Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Derivative Liabilities

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Derivative Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Liabilities Derivative Liabilities
Common Stock Warrants
On the consummation of the Merger, 12,218,750 publicly traded warrants for Class A common stock at an exercise price per share of $11.50 and 8,900,000 private placement warrants held by the Sponsor with an exercise price per share of $11.50 converted automatically into warrants of Aurora common stock.
Public warrants outstanding were 12,218,291 and 12,218,420 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, 129 Public Warrants were exercised for total cash proceeds of $1.
Private placement warrants outstanding were 8,900,000 and 8,900,000 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
The estimated fair value of the warrant liabilities was $31,255 and $65,678 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, a gain of $34,423 was recognized in changes in fair value of derivative liabilities in the consolidated statements of operations.
Public Warrants
Public warrants were exercisable beginning on December 3, 2021. The Company may redeem the public warrants when the last reported sales price of Class A common stock 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 (the “Reference Value”) exceeds $10.00 or $18.00. Warrants are redeemable in whole and upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice.
If the Reference Value exceeds $18.00, warrants are redeemable at $0.01 per warrant, in whole and upon a minimum of 30 days prior written notice that holders will be able to exercise their warrants.
If the Reference Value exceeds $10.00, warrants are redeemable at $0.10 per warrant, in whole and upon a minimum of 30 days prior written notice that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares determined by reference to an agreed table based on the redemption date and the fair market value of Class A ordinary shares. Fair market value of Class A common stock is the volume-weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days following the date on which the notice of redemption is sent. The number of ordinary shares received upon exercise is capped at 0.361 shares of Aurora Class A common stock per warrant.
Private Placement Warrants
Private placement warrants are not redeemable by the Company as long as they are held by a Sponsor or its permitted transferees. If the Reference value exceeds $18.00 per share and the Company elects to redeem the public warrants, the private placement warrants are exercised.
If the public warrants are redeemed by the Company when the Reference Value equals or exceeds $10.00, the private placement warrants are also concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as of the public warrants.
If the public warrants are redeemed by the Company when the Reference Value exceeds $18.00 per share, the Sponsor will exercise the private placement warrants for cash or on a cashless basis.
Earnout Shares Liability
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, Legacy Aurora and the Sponsor entered into the Sponsor Agreement on July 14, 2021. Under the agreement, existing Sponsor shares not forfeited due to redemptions are subject to lock-up and price-based vesting as follows:
1,720,772 shares vest when it has been at least 1 year since the Closing;
1,720,772 shares vest when it has been at least 2 years since the Closing and the volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s class A common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for 20 trading days of any consecutive 30 trading day period
1,720,771 shares vest when it has been at least 3 years since the Closing and the VWAP equals or exceeds $17.50 for 20 trading days of any consecutive 30 trading day period; and,
1,720,771 shares vest when it has been at least 4 years since the Closing and the VWAP equals or exceeds $20.00 for 20 trading days of any consecutive 30 trading day period.
The estimated fair value of the earnout shares liability was $20,993 and $52,380 at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, a gain of $31,387 was recognized in changes in fair value of derivative liabilities in the consolidated statements of operations. No earnout shares vested as of March 31, 2022.