References to "we", "us", "our" or the "Company" are to Tech and Energy Transition Corporation, except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 Company's financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and variations thereof 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. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on June 29, 2022, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 22, 2022, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on November 4, 2022 and preliminary proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the Special Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on February 1, 2023. 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 Delaware on December 4, 2017 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"). While we may pursue an initial Business Combination target in any industry or geographic location, we intend to focus our search for a target business operating in certain end markets that are facilitating digital disruptions - such as communications, energy and industrial software and services - where technology may be used to unlock a capacity constrained business problem. Our sponsor is Tech and Energy Transition Sponsor LLC (the "Sponsor"), a Delaware limited liability company.

Our registration statement for our initial public offering (the "Initial Public Offering") was declared effective on March 16, 2021. On March 19, 2021, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 38,500,000 units (the "Units" and, with respect to the Class A common stock included in the Units offered, the "Public Shares") at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $385 million and incurring offering costs of approximately $22.2 million, consisting of $7,700,000 of underwriting commission, $13,475,000 of deferred underwriting commission, and $1,066,089 of other offering costs.

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the private placement (the "Private Placement") of 7,366,667 warrants (each, a "Private Placement Warrant" and collectively, the "Private Placement Warrants"), at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant to our Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $11.05 million.





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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, an aggregate of $385 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement was placed in a trust account ("Trust Account") with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and invested in United States government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, 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. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay any tax obligation owed by the Company as a result of assets of the Company or interest or other income earned on the Trust Account (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company's initial Business Combination or (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Company's Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the Company's initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (the "Combination Period"), without extension. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public stockholders.

If we are unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, as such period may be extended, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) 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 any tax obligation owed by the Company as a result of assets of the Company or interest or other income earned on the Trust Account (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders' rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, the Company's remaining stockholders and the Company's board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company's obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.





Recent Developments


Special Meeting of Stockholders

On February 1, 2023, the Company filed a preliminary proxy statement in connection with a special meeting to be held on March 17, 2023 (the "Special Meeting") for the purpose of voting on the following proposals: (i) a proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") to extend the date by which the Company must either consummate the initial Business Combination or cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such initial Business Combination, and redeem all of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, from March 19, 2023, to September 19, 2023 (the "Extension Proposal"), (ii) a proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the limitation that the Company may not redeem shares of Class A common stock to the extent that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor rule)) of less than $5,000,001 (the "Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal"), (iii) a proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to set April 5, 2023 as the date by which, upon the approval of the Extension Proposal, the Company must redeem shares of Class A common stock held by public stockholders who elect to redeem such shares prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 3, 2023 (the "Additional Redemption Rights Amendment Proposal"), and (iv) a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Extension Proposal and the Additional Redemption Rights Amendment Proposal.





Results of Operations


Our entire activity from inception through December 31, 2022 related to our formation and the preparation for the Initial Public Offering, and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination. We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination, at the earliest. We generated non-operating income in the form of interest and investment income on cash and cash equivalents and investments. We incurred increased expenses as a result of being a public company (including for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. Additionally, we recognize non-cash gains and losses within other income (expense) related to changes in recurring fair value measurement of our warrant liabilities at each reporting period.

For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we had other income of $11,672,506 offset by $932,244 of general and administrative expenses and $1,105,633 of income tax provision resulting in $9,634,629 of net income.





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Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $.22 million in our operating bank account and working capital deficit of approximately $.62 million.

Our liquidity needs have been satisfied prior to the completion of the Initial Public Offering through a payment from the Sponsor of $27,467 (see Note 5) for the Founder Shares, borrowings under a promissory note of $275,000 (see Note 5), and the net proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. The promissory note was fully repaid upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on March 19, 2021, has expired and no further borrowing are allowed. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, our liquidity needs have been satisfied from the proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor, or our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us working capital loans ("Working Capital Loans"). On January 31, 2022, the Sponsor committed to make available to the Company, under a promissory note, up to $1,600,000 to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination (the "Promissory Note"). The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and due on the earlier of (i) the date of the Business Combination or (ii) the second anniversary of the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Up to $1,500,000 of the Promissory Note may be converted into warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the Sponsor and $100,000 is non-convertible and require a cash settlement upon business combination. If the Sponsor elects such conversion, the terms of the warrants issued in connection with such conversion would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. If the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination, then the outstanding debt under the Promissory Note will be forgiven by the Sponsor (pursuant to an arrangement to be agreed to by the parties), except to the extent of any funds held outside of the Company's Trust Account after paying all other fees and expenses of the Company. The Company has drawn $500,000 on April 11, 2022, $800,000 on June 30, 2022, and $300,000 on November 15, 2022 on the Promissory Note.

Based on the foregoing, 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. Our cash on hand will provide us sufficient liquidity to address our working capital needs. Further any future tax obligations will be covered by the interest earned on the funds held in Trust account.





Going Concern


As of December 31, 2022, we had $.22 million in cash and working capital deficit of approximately $.62 million. We are also subject to a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution requirement if we do not complete our initial Business Combination by March 19, 2023. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Management's plans to address this need for capital are discussed in Note 1 to our financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, management is currently evaluating the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and its effect on our financial position, results of our operations and/or search for a target company. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q do not include any adjustments that might result from our inability to continue as a going concern.





Related Party Transactions



Founder Shares


On December 4, 2017, the Company issued 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for an aggregate consideration of $25,000. As of December 31, 2020, March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company recorded a stock subscription receivable of $25,000. The proceeds were received on January 11, 2021.





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On January 22, 2021, the Company effectuated a recapitalization in the form of a 90,562.5 for 1 stock split, and as a result, the Sponsor held 9,056,250 shares of our Class B common stock (up to 1,181,250 of which were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters' option to purchase additional units was exercised, if at all).

On January 22, 2021, the Company issued to Dan Hesse 1,006,250 shares of our Class B common stock (up to 131,250 of which were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters' option to purchase additional units was exercised, if at all) in exchange for an initial investment of $2,467. As of January 22, 2021, the Founder Shares outstanding were 10,062,500, of which the Sponsor held 9,056,250 and Dan Hesse held 1,006,250.

On January 22, 2021, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation to change its par value of its Class A and B common stock from $0.01 to $0.0001. Information contained in the financial statements has been adjusted for this split.

On March 16, 2021, the Company effectuated an 11-for-10 stock split of the Class B common stock, resulting in an aggregate outstanding amount of 11,068,750 shares of the Class B common stock (up to 1,443,750 shares of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters' option to purchase additional units is exercised, if at all), of which the Sponsor holds 9,961,875 shares and Dan Hesse holds 1,106,875 shares. All shares and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the split (see Note 5).

The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, at the time of the Company's initial Business Combination and are subject to certain transfer restrictions (see Note 7).

Holders of Founder Shares 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, at any time. The initial stockholders agreed to forfeit up to 1,443,750 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriter. On April 30, 2021, upon the expiration of the 45-day period and the underwriters not exercising the over-allotment option, 1,443,750 shares of Class B Common Stock were forfeited by the Sponsor and Mr. Hesse in order for the Sponsor, Mr. Hesse and the Independent Directors to maintain ownership of 20.0% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (excluding private units held by the Sponsor). Such forfeited shares were cancelled by the Company.

The initial stockholders have agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their 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 reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20-trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company's stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.





Related Party Loans


In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company's officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, lend the Company Working Capital Loans. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. 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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination without interest, or, at the lender's discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the warrants included in the Private Placement Warrants.





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Promissory Note - Related Party

On December 16, 2020, the Sponsor made available to the Company, under a promissory note, up to $950,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO (the "Note"). The Note was non-interest bearing and due on the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the completion of the IPO. The Note funds borrowed of $275,000 were repaid upon the consummation of the IPO on March 19, 2021.

Furthermore, on January 31, 2022 the Sponsor committed to make available to the Company, under a promissory note, up to $1,600,000 to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination (the "Promissory Note"). The promissory note is non-interest bearing and due on the earlier of (i) the date of the Business Combination or (ii) the second anniversary of the completion of the IPO. Up to $1,500,000 of the Promissory Note may be converted into warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of Sponsor and $100,000 is non-convertible and require a cash settlement upon business combination. If Sponsor elects such conversion, the terms of the warrants issued in connection with such conversion would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the Company and Sponsor dated February 14, 2022, if the Company fails to consummate a business combination, the outstanding debt under the Promissory Note will be forgiven by Sponsor (pursuant to an arrangement to be agreed to by the parties), except to the extent of any funds held outside of the Company's trust account after paying all other fees and expenses of the Company. The Company has drawn $500,000 on April 11, 2022, $800,000 on June 30, 2022, and $300,000 on November 15, 2022 on the Promissory Note. As of December 31, 2022, there were $1,600,000 outstanding under the Working Capital Loans. The Company reports the Promissory Note at fair value of $395,070 at December 31, 2022.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations; Quarterly Results

As of December 31, 2022, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations other than obligations disclosed herein.

Commitments and Contingencies





Registration Rights


The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, will be entitled to registration rights (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion of such shares to shares of Class A common stock) pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed on or before the date of the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and "piggyback" registration rights. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until the termination of the applicable lock-up period for the securities to be registered. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.





Underwriters Agreement



The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 5,775,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commission.

On March 19, 2021, the Company paid an underwriting commission of $7,700,000.

The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of (i) $0.35 Unit, or $13,475,000 in the aggregate, excluding any amounts raised pursuant to the option to purchase additional units, and (ii) $0.35 per Unit, or $15,496,250 in the aggregate pursuant to the option to purchase additional units. The deferred fee will be paid in cash from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.





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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

This management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of our 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 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. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:

Derivative 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 815-15. 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.

We issued an aggregate of 12,833,333 warrants as part of the Units offered in the Initial Public Offering and an aggregate of 7,366,667 Private Placement Warrants concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. All 20,200,000 outstanding warrants are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40. Accordingly, we recognize the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjust the instruments to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to remeasurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations. The fair value of warrants issues in connection with the initial public offering were fair valued using quoted market prices and the private placement warrants were measured at fair value using a binomial lattice model.

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

Class A common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as liability instruments and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A common stock (including Class A common stock 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, Class A common stock is classified as stockholders' equity. Our Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2022, and March 31, 2022 38,500,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders' equity section of our balance sheet.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Stock

Net income (loss) per common stock is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. We have not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 20,200,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.





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Our statement of operations includes a presentation of income (loss) per share for common stock subject to redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of income (loss) per share. Net income (loss) per common stock, basic and diluted for common stock subject to possible redemption is calculated by dividing the interest income (loss) earned on investments held in the Trust Account, by the weighted average number of common stock subject to possible redemption outstanding for the period.

Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted, for non-redeemable common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), adjusted for income or loss on marketable securities attributable to Common stock subject to possible redemption, by the weighted average number of non-redeemable common stock outstanding for the period.

Promissory Note - Related Party

We have borrowed $1,600,000 under related party promissory note that is convertible into Class A common stock at a conversion price of $1.50. The Company accounted for $1,500,000 of the convertible portion of the borrowed proceeds under the promissory note under ASC 480 as a liability classified financial instrument and recorded the liability at fair value initially at issuance and for each reporting period thereafter. For the remainder $100,000 of the non-convertible proceeds received under the promissory note, the Company elected to record this financial liability at fair value by selecting the fair value option under ASC 825 rather than on accretion basis under ASC 470.





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.

This may make comparison of the Company's financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

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