06/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/11/2025 04:00
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
References to the "Company," "Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp," "our," "us" or "we" refer to Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of our 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" 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 Quarterly Report 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 "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. 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 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this Quarterly Report as our initial business combination. While we may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry, we currently intend to concentrate our efforts in identifying businesses in the health, nutrition, fitness, wellness and beauty sectors and the products, devices, applications and technology driving growth within these verticals.
The issuance of additional shares in connection with a business combination to the owners of the target or other investors:
● | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our initial public offering, which dilution would further increase if the anti- dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares; |
● | may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares; |
● | could cause a change in control if a substantial number of our Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
● | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; |
● | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and |
● | may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants. |
Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to bank or other lenders or the owners of a target, it could result in:
● | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
● | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
● | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
● | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt is outstanding; |
● | our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares; |
● | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
● | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
● | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
● | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
We expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The SEC has adopted new rules and regulations relating to SPACs, which became effective on July 1, 2024 (the "2024 SPAC Rules"). The 2024 SPAC Rules require, among other matters, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC sponsors and related persons; (ii) additional disclosures relating to SPAC Business Combination transactions; (iii) additional disclosures relating to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates in both SPAC initial public offerings and Business Combination transactions; (iv) additional disclosures regarding projections included in SEC filings in connection with proposed Business Combination transactions; and (v) the requirement that both the SPAC and its target company be co-registrants for Business Combination registration statements. In addition, the SEC's adopting release provided guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including its duration, asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its management team in furtherance of such goals. The 2024 SPAC Rules may materially affect our ability to complete our initial Business Combination and may increase the costs and time related thereto.
Sponsor Handover
On November 8, 2023, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with the Prior Sponsor and Sriram Associates, LLC (the "Acquirer"), pursuant to which, the Prior Sponsor agreed to transfer to the Acquirer (i) 2,012,500 of the Company's Class B ordinary shares and (ii) 4,795,000 of the Company's private placement warrants for a total purchase price of one dollar (the "Transfer"). In connection with the Transfer, the Acquirer may, in its sole discretion, replace any new officers or directors to the Company and the Company agreed to take such actions necessary to effectuate such changes (the "Management Change"). The Transfer, the Management Change, and the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement are referred to as the "Sponsor
Handover". On February 1, 2024, the Sponsor Handover was consummated (the "Closing"). Suntone Investment Pty Ltd, a designee and affiliate of Sriram, acquired the securities in the Transfer and has subsequently served as the Sponsor of the Company.
Btab Business Combination
On May 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the "Original Business Combination Agreement") with IWAC Georgia Merger Sub, Inc., a Georgia corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Btab Ecommerce Group, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Btab").
On August 26, 2024, the Company and Btab entered into an Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement") with IWAC Holding Company Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IWAC ("Pubco"), IWAC Purchaser Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco ("Purchaser Merger Sub"), IWAC Company Merger Sub Inc., a Georgia corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco ("Company Merger Sub"), and acknowledging and agreeing solely with respect to Section 2.1(a)(ii) thereof, Binson Lau. The Business Combination Agreement amended, restated and superseded the Original Business Combination Agreement.
Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination will be effected in two steps. Subject to the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement by the shareholders of IWAC and Btab, on the date of the consummation of the Business Combination and following the domestication: (a) Purchaser Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the "Purchaser Merger"), with the Company as the surviving company in the Purchaser Merger and, as a result of the Purchaser Merger, the Company will become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Pubco with the security holders of the Company receiving securities of Pubco with terms substantially equivalent to the terms of their securities of the Company, and (b) Company Merger Sub will merge with and into Btab (the "Company Merger"), with Btab as the surviving company in the Company Merger and, as a result of the Company Merger, Btab will become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Pubco. Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the "Transactions"), Pubco expects to be renamed "Btab Ecommerce Holdings, Inc."
For more information about the Btab Business Combination Agreement and the related agreements for the Btab Business Combination, please see "Item 1. Business" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Recent Developments
On December 11, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of shareholders (the "December 2024 Meeting"). At the December 2024 Meeting, a proposal to amend by special resolution the Company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended (the "Third Charter Amendment"), to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate an initial business combination from December 13, 2024 to December 15, 2025 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company's board of directors in its sole discretion) was approved. The Company extended the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination by an additional twelve months until December 15, 2025. In connection with the December 2024 Meeting, shareholders holding 3,069,636 Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $36.7 million (approximately $11.96 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders. Following redemptions, 1,185,481 Class A ordinary shares remain outstanding.
On December 13, 2024, the Company received written notice from the NYSE indicating that the staff of NYSE Regulation had determined to commence proceedings to delist the Company's securities from the NYSE due to the Company's failure to consummate a business combination within the shorter of (i) the time period specified by its constitutive documents or by contract or (ii) three years following the closing of the Company's initial public offering. Trading in the Company's securities was suspended immediately after market close on December 13, 2024. Following the suspension of trading on NYSE, the Company's units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants have been trading on the OTC Markets under the ticker symbols "WELUF," "WELNF," and "WELWF," respectively. NYSE filed a Form 25 with the SEC on January 2, 2025 to delist the securities from the NYSE.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been related to the Company's formation, the initial public offering, and identifying a target for a Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of
interest and earnings on cash marketable securities held in the Trust Account. Our expenses have increased substantially after the closing of our initial public offering 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 March 31, 2025, we had a net loss of $292,501. Net loss is comprised primarily of formation and operating costs of $191,737, accounting and legal expenses of $159,063, insurance expense of $24,878, and administrative expenses due to related party of $30,000, offset by interest earned on cash held in the Trust Account of 113,177.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $37,130. Net loss is comprised of earnings on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $523,484, offset by formation and operating costs of $46,468, legal and accounting services of $185,507, listing fees of $21,250, insurance expense of $18,862, administrative expenses of $158, advertising and marketing expense of $18,369, and administrative expenses due to related party of $270,000.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
On December 13, 2021, we consummated the initial public offering of 11,500,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,500,000 units, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, we completed the private sale of an aggregate of 6,850,000 warrants to our Prior Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per private placement warrant, generating gross proceeds of $6,850,000.
A total of $117,300,000 of the proceeds from the initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental, acting as trustee (the "Trust Account").
Transaction costs of the initial public offering amounted to $6,822,078, consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting discount, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $497,078 of actual offering costs. Of these amounts, $302,696 was allocated to the public warrants and charged against additional paid-in capital and $6,519,382 were allocated to Class A ordinary shares reducing the initial carrying amount of such shares.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by operating activities was $60,595. Net loss of $292,501 was decreased by the Sponsor waiver of administrative services fees of $30,000 and $323,096 related to changes in operating assets and liabilities.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash provided by operating activities was $334,782. Net loss of $37,130 was decreased by the Sponsor waiver of administrative services fees of $270,000 and $101,912 related to changes in operating assets and liabilities.
As of March 31, 2025, we had cash held in the Trust Account of $14,488,535 (including $113,177 of interest earned on cash held in the Trust Account for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
As of March 31, 2025, we had cash of $4,218 held outside the Trust Account. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to close our business combination with Btab.
We may need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business prior to our initial business combination. We expect to incur significant costs to complete an initial business combination. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year from the date that the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. In the event that our initial 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 of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. The terms of
such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor, its affiliates or an affiliate of our management team as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2025. 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 obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities, other than described below.
We have an agreement to pay our sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and administrative support until the earlier of the completion of an initial business combination and our liquidation. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024, our sponsor has waived any payments under this agreement.
The underwriters of the initial public offering are entitled to a deferred fee $4,025,000. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete our initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Promissory Note - Related Party
In March 2023, the Prior Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the "Extension Note") in connection with the extension payment made by the Prior Sponsor to extend the Termination Date from March 13, 2023 to June 13, 2023. The Extension Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of the date the business combination is consummated or the liquidation of the Company. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had borrowed $1,150,000, the maximum amount under the Extension Note with no repayments or additional borrowings.
In June 2023, the Prior Sponsor issued an additional unsecured promissory note to the Company (the "Second Extension Note") in connection with the shareholder approval to extend the date which the Company must consummate an initial business combination from June 13, 2023 for up to an additional six months to December 13, 2023. The Second Extension Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of the date the business combination is consummated or the liquidation of the Company. The Second Extension Note has a principal amount up to $960,000, and the Prior Sponsor previously deposited $640,000 pursuant to such note to extend the time by which the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination from June 13, 2023 to October 13, 2023. Sriram assumed the monthly extension deposits and a designee and affiliate of Sriram paid for the final two extension deposits to extend the time by which the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination from October 13, 2023 to December 13, 2023, contributing $320,000 to the Trust Account. The contributions by a designee and affiliate of Sriram were not pursuant to the Second Extension Note and instead are recorded as a liability on the consolidated balance sheets.
In December 2023, the Company issued a promissory note (the "Third Extension Note") in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to Sriram, pursuant to which Sriram agreed to loan the Company up to $1,500,000 in connection with the extension of the Company's Termination Date from December 13, 2023 to December 13, 2024. The Third Extension Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the earlier of (a) the date of the consummation of the Company's initial Business Combination, and (b) the date of the liquidation of the Company.
On January 14, 2025, the Company issued an amended and restated promissory note (the "January 2025 Note") in the aggregate principal amount of up to $4,000,000 to the Sponsor. Such note amends and restates in its entirety the Third Extension Note. The Sponsor may elect to convert up to a maximum amount of $1.5 million of the unpaid principal balance under the January 2025 Note relating to
working capital expenses into such number of ordinary shares (the "Conversion Shares") equal to: (x) the portion of the principal amount of the January 2025 Note being converted divided by (y) the conversion price of $1.00, rounded up to the nearest whole number of ordinary shares. The note is payable in cash or the Conversion Shares which are issuable upon the consummation of the Company's initial business combination. The note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the earlier of (a) the date of the consummation of the Company's initial business combination, and (b) the date of the liquidation of the Company. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had borrowed $3,145,086 under the January 2025 Note.
Registration Rights Agreement
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants, and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders will have the right to require the Company to register for resale these securities pursuant to a shelf registration under Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The holders of a majority of these securities will also be entitled to make up to three demands, plus short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders will be entitled to certain "piggy-back" registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States 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. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates as of March 31, 2025.
Factors That May Adversely Affect our Results of Operations
Our results of operations and our ability to complete an initial business combination may be adversely affected by various factors that could cause economic uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets, many of which are beyond our control. Our business could be impacted by, among other things, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, increases in oil prices, inflation, increases in interest rates, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflict in Ukraine and in the Middle East. We cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact our business and our ability to complete initial business combination.