References in this report (the "Quarterly Report") to "we," "us" or the
"Company" refer to DHC Acquisition Corp. References to our "management" or our
"management team" refer to our officers and directors, and references to the
"Sponsor" refer to DHC Sponsor, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of
the Company's financial condition and results of operations should be read in
conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained
elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the
discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act
that are not historical facts and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All
statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form
10-Q
including, without limitation, statements in this "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" regarding the
completion of the Proposed Business Combination (as defined below), the
Company's financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of
management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as
"expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "seek" and variations
and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future
performance, but reflect management's current beliefs, based on information
currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance
or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results
discussed in the forward-looking statements, including that the conditions of
the Proposed Business Combination are not satisfied. For information identifying
important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk
Factors section of the Company's final prospectus for its Initial Public
Offering filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The
Company's securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities
law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on December 22,
2020 formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with
one or more businesses or entities. We intend to effectuate our Business
Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our shares, debt or a
combination of cash, shares and debt.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our
acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business
Combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date.
Our only activities through June 30, 2021 were organizational activities, those
necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and
identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to
generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business
Combination. We generate
non-operating
income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust
Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal,
financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due
diligence expenses.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $649,446, which
consists of operating costs of $752,597, offset by change in fair value of
warrant liability of $103,151.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we had a net loss of $2,053,442, which
consists of operating costs of $912,613, change in fair value of warrant
liability of $554,490 and transaction costs allocated to warrant liabilities of
$586,339.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On March 4, 2021, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 30,000,000 Units
at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $300,000,000. Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of
6,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement
Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of
$9,000,000.
On March 5, 2021, in connection with the underwriters' exercise of their
over-allotment option in full, we consummated the sale of an additional 945,072
Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of
$9,450,720. In addition, we also consummated the sale of an additional 126,010
Private Placement Warrants at $1.50 per Private Warrant, generating total gross
proceeds of $189,015.
Following the Initial Public Offering, the partial exercise of the
over-allotment option, and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, a total
of $309,450,720 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $17,501,346 in
Initial Public Offering related costs, including $6,189,014 of underwriting
fees, $10,830,775 of deferred underwriting fees and $481,557 of other costs.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, cash used in operating activities was
$1,571,319. Net loss of $2,053,442 was affected by change in fair value of
warrant liability of $554,490 and transaction costs allocated to warrant
liabilities of $586,339. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used
$658,706 of cash for operating activities.
As of June 30, 2021, we had cash held in the Trust Account of $309,450,720. We
may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. We intend to
use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any
amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes
payable), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share
capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our
Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be
used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or
businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

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As of June 30, 2021, we had cash of $1,081,105. We intend to use the funds held
outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses,
perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and
from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses
or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material
agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and
complete a Business Combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in
connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain of our officers
and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds
as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such
loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may
use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay
such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for
such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants
at a price of $1.50 per warrant, at the option of the lender. The warrants would
be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the
expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of
the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking
in-depth
due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual
amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate
our business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain
additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we
become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon
consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional
securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered
off-balance
sheet arrangements as of June 30, 2021. We do not participate in transactions
that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial
partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have
been established for the purpose of facilitating
off-balance
sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any
off-balance
sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities,
guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any
non-financial
assets.
Contractual obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease
obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an
affiliate of one of our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space,
utilities and secretarial and administrative services. We began incurring these
fees on March 4, 2021 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the
earlier of the completion of the Business Combination and our liquidation.
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per unit, or
$10,500,000 in the aggregate. 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.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses
during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those
estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:
Warrant Liabilities
We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or
foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including
issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives
or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480
and ASC 815. We account for the Warrants in accordance with the guidance
contained in ASC
815-40
under which the Warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must
be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, we classify the Warrants as liabilities
at their fair value and adjust the Warrants to fair value at each reporting
period. This liability is subject to
re-measurement
at each balance sheets date until exercised, and any change in fair value is
recognized in our statements of operations. The Private Placement Warrants and
the Public Warrants for periods where no observable traded price was available
are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. For periods subsequent to the
detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the Public Warrant quoted
market price will be used as the fair value as of each relevant date.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our ordinary shares subject to possible conversion in accordance
with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 480
"Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity." Ordinary shares subject to mandatory
redemption are classified as a liability instrument and measured at fair value.
Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature
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, ordinary shares
are classified as shareholders' equity. Our ordinary shares feature certain
redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject
to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, ordinary shares subject
to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity,
outside of the shareholders' equity section of our condensed balance sheets.
Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
We apply the
two-class
method in calculating earnings per share. Net income (loss) per ordinary share,
basic and diluted for Class A redeemable ordinary shares is calculated by
dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account by the weighted average
number of Class A redeemable ordinary shares outstanding since original
issuance. Net loss per ordinary share, basic and diluted for Class B
non-redeemable
ordinary shares is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), less income
attributable to Class A redeemable ordinary shares, by the weighted average
number of Class B
non-redeemable
ordinary shares outstanding for the periods presented.

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Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU
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)
("ASU
2020-06")
to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU
2020-06
eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion
and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the
derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of
contracts in an entity's own equity. The new standard also introduces additional
disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed
to and settled in an entity's own equity. ASU
2020-06
amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use
the
if-converted
method for all convertible instruments. ASU
2020-06
is effective January 1, 2022, and should be applied on a full or modified
retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021.
The Company adopted ASU
2020-06
as of January 1, 2021, and the adoption did not have an impact on its financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet
effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material
effect on our condensed financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not required for smaller reporting companies.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal
financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer,
we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the fiscal quarter ended June 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 and accounting officer have concluded that
during the period covered by this report, solely due to the Company's
restatement of its financial statements to reclassify the Company's warrants as
described in the Note 2 to the Financial Statement herein, our disclosure
controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2021, and that the
foregoing arose as a result of a material weakness in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting. In light of this material weakness, we
performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial
statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements
included in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q present
fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations
and cash flows for the periods presented.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the fiscal quarter of 2021 covered by this Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting as the circumstances that led to the
restatement of the financial statements had not yet been identified. However, as
management has identified a material weakness in our internal control over
financial reporting with respect to the classification of the Company's Warrants
as components of equity instead of as liabilities, as well as the related
determination of the fair value of warrant liabilities, additional
paid-in
capital and accumulated deficit, and related financial disclosures, the Company
intends to address this material weakness by enhancing its processes to identify
and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate
its research and understanding of the nuances of the complex accounting
standards that apply to its financial statements. The Company's current plans
include providing enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials
and documents and increased communication among its personnel and third-party
professionals with whom it consults regarding complex accounting applications.
The Company has also retained the services of a valuation expert to assist in
valuation analysis of the Warrants on a quarterly basis.

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