 2021, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Class
A Common Stock
-The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2021, there were 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, all subject to possible redemption and classified as Temporary Equity. See Note 7.
Class
B Common Stock
-The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. On February 19, 2021, the Company issued 8,625,000 shares of Class B common stock. Of the 8,625,000 shares of Class B common stock outstanding, up to 1,125,000 shares were subject to forfeiture to the Company by the initial stockholders for no consideration to the extent that the underwriters' option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of shares of Class B common stock will collectively equal 20% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial Public Offering. The over-allotment option expired unexercised. As a result, 1,125,000 Class B shares were forfeited on July 16, 2021, and as of September 30, 2021, 7,500,000 shares of Class B common stock were outstanding with none subject to forfeiture.
Stockholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Holders of Class A common stock and holders of Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders except as required by law.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
The Class B common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock at the time of the initial Business Combination on
a one-for-one basis
(subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. 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 the Business Combination, including pursuant to a specified future issuance, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the Sponsor agrees to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance, including a specified future 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%
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 the Business Combination (after giving effect to any redemptions of shares of Class A common stock by Public Stockholders) (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination and any private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans). The Sponsor may also elect to convert their shares of Class B common stock into an equal number of shares of Class A common stock, subject to adjustment as provided above, at any time.
Note 9-Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company's financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2021, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
September 30, 2021
Description
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets

(Level 1)
Significant Other
Observable Inputs

(Level 2)
Significant Other
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)
Assets:
Investments held in Trust Account - money market funds
$ 300,008,267 $ - $ -
Liabilities:
Derivative warrant liabilities - Public warrants
$ 6,000,000 $ - $ -
Derivative warrant liabilities - Private placement warrants
$ - $ - $ 4,586,670
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period. The Public Warrants transferred from a Level 3 measurement to a Level 1 measurement in the period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021.
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BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(UNAUDITED)
Level 1 assets include investments in money market funds that invest solely in U.S. Treasury securities. The Company uses inputs such as actual trade data, quoted market prices from dealers or brokers, and other similar sources to determine the fair value of its investments.
The Company initially utilized a simulation to estimate the fair value of the of the Public Warrants and Private Placements. Subsequently, the fair value of the Public Warrants has been measured utilizing the market price of such warrants, a Level 1 measurement, and the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants have been estimated utilizing the observed price for Public Warrants. The Public Warrants were separately listed and traded beginning in June 2021.
The estimated fair value of the Private Warrants, and prior to their separate listed trading, the Public Warrants, was determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a simulation are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its common stock based on historical volatility of select peer companies that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury
zero-coupon
yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero.
The following table provides quantitative information regarding Level 3 fair value measurements inputs as their measurement dates:
May 3, 2021
June 30, 2021
September 30, 2021
Exercise price
$ 11.50 $ 11.50 $ 11.50
Stock price
$ 9.71 $ 9.72 $ 9.78
Expected term (years)
5 5 5
Expected time to Business Combination (years)
1 1 1
Volatility
17.00 % 18.40 % 13.00 %
Risk-free rate
1.07 % 1.01 % 1.08 %
Dividend yield (per share)
0.00 % 0.00 % 0.00 %
The change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities measured utilizing Level 3 inputs for three months ended September 30, 2021 and for the period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 is summarized as follows:
Derivative warrant liabilities at February 11, 2021 (inception)
$ -
Issuance of Public and Private Warrants - Level 3
15,880,000
Derivative warrant liabilities at March 31, 2021, Level 3
15,880,000
Transfer of Public Warrants to Level 1
(9,000,000 )
Change in fair value of warrant
liabilities
- Level 3
(573,330 )
Derivative warrant liabilities at June 30, 2021 - Level 3
6,306,670
Change in fair value of warrant
liabilities
- Level 3
(1,720,000 )
Derivative warrant liabilities at September 30, 2021 - Level 3
$ 4,586,670
Note 10-Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred up to the date that the unaudited condensed interim financial statements were available to be issued. Based upon this review, other than with respect to the restatements described in Note 2, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed interim financial statements.
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the "Company," "Big Sky Growth Partners, Inc.," "Big Sky," "our," "us" or "we" refer to Big Sky Growth Partners, Inc. The following discussion and analysis of the Company's financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other SEC filings.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on February 11, 2021. We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the "Business Combination"). We are an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
Our sponsor is Big Sky Growth Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Sponsor"). The registration statement for our initial public offering (the "Initial Public Offering") was declared effective on April 28, 2021. On May 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 on June 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 in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and 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 of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), which invest only in direct U.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 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.
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If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or May 3, 2023 (the "Combination Period"), and our stockholders have not amended the Certificate of Incorporation to extend such Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at
a per-share price,
payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay its income taxes (less 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 Stockholders' rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of ours remaining stockholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case, to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2021, we had approximately $1.1 million in our operating bank account and working capital of approximately $1.4 million (not taking into account approximately $125,000 in tax obligations that may be paid using investment income earned in the Trust Account).
Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor to cover for certain offering costs on our behalf in exchange for issuance of Founder Shares (as defined in Note 4 to the unaudited condensed financial statements), and loan from the Sponsor of approximately $96,000 under the Note (as defined in Note 4 to the unaudited condensed interim financial statements). We repaid the Note in full on May 4, 2021. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement held outside of the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 4 to the unaudited condensed interim financial statements). As of September 30, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.
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
Results of Operations
Our entire activity since inception up to September 30, 2021, was in preparation for our formation and the Initial Public Offering, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial Business Combination at the earliest.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of approximately $3.7 million which consisted of an approximately $4.0 million gain from the change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities and income from investments held in the Trust Account of approximately $4,000, partially offset by approximately $199,000 in general and administrative expense, and approximately $50,000 of franchise taxes.
From February 11, 2021 (inception) to ended September 30, 2021, we had net income of approximately $4.8 million, which consisted of a $5.3 million gain in change of fair value of derivative warrant liabilities, and approximately $8,000 in gain on investments held in the Trust Account, which was partially offset by approximately $536,000 of offering costs associated with the issuance of warrants, $340,000 of general and administrative expenses and $125,000 of franchise tax expenses.
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Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On February 19, 2021, the Sponsor paid $25,000 of our offering costs in exchange for issuance of 8,625,000 shares of our Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Founder Shares"). The initial stockholders agreed to forfeit up to 1,125,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the underwriters' option to purchase additional Units was not exercised in full, so that the Founder Shares would represent 20.0% of our issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. The over-allotment expired unexercised; thus, the 1,125,000 Founder Shares were forfeited on July 16, 2021.
The initial stockholders agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of 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 the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the initial stockholder with respect to any Founder Shares.
Private Placement Warrants
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the Private Placement of 5,733,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor, generating proceeds of $8.6 million.
Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If we do not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants will
be non-redeemable
for cash and exercisable on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees.
The Sponsor and our officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.
Related Party Loans
On February 19, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the "Note"). This loan
was non-interest bearing
and payable upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. We borrowed approximately $96,000 under the Note and repaid the Note in full on May 4, 2021.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required ("Working Capital Loans"). If the Company completes a Business Combination, we would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. 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, we may use a portion of the 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 or, at the lender's discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of September 30, 2021, we had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
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Contractual Obligations
Registration 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.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $6.0 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. An additional fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $10.5 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters 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.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management continues to evaluate the impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic
on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on our financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements. The unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Critical Accounting Policies
This management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our unaudited condensed interim financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these unaudited condensed 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 interim 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. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
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 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.
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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, we recognize 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 Monte Carlo simulation model. The fair value of Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering have subsequently been measured based on the listed market price of such warrants at September 30, 2021. Subsequently, the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants has been estimated utilizing a simulation with assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The determination of the fair value of the warrant liability may be subject to change as more current information becomes available and accordingly the actual results could differ significantly. Derivative warrant liabilities are classified
as non-current liabilities
as their liquidation is not reasonably expected to require the use of current assets or require the creation of current liabilities.
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 Topic 480 "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity." 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 September 30, 2021, 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders' equity section of our condensed unaudited balance sheet.
Under 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 inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted net income per share is the same as basic net income per share for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and for the period from February 11, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021. 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
In August 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 on February 11, 2021. Adoption of the ASU did not impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
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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 unaudited condensed interim financial statements
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2021, we did not have
any off-balance
sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of
Regulation S-K.
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.
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.
The net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, will be invested in U.S. government securities with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule
2a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
We have not engaged in any hedging activities since our inception, and we do not expect to engage in any hedging activities with respect to the market risk to which we are exposed.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2021, because of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, the Company's management has concluded that our control around the interpretation and accounting for certain complex features of the Class A common stock and warrants issued by the Company, and the presentation of earnings per share was not effectively designed or maintained. This material weakness resulted in the restatement of the Company's balance sheet as of May 3, 2021, and its interim financial statements for the quarters ended June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2021.
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, covered by this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting except for the below.
The principal executive officer and principal financial officer performed additional accounting and financial analyses and other post-closing procedures including consulting with subject matter experts related to the accounting for certain complex features of the Class A common stock and warrants issued by the Company, and the presentation of earnings per share. The Company's management has expended, and will continue to expend, a substantial amount of effort and resources for the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. While we have processes to properly identify and evaluate the appropriate accounting technical pronouncements and other literature for all significant or unusual transactions, we have expanded and will continue to improve these processes to ensure that the nuances of such transactions are effectively evaluated in the context of the increasingly complex accounting standards.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this report include the risk factors described in our final prospectus for our Initial Public Offering filed with the SEC. You should review the risk factors below for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Risk Factors Relating to Our Business:
We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This material weakness could continue to adversely affect our ability to report our results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our management is likewise required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses identified through such evaluation of those internal controls. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
As described elsewhere in this Amendment No. 1, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for certain complex financial instruments related to the improper classification of our common stock subject to possible redemption at the closing of our initial public offering and the restatement of our earnings per share calculation. As a result of this material weakness, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of September 30, 2021. This material weakness resulted in a material misstatement of the initial carrying value of the common stock subject to possible redemption and the restatement of our earnings per share calculation for the affected periods.
To respond to this material weakness, we have devoted, and plan to continue to devote, significant effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of our internal control over financial reporting. While we have processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements, we plan to enhance these processes to better evaluate our research and understanding of the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements. 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. For a discussion of management's consideration of the material weakness we identified, see Note 2 to the accompanying condensed financial statements, as well as Part I, Item 4: Controls and Procedures included in this Amendment No. 1.
Any failure to maintain such internal control could adversely impact our ability to report our financial position and results from operations on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis, we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse effect on our business. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock.
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We can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will remediate the material weakness identified or that any additional material weaknesses will not arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our financial statements.
We may face litigation and other risks as a result of the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
After consultation with management and our audit committee, we concluded that there was a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting.
As a result of such material weakness and other matters raised or that may in the future be raised by the SEC, we face potential for litigation or other disputes which may include, among others, claims invoking the federal and state securities laws, contractual claims or other claims arising from the restatement and material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements. As of the date of this report, we have no knowledge of any such litigation or dispute. Any such litigation or dispute, whether successful or not, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or our ability to complete a business combination.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Pursuant to Rules13a-14(a) and15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to Rules13a-14(a) and15d-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 Chief Executive Officers (Principal Executive Officers) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document-the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL 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 (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*
These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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SIGNATURE
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: Fe
bruary 25
, 20
22
BIG SKY GROWTH PARTNERS, INC.
By:
/s/ Lauren Neiswender
Name: Lauren Neiswender
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Legal Officer
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