Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands (COLA)
Filed: 30 Jan 25, 4:20pm
Exhibit 99.1
Index to Financial Statement
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 5395) | F-2 | |
| Balance Sheet as of January 24, 2025 | F-3 | |
| Notes to Financial Statement | F-4 |
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Columbus Acquisition Corp
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) as of January 24, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, based on our audit, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 24, 2025, 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 to the financial statements, the Company is a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation that was formed for the purpose of completing a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities on or before January 22, 2026, unless the Company extends such period by amending its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. There is no assurance that the Company will obtain the necessary approvals or raise the additional capital it needs to fund its business operations and complete any business combination prior to January 22, 2026, if at all. The Company also has no approved plan in place to extend the business combination deadline beyond January 22, 2026 and lacks the capital resources needed to fund operations and complete any business combination, even if the deadline to complete a business combination is extended to a later date. 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 Note 1. 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, an 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/ Marcum Asia CPAs LLP
Marcum Asia CPAs LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
New York NY
January 30, 2025
F-2
BALANCE SHEET
JANUARY 24, 2025
| Assets | ||||
| Current Assets | ||||
| Cash | $ | 1,007,756 | ||
| Prepaid expenses | 24,928 | |||
| Total Current Assets | 1,032,684 | |||
| Cash held in Trust Account | 60,000,000 | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 61,032,684 | ||
| Liabilities, Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Equity | ||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 11,000 | ||
| Over-allotment liability | 183,000 | |||
| Total Current Liabilities | 194,000 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 194,000 | |||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||||
| Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 490,000,000 shares authorized, 6,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption | 60,000,000 | |||
| Shareholders’ Equity: | ||||
| Preference shares, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding | - | |||
| Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 490,000,000 shares authorized, 2,169,290 shares issued and outstanding (1) (excluding 6,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) | 217 | |||
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,019,627 | |||
| Accumulated deficit | (181,160 | ) | ||
| Total Shareholders’ Equity | 838,684 | |||
| Total Liabilities, Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption and Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 61,032,684 | ||
| (1) | This number includes an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5). |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-3
COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
January 24, 2025
Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern Consideration
Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on January 18, 2024 (“Inception”). The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”). The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. The Company does not have any specific business combination under consideration and the Company has not (nor has anyone on its behalf), directly or indirectly, contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction. The Company’s significant ties to China would make it a less attractive partner to a non-China-based target company and such perception may potentially limit or negatively impact our search for an initial business combination; or may therefore make it more likely for the Company to consummate a business combination with a company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
As of January 24, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through January 24, 2025, the Company’s efforts have been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to completing the initial public offering (“IPO”). 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 dividend and/or interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO and sale of Private Placement Units (as defined below).
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placements Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
The Company’s founder and sponsor is Hercules Capital Management VII Corp, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Sponsor”). The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through the IPO (see Note 3) and a Private Placement (as defined below) to the initial shareholder (see Note 4).
On January 24, 2025, the Company consummated its IPO of 6,000,000 units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share, and one right to receive of one-seventh of one ordinary share upon the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $60,000,000. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any (see Note 3)
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 234,290 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,342,900, which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $1,587,534 consisting of $900,000 of underwriting commissions which was paid in cash at the closing date of the IPO, $361,000 of the Representative Shares (discussed below), and $326,534 of other offering costs. At the IPO date, cash of $1,007,756 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.
In conjunction with the IPO, the Company issued to the underwriter 210,000 ordinary shares (the “Representative Shares”). The fair value of the Representative Shares accounted for as compensation under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”) is included in the offering costs. The estimated fair value of the Representative Shares as of the IPO date totaled $361,000.
F-4
The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined below), (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) at the time of execution of the definitive agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. However, 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 the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Company does not believe that its anticipated principal activities will subject the Company to the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
Upon the closing of the IPO, management has agreed that at least $10.00 per public share underlying Units sold in the IPO will be held into a U.S.-based trust account (“Trust Account”). The funds held in the Trust Account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest solely in direct U.S. government treasury or in an interest bearing or non-interest bearing demand deposit account. Except with respect to divided and/or interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligation, if any, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units that are deposited and held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to (A) modify the substance or timing of obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete the Company’s initial Business Combination by January 22, 2026 (unless the Company extends such period by amending its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (iii) the redemption of all of the Company’s public shares if the Company is unable to complete their initial business combination by January 22, 2026, subject to applicable law. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the Trust Account.
The Company will provide its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon either (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the public shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed combination period, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the prescribed combination period or (B) with respect to any other provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
The Company has determined not to consummate any Business Combination unless the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation in order to avoid being subject to Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. However, if the Company seeks 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, its net tangible asset threshold may limit the Company’s ability to consummate such initial Business Combination (as the Company may be required to have a lesser number of shares redeemed) and may force the Company to seek third party financing which may not be available on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. As a result, the Company may not be able to consummate such an initial Business Combination and the Company may not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all.
The Company will have until January 22, 2026 to complete its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by January 22, 2026, unless the Company extends such period by amending its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, 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 earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of its remaining shareholders and its board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to public rights or private placement rights, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination by January 22, 2026.
F-5
Going Concern Consideration
As of January 24, 2025, the Company had $1,007,756 of cash and a working capital of $838,684. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of the consummation of an initial Business Combination. In addition, the Company currently has until January 22, 2026 (unless the Company extends such period by amending its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association) to consummate the initial Business Combination. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the prescribed timeline, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. Notwithstanding management’s belief that the Company would have sufficient funds to execute its business strategy, the Company has determined that it has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital will be successful. Additionally, there is a possibility that the Business Combination might not be completed within the 12-month period from the issuance date of these financial statements. 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 the 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. Therefore, management has determined that such additional conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or the date the Company is required to liquidate. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.
Risks and Uncertainties
As a result of the ongoing Russia/Ukraine, 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 potential future sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 2 — Significant accounting policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statement is presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (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 shareholder 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.
F-6
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make 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 amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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 statement, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events.
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 has cash of $1,007,756 and no cash equivalents as of January 24, 2025.
Cash Held in Trust Account
As of January 24, 2025, the assets held in the Trust Account, amounting to $60,000,000, were held in cash. These funds were subsequently deposit in the interest-bearing bank account as of January 30, 2025.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
| ● | Level 1—Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 2—Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. |
| ● | Level 3—Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities. |
F-7
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (ASC 480). Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) will be classified as a liability instrument and will be measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) will be classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares will be classified as stockholders’ equity. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies the ordinary shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. Given that the 6,000,000 ordinary shares sold as part of the Units in the IPO were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., rights), the initial carrying value of ordinary shares classified as temporary equity has been allocated to the proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The initial accretion and subsequent remeasurements will be treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital). Accordingly, as of January 24, 2025, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. As of January 24, 2025, the ordinary shares subject to redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
| Gross proceeds | $ | 60,000,000 | ||
| Less: | ||||
| Proceeds allocated to public share Rights | (1,320,000 | ) | ||
| Class A ordinary shares issuance costs | (1,538,521 | ) | ||
| Proceeds allocated to over-allotment option | (183,000 | ) | ||
| Plus: | ||||
| Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value | 3,041,521 | |||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, January 24, 2025 | $ | 60,000,000 |
Share Rights
The Company accounts for the Public Rights and private placement rights issued in connection with the IPO and the Private Placement in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classified the rights under equity treatment at their assigned values.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of 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 valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-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. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements.
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 January 24, 2025. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statement.
F-8
Share-based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of share-based awards to directors as an expense in the financial statement over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each share-based award. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model includes various assumptions, including the fair value of the estimated stock price of the Company, expected life of shares, the expected volatility and the expected risk-free interest rate, among others. These assumptions reflect the Company’s best estimates, but they involve inherent uncertainties based on market conditions generally outside the control of the Company.
Overallotment Option
The overallotment option describe in Note 6 was deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed to the contingently redeemable shares and was accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC 480. The fair value of the over-allotment liability as of January 24, 2025 of $183,000 was determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires the disclosure of additional segment information. ASU No. 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company will be required to adopt ASU No. 2023-07 in its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and in its interim financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2025. The Company is evaluating what the impact of adopting ASU 2023-07 might have on those financial statements.
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 free-standing 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 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 upon the Inception of the Company. Adoption of the ASU did not impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Management does not believe that any other 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 January 24, 2025, the Company sold 6,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share and one right (the “Public Right”). Each Public Right entitles the holder to purchase one-seventh (1/7) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, the holder must hold Public Rights in multiples of 7 in order to receive shares for all of their Public Rights upon closing of a Business Combination. Total offering costs allocated to the IPO proceeds were $1,538,521. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any; which has not been exercised as of the date of this financial statement.
F-9
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 234,290 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Units for an aggregate purchase price of $2,342,900. Each Private Placement Unit was identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except as described below. Total offering costs allocated to the private units were $9,453, which were charged directly to additional paid-in capital upon the completion of IPO.
There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined below), private placement shares or private placement rights. The rights will expire worthless if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by January 22, 2026, unless the Company extends the Business Combination period.
Each Private Placement Unit is identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except that it will not be transferable, assignable or salable by the Sponsor until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, except in each case (i) among the insiders or to the Company’s insiders’ members, officers, directors, consultants or their affiliates, (ii) to a holder’s shareholders or members upon the holder’s liquidation, in each case if the holder is an entity, (iii) by bona fide gift to a member of the holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the holder or a member of the holder’s immediate family, in each case for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (vii) in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (viii) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to its consummation of an initial business combination or (ix) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial business combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital share 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, in each case (except for clauses (vi), (viii) or (ix) or with the Company’s prior written consent) on the condition that prior to such registration for transfer, the transfer agent shall be presented with written documentation pursuant to which each transferee or the trustee or legal guardian for such permitted transferee agrees to be bound by the transfer restrictions contained in the letter agreement and any other applicable agreement the transferor is bound by.
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On March 21, 2024, the Sponsor acquired 1,437,500 ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.0174 per share. On July 25, 2024 and December 20, 2024, the Company amended the Securities Purchase Agreement which allowed the Sponsor to increase the purchase of Founder Shares from 1,437,500 to 1,725,000 shares for $25,000, or $0.0145 per share; including an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters.
On January 22, 2025, the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 36,000 of its Founder Shares, or 12,000 each to its three independent directors for their board service, for nominal cash consideration, of $522. The fair value of the transfer of the 36,000 Founder Shares was accounted for as compensation under ASC 718. On January 22, 2025, the Company recognized a share-based compensation expense of $61,478 based on the total estimated fair value of the 36,000 Founder Shares.
The Founder Shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the Units being sold in the IPO, and holders of Founder Shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, and (ii) the Sponsor, officers and directors of the Company have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares, private placement shares and public shares in connection with the completion of its initial Business Combination and (B) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares and private placement shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination by January 22, 2026, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within such time period and (iii) the Founder Shares and private placement shares are subject to registration rights. If the Company submits its initial Business Combination to its public shareholders for a vote, the Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree), pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement entered into with the Company, to vote any Founder Shares and private placement shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the Company’s initial Business Combination.
F-10
With certain limited exceptions, the Founder Shares are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to certain permitted transferees) until the earlier of 180 days after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination or the date on which the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 90 days after the Company’s initial Business Combination.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On March 21, 2024, the Sponsor has agreed to loan the Company up to $500,000 (the “Promissory Note”) to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. Prior to the closing of the IPO, the Company has an outstanding loan balance of $254,544. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and is due at the earlier of (1) June 30, 2025 or (ii) the closing of the IPO, unless accelerated upon the occurrence of an event of default. The loan was repaid upon the closing of the IPO out of the offering proceeds not held in the Trust Account on January 24, 2025.
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, the Company’s officers and directors, or their affiliates/designees may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. 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. Up to $3,000,000 of such working capital loans (“Working Capital Loans”) may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of its initial Business Combination. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Units.
As of January 24, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
Administrative Support Services
Commencing on the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO, the Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of its initial Business Combination or its liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.
Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Representative Shares, Private Placement Units, and units that may be issued on conversion of Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to its completion of its initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
F-11
Underwriting Agreement
The Company had granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of IPO to purchase up to an additional 900,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any; which has not been exercised as of the date of this financial statement.
The underwriter is entitled to a cash underwriting discount of 1.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $900,000 (or up to $1,035,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full). Additionally, the underwriter is entitled to 210,000 shares of ordinary shares of the Company (or up to 241,500 ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full), equal to 3.5% of gross proceeds of the IPO that were registered in the IPO and were paid at the closing of the IPO as the Representative Shares. In addition, the underwriter has agreed with respect to the representative shares, (i) to vote for at a shareholder meeting to approve a Business Combination or any amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination, (ii) to waive its redemption rights with respect to such shares until the completion of the Business Combination, in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of the its obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination, and (iii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the timeline provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, to the extent such representative shares held by the underwriter and/or its designees, and any of their permitted transferees.
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued 210,000 Representative Shares to the underwriter with a fair value of $361,000.
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Share — The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred share, $0.0001 par value, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of January 24, 2025, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Ordinary Share — As of January 24, 2025, there were 2,169,290 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, including an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. The Company is authorized to issue 490,000,000 ordinary shares with $0.0001 par value. On March 21, 2024, the Company issued 1,437,500 Founder Shares to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.0174 per share. On July 25, 2024 and December 20, 2024, the Company amended the Securities Purchase Agreement which allowed the Sponsor to increase the purchase of ordinary shares from 1,437,500 to 1,725,000 shares for $25,000, or $0.0145 per share; including an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters.
On January 22, 2025, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 36,000 of its Founder Shares, or 12,000 each to the Company’s three independent directors for their board service, for nominal cash consideration of $522 (See Note 5), pursuant a securities transfer agreement which the Company entered with the Sponsor and each of the independent director nominees on November 8, 2024 and further amended on December 20, 2024.
Rights
As of January 24, 2025, there were 6,000,000 Public Rights and 234,290 private rights include in the Private Placement Units outstanding. Each holder of a right will receive one-seventh (1/7) of one ordinary share upon consummation of its initial Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all ordinary shares held by it in connection with the initial Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of an initial Business Combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the IPO. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company 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 ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into ordinary share basis, and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive one-seventh (1/7) of one share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Business Combination.
The shares issuable upon conversion of the Public Rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company). The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the rights. As a result, the holders of rights must hold rights in multiples of seven in order to receive shares for all of their rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the 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. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
Note 8 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when these financial statements were issued. Based on this review, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
F-12