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Fair Value Measurements |
Note 9 - Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and
liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the beginning of the reporting period. The estimated fair value of Public Warrants was transferred from a Level 3
measurement to a Level 1 measurement, when the Public Warrants were separately listed and traded in an active market in May 2021. The estimated fair value of the Private Warrants was transferred from a Level 3 measurement to a Level 2 fair value
measurement as of May 2021, as the transfer of Private Placement Warrants to anyone who is not a permitted transferee would result in the Private Placement Warrants having substantially the same terms as the Public Warrants, the Company
determined that the fair value of each Private Placement Warrant is equivalent to that of each Public Warrant. There were no other transfers to/from Levels 1,
2, and 3 during the nine months ended September
30, 2022 or the period January 19, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021.
Level 1 assets include investments 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 initial fair value of the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering were estimated using a Lattice model
and the Private Placement Warrants were estimated using Lattice model. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the Public Warrants’ traded market price will be used as the fair value. The estimated fair
value of the Public Warrants, prior to being traded in an active market, and of the Private Placement Warrants is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in a Lattice model are assumptions related to expected stock-price volatility, expected
life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The Company estimates the volatility of its ordinary share warrants based on implied volatility from the Company’s traded warrants and from historical volatility of select peer company’s
ordinary shares 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. Any changes in these assumptions can change the valuation significantly.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized a gain in the unaudited condensed
statements of operations resulting from a decrease in fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $1.4 million
and $14.5 million, respectively, presented as change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities in the accompanying unaudited
condensed statements of operations.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the period from January 19, 2021 (inception) through September 30,
2021, the Company recognized a gain in the unaudited condensed statements of operations resulting from a decrease in fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities of approximately $1.2 million and $10.6 million, respectively, presented as
change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities in the accompanying unaudited condensed statements of operations.
The change in the fair value of the derivative warrant
liabilities, measured using Level 3 inputs, for the period from January 19, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021 is summarized as follows:
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