SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP No. G0135E100
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
On December 4, 2021 the Sponsor acquired 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares (“founder shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. On March 18, 2022, the sponsor surrendered to the Issuer for cancellation 862,500 Class B ordinary shares for no consideration, resulting in the Issuer’s initial shareholders holding an aggregate of 2,012,500 Class B ordinary shares, or approximately $0.012 per share. The Sponsor later transferred 20,000 founder shares to Nicholas Torres III, the Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer, and 60,000 founder shares to Xin Wang, Joshua Gordon, and James J. Long, then members of the Issuer’s board of directors, on March 29, 2022.
On March 16, 2023, the Sponsor initiated a distribution of 280,000 founder shares and 492,000 private placement units of the Company held by the sponsor to its then existing members. On the same date, it repurchased 10,000 founder shares from each of Xin Wang, Joshua Gordon, James J. Long and Nicholas Torres III, as a result of which, the Sponsor will directly hold 1,692,500 founder shares.
Depending on prevailing market, economic and other conditions, the Reporting Persons may from time to time acquire additional Class A Ordinary Shares or engage in discussions with the Issuer concerning future acquisitions of shares of its capital stock. Such acquisitions may be made by means of open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, direct acquisitions from the Issuer or otherwise.
Except as set forth in this Item 4, none of the Reporting Persons has any plans or proposals that relate to or would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present Board or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the Board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure, including but not limited to, if the issuer is a registered closed-end investment company; (g) changes in the Issuer’s charter, by-laws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding the Issuer, or any other actions that could involve one or more of the types of transactions or have one or more of the results described in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) The responses to Items 7 - 13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference. The aggregate number and percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially or directly owned by the Reporting Persons is based upon a total of 10,554,500 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 27, 2023 (including Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares on as converted basis). The Reporting Persons collectively beneficially own 1,692,500 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 16.04% issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (including Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares on as converted basis).
(b) The responses to Items 7 - 13 of the cover pages of this Schedule 13D are incorporated herein by reference. The beneficial ownership of the Sponsor is 1,692,500 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 16.04% issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares. In addtiona, Mr. Chang, the sole manager of the Sponsor, is deemed to have sole voting and investment discretion with respect to the Ordinary Shares held by the Sponsor.