UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

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

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20222023

 

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _____________ to ________________

 

Commission file number: 001-41554

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 86-2789369
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

c/o Plutonian Investments LLC

1441 Broadway 3rd, 5th & 6th Floors

New York, NY

 10018 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 969 0946

 

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 share of one Common Stock, one redeemable Warrant, and one Right PLTNU The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock PLTN The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrant, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share PLTNW The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-sixth of one share of Common Stock PLTNR The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

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 No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required 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. Yes No

 

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). Yes No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

 

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 filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
  Emerging Growth Company

 

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.

 

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.

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

 

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

 

On June 30, 2022,2023, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $0.$59,742,500.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s shares of common stock as of March 31, 20232024 was 7,511,125.5,000,767.

 

Auditor Firm ID: PCAOB ID # 688 Auditor Name: Marcum LLP Auditor Location: East Hanover, NJ

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.

 

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 20222023

 

PART I1
ITEM 1.BUSINESS1
ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS1420
ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS1420
ITEM 1C.CYBERSECURITY20
ITEM 2.PROPERTIES1420
ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS1420
ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES1420
PART II1521
ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES1521
ITEM 6.[RESERVED]1622
ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS1622
ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK1927
ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA1927
ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE1927
ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES2028
ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION2028
ITEM 9C.DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS2028
PART III2129
ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2129
ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION2634
ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS2634
ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE2836
ITEM 14.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES3038
PART IV3139
ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES3139
ITEM 16.FORM 10-K SUMMARY3341

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. The statements contained in this report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this report may include, for example, statements about our:

 

ability to complete our initial business combination;

 

success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;

 

officers 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;

 

potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination;

 

pool of prospective target businesses;

 

the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential investment opportunities;

 

potential change in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for stock;

 

the potential liquidity and trading of our securities;

 

the lack of a market for our securities;

 

use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; or

 

financial performance following our initial public offering.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions 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 under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws and/or if and when management knows or has a reasonable basis on which to conclude that previously disclosed projections are no longer reasonably attainable.

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”), references to the “SPAC,” “Company” and to “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Plutonian Acquisition Corp.

 

Introduction

 

Plutonian Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we intend to focus our search for a target business on companies engaged in metaverse technologies, tourism and e-commerce related industries in the Asia-Pacific, or APAC, region. We affirmatively exclude as an initial business combination target any company of which financial statements are audited by an accounting firm that the United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) is unable to inspect for two consecutive years beginning in 2021 and any target company with China operations consolidated through a VIE structure.

 

On November 15, 2022, we consummated our initial public offering (“IPO”) of 5,750,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units’), which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option of 750,000 Public Units issued to EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (“EF Hutton”). Each Public Unit consists of one share of common stock (“Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant entitling its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share (“Warrant”), and one right to receive one-sixth (1/6) of a share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination (“Right”). The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on November 15, 2022, we consummated a private placement with Plutonian Investments LLC (the “Sponsor”), purchasing 266,125 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Private Units”), generating total proceeds of $2,661,250. The Private Units (and the underlying securities) are identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO registration statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale.

 

A total of $58,506,250 of the net proceeds from the sale of the Public Units in the IPO (including the Over-Allotment Option Units) and the Private Placements on November 15, 2022, were deposited in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.

 

All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases have been placed in the trust account described above and, together with the interests earned on the funds held in the trust account and except for payment of our franchise and income taxes if any, shall not be released to us until the earlier of the completion of our initial business combination and our redemption of the shares of common stock sold in the IPO upon our failure to consummate a business combination within the required period.

 

With these exceptions, expenses incurred by us may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of our IPO not held in the trust account; provided, however, that in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO, if the funds not held in the trust account are insufficient, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued units to acquire 70,000 shares of Common Stock (which includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of rights) and 60,000 Warrants). If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

 


 

 

On June 20, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000 to the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s working capital account in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO.

On September 14, 2023, the Company issued unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $140,000 to the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s working capital account in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO.

On August 8, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the Company’s stockholders approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Extension Amendment”) and (ii) an amendment (the “Trust Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination, up to four times for an additional three months each time, from August 15, 2023 to August 15, 2024 (the date that is 21 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units). In connection with the stockholders’ vote at the special meeting, an aggregate of 2,510,358 shares with redemption value of approximately $26,244,894 (or $10.45 per share) of the Company’s common stock were tendered for redemption.

On August 1, 2023, $210,000 was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the business combination period from August 15, 2023 to November 15, 2023. On August 8, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 to the Sponsor for the extension payment. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earlier of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, or 2) the date the Company liquidates if a business combination is not consummated. The Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

On November 9, 2023, and February 5, 2024, the Company issued the unsecured promissory notes (the “Note”) in an amount of $210,000 respectively to Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited in exchange for its depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination. The Notes does not bear interest and mature upon closing of a business combination by the Company. In addition, the Note may be converted by the holder into shares of common stock of the Company identical to the common stock issued in the Company’s IPO at a price of $10.00 per unit. Accordingly, the Company now has until May 15, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.

On December 27, 2023 and March 19, 2024, the Sponsor provided a loan of $300,000 and $350,000, respectively, to be used for our working capital purpose.

On March 25, 2024, Plutonian held its annual stockholder meeting to approve the re-election of its five directors and the ratification of appointment of its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

On March 29, 2024, the registration statement on Form F-4 of Big Tree Cloud Holdings Ltd was declared effective by the SEC. We currently plan to hold the special meeting of stockholders in connection with the business combination with Big Tree Cloud Holdings Ltd on April 30, 2024.

Business Combination

Merger Agreement

On October 9, 2023, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”) with (i) Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Holdco”), (ii) Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“PubCo”), (iii) Big Tree Cloud Merger Sub I Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”), (iv) Big Tree Cloud Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with PubCo and Merger Sub 1, each an “Acquisition Entity” and collectively, the “Acquisition Entities”), and (v) Guangdong Dashuyun Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. (广东省大树云投资控股集团有限公司) a PRC limited liability company (“Dashuyun”). All capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

Pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into the Holdco (the “Initial Merger”) whereby the separate existence of Merger Sub 1 will cease and Holdco will be the surviving corporation of the Initial Merger and become a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo, and (ii) following the Initial Merger Effective Time, Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into SPAC (the “SPAC Merger”, and together with the Initial Merger, the “Mergers”), the separate existence of Merger Sub 2 will cease and SPAC will be the surviving corporation of the SPAC Merger and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo.

The Mergers imply a current equity value of Big Tree Cloud at $500 million prior to the closing of the Mergers (the “Closing”). As a result of the Mergers, among other things, (i) each outstanding share in Holdco shall automatically be cancelled, and in exchange for the right to receive newly issued ordinary shares in PubCo (“PubCo Ordinary Shares”) at the Holdco Exchange Ratio; (ii) each outstanding SPAC Unit will be automatically detached; (iii) each unredeemed outstanding share of SPAC Common Stock will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Ordinary Share, (iv) each outstanding SPAC Rights will be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one-sixth (1/6) PubCo Ordinary Share, and (v) each outstanding SPAC Warrant will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Warrant. Each outstanding PubCo Ordinary Share will have a value at the time of the Closing of $10.00.

In addition, following the Closing, PubCo will issue an aggregate of up to 20,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares (the “Earnout Shares”) to the Holdco’s shareholders who hold Holdco’s shares as of immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time on a pro rata basis upon the occurrence of the Earn-out Event. Earn-out Event is defined as the event where the Company Group first reports that there has been, in aggregate, no less than 200 department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, supermarkets and other retail stores or vendors, each with a gross floor area of no less than 500 square meters, engaged in selling the Company Group’s personal care products or other consumer goods.


Concurrently with the execution of the Agreement, Sponsor has entered into and delivered a support agreement with the Holdco, the Company, each of the Acquisition Entities and Plutonian, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among others, to vote in favor of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder at the SPAC Special Meeting in accordance with the Insider Letter.

As part of the Agreement, on November 9, 2023 and February 5, 2024, Big Tree Cloud provided a loan of $210,000 per loan to the Company which was deposited into the Trust Account on October 31, 2023 and February 5, 2024 respectively, to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from November 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024. Accordingly, the Company has until May 15, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.

On November 9, 2023 and February 5, 2024, the Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 per note to Big Tree Cloud for the extension payments. The promissory notes are unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earliest of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, 2) the date on which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, or 3) August 15, 2024. Big Tree Cloud may elect to convert the promissory notes into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

Representations and Warranties

In the Merger Agreement, Dashuyun and Holdco (collectively, the “Warrantors”) make certain representations and warranties (with certain exceptions set forth in Dashuyun’s disclosure schedule) with respect to the Company Group and the Acquisition Entities, including matters relating to, among other things: (a) proper corporate organization and similar corporate matters; (b) authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Merger Agreement and other transaction documents; (c) absence of conflicts; (d) capital structure and validity of share issuance; (e) accuracy of charter documents and corporate records; (f) required consents and approvals; (g) financial information; (h) absence of certain changes or events; (i) title to assets and properties; (j) material contracts; (k) ownership of real property; (l) licenses and permits; (m) compliance with laws, including those relating to foreign corrupt practices and money laundering; (n) ownership of intellectual property; (o) customers and suppliers; (p) employment and labor matters; (q) taxes matters; (r) environmental matters; (s) that neither Holdco nor Dashuyun is an investment company; (t) privacy and data protection; (u) no alternative transactions; (v) litigation, and other customary representations and warranties.

In the Agreement, SPAC makes certain representations and warranties relating to, among other things: (a) proper corporate organization and similar corporate matters; (b) authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Merger Agreement and other transaction documents; (c) absence of conflicts; (d) litigation; (e) brokers and finders; (f) capital structure and validity of share issuance; (g) minimum trust fund amount; (h) validity of Nasdaq Stock Market listing; (i) SEC filing requirements and financial statements; (j) material contracts; (k) compliance with laws, including those relating to foreign corrupt practices and money laundering; (l) taxes matters; (m) that SPAC is not an investment company; (n) no alternative transactions, and other customary representations and warranties.

Conduct Prior to Closing; Covenants

Each of Holdco, Dashuyun, and SPAC has agreed to, and agreed to cause their respective subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to, conduct their respective business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, prior to the Closing, and not to take certain specified actions without the prior written consent of the other party.

The Parties also agree that Dashuyun and SPAC shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to enter into definitive agreements to raise additional investment no less than $10 million.

The Agreement also contains covenants providing for:

each party providing access to their books and records and providing information relating to their respective business to the other party, its legal counsel and other representatives;

each party having obligation to promptly notify the other party for notices and other communications it has received in relation to certain matters of the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement;


Dashuyun to deliver the audited financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2023 no later than seven (7) business days following the date of the Merger Agreement;

SPAC to make appropriate arrangements with respect to the funds in its trust account;

exculpation, indemnification, advancement of expenses, and insurance arrangement in favor of directors and officers of SPAC and Company Group;

parties’ cooperation in making filings with the SEC; and

that Dashuyun may, at its sole discretion, select (but shall not be in any way obligated) to pay certain amounts to extend the time SPAC has to complete a business combination under certain circumstances and if necessary.

Conditions to Closing

General Conditions

Consummation of the transactions under this Agreement is conditioned on, among other things, (i) the absence of any applicable Law or prohibiting the transactions; (ii) the registration statement on Form F-4 having been declared effective by the SEC; (iii) each of the additional agreements described in the Merger Agreement having been entered into, provided that no less than 95% of the Closing Payment Shares shall be subject to the Shareholders Lock-up Agreement (see below); and (iv) the requisite approval of the shareholders of SPAC and Holdco having been obtained.

SPAC’s Conditions

The obligation of SPAC to consummate the Closing is conditioned upon, in addition to the conditions described in the first paragraph and among other things, the following:

Company Group complying with all of the obligations under the Merger Agreement in all material respects;

the Fundamental Representations of the Warrantors being true and correct in all material respects and representations of the Warrantors other than the Fundamental Representations being true and correct except to the extent that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

there having been no material adverse effect on the business of Dashuyun; and

the requisite third party consents and governmental approvals having been obtained.

Holdco’s Conditions

The obligation of Holdco’s obligation to consummation the Closing is conditioned upon, in addition to the conditions described in the first paragraph and among other things, the following:

SPAC complying with all of their obligations under the Merger Agreement in all material respects;

disregarding all qualifiers relating to materiality and SPAC Material Adverse Effect, the representations and warranties of SPAC being true and correct except to the extent that would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect;

there having been no material adverse effect on SPAC;


SPAC shall have completed its share redemption in accordance with the Merger Agreement and its proxy statement; and

SPAC complying with the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act and Exchange Act.

Termination

The Merger Agreement may be terminated as follows:

in the event the Closing has not occurred by August 15, 2024, by SPAC or Dashuyun, provided that the party seeking to terminate this Merger Agreement has not committed any material breach; or

in the event SPAC or Dashuyun has committed any material breach and such breach is not cured within fifteen (15) days following receipt of a notice of breach from the other party, the non-breaching party may terminate this Merger Agreement by giving notice to the other party and the breaching party shall be obligated to pay the non-breaching party a break-up fee of US$500,000 promptly after termination by the non-breaching party.

Additional Agreements Executed in Connection With the Merger Agreement

Holdco Voting and Support Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the sole shareholder of the Holdco, has entered into a voting and support agreement with the Holdco, Dashuyun, each of the Acquisition Entities and SPAC, pursuant to which such sole shareholder agrees to, among other things, vote in favor of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Sponsor Voting and Support Agreement

Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Sponsor has entered into and delivered a support agreement with the Holdco, Dashuyun, each of the Acquisition Entities and the SPAC, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among others, to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder at the SPAC Special Meeting in accordance with the Insider Letter.

Additional Agreements to be Executed at Closing

In addition to the Merger Agreement, the following agreements will be entered into in connection with the Closing.

Shareholders Lock-Up Agreement

The sole shareholder of the Holdco will enter into an agreement with the PubCo, to be effective as of the Closing, pursuant to which at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the Merger Consideration Shares shall be subject to a lock-up in accordance with the terms and conditions thereunder.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the transactions, PubCo shall enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement with the sole shareholder of the Holdco and the initial shareholders of SPAC to provide for the registration of the PubCo Ordinary Shares.

U.S. Foreign Investment Regulations

Our Sponsor, Plutonian Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is controlled by Mr. Guojian Zhang, a PRC resident and a non-U.S. person, currently owns an aggregate of 1,538,625 shares of common stock of the Company (including 266,125 shares underlying the Private Units) or 30.77% of our outstanding shares.


Controlling or non-controlling investments in U.S. businesses that produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate or develop one or more critical technologies in one of 27 identified industries - including aviation, defense, semiconductors, telecommunications and biotechnology - are subject to a mandatory filing with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (“CFIUS”). In addition, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Because we may be considered a “foreign person” under such rules and regulations, any proposed business combination between us and a U.S. business engaged in a regulated industry or which may affect national security, we could be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review. The scope of CFIUS was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subject certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate a business combination with such business. In addition, if our potential business combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such initial business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance. The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues.

Moreover, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only limited time to complete our initial business combination, our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive $10.95 per share based on trust account balance as of February 29, 2024, before deducting payment of taxes, and our warrants and rights will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company.

We are currently contemplating the Mergers with Dashuyun whose businesses are substantially based in mainland China, and potentially in the future, in other markets outside the U.S. As a result, we do not expect the Mergers to result in “control” of a “U.S. business” by a “foreign person.” under the CFIUS. Additionally, we do not expect the business of SPAC to be deemed to have a nexus to “critical technologies,” “covered investment critical infrastructure,” and/or “sensitive personal data” under the regulations administered by CFIUS. If, however, we decide not to proceed with the Mergers with Dashuyun, or the Mergers is terminated or abandoned and we have to pursue an alternative business combination, or if we inadvertently concluded about CFIUS or other regulatory review on the Mergers, the significant ties to non-U.S. persons will impact us in numerous aspects as mentioned above.

Background and Competitive Strengths

 

We will seek to leverage our management team’s network of relationships with corporate executives, private equity, venture and growth capital funds, investment banking firms, consultants, family offices, and large corporations in order to source, acquire, and support the operations of the business combination target. Members of our management team and board have significant experience investing in and acquiring both private and public companies in China and the United States. We believe that this combination of relationships and expertise will make us a preferred partner for and allow us to source high-quality business combination targets.


 

Wei Kwang Ng, our CEO, has more than 10 years of work experience in American or Singaporean companies. Currently he serves as the chief operating officer of Parcel Santa Pte Ltd, a Singaporean technology company facilitating and value-adding in the logistics space of last mile delivery. Mr. Ng currently also serves the independent director of Redwood Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RWOD). Ke Wang, our CFO, currently serves as the head of quantitative research at Allstate Insurance Company. Our independent director Sze Wai Lee is the former executive director of Forbes Global Media Holdings Company Limited. Our independent director Harry Harnett served as the chief operating officer and president at ADF Companies, a franchised restaurant operator of Pizza Hut, from August 1999 to June 2020. Our independent director Robert M. Annis currently serves as the founder and chief executive officer of The Art of Admissions, a boutique admissions consulting company, since 2016 after his 8 years at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. We believe their advantages about combined network, experience and exposure to industries would prove to be beneficial for our team’s success. We believe that:

 

our team’s networks and relationships from sourcing, evaluating, due diligence, and executing transactions will provide us with a significant pipeline of opportunities;

 

our team’s unique background and experience in completing a variety of large-scale domestic and cross-border transactions between the U.S. and Asia will be attractive to leading Asia-based companies; and

 

our team’s extensive operational and investment management experience will enable a highly focused approach to idea generation, analysis and transaction execution.

 

However, none of our management team is obligated to remain with the company after an acquisition transaction, and we cannot provide assurance that the resignation or retention of our current management will not be a term or condition in any agreement relating to an acquisition transaction. Moreover, despite the competitive advantages we believe we have, we remain subject to significant competition with respect to identifying and executing an acquisition transaction.

 

Acquisition Strategy and Industry Opportunity

 

We are not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating an initial business combination, although we intend to focus our search for a target business on companies engaged in metaverse technologies, tourism and e-commerce related industries in the Asia-Pacific, or APAC, region. We affirmatively exclude as an initial business combination target any company of which financial statements are audited by an accounting firm that the PCAOB is unable to inspect for two consecutive years beginning in 2021 and any target company with China operations consolidated through a VIE structure. We believe that our experience and networks will enable us to identify potential business combination opportunities efficiently and productively. In addition, we believe the target business will benefit from our involvement, through the potential strategic relationships we can introduce, as well as by assisting the target in areas such as intellectual property management and corporate strategy. Despite our intended focus, we may attempt to acquire a target in another industry if an attractive acquisition opportunity is identified in such other industry prior to the time we identify an acquisition opportunity within our primary industry focus and if we believe that such opportunity is in the best interest of our stockholders.

 


Investment Criteria

 

We have identified the following general criteria that we believe are important in evaluating candidates for our initial business combination.

 

The main ambition of our management is to create the value-added for our stockholders though our experience to shift the operating efficiency of the business while implementing the revenue-driven and/or profit-engagement strategies and gain the profits through acquisitions. Consistent with our strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are essential in evaluating prospective target businesses. While we intend to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating prospective businesses, we may deviate from these criteria and guidelines should we consider well-fit to do so:

 

Industries that are Not Heavily Regulated or Related to National Security

 

We will not acquire an operating business that is highly regulated by its home country or related to national security, including companies that collect and process large amounts of public information and data, companies related to artificial intelligence, telecommunications companies, companies involved in semiconductor industries, rare natural resource companies, unmanned aerial vehicle, geological survey companies or any other enterprises that may relate to a country’s strategic reserve, resources critical to national security, human stem cells, or development or application of gene diagnosis and treatment technology.

 


Niche Deal Size

 

We intend to acquire companies which enterprise values of between $150 million and $300 million that are preferably already cash-generative. We believe we have greater access to companies within this range and the negotiation process is expected comparable time-saving.

 

Long-term Revenue Visibility with Defensible Market Position

 

In the management view, the target companies should appropriate at an inflection point, such as those requiring additional management expertise, are able to innovate by developing new products or services, or where we believe we have the ability to achieve improved profitability performance and where an acquisition may help facilitate growth.

 

Benefits from Being a U.S. Public Company (Value Creation and Marketing Opportunities)

 

We have intention to seek target companies that should offer attractive risk-adjusted equity returns for our stockholders. We intend to seek to acquire a target on terms and in a manner that leverages our experience. Among other criteria, we expect to evaluate financial returns based on (i) the potential for organic growth in cash flows, (ii) the ability to achieve cost savings, (iii) the ability to accelerate growth, including through the opportunity for follow-on acquisitions and (iv) the prospects for creating value through other value creation initiatives. Potential upside from future growth in the target business’ earnings and an improved capital structure will be prior than any identified downside risks.

 

Leadership Position

 

We will seek to identify one or more companies that have a leadership position in their industry or a defensible niche within a target market as a result of differentiated technology or other competitive advantages.

 

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.

 

Effecting Our Initial Business Combination

 

General

 

We are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any substantive commercial business for an indefinite period of time following the IPO.IPO. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of the IPO and the private placement of private units, our capital stock, debt or a combination of these in effecting our initial business combination. Although substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO and the private placement of private units are intended to be applied generally toward effecting a business combination as described in our IPO prospectus, the proceeds are not otherwise being designated for any more specific purposes. Accordingly, investors in the IPO are investing without first having an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any one or more business combinations. Our initial business combination may involve the acquisition of, or merger with, a company which does not need substantial additional capital but which desires to establish a public trading market for its shares. In the alternative, we may seek to consummate a business combination with a company that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth. While we may seek to effect simultaneous business combinations with more than one target business, we will probably have the ability, as a result of our limited resources, to effect only a single business combination.

 


 

We Have Not Identified a Target Business

To date, we have not selected any target business on which to concentrate our search for a business combination. Our officers, directors, insiders and other affiliates are currently engaging in discussions on our behalf with representatives of other companies regarding the possibility of a potential merger, share exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with us.

Subject to the limitations that a target business has a fair market value of at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, as described below in more detail, we will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate. We have not established any other specific attributes or criteria (financial or otherwise) for prospective target businesses. Accordingly, there is no basis for investors in the IPO to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may ultimately complete a business combination. To the extent we effect a business combination with a company or an entity in its early stage of development or growth, including entities without established records of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business and operations of early stage or potential emerging growth companies. 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.

 

Sources of Target Businesses

 

WhileAt the time of the IPO, we have not yet identified any initial business combination candidates, we believe based on our management’s business knowledge and past experience that there are numerous business combination candidates. We anticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment bankers, venture capital funds, private equity funds, leveraged buyout funds, management buyout funds and other members of the financial community. 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 our IPO prospectus 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. We may engage professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions or mergers 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. In no event, however, will our insiders or any of the members of our management team be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). We have no present intention to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with any of our officers, directors, director nominees, or insiders. However, we are not restricted from entering into any such transactions and may do so if (1) such transaction is approved by a majority of our disinterested and independent directors (if we have any at that time) and (2) we obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view. As of the date of this annual report, there are no affiliated entities that we would consider as a business combination target.

 

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

 

Subject to our management team’s fiduciary duties and the limitation that one or more target businesses have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, as described below in more detail, our management will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective target business. Additionally, there is no limitation on our ability to raise funds privately or through loans in connection with our initial business combination. We have not established any specific attributes or criteria (financial or otherwise) for prospective target businesses.

 


Accordingly, there is no basis for investors in the IPO to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may ultimately complete a business combination. To the extent we effect our initial business combination with a financially unstable company or an entity in its early stage of development or growth, including entities without established records of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business and operations of financially unstable and early stage or potential emerging growth companies. The valuation of a financially unstable company or early stage company can be more complicated than the calculation of a mature, stable company, and any valuation we make on such a company would be based, in part, on its prospects and how successful we believe the business will be once the company matures or is stabilized. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors. In evaluating a prospective target business, our management may consider a variety of factors, including one or more of the following:

 

financial condition and results of operation;

 

growth potential;


brand recognition and potential;

 

brand recognition and potential;return on equity or invested capital;

 

return on equitymarket capitalization or invested capital;enterprise value;

 

market capitalization or enterprise value;

experience and skill of management and availability of additional personnel;

 

capital requirements;

 

competitive position;

 

barriers to entry;

 

stage of development of the products, processes or services;

 

existing distribution and potential for expansion;

 

degree of current or potential market acceptance of the products, processes or services;

 

proprietary aspects of products and the extent of intellectual property or other protection for products or formulas;

 

impact of regulation on the business;

 

regulatory environment of the industry;

 

costs associated with effecting the business combination;

 

industry leadership, sustainability of market share and attractiveness of market industries in which a target business participates; and

 

macro competitive dynamics in the industry within which the company competes.

 

These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Our management may not consider any of the above criteria in evaluating a prospective target business. The retention of our officers and directors following the completion of any business combination will not be a material consideration in our evaluation of a prospective target business.


 

Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular business combination will be based, to the extent relevant, on the above factors as well as other considerations deemed relevant by our management in effecting a business combination consistent with our business objective. In evaluating a prospective target business, we will conduct an extensive due diligence review which will encompass, among other things, meetings with incumbent management and inspection of facilities, as well as review of financial and other information which is made available to us. This due diligence review will be conducted either by our management or by unaffiliated third parties we may engage, although we have no current intention to engage any such third parties.


 

The time and costs required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination remain to be determined. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective target business with which a business combination is not ultimately completed will result in a loss to us and reduce the amount of capital available to otherwise complete a business combination.

 

Fair Market Value of Target Business

 

Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account), which we refer to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, although we may structure a business combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. If we are no longer listed on Nasdaq, we will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.

 

We currently anticipate structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure a business combination where we merge directly with the target business or where we acquire 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, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise owns a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. 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-transaction 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 in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of 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% test. In order to consummate such an acquisition, we may issue a significant amount of our debt or equity securities to the sellers of such businesses and/or seek to raise additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities. Since we have no specific business combination under consideration, we have not entered into any such fund raising arrangement and have no current intention of doing so. The fair market value of the target will be determined by our board of directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or book value). We are not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the target business we select has a fair market value in excess of at least 80% of the balance of the trust account unless our board of directors cannot make such determination on its own. The board of directors, in light of its fiduciary obligation to stockholders, would be required to determine whether it is capable of valuing the target company based on the experience of its members in valuing companies and whether the board was actually able to reach a determination of value with respect to the particular target company.

 

Lack of Business Diversification

 

For an indefinite period of time after consummation 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. By consummating our initial 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

 

result in our dependency upon the performance of a single operating business or the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.

 


 

Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target Business’ Management Team

 

Although we intend to scrutinize the management team of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination, our assessment of the target business’ management team may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future management team may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future role of our officers and directors, if any, in the target business following our initial business combination remains to be determined. While it is possible that some of our key personnel will remain associated in senior management or advisory positions with us following our initial business combination, it is unlikely that they will devote their full time efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial business combination. Moreover, they would only be able to remain with the company after the consummation of our initial business combination if they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for them to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to the company after the consummation of the business combination. While the personal and financial interests of our key personnel may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business, their ability to remain with the company after the consummation of our initial business combination will not be the determining factor in our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any potential business combination. Additionally, our officers and directors may not have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.

 

Following our initial business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We may not have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that any such additional managers we do recruit will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

 

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

 

In connection with any proposed business combination, we will either (1) seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public stockholders may seek to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable) or (2) provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our insiders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to redeem any public shares held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. If we determine to engage in a tender offer, such tender offer will be structured so that each stockholder may tender any or all of his, her or its public shares rather than some pro rata portion of his, her or its shares. 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 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. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we have the flexibility to avoid a stockholder vote and allow our stockholders to sell their shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act which regulate issuer tender offers. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. WeUnder our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation currently in effect, we will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

 


 

 

We chose our net tangible asset threshold of $5,000,001 to ensure that we would avoid being subject to Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. However, if we seek to consummate an initial business combination with a target business that imposes any type of working capital closing condition or requires us to have a minimum amount of funds available from the trust account upon consummation of such initial business combination, our net tangible asset threshold may limit our ability to consummate such initial business combination (as we may be required to have a lesser number of shares converted or sold to us) and may force us to seek third party financing which may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all.all, unless such net tangible asset threshold requirement is removed from our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation currently in effect, which will be submitted to for stockholder vote on our special meeting in connection with a business combination on April 30, 2024. As a result, we may not be able to consummate such initial business combination and we may not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all. Public stockholders may therefore have to wait 18 months from the closing of the IPO in order to be able to receive a pro rata share of the trust account.

 

Our insiders and our officers and directors have agreed (1) to vote any shares of common stock owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination, (2) not to redeem any shares of common stock in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination and (3) not sell any shares of common stock in any tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination. As a result, if we sought stockholder approval of a proposed transaction, we woulddo not need only 116,657any of our public shares (or approximately 2.33% of our public shares) to be voted in favor of the transaction in order to have such transaction approved (assuming that only a quorum was present at the meeting, that EF Hutton votes for the transaction, and that the insiders do not purchase any units in the IPO or units or shares in the after-market)meeting).

 

None of our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units or shares of common stock in the IPO or from persons in the open market or in private transactions. However, if we hold a meeting to approve a proposed business combination and a significant number of stockholders vote, or indicate an intention to vote, against such proposed business combination, our officers, directors, insiders, or their affiliates could make such purchases in the open market or in private transactions in order to influence the vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our officers, directors, insiders, and their affiliates will not make purchases of common stock if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act, which are rules designed to stop potential manipulation of a company’s stock.

 

Tendering share certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights

 

At any meeting called to approve an initial business combination, public stockholders may seek to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our insiders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to redeem any public shares held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. If we hold a meeting to approve an initial business combination, a holder will always have the ability to vote against a proposed business combination and not seek redemption of his, her or its shares.

 

Alternatively, if we engage in a tender offer, each public stockholder will be provided the opportunity to sell his, her or its public shares to us in such tender offer. The tender offer rules require us to hold the tender offer open for at least 20 business days. Accordingly, this is the minimum amount of time we would need to provide holders to determine whether they want to sell their public shares to us in the tender offer or remain an investor in our company.

 

Our insiders, officers, and directors will not have redemption rights with respect to any shares of common stock owned by them, directly or indirectly, whether acquired prior to the IPO or purchased by them in the IPO or in the aftermarket.

 

We may also require public stockholders, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote on the business combination. The proxy solicitation materials that we will furnish to stockholders in connection with the vote for any proposed business combination will indicate whether we are requiring stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a stockholder would have from the time our proxy statement is mailed through the vote on the business combination to deliver his shares if he wishes to seek to exercise his redemption rights. Under Delaware law and our bylaws, we are required to provide at least 10 days’ advance notice of any stockholder meeting, which would be the minimum amount of time a stockholder would have to determine whether to exercise redemption rights. As a result, if we require public stockholders who wish to redeem their shares of common stock to receive a pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account to comply with the foregoing delivery requirements, holders may not have sufficient time to receive the notice and deliver their shares for redemption. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercise their redemption rights and may be forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to.

 


 

 

There is a nominal cost associated with this 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 $45 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. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated. However, in the event we require stockholders seeking to exercise redemption rights to deliver their shares prior to the consummation of the proposed business combination and the proposed business combination is not consummated, this may result in an increased cost to stockholders.

 

Any request to redeem or tender such shares once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the vote on the proposed business combination or expiration of the tender offer. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered his, her or its certificate in connection with an election of their redemption or tender and subsequently decides prior to the vote on the business combination or the expiration of the tender offer not to elect to exercise such rights, he, she or it may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically).

 

If the initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public stockholders who elected to exercise their redemption or tender 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 shares delivered by public holders.

 

Automatic Liquidation of Trust Account if No Business Combination

 

If we do not complete a business combination within nine months,before May 15, 2024, 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 100% of the outstanding public shares 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 the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within nine months,before May 15, 2024, we may, by resolution of our board if requested by our sponsor,Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination upone time to nine times, each by an additional one month (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination),August 15, 2024, subject to the sponsorSponsor or its affiliates or designees depositing additional funds into the trust account as set out below. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order for the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination to be extended, our sponsorSponsor or its affiliates or designees upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $189,750$210,000 (or $0.033$0.06 per public share per month),share) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each monthly extension, up to an aggregate of $1,707,750, or $0.297 per public share (for an aggregate of nine months).May 16, 2024. In the event that they elect to extend the time to consummate our initial business combination and deposit the applicable amount of money into trust, our sponsorSponsor or its affiliates or designees will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Our stockholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. In the event that we receive notice from our sponsorSponsor five days prior to the applicable deadline of its wish for us to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds have been timely deposited. Our sponsorSponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. If we do extend the period of time to consummate our initial business combination as described above, we would follow the same liquidation procedures described above if we do not complete a business combination by the end of the extended period. At such time, the warrants and rights will expire and holders of warrants and rights will receive nothing upon a liquidation with respect to such warrants or rights, and the warrants and rights will be worthless.

 


 

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 100% of our outstanding public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period may be considered a liquidation distribution under Delaware law. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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 redemptions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a redemption 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 100% of our public shares in the event we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period is not considered a liquidation distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 liquidation distribution. It is our intention to redeem our public shares as soon as reasonably possible and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with the above 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 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Section 281(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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 seeking to complete an initial business combination, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses.

 

We will seek to have all third parties (including any vendors or other entities we engage after the IPO)IPO) and any prospective target businesses enter into valid and enforceable agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in or to any monies held in the trust account.

 

As a result, the claims that could be made against us will be limited, thereby lessening the likelihood that any claim would result in any liability extending to the trust. We therefore believe that any necessary provision for creditors will be reduced and should not have a significant impact on our ability to distribute the funds in the trust account to our public stockholders. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that vendors, service providers and prospective target businesses will execute such agreements. In the event that a potential contracted party was to refuse to execute such a waiver, we will execute an agreement with that entity only if our management first determines that we would be unable to obtain, on a reasonable basis, substantially similar services or opportunities from another entity willing to execute such a waiver. Examples of instances where we may engage a third party that refused to execute a waiver would be the engagement of a third party consultant who cannot sign such an agreement due to regulatory restrictions, such as our auditors who are unable to sign due to independence requirements, or whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or a situation in which management does not believe it would be able to find a provider of required services willing to provide the waiver. There is also no guarantee that, even if they execute such agreements with us, they will not seek recourse against the trust account. Our sponsorSponsor 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 $10.175 per public share, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a valid and enforceable agreement with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in or to any monies held in the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the sponsorSponsor may not be able to satisfy its indemnification obligations, as we have not required it to retain any assets to provide for its indemnification obligations, nor have we taken any further steps to ensure that it will be able to satisfy any indemnification obligations that arise. Moreover, our sponsorSponsor will not be liable to our public stockholders and instead will only have liability to us. As a result, if we liquidate, the per-share distribution from the trust account could be less than approximately $10.175 due to claims or potential claims of creditors. We will distribute to all of our public stockholders, in proportion to their respective equity interests, an aggregate sum equal to the amount then held in the trust account, inclusive of any interest not previously released to us, subject to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors as described below.

 


 

 

If we are unable to consummate an initial business combination and are forced to redeem 100% of our outstanding public shares for a portion of the funds held in the trust account, we anticipate notifying the trustee of the trust account to begin liquidating such assets promptly after such date and anticipate it will take no more than 10 business days to effectuate the redemption of our public shares. Our insiders have waived their rights to participate in any redemption with respect to their insider shares. We will pay the costs of any subsequent liquidation from our remaining assets outside of the trust account and from the interest income on the balance of the trust account (net income and other tax obligations) that may be released to us to fund our working capital requirements. If such funds are insufficient, our sponsorSponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $18,500) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses. Each holder of public shares 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 us or necessary to pay our taxes. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to claims of our creditors that are in preference to the claims of public stockholders.

 

Our public stockholders shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only in the event of our failure to complete our initial business combination in the required time period or if the stockholders seek to have us redeem their respective shares of common stock upon a business combination which is actually completed by us. In no other circumstances shall a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account.

 

If we are forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is filed against us which 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 redemption amount received by public stockholders may be less than $10.175.

 

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.” 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. Claims may be brought against us for these reasons.

 

Certificate of Incorporation

 

Our certificate of incorporation contains certain requirements and restrictions relating to the IPO that will apply to us until the consummation of our initial business combination. If we hold a stockholder vote to amend any provisions of our certificate of incorporation relating to stockholder’s rights or pre-business combination activity (including the substance or timing within which we have to complete a business combination), we will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of 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, in connection with any such vote. Our insiders and EF Hutton have agreed to waive any redemption rights with respect to any insider shares, private shares and any public shares they may hold in connection with any vote to amend our certificate of incorporation. Specifically, our certificate of incorporation provides, among other things, that:

 

prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we shall either (1) seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public stockholders may seek to redeem their shares of common stock, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into a portion of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, or (2) provide our stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a stockholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, in each case subject to the limitations described herein;

 


we will consummate our initial business combination only if public stockholders do not exercise redemption rights in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the business combination;

 

if our initial business combination is not consummated within nine months (or up to 18 months) of the closing of the IPO,, then our existence will terminate and we will distribute all amounts in the trust account to all of our public holders of shares of common stock;

 

we may not consummate any other business combination, merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar transaction prior to our initial business combination; and

 

prior to our initial business combination, we 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.


 

Potential Revisions to Agreements with Insiders

 

Each of our insiders has entered into letter agreements with us pursuant to which each of them has agreed to do certain things relating to us and our activities prior to a business combination. We could seek to amend these letter agreements without the approval of stockholders, although we have no intention to do so. In particular:

 

Restrictions relating to liquidating the trust account if we failed to consummate a business combination in the time-frames specified above could be amended, but only if we allowed all stockholders to redeem their shares in connection with such amendment;

 

Restrictions relating to our insiders being required to vote in favor of a business combination or against any amendments to our organizational documents could be amended to allow our insiders to vote on a transaction as they wished;

 

The requirement of members of the management team to remain our officer or director until the closing of a business combination could be amended to allow persons to resign from their positions with us if, for example, the current management team was having difficulty locating a target business and another management team had a potential target business;

 

The restrictions on transfer of our securities could be amended to allow transfer to third parties who were not members of our original management team;

 


The obligation of our management team to not propose amendments to our organizational documents could be amended to allow them to propose such changes to our stockholders;

 

The obligation of insiders to not receive any compensation in connection with a business combination could be modified in order to allow them to receive such compensation;

 

The requirement to obtain a valuation for any target business affiliated with our insiders, in the event it was too expensive to do so.

 

Except as specified above, stockholders would not be required to be given the opportunity to redeem their shares in connection with such changes. Such changes could result in:

 

Our having an extended period of time to consummate a business combination (although with less in trust as a certain number of our stockholders would certainly redeem their shares in connection with any such extension);

 

Our insiders being able to vote against a business combination or in favor of changes to our organizational documents;

 

Our operations being controlled by a new management team that our stockholders did not elect to invest with;

 

Our insiders receiving compensation in connection with a business combination; and

 

Our insiders closing a transaction with one of their affiliates without receiving an independent valuation of such business.

 

We will not agree to any such changes unless we believed that such changes were in the best interests of our stockholders (for example, if we believed such a modification were necessary to complete a business combination). Each of our officers and directors have fiduciary obligations to us requiring that they act in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders.


 

Competition

 

In identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we may 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, and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have significant 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, the requirement that we acquire a target business or businesses having a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any taxes payable) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination, and our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Any of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating our initial business combination.

 


Employees

 

We have two executive officers. They are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters and intend to devote only as much time as they deem necessary to our affairs. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for the business combination and the stage of the business combination process the company is in. Accordingly, once management locates a suitable target business to acquire, they will spend more time investigating such target business and negotiating and processing the business combination (and consequently spend more time to our affairs) than they would prior to locating a suitable target business. We presently expect our executive officers to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believe is necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locate a potential target business to a majority of their time as we move into serious negotiations with a target business for a business combination). We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the consummation of a business combination.

 

Periodic Reporting and Audited Financial Statements

 

We have registered our units, common stock and rights under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including the requirement that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual report will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.

 

We will provide stockholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of any proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents sent to stockholders to assist them in assessing the target business. These financial statements will need to be prepared in accordance with or reconciled to United States GAAP or IFRS as issued by the IASB. A particular target business identified by us as a potential business combination candidate may not have the necessary financial statements. To the extent that this requirement cannot be met, we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination with the proposed target business.

 

We may be required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to have our internal control over financial reporting audited for the fiscal year endingended December 31, 2023.  A target company may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of their internal control over financial reporting. The development of the internal control over financial reporting of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such initial business combination.

 

We are an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act and will remain such for up to five years. However, if our non-convertible debt issued within a three-year period or our total revenues exceed $1.07$1.235 billion or the market value of our shares of common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million on the last day of the second fiscal quarter of any given fiscal year, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the following fiscal year. As an emerging growth company, we have elected, under Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act, to take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 


 

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY

We are a special purpose acquisition company with no business operations. Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. Therefore, we do not consider that we face significant cybersecurity risk and have not adopted any cybersecurity risk management program or formal processes for assessing cybersecurity risk. Our board of directors is generally responsible for the oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats, if any. We have not encountered any cybersecurity incidents since our IPO.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We currently maintain our principal executive offices at 1441 Broadway 3rd, 5th & 6th Floors, New York, NY 10018. The space is provided by our Sponsor Plutonian Investments LLC for free. We consider our current office space, combined with the other office space otherwise available to our executive officers, adequate for our current operations.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not Applicable.

 


 

 

PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our Public Units began to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “PLTNU” on November 10, 2022. The shares of Common Stock, Warrants and Rights comprising the Public Units began separate trading on Nasdaq on January 11, 2023, under the symbols “PLTN,” “PLTNW,” and “PLTNR,” respectively.

 

Holders of Record

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, there were 7,511,1255,000,767 of our shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding held by seven (7) stockholders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of shares of Common Stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

  

None.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

None.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

On November 15, 2022, we consummated our IPO of 5,750,000 Public Units, which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option of 750,000 Public Units. Each Public Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, one redeemable Warrant entitling its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, and one Right to receive one-sixth (1/6) of a share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on November 15, 2022, we consummated the Private Placement with the Sponsor, purchasing 266,125 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,661,250. The Private Units (and the underlying securities) are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO registration statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale.

 

As of November 15, 2022, a total of $58,506,250 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.  

  

All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases have been placed in the trust account described above and, together with the interests earned on the funds held in the trust account and except for payment of our franchise and income taxes if any, shall not be released to us until the earlier of the completion of our initial business combination and our redemption of the shares of common stock sold in the IPO upon our failure to consummate a business combination within the required period.

 


 

 

With these exceptions, expenses incurred by us may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of our IPO not held in the trust account; provided, however, that in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO, if the funds not held in the trust account are insufficient, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued units to acquire 70,000 shares of Common Stock (which includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of rights) and 60,000 Warrants). If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

 

We paid a total of $575,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions (not including the 3.5% deferred underwriting commission payable at the consummation of business combination) and $533,449 for other costs and expenses related to the IPO.

 

For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our IPO, see below Part II, Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this Form 10-K.

 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware inon March 11, 2021. We were formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination. Our efforts to identify a target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although we intend to focus our search for a target business on companies engaged in metaverse technologies, tourism and e-commerce related industries in the Asia-Pacific, or APAC, region. We affirmatively exclude as an initial business combination target any company of which financial statements are audited by an accounting firm that the PCAOBUnited States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) is unable to inspect for two consecutive years beginning in 2021 and any target company with China operations consolidated through a VIE structure.

We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our IPOinitial public offering (“IPO”) and the private placement of Private Units, our securities, debt or a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting our initial Business Combination.

business combination. We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

 


 

Recent Developments

On June 20, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000 to the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s working capital account in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO.

On September 14, 2023, the Company issued unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $140,000 to the Sponsor in exchange for the Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s working capital account in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO.

On August 8, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the Company’s stockholders approved the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination, up to four times for an additional three months each time, from August 15, 2023 to August 15, 2024 (the date that is 21 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units). In connection with the stockholders’ vote at the special meeting, an aggregate of 2,510,358 shares with redemption value of approximately $26,244,894 (or $10.45 per share) of the Company’s common stock were tendered for redemption.

On August 1, 2023, $210,000 was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the business combination period from August 15, 2023 to November 15, 2023. On August 8, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 to the Sponsor for the extension payment. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earlier of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, or 2) the date the Company liquidates if a business combination is not consummated. The Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 11, 2023, on October 9, 2023, SPAC entered the Merger Agreement with the Holdco, PubCo, Merger Sub 1, Merger Sub 2, and Dashuyun. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into the Holdco (the “Initial Merger”) whereby the separate existence of Merger Sub 1 will cease and Holdco will be the surviving corporation of the Initial Merger and become a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo, and (ii) following the Initial Merger Effective Time, Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into SPAC (the “SPAC Merger”, and together with the Initial Merger, the “Mergers”), the separate existence of Merger Sub 2 will cease and SPAC will be the surviving corporation of the SPAC Merger and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo.

The Mergers imply a current equity value of Big Tree Cloud at $500 million prior to the Closing. As a result of the Mergers, among other things, (i) each outstanding share in Holdco shall automatically be cancelled, and in exchange for the right to receive newly issued PubCo Ordinary Shares at the Holdco Exchange Ratio; (ii) each outstanding SPAC Unit will be automatically detached; (iii) each unredeemed outstanding share of SPAC Common Stock will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Ordinary Share, (iv) each outstanding SPAC Rights will be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one-sixth (1/6) PubCo Ordinary Share, and (v) each outstanding SPAC Warrant will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Warrant. Each outstanding PubCo Ordinary Share will have a value at the time of the Closing of $10.00.

In addition, following the Closing, PubCo will issue an aggregate of up to 20,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares as the Earnout Shares to the Holdco’s shareholders who hold Holdco’s shares as of immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time on a pro rata basis upon the occurrence of the Earn-out Event. Earn-out Event is defined as the event where the Company Group first reports that there has been, in aggregate, no less than 200 department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, supermarkets and other retail stores or vendors, each with a gross floor area of no less than 500 square meters, engaged in selling the Company Group’s personal care products or other consumer goods.


Concurrently with the execution of the Agreement, Sponsor has entered into and delivered a support agreement with the Holdco, Dashuyun, each of the Acquisition Entities and Plutonian, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among others, to vote in favor of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder at the SPAC Special Meeting in accordance with the Insider Letter.

On November 10, 2023, the Company entered into a FA Engagement Letter with South Pacific Gyre Investment Limited (“South Pacific”), pursuant to which the latter agreed to provide certain capital markets advisory services to Company in connection with the Business Combination in consideration for advisory fees. South Pacific has agreed to be paid entirely in PubCo Ordinary Shares, in an amount of 2,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares which equal to 4% of the equity value of Big Tree Cloud, provided that all the PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable to South Pacific shall be subject to a lock-up arrangement for a period of at least six months.

On November 9, 2023, Guangdong Dashuyun engaged Flying Height Consulting Services Limited (“Flying Height”, together with South Pacific, the “Financial Advisors”) to provide financial advisory services including identifying potential PIPE Investors and preparing investor presentation and roadshow materials. Flying Height is entitled to receive, at the election of Guangdong Dashuyun, in its sole discretion, US$22,5000,000 or 2,250,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares upon Closing of the Mergers as compensation for its professional services, provided that the Closing of the Business Combination is consummated within the term of the engagement between Guangdong Dashuyun and Flying Height, which is 18 months from November 9, 2023.

As part of the Agreement, on November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024, Big Tree Cloud provided a loan of $210,000 per loan to the Company which was deposited into the Trust Account on October 31, 2023 and January 31, 2024, respectively, to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from November 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024. Accordingly, the Company has until May 15, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.

On November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024, the Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 per note to Big Tree Cloud for the extension payments. The promissory notes are unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earliest of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, 2) the date on which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, or 3) August 15, 2024. Big Tree Cloud may elect to convert the promissory notes into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

 

Results of Operations

 

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date except the preparation and completion of the IPO and search for target candidate following the consummation of the IPO. Our only activities from inception through December 31, 20222023 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO, and subsequent to the IP, including identifying a target company for an initial business combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the IPO. We expect that we will incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, we had a net income of $765,578, which consisted of interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account of $2,448,126 offset by general and administrative expenses of $1,134,628, franchise tax expense of $42,800, and income tax expense of $505,120.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, we had a net income of $126,217 which consistsconsisted of interest earned on marketable securitiesinvestments held in the Trust Account of approximately $271,803 net of loss of approximately $90,054 derived fromoffset by general and administrative expenses of approximately $82,691, and franchise tax expense of $7,363, and income tax expense of $55,532.

For the period from February 25, 2021 (inception) through the year ended December 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $4,088, all of which consisted of formation and operating costs.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

On November 15, 2022, we consummated our IPO of 5,750,000 Public Units, which includes the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option of 750,000 Public Units. Each Public Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, one redeemable Warrant entitling its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, and one Right to receive one-sixth (1/6) of a share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on November 15, 2022, we consummated the Private Placement with the Sponsor, purchasing 266,125 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,661,250.

 

A total of $58,506,250 of the net proceeds fromFollowing the IPO and the Private Placement wereprivate placement on November 15, 2022, a total of $58,506,250 was deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and(the “Trust Account”) maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.  a trustee and will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.   


We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account, as well as any other net proceeds not expended, will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our business combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.

 

As of December 31, 2022, we2023, the Company had $293,569 in cash of $425,852 and a working capital deficit of $429,565(excluding income taxes and franchise taxes payable).$3,514,032. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the IPO had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the FounderInsider Shares and the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $200,000. On June 20, 2023, August 8, 2023, September 14, 2023, and December 27, 2023, the Sponsor provided a loan of $150,000, $210,000, $140,000, and $300,000, respectively, to be used, in part, for working capital and transaction costs (including extension fees) related to the Business Combination (see Note 5). Additionally, Big Tree Cloud provided two loans totaling $420,000 ($210,000 per loan) on November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024 for the Company to deposit into the Trust Account to extend the business combination period to May 15, 2024.

 

TheAccordingly, the Company now has 9 months (or up to 18 months if the timeuntil May 15, 2024 to complete a business combination is extended as) from the closing of the IPO to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution.

The Company expects to continue to incur significant professional costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of the consummation of a Business Combination. The Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete its Business Combination or because it becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of public shares upon consummation of its Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its Business Combination because it does not have sufficient funds available, it will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following the Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, the Company may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet its obligations.

 

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 if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by AugustMay 15, 20232024 (unless the Company extends the time to complete a Business Combination), then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.concern for a period of 12 months from the issuance date of these financial statements. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


  

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

 

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2022.2023. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than described below.

 

The holders of the founder shares, the Private Placement Shares, and any common stock that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into in connection with the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial Business Combination.

 

Upon closing


Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of a business combination,1.0% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $575,000. In addition, the underwriters will beare entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of $0.35 per public share,3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $2,012,500, inwhich will be paid upon the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwritersclosing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, solely in the event that we complete a business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Additionally, the Company has committed to issue the underwriters and/or its designees 57,500 shares of common stock or the representative shares, at the closing of the IPO as part of representative compensation. As of November 15, 2022, 57,500 representative shares were issued.

Financial Advisors Agreement

On November 10, 2023, the Company entered into a FA Engagement Letter with South Pacific Gyre Investment Limited (“South Pacific”), pursuant to which the latter agreed to provide certain capital markets advisory services to Company in connection with the Business Combination in consideration for advisory fees. South Pacific has agreed to be paid entirely in PubCo Ordinary Shares, in an amount of 2,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares which equal to 4% of the equity value of Big Tree Cloud, provided that all the PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable to South Pacific shall be subject to a lock-up arrangement for a period of at least six months.

On November 9, 2023, Guangdong Dashuyun engaged Flying Height Consulting Services Limited (“Flying Height”, together with South Pacific, the “Financial Advisors”) to provide financial advisory services including identifying potential PIPE Investors and preparing investor presentation and roadshow materials. Flying Height is entitled to receive, at the election of Guangdong Dashuyun, in its sole discretion, US$22,5000,000 or 2,250,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares upon Closing of the Mergers as compensation for its professional services, provided that the Closing of the Business Combination is consummated within the term of the engagement between Guangdong Dashuyun and Flying Height, which is 18 months from November 9, 2023.

Deferred Legal Fees

The Company engaged a legal counsel firm for legal advisory services, and the legal counsel agreed to defer their fees in excess of $450,000. The deferred fee will become payable in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not incur deferred legal fees, in connection with such services.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 period reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:

 

Common stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

We account for our common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

 

We have made a policy election in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99-3A and recognizes changes in redemption value in additional paid-in capital (or accumulated deficit in the absence of additional paid-in capital) over an expected 9-month period leading up to a Business Combination.

 

Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The unaudited condensed statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per redeemable share and income (loss) per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income per share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders.


Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants (Public Warrants or Private Warrants) as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

 


Net Income (Loss) per Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The audited statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per redeemable share and income (loss) per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income per share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders.

Offering Costs

 

Offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, registration and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the IPO. The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A - “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs are allocated between public shares, public warrants and public rights based on the estimated fair values of public shares, public warrants and public rights at the date of issuance.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

 

In August 2020, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No.Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, “Debt-DebtDebt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-ContractsHedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments by removing major separation models required under current GAAP. ASU 2020-06 removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify forand simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and it also simplifiesfreestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share calculationguidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for the Company and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of October 1, 2023. Adoption of the ASU did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure” (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 mostly requires, on an annual basis, disclosure of specific categories in certain areas.an entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The incremental disclosures may be presented on a prospective or retrospective basis. The ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years,2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-062023-09 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on ourthe Company’s financial statements.

 

ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our IPO, the net proceeds of our IPO, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 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 believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

 

ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

This information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference.

 

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

 

Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022,2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2022,2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

 

As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

(1)pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company,

(2)provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and

(3)provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our consolidated financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2023. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules ofour status as an emerging growth company under the SEC for newly public companies.JOBS Act.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 

 

ITEM 9B. Other Information.

 

None.

 

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.

 

Not applicable.

 


 

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

The following table sets forth information about our directors and executive officers as of March 31, 2023.30, 2024.

 

Name Age  Position
Wei Kwang Ng 4243 Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and President
Ke Wang 4748 Chief Financial Officer and Director
Sze Wai Lee 5354 Independent Director
Robert M. Annis 4041 Independent Director
Harry Harnett 7172 Independent Director

 

Below is a summary of the business experience of each our executive officers and directors: 

 

Wei Kwang Ng has been our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2022. Mr. Ng has been the independent director of Redwoods Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: RWOD) since January 2022. Mr. Ng is currently holding the position of assistant vice president of Singapore Post Ltd since April 2022. He has held the position of chief operating officer of Parcel Santa Pte Ltd, a Singaporean technology company facilitating and value-adding in the logistics space of last mile delivery, since July 2017. Mr. Ng was the director of operations of World Marketing Group Pte Ltd. from March 2019 to March 2020. He was the managing director of LegalFocus Consultants, Inc. from 2011 to 2018. He worked at Merrill Brink International as a project manager from May 2008 to March 2011. Mr. Ng received his bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Finance and in Economics from Stony Brook State University in 2007. We believe Mr. Ng is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive entrepreneurial and management experience, as well as his contacts and relationships.

 

Ke Wang has been our Chief Financial Officer and a director since February 2022. Mr. Wang currently serves as the head of quantitative research at Allstate Insurance Company starting from August 2021. Previously, he served as the global head of quantamental solutions in investment management segment at S&P Global Inc. from October 2016 to April 2021 and its senior director from May 2008 to October 2016, where he was in charge of the quantitative solutions business globally and managed a team of product managers, researchers and technologists to deliver the quantitative solutions to the company’s global clients. Mr. Wang received his MBA degree from University of Chicago Booth Business School in 2008 and master’s degree in Computer Science from DePaul University in 2001. He graduated from University of Science and Technology in China with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science in 1998. We believe Mr. Wang is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive investment and management experience, as well as his contacts and relationships.

 

Sze Wai Lee has served as our independent director since February 2022. Mr. Lee has more than 28 years of experience in accounting, finance and investment. Mr. Lee has served as chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive officer of Shanghai Yingli Investment Management Co., Ltd, a PRC registered company engaged in media business in China under the brand name “Forbes China,” since 2018 and also the executive director and chief executive officer of Shanghai Capital Resources Investment Management Company Ltd, a PRC registered company engaged in commodities trading, since April 2015. He also served as the executive director and general manager of Shenzhen Yingli Investment Management Co., Ltd from December 2019 to October 2021 and a member of the board of directors of Forbes Global Media Holdings Inc. and Forbes Media LLC from May 2017 to November 2020. Mr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in Commerce in Accounting from University of Wollongong in 1992. Mr. Lee is also a CPA of CPA Australia and a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of CPA. We believe Mr. Lee is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive financial, commercial, corporate strategy, investment and transaction experience.


 

 

Robert M. Annis has served as our independent director since February 2022. He has served as the founder and the management partner of The Art of Admissions since 2016. Previously, he served as a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from September 2008 to February 2016. Mr. Annis received his bachelor’s degree in Social Studies from Harvard University in 2004. He received his Juris Doctor Degree in Law from Cornell University in 2008. We believe Mr. Annis is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive commercial, legal and business development experience.

 

Harry Harnett has served as our independent director since February 2022. Mr. Harnett served as the chief operating officer and president at ADF Companies, a franchised restaurant operator of Pizza Hut, from August 2016 to June 2020. Mr. Harnett received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Shorter University in 1998. We believe Mr. Harnett is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his commercial, business development and transaction experience, as well as his contacts and relationships.

 

Officer and Director Qualifications

 

Our officers and board of directors are composed of a diverse group of leaders with a wide array of professional roles. In these roles, they have gained experience in core management skills, such as strategic and financial planning, financial reporting, compliance, risk management, and leadership development. Many of our officers and directors also have experience serving on boards of directors and board committees of other companies, and have an understanding of corporate governance practices and trends, which provides an understanding of different business processes, challenges, and strategies. Further, our officers and directors also have other experience that makes them valuable, managing and investing assets or facilitating the consummation of business combinations.

 

We, along with our officers and directors, believe that the above-mentioned attributes, along with the leadership skills and other experiences of our officers and board members described below, provide us with a diverse range of perspectives and judgment necessary to facilitate our goals of consummating an acquisition transaction.

 

Board Committees

 

The board has a standing audit, nominating and compensation committee. The independent directors oversee director nominations. Each audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), nominating committee (the “Nominating Committee”) and compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) has a charter, which was filed with the SEC as exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on October 14, 2022.

 

Audit Committee

 

The Audit Committee, which is established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, engages Company’s independent accountants, reviewing their independence and performance; reviews the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the integrity of its financial statements; the audits of the Company’s financial statements and the appointment, compensation, qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee held no formal meetings during 20222023 as the Company does not have any underlying business or employees, relying on monthly reports and written approvals as required.

 

The members of the Audit Committee are Sze Wai Lee, Robert M. Annis, and Harry Harnett,, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Sze Wai Lee is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The board has determined that Sze Wai Lee qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 


 

 

Nominating Committee

 

The Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our board. Specifically, the Nominating Committee makes recommendations to the board regarding the size and composition of the board, establishes procedures for the director nomination process and screens and recommends candidates for election to the board. On an annual basis, the Nominating Committee recommends for approval by the board certain desired qualifications and characteristics for board membership. Additionally, the Nominating Committee establishes and administers a periodic assessment procedure relating to the performance of the board as a whole and its individual members. The Nominating Committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the board. The Nominating Committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of board members. The Nominating Committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by shareholders and other persons. The Nominating Committee was not established until the closing of the IPO and therefore held no meetings in 2022.2023. 

 

The members of the Nominating Committee are Sze Wai Lee, Robert M. Annis, and Harry Harnett,, each of whom is an independent director under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Robert M. Annis is the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee.

 

Compensation Committee

 

The Compensation Committee reviews annually the Company’s corporate goals and objectives relevant to the officers’ compensation, evaluates the officers’ performance in light of such goals and objectives, determines and approves the officers’ compensation level based on this evaluation; makes recommendations to the board regarding approval, disapproval, modification, or termination of existing or proposed employee benefit plans, makes recommendations to the board with respect to non-CEO and non-CFO compensation and administers the Company’s incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to subcommittees as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The chief executive officer of the Company may not be present during voting or deliberations of the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation. The Company’s executive officers do not play a role in suggesting their own salaries. Neither the Company nor the Compensation Committee has engaged any compensation consultant who has a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive or director compensation. The Compensation Committee did not meet during 2022.2023. 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our 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. 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 members of the Compensation Committee are Sze Wai Lee, Robert M. Annis, and Harry Harnett,, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Harry Harnett is the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee.

 


 

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

Investors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:

 

 None of our officers and directors is required to commit their full time to our affairs and, accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their 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 our company as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management has pre-existing fiduciary duties and contractual obligations and may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

  

 Our officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities, including other blank check companies, engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by our company.

 

 Unless we consummate our initial business combination, our officers, directors and insiders will not receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them to the extent that such expenses exceed the amount of available proceeds not deposited in the trust account and the amount of interest income from the trust account that may be released to us as working capital.

 

 The insider shares beneficially owned by our officers and directors will be released from escrow only if our initial business combination is successfully completed. Additionally, if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time frame, our officers and directors will not be entitled to receive any amounts held in the trust account with respect to any of their insider shares or private units. Furthermore, our insiders (and/or their designees) have agreed that the private units will not be sold or transferred by them until after we have completed our initial business combination. For the foregoing reasons, our board may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to affect our initial business combination.

 

In general, officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:

 

 the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;

 

 the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and

 

 it would not be fair to the corporation 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 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. In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, our officers and directors (other than our independent directors) have agreed to present to us for our consideration, prior to presentation to any other person or entity, any suitable opportunity to acquire a target business, until the earlier of: (1) our consummation of an initial business combination and (2) 9 months (or up to 18 months, as applicable) from the date of our IPO. This agreement is, however, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations such officer or director may from time to time have to another entity. Accordingly, if any of them becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity. We do not believe, however, that the pre-existing fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers and directors will materially undermine our ability to complete our business combination because in most cases the affiliated companies are closely held entities controlled by the officer or director or the nature of the affiliated company’s business is such that it is unlikely that a conflict will arise.

 


 

 

The following table summarizes the current pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations of our officers and directors:

 

Name of Individual Name of Affiliated Company Entity’s Business Affiliation
Wei Kwang Ng 

Parcel Santa Pte Ltd

Redwoods Acquisition Corp.

 

Technology

SPAC

 

Chief Financial Officer

Independent Director

       
Sze Wai Lee Shanghai Yingli Investment Management Co., Ltd, Shanghai Capital Resources Investment Management Company Ltd Investment Chief Executive Officer and Director
       
Robert M. Annis The Art of Admissions Admissions Consulting Founder and Chief Executive Officer

 

Our insiders and EF Hutton have agreed to vote any shares of Common Stock held by them in favor of our initial business combination. In addition, they have agreed to waive their respective rights to receive any amounts held in the trust account with respect to their insider shares and private shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the required time frame. If they purchase shares of Common Stock in the open market, however, they would be entitled to receive their pro rata share of the amounts held in the trust account if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the required time frame, but have agreed not to redeem such shares in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination.

 

All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by our Audit Committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our Audit Committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate our initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our officers, directors or insiders, unless we have obtained (i) an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view and (ii) the approval of a majority of our disinterested and independent directors (if we have any at that time). Furthermore, in no event will our insiders or any of the members of our management team be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other similar compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).

 

Code of Ethics

 

We adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal securities laws. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our shares of Common Stock and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.

 

Based solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were filed in a timely manner.

 


 

 

ITEM 11. Executive Compensation.

 

Employment Agreements

 

We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.

 

Executive Officers and Director Compensation

 

No executive officer has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us and no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our 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, such individuals 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. There is no limit on the amount of these out-of-pocket expenses and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors and Audit Committee, which includes persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is challenged.

 

ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

The following table sets forth as of MarchDecember 31, 2023 the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by (i) each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (ii) each of our officers and directors; and (iii) all of our officers and directors as a group. As of MarchDecember 31, 2023, we had 7,511,1255,000,767 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

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 of beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Rights or the exercise of the Warrants as the Rights are not convertible and the Warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2023.2024.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock  Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common Stock
  Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock  Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common Stock
 
Plutonian Investments LLC(2)  1,538,625   20.48%  1,538,625   30.77%
Wei Kwang Ng  50,000   *%  50,000   1.00%
Ke Wang  30,000   *%  30,000   *%
Sze Wai Lee  40,000   *%  40,000   *%
Robert M. Annis  25,000   *%  25,000   *%
Harry Harnett  20,000   *%  20,000   *%
All current directors and executive officers as a group (five individuals)  1,703,625   22.68%  1,703,625   34.07%
Harraden Circle Investors, LP (3)  456,842   6.08%  293,035   5.86%
Harraden Circle Investors GP, LP (3)  456,842   6.08%
Harraden Circle Investors GP, LLC (3)  456,842   6.08%
Harraden Circle Investments, LLC(3)  473,398   6.30%
Frederick V. Fortmiller, Jr.(3)  488,500   6.50%
Space Summit Capital LLC (4)  550,000   7.32%

 

*Less than 1%.

(1)Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Plutonian Acquisition Corp., 1441 Broadway 3rd, 5th & 6th Floors, New York, NY 10018.
(2)Plutonian Investments LLC, our sponsor,Sponsor, is controlled by Mr. Guojian Zhang.
(3)Based on a Schedule 13G filed by the reporting person. The address for the reporting person is 299 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10171.
(4)Based on a Schedule 13G filed by the reporting person. The address for the reporting person is 15455 Albright Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.c/o Wolverine Asset Management, LLC, 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 340, Chicago, IL 60604.

 


 

 

All of the insider shares outstanding have been placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent. Subject to certain limited exceptions, 50% of these shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until the earlier of six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the insider shares will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier in either case if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we complete a liquidation, merger, stock exchange 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.

 

During the escrow period, the holders of these shares will not be able to sell or transfer their securities except (1) transfers among the insiders, to our officers, directors, advisors and employees, (2) transfers to an insider’s affiliates or its members upon its liquidation, (3) transfers to relatives and trusts for estate planning purposes, (4) transfers by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (5) transfers pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (6) private sales made at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased or (7) transfers to us for cancellation in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination, in each case (except for clause 7) where the transferee agrees to the terms of the escrow agreement and forfeiture, as the case may be, as well as the other applicable restrictions and agreements of the holders of the insider shares. If dividends are declared and payable in shares of common stock, such dividends will also be placed in escrow. If we are unable to effect a business combination and liquidate, there will be no liquidation distribution with respect to the insider shares.

 

Our insiders, officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued units to acquire 70,000 shares of Common Stock (which includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of rights) and 60,000 Warrants). Our pre-IPO stockholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, any outstanding loans from our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside our trust account, if any.

 


 

 

ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

In February 2022, we sold an aggregate of 1,437,500 shares of our Common Stock for $25,000, or approximately $0.02 per share, to our insiders.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on November 15, 2022, we consummated the Private Placement with Plutonian Investments LLC, our sponsor,Sponsor, purchasing 266,125 Private Units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $2,562,500.00. The Private Units (and the underlying securities) are identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the registration statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. Additionally, the initial purchasers in the Private Placement agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances, as described in the Registration Statement) until the completion of our initial business combination. Such initial purchasers were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Units.

  

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of our IPO, our insiders, officers, and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (which, for example, would result in the holders being issued units to acquire 70,000 shares of Common Stock (which includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of rights) and 60,000 Warrants). Our pre-IPO stockholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, any outstanding loans from our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside our trust account, if any.

On June 20, 2023, August 8, 2023, September 14, 2023, and December 27, 2023, the Sponsor provided the us with a loan of $150,000 (“Promissory Note 1”), $210,000 (“Promissory Note 2”), $140,000 (“Promissory Note 3”), and $300,000 (“Promissory Note 4”), respectively, to be used, in part, for working capital and term extension fees. Promissory Note 1 and Promissory Note 3 are unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earlier of:

1) the date on which we consummate an initial business combination, or 2) the date we liquidate if a business combination is not consummated. The Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory notes in shares of our common stock at a fixed price of $10.00 per share at any time when promissory notes remain outstanding. Promissory Note 2 and 4 have the same terms as Promissory Note 1 and 3, except the Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares and 36,000 shares ($8.33 per share), respectively, of our common stock. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, $800,000 and $0 were outstanding, respectively, under all the promissory notes. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no borrowings under the working capital loans.

 

The holders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of our IPO, as well as the holders of the private units (and underlying securities) and any shares our insiders, officers, directors, or their affiliates may be issued in payment of working capital loans made to us, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of our IPO. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that we register such securities. The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of Common Stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the private units or shares issued in payment of working capital loans made to us can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after we consummate a business combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

We will reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account and the interest income earned on the amounts held in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination. Our Audit Committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to any initial stockholder or member of our management team, or our or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our Audit Committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

 

No compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting fees, or other similar compensation, will be paid to our insiders or any of the members of our management team, for services rendered to us prior to, or in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account and the interest income earned on the amounts held in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination.

 


 

 

All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by our Audit Committee and a majority of our uninterested independent directors, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our Audit Committee and a majority of our disinterested independent directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

Related Party Policy

 

Our Code of Ethics requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the Audit Committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $120,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our shares of Common Stock, or (c) immediate family member, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.

 

We also require each of our directors and executive officers to annually complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

 

Our Audit Committee, pursuant to its written charter, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related-party transactions to the extent we enter into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by our Audit Committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our Audit Committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, we require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

 

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 potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate a business combination with an entity which is affiliated with any of our insiders unless we obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, in no event will any of our existing officers, directors or insiders, 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 consummation of a business combination.

 

Director Independence

 

Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. For a description of the director independence, see above Part III, Item 10 - Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 


 

 

ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. 

 

The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) and Friedman LLP (“Friedman”), prior to the acquisition of certain assets of Friedman by Marcum effective September 1, 2022, for services rendered.

 

Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Friedman and Marcum in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees billed by Friedman and Marcum for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 10-Q for the respective periods and other required filings with the SEC for the yearyears ended December 31, 20222023 and for the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 20212022 totaled $65,000$146,240 and $0,$65,000, respectively. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.

 

Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. We did not pay Marcum for consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards for the yearyears ended December 31, 20222023 and for the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021.2022.

 

Tax Fees. During the year ended December 31, 2022,2023, our independent registered public accounting firms did not render services to us for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

All Other Fees. During the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) throughyear ended December 31, 2022,2023, there were no fees billed for products and services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm other than those set forth above.

 

Pre-Approval Policy

 

Our Audit Committee was formed upon the consummation of our IPO. As a result, the Audit Committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our Audit Committee were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our Audit Committee, and on a going-forward basis, the Audit Committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit).

 


 

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K:

 

(1)Financial Statements:

 

  Page(s)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Marcum LLP (PCAOB ID # 688) F-2
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Friedman LLP (PCAOB ID # 711)F-3
Financial Statements:  
Balance Sheets F-4F-3
Statements of Operations F-5F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) F-6F-5
Statements of Cash Flows F-7F-6
Notes to Financial Statements F-8F-7

 

 (2)Financial Statement Schedules:

 

None.

 

 (3)Exhibits

 

We hereby file as part of this 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 Section of the SEC, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates or on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

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Exhibit No. Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Registrant and EF Hutton (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
2.1Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 9, 2023, by and among Plutonian Acquisition Corp., Guangdong Dashuyun Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd., Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited and Certain Other Parties (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 10, 2023)
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.2 Certificate of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.3 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
3.4 Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Plutonian Acquisition Corp. dated August 8, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on August 11, 2023)
3.5Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.53.6 Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.1 Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.2 Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.3 Specimen Rights Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.4 Specimen Warrants Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.5 Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
4.6 Warrants Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
4.7* Description of Securities
10.1 Letter Agreements, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Registrant and each of the initial stockholders, officers and directors of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.2 Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.3 Stock Escrow Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the initial shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)

 


 

 

10.4 Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the initial shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.5 Indemnity Agreements, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, and the directors and officers of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.6 Subscription Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Company and Plutonian Investments LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.7Company Voting and Support Agreement dated October 9, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 10, 2023)
10.8Sponsor Voting and Support Agreement dated October 9, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 10, 2023)
10.9Form of Shareholders Lockup Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 10, 2023)
10.10Form of Registration Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 10, 2023)
10.11*Form of Promissory Note between the registrant and Plutonian Investments LLC
10.12*Form of Promissory Note between the registrant and Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited
14 Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
31.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1* Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2*

 

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

97.1*Compensation Recovery Policy
99.1 Form of Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
99.2 Form of Nominating Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
99.3 Form of Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
101.INS* Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE* Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104* Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

*Filed herewith.

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

 

Not Applicable.

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 Plutonian Acquisition Corp.
   
Dated: April 14, 202312, 2024By:/s/ Wei Kwang Ng
 Name:Wei Kwang Ng
 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 dates indicated.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this report has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature Title Date
     
/s/ Wei Kwang Ng Chief Executive Officer. President and Director April 14, 202312, 2024
Wei Kwang Ng (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
/s/ Ke Wang Chief Financial Officer April 14, 202312, 2024
Ke Wang (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)  
     
/s/ Sze Wai Lee Director April 14, 202312, 2024
Sze Wai Lee    
     
/s/ Robert M. Annis Director April 14, 202312, 2024
Robert M. Annis    
     
/s/ Harry Harnett Director April 14, 202312, 2024
Harry Harnett    

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.Description
1.1Underwriting Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Registrant and EF Hutton (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
3.1Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.2Certificate of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.3Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
3.4Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
3.5Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.1Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.2Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.3Specimen Rights Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.4Specimen Warrants Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
4.5Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
4.6Warrants Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
4.7*Description of Securities
10.1Letter Agreements, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Registrant and each of the initial stockholders, officers and directors of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.2Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.3Stock Escrow Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the initial shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)


10.4Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the initial shareholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.5Indemnity Agreements, dated November 9, 2022, among the Registrant, and the directors and officers of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
10.6Subscription Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Plutonian Investments LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022)
14Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
31.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to § 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2*

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

99.1Form of Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
99.2Form of Nominating Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
99.3Form of Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on October 14, 2022)
101.INS*Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104*Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

*Filed herewith.


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  Page(s)
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Marcum LLP (PCAOB ID # 688) F-2
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Friedman LLP (PCAOB ID # 711)F-3
Financial Statements:  
Balance Sheets F-4F-3
Statements of Operations F-5F-4
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) F-6F-5
Statements of Cash Flows F-7F-6
Notes to Financial Statements F-8F-7

 


 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the ShareholdersStockholders and Board of Directors of

Plutonian Acquisition Corp.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Plutonian Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the yeartwo years in the period ended December 31, 2022,2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the yeartwo years in the period ended December 31, 2022,2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, the Company believes that it will not have sufficienthas a significant working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and borrowing capacityneeds to complete a business combination. Ifraise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations. As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company does not completeis a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation that was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination by Augustwith one or more businesses or entities a on or before May 15, 20232024 (unless the Company extends the time to complete a Business Combination),. The Company entered into an agreement and plan of merger with a business combination target on October 9, 2023; however, the completion of this transaction is subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders among other conditions. There is no assurance that the Company will obtain the necessary approvals, satisfy the required closing conditions, raise the additional capital it will be requiredneeds to cease allfund its operations, exceptand complete the transaction prior to May 15, 2024, if at all. The Company also has no approved plan in place to extend the business combination deadline and fund operations for any period of time after May 15, 2024, in the purpose of liquidating.event that it is unable to complete a business combination by that date. These conditionsmatters raise substantial doubt about the Company'sCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management'sManagement’s plans inwith regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result frommay be necessary should the outcome of this uncertainty.Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

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 audit.audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our auditaudits 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 not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. 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 audit providess provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Marcum llp

 

Marcum llp

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022 (such date takes into account the acquisition of certain assets of Friedman LLP by Marcum LLP effective September 1, 2022)

East Hanover, New Jersey
April 14, 2023

 


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMApril 12, 2024

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of

Plutonian Acquisition Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Plutonian Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph — Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, its business plan is dependent on the completion of a financing and the Company’s cash and working capital are not sufficient to complete its planned activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Notes 1 and 3. 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 audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit 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, the audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit 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 audit 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/Friedman LLP

Friedman LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor from 2022 through 2022.

New York, NY

May 19, 2022


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.
BALANCE SHEETS

 

  December 31,
2022
  December 31,
2021
 
Assets      
Current Assets      
Cash $293,569  $4,952 
Prepaid expenses  

178,713

    
Total Current Assets  472,282   4,952 
         
Prepaid expenses- non current  

54,982

    
Investments held in Trust Account  58,778,053    
Total Assets $59,305,317  $4,952 
         
Liabilities, Temporary Equity, and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)        
Current Liabilities        
Accrued expenses $42,717  $ 
Franchise tax payable  7,138    
Income tax payable  55,532    
Due to related party     9,040 
Total Current Liabilities  105,387   9,040 
         
Deferred underwriting fee payable  2,012,500    
Total Liabilities  2,117,887   9,040 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized;
5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding at redemption value
  53,564,527    
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 1,761,125 (excluding 5,750,000 shares subject to possible redemption) and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively  176    
Additional paid-in capital  3,500,598    
Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)  122,129   (4,088)
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)  3,622,903   (4,088)
Total Liabilities, Temporary Equity, and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) $59,305,317  $4,952 

  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
Assets      
Current Assets      
Cash $425,852  $293,569 
Prepaid expenses  89,472   178,713 
Total Current Assets  515,324   472,282 
         
Prepaid expenses - non current     54,982 
Investments held in Trust Account  34,959,697   58,778,053 
Total Assets $35,475,021  $59,305,317 
         
Liabilities, Temporary Equity, and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)        
Current Liabilities        
Accrued expenses $196,487  $42,717 
Franchise tax payable  42,800   7,138 
Income tax payable  505,120   55,532 
Excise tax payable  262,449    
Promissory note – related party  800,000    
Promissory note – Big Tree Cloud  210,000    
Total Current Liabilities  2,016,856   105,387 
         
Deferred underwriting fee payable  2,012,500   2,012,500 
Total Liabilities  4,029,356   2,117,887 
         
Commitments and Contingencies (Note6)        
         
Common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 3,239,642 shares and 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, at redemption value  34,790,696   53,564,527 
         
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)        
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 1,761,125 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 3,239,642 shares and 5,750,000 shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively)  176   176 
Additional paid-in capital     3,500,598 
Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)  (3,345,207)  122,129 
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)  (3,345,031)  3,622,903 
Total Liabilities, Temporary Equity, and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) $35,475,021  $59,305,317 

 

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

 


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

  

For the
year ended
December 31,

 

For the period from
March 11,
2021
(inception)

through

December 31,

  For the year ended
December 31,
 
 2022  2021  2023  2022 
          
General and administrative expenses $82,691  $4,088  $1,134,628  $82,691 
Franchise tax expense  7,363      42,800   7,363 
Loss from operations  (90,054)  (4,088)  (1,177,428)  (90,054)
                
Interest earned on investment held in Trust Account  271,803      2,448,126   271,803 
Income (loss) before income taxes  181,749   (4,088)
Income before income taxes  

1,270,698

   181,749 
                
Income taxes provision  (55,532)     (505,120)  (55,532)
Net income (loss) $126,217  $(4,088)
Net income $765,578  $126,217 
                
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, redeemable common stock  724,658      4,752,734   724,658 
                
Basic and diluted net income per share, redeemable common stock  1.45      0.54   1.45 
                
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable common stock  1,277,429      1,761,125   1,277,429 
                
Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable common stock $(0.72) $  $(1.03) $(0.72)

 

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

 


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 20222023

 

  Common stock  Additional
Paid-in
  Retained  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Equity 
Balance, January 1, 2022    $  $  $(4,088) $(4,088)
                     
Common stock issued to initial stockholders  1,437,500   144   24,856      25,000 
                     
Sale of public units in initial public offering  5,750,000   575   57,499,425      57,500,000 
                     
Sale of private placement units  266,125   26   2,661,224      2,661,250 
                     
Issuance of representative shares  57,500   6   555,444     555,450 
                     
Underwriter commissions        (2,587,500)     (2,587,500)
                     
Offering costs        (1,088,899)     (1,088,899)
                     
Reclassification of common stock subject to redemption  (5,750,000)  (575)  (51,993,024)     (51,993,599)
                     
Accretion of common stock to redemption value        (1,570,929)     (1,570,929)
                     
Net income for the year           126,217   126,217 
Balance as of December 31, 2022  1,761,125  $176  $3,500,598  $122,129  $3,622,903 
  Common Stock Shares  Common Stock Amount  

Additional

Paid-in Capital

  

Retained Earnings/

(Accumulated Deficit)

  

Total
Stockholders’
Equity
(Deficit)

 
Balance, January 1, 2023  1,761,125  $176  $3,500,598  $122,129  $3,622,903 
                     
Additional deposits to Trust Account for extension           (420,000)  (420,000)
                     
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value           (2,448,126)  (2,448,126)
                     
Reimbursement from Trust for franchise and income taxes           441,588   441,588 
                     
Excise tax imposed on common stock redemptions           (262,449)  (262,449)
                     
Accretion of common stock to redemption value        (3,500,598)  (1,543,927)  (5,044,525)
                     
Net income for the year           765,578   765,578 
Balance as of December 31, 2023  1,761,125  $176  $  $(3,345,207) $(3,345,031)

 

For the Period From March 11, 2021 (Inception) ThroughYear Ended December 31, 20212022

 

  Common Stock  Additional
Paid-In
  Accumulated  Total
Stockholder’s
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance as of March 11, 2021 (inception)    $  $  $  $ 
                     
Net loss           (4,088)  (4,088)
Balance as of December 31, 2021    $  $  $(4,088) $(4,088)
  Common stock  Additional
Paid-in
  Retained  Total
Stockholders’
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Equity 
Balance, January 1, 2022    $  $  $(4,088) $(4,088)
                     
Common stock issued to initial stockholders  1,437,500   144   24,856      25,000 
                     
Sale of public units in initial public offering  5,750,000   575   57,499,425      57,500,000 
                     
Sale of private placement units  266,125   26   2,661,224      2,661,250 
                     
Issuance of representative shares  57,500   6   555,444      555,450 
                     
Underwriter commissions        (2,587,500)     (2,587,500)
                     
Offering costs        (1,088,899)     (1,088,899)
                     
Reclassification of common stock subject to redemption  (5,750,000)  (575)  (51,993,024)     (51,993,599)
                     
Accretion of common stock to redemption value        (1,570,929)     (1,570,929)
                     
Net income for the year           126,217   126,217 
Balance as of December 31, 2022  1,761,125  $176  $3,500,598  $122,129  $3,622,903 

 

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

 


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

For the
year ended
December 31,
2022

  For the
period from
March 11,
2021
(inception)
through
December 31,
2021
  For the year ended
December 31,
 
Cash flows from operating activities:     
Net income (loss) $126,217  $(4,088)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash used in operating activities:        
 2023  2022 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:     
Net income $765,578  $126,217 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash used in operating activities:        
Interest earned on investment held in Trust Account  (271,803)     (2,448,126)  (271,803)
Changes in current assets and current liabilities:                
Prepaid expenses  (233,695)     144,223   (233,695)
Accrued expenses  42,717      153,770   42,717 
Franchise tax payable  7,138       35,662   7,138 
Income tax payable  55,532       449,588   55,532 
Net cash used in operating activities  (273,894)  (4,088)  (899,305)  (273,894)
                
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:                
Cash deposited in Trust Account for extension  (420,000)   
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay franchise tax and income taxes  441,588    
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account for public stockholder redemptions  26,244,894    
Purchase of investment held in Trust Account  (58,506,250)        (58,506,250)
Net cash used in investing activities  (58,506,250)   
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  26,266,482   (58,506,250)
                
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                
Proceeds from issuance of founder shares to the initial stockholders  25,000         25,000 
Proceeds from sale of public units through public offering  57,500,000         57,500,000 
Proceeds from sale of private placement units  2,661,250         2,661,250 
Proceeds from issuance of promissory note  

200,000

   

 
Advance from related party     9,040 
Proceeds from issuance of promissory note to related party  800,000   200,000 
Proceeds from issuance of promissory note to Big Tree Cloud  210,000    
Payment to redeemed public stockholders  (26,244,894)   
Repayment of advance from related party  (9,040)        (9,040)
Prepayment of promissory note  

(200,000

)  

      (200,000)
Payment of underwriters’ commissions  (575,000)        (575,000)
Payment of deferred offering costs  (533,449)        (533,449)
Net cash provided by financing activities  59,068,761   9,040 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  (25,234,894)  59,068,761 
                
Net change in cash  288,617   4,952 
Cash, beginning of the period  4,952    
Cash, end of the period $293,569  $4,952 
Net Change in Cash  132,283   288,617 
Cash - Beginning of the Year  293,569   4,952 
Cash - End of the Year $425,852  $293,569 
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-cash Financing Activities                
Initial classification of common stock subject to redemption $51,993,599  $  $  $51,993,599 
Deferred underwriting fee payable $2,012,500  $  $  $2,012,500 
Accretion of Common stock to redemption value $1,570,929  $ 
Excise tax liability $262,449  $ 
Income taxes paid $62,670    
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value $7,471,063  $1,570,929 

 

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

 


 

 

PLUTONIAN ACQUISITION CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations

 

Plutonian Acquisition Corp. (the “Company” or “Plutonian”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on March 11, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination.

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activities through December 31, 20222023 are related to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“IPO” as defined below) and, subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

The Company’s sponsor is Plutonian Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company which is controlled by Mr. Guojian Zhang (the “Sponsor”).

 

The registration statement for the Company’s IPO became effective on November 9, 2022. On November 15, 2022, the Company consummated the IPO of 5,750,000 units (the “Public Units’), including the full exercise of the over-allotment option of 750,000 Units granted to the underwriters. The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000.$57,500,000. Simultaneously with the IPO, the Company sold to its Sponsor 266,125 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Private Units”) in a private placement generating total gross proceeds of $2,661,250, which is described in Note 5. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), one redeemable warrant entitling its holder to purchase one Share at a price of $11.50 per Share, and one right to receive one-sixth (1/6) of one share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.

 

Transaction costs amounted to $3,676,399, consisted of $575,000 of underwriting fees, $2,012,500 of deferred underwriting fees (payable only upon completion of a Business Combination) and $1,088,899 of other offering costs. Upon the closing of the IPO and the private placement on November 15, 2022, a total of $58,506,250 was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company as a trustee and will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. These funds will not be released until the earlier of the completion of the initial Business Combination and the liquidation due to the Company’s failure to complete a Business Combination within the applicable period of time. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. In addition, interest income earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be released to the Company to pay its income or other tax obligations. With these exceptions, expenses incurred by the Company may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of the IPO and private placement not held in the Trust Account.

 

Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, the Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the Trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for its initial Business Combination, although the Company may structure a Business Combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. If the Company is no longer listed on Nasdaq, it will not be required to satisfy the 80% test. 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 company under the Investment Company Act.

 


 

 

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) 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 stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.175 per Public 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 franchise and income tax obligations). The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

 

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, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder 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 Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor and any of the Company’s officers or directors that may hold Insider Shares (as defined in Note 5) (the “Initial Stockholders”) and the underwriters have agreed (a) to vote their Insider Shares, Private Shares (as defined in Note 4), and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of approving a Business Combination and (b) not to convert any shares (including the Insider Shares) in connection with a stockholder vote to approve, or sell the shares to the Company in any tender offer in connection with, a proposed Business Combination.

 

The Initial Stockholders have agreed (a) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Insider Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

 

TheInitially, the Company will havehad nine months (or up to 18 months) from the closing of the IPO to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial Business Combination within nine months, it may, by resolution of the board if requested by the Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional one month (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a Business Combination), subject to the Sponsor depositing additional funds into the Trust Account in the amount of $189,750 (or $0.033 per public share per month), up to an aggregate of $1,707,750 or $0.297 per public share (for an aggregate of nine months), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each extension.

 

On August 8, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the Company’s stockholders approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Extension Amendment”) and (ii) an amendment (the “Trust Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated November 9, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company to allow the Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination, up to four times for an additional three months each time, from August 15, 2023 to August 15, 2024 (the date that is 21 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of units).

In connection with the stockholders’ vote at the special meeting, an aggregate of 2,510,358 shares with redemption value of approximately $26,244,894 (or $10.45 per share) of the Company’s common stock were tendered for redemption.


On August 1, 2023, $210,000 was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the business combination period from August 15, 2023 to November 15, 2023. On August 8, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 to the Sponsor for the extension payment. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earlier of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, or 2) the date the Company liquidates if a business combination is not consummated. The Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company’s common stock. 

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less certain amount 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 the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

 


The Initial Stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Insider Shares and Private Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Stockholders acquire Public Shares in or after the IPO, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account 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 in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than $10.175.

 

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (excluding the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.175 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.175 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable), nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO 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 deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.

 

On October 9, 2023, Plutonian entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”) with (i) Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Holdco”), (ii) Big Tree Cloud Holdings Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (“PubCo”), (iii) Big Tree Cloud Merger Sub I Limited, an exempted company incorporated in Cayman Islands and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”), (iv) Big Tree Cloud Merger Sub II Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with PubCo and Merger Sub 1, each an “Acquisition Entity” and collectively, the “Acquisition Entities”), and (v) Guangdong Dashuyun Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. (广东省大树云投资控股集团有限公司) a PRC limited liability company (“Dashuyun”).

Pursuant to the Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into the Holdco (the “Initial Merger”) whereby the separate existence of Merger Sub 1 will cease and Holdco will be the surviving corporation of the Initial Merger and become a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo, and (ii) following the Initial Merger Effective Time, Merger Sub 2 will merge with and into SPAC (the “SPAC Merger”, and together with the Initial Merger, the “Mergers”), the separate existence of Merger Sub 2 will cease and SPAC will be the surviving corporation of the SPAC Merger and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo.

The Mergers imply a current equity value of Dashuyun at $500 million prior to the closing of the Mergers (the “Closing”). As a result of the Mergers, among other things, (i) each outstanding share in Holdco shall automatically be cancelled, and in exchange for the right to receive newly issued ordinary shares in PubCo (“PubCo Ordinary Shares”) at the Holdco Exchange Ratio; (ii) each outstanding Plutonian Unit will be automatically detached; (iii) each unredeemed outstanding share of Plutonian Common Stock will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Ordinary Share, (iv) each outstanding Plutonian Rights will be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one-sixth (1/6) PubCo Ordinary Share, and (v) each outstanding Plutonian Warrant will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive one PubCo Warrant. Each outstanding PubCo Ordinary Share will have a value at the time of the Closing of $10.00.


In addition, following the Closing, PubCo will issue an aggregate of up to 20,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares (the “Earnout Shares”) to the Holdco’s shareholders who hold Holdco’s shares as of immediately prior to the Initial Merger Effective Time on a pro rata basis upon the occurrence of the Earn-out Event. Earn-out Event is defined as the event where Dashuyun Group first reports that there has been, in aggregate, no less than 200 department stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, supermarkets and other retail stores or vendors, each with a gross floor area of no less than 500 square meters, engaged in selling the Company Group’s personal care products or other consumer goods.

Concurrently with the execution of the Agreement, Sponsor has entered into and delivered a support agreement with the Holdco, Dashuyun, each of the Acquisition Entities and Plutonian, pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among others, to vote in favor of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder at the SPAC Special Meeting in accordance with the Insider Letter.

As part of the Agreement, on November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024, Big Tree Cloud International Group Limited (“Big Tree Cloud”) provided a loan of $210,000 per loan to the Company which was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from November 15, 2023 to May 15, 2024.

On November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024, the Company issued two promissory notes of $210,000 per note to Big Tree Cloud for the extension payments. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earliest of 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, 2) the date on which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, or 3) August 15, 2024. Big Tree Cloud may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

Going Concern Consideration

 

As of December 31, 2022,2023, the Company had cash of $293,569$425,852 and a working capital deficit of $429,565 (excluding franchise tax$3,514,032. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the IPO had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the Insider Shares and income tax payable)the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $200,000. On June 20, 2023, August 8, 2023, September 14, 2023, and December 27, 2023, the Sponsor provided a loan of $150,000, $210,000, $140,000, and $300,000, respectively, to be used, in part, for working capital and transaction costs (including extension fees) related to the Business Combination (see Note 5). Additionally, Big Tree Cloud provided two loans totaling $420,000 ($210,000 per loan) on November 9, 2023 and January 31, 2024 for the Company to deposit into the Trust Account to extend the business combination period to May 15, 2024.

The Company has nine months (or up to 18 months if the time to complete a business combination is extended as described herein) from the closing of the IPOuntil May 15, 2024 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution.

 

The Company expects to continue to incur significant professional costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of the consummation of a Business Combination. The Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete its Business Combination or because it becomes obligated to redeem a significant number of public shares upon consummation of its Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, the Company would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its Business Combination because it does not have sufficient funds available, it will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following the Business Combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, the Company may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet its obligations.

 

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 if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by AugustMay 15, 20232024 (unless the Company extends the time to complete a Business Combination), then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for liquidation and subsequent dissolution raisesas well as liquidity concerns raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months from the issuance date of these financial statements. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic which continues to spread throughoutFebruary 2022, an armed conflict escalated between Russia and Ukraine. The sanctions announced by the United States and other countries against Russia and Belarus following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to date include restrictions on selling or importing goods, services, or technology in or from affected regions and travel bans and asset freezes impacting connected individuals and political, military, business, and financial organizations in Russia and Belarus. The United States and other countries could impose wider sanctions and take other actions should the world. As ofconflict further escalate. Separately, in October 2023, Israel and certain Iranian-backed Palestinian forces began an armed conflict in Israel, the date the financial statements were issued, there was considerable uncertainty around the expected duration of this pandemic. Management continuesGaza Strip, and surrounding areas, which threatens to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemicspread to other Middle Eastern countries including Lebanon and the Company has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that COVID-19 could have a negative effect on identifying a target company for a Business Combination, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.Iran. 

 


 

 

Additionally, asAs a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of ongoing Russia/Ukraine, and related economic sanctions,Hamas/Israel conflicts and/or other future global conflicts, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and relatedpotential future sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IR Act applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.

 

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

 

At this time, it has been determined that noneAs a result of the IR Actredemptions by the public stockholders in August 2023, the Company recorded $262,449 excise tax provisions have an impact on the Company’s fiscal 2022 tax provision.liability as of December 31, 2023. The Company will continue to monitor for updates to the Company’s business along with guidance issued with respect to the IR Act to determine whether any adjustments are needed to the Company’s tax provision in future periods.

 

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included.  

 

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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 


 

 

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. 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.

 

Use of Estimates

 

In preparing these financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, the Company’s management makes 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 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.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $293,569$425,852 and $4,952$293,569 in cash and none in cash equivalents as of December 31, 20222023 and December 31, 2021,2022, respectively.

 

Investments Held in Trust Account

 

The Company’s portfolio of investments held in the Trust Account is comprised of investments in money market funds that invest in U.S. government securities. The Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included in interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the accompanying statements of operations. The estimated fair value of investments held in the Trust Account is determined using available market information.

 

Offering Costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs – SEC Materials” (“ASC 340-10-S99”) and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs were $3,676,399 consisting principally of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses that are directly related to the IPO and charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO on November 15, 2022.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accountingaccounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.Taxes (“ASC 740”) Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for. ASC 740 requires the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amountsrecognition 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 for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances arevaluation allowance to be established when necessary, to reduceit is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets towill not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the amount expected to be realized. ASC 740accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attributeprocess for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax positionsposition taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than notmore-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2022.2023. 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.

 


 

 

The Company has identified the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction.

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

 

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

 

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per redeemable share and income (loss) per non-redeemable share following the two-class method of income per share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable shares. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common shares subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public shareholders. As of December 31, 2022,2023, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

  

The net income (loss) per share presented in the statements of operations is based on the following: 

 

  For the
year ended
December 31,
2022
  For the
period from
March 11,
2021
(inception) to December 31,
2021
 
Net income (loss) $126,217  $(4,088)
Accretion of common stock to redemption value  (1,570,929)   
Net loss including accretion of common stock to redemption value $(1,444,712) $(4,088)
  For the year ended
December 31,
 
  2023  2022 
Net income (loss) $765,578  $126,217 
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value  (7,471,063)  (1,570,929)
Net loss including accretion of common stock to redemption value(1) $(6,705,485) $(1,444,712)

 

 For the Year Ended For the Period
from March 11, 2021
(Inception) through
  For the Year Ended December 31, 
 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021  2023  2022 
 Redeemable
shares
 Non-

redeemable
shares

 Redeemable
shares
 Non- redeemable
shares
  Redeemable shares  Non-
redeemable shares
  Redeemable shares  Non-
redeemable shares
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock                  
Numerator:                  
Allocation of net loss $(522,915) $(921,797) $  $(4,088) $(4,892,551) $(1,812,934) $(522,915) $(921,797)
Accretion of common stock to redemption value  1,570,929                —    
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption value(1)  7,471,063      1,570,929    
Allocation of net income (loss) $1,048,014  $(921,797) $  $(4,088) $2,578,512  $(1,812,934) $1,048,014  $(921,797)
                                
Denominator:                                
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding  724,658   1,277,429         4,752,734   1,761,125   724,658   1,277,429 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common stock $1.45  $(0.72) $  $  $0.54  $(1.03) $1.45  $(0.72)

 

(1)The remeasurement amount includes funds deposited into the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete the Business Combination, accretion of common stock to redemption value, and franchise and income taxes paid out of the Trust Account. 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account asAs of December 31, 20222023 and December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 


 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

FASB ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the buyer and the seller at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and cost approach shall be used to measure fair value. FASB ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs, which represent the assumptions used by the buyer and seller in pricing the asset or liability. These inputs are further defined as observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are those that buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that the buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

 

 Level 1Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not being applied. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.

 Level 2Valuations based on (i) quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets, (iii) inputs other than quoted prices for the assets or liabilities, or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market through correlation or other means.

 Level 3Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

The fair value of the Company’s certain assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the consolidated balance sheet. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, and other current assets, accrued expenses, due to sponsor are estimated to approximate the carrying values as of December 31, 20222023 and December 31, 20212022 due to the short maturities of such instruments. See Note 8 for the disclosure of the Company’s assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants (Public Warrants or Private Warrants) as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. Management concluded that warrants to be issued pursuant to the warrant agreement qualify for equity accounting treatment.

 


Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

 

The Company has made a policy election in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99-3A and recognizes changes in redemption value in additional paid-in capital (or accumulated deficit in the absence of additional paid-in capital) over an expected 9-month period leading up to a Business Combination. The accretion or remeasurement is treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital). As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $5,150,857 and $1,570,929 total accretion of common stock to redemption value.value, respectively.

 


At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the amount of common stock subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:

 

Gross proceeds $57,500,000 
Less:    
Proceeds allocated to public warrants  (632,500)
Proceeds allocated to public rights  (1,322,500)
Allocation of offering costs related to redeemable shares  (3,551,402)
Plus:    
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value  1,570,929 
Common stock subject to possible redemption - December 31, 2022  53,564,527 
Plus:    
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value  7,471,063 
Redemption of public stockholders  (26,244,894)
Common stock subject to possible redemption- December 31, 2023 $34,790,696 

 

Gross proceeds $57,500,000 
Less:    
Proceeds allocated to public warrants  (632,500)
Proceeds allocated to public rights  (1,322,500)
Allocation of offering costs related to redeemable shares  (3,551,402)
Plus:    
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value  1,570,929 
Common stock subject to possible redemption $53,564,527 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt — Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2024 for the Company and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of October 1, 2023. Adoption of the ASU 2020-06 did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure” (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 mostly requires, on an annual basis, disclosure of specific categories in an entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The incremental disclosures may be presented on a prospective or retrospective basis. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2020-062023-09 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Note 3 — Initial Public Offering

 

On November 15, 2022, the Company sold 5,750,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Units (including the full exercise of the over-allotment option of 750,000 Units granted to the underwriters), generating gross proceeds of $57,500,000. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, one right (“Public Right”), and one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Public Right will convert into one-sixth (1/6) of a share of common stock upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination. Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and each six rights entitle the holder thereof to receive one share of common stock at the closing of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, Public Rights may only be converted in multiples of six. The Warrants will become exercisable on the later of the 30 days after completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

Note 4 — Private Placement

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, The Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 266,125 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit for an aggregate purchase price of $2,661,250 in a private placement. The Private Units are identical to the Public Units except with respect to certain registration rights and transfer restrictions. The Private Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Warrants will be entitled to registration rights, and the Private Warrants (including the common shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination, except to permitted transferees. The proceeds from the Private Units were added to the proceeds from the IPO to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within nine months (or up to 18 months, as described in more detail in this prospectus), the proceeds from the sale of the Private Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law), and the Private Units and all underlying securities will expire worthless.

 


 

 

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

 

Insider Shares

 

On February 20, 2022, the Company issued 1,437,500 shares of common stock to the Initial Stockholders (the “Insider Shares”) for an aggregated consideration of $25,000, or approximately $0.017 per share. The Initial Stockholders have agreed to forfeit up to 187,500 Insider Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full so that the Initial Stockholders collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the IPO (assuming the Initial Stockholders do not purchase any Public Shares in the IPO and excluding the Private Units). As a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option on November 15, 2022, no Insider Share were forfeited. As of December 31, 2022, 1,437,500 Insider Shares were issued and outstanding.

 

The Initial Stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Insider Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until the earlier of (1) 150 calendar days after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and the date on which the closing price of the Company’s shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial Business Combination or (2) six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

Promissory Note — Related Party

 

On February 20, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate amount of $200,000 to be used, in part, for transaction costs incurred in connection with the IPO (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note is unsecured, interest-free and due on the closing of the IPO. The Company repaid the outstanding balance of $200,000 to the Sponsor on November 29, 2022.

On June 20, 2023, August 8, 2023, September 14, 2023, and December 27, 2023, the Sponsor provided the Company with a loan of $150,000 (“Promissory Note 1”), $210,000 (“Promissory Note 2”), $140,000 (“Promissory Note 3”), and $300,000 (“Promissory Note 4”), respectively, to be used, in part, for working capital and term extension fees. Promissory Note 1 and Promissory Note 3 are unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earlier of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, or 2) the date the Company liquidates if a business combination is not consummated. The Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory notes in shares of the Company common stock at a fixed price of $10.00 per share at any time when promissory notes remain outstanding. Promissory Note 2 and 4 have the same terms as Promissory Note 1 and 3, except the Sponsor may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares and 36,000 shares ($8.33 per share), respectively, of the Company common stock.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, $800,000 and 2021, no amount was$0 were outstanding, respectively, under all the Promissory Note.promissory notes.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with searching for a target business or consummating an intended initial Business Combination, the initial stockholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of the Company’s Business Combination into Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no borrowings under the working capital loans. 

 

Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Company’s Insider Shares issued and outstanding on the date of this prospectus, as well as the holders of the Private Units and any Private Units the Company’s insiders, officers, directors, or their affiliates may be issued in payment of working capital loans and extension loans made to the Company (and the securities underlying the Private Units) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Insider Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of common stock are to be released from certain transfer restrictions. The holders of a majority of the Private Units (including the Private Units issued in payment of working capital loans and extension loans made to the Company) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 


 

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The Company has granted EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, the representative of the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of this offering to purchase up to 750,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On November 15, 2022, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option to purchase 750,000 units, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,500,000 (see Note 3).

 

The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of 1.0% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $575,000. In addition, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $2,012,500, which will be paid upon the closing of a Business Combination from the amounts held in the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

 

Additionally, the Company has committed to issue the underwriters and/or its designees 57,500 shares of common stock or the representative shares, at the closing of the IPO as part of representative compensation. As of November 15, 2022, 57,500 representative shares were issued.

Financial Advisors Agreement

On November 10, 2023, the Company entered into a FA Engagement Letter with South Pacific Gyre Investment Limited (“South Pacific”), pursuant to which the latter agreed to provide certain capital markets advisory services to Company in connection with the Business Combination in consideration for advisory fees. South Pacific has agreed to be paid entirely in PubCo Ordinary Shares, in an amount of 2,000,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares which equal to 4% of the equity value of Big Tree Cloud, provided that all the PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable to South Pacific shall be subject to a lock-up arrangement for a period of at least six months.

Deferred Legal Fees

The Company engaged a legal counsel firm for legal advisory services, and the legal counsel agreed to defer their fees in excess of $450,000. The deferred fee will become payable in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not incur deferred legal fees, in connection with such services.

 

Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity

 

Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 15,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 1,761,125 shares of common stock issued and outstanding (excluding 3,239,642 shares and 5,750,000 shares subject to possible redemption)redemption at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively).

 

RightsExcept in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a Business Combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-sixth (1/6) of a share of common stock upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all shares of common stock held by it in connection with the initial Business Combination or an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-business combination activities. In the event the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of its initial Business Combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive the one-sixth (1/6) of a share underlying each right upon consummation of the Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares of common stock upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company). If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which it will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the common stock will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into common stock basis.

 

The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. As a result, a holder must hold rights in multiples of six in order to receive shares for all of its rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and it liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants and rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants and rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such warrants and rights, and the warrants and rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, holders of the rights might not receive the shares of common stock underlying the rights. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 6,016,125 rights issued and outstanding.

 


 

 

Warrants Each redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of an initial Business Combination and 12 months from the closing of the IPO. However, no public warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the issuance of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the issuance of the common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within 90 days from the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. In the event that holders are able to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis,” each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants in exchange for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose shall mean the average last reported sale price of the common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the exercise date. The warrants will expire five years from the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at 5:00 p.m., New York City time or earlier redemption.

 

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the board of directors) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Price”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Price and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

 

The Company may redeem the outstanding 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, which the Company refers to as the 30-day redemption period;

 

 if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Company’s common 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 the Company sends the notice of redemption to the 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. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants in exchange for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose shall mean the average reported last sale price of the common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

 

Except as described above, no warrants will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue common stock unless at the time a holder seeks to exercise such warrant, a prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is current and the common stock has been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreement, the Company has agreed to use its best efforts to meet these conditions and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants. However, the Company cannot assure that it will be able to do so and, if the Company does not maintain a current prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, holders will be unable to exercise their warrants and the Company will not be required to settle any such warrant exercise. If the prospectus relating to the common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants is not current or if the common stock is not qualified or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holders of the warrants reside, the Company will not be required to net cash settle or cash settle the warrant exercise, the warrants may have no value, the market for the warrants may be limited and the warrants may expire worthless. 

 


 

 

The Private Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants, except that the Private Warrants will be entitled to registration rights, and the Private Warrants (including the common shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until after the completion of a Business Combination, except to permitted transferees. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 6,016,125 warrants issued and outstanding.

 

Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements

 

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

 

Level 1:Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
   
Level 2:Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
   
Level 3:Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2023 and 2022 and indicatesindicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value. There were no marketable securities held in trust account at December 31, 2021.

 

 December 31,
2022
  Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  December 31,
2023
  Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets                  
Marketable securities held in trust account  58,778,053   58,778,053       
Marketable securities held in Trust Account $34,959,697  $34,959,697  $       —  $       — 

  December 31,
2022
  Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Assets            
Marketable securities held in Trust account $58,778,053  $58,778,053  $       —  $       — 

 

Note 9 — Income Taxes

 

The Company’s net deferred tax assets are as follows: 

December 31,
2022
Deferred tax asset
Net operating loss carryforward$
Startup/Organization Expenses17,365
Total deferred tax asset17,365
Valuation allowance(17,365)
Deferred tax asset, net of allowance$

 

The income tax provision consists of the following: 

  For the
Year
ended
December 31,
2022
 
Federal   
Current $55,532 
Deferred  (17,365)
State    
Current $ 
Deferred   
Change in valuation allowance  17,365 
Income tax provision $55,532 
  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
Deferred tax asset      
Net operating loss carryforward $    —  $ 
Startup/Organization Expenses  157,105   17,365 
Total deferred tax asset  157,105   17,365 
Valuation allowance  (157,105)  (17,365)
Deferred tax asset, net of allowance $  $ 

 


 

 

The income tax provision consists of the following: 

  

For the Year Ended

December 31,  

 
  2023  2022 
Federal      
Current $505,120  $55,532 
Deferred  (139,740)  (17,365)
State        
Current $  $ 
Deferred      
Change in valuation allowance  139,740   17,365 
Income tax provision $505,120  $55,532 

A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

For the
Year
ended
December 31,
2022
Income at U.S. statutory rate21.00%
State taxes, net of federal benefit0.00%
Change in valuation allowance9.55%
30.55%
  For the Year ended
December 31,
 
  2023  2022 
Income at U.S. statutory rate        21.00%        21.00%
State taxes, net of federal benefit  0.00%  0.00%
Transaction costs  7.70%  0.00%
Change in valuation allowance  10.98%  9.55%
   39.68%  30.55%

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have any U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryovers available to offset future taxable income.

 

In assessing the realization of the deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion of all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all of the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance. The changechanges in the valuation allowance waswere $139,740 and $17,365 for the year ended December 31, 2022.2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

The provisions for U.S. federal and state income taxes were $55,532$505,120 and $0$55,532 for the year ended December 31, 20222023 and for the period from March 11, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2021,2022, respectively. The Company’s tax returns for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 remain open and subject to examination.

 

Note 10 — SubsequentPromissory Notes to Big Tree Cloud

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on November 9, 2023, Big Tree Cloud provided a loan of $210,000 to the Company which was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from November 15, 2023 to February 15, 2024. The Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 to Big Tree Cloud in exchange for the extension payment. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earliest of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, 2) the date on which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, or 3) August 15, 2024. Big Tree Cloud may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

Note 11 —Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based on this review, the Company did not identify anyidentified the following subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

On January 31, 2024, Big Tree Cloud provided a loan of $210,000 to the Company which was deposited into the Trust Account to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from February 15, 2024 to May 15, 2024. The Company issued a promissory note of $210,000 to Big Tree Cloud in exchange for the extension payment. The promissory note is unsecured, interest-free and payable on the earliest of: 1) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, 2) the date on which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, or 3) August 15, 2024. Big Tree Cloud may elect to convert the promissory note into 25,200 shares ($8.33 per share) of the Company common stock.

On January 31, 2024, the Company deposited $210,000 into the Trust Account to extend the Company’s initial business combination period from February 15, 2024 to May 15, 2024. Accordingly, the Company now has until May 15, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.

On March 19, 2024, the Sponsor provided a loan of $350,000 to be used, in part, for working capital and transaction costs (including extension fees) related to the Business Combination.

 

 

F-20

 

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