UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

 

FORM 10-K(Mark One)

 

xANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20192020

OR

 

¨oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from             ______________ to             ______________

 

Commission File Numberfile number: 001-38545

 

LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.LANDSEA HOMES CORPORATION

(Exact Namename of Registrantregistrant as Specifiedspecified in Its Charter)its charter)

 

Delaware82-2196021
(State or Other Jurisdictionother jurisdiction of Incorporationincorporation or
Organization) organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)No.)
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 300 
600 Madison Avenue, New York, NYNewport Beach, California1002292660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

(212) 688-1005

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)telephone number, including area code(949) 345-8080

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which
registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value and one warrant to purchase one Class Aper share ofLSEAThe Nasdaq Capital Market
Warrants exercisable for Common StockLSEAWThe NASDAQNasdaq Capital Market
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per shareThe NASDAQ Capital Market
Warrants to purchase one share of Class A Common StockThe NASDAQ Capital Market

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes oNox

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes oNox

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. Yesx  No¨o

 

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). YesoNox No¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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 ¨o Accelerated filer ¨o

Non-accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated Filerx Smaller reporting company x
Emerging growth company x    

 

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.¨o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes oNox

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YesoNox No¨

 

As of March [_], 2020, 15,525,000 Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,881,250 Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding, respectively.

As of June 30, 2019,2020, the aggregate market value of the ordinary sharesregistrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $158,044,500 (basedapproximately $146,355,252.70 based on the closing salessale price as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market.

There were 46,231,025 shares of the Class A Common Stockregistrant’s common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on June 30, 2019 of $10.18).March 8, 2021.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The information required by Part III of this Report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2021, which definitive proxy statement shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Report relates.

 

 

LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART IPage 
Item 1.Business.1
Item 1A.Risk Factors.17
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.48
Item 2.Properties.48
Item 3.Legal Proceedings.48
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.48
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Item 1. BusinessPART II
 1
Item 1A. Risk Factors17
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments45
Item 2. Properties45
Item 3. Legal Proceedings45
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures45
PART II45
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related ShareholderStockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesSecurities.49
Item 6.Selected Financial Data.49
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.50
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.55
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.F-1
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.56
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures.56
Item 9B.Other Information.56
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Item 6. Selected Financial DataPART III
 47
Item 7. Management’s Discussion And Analysis47
Item 7A. Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk51
Item 8. Financial Statements And Supplementary Data51
Item 9. Changes In And Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting And Financial Disclosure51
Item 9A. Controls And Procedures51
Item 9B. Other Information52
PART III53
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate GovernanceGovernance.5357
Item 11.Executive CompensationCompensation.6157
Item 12.Security Ownership Ofof Certain Beneficial Owners Andand Management Andand Related Shareholder MattersStockholder Matters.57
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.57
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.57
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Item 13. Certain Relationships And Related Transactions And Director IndependencePART IV
 65
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees And Services15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.58
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary.60
 67
PART IVSignatures68
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules68
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary7061

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

CERTAIN TERMS

Landsea Homes Corporation (formerly known as LF Capital Acquisition Corp. or “LF Capital”) was originally incorporated on June 29, 2017 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On June 22, 2018, LF Capital consummated an initial public offering, after which its securities began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”).

On January 7, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Landsea Homes Corporation consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 31, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among LF Capital, LFCA Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of LF Capital (“Merger Sub”), Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Landsea”), and Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller” or “Landsea Holdings”), which provided for the merger of Merger Sub with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). 

In connection with the Business Combination, the registrant changed its name from LF Capital Acquisition Corp. to Landsea Homes Corporation, and Landsea changed its name from Landsea Homes Incorporated to Landsea Homes US Corporation. Following the Business Combination, Landsea Holdings Corporation beneficially holds a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Landsea Homes Corporation (“Common Stock”). Following the Closing Date, Landsea Homes Corporation changed the trading symbols for its Common Stock (formerly Class A common stock) and warrants on Nasdaq from “LFAC” and “LFAC-W” to “LSEA” and “LSEA-W.”

 

Unless the context otherwise stated in thisrequires, references to “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to LF Capital Acquisition Corp. prior to the closing of the Business Combination and to the post-combination company and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Business Combination, and “Landsea Homes” refers to the business of Landsea Homes Incorporated prior to the Business Combination.  This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this(the “Annual Report”), references to:

“we,” “us,” “company” or “our company” are to LF Capital Acquisition, Corp.;
“public shares” are to shares of our Class A common stock sold as part of the units in our initial public offering;
“public stockholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our initial stockholders and management team to the extent our initial stockholders and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that each initial stockholder’s and member of our management team’s status as a “public stockholder” shall only exist with respect to such public shares;
“management” or our “management team” are to our officers and directors;
“sponsor” are to Level Field Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, an affiliate of certain of our officers and directors;
“anchor investor” are to certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc.;
“initial stockholders” are to holders of our founder shares;
“common stock” are to our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock, collectively;
“founder shares” are to shares of our Class B common stock initially purchased by our sponsor and our anchor investor in a private placement prior to our public offering, and the shares of our Class A common stock issued upon the conversion thereof as provided herein;
“private placement warrants” are to the warrants issued to our sponsor and our anchor investor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of our public offering;
“equity-linked securities” are to any securities of our company which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, common stock of our company;
“specified future issuance” are to an issuance of a class of equity or equity-linked securities to specified purchasers, that we may determine to make in connection with financing our initial business combination.
“DGCL” are to Delaware general corporation law.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report, including, without limitation, principally describes the business and operations of the Company following the Business Combination, other than the audited consolidated financial statements underfor the heading “Management’syear ended December 31, 2020 and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” includes forward-looking of LF Capital prior to the Business Combination. Substantially concurrently with the filing of this Annual Report, we will be filing Amendment No. 1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, initially filed on January 13, 2021, which will include the audited consolidated financial statements of Landsea Homes Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2020 and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Interested parties should refer to our Current Report on Form 8-K for more information.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this Annual Report may constitute “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”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,federal securities laws, including, the words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,” “continue,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Such statements include, but are not limited to, anyour expectations for future financial performance, business strategies or expectations for our business, including as they relate to anticipated effects of the Business Combination. These statements constitute projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of performance. Landsea Homes cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Words such as “may,” “can,” “should,” “will,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “target,” “look” or similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements relating to our ability to consummate any acquisition or other business combination and any other statements that are not statements of current or historical facts. to:

the benefits of the Business Combination;
the future financial performance of the Company following the Business Combination;
changes in the market for Landsea Homes’ products and services; and
expansion plans and opportunities.

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Annual Report and our management’s current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors, including, but not limited to:

our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses;
our ability to complete our initial business combination;
our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business or businesses;
our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
our officersforecasts and assumptions, and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements;
our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination;
our pool of prospective target businesses;
the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential acquisition opportunities;

The forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of judgments, risks uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and other assumptionsuncertainties that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described underin Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Annual Report and subsequent filings with the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or moreSecurities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as well as:

the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability to integrate the combined businesses, and the ability of the combined business to grow and manage growth profitably;
costs related to the Business Combination;
the ability to maintain the listing of Landsea Homes’ securities on Nasdaq;
the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company following consummation of the Business Combination;
changes in applicable laws or regulations;
the inability to launch new Landsea products or services or to profitably expand into new markets;
the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and
other risks and uncertainties indicated in Landsea Homes’ SEC reports or documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Landsea Homes.

Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of these risks or uncertainties materialize, orany subsequent date, and you should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected innot place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.statements in deciding whether to invest in our securities. We do not undertake noany obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. These risks and others described under “Risk Factors” may not be exhaustive.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report. In addition, even if our results or operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

 

 

PART I

 

Item 1. Business

 

IntroductionOverview

 

We are a blank checkrapidly growing homebuilder focused on providing High Performance Homes that deliver energy efficient living in highly attractive geographies. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, we primarily engage in the design, construction, marketing and sale of suburban and urban single-family detached and attached homes in California, Arizona and Metro New York. While we offer a wide range of properties, we primarily focus on entry-level and first-time move-up homes. We maintain a conservative capital structure and we believe our markets are characterized by attractive long-term housing fundamentals.

Building on the global homebuilding experience and environmentally focused strategy of Landsea Green Properties Co., Ltd. (“Landsea Green”), who indirectly owns 100% of our largest stockholder Landsea Holdings, we are driven by a pioneering commitment to sustainability. Drawing on new-home innovation and technology, including a partnership with a leading technology company, incorporatedwe are focused on sustainable, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly building practices that result in a lighter environmental impact, lower resource consumption and a reduced carbon footprint. The three pillars of our High Performance Homes platform are home automation, energy efficiency and sustainability. These pillars are reflected in such features as WiFi mesh networking, smart light switches, smart door locks, smart thermostats, WiFi garage door openers; LED lighting and upgraded insulation. Our efficient home designs help reduce lumber, concrete and building material waste on our jobsites.

Our communities are positioned in attractive markets like California and Arizona that, based on market conditions like low new home supply levels and high levels of employment relative to permits, are poised for growth. We are also prudently evaluating opportunities in new regional markets in which there is high demand and favorable population and employment growth as a Delaware corporationresult of proximity to job centers or primary transportation corridors. We are committed to achieving among the highest standards in design, quality and formedcustomer satisfaction and are a leader among our peers on several key operating and homebuilding metrics.

We have developed several award-winning master-planned communities. We have been recognized locally and nationally for our communities, including as recipient of the OC Register’s Best Home Builder and Best New Home Community awards and placing in the top 3% of all homebuilders for positive customer experience in Eliant Homebuyers’ survey.

While we have construction expertise across a wide array of product offerings, we are focused on entry-level and first-time move-up homes. Additionally, we believe our high concentration in entry-level homes positions us to meet changing market conditions and to optimize returns while strategically reducing portfolio risk. In addition, our attached and higher density product in certain markets enables us to keep our entry-level price point “attainable” and within reach of more new homebuyers. We believe that bringing attainable housing product helps to offset rising land and home costs and support our expansion into densely populated markets.

Landsea Homes’ home sales revenue has grown rapidly from approximately $29 million in 2017 to $735 million in 2020. As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes owned or controlled almost 6,700 lots, of which more than 2,400 lots were under land option contracts or purchase contracts and more than 4,200 lots were owned. We believe that this represents approximately 3 to 4 years of supply under our current growth plan. We seek to invest in land inventory that we can efficiently develop over a 24-to-36-month horizon in order to maximize our returns on capital and minimize our exposure to market risk. We continue to evaluate new communities and to develop an attractive pipeline of land acquisition opportunities.

In California, Landsea Homes owned and controlled almost 1,800 lots as of December 31, 2020 in the high-demand San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino counties.

In Arizona, Landsea Homes owned and controlled more than 4,800 lots as of December 31, 2020. Since entering the Arizona market less than two years ago, Landsea Homes has acquired several communities organically in addition to two Phoenix-based homebuilders. In June 2019, Landsea Homes acquired Pinnacle West Homes (“Pinnacle West”), a homebuilder focused in the Phoenix market. In January 2020, Landsea Homes acquired Garrett Walker Homes (“Garrett Walker”), a leading homebuilder and brand also in the metropolitan Phoenix area that boasts a management team with decades of combined homebuilding experience. These acquisitions expanded our portfolio and breadth in the Arizona market. As a result of these acquisitions, we have become one of the largest homebuilders in Arizona.

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In Metro New York, after giving effect to the Distribution (as defined below), Landsea Homes owned 50 lots as of December 31, 2020 related to one project in Manhattan, and almost 40 lots within LS-NJ Port Imperial Member, LLC (the “Avora JV”), an unconsolidated joint venture.

Net new home orders for Landsea Homes for the purposeyears ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were approximately 1,900 and 480, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes delivered more than 1,500 homes for total home sales revenue of effecting$735 million. For the year ended December 31, 2019, Landsea Homes delivered nearly 600 homes for total home sales revenue of $569 million.

For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the average selling price (“ASP”) of homes delivered was approximately $481,000 and $953,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Landsea Homes had a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combinationbacklog of 750 and 121 sold but unclosed homes, respectively with one or more businesses,an associated sales value of $389 million and $84 million. The average selling price of homes in backlog as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was approximately $519,000 and $694,000, respectively.

Metro New York

On June 30, 2020, Landsea Homes effectuated a distribution (the “Distribution”), pursuant to which we referLandsea Urban LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Landsea Homes, distributed 100% of its membership interests in LS-212 West 93 Member LLC (the “212 Project Entity”) to throughout this Annual ReportLandsea Holdings. The 212 Project Entity owns 20 condo units in Manhattan that are currently under construction. The total assets, liabilities, and equity of the 212 Project Entity as our initial business combination. Although we may pursue an acquisition opportunityof the date of Distribution were $50 million, $21 million and $29 million, respectively.

We are currently a joint venture partner in any business or industry, we intend to capitalizeLS-14 Ave JV LLC (the “14th Street JV”), that has a development project located at 14th Street and 6th Ave., New York (the “14th Street Project”). The 14th Street JV is 95.89% held by us and owns 50 condo units and a retail space in Manhattan that are currently under construction and nearing “top off.”

We are currently a joint venture partner in the Aurora JV, that has a development project located on the abilityNew Jersey Gold Coast in the city of Weehawken (the “Avora Project”). The Avora JV is 51% held by us and owns 39 condo units, of which 35 were unsold as of December 31, 2020.

Our Markets

We operate in three primary markets: California, Arizona and Metro New York. The following table sets forth homebuilding revenue from each of these markets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands): 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  2020  2019  2018 
Arizona (1) $320,691  $40,024  $- 
California (2)  413,917   528,848   347,828 
Metro New York (3)  -   -   - 
  $734,608  $568,872  $347,828 

(1)       The Arizona market consists primarily of entry-level, single-family homes in Goodyear, Buckeye, Chandler, Mesa, Avondale, Tolleson, Queen Creek and Phoenix counties in Arizona.

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(2)       The California market consists of single-family detached and attached homes in (i) Marin, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda counties in Northern California and (ii) Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties in Southern California.

(3)       The Metro New York market consists of two condominium projects in premier locations: Chelsea, New York and Weehawken, New Jersey along the gold coast. The Avora Project in Weehawken is an unconsolidated joint venture.

These markets are generally characterized by high job growth and increasing populations, creating strong demand for new housing, and we believe they represent attractive homebuilding markets with opportunities for long-term growth. Moreover, our management team has deep local market knowledge of the California and Arizona homebuilding and development industries. We believe this experience and strong relationships with local market participants enable us to identify, acquireefficiently source, entitle and operateclose on land.

Impact of COVID-19

The spread of a businessnovel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) around the world caused significant volatility in the financial servicesU.S. market beginning in early 2020. There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the U.S. economy. The homebuilding industry was impacted by COVID-19, which saw reduced levels of orders and deliveries primarily in particular,March, April and May 2020, with partial recovery beginning in June 2020.

During the commercial banking industry, that may provide opportunitiesfirst and second quarters of 2020, when restrictive stay-at-home orders were in place for attractive risk-adjusted returns.many markets across the United States, we experienced meaningful increases in sales cancellations and decreases in sales orders, particularly in California and New York. However, as economic activity began to resume and restrictive orders began to be lifted, our pace of sales increased and our cancellation rate returned to normal levels. For the fourth quarter of 2020, we had almost 600 home deliveries and home sales revenues of $284.7 million, as compared to less than 300 home deliveries and home sales revenues of $136.3 million in the first quarter of 2020, less than 250 home deliveries and home sales revenues of $95.1 million in the second quarter of 2020, and more than 400 home deliveries and home sales revenues of $218.5 million in the third quarter of 2020.

 

We intend to identify and acquire a business that could benefit from a hands-on owner with extensive operational experiencebelieve the increase in demand in the financial sectorthird and that presents potential for an attractive risk-adjusted return profile under our stewardship. Even fundamentally sound companies can often under-perform their potentialfourth quarters of 2020 was fueled by increased buyer urgency due to lower interest rates on mortgage loans, the limited supply of homes at affordable price points across most of our markets and to some extent the lower levels of home sales from mid-March through early April, which caused some pent-up demand. We were and remain well positioned for increased demand with our affordable product offerings, lot supply and housing inventory.

In response to the pandemic and government restrictions, we implemented new operating measures relating to our sales, construction and other operations. Under these measures, we shifted our sales process to offer additional virtual online tours and appointments and, where permitted, appointment-only, in-person meetings intended to comply with social distancing and other health and safety requirements and protocols. We have also instituted social distancing, hygiene and sanitation guidelines in accordance with recommended protocols throughout the organization. We have encouraged employees at our corporate and division offices whose duties could be performed from home to work remotely, and we have implemented flexible schedules for employees that are permitted by applicable government orders or guidelines to be back in our corporate and division offices to limit the number of individuals in our offices on a temporary periodgiven day. We have also encouraged our employees to use our virtual working and communication platforms in lieu of dislocationholding in-person meetings whenever possible.

Construction and sale of residential real estate has been determined to be an essential business in many of the regions in which we operate, and accordingly our operations, other than in certain markets during March and April 2020, have been exempted from certain health orders. There is still uncertainty regarding the extent and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the situation has continued to evolve, and associated government and consumer responses have remained in a state of flux, especially in light of recent spikes in infections in key markets and the rollout of vaccines. In addition, because the full magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain and difficult to predict, changes in our cash flow projections may change our conclusions on the recoverability of inventory in the future.

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Our Competitive Strengths

Our primary business objective is to create long-term, above industry average returns for our stockholders through our commitment to securing growth-oriented land positions, imposing strong operational discipline and control and providing High Performance Homes to our customers. We believe that the following strengths differentiate us from other public company homebuilders and position us well to execute our business strategy and capitalize on opportunities across our footprint:

Attractive Land Positions Focused on High Growth

We have positioned our business to strategically grow by selecting markets with favorable population and employment growth as a result of proximity to job centers or primary transportation corridors. Currently, we are focused on the design, construction and sale of innovative single-family detached and attached homes in which they operate, inefficient capital allocation, over-levered capital structures, excessive cost structures, incomplete management teams and/or inappropriate business strategies. planned communities in major metropolitan areas in California and Arizona. Additionally, we plan to evaluate opportunities in other markets opportunistically.

Generally, we believe that we have strong land positions strategically located within our core markets. We select communities in markets across the United States with high demand and convenient access to metropolitan areas that are generally characterized by a robust local economy and continued job growth, attraction of new residents and opportunities for potential homebuyers.

Strong Operational Discipline and Controls

Our management team possesses significant operating expertise, gleaned from its experiences with much larger public homebuilders. The perspective gained from that experience has extensive experiencehelped shape the strict discipline and hands-on approach with which we are managed. From real-time “dashboard” updates on each project to monthly operating committee review and financial accountability at the project management level, our strict operating discipline is a key part of our strategy to maximize returns while minimizing risk.

High Performance Homes

We are committed to sustainability. We place heavy emphasis on environmental protection and are committed to delivering comfortable and eco-friendly residential properties to the market. Landsea Green has received numerous awards and recognition for various properties and enjoys broad recognition among its customers as one of the few brand names representative of eco-friendly building design and construction.

We are committed to sustainable building practices and conduct a multitude of energy-efficient, sustainable and environmentally-friendly practices that result in identifyinga lighter environmental impact, lower resource consumption and executinga reduced carbon footprint.

In 2019, Landsea Homes officially launched a High Performance Homes program in select communities across California and Arizona. The new program focuses on home automation, sustainability and energy savings, three factors that we believe are highly desired by our customers.

As part of the High Performance Homes program, we have established a partnership with a leading technology company. High Performance Homes utilize such full-potential investments. company’s proprietary software, which offers home automation options through applications on homebuyers’ mobile phones. Smart home automation options include a media manager device, MeshNet wireless internet throughout the home, entry door locks, thermostat control, garage door opener control, light dimmer switches, doorbell camera pre-wire and high-touch customer service with an individualized training session.

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In addition, each High Performance Home includes upgraded roof insulation, upgraded wall insulation, upgraded floor insulation, more efficient mechanical systems, ENERGY STAR® rated appliances and LED lighting. The cost-in-use features lower homebuyers’ monthly bills and are intended to encourage environmental awareness and stewardship.

Our Growth Strategies

Building upon our team hassuccess to date, we see a significant hands-on experience working with private companies in preparingopportunity to become a publicly traded companydrive long-term growth across our business by executing on the following growth strategies:

Strategy and servingLot Position

Landsea Homes owned approximately 4,200 lots and had options to purchase an additional 2,400 lots, approximately, as active owners and directors by working closely with these companiesof December 31, 2020. We intend to continue their transformationsto utilize our current inventory of lots and help create value in the public markets.future land acquisitions to conduct our operating strategy, which consists of:

converting our lot supply into active projects;
maximizing revenue at communities;
maintaining a low cost structure;
acquiring land positions through disciplined acquisition strategies in key markets;
leveraging an experienced management team;
gaining access to growth capital while keeping a conservative leverage profile; and
generating positive cash flows.

Acquire Attractive Land Positions While Reducing Risk

 

We believe that our management team is well positioned to identify attractive risk-adjusted returns in the marketplacereputation and that their contactsextensive relationships with land sellers, master plan developers, financial institutions, brokers and transaction sources, ranging from industry executives, private owners, private equity funds, and investment bankers,other builders will enable us to continue to acquire well-positioned land parcels in our target markets. Before contracting to acquire land, we complete our land acquisition process, which consists of performing due diligence, reviewing the status of entitlements to mitigate zoning and other development risk and focusing on land as a component of a home’s cost structure, rather than on the land’s speculative value.

We believe that our expertise in land development and planning enables us to create desirable communities that meet or exceed our target customer’s expectations, while operating at competitive costs. We also seek to minimize our exposure to land risk through disciplined management of entitlements, as well as the use of land options and other flexible land acquisition arrangements.

We believe that there are significant opportunities to expand in our existing and target markets, and we continually review our selection of markets based on both aggregate demographic information and our own operating results. We use the results of these reviews to reallocate our investments to maximize our profitability and return on capital over a two to three year timeframe. Our growth strategy will focus on increasing our market position in our existing markets and exploring expansion into other markets through organic growth or acquisitions.

Offer a Diverse Range of Products with a Focus on Entry-Level and First Move-Up

While our construction expertise across an extensive product offering allows us flexibility to pursue a wide array of land acquisition opportunities and appeal to a broad range of opportunities.potential homebuyers, we are currently focused on entry-level and first-time move-up homes. We believe our high concentration in entry level and first-time move-up homes positions us to meet changing market conditions and to optimize returns while strategically reducing portfolio risk. In addition, our attached and higher density product in certain markets enables us to keep our entry-level price point “attainable” and within reach of more new homebuyers. We believe that bringing attainable housing products helps to counter rising land and home costs and support our expansion into densely populated markets.

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We spend extensive time studying and designing our products through the use of architects, consultants and homeowner focus groups in our target markets. Our management believesfocus on entry-level and first-time move-up homes is a part of our “pyramid” strategy in which the largest ratio of communities of entry level homes forms the base of the pyramid, followed by first move-up and second move-up. At the top of the pyramid are our luxury homes that its ability to identifyare the lowest in count and implement value creation initiatives will remain central to its differentiated acquisition strategy.most selective in opportunistic locations.

 

Our management team’s objective is Focus on Efficient Cost Structure and Target Attractive Returns

We believe that our homebuilding platform and focus on controlling costs position us well to generate attractive returns and create value for our shareholders by applying a disciplined strategy of identifying attractive investment platforms which could benefit from the addition of capital, management expertise, and strategic insight.investors. Our experienced management team is applyingvigilant in maintaining its focus on controlling costs. We competitively bid each phase of development while maintaining strong relationships with our trade partners by managing production schedules closely and paying our vendors on time.

We combine decentralized management in those aspects of our business where we believe detailed knowledge of local market conditions is critical (such as governmental processing, construction, land development, accounts payable and sales and marketing), with centralized management in those functions where we believe central control is required (such as approval of land acquisitions, financial, treasury, human resources and legal matters). We have also made significant investments in systems and infrastructure to operate our business efficiently and to support our planned future growth as a disciplined approach focusedresult of executing our expansion strategy.

Description of Projects and Communities Under Development

The following table presents project information relating to each of Landsea Homes’ homebuilding markets as of December 31, 2020 and includes certain information that is forward-looking or predictive in nature and is based on (i) identifyingexpectations and projections about future events. Such information is subject to a legacy banking (or other financial services-related) assetnumber of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecast in the table below. 

  Backlog
(1)
  Lots
Owned or
Controlled
(2)
  Homes
Closed for
Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Estimated
Average
Sales
Price
Range
(3)
 
California $216,410   1,766   423  $979 
Arizona  172,932   4,864   1,104   290 
Metro New York  -   50   -     
GRAND TOTALS $389,342   6,680   1,527  $481 

(1)       Backlog consists of homes sold under sales contracts that have not yet delivered, and there can be usedno assurance that delivery of sold homes will occur.

(2)       Lots owned or controlled as a platform to develop additional value; (ii) unlocking value through the application of improved cost and balance sheet management; (iii) enhanced profitability driven by both geographic and customer segment expansion (through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions); and (iv) the leveraging of technology. We favor opportunities with certain elementsDecember 31, 2020 include lots in backlog. Certain lots controlled are under land banking arrangements which will allow usbecome owned and begin producing deliveries during 2021. Actual homes at completion may change prior to (i) expand legacy corporate-oriented (primarily smallthe marketing and medium sized) businesses lines;sales of homes in these projects and (ii) transform retail business lines into a high-growth, high cross-sell businessesthe sales price ranges for these projects are to be determined and will be based on current market conditions and other factors upon the commencement of active selling. There can be no assurance that generate cost-effective fundingwe will acquire any of the controlled lots reflected in these amounts.

(3)       Estimated average sales price range reflects historical actuals for the organization,delivered homes and (over time) provide substantial non-interest incomecurrent pricing estimates for homes not yet delivered and profits, consistent with current regulatory guidancemight not be indicative of future pricing. Further, any potential benefit to be gained from an increase in sales prices as compared to previously estimated amounts may be offset by increases in costs, selling commissions and prudent risk management.other factors.

Pending Acquisitions

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As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes had options to acquire or were under contract to acquire land for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $257.6 million (net of deposits) on which it expects to build almost 2,500 homes in approximately 20 new communities in California and Arizona. As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes had paid $32.0 million in deposits relating to these pending acquisitions of which $31.0 million was nonrefundable.

Acquisition Process

As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes owned or controlled approximately 60 communities containing almost 6,700 lots under various stages of development. We believe that these strategies, in combination,our current inventory of owned and controlled lots and lots under land option or purchase contracts will positionbe adequate to supply our homebuilding operations for approximately three to four years.

Our acquisition strategy focuses on the organizationdevelopment of entitled parcels that we can complete within approximately two to trade at a premium valuation multiple relative to other financial services companies. While we will review a wide rangethree years from the start of potential platformssales in order to executereduce development and market cycle risk while maintaining an inventory of owned lots and lots under land option or purchase contracts sufficient for construction of homes over a three to four-year period. Our acquisition process generally includes the following steps to reduce development and market cycle risk:

1.review of the status of entitlements and other governmental processing, including title review;
2.limitation on the size of an acquisition to minimize investment levels in any one project;
3.completion of due diligence on the land parcel and/or holding entity prior to committing to the acquisition;
4.preparation of detailed budgets for all cost categories;
5.completion of environmental reviews and third-party market studies;
6.utilization of options, joint ventures, mergers, equity purchases and other acquisition arrangements, if necessary; and
7.employment of centralized control of approval over all acquisitions through a land committee process.

Before purchasing a land parcel or entity, we also engage outside consultants to help review our strategy,proposed acquisition and design our homes and communities.

We acquire land parcels pursuant to purchase agreements, many of which are structured as option contracts. Such option contracts require us to pay non-refundable deposits, which can vary by transaction, and entitle (but do not obligate) us to acquire the land typically at fixed prices. The term within which we can exercise our option varies by transaction and the acquisition is often contingent upon the completion of entitlement or other work with regard to the land (which often include “backbone” improvements, such as the installation of main roads or sewer mains). Depending upon the transaction, we may be required to purchase all of the land subject to the option at once or we may have a right to acquire identified groups of lots over a specified timetable. In some transactions, a portion of the consideration that we pay for the land may be in the form of a profit share, which would be triggered upon exceeding an agreed-upon level of profit. In limited instances such as where we acquire land from a master developer that is part of a larger project, the seller may have repurchase rights entitling it to repurchase the land if we do not develop the land by an outside deadline (unless the delay is currentlycaused by certain circumstances outside our intentioncontrol) or seek to pursuesell the land directly to a combinationthird party or indirectly through a change in control. Repurchase rights typically allow the seller to repurchase the land at our acquisition cost plus the cost of improvements made to the land and less a specified discount.

Sales and Marketing

We market homes through the extensive use of advertising and other promotional activities, including our website (www.landseahomes.com), in-house sales teams, mass-media advertisements, brochures, direct mail and the placement of signboards in the immediate areas of developments.

We normally build, decorate, furnish and landscape model homes for each product line and maintain on-site sales offices, which typically are open seven days a week. We believe that model homes and sales offices play a particularly important role in our marketing efforts. Consequently, we expend a significant amount of effort to create an attractive atmosphere at our model homes and tailor the exteriors and interiors of each home to coincide with the lifestyles of targeted homebuyers.

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We employ in-house commissioned sales personnel and occasionally outside brokers to sell our homes. In-house sales personnel typically work from sales offices located in model homes close to or in each community. Sales representatives assist potential buyers by providing them with basic floor plans, price information, development and construction timetables, tours of model homes and the selection of options. Sales personnel are licensed by the applicable real estate bodies in their respective markets, are trained by us and generally have had prior experience selling new homes in the local market.

We also offer a virtual sales experience, which provides potential home shoppers with a legacy“you are here” experience that combines a variety of online tools, including 360° virtual tours, photo galleries, videos, interactive floor plans, site maps and local area maps. We employ a team of dedicated inside sales counselors who support all division and community bankweb leads, phone calls, and on-site appointments, seven (7) days a week. For the year ended December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes’ virtual sales team managed almost 3,000 on-site appointments, 1,900 net orders, 39,000 direct phone calls, and 836,000 unique web users.

Our residences are typically sold before or during construction through sales contracts accompanied by a small cash deposit. Such sales contracts are usually subject to certain contingencies such as the buyer’s ability to qualify for financing. The cancellation rate of buyers who contracted to buy a home but did not close escrow at Landsea Homes was approximately 12.7% during 2020 and 12.4% during 2019. Cancellations are caused by a variety of factors beyond our control such as a buyer’s change in ability to secure financing over time, individual life changing events, or overall economic market conditions.

In addition, our High Performance Homes are equipped with a proprietary software from a leading technology company, which offers home automation features through applications on homebuyers’ mobile phones. Such software comprises a significant portion of the High Performance Homes program, which is central to our marketing strategy.

Customer Financing

We seek to assist our homebuyers in obtaining financing by arranging with certain preferred mortgage lenders to offer qualified buyers a variety of financing options. These arrangements with preferred mortgage lenders are informal and non-binding. Unlike other homebuilders, we do not offer residential mortgages or other financing alternatives, whether directly or through any of our joint ventures. Instead, we offer certain incentives to our homebuyers if they go through preferred mortgage lenders. Using preferred mortgage lenders affords us greater control and transparency, as well as possible options that can benefit frommay not otherwise be made available by other mortgage lenders.

The following is a summary of our preferred lending relationships by region:

Northern California: We offer qualified homebuyers up to $2,500 towards closing costs if they use the application of capital, expertise,preferred mortgage lender, Wells Fargo.

Southern California: We offer qualified homebuyers $5,000 to $10,000 towards closing costs if they use the preferred mortgage lender, Loan Depot, and technology in order to transform its business model.the preferred title providers, First American and Fidelity (depending on community). Of this amount, the preferred mortgage lender contributes $2,500 and we contribute the balance.

Arizona: We offer qualified homebuyers $5,000 towards closing costs if they use the preferred mortgage lenders, NFM Inc. and VIP Mortgage (depending on community), and the preferred title providers, First American and DHI Title (depending on community). Of this amount, the preferred mortgage lender contributes $3,000 and we contribute the balance.

Metro New York: We do not intendhave a preferred mortgage lender and do not offer closing cost incentives to our homebuyers.

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Substantially all homebuyers utilize long-term mortgage financing to purchase multiple businessesa home and mortgage lenders will usually make loans only to qualified borrowers.

Quality Control and Customer Service

We strive to provide a high level of customer service throughout the entire sales process and after a home has closed escrow. The participation of the sales representatives, on-site construction supervisors and the post-closing customer service personnel, working in unrelated industriesa team effort, is intended to foster our reputation for quality and service and ultimately lead to an overall better customer home-buying experience that will benefit not only the customer directly, but also benefit us in conjunctionimproving buyer retention and future homeowner referrals.

Warranty Program

We provide our homebuyers with our initial business combination. As believersa limited warranty, covering workmanship and materials. The scope and duration of the limited warranty varies based on the location of the project. This limited warranty covers “construction defects,” as defined in the long-term viabilitylimited warranty agreement provided to each home buyer, for the length of its legal liability for such defects (which may be up to ten years in some circumstances), as determined by the law of the relationship-oriented business model prevalentstate in which we build. The limited warranty covering construction defects is transferable to subsequent buyers not under direct contract with us and requires that homebuyers agree to the definitions and procedures set forth in the community banking space,warranty, including the submission of unresolved construction-related disputes to binding arbitration.

In connection with the limited warranty covering construction defects, we lookmaintain general liability insurance coverage. We believe that our insurance policies will respond to construction defect claims on homes that close during each policy period for the duration of our legal liability, upon satisfaction of the applicable self-insured retention. In California, each of our insurance policies provides a single wrap-up policy of insurance to us and our subcontractors. As a result, we are not required to obtain proof of insurance from our subcontractors nor be named as an opportunityadditional insured under their individual insurance policies regarding the subcontractors’ general liability policies for work on our projects. The subcontractors still must provide proof of insurance regarding general liability coverage for off-site work, worker’s compensation and auto coverage. Furthermore, we generally require that each subcontractor and design professional agreement provide us with an indemnity, subject to improve (as opposedvarious limitations. In Arizona, we maintain excess liability insurance covering products and completed operations and obtain indemnities and certificates of insurance from subcontractors generally covering claims related to replace) the traditional community bank model (through the application of technology). Our management teamdamages resulting from faulty workmanship and board have demonstrated a track record on digital transformation in the financial sectormaterials. In addition, we maintain warranty and expects to be able to access and implement a technology platform which is an integrated digital eco-systemother reserves for community banks which will facilitate our proposed digital transformation. This platform was developedhomes based on our team’s extensivehistorical market experience in helping manyand judgment of the most sophisticated financial institutions inrisks associated with the world developtypes of homes built.

There can be no assurance, however, that the terms and implement their digital banking strategies (including the developmentlimitations of the initial digital banking strategy offing Direct). Our management team’s differentiated combination of i) community bank investment experience, ii) extensive banking industry expertise (particularly inlimited warranty will be enforceable against the digital banking arena), and iii) access to unique digital technology positions the organization to identify an appropriate target which can be used to create significant shareholder value.

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Our management team is led by Baudouin Prot, Philippe De Backer and Scott Reed. Members of our management team have been responsible for a wide range of notable transactions in the financial services industry around the world. These include Baudouin Prot, who during his tenure as Chairman and CEO of BNP Paribas SA, implemented a successful expansion strategy to enter the U.S. market. Additionally, our CEO (Philippe De Backer), as the former global head of the Financial Services practice at Bain & Company, has been a business and thought leader in the development of digital banking strategies throughout the world (including the development of the initial ING Direct strategy). Finally, our President (Scott Reed), as the founder of BankCap Partners (a bank-oriented private equity firm), has been responsible for several successful growth-oriented investments in the community banking space in the U.S., including Atlanta, Georgia-based Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., a large de novo bank. Mr. Reed, through BankCap Partners, has invested in three banks, Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. and Xenith Bankshares Inc., which became publicly listed entities. On January 1, 2018, Xenith Bankshares, Inc. was acquired by Union Bankshares Corporation. With respect to the foregoing examples, past performance of our management team, is not a guarantee either (i) of success with respect to any business combination we may consummate or (ii)homebuyers, that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate forrenew our initial business combination. Our management team has not had experience with blank check companies in the past.

Business Strategy

Our acquisition and value creation strategy is to identify, acquire and, after our initial business combination, build a company in the financial services industry that reflects the experience of our management team and can benefit from their financial, operational and strategic expertise. Our acquisition strategy leverage s our team’s network of potential proprietary and public transaction sources where we believe a combination of our relationships, knowledge and experience in the financial services industry could affect a positive transformationinsurance coverage or augmentation of existing businesses or properties to improve their overall value proposition.

We utilize the network and industry experience of our management team in seeking an initial business combination and employing our acquisition strategy. Over the course of their careers, the members of our management team and their affiliates have developed a broad network of contacts and corporate relationshipsrenew it at reasonable rates, that we believe will serve as a useful sourcenot be liable for damages, the cost of acquisition opportunities. This network has been developed throughrepairs and/or the expense of litigation surrounding possible construction defects, soil subsidence or building-related claims or that claims will not arise out of uninsurable events not covered by insurance and not subject to effective indemnification agreements with our management team’s extensive experience in both investing insubcontractors and operating in the financial services industry. We expect these networks will provide our management team with a robust flow of acquisition opportunities. In addition, we anticipatedesign professionals or that target business candidatessuch subcontractors and design professionals will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, which may include investment market participants, private equity groups, investment banking firms, consultants, accounting firms and large business enterprises. Members of our management team communicate with their networks of relationships to articulate the parameters for our search for a target company and a potential business combination and are pursuing and reviewing potentially interesting leads.

Acquisition Criteria

Consistent with this strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. We use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines. We intend to acquire companies or assets that we believe:

can utilize the extensive networks and insights we have built in the financial services industry;
are at an inflection point, such that the addition of capital, management expertise, strategic insight, or technological capabilities (or a combination thereof) can drive improved financial performance;
are fundamentally sound companies that face financial or operational constraints that we are well-positioned to address;
will offer an attractive risk-adjusted return for our stockholders. We will seek to acquire the target on terms and in a manner that leverages our management team’s experience investing within the financial services industry. Potential upside from growth in the target business and an improved capital structure will be weighed against any identified downside risks.

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These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this Annual Report would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.

Initial Business Combination

Our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account)viable entities at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. Ifclaim. Although we actively monitor our board is not able to independently determine the fair market valueinsurance reserves and coverage, because of the targetuncertainties inherent to these matters, we cannot provide assurance that our insurance coverage, our subcontractors’ indemnities and warranty arrangements, and our reserves will collectively be adequate to address all warranty and construction defect claims in the future. In addition, contractual indemnities with subcontractors may be difficult to enforce. We may also be responsible for applicable self-insured retentions and some types of claims may not be covered by insurance or may exceed applicable coverage limits. Additionally, the coverage offered by and the availability of products and completed operations excess liability insurance for construction defects is currently limited and costly. This coverage may be further restricted or become more costly in the future.

Raw Materials

Typically, the raw materials and most of the components used in our business are readily available in the United States. Most are standard items carried by major suppliers. However, a rapid increase in the number of homes started or businesses, weother market conditions could cause delays in the delivery of, shortages in, or higher prices for necessary materials. Delivery delays or the inability to obtain necessary materials could result in delays in the delivery of homes under construction. We have established national and regional purchase programs for certain materials and will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm with respectcontinue to monitor the satisfaction of such criteria.supply markets to achieve competitive pricing.

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Intellectual Property

 

We rely on a combination of trademark and copyright law, trade-secret protection, and confidentiality, nondisclosure, license agreements and/or other contractual provisions and technical measures with our employees, customers, partners, and others to protect our proprietary rights. We have registered, or applied for the registration of, a number of U.S. domain names, trademarks, service marks, and copyrights. We also use the “Landsea” trademark pursuant to an exclusive license and its terms as granted under the License Agreement described below. While all of these proprietary rights are important to our operations, we do not consider any particular trademark, license, franchise, or concession to be material to our overall business.

Sale of Lots and Land

In the ordinary course of business, we continually evaluate land sales and have sold and expect that we will continue to sell land as market and business conditions warrant. We may raise additional proceedsalso sell both multiple lots to other builders (bulk sales) and improved individual lots for the construction of custom homes where the presence of such homes adds to the quality of the community. In addition, in the future we may acquire sites with commercial, industrial and multi-family parcels which will generally be sold to third-party developers.

Information Systems and Controls

We assign a high priority to the development and maintenance of our budget and cost control systems and procedures. Through our fully integrated accounting, financial and operational management information system, management regularly evaluates the status of our projects in relation to budgets to determine the cause of any variances and, where appropriate, adjusts our operations to capitalize on favorable variances or to limit adverse financial impacts.

Regulation

We and our competitors are subject to various local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning zoning, building design, construction and similar matters, including local regulation which imposes restrictive zoning and density requirements in order to limit the number of homes that can ultimately be built within the boundaries of a particular project. We and our competitors may also be subject to periodic delays or may be precluded entirely from developing in certain communities due to building moratoriums or “slow-growth” or “no-growth” initiatives that could be implemented in the future in the states in which we operate. Because we usually purchase entitled land, we believe that the moratoriums would adversely affect us only if they arose from unforeseen health, safety and welfare issues such as insufficient water or sewage facilities. Local and state governments also have broad discretion regarding the imposition of development fees for projects in their jurisdiction. However, these are normally locked-in when we receive entitlements.

We and our competitors are also subject to a variety of local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning protection of health and the environment. The particular environmental laws which apply to any given community vary greatly according to the community site, the site’s environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site. These environmental laws may result in delays, cause us and our competitors to incur substantial compliance and other costs and prohibit or severely restrict development in certain environmentally sensitive regions or areas. Environmental laws and regulations can also have an adverse impact on the availability and price of certain raw materials such as lumber. Our projects in California and New York are especially susceptible to restrictive government regulations and environmental laws. California, for example, includes a ten-year, strict liability tail on many construction liability claims and imposes notification obligations respecting environmental conditions, sometimes recorded on deeds, and also those required to be delivered to persons accessing property or to home buyers or renters, which may cause some persons, or their financing sources, to view the subject parcels as less valuable or as impaired. However, environmental laws have not, to date, had a material adverse impact on our operations.

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Competition

The homebuilding industry is highly competitive and fragmented. While our competitors vary by market, we compete directly with major national builders such as KB Home, Lennar Corp., Tri Pointe Homes, Inc., PulteGroup, Inc. and D.R. Horton, Inc. Homebuilders compete for, among other things, homebuyers, desirable land parcels, financing, raw materials and skilled labor. We compete for homebuyers on the basis of a number of interrelated factors including home design and location, construction quality, customer service and satisfaction and reputation. We believe that we compete effectively in our existing markets as a result of our product differentiation through environmentally focused technology homebuilding, home automation, geographic diversity and substantial development expertise. Further, we believe that we are adept at acquiring and integrating existing homebuilders based on our recent acquisition history, allowing us to grow both organically and via acquisition.

Seasonality

Our operations are historically seasonal, with the highest new order activity typically occurring in the spring and summer, although this is impacted by the timing of project openings and competition in surrounding projects, among other factors. In addition, a majority of our home deliveries typically occur in the third and fourth quarter of each fiscal year, based on the construction cycle times of our homes. As a result, our revenues, cash flow and profitability are higher in that same period. We expect this seasonal pattern to continue over the long-term, although it may be affected by volatility in the homebuilding industry.

Employees and Human Capital Resources

We believe that we maintain strong relations with our employees. Some employees of the subcontractors we utilize are unionized, but none of our employees are unionized.

Number of Employees. As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes employed 253 employees, including corporate staff, supervisory personnel of construction projects, warranty service personnel for completed projects, as well as persons engaged in administrative, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, sales and marketing activities. 252 of these employees were full-time employees.

Retention and Turnover. We focus significant attention on attracting and retaining talented and experienced individuals to manage and support our operations, and our management team routinely reviews employee turnover rates at various levels of the organization. As of December 31, 2020, with a 12-month lookback period, Landsea Homes had a voluntary turnover rate of approximately 14.6%. In total, during this period, Landsea Homes had an involuntary turnover rate of approximately 18.2%, which was largely attributable to corporate restructuring to reduce overhead in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, representing approximately 12.6% of its workforce. During this period, approximately 5.1% of involuntary turnover was the result of operational restructuring of overlapping functions as a result of Landsea Homes’ recent acquisition of Garrett Walker.

Internal Promotion and Compensation. Every year, each manager helps set his or her employees’ professional goals for internal promotion, and monitors employees’ progress throughout the year. Employee compensation is determined based on industry benchmarks and cost of living factors. Bonus incentives are primarily paid out annually based on division performance goals. We recommend and promote continuing education for all employees, and offers tuition reimbursement for job-related curriculum.

Employee Productivity. Senior management works with department level leads to appropriately tailor and establish annual, quarterly, and monthly goals, depending on position. These metrics are actively monitored via the use of third-party service providers and internal workflow programs. In addition, division level leads regularly meet with staff on a weekly basis to discuss workplace metrics. We also utilize a number of third-party services providers to track employee metrics.

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Worker Safety and Compliance with Laws. We actively train our employees and management on workplace safety and related laws and regulations. With respect to workplace safety, we utilize a third-party vendor to ensurecompliance with California/Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and federal OSHA safety requirements. Internally, we have a formal safety committee that meets quarterly to review employee safety protocols. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we adopted office and field safety guidelines, supplied personal protective equipment to all staff and implemented work from home protocols as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With respect to compliance with employment related laws and regulations, we continuously provide management training on leadership development, the progressive discipline process, and updates on labor laws, protected leaves and wage and hour rules. In addition, each of our employees is required to complete an acquisition opportunitya two-hour harassment prevention training.

Business Combination

On the Closing Date, Landsea Homes Corporation (formerly known as LF Capital Acquisition Corp.), consummated the Business Combination pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, by makingand among the Company, Merger Sub, Landsea and the Seller. As contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as the surviving entity. In connection with the merger of Merger Sub, Landsea changed its name to Landsea Homes US Corporation. As a specified future issuance. The amount and other terms and conditionsresult of any such specified future issuance would be determined at the time thereof. We are not obligated to make any specified future issuance and may determine not to do so. Pursuant toMerger, the anti-dilution provisionsCompany owns 100% of our Class Bthe outstanding common stock any such specified future issuance would result in an adjustment to the conversion ratio such that our initial stockholdersof Landsea and their permitted transferees, if any, would retain their aggregate percentage ownership at 20% of the sum of the total number of all shareseach share of common stock outstanding upon completionof Landsea has been cancelled and converted into the right to receive a portion of the consideration payable in connection with the Merger. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, (a) the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the stock of Landsea and its subsidiaries and (b) the Seller holds approximately 71% of our public offering plus all shares issuedCommon Stock.

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company changed its name from LF Capital Acquisition Corp. to “Landsea Homes Corporation.”

On December 15, 2020, the Company’s stockholders, at a special meeting of the Company, approved and adopted the Merger Agreement, and approved the Business Combination proposal and the other related proposals presented in the specified future issuance, unlessdefinitive proxy statement filed with the holders of a majoritySEC on November 23, 2020.

The aggregate merger consideration paid by the Company to the Seller in connection with the consummation of the then-outstandingBusiness Combination was approximately $344 million of stock consideration (the “Merger Consideration”), consisting of approximately 32,557,303 newly-issued shares of our Common Stock, which shares were valued at $10.56 per share for purposes of determining the number of shares payable to the Seller for its ownership interests therein. Additionally, concurrent with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company also paid 250,415 newly-issued shares of our Common Stock to certain investors, in connection with the Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreements (described below).

Related Agreements

Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreements

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) entered into Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreements with certain investors (“FPSA Investors”), whereby each of the FPSA Investors (i) committed to purchase certain amounts of shares of Class A common stock from public stockholders or in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at or less than $10.56 per share, inclusive of any fees and commissions (the “Purchase Allocation”), which in the aggregate total a commitment to purchase $35 million in shares of Class A common stock, (ii) vote its Class A common stock owned prior to the record date (up to the Purchase Allocation) in favor of the proposals in furtherance of the Business Combination, and (iii) not transfer or redeem its Class A common stock acquired pursuant to the Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreement prior to the consummation of the Business Combination or if the Merger Agreement was otherwise terminated. In consideration for entering into the Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 250,415 shares of Common Stock to the FPSA Investors.

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Sponsor Surrender Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Sponsor, the Company, the Seller, and Landsea entered into the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, pursuant to which, the Sponsor has agreed to (i) forfeit to the Company for no consideration 2,260,000 private placement warrants (such private placement warrants, each exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, the “Private Placement Warrants”) and 600,000 shares of Class B common stock agreed to waive such adjustment with respect to the specified future issuancethat were converted into shares of our Common Stock at the time thereof. We cannot determine at this time whether a majorityclosing of the holders of ourBusiness Combination (such Class B common stock, at the time“Founder Shares”), (ii) forfeit up to 500,000 shares of any such specified future issuance would agree to waive such adjustmentits converted Founder Shares contingent upon the valuation of the Common Stock reaching certain thresholds during the twenty-four month period following the closing of the Business Combination, (iii) transfer to the conversion ratio. If such adjustment is not waived, the specified future issuance would not reduce the percentage ownership of holders of our Class B common stock, but would reduce the percentage ownership of holders of our Class A common stock. If such adjustment is waived, the specified future issuance would reduce the percentage ownership of holders of both classes of our common stock.

We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own shares will comply with all applicable regulatory requirements and own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders or for other reasons. However, we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our stockholdersSeller 2,200,000 Private Placement Warrants immediately prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest inclosing of the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribedBusiness Combination and 500,000 shares of Common Stock immediately after the closing of the Business Combination (with such Common Stock subject to the targetcontingencies noted in clause (ii) above), (iv) cancel and usforgive all amounts owed to Sponsor pursuant to the Promissory Note (described below), and (v) receive a cash payment in lieu of converting outstanding amounts due under the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursueConvertible Note (described below) upon the consummation of the Business Combination, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

Waiver Agreements

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, the Seller, Landsea and each of those persons holding Founder Shares (each an “LF Capital Restricted Stockholder”) entered into Founders’ Waiver Agreements, pursuant to which each LF Capital Restricted Stockholder agreed to (i) waive certain of their anti-dilution, conversion, and redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and (ii) agreed to convert their Founder Shares into shares of the Company’s Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Additionally, each of the LF Capital Restricted Stockholders, other than BlackRock Credit Alpha Master Fund L.P. and HC NCBR Fund (the “BlackRock Holders”), agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Common Stock they own.

Additionally, the Company and the BlackRock Holders entered into the BlackRock Waiver Agreement, pursuant to which each of the BlackRock Holders agreed to (i) waive certain of their anti-dilution and conversion rights with respect to their Founder Shares and (ii) agreed to convert their Founder Shares into shares of the Company’s Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. In addition, the LF Capital Restricted Stockholders, other than the BlackRock Holders, entered into letter agreements providing that, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing until the earlier of (i) one year following the closing of the Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (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 following the closing of the Business Combination or (y) the date following the closing of the Business Combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stockCompany’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of the Company for cash, securities or other property, are restricted from transferring or selling their Common Stock, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. The Company also entered into Lock-up Agreements (described below) at the closing of the Business Combination, with each of the Seller and the Sponsor, on similar terms to the aforementioned letter agreement.

Stockholder’s Agreement

On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company and the Seller entered into a target.Stockholder’s Agreement, whereby, among other things, the parties agreed (i) to certain board composition and nomination requirements, including rights to nominate directors in accordance with defined ownership thresholds, establish certain committees and their respective duties and allow for the compensation of directors, (ii) to provide the Seller with certain inspection and visitation rights, access to Company management, auditors and financial information, (iii) to provide the Seller with veto rights with respect to certain actions of the Company, (iv) not to, to the extent permitted by applicable law, share confidential information related to the Company, (v) to waive their right to jury trial and choose Delaware as the choice of law, and (vi) to vote their Common Stock in furtherance of the aforementioned rights, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interestaddition, the Seller also agreed not to compete with the Company in the target. However,“domestic homebuilding business,” as a resultsuch term is defined therein, so long as it, together with its affiliates, controls more than 10% of the issuance ofCompany or has a substantial number of new shares, our stockholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be basedrepresentative serving on the aggregate valueboard of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as the initial business combination for purposes of a tender offer or for seeking stockholder approval, as applicable.

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Our Acquisition Process

 

In evaluating a prospective target business, we conduct a thorough due diligence review that encompasses,Investor Representation Letter

On the Closing Date, the Seller delivered an Investor Representation Letter, whereby, among other things, meetings with incumbent managementthe Seller represented to the Company that (i) it is an accredited investor and employees, document reviews, inspectionis otherwise qualified to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to a private placement effected in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of facilities, as well as a reviewthe Securities Act, provided by Section 4(a)(2) of financialthe Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and other information thatexemptions from the qualification requirements of applicable state law and (ii) the Seller will be made availablenot transfer any of the Common Stock within 180 days following the Closing Date, in each case on terms and subject to us. We also utilize our operational and capital allocation experience.the conditions set forth therein.

 

WeLock-up Agreements

On the Closing Date, each of the Sponsor and certain other holders of converted Founder Shares entered into an equity lock-up letter agreement with the Company, which provides that their shares of Common Stock are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination withtransferable or salable until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of our 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 Business Combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a companyliquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that is affiliated withresults in all of our sponsor, officersstockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or directors. In the event we seekother property, except (a) to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors, we,any affiliates or a committeefamily members of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

Members of our management team and our independent directors directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private placement warrants and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors, becomes awareany members of the Sponsor, or any affiliates of the Sponsor, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a business combination opportunitymember of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is suitable fora member of the individual’s immediate family or an entityaffiliate of such person, or to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligationsa charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to present such opportunity to such entity. We do not believe, however, thata qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales; (f) in the fiduciary duties or contractual obligationsevent of our officersliquidation; (g) by virtue of the laws of Delaware or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our business combination. Any such entity may co-invest with usthe Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (h) in the target business at the timeevent of our initial business combination,liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or we could raise additional proceeds to complete the acquisition by making a specified future issuance to any such entity. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interestother similar transaction which results in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officerall of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permittedstockholders having the right to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.

Our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company (other than any such positions held on the date of our initial public offering) until we have entered into a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination or we have failed to complete our initial business combination within the required timeframe.

Our Management Team

Members of our management team are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time that any member of our management team will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the current stage of the business combination process.

We believe our management team’s operating and transaction experience and relationships with companies will provide us with a substantial number of potential business combination targets. Over the course of their careers, the members of our management team have developed a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships around the world. This network has grown through the activities of our management team sourcing, acquiring and financing businesses, our management team’s relationships with sellers, financing sources and target management teams and the experience of our management team in executing transactions under varying economic and financial market conditions. See Item 10 of this Annual Report for a more complete description of our management team’s experience.

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Status as a Public Company

We believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering through a merger or other business combination. In this situation, the owners of the target business would exchange their shares of stockCommon Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination; provided, however, that in the target business forcase of clauses (a) through (e) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

On the Closing Date, the Seller also entered into an equity lock-up agreement with the Company, which provides that, subject to certain exceptions, that its shares of ourCommon Stock are not transferable or salable until the earlier of (A) one year following the closing of the Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share as quoted on Nasdaq (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 following the closing of the Business Combination or for(y) the date following the closing of the Business Combination on which the Company completes a combinationliquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of our stock andthe Company for cash, allowing us to tailor the considerationsecurities or other property, as set forth in such letter agreement, except (a) to the specific needsSeller’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of the sellers. Although there are various costsSeller’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of the Seller, or any affiliates of the Seller, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and obligations associated with beingdistribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a publicqualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales; (f) in the event of our liquidation; (g) by virtue of the laws of Delaware or the Seller’s limited liability company we believe target businesses will find this method a more certain and cost effective methodagreement upon dissolution of the Seller; (h) in the event of our liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to becoming a public company than the typical initial public offering. In a typical initial public offering, there are additional expenses incurred in marketing, road show and public reporting efforts that may not be presentexchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the same extentcompletion of the Business Combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

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License Agreement

On the Closing Date, an affiliate of the Seller (the “Licensor”), the Company and each of the Company’s greater than 50% owned subsidiaries (the “Licensees”), entered into the License Agreement, pursuant to which, the Licensor agreed, among other things, to grant the Licensees an exclusive license to use the “Landsea” trademark in connection with the “domestic homebuilding business” (as such term is defined in the Stockholder’s Agreement). The License Agreement is for a business combinationterm of ten years from the Closing Date, subject to customary notification and extension terms. In addition, the License Agreement is subject to certain Company usage standards and the Seller continuing to indirectly own, together with us.

Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is completed, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial public offering is alwaysits affiliates, more than 6% of our Common Stock, in each case on terms and subject to the underwriters’ abilityconditions set forth therein.

Management Agreement

On January 6, 2021, the Seller and Landsea entered into a Management Agreement, whereby Landsea agreed to completeprovide certain management services for the offering, as well as general market conditions, which could delay or preventSeller with respect to the offering from occurring or could have negative valuation consequences. Once public, we believe the target business would then have greater access to capitalSeller’s development located at 212 W. 93rd Street, New York, New York. 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and an additional means of providing management incentives consistent with stockholders’ interests. It can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented employees.Smaller Reporting Company

 

We arequalify as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such,Act, and we are eligible tomay take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emergingemerging growth companies”companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-bindingnonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

 

In addition, Section 107Further, section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act alsoexempts 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 an “emerging growth company”a company can take advantageelect to opt out of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B)and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of the Securities Actsuch extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for complying withpublic or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised accounting standards. In other words,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 “emergingemerging growth company” can delaycompany nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the adoptionextended transition period difficult or impossible because of certainthe potential differences in accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.used.

 

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlierearliest of (1)(i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following June 22, 2023, the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering,IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A common stockCommon Stock and public warrants that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our prior June 30th,second fiscal quarter, and (2)(ii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

Financial Position

Our funds available held in trust for a business combination are approximately $156,600,000 (as of December 31, 2019), after payment of $5,433,750 of deferred underwriting fees, in each case before fees and expenses References herein to “emerging growth company” shall have the meaning associated with our initial business combination, we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital forit in the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its debt or leverage ratio. Because we are able to complete our business combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third party financing and there can be no assurance it will be available to us.

Effecting our Initial Business CombinationJOBS Act.

 

We also qualify as a smaller reporting company (“smaller reporting company”), as defined in the Exchange Act. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company even after we are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations forno longer an indefinite periodemerging growth company. We may take advantage of time following our public offering. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceedscertain of the offeringscaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies and the private placement of the private placement warrants, our capital stock, debt or a combinationwill be able to take advantage of these scaled disclosures for so long as (i) our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million measured on the consideration to be paid inlast business day of our initialsecond fiscal quarter or (ii) our annual revenue is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million measured on the last business combination. We may seek to completeday of our initial business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.

second fiscal quarter.

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Available Information

Our Internet address is http://www.landseahomes.com. The information contained on our initial business combinationwebsite is paidnot incorporated by reference into this filing, should not be considered part of this filing, and is provided only for using equity or debt securities, or not all of the funds released from the trust accountreference. Our principal executive offices are used for payment of the consideration in connection withlocated at 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 300, Newport Beach, California 92660 and our business combination or used for redemptions of our Class A common stock, we may apply the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital.telephone number is (949) 345-8080.

 

We may seek to raise additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities in connection with the completion of our initial business combination (which may include a specified future issuance),file annual, quarterly and we may effectuate our initial business combination using the proceeds of such offering rather than using the amounts held in the trust account. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would expect to complete such financing only simultaneously with the completion of our business combination. In the case of an initial business combination funded with assets other than the trust account assets, our tender offer documents orcurrent reports, proxy materials disclosing the business combination would disclose the terms of the financing and, only if required by law, we would seek stockholder approval of such financing. There are no prohibitions on our ability to raise funds privately, including pursuant to any specified future issuance, or through loans in connection with our initial business combination. At this time we are not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any third party with respect to raising any additional funds through the sale of securities or otherwise.

Sources of Target Businesses

We anticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants, private equity groups, investment banking firms, consultants, accounting firms and large business enterprises. Target businesses may be brought to our attention by such unaffiliated sources as a result of being solicited by us through calls or mailings. These sources may also introduce us to target businesses in which they think we may be interested on an unsolicited basis, since many of these sources will have read this Annual Report and know what types of businesses we are targeting. Our officers and directors, as well as their affiliates, may also bring to our attention target business candidates that they become aware of through their business contacts as a result of formal or informal inquiries or discussions they may have, as well as attending trade shows or conventions. In addition, we expect to receive a number of proprietary deal flow opportunities that would not otherwise necessarily be available to us as a result of the business relationships of our officers and directors. While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services of professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms or other individuals in the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’s length negotiation based on the terms of the transaction. We will engage a finder only to the extent our management determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that may not otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us on an unsolicited basis with a potential transaction that our management determines is in our best interest to pursue. Payment of finder’s fees is customarily tied to completion of a transaction, in which case any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account. In no event, however, will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). We have agreed to pay our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support and to reimburse our sponsor for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination. We have paid B. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Mr. Baudouin Prot, $12,500 per month from September 2017 through December 2019. We have agreed that no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, if the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019. Some of our officers and directors may enter into employment or consulting agreements with the post-transaction company following our initial business combination. The presence or absence of any such fees or arrangements will not be used as a criterion in our selection process of an acquisition candidate.

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We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a business combination target that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors or making the acquisition through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a business combination target that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.

As more fully discussed in Item 10 of this Annual Report entitled “Conflicts of Interest,” if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may be required to present such business combination opportunity to such entity prior to presenting such business combination opportunity to us. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations that may take priority over their duties to us.

Selection of a Target Business and Structuring of our Initial Business Combination

Our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of our assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. The fair market value of the target or targets will be determined by our board of directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community, such as discounted cash flow valuation or value of comparable businesses. If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. We do not intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated industries in conjunction with our initial business combination. Subject to this requirement, our management will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting one or more prospective target businesses, although we will not be permitted to effectuate our initial business combination with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations.

In any case, we will only complete an initial business combination in which we own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquire an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If we own or acquire less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses, the portion of such business or businesses that are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. There is no basis for investors in our initial public offering to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any target business with which we may ultimately complete our business combination.

To the extent we effect our business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in such company or business. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.

In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a thorough due diligence review, which will encompass, among other things, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspection of facilities, as well as a review of financialstatements and other information that will be made available to us.

The time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective target business with which our business combination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.

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Lack of Business Diversification

For an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line of business. In addition, we intend to focus our search for an initial business combination in a single industry. By completing our business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:

subject us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our initial business combination, and
cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services.

Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team

Although we intend to closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our business combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’ management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future role of members of our management team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following our business combination, it is unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that members of our management team will have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.

We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined company. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination.

Following a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

Stockholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve our Initial Business Combination

We may conduct redemptions without a stockholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC. However, we will seek stockholder approval if it is required by law or applicable stock exchange rule, or we may decide to seek stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons. Presented in the table below is a graphic explanation of the types of initial business combinations we may consider and whether stockholder approval is currently required under Delaware law for each such transaction.

Type of TransactionWhether
Stockholder
Approval is
Required
Purchase of assetsNo
Purchase of stock of target not involving a merger with the companyNo
Merger of target into a subsidiary of the companyNo
Merger of the company with a targetYes

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we issue shares of Class A common stock that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of shares of our Class A common stock then outstanding;
any of our directors, officers or substantial stockholders (as defined by NASDAQ rules) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of common stock could result in an increase in outstanding common shares or voting power of 5% or more; or
the issuance or potential issuance of common stock will result in our undergoing a change of control.

NASDAQ’S listing rules would require stockholder approval if any of the instances listed in the three bullet points above occurred.

Permitted Purchases of our Securities

In the event we seek stockholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. However, they have no current commitments plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase shares in such transactions. They will not make any such purchases when theyOur SEC filings are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules.

The purpose of such purchases would be to (i) vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the business combination or (ii) to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the completion of our business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our common stock may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.

Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the stockholders with whom our sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated purchases by either the stockholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by stockholders following our mailing of proxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential selling stockholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust account or vote against the business combination. Our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates will only purchase shares if such purchases comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.

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Any purchases by our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates who are affiliated purchasers under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act will only be made to the extent such purchases are able to be made in compliance with Rule 10b-18, which is a safe harbor from liability for manipulation under Section 9(a)(2) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. Rule 10b-18 has certain technical requirements that must be complied with in order for the safe harbor to be available to the purchaser. Our sponsor, officers, directors and/or their affiliates will not make purchases of common stock ifpublic over the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act.

Redemption Rights for Public Stockholders upon Completion of our Initial Business Combination

We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of our initial business combinationInternet at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is approximately $10.20 per public share. The per-share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. Our sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our business combination.

Manner of Conducting Redemptions

We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Class A common stock upon the completion of our initial 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 we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek stockholder approval under the law or stock exchange listing requirement. Asset acquisitions and stock purchases would not typically require stockholder approval while direct mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding common stock or seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation would require stockholder approval. If we structure a business combination transaction with a target company in a manner that requires stockholder approval, we will not have discretion as to whether to seek a stockholder vote to approve the proposed business combination. We intend to conduct redemptions without a stockholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC unless stockholder approval is required by law or stock exchange listing requirements or we choose to seek stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons.

If a stockholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation:

conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and
file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.

Upon the public announcement of our business combination, we or our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase shares of our Class A common stock in the open market if we elect to redeem our public shares through a tender offer, to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.

In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public stockholders not tendering more than a specified number of public shares which are not purchased by our sponsor, which number will be based on the requirement that we may not redeem public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating towebsite at www.sec.gov and at our initial business combination. If public stockholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination.

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If, however, stockholder approvalwebsite free of the transaction is required by law or stock exchange listing requirement, or we decide to obtain stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation:

conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and
file proxy materials with the SEC.

In the event that we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connection therewith, provide our public stockholders with the redemption rights described above upon completion of the initial business combination. If we seek stockholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the business combination. A quorum for such meeting will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy of shares of outstanding capital stock of the company representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the company entitled to votecharge at such meeting. Our initial stockholders will count toward this quorum and have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after our initial public offering in favor of our initial business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the majority of our outstanding shares of common stock voted, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result, in addition to our initial stockholders’ founder shares, we would need 5,062,501, or 37.5%, of the 13,500,000 public shares sold in our initial public offering to be voted in favor of a transaction (assuming all outstanding shares are voted) in order to have our initial business combination approved (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised). We intend to give approximately 30 days (but not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days) prior written notice of any such meeting, if required, at which a vote shall be taken to approve our initial business combination. These quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements of our initial stockholders, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination. Each public stockholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination. For example, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all shares of Class A common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof.

Limitation on Redemption upon Completion of our Initial Business Combination if we Seek Stockholder Approval

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a public stockholder, including our affiliates, 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares.” We believe this restriction will discourage stockholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public stockholder holding more than an aggregate of 20% of the shares sold in our initial public offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our stockholders’ ability to redeem no more than 20% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of stockholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not restrict our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our business combination.

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Tendering Stock Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights

We may require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option. The tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public stockholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two days prior to the vote on the business redemption rights. Given the relatively short exercise period, it is advisable for stockholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.

There is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $80.00 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.

The foregoing is different from the procedures used by many blank check companies. In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, many blank check companies would distribute proxy materials for the stockholders’ vote on an initial business combination, and a holder could simply vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to exercise his or her redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such stockholder to arrange for him or her to deliver his or her certificate to verify ownership. As a result, the stockholder then had an “option window” after the completion of the business combination during which he or she could monitor the price of the company’s stock in the market. If the price rose above the redemption price, he or she could sell his or her shares in the open market before actually delivering his or her shares to the company for cancellation. As a result, the redemption rights, to which stockholders were aware they needed to commit before the stockholder meeting, become “option” rights surviving past the completion of the business combination until the redeeming holder delivered its certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election to redeem is irrevocable once the business combination is approved.

Any request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the tender offer materials or the date of the stockholder meeting set forth in our proxy materials, as applicable. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our business combination.

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If our initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public stockholders who elected to exercise their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account. In such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.

If our initial proposed business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete a business combination with a different target until June 22, 2020.

Redemption of Public shares and Liquidation if no Initial Business Combination

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we will have only until June 22, 2020 to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our business combination within such 24-month 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 our franchise and income taxes (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, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our business combination within the 24-month time period.

Our sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020. However, if our sponsor, officers or directors acquire public shares in or after our initial public offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the allotted 24-month time period.

Our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Class A common stock upon approval of any such amendment 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 our franchise and income taxes divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. However, we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules).

We expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be funded from amounts remaining out of the proceeds held outside the trust account, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the trust account not required to pay franchise and income taxes on interest income earned on the trust account balance, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.

If we were to expend all of the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest earned on the trust account, the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders upon our dissolution would be approximately $10.20. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority than the claims of our public stockholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by stockholders will not be substantially less than $10.20. Under Section 281(b) of the DGCL, our plan of dissolution must provide for all claims against us to be paid in full or make provision for payments to be made in full, as applicable, if there are sufficient assets. These claims must be paid or provided for before we make any distribution of our remaining assets to our stockholders. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.

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Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest and claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.

In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than our independent auditors) for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims We have not independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.20 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations and we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.20 per public share.

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We will seek to reduce the possibility that our sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the trust account. Our sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We had access to up to approximately $850,000 from the proceeds of our initial public offering with which to pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses incurred in connection with our liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, stockholders who received funds from our trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors.

Under the DGCL, stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020 may be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.

Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating distribution. If we are unable to complete our business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, 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 our franchise and income taxes (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, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Accordingly, it is our intention to redeem our public shareswww.landseahomes.com as soon as reasonably possible following our 24th month and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with those procedures. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them (but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend well beyond the third anniversary of such date.

Because we will not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent 10 years. However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses. As described above, pursuant to the obligation contained in our underwriting agreement, we will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account. As a result of this obligation the claims that could be made against us are significantly limited and the likelihood that any claim that would result in any liability extending to the trust account is remote. Further, our sponsor may be liable only to the extent necessary to ensure that the amounts in the trust account are not reduced below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest withdrawn to pay taxes and will not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.

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If we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.20 per share to our public stockholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our stockholders. Furthermore, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.

Our public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, subject to applicable law, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020 or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of the initial business combination. In no other circumstances will a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event we seek stockholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a stockholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a stockholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such stockholder must have also exercised its redemption rights as described above.

Competition

In identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we have encountered, and may continue to encounter, intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other blank check companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, public companies and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public shareholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.

Facilities

We currently maintain our executive offices at the offices of our Sponsor which are located at 600 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. The cost for our use of this space is included in the up to $10,000 per month fee we pay to our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor for office space, administrative and support services. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.

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Employees

We currently have two officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Summary of Risk Factors

An investment in our securities involves risks and uncertainties. The following summarizes the material factors that make an investment in us speculative or risk, all of which are more fully described in the Risk Factors section below. You should read and carefully consider carefully all ofthis summary in conjunction with the risks described below, together withRisk Factors section as well as the other information containedincluded in this Annual Report, including “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements. If anystatements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report, before investing in our securities. We operate in a changing environment that involves numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could materially adversely affect our operations. Any of the following risks occur,could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. The risk factorsor prospects. However, the selected risks described below are not necessarily exhaustivethe only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or those we currently view to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. In such a case, the trading price of our securities could decline and you are encouraged to perform your own investigation with respect to us and our business.

Risks Relating to Our Business

We are a newly formed company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

We are a newly formed company. Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial business combination with onemay lose all or more target businesses. We may be unable to complete our business combination. If we fail to complete our business combination, we will never generate any operating revenues.

Our public stockholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public stockholders do not support such a combination.

We may not hold a stockholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require stockholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements or if we decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons. Except as required by law, the decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow stockholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek stockholder approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our public shares do not approve of the business combination we complete. Please see Item 1 of this Annual Report “Stockholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve our Initial Business Combination” for additional information.

If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public stockholders vote.

Unlike many other blank check companies in which the initial stockholders agree to vote their founder shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the public stockholders in connection with an initial business combination, our initial stockholders have agreed to vote their founder shares, as well as any public shares purchased during or after our initial public offering, in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial stockholders’ founder shares, we would need 5,062,501, or 37.5%, of the 13,500,000 public shares sold in our initial public offering to be voted in favor of a transaction (assuming all outstanding shares are voted) in order to have our initial business combination approved (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised). Our initial stockholders own shares representing 20% of our outstanding Shares of common stock. Accordingly, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, it is more likely that the necessary stockholder approval will be received than would be the case if our initial stockholders agreed to vote their founder shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by our public stockholders.

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Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek stockholder approval of the business combination.

At the timepart of your investment in us, you willus.

Actual or threatened public health crises, epidemics, or outbreaks, including the outbreak of COVID-19, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our industry is cyclical and adverse changes in general and local economic conditions could reduce the demand for homes and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on us.
If we are not able to develop communities successfully and in a timely manner, our revenues, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely impacted.
We may suffer uninsured losses or suffer material losses in excess of insurance limits.
Our geographic concentration could materially and adversely affect us if the homebuilding industry in our current markets should experience a decline.
Inflation and interest rate changes could adversely affect our business and financial results.
We may not be successful in integrating acquisitions, expanding into new markets or implementing our growth strategies.
Landsea Green can determine the outcome of major corporate transactions that require the approval of our stockholders and may take actions that conflict with the interests of other of our stockholders.
We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result, may qualify for, and may choose to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
Our internal controls over financial reporting may not be effective and our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to certify as to their effectiveness, which could have a significant and adverse effect on our business and reputation.
If the Business Combination’s benefits do not meet the expectations of investors, stockholders or financial analysts, the market price of our securities may decline.
A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future.  Resales of the shares of Common Stock included in the Merger Consideration could depress the market price of our Common Stock.
Because homes are relatively illiquid, our ability to promptly sell one or more properties for reasonable prices in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions may be limited and we may be forced to hold non-income producing properties for extended periods of time.
New and existing laws and regulations or other governmental actions may increase our expenses, limit the number of homes that we can build or delay completion of our projects.
We rely on third-party suppliers and long supply chains, and if we fail to identify and develop relationships with a sufficient number of qualified suppliers, or if there is a significant interruption in our supply chains, our ability to timely and efficiently access raw materials that meet our standards for quality could be adversely affected.
Our business and results of operations are dependent on the availability, skill and performance of subcontractors.

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The long-term sustainability and growth in our number of homes delivered depends in part upon our ability to acquire developed lots ready for residential homebuilding on reasonable terms.

Risk Factors

Operational Risks Related to Our Business

Actual or threatened public health crises, epidemics, or outbreaks, including the outbreak of COVID-19, have had and may again have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business operations and supply chains may be provided with an opportunitynegatively impacted by regional or global public health crises, epidemics, or outbreaks. For example, in December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On March 11, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global pandemic. The outbreak has spread rapidly throughout the world and has caused severe disruption to evaluate the specific meritsglobal economy. The COVID-19 outbreak has led governments across the globe to impose a series of measures intended to contain its spread, including border closures, travel bans, quarantine measures, social distancing, and restrictions on business operations and large gatherings. Such measures have adversely impacted our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, a significant public health crisis, epidemic or risksoutbreak of one or more target businesses. Since our board of directorscontagious disease in the human population may complete a business combination without seeking stockholder approval, public stockholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such stockholder vote. Accordingly, if we do not seek stockholder approval, your only opportunity toadversely affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the periodeconomies and financial markets of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public stockholdersmany countries, including those in which we describeoperate, resulting in an economic downturn that could affect the supply or demand for our initial business combination.products and services.

 

The abilityoutbreak of COVID-19 has caused companies like us and our public stockholdersbusiness partners to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractiveimplement temporary adjustments to potential business combination targets,work schedules and travel plans, allowing employees to work from home and collaborate remotely. As a result, we have experienced lower efficiency and productivity, internally and externally, which may make it difficult for usadversely affect our service quality. Moreover, our business depends on our employees and the continued services of these individuals. If an employee contracts or is suspected of having contracted COVID-19, such an employee is required under our policies to enter into a business combination with a target.be quarantined. That employee could expose and transmit to other employees, potentially resulting in severe disruption to our business.

 

We may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that weFurthermore, our results of operations have a minimum net worth been severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, resulting in significant slowing and/or a certain amountceasing of cash. If too many public stockholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing conditionconstruction, sales, warranty, and as a result, would not be able to proceed withadministrative support in our markets. In addition, depending on the business combination. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so thatspecific jurisdiction, we are not subjectrequired to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemptionimplement certain safety protocols and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.

The ability of our public stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many stockholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of sharesprocedures that will be submitted for redemption. If our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account or arrange for third party financing. Raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerations may limitmaterially impacted our ability to completedevelop communities, maintain sales velocity, build homes, timely deliver homes, and service customers. The COVID-19 outbreak has had, and future outbreaks can have, a material impact on cycle times, cancellation rates, availability of trades, costs, supplies, and new home demand.

More broadly, the most desirable business combination availableCOVID-19 outbreak threatens global economies and may cause significant market volatility and declines in general economic activities. This may severely dampen investor confidence in global markets, resulting in decreases in overall trading activities and restraint in their investment decisions.

The extent to us or optimizewhich COVID-19 will impact our capital structure. The amountoperations depends on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration and severity of the deferred underwriting commissions payableoutbreak, actions taken by government authorities or other entities to contain the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with a business combination. The per-share amount we will distribute to stockholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissioncoronavirus or treat its impact, including vaccines, and after such redemptions, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming stockholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.

The ability of our public stockholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your stock.

If our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cashvolatility in the trust account to paycapital and real estate markets, among others. Given the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the trust account untilgeneral slowdown in economic conditions globally, we liquidate the trust account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your stock in the open market; however, at such time our stock may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell your stock in the open market.

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The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may decrease our ability to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our business combination on terms that would produce value for our stockholders.

Any potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the timeframe described above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.

We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public stockholders may only receive $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we must complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020. We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within such time period. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time 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 our franchise and income taxes (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, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such case, our public stockholders may only receive $10.20 per share, and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.20 per share” and other risk factors below.

If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares from public stockholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A common stock.

If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. The purpose of such purchases could be to vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining stockholder approval of the business combination, or to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the completion of our business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

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In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A common stock and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to obtain or maintain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange.

If a stockholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.

We will comply with the tender offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a stockholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, such stockholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the tender offer documents or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem public shares. For example, we may require our public stockholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically. In the event that a stockholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures, its shares may not be redeemed. See Item 1 “Redemption Rights for Public Stockholders upon Completion of our Initial Business Combination” and “Tendering Stock Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights.”

You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.

Our public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of: (i) our completion of an initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020 and (iii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, subject to applicable law and as further described herein. In addition, if we are unable to complete an initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020 for any reason, compliance with Delaware law may require that we submit a plan of dissolution to our then-existing stockholders for approval prior to the distribution of the proceeds held in our trust account. In that case, public stockholders may be forced to wait beyond June 22, 2020 before they receive funds from our trust account. In no other circumstances will a public stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in the trust account. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.

NASDAQ may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Our units, common stock and warrants have been approved for listing on NASDAQ. Although after giving effect to this offering we expect to meet, on a pro forma basis, the minimum initial listing standards set forth in the NASDAQ listing standards, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on NASDAQ in the future or prior to our initial business combination. In order to continue listing our securities on NASDAQ prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and stock price levels. Generally, we must maintain a minimum amount in stockholders’ equity (generally $2,500,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 300 public holders). Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with NASDAQ’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on NASDAQ. For instance, our stock price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share and our stockholders’ equity would generally be required to be at least $5.0 million. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirementsdevelop new products and services in a timely manner or that we can maintain the growth rate we have previously experienced or projected. Because of these uncertainties, we cannot reasonably estimate the financial impact related to the COVID-19 outbreak and the response to it at thatthis time. In addition, COVID-19 may foster or worsen the occurrence of any of the other risk factors discussed in this Annual Report.

 

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If NASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to listdevelop communities successfully and in a timely manner, our securitiesrevenues, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely impacted.

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Before a community generates any revenue, time and material expenditures are required to acquire land, obtain or renew permits and development approvals and construct significant portions of project infrastructure, amenities, model homes and sales facilities.  There may be a significant lag from the time we acquire land or options for land for development or developed home sites and the time we can bring the communities to market and sell homes.  Our ability to process a significant number of transactions (which include, among other things, evaluating the site purchase, designing the layout of the development, sourcing materials and subcontractors and managing contractual commitments) efficiently and accurately is important to our success.  Errors by employees, failure to comply with or changes in regulatory requirements and conduct of business rules, failings or inadequacies in internal control processes, equipment failures, natural disasters or the failure of external systems, including those of suppliers or counterparties, could result in delays and operational issues that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results and relationships with customers.  We can also experience significant delays in obtaining permits, development approvals, entitlements, and local, state or federal government approvals (including due to an extended failure by lawmakers to agree on another national securities exchange,a budget or appropriation legislation to fund relevant operations or programs), utility company constraints or delays, delays in a land seller’s lot deliveries or delays resulting from rights or claims asserted by third parties, which may be outside of our control.  Additionally, we expectmay also have to renew existing permits and there can be no assurances that these permits will be renewed.  Delays in the development of communities also expose us to the risk of changes in market conditions for homes.  A decline in our securitiesability to develop and market communities successfully and to generate positive cash flow from these operations in a timely manner could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations and on our ability to service our debt and to meet our working capital requirements.

We are subject to warranty and liability claims arising in the ordinary course of business that can be significant.

As a homebuilder, we are subject to construction defect, product liability, home warranty, and other claims, arising in the ordinary course of business or otherwise. There can be no assurance that our general liability insurance and other insurance rights or the indemnification arrangements with subcontractors and design professionals and other indemnities will be collectible or adequate to cover any or all construction defect and warranty claims for which we may be liable. Some claims may not be covered by insurance or may exceed applicable coverage limits. We may not be able to renew our insurance coverage or renew it at reasonable rates and may incur significant costs or expenses (including repair costs and litigation expenses) surrounding possible construction defects, product liability claims, soil subsidence or building related claims. Some claims may arise out of uninsurable events or circumstances not covered by insurance or that are not subject to effective indemnification agreements with our trade partners. In addition, we typically act as the general contractor for the homes we build for third party landowners on fee. In connection with these fee building agreements, we indemnify the landowner for liabilities arising from our work. There can be no assurance that our general liability insurance (procured by us or the landowner) or indemnification arrangements with subcontractors will be collectible and some claims may arise out of uninsurable events or circumstances not covered by insurance. Furthermore, most insurance policies have some level of a self-insured retention that we are required to satisfy per occurrence in order to access the underlying insurance, which levels can be significant. Any such claims or self-insured retentions can be costly and could result in significant liability.

With respect to certain general liability exposures, including construction defects and related claims and product liability claims, interpretation of underlying current and future trends, assessment of claims and the related liability and reserve estimation process require us to exercise significant judgment due to the complex nature of these exposures, with each exposure often exhibiting unique circumstances. Furthermore, once claims are asserted against us for construction defects, it is difficult to determine the extent to which the assertion of these claims will expand. Plaintiffs may seek to consolidate multiple parties in one lawsuit or seek class action status in some of these legal proceedings with potential class sizes that vary from case to case. Consolidated and class action lawsuits can be costly to defend and, if we were to lose any consolidated or certified class action suit, it could result in substantial liability.

We also expend significant resources to repair items in homes we have sold to fulfill the warranties we have issued to homebuyers. Additionally, construction defect claims can be costly to defend and resolve in the legal system. Warranty and construction defect matters can also result in negative publicity in the media and on the internet, which can damage our reputation and adversely affect our ability to sell homes.

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In addition, we conduct much of our business in California, one of the most highly regulated and litigious jurisdictions in the United States, which imposes a ten-year, strict liability tail on many construction liability claims. As a result, our potential losses and expenses due to litigation, new laws and regulations may be greater than those of competitors who have smaller California operations as a percentage of the total enterprise.

We may suffer uninsured losses or suffer material losses in excess of insurance limits.

In addition to difficulties with respect to claim assessment and liability and reserve estimation, some types of claims may not be covered by our insurance or may exceed our applicable coverage limits. We may also be responsible for applicable self-insured retentions with respect to our insurance policies. Furthermore, contractual indemnities with contractors and subcontractors can be difficult to enforce and we include our subcontractors on our general liability insurance which may significantly limit our ability to seek indemnity for insured claims. Furthermore, any product liability or warranty claims made against us, whether or not they are viable, may lead to negative publicity, which could impact our reputation and future home sales. In addition, manufactured product defects may result in delays, additional costs and remediation efforts which could have a negative impact on our new home deliveries and financial and operating results.

Our insurance for construction defect claims, subject to applicable self-insurance retentions, may not be available or adequate to cover all liability for damages, the cost of repairs, or the expense of litigation surrounding current claims, and future claims may arise out of events or circumstances not covered by our insurance and not subject to effective indemnification agreements with subcontractors.

Because of the uncertainties inherent in litigation, we cannot provide assurance that our insurance coverage, indemnity arrangements and reserves will be adequate to cover liability for any damages, the cost of repairs and litigation, or any other related expenses surrounding the current claims to which we are subject or any future claims that may arise. Such damages and expenses, to the extent that they are not covered by our insurance or redress against contractors and subcontractors, could materially and adversely affect our consolidated financial statements and results.

The long-term sustainability and growth in our number of homes delivered depends in part upon our ability to acquire developed lots ready for residential homebuilding on reasonable terms.

Our future growth depends upon our ability to successfully identify and acquire attractive lots ready for development of homes at reasonable prices and with terms that meet our underwriting criteria. Our ability to acquire lots for new homes may be adversely affected by changes in the general availability of lots, the willingness of land sellers to sell lots at reasonable prices, competition for available lots, availability of financing to acquire lots, zoning and other market conditions. We currently depend primarily on the California and greater Phoenix area markets and the availability of lots in those markets at reasonable prices is limited. If the supply of lots appropriate for development of homes is limited because of these factors, or for any other reason, our ability to grow could be quoted on an over-the-countersignificantly limited, and the number of homes that we build and sell could decline. Additionally, our ability to begin new projects could be impacted if we elect not to purchase lots under option contracts. To the extent that we are unable to purchase lots timely or enter into new contracts for the purchase of lots at reasonable prices, our home sales revenue and results of operations could be negatively impacted or we may be required to decrease our operations in a given market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
reduced liquidity for our securities;
a determination that our Class A common stock is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

If the market value of our developed lot inventory decreases, our results of operations could be adversely affected by impairments and write-downs.

 

The National Securities Markets Improvement Actmarket value of 1996,our land and housing inventories depends on market conditions. We acquire land for expansion into new markets and for replacement of land inventory and expansion within our current markets. There is an inherent risk that the value of the land we own or control may decline after purchase. The risks inherent in purchasing and developing land parcels increase as consumer demand for housing decreases. As a result, we may buy and develop land parcels on which homes cannot be profitably built and sold. The valuation of property is inherently subjective and based on the individual characteristics of each property. When market conditions drive land values down, land we have purchased or option agreements we have previously entered into may become less desirable because we may not be able to build and sell homes profitably, at which time we may elect to sell the land or, in the case of options contracts, to forego pre-acquisition costs and forfeit deposits and terminate the agreements. Factors such as changes in regulatory requirements and applicable laws (including in relation to building regulations, taxation and planning), political conditions, the condition of financial markets, both local and national economic conditions, the financial condition of customers, potentially adverse tax consequences, and interest and inflation rate fluctuations subject the market value of land owned, controlled or optioned by us to uncertainty. Moreover, all valuations are made on the basis of assumptions that may not prove to reflect economic or demographic reality. If housing demand decreases below what we anticipated when we acquired the inventory, our results of operations and financial conditions may be adversely affected and we may not be able to recover our costs when we build and sell houses.

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Risks associated with our developed lot inventories could adversely affect our business or financial results.

Land parcels, building lots and housing inventories are illiquid assets, and we may not be able to dispose of them efficiently or at all if we or the housing market and general economy are in financial distress. In addition, inventory carrying costs can be significant and can result in losses in a federal statute, preventspoorly performing project or preemptsmarket. We regularly review the states from regulatingvalue of our land holdings and continues to review our holdings on a periodic basis. Material impairments in the value of our inventory may be required, and we may in the future sell land or homes at significantly lower margins or at a loss, if we are able to sell them at all, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Increases in our cancellation rate may adversely impact our revenue and homebuilding margins.

In connection with the sale of certain securities,a home, we collect a deposit from the homebuyer that is a small percentage of the total purchase price. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, Landsea Homes experienced cancellation rates of 12.7% and 12.4%, respectively. Cancellations negatively impact the number of closed homes, net new home orders, home sales revenue and our results of operations, as well as the number of homes in backlog. Home order cancellations can result from a number of factors, including but not limited to declines or slow appreciation in the market value of homes, increases in the supply of homes available to be purchased, increased competition, higher mortgage interest rates, buyer’s remorse, homebuyers’ inability to sell their existing homes, homebuyers’ inability to obtain suitable financing, including providing sufficient down payments, and adverse changes in economic conditions. Many of these factors are beyond our control. Increased levels of home order cancellations would have a negative impact on our home sales revenue and financial and operating results.

Third-party lenders may not complete mortgage loan originations for our homebuyers in a timely manner or at all, which can lead to cancellations and a lesser backlog of orders, or significant delays in our closing homes sales and recognizing revenues from those homes.

Our buyers may obtain mortgage financing for their home purchases from any lender or other provider of their choice, including an unaffiliated lender. If, due to credit or consumer lending market conditions, regulatory requirements, or other factors or business decisions, these lenders refuse or are referredunable to provide mortgage loans to our buyers, the number of homes that we deliver and our consolidated financial statements may be materially and adversely affected.

We can provide no assurance as “covered securities.” Becauseto a lenders’ ability or willingness to complete, in a timely fashion or at all, the mortgage loan originations they start for our unitshomebuyers. Such inability or unwillingness may result in mortgage loan funding issues that slow deliveries of our homes or cause cancellations, which in each case may have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements. In addition, recent changes to mortgage loan disclosure requirements to consumers may potentially delay lenders’ completion of the mortgage loan funding process for borrowers. Specifically, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has adopted a rule governing the content and eventuallytiming of mortgage loan disclosures to borrowers, commonly known as TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (“TRID”). Lender compliance with TRID could result in delays in loan closings and the delivery of homes that materially and adversely affect our Class A common stockfinancial results and warrantsoperations.

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Difficulties with appraisal valuations in relation to the proposed sales price of our homes could force us to reduce the price of our homes for sale.

Each of our home sales may require an appraisal of the home value before closing. These appraisals are professional judgments of the market value of the property and are based on a variety of market factors. If our internal valuations of the market and pricing do not line up with the appraisal valuations and appraisals are not at or near the agreed upon sales price, we may be forced to reduce the sales price of the home to complete the sale. These appraisal issues could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our business and results of operations are dependent on the availability, skill and performance of subcontractors.

Our business and results of operations are dependent on the availability and skill of subcontractors, as substantially all construction work is done by subcontractors with us acting as the general contractor. Accordingly, the timing and quality of construction depend on the availability and skill of unaffiliated, third party subcontractors. As the homebuilding market returns to full capacity, we have previously experienced and may again experience skilled labor shortages. Throughout the homebuilding cycle, we have experienced shortages of skilled labor in a number of our markets which has led to increased labor costs and increased the cycle times of completion of home construction and our ability to convert home sales into closings. The cost of labor may also be adversely affected by shortages of qualified tradespeople, changes in laws and regulations relating to union activity and changes in immigration laws and trends in labor migration. We cannot be assured that there will be listeda sufficient supply of, or satisfactory performance by, these unaffiliated third-party consultants and subcontractors, which could have a material adverse effect on NASDAQ, our units, Class A common stockbusiness.

The residential construction industry also experiences labor shortages and warrants willdisruptions from time to time, including: work stoppages, labor disputes, shortages in qualified tradespeople, lack of availability of adequate utility infrastructure and services, our need to rely on local subcontractors who may not be covered securities. Althoughadequately capitalized or insured, and delays in availability of building materials. Additionally, we could experience labor shortages as a result of subcontractors going out of business or leaving the states are preempted from regulatingresidential construction market due to low levels of housing production and volumes. Any of these circumstances could give rise to delays in the salestart or completion of our securities,communities, increase the cost of developing one or more of our communities and increase the construction cost of our homes. To the extent that market conditions prevent the recovery of increased costs, including, among other things, subcontracted labor, finished lots, building materials, and other resources, through higher sales prices, our gross margins from home sales and results of operations could be adversely affected.

In addition, some of the subcontractors we engage are represented by labor unions or are subject to collective bargaining arrangements that require the payment of prevailing wages that are typically higher than normally expected on a residential construction site. A strike or other work stoppage involving any of our subcontractors could also make it difficult for us to retain subcontractors for their construction work. In addition, union activity could result in higher costs for us to retain our subcontractors. Access to qualified labor at reasonable rates may also be affected by other circumstances beyond our control, including: shortages of qualified tradespeople, such as carpenters, roofers, electricians and plumbers; high inflation; changes in laws relating to employment and union organizing activity; changes in trends in labor force migration; and increases in contractor, subcontractor and professional services costs. The inability to contract with skilled contractors and subcontractors at reasonable rates on a timely basis could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

Further, the enactment and implementation of federal, statute does allowstate or local statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations requiring the statespayment of prevailing wages on private residential developments would materially increase our costs of development and construction, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and financial conditions.

We rely on third-party suppliers and long supply chains, and if we fail to investigate companiesidentify and develop relationships with a sufficient number of qualified suppliers, or if there is a suspicion of fraud,significant interruption in our supply chains, our ability to timely and if thereefficiently access raw materials that meet our standards for quality could be adversely affected.

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Our ability to identify and develop relationships with qualified suppliers who can satisfy our standards for quality and our need to access products and supplies in a timely and efficient manner is a finding of fraudulent activity, thensignificant challenge. We may be required to replace a supplier if their products do not meet our quality or safety standards. In addition, our suppliers could discontinue selling products at any time for reasons that may or may not be in our control or the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. Whilesuppliers’ control. Our operating results and inventory levels could suffer if we are not awareunable to promptly replace a supplier who is unwilling or unable to satisfy our requirements with a supplier providing similar products. Our suppliers’ ability to deliver products may also be affected by financing constraints caused by credit market conditions, which could negatively impact our revenue and cost of a state having used these powersproducts sold, at least until alternate sources of supply are arranged.

Fluctuating materials prices may adversely impact our results of operations.

The residential construction industry experiences labor and raw material shortages from time to prohibittime, including shortages in qualified tradespeople, and supplies of insulation, drywall, cement, steel and lumber. These labor and raw material shortages can be more severe during periods of strong demand for housing or restrictduring periods where the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on NASDAQ, our securities would not be covered securities and we would be subject to regulation in each stateregions in which we offeroperate experience natural disasters that have a significant impact on existing residential and commercial structures. The cost of labor and raw materials may also increase during periods of shortage or high inflation. During the downturn in 2007 to 2011, a large number of qualified trade partners went out of business or otherwise exited the market into new fields. A reduction in available trade partners exacerbates labor shortages as demand for new housing increases. Shortages and price increases could cause delays in and increase our securities.

You willcosts of home construction, which we may not be entitledable to protections normally affordedrecover by raising home prices due to investorsmarket demand and because the price for each home is typically set prior to its delivery pursuant to the agreement of manysale with the homebuyer. In addition, the federal government has, at various times, imposed tariffs on a variety of imports from foreign countries and may impose additional tariffs in the future. Significant tariffs or other blank check companies.restrictions placed on raw materials that we use in our homebuilding operation, such as lumber or steel, could cause the cost of home construction to increase, which we may not be able to recover by raising home prices or which could slow our absorption due to being constrained by market demand. As a result, shortages or increased costs of labor and raw materials could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

SinceWe could be adversely affected by efforts to impose joint employer liability for labor law violations committed by subcontractors.

Several other homebuilders have received inquiries from regulatory agencies concerning whether homebuilders using contractors are deemed to be employers of the net proceedsemployees of our public offeringsuch contractors under certain circumstances. Contractors are independent of the homebuilders that contract with them under normal management practices and the saleterms of trade contracts and subcontracts within the private placement warrantshomebuilding industry; however, if regulatory agencies reclassify the employees of contractors as employees of homebuilders, homebuilders using contractors could be responsible for wage and hour labor laws, workers’ compensation and other employment-related liabilities of their contractors. Even if we are intended to be used to complete an initial business combination with a target business that has not been identified, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” companyjoint employer with our contractors, we may be subject to legislation that requires us to share liability with our contractors for the payment of wages and the failure to secure valid workers’ compensation coverage. In addition, under California law, direct construction contractors are required to assume and be liable for unpaid wages, fringe or other benefit payments or contributions, including interest, incurred by a subcontractor at any tier for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, which may result in increased costs.

We may not be successful in integrating acquisitions, expanding into new markets or implementing our growth strategies.

In June 2019, Landsea Homes closed the U.S. securities laws. However, because we will have net tangible assetsacquisition of Arizona-based homebuilders Pinnacle West, in excessthe greater Phoenix area market, and in January 2020, Landsea Homes closed the acquisition of $5,000,000 uponGarrett Walker, increasing our footprint in the successful completiongreater Phoenix area market. We may in the future consider growth or expansion of our initial public offeringoperations in our current markets or in new markets, whether through strategic acquisitions of homebuilding companies or otherwise. The magnitude, timing and the sale of the private placement warrants and have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our units were immediately tradable and we will have a longer period of time to complete our business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if our public offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the releasenature of any interest earnedfuture expansion will depend on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completiona number of an initial business combination.

If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of stockholders are deemed to hold in excess of 20% of our Class A common stock, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 20% of our Class A common stock.

If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide 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 Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the shares sold in our initial public offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares.” However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not restrict our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our business combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence overfactors, including our ability to completeidentify suitable additional markets or acquisition candidates, the negotiation of acceptable terms, our financial capabilities and general economic and business conditions. Our expansion into new or existing markets, whether through acquisition or otherwise, could have a material adverse effect on our business, combinationprospects, liquidity, financial condition or results of operations. Acquisitions also involve numerous risks, including difficulties in the assimilation of the acquired company’s operations, the incurrence of unanticipated liabilities or expenses, the risk of impairing inventory and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respectother assets related to the Excess Shares ifacquisition, the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company, the diversion of management’s attention and resources from other business concerns, risks associated with entering markets in which we complete our business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that numberhave limited or no direct experience and the potential loss of shares exceeding 20% and, in order to disposekey employees of such shares, would be required to sell your stock in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.

the acquired company.

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Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on our redemption of our public shares, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.

 

We expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries. Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.

Furthermore, because we are obligated to pay cash for the shares of Class A common stock which our public stockholders redeem in connection with our initial business combination, target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination. This may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.20 per share upon our liquidation. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.20 per share” and other risk factors below.

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If the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate until at least June 2020, weWe may be unable to completeobtain additional financing to fund our initial business combination, in which case our public stockholders may only receive $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances,operations and our warrants will expire worthless.growth.

 

We may require additional financing to fund our operations or growth. Our failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on our continued development or growth.

Adverse weather and geological conditions may increase costs, cause project delays and reduce consumer demand for housing, all of which could materially and adversely affect us.

As a homebuilder and land developer, we are subject to the risks associated with numerous weather-related and geologic events, many of which are beyond our control. These weather-related and geologic events include but are not limited to droughts, floods, wildfires, landslides, soil subsidence and earthquakes. The funds availableoccurrence of any of these events could damage our land parcels and projects, cause delays in the completion of our projects, reduce consumer demand for housing and cause shortages and price increases in labor or raw materials, any of which could harm our sales and profitability. Our California markets are in areas which have historically experienced significant earthquake activity, seasonal wildfires and related power outages, droughts and water shortages. In addition to us outsidedirectly damaging our land or projects, earthquakes, floods, landslides, wildfires or other geologic events could damage roads and highways providing access to those projects, thereby adversely affecting our ability to market homes in those areas and possibly increasing the costs of completion.

Failure by our directors, officers or employees to comply with applicable policies, regulations and rules could materially and adversely affect us.

We have adopted an employee handbook, which includes policies, regulations and rules, for our directors, officers and employees. Our adoption of these policies, regulations and rules is not a representation or warranty that all persons subject to such standards are or will be in complete compliance. The failure of a director, officer or employee to comply with the applicable policies, regulations and rules may result in termination of the trust accountrelationship or adverse publicity, which could materially and adversely affect us.

Our officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs.

Our officers and directors are not be sufficientrequired to allow uscommit their full time to operate until at least June 2020, assuming that our initialaffairs, which could create a conflict of interest when allocating their time between our operations and their other commitments. Some of our officers and directors are engaged in other business combination isendeavors and are not completed during that time.obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our affairs. If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts of time to such affairs it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs and could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations. We believe that the funds available to us outside of the trust account will be sufficient to allow us to operate until at least June 2020; however, we cannot assure you that these conflicts will be resolved in our estimate is accurate. Offavor.

Poor relations with the funds availableresidents of our communities could negatively impact sales, which could cause our revenue or results of operations to us,decline.

Residents of communities we could use a portion of the funds availabledevelop may look to us to pay feesresolve issues or disputes that may arise in connection with the operation or development of their communities. Efforts we make to consultantsresolve these issues or disputes could be deemed unsatisfactory by the affected residents, and subsequent actions by these residents could adversely affect our sales or reputation. In addition, we could be required to assist usmake material expenditures related to the settlement of such issues or disputes or to modify our community development plans, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

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We may write-off intangible assets, such as goodwill.

We have recorded intangible assets, including goodwill, in connection with our search for a target business. We could also use a portionthe acquisitions of Pinnacle West and Garrett Walker Homes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate whether facts and circumstances indicate any impairment of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in lettersvalue of intent or merger agreements designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, althoughintangible assets. As circumstances change, we do not have any current intention to do so.can make no assurances that we will realize the value of these intangible assets. If we entered intodetermine that a letter of intent or merger agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.20 per share upon our liquidation. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.20 per share” and other risk factors below.

If the net proceeds of our initial public and the sale of the private placement warrants not being held in the trust account are insufficient, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search for a business combination, to pay our franchise and income taxes and to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to obtain these loans, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination.

The net proceeds of our initial public and the sale of the private placement warrants were approximately $850,000 available to us outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements. If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team or other third parties to operate or may be forced to liquidate. None of our sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances. Any such advances would be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor 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. If we are unable to obtain these loans, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us,significant impairment has occurred, we will be forcedrequired to cease operations and liquidatewrite-off the trust account. Consequently, our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.20 per shareimpaired portion of intangible assets, which could have a material adverse effect on our redemptionresults of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. In certain circumstances, our public stockholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds heldoperations in the trust account could be reduced andperiod in which the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders may be less than $10.20 per share” and other risk factors below.write-off occurs.

Subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination, weWe may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and our stock price, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.

 

Even if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will surface all material issues that may be present inside a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or thatMoreover, factors outside of the targetour business and outside of our control will notmay later arise. As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write-downwrite down or write-offwrite off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks,Further, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue ofAccordingly, our obtaining post-combination debt financing. Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following the business combinationsecurities could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such stockholdersvalue. Our securityholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.value, unless stockholders are able to successfully claim that the reduction in stock value was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to bring a private claim that the proxy statement relating to the Business Combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.

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If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by stockholdersOur business or financial results may be less than $10.20 per share.

Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers (other than our independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public stockholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or evenadversely affected if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.

Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we are unable to complete our business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public stockholders could be less than the $10.20 per share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors. Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case netland we purchase declines. We have, and may continue, to incur impairments on the carrying values of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.real estate inventories we own.

 

Moreover,There are inherent risks in the eventcontrolling, owning and developing land, as housing inventories are illiquid assets. We own land or homesites that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. We have not independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.20 per public share. In such event,acquired at costs we may not be able to complete our initial business Combinationrecover fully, or on which we cannot build and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemptionsell homes profitably, including but not limited to periods of your public shares. None of our officers will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

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Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a reductionreduced housing demand. This is particularly true when entitled land becomes scarce, as it has recently, especially in the amount of fundsmarkets in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders.

In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes,we build, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.

While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so if, for example, the cost of purchasing such legal actionland is deemed by the independent directorsrelatively high. Changes in regulatory requirements and applicable laws, such as those related to be too high relativebuilding regulations, taxation and planning, as well as political conditions, financial market conditions, local and national economic conditions, customers’ financial condition, potentially adverse tax consequences, and interest and inflation rate fluctuations, among other factors, subject our land’s market value to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public stockholders may be reduced below $10.20 per share. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such obligations and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of the company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and we and our board may be exposed to claims of punitive damages.

If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.”uncertainty. As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by our stockholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our stockholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public stockholders, we filesell homes or land for lower than anticipated profit margins, record inventory impairment charges, or sell land at a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our stockholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, weloss. We may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirementstake significant write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs if we elect not to move forward or exercise our activities mayoptions to purchase land. In addition, inventory carrying costs can be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to completesignificant and can result in losses in a poorly performing project or market or result in impairment charges. Material impairment charges, abandonment charges or other write-downs of assets could adversely affect our business combination.financial condition and results of operations.

 

IfLegal, Regulatory and Compliance Risks Related to Our Business

An adverse outcome in litigation to which we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:or become a party could materially and adversely affect us.

 

restrictions on the nature of our investments; and
restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination.

Presently and in the future, we are and may become subject to litigation, including claims relating to our operations, breach of contract, securities offerings or otherwise in the ordinary course of business or otherwise. Some of these claims may result in significant defense costs and potentially significant judgments against us, some of which are not, or cannot be, insured against. We cannot be certain of the ultimate outcomes of any claims that now exist or may arise in the future. Resolution of these types of matters against us may result in significant fines, judgments or settlements, which, if uninsured, or if the fines, judgments and settlements exceed insured levels, could adversely impact our earnings and cash flows, thereby materially and adversely affecting us. Litigation or the resolution of litigation may affect the availability or cost of our insurance coverage, which could materially and adversely impact us.

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In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:

registration as an investment company;
adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and
reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.

In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be to identify and complete a business combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale.

We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.

 

We do not believeNew and existing laws and regulations or other governmental actions may increase our expenses, limit the number of homes that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in U.S. “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 180 dayswe can build or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. Our securities are not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) thedelay completion of our primary business objective, which is a business combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020; or (iii) absent a business combination, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public stockholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

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Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

 

We are subject to lawsnumerous local, state, federal and other statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted by national, regionalconcerning zoning, development, building design, construction and local governments. Insimilar matters which impose restrictive zoning and density requirements, which can limit the number of homes that can be built within the boundaries of a particular we will be required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulationsarea. Projects that are not entitled may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and applicationsubjected to periodic delays, changes in use, less intensive development or elimination of development in certain specific areas due to government regulations. We may also changebe subject to periodic delays or may be precluded entirely from timedeveloping in certain communities due to timebuilding moratoriums or “slow-growth” or “no-growth” initiatives that could be implemented in the future. Local governments also have broad discretion regarding the imposition of development fees, assessments and those changesexactions for projects in their jurisdiction. Projects for which we have received land use and development entitlements or approvals may still require a variety of other governmental approvals and permits during the development process and can also be impacted adversely by unforeseen health, safety and welfare issues, which can further delay these projects or prevent their development. As a result, home sales could decline and costs could increase, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, investmentsprospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

We are also subject to a significant number and variety of local, state and federal laws and regulations concerning protection of health, safety, labor standards and the environment. The particular environmental laws which apply to any given property vary according to multiple factors, including the property’s location, its environmental conditions and geographic attributes or historical artifacts, the present and former uses of the property, the presence or absence of endangered plants, animals or sensitive habitats, as well as conditions at nearby properties. Environmental laws and conditions may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance and other costs and can prohibit or severely restrict development and homebuilding activity in environmentally sensitive regions or areas. For example, under certain environmental laws and regulations, third parties, such as environmental groups or neighborhood associations, may challenge the permits and other approvals required for our projects and operations. Any such claims may adversely affect our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations. Insurance coverage for such claims may be limited or non-existent.

In addition, in those cases where an endangered or threatened species is involved and agency rulemaking and litigation are ongoing, the outcome of such rulemaking and litigation can be unpredictable, and at any time can result in unplanned or unforeseeable restrictions on or even the prohibition of development in identified environmentally sensitive areas. From time to time, the Environmental Protection Agency and similar federal, state or local agencies review land developers’ and homebuilders’ compliance with environmental laws and may levy fines and penalties for failure to strictly comply with applicable environmental laws, including those applicable to control of storm water discharges during construction, or impose additional requirements for future compliance as a result of past failures. Any such actions taken with respect to us may increase our costs and result in project delays. We expect that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on land developers and homebuilders in the future. Environmental regulations can also have an adverse impact on the availability and price of certain raw materials such as lumber, and on other building materials.

California and New York are especially susceptible to restrictive government regulations and environmental laws. For example, California imposes notification obligations respecting environmental conditions, sometimes recorded on deeds, and also those required to be delivered to persons accessing property or to home buyers or renters, which may cause some persons, or their financing sources, to view the subject parcels as less valuable or as impaired.

Under various environmental laws, current or former owners of real estate, as well as certain other categories of parties, may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases, and may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for related damages, including for bodily injury, and for investigation and clean-up costs incurred by such parties in connection with the contamination.

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New trade policies could make sourcing raw materials from foreign countries more difficult and more costly.

The federal government has recently imposed new or increased tariffs or duties on an array of imported materials and goods that are used in connection with the construction and delivery of homes, including steel, aluminum, lumber, solar panels and washing machines, and has threatened to impose further tariffs, duties or trade restrictions on imports. Foreign governments, including China and the European Union, have responded by imposing or increasing tariffs, duties or trade restrictions on U.S. goods, and are reportedly considering other measures. These trading conflicts and related escalating governmental actions that result in additional tariffs, duties or trade restrictions could cause disruptions or shortages in our supply chains, increase our construction costs or home-building costs generally or negatively impact the U.S., regional or local economies, and, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect our consolidated financial statements.

We are subject to environmental laws and regulations, which may increase our costs, result in liabilities, limit the areas in which we can build homes and delay completion of our projects.

We are subject to a variety of local, state, federal and other statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning the environment. The particular environmental laws which apply to any given homebuilding site vary according to the site’s location, its environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site, as well as adjoining properties. Environmental laws and conditions may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance and other costs, including significant fines and penalties for any violation, and may prohibit or severely restrict homebuilding activity in environmentally sensitive regions or areas, which could negatively affect our results of operations.

Under various environmental laws, current or former owners of real estate, as well as certain other categories of parties, may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases, and may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage and for investigation and clean-up costs incurred by such parties in connection with the contamination. In addition, in those cases where an endangered species is involved, environmental rules and regulations may result in the elimination of development in identified environmentally sensitive areas.

Environmental regulations may have an adverse impact on the availability and price of certain raw materials, such as lumber, and generally increase the cost to construct our homes.

There is a variety of new legislation being enacted, or considered for enactment at the federal, state and local level relating to energy, emissions and climate change. This legislation relates to items such as carbon dioxide emissions control and building codes that impose energy efficiency standards. New building code requirements that impose stricter energy efficiency standards, including California’s solar mandate, which went into effect January 1, 2020, could significantly increase our cost to construct homes and we may be unable to fully recover such costs due to market conditions, which could cause a reduction in our homebuilding gross margin and materially and adversely affect our results of operations. As climate change concerns continue to grow, legislation and regulations of this nature are expected to continue and become more costly to comply with. Similarly, energy-related initiatives affect a wide variety of companies throughout the United States and the world and because our operations are heavily dependent on significant amounts of raw materials, such as lumber, steel and concrete, they could have an indirect adverse impact on our operations and profitability to the extent the manufacturers and suppliers of our materials are burdened with expensive cap and trade and similar energy-related regulations.

Ownership, leasing and occupation of developed lots and the use of hazardous materials carries potential environmental risks and liabilities.

We are subject to a variety of local, state and federal statutes, rules and regulations concerning easements, land use and the protection of health and the environment, including those governing discharge of pollutants, including asbestos, to soil, water and air, the handling of hazardous materials and the cleanup of contaminated sites.

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We may be liable for the costs of removal, investigation or remediation of man-made or natural hazardous or toxic substances located on, under or in a property currently or formerly owned, leased or occupied by us, whether or not we caused or knew of the pollution.

The particular impact and requirements of environmental laws that apply to any given community vary greatly according to the site, its environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site. We expect that increasingly stringent requirements may be imposed on land developers and homebuilders in the future. Environmental laws may result in delays, cause us to implement time consuming and expensive compliance programs and prohibit or severely restrict development in certain environmentally sensitive regions or areas, such as wetlands. Concerns could arise due to post-acquisition changes in laws or agency policies, or the interpretation thereof.

Furthermore, we could incur substantial costs, including cleanup costs, fines, penalties and other sanctions and damages from third-party claims for property damage or personal injury, as a result of our failure to comply with, or liabilities under, applicable environmental laws and regulations. In addition, we are subject to third-party challenges, such as by environmental groups or neighborhood associations, under environmental laws and regulations to the permits and other approvals required for our projects and operations. These matters could adversely affect our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

As a homebuilding and land development business with a wide variety of historic ownership, development, homebuilding and construction activities, we could be liable for future claims for damages as interpreteda result of the past or present use of hazardous materials, including building materials or fixtures known or suspected to be hazardous or to contain hazardous materials or due to use of building materials or fixtures which are associated with mold. Any such claims may adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and applied,results of operations. Insurance coverage for such claims may be limited or nonexistent.

A major health and safety incident relating to our business could be costly in terms of potential liabilities and reputational damage.

Building sites are inherently dangerous, and operating in the homebuilding and land development industry poses certain inherent health and safety risks to those working at such sites. Due to health and safety regulatory requirements and the number of our projects, health and safety performance is critical to the success of all areas of our business. Any failure in health and safety performance may result in penalties for non-compliance with relevant regulatory requirements or litigation, and a failure that results in a major or significant health and safety incident is likely to be costly in terms of potential liabilities incurred as a result. Such a failure could generate significant negative publicity and have a corresponding impact on our reputation, our relationships with relevant regulatory agencies, governmental authorities and local communities, and our ability to win new business, which in turn could materially and adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Organization and Structure

Landsea Green can determine the outcome of major corporate transactions that require the approval of our stockholders and may take actions that conflict with the interests of other of our stockholders.

Landsea Green currently holds, indirectly, a majority of the voting rights in us. As long as Landsea Green holds such majority of voting rights, Landsea Green will have the ability to exercise control in our business, and may cause us to take actions that are not in, or conflict with, the interests of other stockholders such as incurring additional indebtedness, selling assets or other actions that negatively affect our net assets. Similarly, Landsea Green will be able to control our major policy decisions by controlling the selection of senior management, determining the timing and amount of approving annual budgets, deciding on increases or decreases in stock capital, determining issuances of new securities, approving disposals of assets or business, and amending our articles of association. These actions may be taken even if they are opposed by other stockholders.

Our stockholder structure may negatively affect our ability to obtain equity financing required for opportunistic investments or to offset periods of net losses or financial distress. We cannot assure you that we would be able to obtain additional equity financing in a timely fashion or at all. If we were unable to obtain such financing, we may be unable to take advantage of business opportunities or may be unable to avoid defaults under our obligations.

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We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result, may qualify for, and may choose to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements. 

The Seller beneficially owns a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of our common stock, making us a “controlled company.” Pursuant to Nasdaq listing standards, a “controlled company” may elect not to comply with certain Nasdaq listing standards that would otherwise require it to have: (i) a board of directors comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee comprised solely of independent directors; (iii) a compensation committee charter which, among other things, provides the compensation committee with the authority and funding to retain compensation consultants and other advisors; and (iv) director nominees selected, or recommended for the board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors. We intend to rely on the exemptions described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

Accordingly, our stockholders do not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.

In addition, on June 20, 2012, the SEC passed final rules implementing provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 pertaining to compensation committee independence and the role and disclosure of compensation consultants and other advisers to the compensation committee. The SEC’s rules direct each of the national securities exchanges (including Nasdaq) to develop listing standards requiring, among other things, that: (i) compensation committees be composed of fully independent directors, as determined pursuant to new independence requirements; (ii) compensation committees be explicitly charged with hiring and overseeing compensation consultants, legal counsel and other committee advisors; and (iii) compensation committees be required to consider, when engaging compensation consultants, legal counsel or other advisors, certain independence factors, including factors that examine the relationship between the consultant or advisor’s employer and us. As a “controlled company,” we are not subject to these compensation committee independence requirements.

Our only significant asset is our ownership interest in Landsea and such ownership may not be sufficient to pay dividends or make distributions or loans to enable us to pay any dividends on our Common Stock or satisfy our other financial obligations. 

We have no direct operations and no significant assets other than our ownership of Landsea. We depend on Landsea for distributions, loans and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, including our expenses as a publicly traded company and to pay any dividends with respect to our Common Stock. The financial condition and operating requirements of Landsea may limit our ability to obtain cash from Landsea. The earnings from, or other available assets of, Landsea may not be sufficient to pay dividends or make distributions or loans to enable us to pay any dividends on our Common Stock or satisfy our other financial obligations.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) may modify, delay or prevent our future acquisition or investment activities.

For so long as Landsea Green retains a material ownership interest in us, we will be deemed a “foreign person” under the regulations relating to CFIUS. As such, acquisitions of or investments in U.S. businesses or foreign businesses with U.S. subsidiaries that we may wish to pursue may be subject to CFIUS review, the scope of which was recently expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments (including certain investments in entities that hold or process personal information about U.S. nationals), certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business, transactions the structure of which is designed or intended to evade or circumvent CFIUS jurisdiction and any transaction resulting in a “change in the rights” of a foreign person in a U.S. business if that change could result in either control of the business or a covered non-controlling investment. FIRRMA also subjects certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If a particular proposed acquisition or investment in a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that we will submit to CFIUS review on a voluntary basis, or to proceed with the transaction without submitting to CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the transaction. CFIUS may decide to block or delay an acquisition or investment by us, impose conditions with respect to such acquisition or investment or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business that we acquired without first obtaining CFIUS approval, which may limit the attractiveness of or prevent us from pursuing certain acquisitions or investments that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders. In addition, among other things, FIRRMA authorizes CFIUS to prescribe regulations defining “foreign person” differently in different contexts, which could result in less favorable treatment for investments and acquisitions by companies from countries of “special concern.” If such future regulations impose additional burdens on acquisition and investment activities involving PRC and PRC-controlled entities, our ability to consummate transactions falling within CFIUS’s jurisdiction that might otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders may be hindered.

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We are the managing member in certain joint venture limited liability companies, and therefore may be liable for joint venture obligations.

Certain of our active joint ventures are organized as limited liability companies. We are the managing member in some of these. As a managing member or general partner, we may be liable for a joint venture’s liabilities and obligations should the joint venture fail or be unable to pay these liabilities or obligations. These risks include, among others, that a partner in the joint venture may fail to fund its share of required capital contributions, that a partner may make poor business decisions or delay necessary actions, or that a partner may have economic or other business interests or goals that are inconsistent with ours.

Risks Related to Our Industry

Our industry is cyclical and adverse changes in general and local economic conditions could reduce the demand for homes and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on us.

The residential homebuilding industry is cyclical and highly sensitive to changes in general and local economic, real estate or other business conditions that are outside of our control and could reduce the demand for homes, including changes in: 

overall consumer confidence and the confidence of potential homebuyers in particular;
U.S. and global financial system, macroeconomic conditions, market volatility and credit market stability, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response;
employment levels and job and personal income growth;
availability and pricing of financing for homebuyers;
short and long-term interest rates;
demographic trends;
changes in energy prices;
housing demand from population growth, household formation and other demographic changes, among other factors;
private party and governmental residential consumer mortgage loan programs, and federal and state regulation of lending and appraisal practices;
federal and state personal income tax rates and provisions, government actions, policies, programs and regulations directed at or affecting the housing market, tax benefits associated with purchasing and owning a home, and the standards, fees and size limits applicable to the purchase or insuring of mortgage loans by government-sponsored enterprises and government agencies;
the supply of and prices for available new or existing homes, including lender-owned homes acquired through foreclosures and short sales and homes held for sale by investors and speculators, and other housing alternatives, such as apartments and other residential rental property;

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homebuyer interest in our current or new product designs and community locations, and general consumer interest in purchasing a home compared to choosing other housing alternatives; and
real estate taxes.

Adverse changes in these or other general and local economic or business conditions may affect our business nationally or in particular regions or localities. During the most recent economic downturn, several of the markets we serve, and the U.S. housing market as a whole, experienced a prolonged decrease in demand for new homes, as well as an oversupply of new and existing homes available for sale. Demand for new homes is affected by weakness in the resale market because many new homebuyers need to sell their existing homes in order to buy a home from us. In addition, demand may be adversely affected by alternatives to new homes, such as rental properties and existing homes. In the event of another economic downturn or if general economic conditions should worsen, our home sales could decline and we could be required to write down or dispose of assets or restructure our operations or debt, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

Adverse changes in economic or business conditions can also cause increased home order cancellation rates, diminished demand and prices for our homes, and diminished value of our real estate investments. These changes can also cause us to take longer to build homes and make it more costly to do so. We may not be able to recover any of the increased costs by raising prices because of weak market conditions and increasing pricing pressure. Additionally, the price of each home we sell is usually set several months before the home is delivered, as many homebuyers sign their home purchase contracts before or early in the construction process. The potential difficulties described above could impact homebuyers’ ability to obtain suitable financing and cause some homebuyers to cancel or refuse to honor their home purchase contracts altogether.

The homebuilding industry is highly competitive and, if our competitors are more successful or offer better value to customers, it may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

We operate in a very competitive environment that is characterized by competition from a number of other homebuilders and land developers in each geographical market in which we operate. There are relatively low barriers to entry into the homebuilding business. We compete with numerous large national and regional homebuilding companies and with smaller local homebuilders and land developers for, among other things, homebuyers, desirable land parcels, financing, raw materials and skilled management and labor resources. If we are unable to compete effectively in our markets, our business could decline disproportionately to the businesses of our competitors and our financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

Increased competition could hurt our business by preventing us from acquiring attractive land parcels on which to build homes or making acquisitions more expensive, hindering our market share expansion and causing us to increase selling incentives and reduce prices. Additionally, an oversupply of homes available for sale or a discounting of home prices could materially and adversely affect pricing for homes in the markets in which we operate.

Over the past several years, we have embarked on a strategy to expand our product offerings to include more affordably-priced homes to reach a deeper pool of qualified buyers and grow our overall community count. We anticipate that we will continue to build more affordably-priced homes. We believe there is more competition among homebuilding companies in more affordable product offerings than in the luxury and move-up segments. We also compete with the resale, or “previously owned,” home market, the size of which may change significantly as a result of changes in the rate of home foreclosures, which is affected by changes in economic conditions both nationally and locally.

We may be at a competitive disadvantage with regard to certain large national and regional homebuilding competitors whose operations are more geographically diversified, as these competitors may be better able to withstand any future regional downturn in the housing market. We compete directly with a number of large national and regional homebuilders that may have longer operating histories and greater financial and operational resources than we do, including a lower cost of capital. Many of these competitors also have longstanding relationships with subcontractors, local governments and suppliers in the markets in which we operates or in which we may operate in the future. This may give our competitors an advantage in securing materials and labor at lower prices, marketing their products and allowing their homes to be delivered to customers more quickly and at more favorable prices. This competition could reduce our market share and limit our ability to expand our business.

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Our geographic concentration could materially and adversely affect us if the homebuilding industry in our current markets should experience a decline.

Our current business involves the design, construction and sale of innovative detached and attached homes in planned communities in major metropolitan areas in California, Arizona and Metro New York. Because our operations are concentrated in these areas, a prolonged economic downturn affecting one or more of these areas, or affecting any sector of employment on which the residents of such area are dependent, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, and a disproportionately greater impact on us than other homebuilders with more diversified operations. For example, much of the employment base in the San Francisco bay area is dependent upon the technology sector. During the downturn from 2007 to 2011, land values, the demand for new homes and home prices declined substantially in California. Additionally, in the past the state of California has experienced severe budget shortfalls and taken measures such as raising taxes and increasing fees to offset the deficit. Accordingly, our sales, results of operations, financial condition and business would be negatively impacted by a decline in the economy, the job sector or the homebuilding industry in the Western U.S. regions in which our operations are concentrated.

In addition, our ability to acquire land parcels for new homes may be adversely affected by changes in the general availability of land parcels, the willingness of land sellers to sell land parcels at reasonable prices, competition for available land parcels, availability of financing to acquire land parcels, zoning and other market conditions. The availability of land parcels in our California and Arizona markets at reasonable prices is limited. If the supply of land parcels appropriate for development of homes is limited because of these factors, or for any other reason, our ability to grow could be significantly limited, and the number of homes that we build and sell could decline.

Tightening of mortgage lending standards and mortgage financing requirements and rising interest rates could adversely affect the availability of mortgage loans for potential purchasers of our homes, and increases in property and other local taxes could prevent customers from purchasing homes, which could adversely affect our business or financial results.

Generally, housing demand is negatively impacted by the unavailability of mortgage financing, as a result of tightening of mortgage lending standards and mortgage financing requirements, in addition to factors that increase the cost of financing a home such as increases in interest rates, down payment requirements, insurance premiums or limitations on mortgage interest deductibility. A substantial percentage of our buyers finance their home purchases with mortgage financing. Additionally, deterioration in credit quality among subprime and other nonconforming loans has caused most lenders to eliminate subprime mortgages and most other loan products that do not conform to Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), Federal Housing Administration (the “FHA”), or Veterans Administration (the “VA”) standards. In addition, as a result of the turbulence in the credit markets and mortgage finance industry during the last significant economic downturn, in July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law. This legislation provided for a number of new requirements relating to residential mortgages and mortgage lending practices that reduce the availability of loans to borrowers or increase the costs to borrowers to obtain such loans. Fewer loan products and tighter loan qualifications, in turn, make it more difficult for a borrower to finance the purchase of a new home or the purchase of an existing home from a potential “move-up” buyer who wishes to purchase one of our homes. The foregoing may also hinder our ability to realize our backlog because our home purchase contracts provide customers with a financing contingency. Financing contingencies allow customers to cancel their home purchase contracts in the event that they cannot arrange for adequate financing. As a result, rising interest rates, stricter underwriting standards, and a reduction of loan products, among other similar factors, can contribute to a decrease in our home sales. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

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Our stockholdersThe federal government has also taken on a significant role in supporting mortgage lending through its conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which purchase home mortgages and mortgage-backedsecurities originated by mortgage lenders, and its insurance of mortgages originated by lenders through the FHA and the VA. The availability and affordability of mortgage loans, including interest rates for such loans, could be adversely affected by a curtailment or cessation of the federal government’s mortgage-related programs or policies. Additionally, the FHA may continue to impose stricter loan qualification standards, raise minimum down payment requirements, impose higher mortgage insurance premiums and other costs, or limit the number of mortgages it insures. Due to federal budget deficits, the U.S. Treasury may not be held liable for claims by third parties against usable to continue supporting the extentmortgage-related activities of distributions received by them upon redemptionFannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FHA and the VA at present levels, or it may revise significantly the federal government’s participation in and support of their shares.the residential mortgage market. Because the availability of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and VA-backed mortgage financing is an important factor in marketing and selling many of our homes, especially as they move down in price point, any limitations, restrictions or changes in the availability of such government-backed financing could reduce our home sales, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

 

UnderCurrent federal income tax laws cap individual state and local tax deductions at $10,000 for the DGCL, stockholdersaggregate of state and local real property and income taxes or state and local sales taxes, and cap mortgage interest deduction to $750,000 of debt ($1,000,000 after 2025) for mortgages taken out after December 15, 2017. Additionally, limits on deductibility of mortgage interest and property taxes may be held liableincrease the after-tax cost of owning a home for claims by third parties againstsome individuals. Any increases in personal income tax rates or additional tax deduction limits could adversely impact demand for new homes, including homes we build, which could adversely affect our results of operations. Furthermore, increases in real estate taxes and other local government fees, such as fees imposed on developers to fund schools, open space, and road improvements, or provide low- and moderate-income housing, could increase our costs and have an adverse effect on our operations. In addition, increases in local real estate taxes as well as the limitation on deductibility of such costs could adversely affect our potential home buyers, who may consider those costs in determining whether to make a corporationnew home purchase and decide, as a result, not to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The pro rata portionpurchase one of our trust account distributedhomes or not purchase a resale, which would negatively impact homebuyers that need to sell their home before they purchase one of ours.

Any limitation on, or reduction or elimination of, tax benefits associated with homeownership would have an adverse effect upon the demand for homes, which could be material to our public stockholders uponbusiness.

Current federal income tax laws include limits on federal tax deductions individual taxpayers may take on mortgage loan interest payments and on state and local taxes, including real estate taxes, that are lower than historical limits. These changes could reduce the redemptionperceived affordability of homeownership, and therefore the demand for homes, or have a moderating impact on home sales prices in areas with relatively high housing prices or high state and local income taxes and real estate taxes, including in certain of our public sharesserved markets in California and New York. In addition, if the event we do not completefederal government further changes, or a state government changes, its income tax laws by eliminating or substantially reducing the income tax benefits associated with homeownership, the after-tax cost of owning a home could measurably increase. Any increases in personal income tax rates or tax deduction limits or restrictions enacted at the federal or state levels could adversely impact demand for or selling prices of new homes, including our initial business combinationhomes, and the effect on or prior to June 22, 2020 mayour consolidated financial statements could be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law. If a corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought,adverse and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.material.

 

However, it is our intentionWe currently have investments in unconsolidated joint ventures with a third party in which we have less than a controlling interest. These investments are highly illiquid and have significant risks due to, redeem our public shares as soon as reasonably possible followingin part, a lack of sole decision-making authority and reliance on the 24th month from the closingfinancial condition and liquidity of our initial public offering in the event we do not complete our business combination and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with the foregoing procedures.joint venture partners.

 

Because we willWe own interests in various joint ventures and, as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Landsea Homes’ investments in and advances to its unconsolidated joint ventures were $21 million and $43 million, respectively. We have entered into joint ventures in order to manage our risk profile and to leverage our capital base. Such joint venture investments involve risks not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) ofotherwise present in wholly owned projects, including the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the 10 years following our dissolution. However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses. If our plan of distribution complies with Section 281(b) of the DGCL, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would likely be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them (but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend beyond the third anniversary of such date. Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of our trust account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020 is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating distribution.following: 

27Control and Partner Dispute Risk. We do not have exclusive control over the development, financing, management and other aspects of any such project or joint venture, which may prevent us from taking actions that are in our best interest but opposed by our partners. We cannot exercise sole decision-making authority regarding any such project or joint venture, which could create the potential risk of creating impasses on decisions, such as acquisitions or sales. Disputes between us and our partners may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and directors from focusing their time and efforts on our business and could result in subjecting the projects owned by the joint venture to additional risk. Our existing joint venture agreements contain buy-sell provisions pursuant to which one partner may initiate procedures requiring the other partner to choose between buying the other partner’s interest or selling our interest to that partner; we may not have the capital to purchase our joint venture parties’ interest under these circumstances even if we believe it would be beneficial to do so.

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We have not registered the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon

Development Risk. Typically, we serve as the administrative member, managing member, or general partner of our joint ventures and one of our subsidiaries acts as the general contractor while our joint venture partner serves as the capital provider. Due to our respective role in these joint ventures, we may become liable for obligations beyond our proportionate equity share. In addition, the projects we build through joint ventures are often larger and have a longer time horizon than the typical project developed by our wholly owned homebuilding operations. Time delays associated with obtaining entitlements, unforeseen development issues, unanticipated labor and material cost increases, higher carrying costs, and general market deterioration and other changes are more likely to impact larger, long-term projects, all of which may negatively impact the profitability and capital needs of these ventures and our proportionate share of income and capital.

Financing Risk. There are generally a limited number of sources willing to provide acquisition, development and construction financing to land development and homebuilding joint ventures. During difficult market conditions, it may be difficult or impossible to obtain financing for our joint ventures on commercially reasonable terms, or to refinance existing joint venture borrowings as such borrowings mature. In addition, a partner may fail to fund its share of required capital contributions or may become bankrupt, which may cause us and any other remaining partners to need to fulfill the obligations of the venture in order to preserve their interests and retain any benefits from the joint venture. As a result, we could be contractually required, or elect, to contribute our corporate funds to the joint venture to finance acquisition and development or construction costs following termination or step-down of joint venture financing that the joint venture is unable to restructure, extend, or refinance with another third party lender. In addition, our ability to contribute our funds to or for the joint venture may be limited if we do not meet the credit facility conditions discussed above. In addition, we sometimes finance projects in our unconsolidated joint ventures with debt that is secured by the underlying real property. Secured indebtedness increases the risk of the joint venture’s loss of ownership of the property (which would, in turn, impair the value of our ownership interests in the joint venture).

Contribution Risk. Under credit enhancements that we typically provide with respect to joint venture borrowings, we and our partners could be required to make additional unanticipated investments in and advances to these joint ventures, either in the form of capital contributions or loan repayments, to reduce such outstanding borrowings. We may have to make additional contributions that exceed our proportional share of capital if our partners fail to contribute any or all of their share. While in most instances we would be able to exercise remedies available under the applicable joint venture agreements if a partner fails to contribute its proportional share of capital, a partner’s financial condition may preclude any meaningful cash recovery on the obligation.

Completion Risk. We often sign a completion agreement in connection with obtaining financing for our joint ventures. Under such agreements, we may be compelled to complete a project, usually with costs within the budget related to the project being funded by the lender with any budget shortfalls being borne by us even if we no longer have an economic interest in the joint venture or the joint venture no longer has an interest in the property.

Illiquid Investment Risk. We lack a controlling interest in certain of our joint ventures and therefore are generally unable to compel such joint ventures to sell assets, return invested capital, require additional capital contributions or take any other action without the vote of at least one or more of our venture partners. This means that, absent partner agreement, we may not be able to liquidate our joint venture investments to generate cash.

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Consolidation Risk. The accounting rules for joint ventures are complex and the decision as to whether it is proper to consolidate a joint venture onto our balance sheet is fact intensive. If the facts concerning an unconsolidated joint venture were to change and a triggering event under applicable accounting rules were to occur, we might be required to consolidate previously unconsolidated joint ventures onto our balance sheet which could adversely impact our financial statements and our leverage and other financial conditions or covenants.  

Any of the warrants underabove might subject a project to liabilities in excess of those contemplated and adversely affect the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time,value of our current and such registration may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus precluding such investor from being able to exercise its warrants except on a cashless basis and potentially causing such warrants to expire worthless.future joint venture investments.

 

Our quarterly operating results fluctuate due to the seasonal nature of our business.

Our quarterly operating results generally fluctuate by season. We have not registeredtypically achieve our highest new home sales orders in the sharesspring and summer, although new homes sales order activity is also highly dependent on the number of Class A common stock issuable upon exerciseactive selling communities and the timing of new community openings. Because it typically takes us four to eight months to construct a new home, we deliver a greater number of homes in the second half of the warrants undercalendar year as sales orders convert to home deliveries. As a result, our revenues from homebuilding operations are typically higher in the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time. However, under the termssecond half of the warrant agreement,year, particularly in the fourth quarter, and we have agreed to use our best efforts to file a registration statement undergenerally experience higher capital demands in the Securities covering such shares and maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A common stock issuable upon exercisefirst half of the warrants, untilyear when we incur construction costs. If, due to construction delays or other causes, we cannot close our expected number of homes in the expirationsecond half of the warrantsyear, our financial condition and full year results of operations may be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Debt and Liquidity

Because homes are relatively illiquid, our ability to promptly sell one or more properties for reasonable prices in accordance with the provisionsresponse to changing economic, financial and investment conditions may be limited and we may be forced to hold non-income producing properties for extended periods of the warrant agreement.time.

Homes are relatively difficult to sell quickly. As a result, our ability to promptly sell one or more properties in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions is limited and we may be forced to hold non-income producing assets for an extended period of time. We cannot assure you thatpredict whether we will be able to do sosell any property for the price or on the terms that we set or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable. We also cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property.

We may not be able to access sufficient capital on favorable terms, or at all, which could result in an inability to acquire lots, increase home construction costs or delay home construction entirely.

The homebuilding industry is capital-intensive and requires significant up-front expenditures to acquire land and begin development. There is no assurance that cash generated from our operations, borrowings incurred under credit agreements or project-level financing arrangements, or proceeds raised in capital markets transactions will be sufficient to finance our capital projects or otherwise fund our liquidity needs. If our future cash flows from operations and other capital resources are insufficient to finance our capital projects or otherwise fund our liquidity needs, we may be forced to: 

reduce or delay business activities, land acquisitions and capital expenditures;
sell assets;
obtain additional debt or equity capital; or
restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt on or before maturity.

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These alternative measures may not be successful and we may not be able to accomplish any of these alternatives on a timely basis or on satisfactory terms, if for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental changeat all. In addition, the terms of our existing debt will limit our ability to pursue these alternatives. Further, we may seek additional capital in the information set forthform of project-level financing from time to time. The availability of borrowed funds, especially for land acquisition and construction financing, may be greatly reduced nationally, and the lending community may require increased amounts of equity to be invested in a project by borrowers in connection with both new loans and the extension of existing loans. Land acquisition, development and construction activities may be adversely affected by any shortage or increased cost of financing or the unwillingness of third parties to engage in joint ventures. Any difficulty in obtaining sufficient capital for planned development expenditures could cause project delays and any such delay could result in cost increases and may adversely affect our sales and future results of operations and cash flows.

We have outstanding indebtedness and may incur additional debt in the registration statement or prospectus,future.

We have outstanding indebtedness and our ability to incur additional indebtedness under our various credit facilities is subject to and potentially restricted by customary requirements and borrowing base formulas. As of December 31, 2020, Landsea Homes had approximately $272 million outstanding under its various credit facilities and loan agreements, with approximately $278 million of additional borrowing capacity, subject to customary borrowing base requirements. Our indebtedness could have detrimental consequences, including the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference thereinfollowing:

our ability to obtain additional financing as needed for working capital, land acquisition costs, building costs, other capital expenditures, or general corporate purposes, or to refinance existing indebtedness before its scheduled maturity, may be limited;
we will need to use a portion of cash flow from operations to pay interest and principal on our indebtedness, which will reduce the funds available for other purposes;
if we are unable to comply with the terms of the agreements governing our indebtedness, the holders of that indebtedness could accelerate that indebtedness and exercise other rights and remedies against us;
the terms of any refinancing may not be as favorable as the debt being refinanced, if at all.

We cannot be certain that cash flow from operations will be sufficient to allow us to pay principal and interest on our debt, support operations and meet other obligations. If we do not current or correct orhave the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act,resources to meet our obligations, we willmay be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. However, no warrant will be exercisable for cashrefinance all or on a cashless basis, and we willpart of our outstanding debt, sell assets or borrow more money. We may not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available. Notwithstanding the above, if our Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrantsable to do so on acceptable terms, in a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to filetimely manner, or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will be required to use our best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant.at all. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, the holder of such warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchase price solely for the shares of Class A common stock included in the units. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to registerrefinance our debt on acceptable terms, we may be forced to dispose of our assets on disadvantageous terms, potentially resulting in losses. Defaults under our debt agreements could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition or qualifyresults of operations.

A breach of the underlyingcovenants under any of the agreements governing our indebtedness could result in an event of default.

A default under any of the agreements governing our indebtedness may allow our creditors to accelerate the related debt and may result in the acceleration of any other debt to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. In addition, an event of default under the credit agreement governing our credit facility would permit the lenders thereunder to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under the applicable facility. Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under any secured indebtedness, those lenders could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. In the event our lenders or the holders of our notes accelerate the repayment of our borrowings, we cannot assure that we would have sufficient assets to repay such indebtedness. As a result of these restrictions, we may be: 

limited in how we conduct our business;
unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to operate during general economic or business
downturns; or
unable to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities.

These restrictions may affect our ability to grow or continue our existing operations.

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The agreements governing our debt impose operating and financial restrictions, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities and taking some corporate actions.

The agreements governing our debt impose operating and financial restrictions. These restrictions limit our ability, among other things, to: 

incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue certain equity interests;
pay dividends or distributions, repurchase equity or prepay subordinated debt;
make certain investments;
sell assets;
incur liens;
create certain restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to transfer assets;
enter into transactions with affiliates;
create unrestricted subsidiaries; and
consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets.

As a result of these restrictions, our ability to obtain additional financing as needed for working capital, land acquisition costs, building costs, other capital expenditures, or general corporate purposes, or to refinance existing indebtedness before its scheduled maturity, may be limited. In addition, our credit facility currently contains certain financial covenants with which we must test compliance periodically. Failure to have sufficient borrowing base availability in the future or to be in compliance with our financial covenants under our credit facility could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.

In addition, we may in the future enter into other agreements refinancing or otherwise governing indebtedness which impose yet additional restrictions and covenants, including covenants limiting our ability to incur additional debt, make certain investments, reduce liquidity below certain levels, make distributions to stockholders and otherwise affect our operating policies. These restrictions may adversely affect our ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to pursue available business opportunities. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default in respect of the related indebtedness. If a default occurs, the relevant lenders could elect to declare the indebtedness, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable and proceed against any collateral securing that indebtedness.

Potential future downgrades of our credit ratings could adversely affect our access to capital and could otherwise have a material adverse effect on us.

Our corporate credit ratings and our current credit condition affect, among other things, our ability to access new capital, especially debt, and negative changes in these ratings may result in more stringent covenants and higher interest rates under the terms of any new debt. Our credit ratings could be downgraded or rating agencies could issue adverse commentaries in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity. In particular, a weakening of our financial condition, including a significant increase in our leverage or decrease in our profitability or cash flows, could adversely affect our ability to obtain necessary funds, result in a credit rating downgrade or change in outlook or otherwise increase our cost of borrowing.

Interest rate changes may adversely affect us.

We currently do not hedge against interest rate fluctuations. We may obtain in the future one or more forms of interest rate protection in the form of swap agreements, interest rate cap contracts or similar agreements to hedge against the possible negative effects of interest rate fluctuations. However, we cannot assure you that any hedging will adequately relieve the adverse effects of interest rate increases or that counterparties under these agreements will honor their obligations thereunder. In addition, we may be subject to risks of default by hedging counterparties. Adverse economic conditions could also cause the terms on which we borrow to be unfavorable. We could be required to liquidate one or more of our assets at times which may not permit us to receive an attractive return on our assets in order to meet our debt service obligations.

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We may be unable to obtain suitable performance, payment and completion surety bonds and letters of credit, which could limit our future growth or impair our results of operations.

We provide bonds in the ordinary course of business to governmental authorities and others to ensure the completion of our projects or in support of obligations to build community improvements such as roads, sewers, water systems and other utilities, and to support similar development activities by certain of our joint ventures. As a result of the deterioration in market conditions during the recent downturn, surety providers became increasingly reluctant to issue new bonds and some providers were requesting credit enhancements (such as cash deposits or letters of credit) in order to maintain existing bonds or to issue new bonds, which trends may continue. We may also be required to provide performance bonds or letters of credit to secure our performance under various escrow agreements, financial guarantees and other arrangements. If we are unable to obtain performance bonds or letters of credit when required or the cost or operational restrictions or conditions imposed by issuers to obtain them increases significantly, we may not be able to develop or may be significantly delayed in developing a community or communities or may incur significant additional expenses, and, as a result, our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition or results of operation could be materially and adversely affected.

  We may be unable to obtain suitable bonding for the development of our communities.

We provide performance bonds and letters of credit in the ordinary course of business to governmental authorities and others to ensure the completion of our projects or in support of obligations to build community improvements such as roads, sewers, water systems and other utilities. We may also be required to provide performance bonds or letters of credit to secure our performance under various escrow agreements, financial guarantees and other arrangements. If we are unable to obtain performance bonds or letters of credit when required or the cost or operational restrictions or conditions imposed by issuers to obtain them increases significantly, we may be significantly delayed in developing our communities or may incur significant additional expenses and, as a result, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Securities

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future. Resales of the shares of Class A common stock for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

The grant of registration rights to our initial stockholders may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, andCommon Stock included in the future exercise of such rights may adversely affectMerger Consideration could depress the market price of our Class A common stock.Common Stock.

 

There may be a large number of our shares of Common Stock sold in the market   The shares held by our public stockholders are freely tradeable.

The LF Capital Restricted Stockholders, including the Sponsor, hold more than 5% of the Common Stock with respect to their converted Founder Shares. Pursuant to anthe registration rights agreement, entered into concurrently withdated June 19, 2018, by and between the issuanceCompany and salethe LF Capital Restricted Stockholders, the LF Capital Restricted Stockholders are entitled to registration of the securities inconverted Founder Shares. In addition, holders of our initial public , our initial stockholdersPrivate Placement Warrants and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the shares of Class A common stock into which founder shares will automatically convert at the time of our initial business combination, holders of our private placement warrants and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the private placement warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants and the shares of Class A common stockCommon Stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants andPrivate Placement Warrants. The holders of warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans may demandthese securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such warrantssecurities. These holders also have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination.

Common Stock issued to the Seller pursuant to the Business Combination will be freely tradeable following the expiration of the lock-up on the earlier of (A) one year following the closing of the Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the closing of the Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share as quoted on Nasdaq (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 following the closing of the Business Combination or (y) the date following the closing of the Business Combination on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of the Company for cash, securities or other property, as set forth in the Seller Lock-up Agreement.

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Common Stock held by the Sponsor and certain other holders of converted Founder Shares as a result of the conversion of its Class B common stock will be freely tradeable following the expiration of a lock-up for the same duration as the Seller Lock-up Agreement, as set forth in the Sponsor Lock-up Agreement (with 500,000 of such shares being subject to the terms of forfeiture pursuant to that certain Founder’s Surrender Agreement). Our Common Stock held by the LF Capital Restricted Stockholders (other than the Sponsor and certain other holders of converted Founder Shares) as a result of the conversion of their Class B common stock is freely tradeable as a result of the registration of the resale thereof pursuant to the related registration statement.

Such sales of shares of our Common Stock or the Class A common stock issuable upon exerciseperception of such warrants. Assuming the founder shares convert on a one-for-one basis and no warrants are issued upon conversion of working capital loans, an aggregate of up to 15,525,000 shares of Class A common stock and up to 15,525,000 warrants are subject to registration under these agreements. We will bear the cost of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public marketsales may have an adverse effect ondepress the market price of our Class Common Stock or public warrants.

A common stock.market for our securities may not continue, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

The price of our securities may fluctuate significantly due to the market’s reaction to the Business Combination and general market and economic conditions. An active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. In addition, the existenceprice of our securities may vary due to general economic conditions and forecasts, our general business condition and the release of our financial reports. Additionally, if our securities are not listed on, or become delisted from, Nasdaq for any reason, and are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Pink, an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity securities that is not a national securities exchange, the liquidity and price of our securities may be more limited than if we were quoted or listed on Nasdaq or another national securities exchange. Nasdaq listing requirements require us to have 400 round lot holders with respect to the warrants. In the event we do not have an adequate number of round lot holders to maintain the listing of the registration rightswarrants, the warrants will be delisted from Nasdaq. You may make our initial business combination more costlybe unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established or difficult to conclude. This is becausesustained.

If the stockholdersBusiness Combination’s benefits do not meet the expectations of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entityinvestors or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact onfinancial analysts, the market price of our Class A common stock that is expected when the securities owned by our initial stockholders or holders of working capital loans or their respective permitted transferees are registered.

may decline.

Because we are not limited to a particular industry, sector or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.

 

Although we expect to focusIf the benefits of the Business Combination do not meet the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the market price of our search for a target businesssecurities may decline.

Fluctuations in the financial industry, we may seekprice of our securities could contribute to complete a business combination with an operating company in any industrythe loss of all or sector. However, we will not, under our amendedpart of your investment. Immediately prior to the Business Combination, there was no public market for Landsea Homes’ stock and restated certificate of incorporation, be permitted to effectuate our business combination with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations. Because we have not yet identified or approached any specific target business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete our business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherenttrading in the business operations withshares of our securities was not active. If an active market for our securities develops and continues, the trading price of our securities could be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Althoughare beyond our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess allcontrol. Any of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target. Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

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Risks Related to the Financial Services Industry

While our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not necessarily be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, we intend to initially focus our search for target businesses in the financial services industry and, in particular, the commercial banking industry. Business combinations with companies with operations in the financial services industry entail special considerations and risks. If we are successful in completing a business combination with a target business with operations in the financial services industry, we will be subject to, and possibly adversely affected by, the risks set forth below.

However, we may complete a business combination with a target business in another industry, in which case these risks will likely not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant to the specific industry in which the target business we acquire operates, none of which can be presently ascertained.

Because we intend to seek a business combination with a target business in the financial services industry, we expect our future operations to be subject to risks associated with this industry.

We intend to focus our search for a target business in the financial services industry and, in particular, the commercial banking industry. This condition may make it more likely that we will pursue a target in the financial services industry and be subject to the risks associated with this industry. Because we have not yet identified or approached any specific target business or sector, we cannot provide specific risks of any business combination. However, risks inherent in investments in the financial services industry that may affect our net income and revenues, include:

general economic conditions;
securities market conditions;
the level and volatility of interest rates and equity prices;
competitive conditions;
liquidity of domestic and global markets;
domestic and international political conditions;
regulatory and legislative developments;
monetary and fiscal policy;
investor sentiment;
availability and cost of capital;
technological changes and events;
outcome of legal proceedings;
changes in currency values;
inflation;
credit ratings; and
policies of regulators in applying capital and other regulatory requirements

These and other factors could affect the stability and liquidity of securities, credit and futures markets, and the ability of issuers, other financial services firms and counterparties to perform their obligations.

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We may be subject to significant regulatory requirements in connection with our efforts to acquire a financial services organization.

Acquisitions of financial services organizations are often subject to significant regulatory requirements and consents, and we will not be able to complete a business combination with certain types of financial services organizations without complying with applicable laws and regulations and obtaining required governmental or client consents. For example, if we were to attempt to acquire a commercial bank and become a bank holding company, we would be required to obtain the approval of federal and/or state bank regulatory agencies. Such approval process is time consuming, may be subject to regulatory delays and there is no guarantee that approval can ultimately be obtained. If we were to acquire an investment management firm, we would have to obtain consents of the firm’s investment management clients or enter into new contracts with them, and there is no assurance that we would be able to obtain such consents or enter into new contracts. If our acquisition target were an insurance company, state insurance commissioners in the states where the insurance company does business would review an acquisition transaction and could prevent it by withholding their consent. The acquisition of a business in other sectors of the financial services industry may require similar approvals or consents. We may not receive any such required approvals or we may not receive them in a timely manner, including as a result of factors or matters beyond our control.

The financial services industry, particularly the banking industry, faces substantial regulatory risks and litigation, and, if we were to complete a business combination with a company in the banking industry, we could face legal liability and reduced revenues and profitability if our services are not regarded as compliant or for other reasons.

U.S. banks and their holding companies are subject to extensive regulation and supervision by applicable federal and state banking agencies. These regulations are generally intended to protect depositors and bank customers, rather than stockholders. If we were to acquire a bank, these regulations may limit our operations significantly and control the manner in which we conduct our business, including our lending practices, capital structure, investment practices, dividend policy and the scope of our activities. In addition, banks and bank holding companies generally are subject to rigorous capital requirements and are examined on a regular basis for their general safety and soundness and compliance with various federal and state legal regimes, including, but not limited to, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or Dodd-Frank, the Community Reinvestment Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act. Failure to comply with these requirements or receive a satisfactory examination rating may subject a bank or bank holding company to informal or formal agreements, such as a memorandum of understanding or cease-and-desist order, and may also result in the assessment of civil monetary penalties, criminal prosecution or the limitation of expansionary activities at both the bank and holding company levels. Outside the U.S., banks are subject to similar extensive regulation and supervision relating to the conduct of business, capital requirements, safety and soundness and compliance.

We face significant competition.

The financial services industry and the commercial banking industry are highly competitive, and we expect to encounter strong competition for deposits, loans, and other financial services and products in our target markets. Our principal competitors for loans and some or all of our other services and products will be other commercial banks and community banks in our target markets. Our principal competitors for deposits will include commercial banks, community banks, money market funds, credit unions and trust companies. Our non-bank competitors will not be subject to the same degree of regulation as we are and, accordingly, will have advantages over us in providing certain products and services. Many of our competitors are significantly larger than we are and will have greater access to capital and other resources that permit them to offer attractive terms and broader selections to gain market share for their products and services and also will have higher lending capacity and larger branch networks. In the event loan demand is weak, we expect increased competition to result in aggressive pricing and loosening terms for borrowers. As a result, we could lose business to competitors or be forced to price products and services on less advantageous terms to retain or attract customers, either of which would adversely affect us.

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We may be subject to significant regulatory requirements in connection with our efforts to acquire a banking organization, which may result in our failure to complete our initial acquisition within the required time frame and may force us to liquidate.

To acquire a banking organization we would be required to obtain approvals from one or more of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or the OCC, and/or state banking supervisors. Such approvals are time-consuming to obtain, require the submission of extensive information regarding the acquiring company and investors, and are subject to considerations of safety and soundness, management capabilities and public convenience and needs, among others. We may not receive any such required approvals or we may not receive them in a timely manner, including as a result of factors or matters beyond our control.

Satisfying any requirements of banking supervisors may delay the date of our completion of our initial business combination beyond the required time frame (June 22, 2020). If we fail to complete our initial business combination within the required time frame we will be forced to liquidate.

In addition, if any person or group of persons deemed to be “acting in concert” directly or indirectly acquires more than 10% (or, in some cases, more than 5%) of any class of our voting stock, the appropriate bank regulatory authority may undertake an extensive background investigation of such persons in connection with our application to acquire a bank. Such person (if a company) also may be required by the Federal Reserve either to apply to become a bank holding company itself or to execute passivity commitments to evidence that it is, and will remain, a non-controlling investor.

We will be subject to significant government regulation if we acquire a banking organization.

Following the acquisition of a banking organization, we and our subsidiary bank would operate in a highly regulated environment and would be subject to supervision and regulation by a number of governmental agencies, including one or more of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, the FDIC, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and/or state banking supervisors. The statutes establishing these agencies and the regulations adopted by them, which are generally intended to provide protection for depositors and customers rather than for the benefit of stockholders, govern a comprehensive range of matters relating to:

the ownership and control of stockholders;
acquisition of other companies and businesses;
permissible investments and activities we may engage in;
maintenance of adequate capital levels;
sales practices;
anti-money laundering requirements;
insolvency regime for insured depository institutions and the powers of the FDIC as receiver of insolvent insured depository institutions;
restrictions on dividends and distributions and repurchases of stock by banking organizations;
restrictions on engaging in proprietary trading and investing in or sponsoring certain investment funds
deposit insurance provided by the FDIC;
supervision and examination;
limitations on transactions between banks and their affiliates;
requirements of depository institutions to meet the credit needs of their local communities; and
enforcement actions and civil and criminal penalties for violations of banking statutes and regulations.

Banking supervisors possess broad authority to prevent or remedy unsafe or unsound practices or violations of law and to require robust and detailed policies, procedures, and systems of risk management and legal compliance. Any failure of such policies, procedures, and systems (including actions by a banking organization prior to our acquisition of it), or any failure by us or our subsidiaries to maintain satisfactory examination ratings for any reason, could result in substantial penalties, requirements, and/or restrictions on our ability to conduct business. In addition, future legislation and government policy could adversely affect our results of operations.

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If we acquire a bank and become a bank holding company, we may be required by the Federal Reserve to provide capital to the subsidiary bank should it become undercapitalized or need financial support, whichlisted below could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our business, financial conditionsecurities and results of operations toour securities may trade at prices significantly below the detrimentprice you paid for them. In such circumstances, the trading price of our investors.securities may not recover and may experience a further decline.

 

As a matterFactors affecting the trading price of policy,our securities may include:

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us;
changes in the market’s expectations about our operating results;
the public’s reaction to our press releases, our other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;
speculation in the press or investment community;
success of competitors;
our operating results failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;
changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning us or the market in general;
operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to us;
our ability to market new and enhanced products on a timely basis;
changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;
commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us;

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changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;
the volume of securities available for public sale;
any major change in our Board or management;
sales of substantial amounts of securities by our directors, officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;
the realization of any of the risk factors presented in this Annual Report;
additions or departures of key personnel;
failure to comply with the requirements of Nasdaq;
failure to comply with SOX or other laws or regulations;
actual, potential or perceived control, accounting or reporting problems;
changes in accounting principles, policies and guidelines; and
general economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations and acts of war or terrorism.

Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the Federal Reserve expects a bank holding companymarket price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. The stock market in general and Nasdaq have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to act as a sourcethe operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to us could depress our stock price regardless of our business, prospects, financial conditions or results of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and managerial strengthour ability to a subsidiary bankobtain additional financing in the future.

In the past, securities class action litigation has often been initiated against companies following periods of volatility in their stock price. This type of litigation could result in substantial costs and to commitdivert our management’s attention and resources, to support such subsidiary bank. Dodd-Frank codified the Federal Reserve’s policy on serving as a source of financial strength. Under the “source of strength” doctrine, the Federal Reserve mayand could also require a bank holding companyus to make capital injections intosubstantial payments to satisfy judgments or to settle litigation.

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly and could fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors due to seasonality and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, resulting in a troubled subsidiary bank anddecline in our stock price.

Our quarterly operating results may charge the bank holding company with engaging in unsafe and unsound practices for failure to commit resources to a subsidiary bank. A capital injection may be required at times when the holding companyfluctuate significantly because of several factors, including: 

labor availability and costs for hourly and management personnel;
profitability of our products, especially in new markets and due to seasonal fluctuations;
changes in interest rates;
impairment of long-lived assets;
macroeconomic conditions, both nationally and locally;
negative publicity relating to products we serve;
changes in consumer preferences and competitive conditions;
expansion to new markets; and
fluctuations in commodity prices.

Our internal controls over financial reporting may not have the resourcesbe effective and our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to provide it and therefore may require the holding companycertify as to borrow the funds or raise capital. Any loans by a holding company to its subsidiary banks are subordinate in right of payment to deposits and to certain other indebtedness of such subsidiary bank. In the event of a bank holding company’s bankruptcy, the bankruptcy trustee will assume any commitment by the holding company to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank. Moreover, bankruptcy law provides that claims based on any such commitment will be entitled to a priority of payment over the claims of the institution’s general unsecured creditors, including the holders of its note obligations. Thus, if we become a bank holding company and need to borrow funds to make a required capital injection, such borrowing may be difficult to obtain and expensive andtheir effectiveness, which could have a materialsignificant and adverse effect on our business and reputation.

As a public company, we are required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Sections 302 and 404 of SOX, which require management to certify financial condition and resultsother information in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of operations.internal control over financial reporting. To comply with the requirements of being a public company, we may need to undertake various actions, such as implementing additional internal controls and procedures and hiring additional accounting or internal audit staff. The standards required for a public company under Section 404 of SOX are significantly more stringent than those required of Landsea Homes as a privately-held company. Further, as an emerging growth company, our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 until the date we are no longer an emerging growth company. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event that it is not satisfied with the level at which our internal controls are documented, designed or operating.

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Testing and maintaining these controls can divert our management’s attention from other matters that are important to the operation of our business. If we identify material weaknesses in the internal control over our financial reporting or are unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 or assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express a favorable opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting when we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our securities could be negatively affected, and we could become subject to investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

The JOBS Act permits “emerging growth companies” like us to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, which we refer to as the “JOBS Act.” As such, we take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, including (i) the exemption from the auditor attestation requirements with respect to internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of SOX, (ii) the exemptions from say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and say-on-golden parachute voting requirements and (iii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. As a result, our stockholders may not have access to certain information they deem important. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following June 22, 2023, the fifth anniversary of our IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Common Stock and public warrants that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our prior second fiscal quarter, and (ii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and the price of our common stock may be more volatile. Landsea Homes had total revenues during calendar year 2020 of approximately $734.6 million. If we continue to expand our business through acquisitions or continue to grow revenues organically, we may cease to be an emerging growth company prior to June 22, 2023.

 

In addition, under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, a holding company of a bank subsidiary that becomes undercapitalized is required to guarantee the capital restoration planSection 107 of the bank in order for such plan to be accepted by the bank’s primary federal regulator. The holding company’s aggregate liability under such guarantee is capped at the lesser of 5%JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the bank’s assetsexemption from complying with new or revised accounting standards provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act as long as we are an emerging growth company. An emerging growth company can therefore delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. 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 election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected to avail ourselves 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, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time it became undercapitalizedprivate companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our 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 amount necessary to bring the subsidiary into compliance with applicable capital standards. Thus, if the bank subsidiary defaults under the plan, the holding company may be required to contribute capital to the bank up to the limits of the guarantee.

If we were to acquire a business in segments of the financial services industry, such as banking, which are subject to minimum capitalization requirements, the structure and sizeextended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential business combination,differences in accounting standards used.

As a result of our reliance on these exemptions or reduced disclosures, investors may not have access to certain information they deem important or may find our securities less attractive. This may result in a less active trading market for our securities and the price of our securities, including our use of debt,Common Stock or public warrants may be impacted, the pool of potential target businesses may be limited and our ability to complete a business combination within the requisite time period may be adversely affected.

Banking organizations generally are subject to extensive capital requirements as are certain other segments of the financial services industry. Any debt used in the completion of a business combination may adversely affect the potential target businesses’ ability to satisfy capital requirements in certain regulated segments of the financial services industry. If we were to acquire a business in segments of the financial services industry which are subject to minimum capitalization requirements, such as the banking industry, the structure and size of the potential business combination, including our use of debt, may be impacted, the potential pool of target businesses may be limited and our ability to complete a business combination within the requisite time period may be adversely affected. Therefore, our ability to incur debt in connection with a business combination with a banking organization will be more limited than in connection with a business combination with a company in an unregulated industry.

If we were to acquire a banking organization, our ability to pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock will be subject to restrictions under applicable banking laws and regulations.

Our ability to pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock will depend, in part, on the ability of any subsidiary bank that we acquire to pay dividends to us. Dividend payments by banks are generally subject to limits based on net income and capital surplus, and payments in excess of these limits require regulatory approval. The ability of a bank to pay dividends or repurchase capital stock is also restricted by the requirement that it maintain adequate levels of regulatory capital. Bank holding companies are also limited in their ability to pay dividends and repurchase capital stock under regulations and guidance issued by the Federal Reserve. The federal bank regulatory agencies also have the authority to prohibit a bank or bank holding company from engaging in unsafe or unsound practices, and the payment of dividends or the repurchase of stock could be deemed an unsafe or unsound practice depending on the financial condition or supervisory status of the institution. State banking regulators often have similar powers. Thus, if we were to acquire a banking organization, our ability to pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock will be subject to significant limitations.

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Additional Risks Related to Our Business

Past performance by our management team, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in the Company.

Past performance by our management team, is not a guarantee either (i) of success with respect to any business combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to locate a suitable candidate for our initial business combination. You should not rely on the historical record of our management team’s performance as indicative of our future performance of an investment in the company or the returns the company will, or is likely to, generate going forward.

We may seek acquisition opportunities in industries or sectors which may or may not be outside of our management’s area of expertise.

We will consider a business combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a business combination candidate is presented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business combination candidate, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in our initial public offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a business combination candidate. In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation, and the information contained in this Annual Report regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following our business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.

Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of stockholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or we decide to obtain stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain stockholder approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

We may seek acquisition opportunities with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue or earnings, which could subject us to volatile revenues or earnings or difficulty in retaining key personnel.

To the extent we complete our initial business combination with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine. These risks include volatile revenues or earnings and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business.

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We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from an independent accounting firm,a “smaller reporting company” and, consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

Unless we complete our business combination with an affiliated entity or our board cannot independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or from an independent accounting firm that the price we are paying is fair to our company from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our stockholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.

We may issue additional common stock or preferred stock to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue shares of Class A common stock upon the conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained inreduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our stockholders and likely present other risks.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock par value $0.0001 per share, 15,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. We have 84,475,000 and 11,118,750  authorized but unissued shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, respectively, available for issuance, which amount does not take into account the shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of any outstanding warrants or the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Class B common stock. There are no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. Shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of our Class A common stock at the time of our initial business combination initially at a one-for-one ratio but subjectmay be less attractive to adjustment as set forth herein, including in certain circumstances in which we issue Class A common stock or equity-linked securities related to our initial business combination.investors.

 

We may issueare a substantial number“smaller reporting company” because we had public float of additional shares of common or preferred stockless than $250 million on the applicable measurement date. As a smaller reporting company, we are subject to completereduced disclosure obligations in our initial business combination (including pursuant to a specified future issuance) or under an employee incentive plan after completion ofperiodic reports and proxy statements. We cannot predict whether investors will find our initial business combination. We may also issue shares of Class A common stock upon conversion of the Class B common stock at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combinationless attractive as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained in our amendedtaking advantage of these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of our choices, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and restated certificate of incorporation. However, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, westock price may not issue additional shares of capital stock that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote on any initial business combination. The issuance of additional shares of common or preferred stock:be more volatile.

 

may significantly dilute the equity interest

The exercise of investors;

may subordinate the rights of holders of common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our common stock;
could cause a change of control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock 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; and
may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A common stock and/or warrants.

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Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.result in dilution to our stockholders.

 

We anticipate that the investigationissued warrants to purchase 15,525,000 shares of each specific target businessCommon Stock as part of our IPO and, the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidationIPO closing date, we issued Private Placement Warrants (i) to the Sponsor to purchase 7,760,000 shares of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.

Our ability to successfully effect our business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our key personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management or advisory positions following our business combination, it is likely that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.

These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC,Common Stock (of which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.

In addition, the officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The departure of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business. The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.

Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.

Our key personnel may be able to remain with the company after the completion of our business combination only if they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements2,260,000 Private Placement Warrants were forfeited in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneouslyBusiness Combination and 2,200,000 were transferred to the Seller in connection with the negotiationBusiness Combination) and (ii) to BlackRock Credit Alpha Master Fund L.P., to purchase 550,440 shares of Common Stock, in each case at $11.50 per share. The public warrants are exercisable for one-tenth of one share at an exercise price of $1.15 per one-tenth share ($11.50 per whole share) pursuant to the business combinationWarrant Amendment. The shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of our warrants will result in dilution to the then existing holders of Common Stock and could provideincrease the number of shares eligible for such individuals to receive compensationresale in the formpublic market. Sales of cash payments and/substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock or our securities for servicespublic warrants.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the public warrants except that, so long as they would renderare held by the Seller, Sponsor or permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by us, (ii) they (including the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not, subject to uscertain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of the business combination. The personalBusiness Combination, (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business. However, we believe the ability of such individuals(iv) are subject to remain with us after the completion of our business combination will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any potential business combination. There is no certainty, however, that any of our key personnel will remain with us after the completion of our business combination. We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with us. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with us will be made at the time of our initial business combination.

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We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may affect our initial business combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company, which could, in turn, negatively impact the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.registration rights.

 

When evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities of the target’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any stockholders who choose to remain stockholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such stockholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

Our officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.

Our officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation and our officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. In particular, certain of our officers and directors make investments in securities or other interests of or relating to companies in industries we may target for our initial business combination. Our independent directors also serve as officers or board members for other entities. If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs, please see Item 10 of this Annual Report entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”

Certain of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

Until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses. Our sponsor and officers and directors are, and may in the future become, affiliated with entities that are engaged in a similar business.

Our officers and directors also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the other entities to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties.

Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation to us. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.

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For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see Item 10 of this Annual Report —“Conflicts of Interest” and Item 13 “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.”

Our officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.

We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or officers, although we do not intend to do so. We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.

In particular, BankCap Partners (founded by Scott Reed, our President) and its affiliates also are focused on investments in the financial services industry. As a result, there may be substantial overlap between companies that would be a suitable business combination for us and companies that would make an attractive target for such other affiliates.

We may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, officers, directors or existing holders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.

In light of the involvement of our sponsor, officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors. Our directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described under Item 10 of this Annual Report — “Conflicts of Interest.” Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities. Our sponsor, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our business combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been no preliminary discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities. Although we will not be specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated entity met our criteria for a business combination as set forth in the section of this Annual Report entitled “Proposed Business — Selection of a Target Business and Structuring of our Initial Business Combination” and such transaction was approved by a majority of our disinterested directors. Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our officers, directors or existing holders, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public stockholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.

Since our sponsor, officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if our business combination is not completed, a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.

Our Sponsor owns 3,578,250 shares and our anchor investor owns 243,000 founder shares.

The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination. In addition, our sponsor and anchor investor have purchased an aggregate of 7,760,000 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one share of our Class A common stock at $11.50 per share, for a purchase price of approximately $7,760,000, or $1.00 per warrant, that will also be worthless if we do not complete a business combination. Holders of founder shares have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination and (B) not to redeem any founder shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination. In addition, we may obtain loans from our sponsor, affiliates of our sponsor or an officer or director. The personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination.

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We may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our stockholders’ investment in us.

Although we have no commitments as of the date of this Annual Report to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur outstanding debt, we may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our business combination. We have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the trust account. As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available for redemption from the trust account. Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including our ability to pay dividends on our common stock,

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 security is payable on demand;
our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;
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 common stock if declared, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund 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;
limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, and execution of our strategy; and
other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively impact our operations and profitability.

The net proceeds from our public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants were approximately $159,205,000 and will be available to complete our business combination and pay related fees and expenses (which includes up to approximately $5,433,750 for the payment of deferred underwriting commissions). We may effectuate our business combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a short period of time. However, we may not be able to effectuate our business combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. In addition, we intend to focus our search for an initial business combination in a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset, or
dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.

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This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our business combination.

We may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.

If we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination. With multiple business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations. We do not intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated.

We may attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

In pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company. Very little public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

Our management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination.

We may structure a business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own shares will own less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company complies with any applicable regulations and owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria. Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our stockholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares of Class A common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares of common stock, our stockholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority stockholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s stock than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain our control of the target business. We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.

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We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete a business combination with which a substantial majority of our stockholders do not agree.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (such that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). As a result, we may be able to complete our business combination even though a substantial majority of our public stockholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all shares of Class A common stock that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all shares of Class A common stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

The exercise price for the public warrants is higher than in many similar blank check company offerings in the past, and, accordingly, the warrants are more likely to expire worthless.

The exercise price of the public warrants is higher than is typical in many similar blank check companies in the past. Historically, the exercise price of a warrant was generally a fraction of the purchase price of the units in the initial public offering. The exercise price for our public warrants is $11.50 per share. As a result, the warrants are less likely tomay not ever be in the money, and more likely to expire worthless.

In order to effectuate our initial business combination, we may seek to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or other governing instruments, including our warrant agreement, in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination but that our stockholders or warrant holders may not support.

In order to effectuate a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including their warrant agreement. For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business combination, increased redemption thresholds, changed industry focus and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or other governing instruments or change our industry focus in order to effectuate our initial business combination.

The provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of 65% of our common stock, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our stockholders may not support.

Some other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to a company’s pre-business combination activity, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s stockholders. In those companies, amendment of these provisions requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s public stockholders. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of our initial public offering and the private placement of warrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public stockholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote thereon, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of 65% of our common stock entitled to vote thereon. In all other instances, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation may be amended by holders of a majority of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote thereon, subject to applicable provisions of the DGCL or applicable stock exchange rules. Our initial stockholders, who collectively beneficially own 20% of our common stock (assuming they do not purchase any additional common stock), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our stockholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

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Our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Class A common stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. These agreements are contained in a letter agreement that we have entered into with our sponsor, officers and directors. Our stockholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsor, officers or directors for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our stockholders would need to pursue a stockholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.

We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.

Although we believe that the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will be sufficient to allow us to complete our initial business combination, because we have not yet identified any prospective target business we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of our initial business combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to repurchase for cash a significant number of shares from stockholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial business combination or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial business combination, we may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or stockholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may only receive approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account, and our warrants will expire worthless.

Our initial stockholders may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.

Our initial stockholders own shares representing 20% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock (assuming they do not purchase any additional common stock). Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a stockholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amendedexpire worthless and restated certificate of incorporation and approval of major corporate transactions. If our initial stockholders purchase any additional shares of common stock in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their control. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our Class A common stock. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were elected by our initial stockholders, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being elected in each year. If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered” board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our initial stockholders, because of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome. Accordingly, our initial stockholders will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our business combination.

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We may amend the terms of the warrants may be amended in a manner that may be adverse to holders of publicour warrants with the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants. As a result, the exercise price of yourthe warrants could be increased, the warrants could be converted into cash or stock (at a ratio different than initially provided), the exercise period could be shortened and the number of shares of our Class A common stockCommon Stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without youra warrant holder’s approval.

 

The public warrants may not ever be in the money, and they may expire worthless. Our warrants were issued in registered form under athe warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as warrant agent, and us.us (the “Warrant Agreement”). The warrant agreementWarrant Agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50%65% of the then outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash or stock (at a ratio different than initially provided), shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of our Class A common stockCommon Stock purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.

 

We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you,a warrant holder, thereby making yourthe warrants worthless.

 

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We have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the last reported sales price of our Class A common stockCommon Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give propersend the notice of such redemption and provided certain other conditions are met.to the warrant holders. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force you (i) towarrant holders to: (1) exercise yourtheir warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so (ii) to(2) sell yourtheir warrants at the then-current market price when youthey might otherwise wish to hold your warrantstheir warrants; or (iii) to(3) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of yourthe warrants. None of the private placement warrantsPrivate Placement Warrants will be redeemable by us so long as they are held by the sponsorSeller, Sponsor or its permitted transferees.

 

Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Our Common Stock and public warrants are listed on Nasdaq. There is no guarantee that these securities will remain listed on Nasdaq. There can be no assurance that these securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the future. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and founder shares may have an adverse effect on the marketshare price levels. In general, we must maintain a minimum number of holders of our Class A common stock and make it more difficult to effectuate our business combination.securities.

 

We have issued warrantsIf Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to purchase 15,525,000 shares of Class A common stock as part of the units offered inlist our initial public offering and, simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering,securities on another national securities exchange, we issued in a private placement warrantsexpect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to purchase an aggregate of 7,760,000 shares of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. Our initial stockholders currently own 3,881,250 founder shares. The founder shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as set forth herein. In addition, if our sponsor makes any working capital loans, up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be converted into warrants, at the price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period.occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

To the extent we issue shares of Class A common stock to effectuate a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional shares of Class A common stock upon exercise of these warrants and conversion rights could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Any such issuance will increase the number of issued and outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and reduce the value of the shares of Class A common stock issued to complete the business combination. Therefore, our warrants and founder shares may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.

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reduced liquidity for our securities;
a determination that the Common Stock is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Common Stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

 

The private placementNational Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because the Common Stock and public warrants are identical to the warrants sold as part of the units in our initial public offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor, anchor investor or their permitted transferees, (i)listed on Nasdaq, they will be covered securities. However, if we are no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not be redeemable by us, (ii) they (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of these warrants) may not,covered securities, and we would be subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assignedregulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

If securities or sold byindustry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our sponsor until 30 days afterbusiness, or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our securities adversely, then the completion of our initial business combinationprice and (iii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis.

The pricetrading volume of our securities may vary significantly and an activecould decline.

The trading market for our securities will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market, or our competitors. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, develop,publish research on us. If no securities or if developed, itindustry analysts commence coverage of us, the price and trading volume of our securities would likely be negatively impacted. If any of the analysts that may not be sustained.

Thecover us change their recommendation regarding our securities adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our securities would likely decline. If any analyst that may vary significantly duecover us ceases covering us or fails to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

Becauseregularly publish reports on us, we must furnish our stockholders with target business financial statements, we maycould lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.

The federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial significance tests include target historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally acceptedvisibility in the U.S., or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (U.S.), or PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.

We are an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

We are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we 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 our 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. As a result, our stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstancesmarkets, which could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Class A common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, theprice or trading pricesvolume of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.

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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. We have 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, we, 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 our 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.

Compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial business combination, require substantial financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.decline.

 

Section 404Anti-takeover provisions contained in our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluateIncorporation and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2019. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. Further, forSecond Amended and Restated Bylaws, as longwell as we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target company with which we seek to complete our business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and Delaware law, may inhibitcould impair a takeover of us,attempt, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A common stock and could entrench management.stock.

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Our amendedSecond Amended and restated certificateRestated Certificate of incorporationIncorporation contains provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that stockholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred shares, which may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together, these provisions may make more difficult the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities. These provisions include:

a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent once the company is no longer controlled, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;
a vote of 25% required for stockholders to call a special meeting;
a “synthetic” anti-takeover provision in lieu of the statutory protections of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law;
a vote of 80% required to approve a merger as long as the majority stockholder owns at least 20% of our stock;
a vote of 70% required to approve certain amendments to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws;
a provision allowing the directors to fill any vacancies on the Board, including vacancies that result from an increase in the number of directors, subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances; and
the designation of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain disputes.

Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum for certain stockholder litigation matters, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or stockholders.

U.S.

Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, unless we select or consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have or declines to accept jurisdiction, another state court or a federal income tax reform could adversely affectcourt located within the State of Delaware) for any complaint asserting claims, including any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder in such capacity, any action as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery, or any other action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine as interpreted by Delaware state courts. In addition, our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the sole and exclusive forum for any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be the federal district courts of the United States, but the forum selection provision will not apply to claims brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in our stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provision in our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us and holdersor any of our units.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, originally known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, “which significantly reformed the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The new legislation, amongdirectors, officers, other things, changes the U.S. federal tax rates, imposes significant additional limitations on the deductibility of interest, allows the expensing of capital expenditures, and puts into effect the migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to a territorial system. We continue to examine the impact this tax reform legislationemployees or stockholders, which may have on us. The impact of this tax reform, or any future administrative guidance interpreting provisions thereof, on holders of our units is uncertain and could be adverse. This Annual Report does not discuss any such tax legislation or the manner in which it might affect the holders of our units. We urge prospective investors to consult with their legal and tax advisorsdiscourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. For example, under the Securities Act, federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any such legislationduty or liability created by the Securities Act, and investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the potential tax consequences of investingrules and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a forum selection provision as written in connection with claims arising under the Securities Act.

We do not intend to pay dividends on our units.common stock for the foreseeable future.

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If we effectWe currently intend to retain our initialfuture earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business combination withand, therefore, do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in any financing instruments, applicable legal requirements and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant. Accordingly, stockholders may need to sell their shares of our common stock to realize a company with operations or opportunities outside of the U.S., we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our operations.

If we effect our initial business combination with a company with operations or opportunities outside of the U.S., we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:

higher costsreturn on investment and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying with different commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets;
rules and regulations regarding currency redemption;
complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be affected;
tariffs and trade barriers;
regulations related to customs and import/export matters;
longer payment cycles and challenges in collecting accounts receivable;
tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the U.S.;
currency fluctuations and exchange controls;
rates of inflation;
cultural and language differences;
employment regulations;
crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars;
deterioration of political relations with the U.S.; and
government appropriations of assets.

We may not be able to adequately addresssell shares at or above the price paid for them.

General Risk Factors

Our historical financial results are not necessarily indicative of our future results as a public company.

Our historical financial information is not necessarily indicative of our future results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Our financial condition and future results of operations could be materially different from amounts reflected in our historical financial statements, so it may be difficult for investors to compare our future results as a public company to historical results or to evaluate our relative performance or trends in our business.

In particular, our historical consolidated financial information is not necessarily indicative of our future results of operations, financial condition or cash flows primarily because of the following factors:

Prior to the Business Combination, the Seller or one of its affiliates provided support for various corporate functions for Landsea Homes, such as information technology, shared services, medical insurance, procurement, logistics, marketing, human resources, legal, finance and internal audit;
Our historical consolidated financial results reflect the direct, indirect and allocated costs for such services historically provided by the Seller prior to the Business Combination, and these costs may significantly differ from the comparable expenses we would have incurred as an independent company;
Prior to the Business Combination, Landsea Homes’ working capital requirements and capital expenditures historically were satisfied as part of the Seller’s corporate-wide cash management and centralized funding programs, and our cost of debt and other capital may significantly differ from that which is reflected in our historical combined financial statements for the periods prior to the Business Combination; and
The historical combined financial information for the periods prior to the Business Combination may not fully reflect the costs associated with the Business Combination, including the costs related to being an independent public company.

Similarly, unaudited pro forma financial information previously provided was provided for illustrative purposes only and was prepared based on a number of assumptions including, but not limited to, LF Capital being treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes in the Business Combination and the total debt obligations and the cash and cash equivalents of Landsea Homes on an assumed date for the Business Combination closing.

Our ability to be successful will depend upon the efforts of our key personnel, including the key personnel of Landsea and the Seller whom we expect to stay with us. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our business and our financial condition could suffer as a result.

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of certain key management personnel. It is possible that we will lose some key management personnel in the future, some of whom would be difficult to replace. The loss of key management personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our business. Our ability to retain key management personnel or to attract suitable replacements should any member(s) of our management team leave is dependent on the culture our leadership team fosters and on the competitive nature of the employment market. The loss of services from key management personnel or a limitation in their availability could materially and adversely impact our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations. Further, such a loss could be negatively perceived in the capital markets. We have not obtained key management life insurance that would provide us with proceeds in the event of death or disability of any of our key management personnel.

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Experienced employees in the homebuilding, developed lot acquisition and construction industries are fundamental to our ability to generate, obtain and manage opportunities. In particular, relevant licenses and qualifications, local knowledge and relationships are critical to our ability to source attractive lot acquisition opportunities. Experienced employees working in the homebuilding and construction industries are highly sought after. Failure to attract and retain such personnel or to ensure that their experience and knowledge is not lost when they leave the business through retirement, redundancy or otherwise may adversely affect the standards of our service and may have an adverse impact on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Negative publicity could adversely affect our reputation as well as our business and financial results.

Unfavorable media coverage related to our industry, company, brands, marketing, personnel, operations, business performance, or prospects may affect our stock price and the performance of our business, regardless of such media’s accuracy or inaccuracy. The speed at which negative publicity can be disseminated has increased dramatically with the capabilities of electronic communication, including social media outlets, websites, blogs or newsletters. Our success in maintaining, extending and expanding our brand image depends on our ability to adapt to this rapidly changing media environment. Adverse publicity or negative commentary from any media outlet could damage our reputation and reduce the demand for our homes, which could adversely affect our business.

An information systems interruption or breach in security of our systems could adversely affect us.

We rely on information technology and other computer resources to perform important operational and marketing activities as well as to maintain our business and employee records and financial data. Our computer systems are subject to damage or interruption from power outages, computer attacks by hackers, viruses, catastrophes, hardware and software failures and breach of data security protocols by our personnel or third-party service providers. Computer intrusion efforts are becoming increasingly sophisticated and the controls that we have installed might be breached. Further, many of these additional risks.computer resources are provided to us or are maintained on our behalf by third-party service providers pursuant to agreements that specify certain security and service level standards, but which are ultimately outside of our control. If we were to experience a significant period of disruption in information technology systems that involve interactions with customers or suppliers, it could result in the loss of sales and customers and significant incremental costs, which could adversely affect our business. Additionally, security breaches of information technology systems could result in the misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure of proprietary, personal and confidential information, including information related to employees, counter-parties, and customers, which could result in significant financial or reputational damage and liability under data privacy laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act.

We have experienced cyber security incidents in the past. There can be no assurance that future cyber security incidents will not have a material impact on our business or operations.

Inflation and interest rate changes could adversely affect our business and financial results.

Inflation could adversely affect us by increasing the costs of land, raw materials and labor needed to operate our business, which in turn requires us to increase home selling prices in an effort to maintain satisfactory housing gross margins. Inflation typically also accompanies higher interest rates, which could adversely impact potential customers’ ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, thereby further decreasing demand. If we are unable to do so,raise the prices of our homes to offset the increasing costs of our operations, might suffer, whichour margins could decrease. Furthermore, if we need to lower the prices of our homes to meet demand, the value of our land inventory may decrease. Depressed land values may cause us to abandon and forfeit deposits on land option contracts and other similar contracts if we cannot satisfactorily renegotiate the purchase price of the subject land. We may record charges against our earnings for inventory impairments if the value of our owned inventory, including land we decide to sell, is reduced, or for land option contract abandonments if we choose not to exercise land option contracts or other similar contracts, and these charges may be substantial. Inflation may also raise our costs of capital and decrease our purchasing power, making it more difficult to maintain sufficient funds to operate our business.

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Unanticipated changes in effective tax rates or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We will be subject to income taxes in the United States, and our domestic tax liabilities will be subject to the allocation of expenses in differing jurisdictions. Our future effective tax rates could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by a number of factors, including: 

changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;
expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowances;
tax effects of stock-based compensation;
costs related to intercompany restructurings;
changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations thereof; or
lower than anticipated future earnings in jurisdictions where we have lower statutory tax rates and higher than anticipated future earnings in jurisdictions where we have higher statutory tax rates.

In addition, we may be subject to audits of our income, sales and other transaction taxes by U.S. federal and state authorities. Outcomes from these audits could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in laws, regulations or rules, or a failure to comply with any laws, regulations or rules, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

We are subject to laws, regulations and rules enacted by national, regional and local governments and Nasdaq. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC, Nasdaq and other legal or regulatory requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws, regulations and rules may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws, regulations or rules and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations or rules, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Changes in accounting rules, assumptions or judgments could materially and adversely affect us.

Accounting rules and interpretations for certain aspects of our financial reporting are highly complex and involve significant assumptions and judgment. These complexities could lead to a delay in the preparation and dissemination of our financial statements. Furthermore, changes in accounting rules and interpretations or in our accounting assumptions or judgments, such as asset impairments and contingencies are likely to significantly impact our financial statements. In some cases, we could be required to apply a new or revised standard retroactively, resulting in restating financial statements from prior period(s). Any of these circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operationsoperations.

Acts of war or terrorism may seriously harm our business.

Acts of war or terrorism or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities throughout the world may have a substantial impact on the economy, consumer confidence, the housing market, our employees and our customers. Historically, perceived threats to national security and other actual or potential conflicts or wars and related geopolitical risks have also created significant economic and political uncertainties. If any such events were to occur, or there was a perception that they were about to occur, they could have a material adverse impact on our business, liquidity, financial condition.condition and results of operations.

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties

 

We do not own any real estate or other physical properties materially important tolease our operation.corporate headquarters located in Newport Beach, California. The lease on this facility consists of approximately 16,209 square feet. Our executive offices are located at the officesand facilities consist of our Sponsor which are located at 600 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. 10022. Our executive offices are provided to us by our sponsor. Beginning June 22, 2018, we agreed to pay our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor aapproximately 53,917 square feet in total of up to $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.as follows: 

 Property LocationInterestSegment Utilizing Location
Irvine, CALeasedCalifornia
Newport Beach, CALeasedAll (Corporate Headquarters)
San Ramon, CALeasedCalifornia
Phoenix, AZLeasedArizona
Scottsdale, AZLeasedArizona

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

ToWe are subject to various legal and regulatory actions that arise from time to time and may be subject to similar or other claims in the knowledgefuture. In addition, we are currently involved in various other legal actions and proceedings. We are currently unable to estimate the likelihood of an unfavorable result or the amount of any eventual settlement or verdict that would not otherwise be covered by insurance, and therefore are unable to estimate whether any liability arising as a result of such litigation will have a material adverse effect on our management, there is no litigation currently pendingresults of operations, financial position or contemplated against us, any of our officers or directors in their capacity as such or against any of our property.liquidity.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.None.

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related ShareholderStockholder Matters and Issuer PurchasesPurchasers of Equity Securities

(a)Market Information

 

Our units, Class A common stockCommon Stock and warrants are eachcurrently traded on the NASDAQThe Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbols “LFACU,” “LFAC”“LSEA” and “LFACW,“LSEAW,” respectively. Our units commenced public trading onFrom June 20, 2018. Our Class A ordinary shares and warrants began separate trading on June 29, 2018.

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The following table sets forth, for22, 2018 until the calendar quarter indicated,consummation of the high and low sales prices per Unit as reported on the NASDAQ for the period from June 20, 2018 (the first day on which Units began trading) through December 31, 2019, and for our Class A Common Stock and Warrants for the period from June 29, 2018 (the first day on which our Class A Common Stock and Warrants were traded separately) through December 31, 2019.

  Units
(LFACU)
  Class A
Common Stock
(LFAC)
  Warrants
(LFACW)
 
  High  Low  High  Low  High  Low 
Year ended December 31, 2019                        
Quarter ended March 31, 2019 $10.40  $10.10  $10.05  $9.77  $0.48  $0.33 
Quarter ended June 30, 2019 $10.48  $10.30  $10.18  $10.05  $0.37  $0.31 
Quarter ended September 30, 2019 $10.59  $10.36  $10.27  $10.14  $0.35  $0.29 
Quarter ended December 31, 2019 $11.08  $10.45  $10.36  $10.24  $0.45  $0.30 
Year ended December 31, 2018                        
Quarter ended June 30, 2018[1][2] $10.09  $9.98  $9.65  $9.60  $0.52  $0.47 
Quarter ended September 30, 2018 $10.18  $10.05  $9.63  $9.56  $0.62  $0.50 
Quarter ended December 31, 2018 $10.18  $10.01  $9.78  $9.56  $0.60  $0.39 

[1]Beginning on June 20, 2018 with respect to LFACU
[2]Beginning on June 29, 2018 with respect to LFAC and LFACW

(b)Holders

On February 21, 2020, there was 1 holder of record of our units, 1 holder of record ofBusiness Combination, our Class A common stock, 7units, and warrants traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbols “LFAC,” “LFACU,” and “LFACW,” respectively.

As of March 8, 2021, there were 29 holders of record of our Class B common stockCommon Stock and 5 holders of record of our warrants.

 

(c)Dividends

We haveThe Company has not paid any cash dividends on our common stockits Common Stock to date and dodoes not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination.dividends. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon ourthe Company’s revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination.condition. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directorsthe Board at such time. In addition, our board of directorsthe Board is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, ifIf we incur any indebtedness, in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

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(d)Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans.

None.

(e)Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings

None

(f)Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

 

Not applicable.We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and are not required to provide the information under this item.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion Andand Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

ReferencesExcept where the context requires otherwise, references to “we”, “us”,“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company” in this section are to LF Capital Acquisition Corp., except where the context requires otherwise. (now known as Landsea Homes Corporation). The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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.Report.

 

Overview

 

We areAs of December 31, 2020, we were a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and 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 (“Business Combination”). Although we are not limitedbusinesses. We reviewed a number of opportunities to enter into a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, we intend to capitalize on the ability of its management team to focus its search for a target business in the commercial banking and financial technology industries. Our Sponsor is Level Field Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,combination with an affiliate of certain of our officers and directors.operating business.

 

On June 22, 2018, we consummated the Initialan initial public offering (the “Initial Public OfferingOffering”) of 15,525,000 Units,units (consisting of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, and one warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock, collectively, a “Unit”), including 2,025,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $155.25 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $9.3 million, inclusive of $5.4338 million in deferred underwriting commissions.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the Private Placementprivate placement (the “Private Placement”) of 7,760,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor and certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. (collectively, “anchor investor”), generating gross proceeds of $7.76 million.

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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, $158.355 million ($10.20 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and was invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combinationbusiness combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account.

 

Our management hashad broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds arewere intended to be applied generally toward consummating a business combination.

On June 16, 2020, we held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “Extension”) the date by which we had to complete an initial business combination from June 22, 2020 to September 22, 2020. The Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the Extension, the holders of 2,089,939 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.46 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $21.9 million.

On August 31, 2020, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), with LFCA Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and our direct, wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Landsea”), and Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), which provided for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). This transaction constituted a business combination.

On September 17, 2020, we held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “September Extension”) the date by which we had to complete an initial business combination from September 22, 2020 to December 22, 2020. The September Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the September Extension, in September 2020 the holders of 1,215,698 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.57 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $12.8 million.

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We had previously deposited into the Trust Account (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”) $0.03 per month (or an aggregate of $0.09) for each public share that was not converted in connection with the Extension of our termination date from June 22, 2020 through September 22, 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we made a Deposit of approximately $1.2 million to the Trust Account. On September 17, 2020, the special meeting held for the September Extension also eliminated the Deposits after September 22, 2020.

On December 21, 2020, we held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “December Extension”) the date by which we had to complete an initial business combination from December 22, 2020 to January 22, 2021 (the “Combination Period”). The December Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the December Extension, in December 2020 the holders of 1,826,891 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.56 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $19.3 million.

On January 7, 2021, the Company consummated the Business Combination.

 

If we are unable to complete a Business Combination on or prior to June 22, 2020, or the Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public shares which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as shareholders (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 remaining shareholders and our board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of our company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law.

Results of Operations

 

Our entire activity sincefrom inception up to June 20, 2018 was in preparation for our Initial Public Offering. From the Initial Public Offering and since the offering,to January 7, 2021, our activity has beenwas limited to the search for, a prospective initial Business Combination, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of, our initial Business Combination. Going forward,a business combination.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, we expect to incur increasedhad a net loss of approximately $2.1 million, which consisted of approximately $2.5 million in general and administrative expenses, as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accountingapproximately $200,000 in franchise tax expense, and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.approximately $120,000 in income tax expense which was partially offset by approximately $694,000 in interest earned on investments and marketable securities held in the Trust Account.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we had net income of approximately $1.8 million, which consisted of approximately $3.5 million in interest earned on investments and marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by approximately $826,000 in general and administrative expenses, $200,000 in franchise tax expense, and approximately $676,000 in income tax expense.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2018, we had net income of approximately $593,000, which consisted of approximately $1.7 million in interest earned on investments and marketable securities held in the Trust Account, offset by approximately $586,000 in general and administrative expenses, $199,000 in franchise tax expense, and approximately $311,000 in income tax expense.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of December 31, 2019,2020, we had approximately $161,000$69,000 in our operating bank accounts, and working capital deficit of approximately $477,000.$4.4 million (including tax obligations of approximately $40,000).

 

To date,Through December 31, 2020, our liquidity needs have beenwere satisfied through receipt of a $25,000 capital contribution from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the founder sharesFounder Shares to the Sponsor, loans from the Sponsor, and the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in Trust Account, and interest earned and released from the Trust Account of approximately $1.5$1.7 million since inception to pay for our tax obligations. We fully repaid the loan from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering not being placed in the Trust Account on June 22, 2018.

 

On March 4, 2019, we issued a convertible note (“Convertible(the “Convertible Note”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to provide a Workingworking capital loan (the “Working Capital LoanLoan”) to us of up to $1.5 million. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination,business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000$1.5 million of such Working Capital LoansLoan may be convertible into warrants of the

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post Business Combinationbusiness combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. We were provided $400,000, $350,000$750,000 and $130,000$750,000 in loan proceeds on March 4,during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, August 19, 2019 and January 10, 2020, respectively, for an aggregate amount of $880,000,$1.5 million, pursuant to the amended Convertible Note. In connection with the Merger, the Convertible Note was repaid on January 7, 2021.

 

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On July 16, 2020, we issued a $3.0 million promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to provide a working capital loan to us of up to $3.0 million. The Promissory Note will be repaid on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving us and one or more businesses, without interest. On January 6, 2021, the Company amended the maturity date of the Promissory Note to be repaid on the later of: (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the closing date of the Business Combination. On July 16, 2020, we were provided an advance of $1.0 million in loan proceeds pursuant to the Promissory Note which increased the principal balance of the Promissory Note to $1.0 million. In connection with the Merger, the Promissory Note was repaid on January 7, 2021.

 

BasedWe had sufficient cash on hand to fund operations through the foregoing,date of the Merger on January 7, 2021. Subsequent to the Merger, management believes that we will have sufficient workingbe able to fund current and foreseeable liquidity needs with cash on hand, cash generated from operations, and cash expected to be available from credit facilities or through accessing debt or equity 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.as needed.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

In August 2017, we issued an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stockthe Founder Shares to the Sponsor in exchange for an aggregate capital contribution of $25,000. In February 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 431,250 founder shares,Founder Shares, resulting in a decrease in the total number of founder sharesFounder Shares from 4,312,500 to 3,881,250. All share amounts presented in the financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect these share forfeitures. In June 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 267,300 founder sharesFounder Shares and the anchor investor purchased 267,300 founder sharesFounder Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,980. Of the 3,881,250 founder shares,Founder Shares, the Sponsor had agreed to forfeit an aggregate of up to 506,250 founder sharesFounder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters. As of June 22, 2018, the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full, hence, these 506,250 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.

 

The founder shares willFounder Shares automatically convertconverted into Class A common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combinationbusiness combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. The initial stockholdersSponsor and certain other holders of converted Founder Shares agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder sharesconverted Founder Shares until the earliest of (a)(A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination (b)or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stockour Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted)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 (C) following(y) the completion of the initial Business Combination, such future date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our public stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.property, except (a) to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members of the Sponsor, or any affiliates of the Sponsor, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales; (f) in the event of our liquidation; (g) by virtue of the laws of Delaware or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (h) in the event of our liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

 

If the anchor investor does not own the number of Public Units equal to 1,336,500 at the time of any stockholder vote with respect to an initial Business Combination or the business day immediately prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the anchor investor will forfeit up to 267,300 founder shares on a pro rata basis. In such case, the Sponsor will repurchase all or a portion of the Private Placement Warrants held by the anchor investor at its original purchase price.

Office Space and Related Support Services

 

We agreed, commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering in June 2018 through the earlier of our consummation of a Business Combinationbusiness combination and our liquidation, to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 or an affiliate of our sponsor for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We incurred $120,000$110,000 and $60,000$120,000 in fees related to this service during the years ended December 31, 20192020 and 20182019 in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

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Board Member Agreement

 

In September 2017, we entered into an agreement with B. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Mr. Baudouin Prot, one of our board members, pursuant to which the board member will be paid a cash fee of $150,000 per annum in exchange for his service. The agreement was effective as of October 1, 2017 and lasted until December 2019. We incurred approximately $150,000 in fees related to this service during the yearsyear ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 in the accompanying Statements of Operations. On February 20, 2020, we have agreed to amend itsour arrangement with Mr. Prot, pursuant to which no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, if we complete our acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, we shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to us since January 1, 2020. On August 3, 2020, we agreed to amend our arrangement with Mr. Prot pursuant to which he will be paid an aggregate of $75,000 for January through June 2020 so long as Mr. Prot continues to provide services to our company to substantially the same extent as he previously provided such services and we successfully complete our acquisition of a target company prior to December 31, 2020. If we do not complete our acquisition of a target company prior to June 18,December 31, 2020, then no further fees will be payabledue to Mr. Prot followingProt. The Company accrued $75,000 in fees related to this service for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020, in the accompanying Statements of Operations and paid this out at the time of closing of the Business Combination. 

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Promissory NoteNotes - Related Party

 

TheOur Sponsor had agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. In April 2018, theour Sponsor amended the note to increase the principal amount to $500,000. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the earlier of December 31, 20182019 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. We fully repaid the loan from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering not being placed in the Trust Account on June 22, 2018.

 On July 16, 2020, we issued the Promissory Note to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to provide a working capital loan to us of up to $3 million. The Promissory Note will be repaid on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving us and one or more businesses, without interest. On January 6, 2021, the Company amended the maturity date of the Promissory Note to be repaid on the later of: (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the closing date of the Business Combination. On July 16, 2020, we were provided an advance of $1.0 million in loan proceeds pursuant to the Promissory Note which increased the principal balance of the Promissory Note to $1.0 million. The Sponsor agreed to forgive all amounts due under the Promissory Note for no consideration upon the consummation of the Business Combination. See the “Business Combination” described in Note 1 of the Notes To Financial Statements for additional discussion.

Related Party Loans

 

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination,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 Working Capital Loans. If we complete a Business Combination,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 Combinationbusiness combination does not close, we 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. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination,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 Combinationbusiness combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

 

There were no Working Capital Loans outstanding as of December 31, 2018. On March 4, 2019, we issued a convertible note (“the Convertible Note”)Note to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan to us of up to $1.5 million. On June 16, 2020, we amended the Convertible Note, pursuant to which the maturity date of the note was extended to the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving us and one or more businesses. We were provided $400,000 and $350,000$750,000 in loan proceeds on March 4,during the year ended 2020 and 2019, and August 19, 2019,respectively, for an aggregate amount of $750,000,$1.5 million outstanding balance pursuant to the amended Convertible Note. However, the Sponsor agreed to receive as full repayment of the Convertible Note, a cash payment upon the consummation of the Business Combination, which occurred on January 7, 2021. See “Business Combination” described in Note 1 of the Notes To Financial Statements for additional discussion.

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Critical Accounting Policies and 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. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:

Net Income (Loss) per Share

 

We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. We have not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 23,285,000 shares of Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share is the same as basic earnings per share for the period. Our condensed 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 share, basic and diluted for Class A common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable taxes, by the weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding since the initial issuance. Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted for Class B common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), less income attributable to Class A common stock, by the weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding for the period.

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) 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, shares of Class A common stock are 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, at December 31, 2019, and 2018, 14,461,820 and 14,500,444 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheets, respectively.sheets. As of December 31, 2020, there were no further redemptions permitted and the shares that were subject to redemption have been reclassified back into Class A common stock. 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

 

As of December 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, 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.

 

JOBS Act

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The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be 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, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

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 7A. Quantitative Andand Qualitative Disclosures Aboutabout Market Risk

 

As of December 31, 20192020 and 2018,2019, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our Initial Public Offering, the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering, including amounts in the Trust Account, were invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we do not believe that there will be an associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

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Item 8. Financial Statements Andand Supplementary Data

 

This information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-2
Financial Statements:��
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019F-3
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019F-6
Notes to Financial StatementsF-7

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Item 9. Changes In And Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting And Financial Disclosure

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Landsea Homes Corporation

 

None.Opinion on the Financial Statements

Item 9A. Controls And Procedures

EvaluationWe have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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 proceduresLandsea Homes Corporation (Formerly LF Capital Acquisition Corp.) (the "Company") as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the endrelated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows and the fiscal yearrelated notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements) for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, as such term is definedand the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) underconformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.United States of America.

 

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Merger Agreement

As discussed in Note 10 to the financial statements, on January 7, 2021 the Company completed the business combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement described in Note 1.

 

Disclosure controlsBasis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by usindependent with respect to the Company in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized,accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’sapplicable rules and forms,regulations of the Securities and that such information is accumulatedExchange Commission 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.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reportingthe PCAOB.

 

Our managementWe conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequatenot required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Under the supervision and with the participationAs part of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer,audits we conductedare required to obtain an evaluationunderstanding of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting asbut not for the purpose of December 31, 2019, basedexpressing an opinion on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizationseffectiveness of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that ourCompany’s internal control over financial reportingreporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ RSM US LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2017.

New York, New York

March 12, 2021

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LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

BALANCE SHEETS

         
  December 31, 
  2020  2019 
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $68,986  $161,405 
Prepaid expenses  1,598   304,077 
Total current assets  70,584   465,482 
Marketable securities held in Trust Account  109,742,246   162,019,909 
Total assets $109,812,830  $162,485,391 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current liabilities:        
Accounts payable $1,961,576  $121,516 
Accrued expenses  0   30,610 
Convertible note payable - related parties  1,500,000   750,000 
Promissory note – related party  1,000,000   0 
Franchise tax payable  40,051   40,000 
Total current liabilities  4,501,627   942,126 
Deferred tax liabilities  0   128,105 
Deferred underwriting commissions  5,433,750   5,433,750 
Total liabilities  9,935,377   6,503,981 
         
Commitments        
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 0 and 14,461,820 shares subject to possible redemption at $0 and $10.44 per share at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively  0   150,981,401 
         
Stockholders’ Equity:        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; NaN issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively  0   0 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 10,392,472 and 1,063,180 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 0 and 14,461,820 shares subject to possible redemption) at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively  1,039   106 
Convertible Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 3,881,250 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively  388   388 
Additional paid-in capital  99,730,418   2,757,412 
Retained earnings  145,608   2,242,103 
Total stockholders’ equity  99,877,453   5,000,009 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $109,812,830  $162,485,391 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

         
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2020  2019 
General and administrative expenses $2,470,314  $826,307 
Franchise tax expense  200,051   200,000 
Loss from operations  (2,670,365)  (1,026,307)
Interest earned on investments and marketable securities  694,319   3,473,997 
(Loss) income before income tax expense  (1,976,046  2,447,690 
Income tax expense  120,449   675,854 
Net (loss) income $(2,096,495 $1,771,836 
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock  14,006,380   15,525,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A $0.03  $0.17 
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock  3,881,250   3,881,250 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B $(0.64) $(0.21)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                             
  Common Stock  Additional  Retained Earnings  Total 
  Class A  Class B  Paid-in  (Accumulated  Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit)  Equity (Deficit) 
Balance December 31, 2018  1,024,556  $102   3,881,250  $388  $4,529,248  $470,267  $5,000,005 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  38,624   4   -   -   (1,771,836)  -   (1,771,832)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   1,771,836   1,771,836 
Balance December 31, 2019  1,063,180  $106   3,881,250  $388  $2,757,412  $2,242,103  $5,000,009 
Common stock no longer subject to redemption (1)  9,329,292   933   -   -   96,973,006   -   96,973,939 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (2,096,495  (2,096,495
Balance December 31, 2020  10,392,472  $1,039   3,881,250  $388  $99,730,418  $145,608  $99,877,453 

(1)Amount net of redemption of 2,089,939, 1,215,698 and 1,826,891 of Class A common stock on June 16, 2020, September 21, 2020 and December 21, 2020, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

         
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2020  2019 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:        
Net (loss) income $(2,096,495 $1,771,836 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Deferred tax liabilities  (128,105  128,105 
Interest earned on investments and marketable securities held in Trust Account  (694,311)  (3,473,528)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses  302,479   (260,863)
Accounts payable  1,840,060   13,224 
Accrued expenses  (30,610  24,110)
Franchise tax payable  51   (160,000 
Net cash used in operating activities  (806,931)  (1,957,116)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities        
Cash deposited in Trust Account  (1,469,038  0 
Withdrawal from Trust upon redemption of Class A common stock  54,007,462   0 
Interest released from Trust Account  433,550   1,171,717 
Net cash provided by investing activities  52,971,974   1,171,717 
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from note payable to related parties  750,000   750,000 
Proceeds from promissory note – related party  1,000,000   0 
Redemption of Class A common stock  (54,007,462  0 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (52,257,462  750,000 
         
Net decrease in cash  (92,419)  (35,399 
         
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of the period  161,405   196,804 
Cash and cash equivalents - end of the period $68,986  $161,405 
         
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:        
Change in Class A common stock subject to possible redemption $(96,973,939 $1,771,832 
         
Supplemental cash flow disclosure:        
Cash paid for income taxes $233,500  $811,467 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LANDSEA HOMES CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Description of Organization and Business Operations

LF Capital Acquisition Corp. (now known as Landsea Homes Corp.) (the “Company”) was a blank check company incorporated in the state of Delaware on June 29, 2017. The Company was 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 that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”). The Company was not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination.

On August 31, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, LFCA Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Landsea”), and Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), which provides for, among other things the merger of Merger Sub with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). On January 7, 2021, the Company completed the business combination. See the Business Combination described below.

All activity through December 31, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, a search for a Business Combination candidate. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on June 19, 2018. On June 22, 2018, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 15,525,000 units (each, a “Unit” and collectively, the “Units”), including 2,025,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $155.25 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $9.3 million, inclusive of $5.4338 million in deferred underwriting commissions (Note 3).

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 7,760,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, Level Field Capital, LLC (“Sponsor”) and certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. (collectively, “anchor investor”), generating gross proceeds of $7.76 million (Note 4).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, $158.355 million ($10.20 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and is required to be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of 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.

The Company’s management had broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds were intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination was required to be with one or more target businesses that together had an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company would only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding 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 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.

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Shareholders of Public shares (“Public Shareholders”) had 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 shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. (The decision as to whether the Company would seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer was to be made by the Company, solely in its discretion.) If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction was required by law or stock exchange listing requirement, or the Company decided to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it will: (i) conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and (ii) file proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The public shareholders were entitled to redeem their Public shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially approximately $10.20 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations, less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses). 

The per-share amount to be distributed to public shareholders who redeemed their Public shares were not reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company payable to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6). These Public shares have been recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by the law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company were 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 shareholder may elect to redeem their Public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial stockholders have agreed to vote their founder shares (and any Public shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), were restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% or more of the Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.

On June 16, 2020, the Company held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “Extension”) the date by which the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination from June 22, 2020 to September 22, 2020. The Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the Extension, in June 2020 the holders of 2,089,939 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.46 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $21.9 million.

On September 17, 2020, the Company held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “September Extension”) the date by which the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination from September 22, 2020 to December 22, 2020. The September Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the September Extension, in September 2020 the holders of 1,215,698 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.57 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $12.8 million.

On December 21, 2020, the Company held a special meeting of shareholders to extend (the “December Extension”) the date by which the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination from December 22, 2020 to January 22, 2021 (the “Combination Period”). The December Extension was approved, and in connection with the vote to approve the December Extension, in December 2020 the holders of 1,826,891 shares of Class A common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.56 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $19.3 million.

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The Company previously deposited into the Trust Account (each deposit being referred to herein as a “Deposit”) $0.03 per month (or an aggregate of $0.09) for each public share that was not converted in connection with the Extension of the Company’s termination date from June 22, 2020 through September 22, 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company made a Deposit of approximately $1.2 million to the Trust Account. Alternatively, if the Company did not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit referred to above, the Company’s officers, directors or any of their affiliates or designees contributed to the Company as a loan (each loan being referred to herein as a “Contribution”) $0.03 for each public share that is not converted in connection with the shareholder votes to approve the Extension, for each monthly period, or portion thereof, that was needed by the Company to complete an initial Business Combination from June 22, 2020 until the date of the consummation of its Business Combination. The Contributions did not bear any interest and were repayable by the Company to the officers, directors or affiliates upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. The loans were to be forgiven if the Company was unable to consummate an initial Business Combination except to the extent of any funds held outside of the Trust Account. On September 17, 2020, the Company held a special meeting for the September Extension which eliminated further Deposits after September 22, 2020.

If the Company was unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company would have been required to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares which redemption would completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as shareholders (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 remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law.

In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder would have received a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay for its franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).

The initial stockholders agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial stockholders acquired Public shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they were entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public shares if the Company failed to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company did not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts would have been included with the funds held in the Trust Account that were available to fund the redemption of the Company’s Public shares. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company, jointly and severally, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account. This liability did not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or 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 was deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor would not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.

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The Company sought 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 (other than the Company’s independent auditors), 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. 

Business Combination

On August 31, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, LFCA Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Landsea”), and Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”), which provides for, among other things the merger of Merger Sub with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). The transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, will constitute a “Business Combination” as contemplated by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. On January 7, 2021, the Company consummated the Business Combination.

Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Seller received approximately $344 million of stock consideration, consisting of 32,557,303 newly issued shares of the Company’s publicly-traded Class A common stock, which shares will be valued at $10.56 per share for purposes of determining the aggregate number of shares payable to the Seller (the “Stock Consideration”). The number of shares of Class A common stock issued to the Seller as Stock Consideration is not subject to adjustment. The Seller has registration rights under the Merger Agreement in respect of the Stock Consideration.

Each of the Company, Merger Sub and Landsea are making customary representations and warranties for a transaction of this type. The representations and warranties made by parties to the Merger Agreement do not survive after the closing of the Merger. The parties to the Merger Agreement also have agreed to certain customary covenants in connection with the Merger, including, among others, covenants with respect to the conduct of the Company, Merger Sub and Landsea and its subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Merger. The Company has agreed to seek approval of the holders of at least 65% of the Company’s public warrants to effect an amendment to the warrant agreement related to the public warrants such that, as of the closing of the Merger, (i) each issued and outstanding public warrant, which currently entitles each holder thereof to purchase one share of Parent Class A Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, will become exercisable for one-tenth of one share at an exercise price of $1.15 per one-tenth share ($11.50 per whole share) and (ii) each holder of public warrants issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Merger will be entitled to receive from the Company a one-time payment of $1.85 per public warrant, contingent upon the consummation of the closing.

The Merger is subject to customary conditions for a transaction of this type, including, among others: (i) approval of the Company’s stockholders; (ii) approval of Landsea’s sole stockholder; (iii) there being no laws or injunctions by governmental authorities or other legal restraint prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement; (iv) the waiting period applicable to the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, having expired (or early termination having been granted); (v) the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to be issued in connection with the closing of the Merger shall have been approved for listing upon the closing on Nasdaq; (vi) the Company having at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets; (vii) the amount in the Company’s trust account equally or exceeding $90,000,000, after deducting certain transaction expenses and other costs; and (viii) receipt of the required regulatory approvals by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by certain Landsea affiliates.

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Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Sponsor, the Company, the Seller, and Landsea entered into the Sponsor Transfer, Waiver, Forfeiture and Deferral Agreement (the “Sponsor Surrender Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed, upon closing of the business combination, to (i) forfeit to the Company for no consideration 2,260,000 warrants held by the Sponsor, (ii) forfeit to the Company for no consideration 600,000 shares of Class B common stock held by the Sponsor, (iii) transfer to the Seller for no consideration 2,200,000 warrants, (iv) transfer to the Seller for no consideration 500,000 shares of Class A common stock held by the Sponsor following the conversion upon consummation of the Merger of 500,000 shares of Class B common stock held by the Sponsor, (v) defer the conversion of 500,000 shares of its Class B common stock contingent upon the valuation of the Class A common stock reaching certain thresholds during the twenty-four month period following the closing of the Merger, (vi) exercise any warrants held by the Sponsor to purchase Class A common stock solely on a cashless basis, (vii) waive its right to convert the outstanding principal due under that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 4, 2019, as amended, by and between Sponsor and the Company, to warrants of the Company in lieu of cash payment upon the consummation of the Merger, and (viii) cancel that certain $1,000,000 working capital loan to the Company pursuant to that certain Promissory Note entered into with the Company, dated as of July 16, 2020, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, the Seller and Landsea, entered into waiver agreements (the “Waiver Agreements”) with certain holders of the Company’s shares of Class B common stock, pursuant to which, each holder agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Class A common stock they may own, (ii) waive certain of their anti-dilution and conversion and redemption rights with respect to their shares of Class B common stock, and (iii) convert their shares of Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company also entered into a Waiver Agreement with certain funds managed by BlackRock (the “BlackRock Holders”) that hold shares of Class B common stock (the “BlackRock Waiver”), pursuant to which, each holder (i) agreed to waive certain of their anti-dilution rights with respect to their shares of Class B common stock, and (ii) acknowledged that the shares of Class B common stock held by the Blackrock Holders convert into shares of the Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis upon the consummation of the Merger, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with the Seller and the Sponsor (the “Indemnification Agreement”), whereby the Company agreed that it would (i) not amend, waive, terminate or otherwise modify the BlackRock Waiver without the prior written consent of the Seller and (ii) enforce the obligations thereunder. The Sponsor agreed to (i) indemnify the Company and the Seller for all reasonably documented out-of-pocket costs the Company or Seller may incur in connection with enforcing the Indemnification Agreement and the BlackRock Waiver and (ii) immediately after the Closing, forfeit such number of Class A common stock of the Company equal to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by the BlackRock Holders that are converted into Class A common stock at or as a result of the Closing less the number of Class B common stock held by the BlackRock Holders immediately prior to the Closing.

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, the Seller and certain of the holders of the Company’s shares of Class B common Stock (the “LF Capital Restricted Stockholders”), entered into a Voting and Support Agreement with the Company (the “Voting and Support Agreement”), pursuant to which each of the LF Capital Restricted Stockholders party to the Voting and Support Agreement agreed to, among other things, vote their Class B common stock and other acquired common stock (representing as of the date hereof approximately 21.01% of the voting power of the Company) (i) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the accompanying transaction, (ii) against any action, proposals, transaction or agreement that would result in a breach of any representation, warrant, covenant, obligation or agreement of the Company or Merger Sub contained in the Merger Agreement, and (iii) in favor or the proposals to be set forth in the proxy statement to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the approval of the Merger and each of the other proposals of the Company set forth in therein (the “Proxy Statement”). Additionally, each LF Capital Restricted Stockholder party to the Voting and Support Agreement has agreed to certain standstill obligations, in each case on terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. The Voting and Support Agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of, (x) as to each LF Capital Restricted Stockholder, the mutual written consent of the Seller and such LF Capital Restricted Stockholder, (y) the closing of the Merger, and (z) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement.

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Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company has entered into certain Forward Purchase and Subscription Agreements (each, a “Forward Purchase Agreement”) with certain subscribers (the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which the Subscribers have agreed to purchase up to an aggregate of $35 million of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock in the public markets at a price per share not greater than $10.56 per share, at any time or from time to time prior to the record date for the special meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) relating to the approval of the Merger and the other proposals of the Company set forth in the Proxy Statement. The Subscribers have agreed to vote their shares of Class A common stock acquired pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement in favor of the Merger and each of the other proposals to be set forth in the Proxy Statement. In addition, the Subscribers have agreed not to exercise their redemption rights with respect to any of their shares of Class A common stock acquired pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement in connection with the Special Meeting or in connection with the Company’s proposal to extend the Outside Date. In consideration for entering into the Forward Purchase Agreement, the Company will issue a certain number of shares of Class A common stock to such Subscribers for no consideration and the Sponsor has agreed to concurrently forfeit a number of shares of Class B common stock equal to the aggregate issuance to Subscribers. The Company is providing the Subscribers with certain customary registration rights in connection with the Forward Purchase Agreement.

Liquidity

As of December 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $69,000 68,986 in its operating bank accounts and working capital deficit of approximately $4.4 million (including tax obligations of approximately $40,000).

Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, the Company’s liquidity needs have been satisfied the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in Trust Account, interest earned released from the Trust Account to pay for its tax obligations, and loans from the Sponsor. 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 officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). The Working Capital Loans will 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 $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. On March 4, 2019, the Company issued a convertible note (“Convertible Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan to the Company of up to $1.5 million. The Company was provided $750,000 and $750,000 in loan proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for an aggregate amount of $1.5 million, pursuant to the amended Convertible Note (see Note 5). In connection with the Merger, the Convertible Note was repaid on January 7, 2021.

On July 16, 2020, the Company issued a $3.0 million Promissory Note (as defined in Note 5) to the Sponsor. The Promissory Note was to be repaid on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a Business Combination, without interest. On July 16, 2020, the Company received $1.0 million in loan proceeds pursuant to the Promissory Note which increased the outstanding principal balance of the Promissory Note to $1.0 million. On January 6, 2021, the Company amended the maturity date of the Promissory Note to be repaid on the later of: (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the closing date of the Business Combination, which is effective as of December 31, 2019.2020. In connection with the Merger, the Promissory Note was repaid on January 7, 2021.

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Changes

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) announced a global health emergency because of a new strain of coronavirus (the “COVID-19 outbreak”). In March 2020, the WHO classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, based on the rapid increase in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change inexposure globally. The full impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and related advisories and restrictions. These developments and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the financial markets and the overall economy are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. If the financial markets and/or the overall economy are impacted for an extended period, the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows may be materially adversely affected. To date, the COVID-19 outbreak has not had a material impact on our internal control overresults of operations, financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 that has materially affected,position or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.cash flows.

 

Item 9B. Other InformationNote 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

 

On February 20, 2020, weThe Company’s financial statements have agreed to amend our arrangementbeen prepared in conformity with Mr. Baudouin Prot such that no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, ifaccounting principles generally accepted in the Company completes its acquisitionUnited States of a targetAmerica (“GAAP”) and include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented.

Emerging growth company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019.

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

As of the date of this Annual Report, our officers and directors will be asfollows:

NameAgePosition
Baudouin Prot74President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Philippe De Backer63Director
Scott Reed49Director
Elias Farhat54Director
Gregory P. Wilson67Director
Djemi Traboulsi52Director
James Erwin75Director
Karen Wendel62Director

Baudouin Prot has been a Director since October 2017 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in February 2018. Mr. Prot served as the Chairman of BNP Paribas SA, one of the largest banks in the world, from June 2011 to December 2014. Previous to that Mr. Prot served as a member of the Board at BNP Paribas SA from June 2000 to June 2011 prior to his appointment as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Prot served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of BNP Paribas SA from June 2003 to June 2011. Between 2003 and 2014 the French bank tripled its shareholders’ equity (from €25.7B to €77.1B), doubled revenues (from €18B to €39B) and doubled headcount (from 89,000 to 185,000 employees). During his tenure as Chairman and CEO of BNP Paribas, implemented a successful expansion strategy in the U.S. via its U.S.-based subsidiary, BancWest, including: (i) $1.2B acquisition of Community First Bankshares, Inc.; (ii) $1.36B acquisition of Commercial Federal Corporation and (3) $245M acquisition of USDB Bancorp. Mr. Prot served as Chief Operating Officer at BNP Paribas SA from 1996 to 2003. Early in his career, Mr. Prot was at the French Treasury, from 1976 to 1980. Mr. Prot had the rank of inspecteur des finances in the French Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of industry until 1983. Mr. Prot joined Banque Nationale de Paris in 1983 where he served in various positions until 2014, including Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Prot currently serves as an Independent Director of Veolia Environment, S.A. (EPA: VIE), Kering SA (EPA: KER), Foncia Group S.A. and BGL BNP Paribas S.A. Mr. Prot previously served as an Independent Director of Lafarge S.A., and as a Director of Erbe SA (Belgium) and Pargesa. Mr. Prot previously served as Chairman of Association Francaise des Banques. Mr. Prot was named “Financier of the Year” for the successful integration of BNL in 2006 and again in 2009. Mr. Prot was the recipient of the Foreign Policy Association award (USA) for “Corporate Social Responsibility” in 2007.

Mr. Prot was named “Strategist of the Year” by the financial daily newspaper La Tribune for the integration of the Fortis in 2009. In 2010, the Institutional Investor magazine named Mr. Prot “Best European Banking CEO”. Mr. Prot has been named Officer of the Legion of Honor and Officer of the National Order of Merit. Mr. ProtThe Company is an alumnus of the HEC Business School where he received an MBA in 1972 and the National School of Administration (ENA) from where he graduated in 1976.

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Philippe De Backer has been a Director and our Chief Executive Officer since October 2017. Mr. De Backer has worked since 1992 with Bain & Company, a leading global consulting firm, in various roles in the financial services sector in all segments of banking and capital markets. Mr. De Backer served as an Advisory Partner at Bain & Company from January 2016 until August 2017. Previously, Mr. De Backer was the Senior Partner in charge of Bain & Company’s Global Financial Services Group from 2010 to 2015 and the Managing Director in charge of Bain & Company’s European Financial Services Group from 2004 to 2007. Mr. De Backer’s experience includes all facets of strategy and development, ranging from corporate strategy to operations improvement. In particular, Mr. De Backer has extensive personal experience in mergers and acquisitions while working with client banks on repeated acquisitions in numerous different geographies. Prior to joining Bain & Company, Mr. De Backer was the CEO of ADB, an electronics“emerging growth company, which is part of the Siemens Group from 1983 to 1988. This CEO role provided Mr. De Backer extensive experience in high-tech particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. Following Mr. De Backer’s service at ADB he was the Managing Partner at Carre Orban & Partners (later Korn Ferry) (NYSE: KFY), a European based consultancy firm from 1988 to 1993 as well as the Head of Organizational practice from 1989 to 1993. Mr. De Backer has co-authored four books on management whichinclude Maximum Leadership, Go East, Management Auditand most recentlyReinvent Retail Banking. Mr. De Backer has authored many articles in specialized financial services publications and is a frequent keynote speaker at global business conferences. Mr. De Backer is a graduate of Colgate University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in economics with high honors, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. De Backer also holds an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

Scott Reed has been a Director and our President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2017. Mr. Reed is the co-founder of BankCap Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on investments in the U.S. commercial banking space, and has served as a Partner and Director of BankCap Partners since May 2006. Mr. Reed has over 20 years in the financial services and strategic consulting industries. As a Partner at BankCap, Mr. Reed focuses on transaction sourcing, structuring and processing, capital raising activities and oversight of BankCap’s portfolio investments. Mr. Reed began his career as a derivatives trader at Swiss Bank Corporation from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Reed worked as a consultant at Bain & Company from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Reed was an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at Bear Stearns from 2000 to 2002. Prior to founding BankCap, Mr. Reed was Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning of Carreker Corporation, a financial technology company based in Dallas. Mr. Reed is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Commerce and a B.A. in History. Mr. Reed received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar. Mr. Reed currently serves as a director of Silvergate Capital Corporation, Vista Bancshares and InBankshares Corporation (as well as a director of each of the three institutions’ underlying commercial banks),Uncommon Giving Corporation and previously served as a director of Xenith Bankshares and the institutions underlying commercial bank.

Elias Farhat has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2017. Mr. Farhat is the Chief Strategy Officer for Candriam Investors Group, an asset management company with over $120 billion under management and has served in this role since October 2016. He is also member of Candriam’s Group Strategy Committee and of its Executive Committee. From 2003 to 2016, Mr. Farhat was a Partner of Capital E, a private equity and real estate firm, and held several board and advisory positions at portfolio companies with ties to Capital E. Mr. Farhat was also the Founder and Managing Partner of Velocity Advisors, a Private Equity advisory which sourced and structured transactions on behalf of institutional investors. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Farhat was Vice President and Partner at Bain & Company where he spent 12 years as a management consultant across Europe, the US and Latin America. At Bain, Mr. Farhat has advised boards, CEOs and senior management of Fortune 1000 companies as well as several buyout funds on a broad range of strategic, operational, financial and organizational issues. He has led Bain’s Private Equity Group activities in the Southern US region and was involved in its Investment Committee. Mr. Farhat currently serves as a Director of Lakeside Advisors. Mr. Farhat previously served as a Director of Huron Inc. and CBI. Mr. Farhat is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) in Paris.

Gregory P. Wilson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2017. Mr. Wilson has served since January 2006 as Founder and President of Gregory P. Wilson Consulting, a consulting firm focused on policy and regulatory reform efforts since the financial crisis, including implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and international financial regulatory developments. Mr. Wilson served as a Senior Adviser to the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative as well as the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) and its Chief Risk Officer Council. He was Co-Director of the FSR’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Financial Competitiveness in 2007. Mr. Wilson served on the International Institute of Finance’s Special Committee on Effective Regulation, and he has been a past lecturer at the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Services (ICAS). From January 2015 to April 2018, Mr. Wilson served as an independent director of the Atlantic Trust Company, N.A., based in Atlanta, Georgia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE: CM) (CIBC). Mr. Wilson also served on the Board of Advisers to the American Association of Bank Directors.

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Previously, Mr. Wilson was an Expert Principal and Senior Adviser at McKinsey & Company in its financial services practice based in Washington, D.C. During almost twenty-five years at McKinsey, Mr. Wilson served both private sector and numerous public sector clients around the world, including central bankers, ministers of finance, and financial regulators on issues of financial crisis management, regulatory reform, financial sector restructuring, and financial center competitiveness. Prior to joining McKinsey in 1989, Mr. Wilson served Secretaries of the Treasury James A. Baker III and Nicholas F. Brady as their Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy from 1986 to 1989, where he focused on resolving the savings and loan crisis and developing regulatory reforms.

Mr. Wilson has authored or co-authored numerous books, including Managing to the New Regulatory Reality — Doing Business under the Dodd-Frank Act, Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises, and has been a frequent contributor to the American Banker, the McKinsey Quarterly, and other publications. Mr. Wilson graduated magna cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1974 with a B.A. in history as well as politics and government.

Djemi Traboulsi has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2017. Djemi Traboulsi is President of Capital E Advisors, Capital E Private Equity Group’s US research arm. Mr. Traboulsi has been active in the firm’s private equity business since 2002. He currently serves on boards and advisory boards of companies with ties to Capital E. From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Traboulsi was Managing Director of Kenmar International, where he was instrumental in helping develop the firm’s alternative investment group. Prior to 1991, Mr. Traboulsi held various M&A and Corporate Finance positions with Mabon, Nugent & Co. in New York. Mr. Traboulsi holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the American University of Paris, and he has attended the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

James Erwin has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2017. Jim Erwin has been a Managing Partner in Erwin, Graves & Associates, L.P. (now Erwin, Graves & Jones, L.P.) since its founding in 2001. In this role he has participated in the organization, capitalization and direction of several private and public companies. Prior to 2001 he had a 30-year distinguished career in banking and finance.

In 2007 Mr. Erwin was an organizer and a lead investor in First Private Bank of Texas which opened for business with $30 million initial capital on May 1, 2007. He continued active involvement as a director of First Private until its sale to IberiaBank in 2014 and remained on advisory board of IberiaBank Texas until 2016. He also currently serves as a member of the investment advisory committee of Teakwood Capital and on the Advisory Board of CrossFirst Bank of Texas.

Previously he served as a director of Trammell Crow Company from its IPO in 1997 until its sale to CB Richard Ellis Co. in December, 2006 and was a director of Carreker Corporation from May 2001 until its sale to CheckFree, Inc. in April, 2007. His involvement on these boards included serving as lead director and chairman of audit, compensation, governance and nominating committees. He previously served as a director of Texas Capital Bancshares from May, 2001 to May, 2005 including active involvement in its IPO during this period and he also served on the boards of Select Payment Processing, Inc. and DeviceFidelity, Inc.

Mr. Erwin retired from Bank of America in June, 2000 after a career that began at First National Bank in Dallas in 1970 and continued through a series of acquisitions and mergers to conclude with his role as Vice Chairman Texas and Senior Client Executive Southwest for Bank of America. His experience spans a diverse range of domestic and international banking and corporate finance and executive management including four years of living and working in London and responsibilities that included: London Branch Manager; chief financial officer of First National Bank in Dallas; chairman of the London merchant bank, First Dallas, Ltd; president and director of InterFirst Bank Dallas; vice chairman and director of FirstRepublic Bank; and Head of Operations and Technology for NationsBank Corporation.

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Mr. Erwin has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (May 1967) and an M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin (May, 1969). Prior to his career in banking he was a Project Engineer for Shell Oil Company in Houston and Assistant to the President of National Western Life Insurance Company in Austin. He also has an extensive civic service record, including serving as Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce and The Dallas Opera, on the Board of the Dallas Foundation, and on the Board of Visitors of the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering. He continues to serve on the Finance and Audit Committee of the Dallas Regional Chamber and on the Board of Trustees of The Dallas Opera.

Karen Wendel has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2017. Ms. Wendel has served since March 2016 as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Trust Chains, a cybersecurity consulting firm. Ms. Wendel served as the Chief Executive Officer and board member of IdenTrust from May 2003 to February 2016, a global identity solutions company, from 2003 – 2016. Ms. Wendel led IdenTrust through a major transformation in a complex, fragmented market. In her corporate and board roles during her 13 years at IdenTrust, Ms. Wendel was instrumental in the corporate strategy for growth through mergers, capital restructuring and technical due diligence associated with integrated acquired companies, successfully completing and delivering an exit for IdenTrust’s investors.

Prior to IdenTrust, Ms. Wendel was Chief Executive Officer and a board member for eFinance Corporation from 2001 – 2003. Ms. Wendel led the strategic planning, market positioning and execution tactics for eFinance and delivered an exit for her investors. Ms. Wendel is a former partner at the Capital Markets Company (CAPCO), a Belgium-based consulting firm. Ms. Wendel is the former head of the U.S. Financial Services Practice at Gemini Consulting. Ms. Wendel has expertise in Cyber Security, Identity Solutions, Security Regulations, ISO Global Standards, e-Commerce, e-Healthcare, PKI Digital Certificates and Blockchain. Ms. Wendel is an author on financial management, payments and supply chain integration; an advisor to U.S. government agencies and the European Union on emerging technologies for payments and transaction processing; and a keynote speaker at major international banking conferences. Ms. Wendel earned degrees in International Relations and Economics from Brigham Young University.

Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors

We have eight directors. Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a three-year term. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of James Erwin and Karen Wendel, expired at our first annual meeting of stockholders and James Erwin and Karen Wendel were re-elected for another three-year term. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Gregory Wilson, Scott Reed and Philippe De Backer will expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Baudouin Prot, Djemi Traboulsi and Elias Farhat, will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.

Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and the rules of NASDAQ require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.

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Audit Committee

We have established an audit committee of the board of directors. Mr. James Erwin, Ms. Karen Wendel and Mr. Gregory P. Wilson will serve as members of our audit committee. Under the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent.

Each member of the audit committee is financially literate. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Gregory P. Wilson qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 SEC rules,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 he currently serves as audit committee chair.proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

   

We have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functionsFurther, section 102(b)(1) of the audit committee, including:

the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;
reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence;
setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors;
setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (i) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues;
reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and
reviewing with management, the independent auditors, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

Compensation Committee

We have established a compensation committee of the board of directors. Mr. James Erwin, Ms. Karen Wendel and Mr. Gregory P. Wilson will serve as members of our compensation committee. Under the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we areJOBS 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 at least two members of the compensation committee, all of whom must be independent.

We have adoptednot had a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:

reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation;
reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation of all of our other officers;
reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies and plans;
implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, other than the $10,000 per month administrative fee payable to our sponsorSecurities Act registration statement declared effective or an affiliate of our sponsor and reimbursement of expenses and our agreement with Baudouin Prot pursuant to which we have paid Mr. Baudouin Prot $12,500 per month through December 2019, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid by us to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of a business combination. However, while we have agreed that no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, if the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019.

Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.

The charter provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by NASDAQ and the SEC.

Director Nominations

We do not have a standing nominating committee. Inclass 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 election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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 accounting standards used.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents.

Marketable Securities

The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities is comprised solely of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, classified as trading securities. Trading securities 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 recognized as gains or losses in the accompanying Statements of Operations. The estimated fair values of financial instruments are determined using available market information.

F-13

Use of estimates

The preparation of 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of 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 financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for trading. Cash and cash equivalents are maintained in accounts with financial institutions, which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant credit risks on such account. The Company’s marketable securities portfolio consists of U.S Treasury Bills and money market funds with an original maturity of 180 days or less.

Fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. Marketable securities are classified as trading securities and are therefore recognized at fair value. The fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices.

Fair Value 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. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.

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 include:

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.

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, requires all entities to disclose the fair value of financial instruments, both assets and liabilities for which it is practicable to estimate fair value, and defines fair value of a financial instrument as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and note payable to related parties approximate the fair values due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities is comprised of an investment in U.S Treasury Bills and money market fund with an original maturity of 180 days or less. The fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices.

F-14

Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2)the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” 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 NASDAQ Rules, a majorityholder 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, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selectionCompany’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at December 31, 2019, 14,461,820 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets. As of December 31, 2020, there were 0 further redemptions permitted and the shares that were subject to redemption have been reclassified back into Class A common stock.

Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the boardweighted average number of directors.shares of common stock outstanding for the period. The boardCompany has not considered the effect of directors believesthe warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 23,285,000 shares of Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share is the same as basic earnings per share for the period.

The Company’s statements of operations include 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 share, basic and diluted for Class A common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable taxes, by the weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding since the initial issuance. Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted for Class B common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), less income attributable to Class A common stock, by the weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding for the periods.

Reconciliation of net income (loss) per share

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that was attributable to Class A common stock subject to redemption, as these shares only participate in the independent directors can satisfactorily carry outearnings of the responsibilityTrust Account (less applicable taxes) and not the income or losses of properly selectingthe Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted income per Class A common stock is calculated as follows:

 Schedule of earning per shares        
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2020  2019 
Net (loss) income $(2,096,495 $1,771,836 
Less: Income attributable to Class A common stock  (373,819)  (2,598,143)
Adjusted net loss attributable to Class B common stock $(2,470,314) $(826,307)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock  14,006,380   15,525,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A $0.03  $0.17 
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock  3,881,250   3,881,250 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B $(0.64) $(0.21)

F-15

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 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 approving director nominees without the formationsettled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a standing nominating committee. As therechange in tax rates is no standing nominating committee, we dorecognized 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.

FASB ASC 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 0 unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. NaN amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at December 31, 2020 and 2019. 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.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. The ASU removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company’s adoption of this standard on January 1, 2020, did not have a nominating committee charter in place.material impact on its condensed financial statements and related disclosures.

 

The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election atManagement does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.Company’s financial statements.

Note 3. Initial Public Offering

 

We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our board of directors.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We have filed a copy of our Code of Ethics as an exhibit to our registration statement in connection with our initial public offering. You may review our Code of Ethics by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us.

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Conflicts of Interest

Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present business combination opportunities to such entity. Accordingly, in the future, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity. We do not believe, however, that any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers arising in the future would materially undermine our ability to complete our business combination. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.

Our sponsor, officers and directors may become involved with subsequent blank check companies similar to our company, although they have agreed not to participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company (other than any such positions held on the date of our initial public offering) until we have entered into a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination or we have failed to complete our initial business combination on or prior toOn June 22, 2020. Potential investors should also be aware of2018, the following other potential conflicts of interest:

None of our officers or directors is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business activities.
In the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Additionally, our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to consummate our initial Business combination on or prior to June 22, 2020. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement warrants will expire worthless. With certain limited exceptions, the founder shares will not be transferable, assignable by our sponsor until the earlier of: (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination or (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the last sale price of our 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 our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. With certain limited exceptions, the private placement warrants and the Class A common stock underlying such warrants, will not be transferable, assignable or salable by our sponsor or its permitted transferees until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. Since our sponsor and officers and directors may directly or indirectly own common stock and warrants following our initial public offering, our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

Our sponsor, officers or directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a business combination and financing arrangements as we may obtain loans from our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or any of our officers or directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrantsCompany sold 15,525,000 Units at a price of $1.00$10.00 per Unit in the Initial Public Offering. Each Unit consists of one Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Class A share at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants, including as toan exercise price exercisability and exercise period.

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The conflicts described above may not be resolved in our favor.

In general, officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required$11.50 per share, subject to present business opportunities to a corporation if:adjustment (see Note 7).

the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;
the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and
it would not be fair to our company and its stockholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation.

Accordingly, as a result of multiple business affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. Furthermore, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the doctrine of corporate opportunity will not apply with respect to any of our officers or directors in circumstances where the application of the doctrine would conflict with any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations they may have.

Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our executive officers, directors and director nominees currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations:

IndividualEntityEntity’s BusinessAffiliation
ScottReedSilvergate Capital CorporationBankDirector
ScottReedVista BancsharesBankDirector
Scott ReedInBankshares CorporationBankDirector
Scott ReedUncommon Giving CorporationTechnologyDirector
Elias FarhatEquityPartners CandriamPrivate Equity FirmPartner
EliasFarhatInvestors GroupAsset ManagerChief Strategy Officer
Baudouin ProtVeolia Environment, S.A.BGL BNP Paribas S.ADirector
Baudouin ProtKering SALuxury GoodsDirector
Baudouin ProtEoncia Group S.A.Property ManagementDirector
Baudouin ProtBGL BNP Paribas S.ABankDirector

Accordingly, if any of the above executive officers, directors or director nominees becomes aware of an initial business combination opportunity which is suitable for any of the above entities to which he or she has current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity.

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We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with such a company, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

In the event that we submit our initial business combination to our public stockholders for a vote, our initial stockholders have agreed to vote any founder shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of our initial business combination and our officers and directors have also agreed to vote any public shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of our initial business combination.

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our officers and directors will be indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, unless they violated their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived an improper personal benefit from their actions as directors.

We have entered into agreements with our officers and directors to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Our bylaws also will permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification.

We have purchased a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

We believe that these provisions, the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.

 

Item 11. Executive CompensationNote 4. Private Placement

 

WithConcurrently with the exceptionclosing of Baudouin Prot, nonethe Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and the anchor investor purchased an aggregate of 7,760,000 Private Placement Warrants at $1.00 per warrant ($7.76 million in the aggregate) in a private placement. Among the Private Placement Warrants, 7,209,560 warrants were purchased by the Sponsor and 550,440 warrants were purchased by the anchor investor.

Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A share at $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company did not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants would expire worthless.

See the “Business Combination” described in Note 1 above, including the description of the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, pursuant to which a portion of the Private Placement Warrants will be forfeited immediately prior to (but conditioned and effective upon) completion of the proposed Merger.

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Note 5. Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

In August 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock to the Sponsor in exchange for an aggregate capital contribution of $25,000. In February 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 431,250 founder shares, resulting in a decrease in the total number of founder shares from 4,312,500 to 3,881,250. All share amounts presented in the financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect these share forfeitures. In June 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 267,300 founder shares and the anchor investor purchased 267,300 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,980. Of the 3,881,250 founder shares, the Sponsor had agreed to forfeit an aggregate of up to 506,250 founder shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters. As of June 22, 2018, the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full, hence, these 506,250 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.

The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment (see Note 7). The initial stockholders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of  (a) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (b) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (C) following the completion of the initial Business Combination, such future date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our officerspublic stockholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or directors has receivedother property.

If the anchor investor does not own the number of Public Units equal to 1,336,500 at the time of any cash compensation for services renderedstockholder vote with respect to us. We havean initial Business Combination or the business day immediately prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the anchor investor will forfeit up to 267,300 founder shares on a pro rata basis. In such case, the Sponsor will repurchase all or a portion of the Private Placement Warrants held by the anchor investor at its original purchase price.

See the “Business Combination” described in Note 1 above, including the description of the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, pursuant to which a portion of the founder shares will be forfeited immediately prior to (but conditioned and effective upon) completion of the proposed Merger.

Office Space and Related Support Services

The Company agreed, commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering in June 2018 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay our sponsorSponsor or an affiliate of our sponsorSponsor a totalmonthly fee of $10,000 per month$10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees. No compensation of any kind, including finder’sThe Company incurred $110,000 and consulting fees, will be paid to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or$120,000 in expenses in connection with such services during the completionyears ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 as reflected in the accompanying Statements of our initial business combination. However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connectionOperations. 

Board Member Agreement

In September 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates. Our Sponsor has paidB. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Mr. Baudouin Prot, $12,500one of its board members, pursuant to which the board member is paid a cash fee of $150,000 per month throughannum in exchange for his service. The agreement was effective as of October 1, 2017 and lasts until the consummation of the Company’s business combination. The Company incurred $150,000 in fees related to this service for the year ended December 2019. We have31, 2019, in the accompanying Statements of Operations. On February 20, 2020, the Company agreed thatto amend its arrangement with Mr. Prot, pursuant to which no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, if the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500$12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. On August 3, 2020, the Company agreed to amend its arrangement with Mr. Prot pursuant to which Mr. Prot will be paid an aggregate of $75,000 for January through June 2020 so long as Mr. Prot continues to provide services to the Company to substantially the same extent as he previously provided such services and the Company successfully completes its acquisition of a target company prior to December 31, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18,December 31, 2020, then no further fees will be payabledue from the Company to Mr. Prot followingProt. The Company accrued $75,000 in fees related to this service for the year ended December 31, 2019.

2020, in the accompanying Statements of Operations and paid this out at the time of closing of the Business Combination.

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After

Promissory Note - Related Party

The Sponsor had agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. In April 2018, the Sponsor amended the note to increase the principal amount to $500,000. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the earlier of December 31, 2018 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company fully repaid the loan from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering not being placed in the Trust Account on June 22, 2018.

On July 16, 2020, the Company issued a promissory note (“Promissory Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to provide a working capital loan to the Company of up to $3.0 million. The Promissory Note will be repaid on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a Business Combination, without interest. On July 16, 2020, the Company received $1.0 million in loan proceeds pursuant to the Promissory Note which increased the outstanding principal balance of the Promissory Note to $1.0 million. On January 6, 2021, the Company amended the maturity date of the Promissory Note to be repaid on the later of: (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the closing date of the Business Combination, which is effective as of December 31, 2020

See the “Business Combination” described in Note 1 above, including the description of the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to cancel the outstanding principal balance of the Promissory Note of $1.0 million immediately prior to (but conditioned and effective upon) completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosedproposed Merger.

Related Party Loans

In order to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our stockholdersfinance transaction costs in connection with a proposed business combination. We haveBusiness Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors agreed to loan the Company funds as may be required (“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 did not established any limit onclose, the amountCompany 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. 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 fees thatWorking Capital Loans may be paidconvertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

On March 4, 2019, the Company issued a convertible note (“Convertible Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan to the Company of up to $1.5 million. On June 16, 2020, the Company amended the Convertible Note, pursuant to which the maturity date of the note was extended to the earlier of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) the effective date of a Business Combination. The Company was provided $750,000 and $750,000 in loan proceeds during the year ended 2020 and 2019, respectively, for an aggregate $1.5 million outstanding balance pursuant to the amended Convertible Note.

In addition, in connection with the Extension, the Company’s officers, directors or any of their affiliates or designees have agreed, if the Company does not have the funds necessary to make the Deposit, to make Contributions to the Company as a loan of $0.03 for each Public Share that is not converted in connection with the shareholder votes to approve the Extension. The Contributions will not bear any interest and will be repayable by the combined companyCompany to ourthe officers, directors or membersaffiliates upon consummation of management. It is unlikelyan initial Business Combination (Note 1). The loans were to be forgiven if the amountCompany was unable to consummate an initial Business Combination except to the extent of such compensation will be known atany funds held outside of the timeTrust Account. As of December 31, 2020, no Contributions were outstanding.

See the “Business Combination” described in Note 1 above, including the description of the Sponsor Surrender Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to waive its right to convert the outstanding principal due under the Convertible Note to warrants of the Company in lieu of cash payment upon the consummation of the Merger, but conditioned and effective upon) completion of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.

We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

Item 12. Security Ownership Of Certain Beneficial Owners And Management And Related Shareholder Matters

The following table sets forth information available to us regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of February 21, 2020, by:

each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock;
each of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns shares of our common stock; and
all our executive officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them.

The following table does not reflect record or beneficial ownership of the private placement warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Annual Report.

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Note 6. Commitments & Contingencies

The following table presents the number of shares and percentage of our common stock owned by our initial stockholders.

  After Offering 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned(2)
  Approximate
Percentage
of Outstanding
Common Stock(2)
 
Level Field Capital, LLC(3)  3,578,250   18.4%
Baudouin Prot     * 
Philippe De Backer     * 
Scott Reed     * 
Elias Farhat(3)  3,578,250   18.4%
Gregory P. Wilson  20,000   * 
James Erwin  20,000   * 
Djemi Traboulsi(3)  3,578,250   18.4%
Karen Wendel  20,000   * 
All executive officers and directors as a group (8 individuals)  3,638,250   18.7%
Karpus Investment Management(4)  1,775,300   9.1%
Blackrock, Inc.(5)  1,215,000   6.3%
Hawkeye Capital Master(6)  1,100,000   5.7%
Oxford Asset Management LLP(7)  940,000   4.8%
AQR Capital Management, LLC(8)  960,000   4.9%
Glazer Capital, LLC(9)  1,248,600   6.4%

*Less than one percent.

(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o LF Capital Acquisition Corp., 600 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
(2)Interests shown consist solely of founder shares, classified as shares of Class B common stock. Such shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of our initial Business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in the section of this Annual Report entitled “Description of Securities.” The information on the approximate percentage ownership of our outstanding common stock is of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a combined basis.
(3)Level Field Capital, LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Level Field Partners, LLC is the managing member of Level Field Capital, LLC. Level Field Management, LLC is the managing member of Level Field Partners, LLC. Level Field Management, LLC is managed by its two members, Elias Farhat and Djemi Traboulsi. Messrs. Farhat and Traboulsi disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein.
(4)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on April 10, 2019 on behalf of Karpus Investment Management, a New York corporation. The business address of this shareholder is 183 Sully’s Trail, Pittsford, New York  14534.
(5)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2020 on behalf of Blackrock, Inc.,  a Delaware corporation. The business address of this shareholder is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York 10055.
(6)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 12, 2019 on behalf of Hawkeye Capital Master, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.  The business address of this shareholder is w/o The Harbour Trust Co., Ltd. PO Box 897, Windward 1, Regatta Office Park, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman KY1-1103 Cayman Islands.

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(7)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019 on behalf of Oxford Asset Management LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales. The business address of this shareholder is OxAM House, 6 George Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 2BW.
(8)

According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019 on behalf of AQR Capital Management, LLC,  a Delaware limited liability company.  The business address of this shareholder is Two Greenwich Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830.

(9)According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019 on behalf of Glazer Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.  The business address of this shareholder is 250 West 55th Street, Suite 30A, New York, New York 10019.

Our initial stockholders beneficially own 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock. Because of this ownership block, our initial stockholders may be able to effectively influence the outcome of all matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors, amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and approval of significant corporate transactions, including approval of our initial business combination.Registration Rights

 

The holders of the founder shares have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination and (B) not to redeem any shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination.

Our sponsor and our executive officers and directors are deemed to be our “promoters” as such term is defined under the federal securities laws.

Our anchor investor owns 1,336,500 public units. Further, the anchor investor has agreed with us that, if it does not own a minimum of 1,336,500 public shares at the time of any stockholder vote with respect to an initial business combination or the business day immediately prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, it will forfeit all or a portion of the 267,300 founder shares it purchased prior to our initial public offering on a pro rata basis. In such a case, our sponsor (or its designee), will repurchase on a pro rata basis the private placement warrants held by our anchor investor at its original purchase price. There can be no assurance what amount of equity the anchor investor will retain, if any, upon the consummation of our initial business combination. As a result of the founder shares and private placement warrants that our anchor investor may hold, it may have different interests with respect to a vote on an initial business combination than other public stockholders.

Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants

The founder and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any 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 (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion of such shares and private placement warrants and anyto shares of Class A common stock issued upon conversion or exercise thereof are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in a letter agreement with us to be entered into by our sponsor, officers and directors. Those lock-up provisions provide that such securities are not transferable or salable (i) in the case of the founder shares, until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination or (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the last sale price of our 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 our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property, and (ii) in the case of the private placement warrants and the Class A common stock underlying such warrants, until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except in each case (a) to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members of our sponsor, or any affiliates of our sponsor, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual,stock) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private salesregistration rights agreement to be signed prior to or transfers madeon the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the consummationfiling of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $3.105 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, a business combination at prices no greater thandeferred underwriting discount of $0.35 per unit, or $5.434 million in the price at whichaggregate will be payable to the securities were originally purchased; (f)underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event of our liquidation priorthat the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the completion of our initial business combination; (g) by virtueterms of the laws of Delaware or our sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of our sponsor; (h) in the event of our liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e) and (h) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.underwriting agreement.

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Changes in Control

None.

Item 13. Certain Relationships And Related Transactions And Director IndependenceNote 7. Stockholders’ equity

Class A Common stock

 

Certain Relationships And Related TransactionsThe Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were 15,525,000 Class A common stock issued or outstanding, including 0 and 14,461,820 share of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively.

 

On August 24, 2017, we issued an aggregateHolders of 4,312,500 founderthe Class A common stock and holders of the Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, except as required by law. Each share of common stock will have one vote on all such matters.

Class B Common stock

The Company is authorized to issue 15,000,000 shares to our sponsor in exchange forof Class B common stock with a capital contributionpar value of $25,000, or approximately $0.006$0.0001 per share. In August 2017, the Company initially issued 4,312,500 Class B common stock. In February 2018, our sponsorin connection with the decrease of the size of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 431,250 founder shares. The shares of Class B common stock, resulting in a decrease in the total number of founder shares from 4,312,500 to 3,881,250. All share amounts presented in the financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect these share forfeitures. Of the 3,881,250 shares of Class B common stock, an aggregate of up to 506,250 shares were subject to forfeiture to the Company by the Sponsor for no consideration to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full. As of June 22, 2018, the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full, hence, these 506,250 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were 3,881,250 Class B common stock issued was determined basedor outstanding.

The Class B common stock would automatically convert into Class A common stock on the expectationfirst business day following the consummation of the initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that such founder shares would represent 20%additional Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B common stock shall convert into Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares upon completion of our initial public offering. In February 2018, our sponsor transferred 20,000 founder sharesClass B common stock agree to eachwaive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance, including a specified future issuance) so that the number of our independent director nominees at their original purchase price. In June 2018, our sponsor forfeited 267,300 founder shares. Our anchor investor purchased 267,300 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,980, or approximately $0.007 per share. The founder shares (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold byconversion of all Class B common stock will equal, in the holder.

Our sponsor and our anchor investor, pursuant to written agreements, purchased an aggregate, 20% of 7,760,000 private placement warrants for a purchase pricethe sum of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the closingtotal number of our initial public offering. As such, our sponsor’s and our anchor investor’s interests in this transaction is valued at an aggregateall common stock outstanding upon the completion of $7,760,000. Among the private placement warrants, 7,209,560 warrants were purchased by our sponsor and 550,440 warrants were purchased by our anchor investor. Each private placement warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of ourInitial Public Offering plus all Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. The private placement warrants (including the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise thereof) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assignedand equity-linked securities issued or sold by the holder.

As more fully discussed in Item 10 of this Annual Report — entitled “Conflicts of Interest,” if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations that may take priority over their duties to us. Commencing with the initial public offering, we have agreed to pay our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.

Other than our agreement with B. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Mr. Baudouin Prot, pursuant to which we paid $12,500 per month through December 2019, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to ordeemed issued in connection with the completion of an initial business combination. However, while we have agreed that no further monthly fees willBusiness Combination, excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be paid on a current monthly basisissued, to Mr. Prot, ifany seller in the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019.

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However, these individuals

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, there are 0 preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Warrants

At December 31, 2020 and 2019 there are 23,285,000 outstanding warrants, consisting of 15,525,000 Public Warrants and 7,760,000 Private Placement Warrants, each warrant exercisable at $11.50 into one share of Class A common stock.

The Public Warrants will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceilingbecome exercisable on the reimbursementlater of  out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.

Our anchor investor purchased $13.365 million(a) 30 days after the completion of public units in our initial public offering and we have agreed to direct the underwriters to sell to our anchor investor such number of public units. Further, the anchor investor has agreed with us that, if it does not own a minimum of 1,336,500 public shares at the time of any stockholder vote with respect to an initial business combinationBusiness Combination or the business day immediately prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, it will forfeit all or a portion of the 267,300 founder shares it purchased prior to our initial public offering on a pro rata basis. In such a case, our sponsor (or its designee), will repurchase on a pro rata basis the private placement warrants held by our anchor investor at its original purchase price. There can be no assurance what amount of equity the anchor investor will retain, if any, upon the consummation of our initial business combination. As a result of the founder shares and private placement warrants that our anchor investor may hold, it may have different interests with respect to a vote on an initial business combination than other public stockholders.

Our sponsor made a commitment to loan us up to $500,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of our initial public offering. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and was repaid upon(b) 12 months from the closing of our initial public offering. The value of our sponsor’s interestthe Initial Public Offering; provided in this transaction corresponds to the principal amount outstanding under any such loan.

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, on March 4, 2019,each case that the Company issuedhas an effective registration statement under the Convertible Note to our Sponsor, pursuant to which our Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan toSecurities Act covering the Company of up to $1.5 million. The Company was provided $400,000 and $350,000 in loan proceeds on March 4, 2019 and August 19, 2019, respectively, for an aggregate amount of $750,000, pursuant to the Convertible Note. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the 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 at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants, including as to exercise price, exercisability and exercise period. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor 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.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the private placement warrants, the warrants issuable upon conversion of working capital loans (if any) and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the foregoingPublic Warrants and upon conversiona 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 has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the founder shares.Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) 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. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the 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 initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial stockholders or their 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.

The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption (except with respect to the Private Placement Warrants):

66in 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 last reported closing price of the shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share 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.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.

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Related Party Policy

We have adopted a codeThe exercise price and number of ethics requiring us to avoid, wherever possible, all conflictsClass A shares issuable upon exercise of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our board of directors (or the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosedwarrants may be adjusted in our public filings withcertain circumstances including in the SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the company. Our code of ethics which we have adopted prior to the consummation of our initial public offering is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement filed with the Commission in connection with our initial public offering.

In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to its written charter, is responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative voteevent of a majorityshare dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of the members of the audit committee presentClass A shares at a meeting at which a quorum is presentprice below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will be required in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee willCompany be required to approvenet cash settle the warrants shares. If the Company is unable to complete a related party transaction.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.

 

These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.

To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our sponsor, officers or directors unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements or cash payments will be made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates (except for our agreement with B. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Baudouin Prot), for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination.

Director Independence

NASDAQ listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that Ms. Wendel and Messrs. Prot, Erwin, Farhat, Wilson and Traboulsi are “independent directors” as defined in the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees And ServicesNote 8. Fair Value Measurements

 

The firmfollowing table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured on a recurring basis as of RSM US LLP acts as our independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summaryDecember 31, 2020 and 2019 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of fees paid RSM US LLP for services rendered.the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

 

Schedule of fair value assets measured on a recurring basis            
Description 

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets

(Level 1)

  

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant Other
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 
Assets held in Trust at December 31, 2020:            
Money market fund $109,742,246  $   0  $   0 
  $109,742,246  $0  $0 

Audit Fees

  Quoted Prices in Active
Markets
  Significant Other
Observable Inputs
  Significant Other
Unobservable Inputs
 
Description (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3) 
Assets held in Trust at December 31, 2019:            
U.S. Treasury Securities $161,991,526  $      0  $     0 
Money market funds  28,383   0   0 
  $162,019,909  $0  $0 

 

During Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levels for the years ended December 31, 20192020 and 2018, audit fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $56,400 and $99,500, respectively.2019.

 

Audit-Related FeesNote 9. Income Taxes

 

DuringThe Company’s financial statements include total net income (loss) before taxes of approximately $(2.0) million (1,976,046) and $2.4 million 2,447,690 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, audit-related fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were $0.respectively. The income tax provision consists of the following:

 

Tax Fees

Schedule of income tax provision        
  December 31 
  2020  2019 
Federal        
Current  $248,554   $547,749 
Deferred  (648,423)  (40,546)
State and Local        
Current  0   0 
Deferred  0   0 
Change in Valuation allowance  520,318   168,651 
Income tax provision (benefit)  $120,449   $675,854 

 

DuringReconciliations of the years ended December 31, 2019differences between the provision/(benefit) for income taxes and 2018, fees forincome taxes at the statutory U.S. federal income tax services for our independent registered public accounting firm were $0.

rate is as follows:

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Schedule of Reconciliation between provision/(benefit)                
  2020  2019 
  Amount  Percent of
Pretax Income
  Amount  Percent of
Pretax Income
 
Current tax at U.S. statutory rate  $(414,970  21.00%  $514,015   21.00%
Nondeductible/nontaxable items  885   -0.04%  2,436   0.10%
State taxes, net of federal benefit  0   0.00%  0   0.00%
State effect of perm items  0   0.00%  0   0.00%
Valuation allowance activity  520,318   -26.33%  168,651   6.89%
Deferred rate change  0   0.00%  0   0.00%
Federal payable true-up  16,652   -0.84%  (9,248  -0.38%
Other  (2,436  0.12%  1   0.00%
Total Income Tax Provision/(Benefit)  $120,449   -6.10%  $675,854   27.61%

  

All Other FeesThe components of deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows: 

 

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities        
  December 31 
  2020  2019 
Deferred tax assets:        
Unrealized gain/loss  $0  0 
Start-up cost  833,978   313,660 
Total deferred tax assets  833,978   313,660 
Valuation allowance  (833,978)  (313,660)
         
Deferred tax liabilities        
Unrealized gain/loss  0   (128,105
Net Deferred tax assets/(liabilities), net of allowance  $0   $(128,105)

During the years ended

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets associated with start-up costs. Start-up costs cannot be amortized against future operating income until a business combination has occurred. Therefore, a full valuation allowance has been established prior to the company completing a business combination, as future events such as business combinations cannot be considered when assessing the realizability of Deferred Tax Assets. In addition, a reliable forecast of trust investment income and 2018, fees for other services were $0.start-up costs expected to be incurred in the period/s prior to a business combination or a dissolution and liquidation is not practicable. Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully reserved.

PART IV

Note 10. Subsequent Events

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a)The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:

(1)Financial Statements

(2)Financial Statements Schedule

All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable orOn January 7, 2021, the amounts are immaterialCompany completed the Business Combination pursuant to the Merger Agreement as described in Note 1. As contemplated by the Merger Agreement and not required, or the required information is presentedas described in the financial statementsCompany’s definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and notes thereto in is Item 15 of Part IV below.

(3)Exhibits

We hereby fileExchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 23, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”), Merger Sub was merged with and into Landsea, with Landsea continuing as part of this Annual Report the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by reference can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington D.C. 20549. Copies of such material can also be obtained from the Public Reference Sectionsurviving corporation. As a result of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E.Merger, the registrant owns 100% of the outstanding common stock of Landsea and each share of common stock of Landsea has been cancelled and converted into the right to receive a portion of the consideration payable in connection with the Merger. In connection with the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)
3.2Bylaws (3)
4.1Specimen Unit Certificate (2)
4.2Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (2)
4.3Specimen Warrant Certificate. (2)
4.4Warrant Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent. (1)
10.1Promissory Note issued to Level Field Capital, LLC. (2)
10.2Securities Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and Level Field Capital, LLC. (2)
10.3Amendment No. 1 to Promissory Note issued to Level Field Capital, LLC. (2)
10.4Amendment No. 2 to Promissory Note issued to Level Field Capital, LLC (2)
10.5Amendment No. 3 to Promissory Note issued to Level Field Capital, LLC.(2)

10.6Chairman of the Board Agreement between the Registrant and Mr. Baudouin Prot. (2)
10.7Letter Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and among the Company, each of its officers, directors and Level Field Capital, LLC. (1)

registrant owns, directly and indirectly, 100% of the stock of Landsea and its subsidiaries and the Seller, the sole stockholder of Landsea, as of immediately after the effective time of the Merger, holds a portion of the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the registrant (the “Common Stock”).

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10.8Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. (1)
10.9Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC, James Erwin, Karen Wendel, Gregory P. Wilson, Multi-Strategy Master Fund Limited, BlackRock Credit Alpha Master Fund L.P and HC NCBR Fund (1)
10.10Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC. (1)
10.11Administrative Support Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC. (1)
10.12Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Karen Wendel (1)
10.13Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and James Erwin (1)
10.14Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Djemi Traboulsi (1)
10.15Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Gregory P. Wilson (1)
10.16Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Elias Farhat (1)
10.17Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Scott Reed (1)
10.18Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Philippe De Backer (1)
10.19Indemnity Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Baudouin Prot (1)
10.20Form of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant, Level Field Capital, LLC and the anchor investor. (2)
10.21Form of Amendment to Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and the anchor investor (2)
10.22Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 4, 2019, between the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC
10.23Amendment to the Chairman of the Board Agreement between Registrant and Mr. Baudouin Prot*
14.1Form of Code of Ethics (2)

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31.1Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).*
31.2Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).*
32.1Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350**
32.2Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350**

*Filed herewith
**Furnished herewith

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant toIn connection with the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

February 24, 2020LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
By:/s/ Philippe De Backer
Name: Philippe De Backer
Title:Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf ofClosing, the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

NamePositionDate
/s/ Philippe De BackerChief Executive Officer and DirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Philippe De Backer(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Scott ReedPresident, Chief Financial Officer and DirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Scott Reed(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/Baudouin ProtChairman of the BoardFebruary 24, 2020
Baudouin Prot
/s/ Djemi TraboulsiDirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Djemi Traboulsi
/s/ Elias FarhatDirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Elias Farhat
/s/ James ErwinDirectorFebruary 24, 2020
James Erwin
/s/ Karen WendelDirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Karen Wendel
/s/ Greg WilsonDirectorFebruary 24, 2020
Greg Wilson

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-2
Financial Statements:
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018F-3
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018F-5
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018F-6
Notes to Financial StatementsF-7

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of LF Capital Acquisition Corp.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets ofchanged its name from LF Capital Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"to Landsea Homes Corporation.

On January 6, 2021, in connection with its previously announced proposed Business Combination, the Company entered into amendments (collectively, the “Amendments) to that certain Promissory Note, dated July 16, 2020, by and between the Sponsor and the Company and that certain Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 4, 2019, by and between the Sponsor and the Company (collectively, the “Notes”), each as from time to time amended, in order to change the Maturity Date (as defined in the applicable Note) of the Notes to be the later of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows2020 and the related notes toClosing Date (Note 5).

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Management, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and interim principal financial statements (collectively,and accounting officer, conducted an evaluation of the financial statements) foreffectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the yearsend of the fiscal year ended December 31, 20192020, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 2018. In15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our opinion,Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has concluded that during the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.procedures were effective.

 

Substantial Doubt About the Company’s AbilityDisclosure controls and procedures are designed to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assumingensure that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company’s mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution if it does not complete a business combination by June 22, 2020 raises substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and areinformation required to be independent with respect todisclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the Companytime periods specified in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicableSEC’s rules and regulations of the Securitiesforms, and Exchange Commissionthat such information is accumulated and the PCAOB.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.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we planOur management is responsible for establishing and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of itsmaintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. As partUnder the supervision and with the participation of our auditsmanagement, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we are required to obtainconducted an understandingevaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting but not for the purposeas of expressing an opinionDecember 31, 2020, based on the effectivenesscriteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Company’sTreadway Commission (COSO). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.reporting was effective as of December 31, 2020.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our audits included performing proceduresThere was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to assess the risks of material misstatement of thematerially affect, our internal control over financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.reporting.

/s/ RSM US LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2017.

New York, New York

February 24, 2020

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BALANCE SHEETS

  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $161,405  $196,804 
Prepaid expenses  304,077   43,214 
Total current assets  465,482   240,018 
Marketable securities held in Trust Account  162,019,909   159,718,098 
Total assets $162,485,391  $159,958,116 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current liabilities:        
Accounts payable $121,516  $108,292 
Accrued expenses  30,610   6,500 
Note payable - related parties  750,000   - 
Franchise tax payable  40,000   200,000 
Total current liabilities  942,126   314,792 
Deferred tax liabilities  128,105   - 
Deferred underwriting commissions  5,433,750   5,433,750 
Total liabilities  6,503,981   5,748,542 
         
Commitments        
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 14,461,820 and 14,500,444 shares subject to possible redemption at $10.44 and $10.29 per share at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively  150,981,401   149,209,569 
         
Stockholders' Equity:        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively  -   - 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 1,063,180 and 1,024,556 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 14,461,820 and 14,500,444 shares subject to possible redemption) at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively  106   102 
Convertible Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 3,881,250 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively  388   388 
Additional paid-in capital  2,757,412   4,529,248 
Retained earnings  2,242,103   470,267 
Total stockholders' equity  5,000,009   5,000,005 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $162,485,391  $159,958,116 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
General and administrative expenses $826,307  $586,284 
Franchise tax expense  200,000   198,617 
Loss from operations  (1,026,307)  (784,901)
Interest earned on investments and marketable securities  3,473,997   1,688,934 
Income before income tax expense  2,447,690   904,033 
Income tax expense  675,854   311,183 
Net income $1,771,836  $592,850 
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock  15,525,000   15,525,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A $0.17  $0.08 
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock  3,881,250   3,881,250 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B $(0.21) $(0.15)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  Common Stock  Additional  Retained Earnings  Total 
  Class A  Class B  Paid-in  (Accumulated  Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit)  Equity (Deficit) 
Balance - December 31, 2017  -  $-   3,881,250  $388  $24,612  $(122,583) $(97,583)
Sale of units in initial public offering  15,525,000   1,553   -   -   155,248,447   -   155,250,000 
Offering costs  -   -   -   -   (9,295,693)  -   (9,295,693)
Sale of private placement warrants to Sponsor in private placement  -   -   -   -   7,760,000   -   7,760,000 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  (14,500,444)  (1,451)  -   -   (149,208,118)  -   (149,209,569)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   592,850   592,850 
Balance - December 31, 2018  1,024,556  $102   3,881,250  $388  $4,529,248  $470,267  $5,000,005 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  38,624   4   -   -   (1,771,836)  -   (1,771,832)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   1,771,836   1,771,836 
Balance - December 31, 2019  1,063,180  $106   3,881,250  $388  $2,757,412  $2,242,103  $5,000,009 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:        
Net income $1,771,836  $592,850 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:        
Deferred tax liabilities  128,105   - 
Interest earned on investments and marketable securities held in Trust Account  (3,473,528)  (1,687,599)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Prepaid expenses  (260,863)  (43,214)
Accounts payable  13,224   14,032 
Accrued expenses  24,110   (7,100)
Franchise tax payable  (160,000)  200,000 
Net cash used in operating activities  (1,957,116)  (931,031)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities        
Principal deposited in Trust Account  -   (158,355,000)
Interest released from Trust Account  1,171,717   324,501 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  1,171,717   (158,030,499)
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Proceeds from note payable to related parties  750,000   260,000 
Repayment of note payable to related parties  -   (460,000)
Proceeds received from initial public offering  -   155,250,000 
Offering costs  -   (3,671,204)
Proceeds received from private placement  -   7,760,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities  750,000   159,138,796 
         
Net (decrease) increase in cash  (35,399)  177,266 
         
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of the period  196,804   19,538 
Cash and cash equivalents - end of the period $161,405  $196,804 
         
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:        
Offering costs included in accounts payable $-  $67,142 
Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the initial public offering $-  $5,433,750 
Reclassification of deferred offering costs to paid-in capital $-  $178,283 
Change in Class A common stock subject to possible redemption $1,771,832  $149,209,569 
         
Supplemental cash flow disclosure:        
Cash paid for income taxes $811,467  $- 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Note 1. Description of Organization and Business OperationsItem 9B. Other Information

None.

 

LF Capital Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the state of Delaware on June 29, 2017. The Company was 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 that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company intends to capitalize on the ability of its management team to focus its search for a target business in the commercial banking and financial technology industries.

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All activity through December 31, 2019 relates to the Company’s formationItem 10. Directors, Executive Officers and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), and, since the closing of the Initial Public Offering, a search for a Business Combination candidate. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.Corporate Governance

 

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on June 19, 2018. On June 22, 2018, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 15,525,000 units (each, a “Unit” and collectively, the “Units”), including 2,025,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $155.25 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $9.3 million, inclusive of $5.4338 million in deferred underwriting commissions (Note 3).

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 7,760,000 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor, Level Field Capital, LLC (“Sponsor”)information regarding our directors, executive officers, and certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. (collectively, “anchor investor”), generating gross proceeds of $7.76 million (Note 4).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, $158.355 million ($10.20 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) andcorporate governance related matters is required to be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of 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.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding 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 companyincluded under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.

The Company will provide its shareholdersheadings “Election of Public shares (“Public Shareholders”) 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 shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law or stock exchange listing requirement, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it will: (i) conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and (ii) file proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially approximately $10.20 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations, less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).

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The per-share amount to be distributed to public shareholders 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 6). These Public shares have been recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.Directors,In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by the law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder 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 shareholder may elect to redeem their Public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the initial stockholders have agreed to vote their founder shares (and any Public shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% or more of the Class A common stock sold in the Initial Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination on June 22, 2020 (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public shares which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as shareholders (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 remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law.

In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay for its franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses).

The initial stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the founder shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the initial stockholders should 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 complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) 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 funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Company’s 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 $10.20 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 has agreed to be liable to the Company, jointly and severally, if“Information About Our Executive Officers,” “Corporate Governance,” “Board Committees” and, to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of fundsapplicable, “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in the Trust Account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or 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 deemedour definitive proxy statement 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 (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreementsfiled with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Liquidity

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $161,000 in its operating bank accounts, and working capital deficit of approximately $477,000.

Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, the Company’s liquidity needs have been satisfied through the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in Trust Account, interest earned released from the Trust Account to pay for its tax obligations, and loans from the Sponsor. In order to finance transaction costsSEC in connection with our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2021 Proxy Statement”) is incorporated herein by reference. 

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Combination,Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive, principal financial and principal accounting officers, or persons performing similar functions. Our Code of Ethics is posted on the Sponsor or an affiliate“Governance Documents” section of our investor website located at ir.landseahomes.com. We intend to disclose future amendments to certain provisions of the Sponsor, or certainCode of Ethics, and waivers of the CompanyCode of Ethics granted to executive officers and directors, may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). The Working Capital Loans will 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 $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. On March 4, 2019, the Company issued a convertible note (“Convertible Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan to the Company of up to $1.5 million. The Company was provided $400,000, $350,000 and $130,000 in loan proceeds on March 4, 2019, August 19, 2019 and January 10, 2020, respectively, for an aggregate amount of $880,000, pursuant to the amended Convertible Note (see Note 5).

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”, management has determined that the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern after June 22, 2020. Management plans to address this uncertainty through the consummation of a Business Combination. However, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Period. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after June 22, 2020.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented.

Emerging growth company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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 election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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 accounting standards used.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when acquired to be cash equivalents.

Marketable Securities

The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities is comprised solely of U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, classified as trading securities. Trading securities 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 recognized as gains or losses in the accompanying Statements of Operations. The estimated fair values of financial instruments are determined using available market information.

Use of estimates

The preparation of 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 atwebsite within four business days following the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of 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, situationamendment or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.waiver.

Concentration of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities held for trading. Cash and cash equivalents are maintained in accounts with financial institutions, which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant credit risks on such account. The Company’s marketable securities portfolio consists of U.S Treasury Bills and money market funds with an original maturity of 180 days or less.

Fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. Marketable securities are classified as trading securities and are therefore recognized at fair value. The fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Fair Value 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. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.

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 include:

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.

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, requires all entities to disclose the fair value of financial instruments, both assets and liabilities for which it is practicable to estimate fair value, and defines fair value of a financial instrument as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and note payable to related parties approximate the fair values due to the short-term nature of the instruments. The Company’s portfolio of marketable securities is comprised of an investment in U.S Treasury Bills and money market fund with an original maturity of 180 days or less. The fair value for trading securities is determined using quoted market prices.

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 Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” 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 the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, shares of Class A common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Class A common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at December 31, 2019 and 2018, 14,461,820 and 14,500,444 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets, respectively.

Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase an aggregate of 23,285,000 shares of Class A common stock in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. As a result, diluted earnings per share is the same as basic earnings per share for the period.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company’s statements of operations include 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 share, basic and diluted for Class A common stock is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account, net of applicable taxes, by the weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding since the initial issuance. Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted for Class B common stock is calculated by dividing the net income (loss), less income attributable to Class A common stock, by the weighted average number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding for the periods.

Reconciliation of net income (loss) per common stock

The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to Class A common stock subject to redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account (less applicable taxes) and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted income per Class A common stock is calculated as follows:

  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2019  2018 
Net income $1,771,836  $592,850 
Less: Income attributable to Class A common stock  (2,598,143)  (1,179,134)
Adjusted net loss attributable to Class B common stock $(826,307) $(586,284)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A common stock  15,525,000   15,525,000 
Basic and diluted net income per share, Class A $0.17  $0.08 
Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B common stock  3,881,250   3,881,250 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B $(0.21) $(0.15)

Income Taxes

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under FASB ASC 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.

FASB ASC 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 December 31, 2019 and 2018. 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 at December 31, 2019 and 2018. 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.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 3. Initial Public OfferingItem 11. Executive Compensation

 

On June 22, 2018,Information required by this Item is included in our 2021 Proxy Statement under the Company sold 15,525,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit in the Initial Public Offering. Each Unit consists of one Class A common stockheadings “Board Committees,” “Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation,” “Compensation Committee Interlocks and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Class A share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).Insider Participation” and “Compensation Committee Report” and is incorporated herein by reference. 

 

Note 4. Private PlacementItem 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Concurrently withInformation required by this Item is included in our 2021 Proxy Statement under the closingheadings “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Beneficial Ownership of the Initial Public Offering, the SponsorOur Securities” and the anchor investor purchased an aggregate of 7,760,000 Private Placement Warrants at $1.00 per warrant ($7.76 million in the aggregate) in a private placement. Among the Private Placement Warrants, 7,209,560 warrants were purchasedis incorporated herein by the Sponsor and 550,440 warrants were purchased by the anchor investor.reference. 

Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A share at $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering to be 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.

 

Note 5.Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,

Founder Shares and Director Independence

 

In August 2017,Information required by this Item is included in our 2021 Proxy Statement under the Company issued an aggregate of 4,312,500 shares of Class B common stock to the Sponsor in exchange for an aggregate capital contribution of $25,000. In February 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 431,250 founder shares, resulting in a decrease in the total number of founder shares from 4,312,500 to 3,881,250. All share amounts presented in the financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect these share forfeitures. In June 2018, the Sponsor forfeited 267,300 founder sharesheadings “Certain Relationships and the anchor investor purchased 267,300 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,980. Of the 3,881,250 founder shares, the Sponsor had agreed to forfeit an aggregate of up to 506,250 founder shares to the extent that the over-allotment optionRelated Party Transactions” and “Board Committees” and is not exercised in fullincorporated herein by the underwriters. As of June 22, 2018, the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full, hence, these 506,250 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.reference. 

 

The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A common stock upon the consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment (see Note 7). The initial stockholders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares until the earliest of  (a) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (b) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (C) following the completion of the initial Business Combination, such future date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our public stockholders having the right to exchange their common stock for cash, securities or other property.Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

If the anchor investor does not own the number of Public Units equal to 1,336,500 at the time of any stockholder vote with respect to an initial Business Combination or the business day immediately prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the anchor investor will forfeit up to 267,300 founder shares on a pro rata basis. In such case, the Sponsor will repurchase all or a portion of the Private Placement Warrants heldInformation required by the anchor investor at its original purchase price.

Office Space and Related Support Services

The Company agreed, commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offeringthis Item is included in June 2018 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. The Company incurred $120,000 and $60,000 in expenses in connection with such services during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 as reflected in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

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Board Member Agreement

In September 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with B. Prot Conseils, an entity controlled by Mr. Baudouin Prot, one of its board members, pursuant to which the board member will be paid a cash fee of $150,000 per annum in exchange for his service. The agreement was effective as of October 1, 2017 and last until the earlier of December 2019 or the consummation of the Company’s business combination. The Company incurred $150,000 in fees related to this service during each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 in the accompanying Statements of Operations. On February 20, 2020, the Company has agreed to amend its arrangement with Mr. Prot, pursuant to which no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, if the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019.

Promissory Note - Related Party

The Sponsor had agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for the payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. In April 2018, the Sponsor amended the note to increase the principal amount to $500,000. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on the earlier of December 31, 2018 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company fully repaid the loan from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering not being placed in the Trust Account on June 22, 2018.

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 agreed to loan the Company funds as may be required (“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. 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 $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

There were no Working Capital Loans outstanding as of December 31, 2018. On March 4, 2019, the Company issued a convertible note (“Convertible Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to provide a Working Capital Loan to the Company of up to $1.5 million. The Company was provided $400,000 and $350,000 in loan proceeds on March 4, 2019 and August 19, 2019, for an aggregate amount of $750,000, pursuant to the amended Convertible Note. On January 10, 2020, the Company received an additional loan proceed of $130,000 and increased the total amount outstanding2021 Proxy Statement under the Convertible Note to $880,000.

Note 6. Commitments & Contingencies

Registration Rights

The holders of the founder sharesheading “Independent Public Accountant” and Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any 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) 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 prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. 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 $3.105 million in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, a deferred underwriting discount of $0.35 per unit, or $5.434 million in the aggregate will be 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.

is incorporated herein by reference. 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 7. Stockholders’ equity

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. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were 15,525,000 Class A common stock issued or outstanding, including 14,461,820 and 14,500,444 share of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, respectively.

Holders of the Class A common stock and holders of the Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders, except as required by law. Each share of common stock will have one vote on all such matters.

Class B Common stock

The Company is authorized to issue 15,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. In August 2017, the Company initially issued 4,312,500 Class B common stock. In February 2018, in connection with the decrease of the size of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor forfeited 431,250 shares of Class B common stock, resulting in a decrease in the total number of founder shares from 4,312,500 to 3,881,250. All share amounts presented in the financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect these share forfeitures. Of the 3,881,250 shares of Class B common stock, an aggregate of up to 506,250 shares were subject to forfeiture to the Company by the Sponsor for no consideration to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full. As of June 22, 2018, the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option in full, hence, these 506,250 shares were no longer subject to forfeiture. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were 3,881,250 Class B common stock issued or outstanding.

The Class B common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock on the first business day following the consummation of the initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B common stock shall convert into Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance, including a specified future issuance) so that the number of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the sum of the total number of all common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, there are no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Warrants

At December 31, 2019 and 2018 there are 23,285,000 outstanding warrants, consisting of 15,525,000 Public Warrants and 7,760,000 Private Placement Warrants, each warrant exercisable at $11.50 into one share of Class A common stock.

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LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PART IV

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 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 has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) 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. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the 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 initial purchasers or such purchasers’ permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial stockholders or their 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.

The Company may call the Public Warrants for redemption (except 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 last reported closing price of the shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share 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.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.

The exercise price and number of Class A shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants shares. 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.

 

Note 8. Fair Value MeasurementsItem 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) The following table presents information about the Company’s assets thatdocuments are measured onfiled as a recurring basispart of this Annual Report:

1. Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20192020 and 2018 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value.2019

 

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LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  Quoted Prices in Active
Markets
  Significant Other
Observable Inputs
  Significant Other
Unobservable Inputs
 
Description (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3) 
Assets held in Trust at December 31, 2019:            
U.S. Treasury Securities $161,991,526  $      -  $     - 
Money market funds  28,383   -   - 
  $162,019,909  $-  $- 

Description 

Quoted Prices in Active
Markets

(Level 1)

  

Significant Other
Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant Other
Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 
Assets held in Trust at December 31, 2018:            
Money market fund $159,718,098  $   —  $   — 
  $159,718,098  $  $ 

Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 are recognized at the endStatements of the reporting period. There were no transfers between levelsOperations for the years ended December 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019

 

Note 9. Income Taxes

The Company’s financial statements include total net income (loss) before taxesStatements of approximately $2.4 million and approximately $0.9 millionChanges in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 20192020 and 2018, respectively. The income tax provision consists of the following:2019

 

  December 31 
  2019  2018 
Federal        
Current  547,749   311,183 
Deferred  (40,546)  (119,993)
State and Local        
Current  -   - 
Deferred  -   13,984 
Change in Valuation allowance  168,651   106,009 
Income tax provision (benefit)  675,854   311,183 

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

Reconciliations of the differences between the provision/(benefit) for income taxes and income taxes at the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate is as follows:Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

  2019  2018 
  Amount  Percent of
Pretax Income
  Amount  Percent of
Pretax Income
 
Current tax at U.S. statutory rate  514,015   21.00%  189,847   21.00%
Nondeductible/nontaxable items  2,436   0.10%  1,343   0.15%
State taxes, net of federal benefit  -   0.00%  -   0.00%
State effect of perm items  -   0.00%  -   0.00%
Valuation allowance activity  168,651   6.89%  106,009   11.72%
Deferred rate change  -   0.00%  13,984   1.55%
Current/deferred rate differential  -   0.00%  -   0.00%
Federal payable true-up  (9,248)  -0.38%  -   0.00%
Other  1   0.00%  -   0.00%
Total Income Tax Provision/(Benefit)  675,854   27.61%  311,183   34.42%

2. Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules have been omitted because the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto, or because it is not required.

3. Exhibits

See exhibits listed under Part (b) below.

(b) Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 

Number

Description
2.1+Merger Agreement, dated August 31, 2020, by and among LF Capital Acquisition Corp., LFCA Merger Sub, Inc., Landsea Homes Incorporated and Landsea Holdings Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 31, 2020)
3.1Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Landsea Homes Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
3.2Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Landsea Homes Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
4.1Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020)
4.2Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020)
4.3Warrant Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2020)
4.4First Amendment to the Warrant Agreement, dated January 7, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)

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4.5*Description of Securities
10.1Stockholder’s Agreement, by and between Landsea Homes Corporation and Landsea Holdings Corporation, dated January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
10.2^Landsea Homes Corporation 2020 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex F to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the SEC on November 23, 2020)
10.3Seller Lock-Up Agreement, by and between Landsea Holdings Corporation and Landsea Homes Corporation, dated January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
10.4Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement, by and between Level Field Capital, LLC, Bandouin Prot, Scott Reed, Elias Farhat, Djemi Traboulsi, James Erwin, Gregory Wilson and Landsea Homes Corporation, dated January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
10.5Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement, by and among Level Field Capital, LLC, Karen Wendel and Landsea Homes Corporation, dated January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
10.6Trademark License Agreement, by and among Landsea Homes Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries set forth on Exhibit A thereto and Landsea Group Co., Ltd., dated January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2021)
10.7^Employment Agreement of John Ho, by and between Landsea Holdings Corporation and John Ho, dated August 31, 2020, and assigned to and assumed by Landsea Homes Corporation on January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Annex O-1-1 to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the SEC on November 23, 2020)
10.8^Employment Agreement of Michael Forsum, by and between Landsea Holdings Corporation and Michael Forsum, dated August 31, 2020, and assigned to and assumed by Landsea Homes Corporation on January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Annex O-2-1 to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the SEC on November 23, 2020)
10.9^Employment Agreement of Franco Tenerelli, by and between Landsea Holdings Corporation and Franco Tenerelli, dated August 31, 2020, and assigned to and assumed by Landsea Homes Corporation on January 7, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Annex O-3-1 to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the SEC on November 23, 2020)
10.10^*Form of Landsea Homes Corporation Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement
10.11*+Second Modification Agreement to Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Revolving/Borrowing Base), effective as of May 28, 2019, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB LLC, Western Alliance Bank, and lenders
10.12*Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB LLC, Western Alliance Bank, Flagstar Bank, FSB, the lenders and other loan parties
10.13*Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and other loan parties
10.14*Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and other loan parties
10.15*Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and other loan parties
10.16*+Credit Agreement, dated January 15, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB 2 LLC and Western Alliance Bank, and the lenders
10.17*+First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated May 15, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB 2 LLC and Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and other loan parties
10.18*+Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated October 27, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB 2 LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and loan parties
10.19*Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated December 30, 2020, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB 2 LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and other loan parties
10.20*+Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2021, by and among Landsea Homes- WAB 2 LLC, Western Alliance Bank, the lenders and the other loan parties
10.21Letter Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and among the Company, each of its officers, directors, and Level Field Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 25, 2018)

 

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10.22*Investor Representation Letter, dated January 7, 2021, by Landsea Holdings Corporation
10.23Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 19, 2018, by and between the Company and Level Field Capital, LLC, James Erwin, Karen Wendel, Gregory P. Wilson, Multi-Strategy Master Fund Limited, BlackRock Credit Alpha Master Fund L.P and HC NCBR Fund (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 25, 2018)
10.24Form of LF Capital Acquisition Corp. Director and Officer Indemnity Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 13, 2018)
10.25Sponsor Waiver, Forfeiture and Deferral Agreement, dated August 31, 2020, by and between Level Field Capital, LLC, LF Capital Acquisition Corp., Landsea Holdings Corporation and Landsea Homes Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 31, 2020)
21.1*Subsidiaries of the Registrant
31.1*Certification of John Ho, Chief Executive Officer of Landsea Homes Corporation, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2*Certification of John Ho, Interim Chief Financial Officer of Landsea Homes Corporation, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1**Certification of John Ho, Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Landsea Homes Corporation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101The following financial statements from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019; (ii) Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, (iii) Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019; (iv) Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags.
104The Cover page from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

LF CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith.
^Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
+Certain schedules to or portions of this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted schedules to the SEC upon request.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

 

The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows: 

  December 31 
  2019  2018 
Deferred tax assets:        
Unrealized gain/loss  -   - 
Start-up cost  313,660   145,009 
Total deferred tax assets  313,660   145,009 
Valuation allowance  (313,660)  (145,009)
         
Deferred tax liabilities        
Unrealized gain/loss  (128,105)  - 
Net Deferred tax assets/(liabilities), net of allowance  (128,105)  - 

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company has concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets associated with start-up costs. Start-up costs cannot be amortized against future operating income until a business combination has occurred. Therefore, a full valuation allowance has been established prior to the company completing a business combination, as future events such as business combinations cannot be considered when assessing the realizability of Deferred Tax Assets and when the probability of a special purpose acquisition company consummating a business combination is less than 51%. In addition, a reliable forecast of trust investment income and start-up costs expected to be incurred in the period/s prior to a business combination or a dissolution and liquidation is not practicable. Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully reserved.None.

 

Note 10. Subsequent Events

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SIGNATURES

 

On January 10, 2020,Pursuant to the Company received an additional loan proceedrequirements of $130,000 and increasedSection 13 or 15(d) of the total amount outstanding underSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, the Convertible Noteregistrant has duly caused this report to $880,000.be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

On February 20, 2020, the Company has agreed to amend its arrangement with Mr. Prot, pursuant to which no further monthly fees will be paid on a current monthly basis to Mr. Prot, however, if the Company completes its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020, the Company shall pay Mr. Prot $12,500 for each month Mr. Prot has continued to provide services to the Company since January 1, 2020. If the Company does not complete its acquisition of a target company prior to June 18, 2020 then no further fees will be payable to Mr. Prot following December 31, 2019.

 F-18LANDSEA HOMES CORPORATION
Date:By:/s/ John Ho
March 12, 2021Name: John Ho
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

SignatureTitleDate

/s/ John Ho

Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer andMarch 12, 2021
John HoDirector (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Trent SchreinerSenior Vice President of Accounting and ChiefMarch 12, 2021
Trent SchreinerAccounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Ming Tian

Chairman of the BoardMarch 12, 2021
Ming Tian

/s/ Qin Zhou

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Qin Zhou

/s/ Bruce D. Frank

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Bruce D. Frank

/s/ Thomas Hartfield

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Thomas Hartfield

/s/ Robert S. Miller

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Robert S. Miller

/s/ Scott Reed

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Scott Reed

/s/ Elias Farhat

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Elias Farhat

/s/ Tim T. Chang

DirectorMarch 12, 2021
Tim T. Chang 

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