9.       Fair Value Measurement

The Company complies with FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.  ASC 820 determines fair value to be the price that would be received to sell an asset or world be paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Warrants 

The warrants issued in connection with the Company’s initial public offering on February 23, 2021 are subject to treatment as a derivative liability. When Level 1 inputs are not available, the Company utilizes a Monte Carlo simulation methodology to value the warrants at each reporting period with changes recognized in the statement of operations. The estimated fair value of the warrant liability is determined using Level 1 and Level 2 inputs. The key assumptions in the option pricing model utilized are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, risk-free interest rate, dividend yield, and expected term. The expected volatility at each reporting period was selected based on the average volatility of SPACs that are searching for an acquisition target. SPAC volatility is based upon historical stock prices over a six-year lookback period, or all historical data if less than six years is available. The risk-free interest rate is based on interpolation of U.S. Treasury yields with a term commensurate with the term of the warrants. The Company anticipates the dividend yield to be zero. The expected term of the warrants is assumed to be one year until the close of a Business Combination, and the contractual five-year term subsequently.

The key inputs into the option model for the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants as of February 23, 2021 and June 30, 2021 were as follows:

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The Warrants are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. As of February 23, 2021, the Public and Private Warrants were classified as Level 2 due to the use of both observable inputs in an active market as well as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities. As of June 30, 2021, the Public Warrants were classified as Level 1 due to the use of quoted prices in active markets, and the Private Warrants were classified as Level 2.

As of February 23, 2021, the values of the Public Warrants and Private Warrants were $11.2 million and $9.7 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2021, the values of the Public Warrants and Private Warrants were $10.1 million and $8.9 million, respectively.

The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:

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The initial fair value measurement of the private warrants reflects an increase of $771,333 from the issuance proceeds of $8,900,000, as the initial fair value was in excess of the proceeds received, and is included in the statement of operations in the line other expense – private warrant liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest rates and yield curves. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and includes situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability:

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