DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Valuence Merger Corp. I (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 27, 2021. The Company was incorporated 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 (a “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. However, the Company intends to concentrate its efforts in identifying a potential business combination partner that is based in Asia (excluding China, Hong Kong and Macau) and who is developing breakthrough technology in life sciences and/or advancing a platform for sustainable technology. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from August 27, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination, which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 28, 2022. On March 3, 2022, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 0.0001 0.001 11.50 10.00 200,000,000 Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 6,666,667 1.50 2,666,667 4,000,000 10,000,000 Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on March 3, 2022, an amount of $ 206,000,000 10.30 pursuant to the IMTA Amendment (as defined below), the Company instructed Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company to hold the initial gross proceeds of the IPO into a bank deposit account. On March 8, 2022, the underwriters partially exercised their over-allotment option, resulting in an additional 2,009,963 20,099,630 267,995 1.50 401,993 20,702,619 10.30 226,702,619 Transaction costs amounted to $ 10,718,994 4,000,000 2,200,996 8,105,480 814,510 Prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, on October 4, 2021, the Sponsor paid $ 25,000 5,750,000 0.0001 750,000 20% 1,200,000 247,510 5,502,490 The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The stock exchange listing rules require that the Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80 50 The Company will provide the holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the Business Combination, either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares, for a per share redemption price payable in cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares. The per-share amount to be distributed to the Public Shareholders who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. On May 25, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”), where shareholders approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a Business Combination from June 3, 2023 (the “Initial Combination Period”) to September 3, 2023 (the “Extended Date”) and to allow the Company, without another shareholder vote, by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), to elect to further extend the Extended Date in one-month increments up to eighteen (18) additional times, or a total of up to thirty-six (36) months (each, an “Additional Extended Date”) after the IPO, until up to March 3, 2025 (the “Combination Period”). The Company’s shareholders also approved a proposal to amend the Company’s memorandum and articles of association to eliminate (i) the limitation that the Company may not redeem Public Shares in an amount that would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $ 5,000,001 5,000,001 In connection with the approval of an amendment to the Company’s memorandum and articles of association to extend the Initial Business Combination Period, the Sponsor or its designees is required deposit into the Trust Account as a loan (a “Contribution” and the Sponsor or its designee making such Contribution, a “Contributor”), with respect to the initial extension to the Extended Date, $ 420,000 140,000 The maximum aggregate amount of Contributions will be $ 2,940,000 . The Contributions were evidenced by two non-interest bearing, unsecured convertible promissory notes to the Contributor (the “Contribution Notes”) and will be repayable by the Company upon (i) consummation of a Business Combination and (ii) the date of the liquidation of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). Such loans may be converted into warrants of the post-business combination entity, which shall have terms identical to the Private Placement Warrants at the option of the Contributors. If the Company does not consummate a business combination by the Combination Period, any such promissory notes will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated or otherwise forgiven. If the Company has consummated a business combination or announced its intention to wind up prior to any Contribution Date, any obligation to make Contributions will terminate. As of the date of this Annual Report, the Company, with the approval by the Board of Directors, extended the Initial Combination Period to April 3, 2024 and caused to be deposited an additional $ 980,000 On June 5, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Sponsor Convertible Promissory Note”) in the principal amount of up to $ 613,208 (i) the date of the Business Combination or (ii) the winding up of the Company. At any time prior to payment in full of the principal balance of the Sponsor Convertible Promissory Note, the Sponsor may elect to convert all or any portion of the unpaid principal balance into that number of warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Share of the Company (the “Conversion Warrants”), equal to (x) the portion of the principal amount of the Sponsor Convertible Promissory Note being converted, divided by (y) $1.50, rounded up to the nearest whole number of warrants 613,208 Also on June 5, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note to Valuence Partners LP, an affiliate of the Sponsor (the “VP Convertible Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate maximum amount of $ 1,650,943 (i) the date of the Business Combination or (ii) the winding up of the Company. At any time prior to payment in full of the principal balance of the VP Convertible Promissory Note, Valuence Partners LP may elect to convert all or any portion of the unpaid principal balance into that number of warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Share of the Company, equal to (x) the portion of the principal amount of the VP Convertible Promissory Note being converted, divided by (y) $1.50, rounded up to the nearest whole number of warrants 1,500,000 1,650,941 On June 14, 2023, the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) notified the Company that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum $ 1,000,000 On March 1, 2024, the Company entered into amendment no. 1 (the “IMTA Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “IMTA”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. Pursuant to the IMTA Amendment, Section 1(c) of the IMTA was amended to provide that the trustee may, at the direction of the Company (i) hold funds uninvested, (ii) hold funds in an interest-bearing or non-interest bearing bank demand deposit account at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $ 100 If a shareholder vote is not required in connection with a Business Combination and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Company’s shares prior to the Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent. The Initial Shareholders have agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s Business Combination or to redeem 100 On each of September 13, 2023, October 3, 2023, November 3, 2023 and December 1, 2023 the Company caused to be deposited an additional $ 140,000 560,000 Subsequent to the reporting date on these financial statements, on each of January 1, 2024, February 1, 2024 and March 1, 2024, the Company caused to be deposited an additional $ 140,000 As previously disclosed, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended, provides the Company the right to extend such date up to eighteen times for an additional one month each time to up to March 3, 2025, provided that the Company cause to be deposited the Contribution in connection with each Additional Extended Date. The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares it will receive if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Shareholders or any of its respective affiliates acquire Public Shares, 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 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 the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($ 10.00 In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than 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 letter of intent, confidentiality, or other similar agreement for a Business Combination, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $ 10.00 Liquidity and Going Concern As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $ 684,816 3,928,292 Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will not have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. However, the Working Capital Loans, the Sponsor Convertible Promissory Note and the VP Convertible Promissory Note, as defined in Note 5, will provide additional flexibility to continue the identification and pursuit of potential business combination targets. Over this time period, the Company will be using available funds, including those from the Working Capital Loans, for the purpose of paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until March 3, 2025, if the Company, without shareholder approval, elects to further extend such deadline, 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 of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after March 3, 2025, if the Company, without shareholder approval, elects to further extend such deadline. |