Exhibit 99.1
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Balance Sheet of Copley Acquisition Corp: | Page | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-2 | |
Balance Sheet as of May 2, 2025 | F-3 | |
Notes to Financial Statement | F-4 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Copley Acquisition Corp:
Opinion on the Financial Statement
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Copley Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) as of May 2, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statement”). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of May 2, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statement has been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As described in Note 1, the Company’s business plan is dependent on the Company’s cash and working capital as of May 2, 2025, which 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 Note 1. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Basis for Opinion
This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “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 statement, 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/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
New York, New York
May 8, 2025
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COPLEY ACQUISITION CORP
BALANCE SHEET
MAY 2, 2025
ASSETS | ||||
Current Assets: | ||||
Cash | $ | 633,219 | ||
Non-Current Assets | ||||
Cash held in Trust Account | 173,362,500 | |||
Total Assets | $ | 173,995,719 | ||
LIABILITIES, CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||
Current Liabilities | ||||
Accrued expenses | $ | 57,918 | ||
Promissory note - related party | 251,803 | |||
Total Current Liabilities | 309,721 | |||
Deferred underwriting commissions | 5,175,000 | |||
Total Liabilities | 5,484,721 | |||
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||||
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 17,250,000 shares subject to possible redemption at $10.05 per share | 173,362,500 | |||
Shareholders’ Deficit | ||||
Preferred shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,500,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding | - | |||
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized; 728,393 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 17,250,000 shares subject to possible redemption) | 73 | |||
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding | 575 | |||
Additional paid-in capital | - | |||
Accumulated deficit | (4,852,150 | ) | ||
Total Shareholders’ Deficit | (4,851,502 | ) | ||
TOTAL LIABILITIES, CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | $ | 173,995,719 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statement.
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COPLEY ACQUISITION CORP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
MAY 2, 2025
NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Copley Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) is an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on November 26, 2024. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, shares exchange, asset acquisition, shares purchase, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses, which we refer to individually as a “target business” (the “Business Combination”).
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 efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location but will initially focus in the Asia Pacific and North American regions. The Company executive officers and directors are located in Hong Kong, with significant ties to Hong Kong and, to a lesser degree, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, collectively referred to as “PRC”. Further, due to the fact that most of the Company’s executive officers and directors are located in or have significant ties to the PRC, it may make the Company a less attractive partner to certain potential target businesses, outside the PRC, than a non-PRC related Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”). However, the Company will not undertake its initial Business Combination with any company being based in or having a majority of its operations in the PRC. 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 May 2, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period from November 26, 2024 (inception) through May 2, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), 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 will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering, which will be held in the Trust Account for potential redemption of the Public Shares (as described below). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s founder and sponsor is Copley Acquisition Sponsors, LLC (the “Sponsor”).
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on April 30, 2025. On May 2, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 17,250,000 units including 2,250,000 additional public units as the underwriters ‘over-allotment option was exercised in full (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $172,500,000 (see Note 3).
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 555,893 units including 56,250 additional private placement units as the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor, at a price of $10.00 per unit for the first 67,500 Private Placement Units purchased and at a price of $7.00 per unit for the remaining 488,393 Private Placement Units purchased, generating total proceeds of $4,093,750, which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $8,257,998, consisting of $2,156,295 of cash underwriting fees, $5,175,000 of deferred underwriting fees which will be paid on the consummation of an initial Business Combination, $322,575 for the fair value of the Representative Shares (see Note 6) and $604,128 of other offering costs.
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Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, $173,362,500 ($10.05 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and held in cash. The funds in our operating account and our Trust Account will be held in banks and other financial institutions and will be invested or held only in either (i) U.S. government treasury obligations 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 which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, (ii) uninvested cash or (iii) an interest-bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank until the earliest of (i) the completion of an initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of obligation to redeem 100% of Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the completion window or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of public shareholders.
NYSE rules require that we must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination. Our board of directors will make the determination as to the fair market value of our initial business combination. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of our initial business combination, we will obtain an opinion from an independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions. While we consider it unlikely that our board of directors will not be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of our initial business combination, it may be unable to do so if it is less familiar or experienced with the business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of a target’s assets or prospects.
The Company will provide its Class A ordinary 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 shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination (regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination or do not vote at all) or (ii) by means of a tender offer.
All of the Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with initial business combination and in connection with certain amendments to second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In accordance with SEC guidance on redeemable equity instruments, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Accordingly, all of the Public Shares are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet. Given that the Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering were issued with other freestanding instruments, the initial carrying value of Class A ordinary shares classified as temporary equity were the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The accretion or remeasurement is recognized as a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
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 the proposed transaction. In addition, initial shareholders, directors and officers have entered into a letter agreement, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination.
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The Company has determined not to have a minimum net tangible asset requirement to consummate any Business Combination which could be subject to Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act (defined in Note 2). Moreover, 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 the Company 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.
If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within a 18-month period (which can be extended two times, each by an additional three months, for a total completion time of up to 24 months) from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (the “Completion Window”), 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 (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), 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 (less taxes payable and 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), 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 its redeemable Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.
Going Concern Consideration
At May 2, 2025, the Company had approximately $633,219 in its operating bank account and a working capital surplus of $323,498. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs as a publicly traded company, to evaluate business opportunities, and to close on a Business Combination. Such costs will be incurred prior to generating any operating revenues. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management had determined that the Company lacks the financial resources it needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the date of the issuance of the financial statements. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Completion Window. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF 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 (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
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Emerging Growth Company
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 those of 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
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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.
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.
Warrant Instruments
The Company has accounted for the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants issued in the Private Placement in accordance with the guidance contained in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and has classified the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their assigned values. As of May 2, 2024, there were 8,902,947 warrants outstanding, including 8,625,000 Public Warrants and 277,947 Private Placement Warrants.
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 $633,219 in cash and no cash equivalents of as of May 2, 2025.
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Cash Held in Trust Account
As of May 2, 2025, the Company had $173,362,500 in cash held in the Trust Account.
Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs consist of legal, accounting, and other costs (including underwriting discounts and commissions) incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, using the residual method by allocating Initial Public Offering proceeds first to assigned fair value of the warrants and then to the Class A ordinary shares. Offering costs allocated to the Public Shares were charged to temporary equity, and offering costs allocated to the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants were charged to shareholders’ deficit as the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants, after management’s evaluation, are accounted for under equity treatment.
Fair Value Measurements
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” 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. |
The fair value of the Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering is $2,328,750, or $0.27 per Public Warrant. The fair value of the Public Warrants was determined using a call option pricing analysis under the Black-Scholes model (Level 3). The Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering have been classified within shareholders’ deficit and will not require remeasurement after issuance. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the valuation of the Public Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering as of May 2, 2025:
Traded price of Unit | $ | 10.00 | ||
Expected term to De-SPAC (years) | 1.0 | |||
Probability of De-SPAC | 20.0 | % | ||
Risk-free rate | 3.98 | % |
The fair value of the Representative Shares issued at the closing of the Initial Public Offering is $322,575, or $1.87 per Representative Share. The fair value of the Representative Shares was determined using the Black-Scholes model (Level 3). The Representative Shares issued at the closing of the Initial Public Offering have been classified within shareholders’ deficit and will not require remeasurement after issuance. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the valuation of the Representative Shares issued at the closing of the Initial Public Offering as of May 2, 2025:
Traded price of Class A ordinary share | $ | 10.00 | ||
Expected term to De-SPAC (years) | 1.0 | |||
Probability of De-SPAC | 20.0 | % | ||
Risk-free rate | 3.88 | % | ||
Restriction period post De-SPAC (years) | 0.5 |
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 Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit 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.
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Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts 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 of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that is included in the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions 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. 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 May 2, 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 income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
Class A Ordinary Share Subject to Possible Redemption
The Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies Public Shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit. Accordingly, as of May 2, 2025, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet, as reconciled in the following table:
Gross proceeds | $ | 172,500,000 | ||
Less: Proceeds allocated to public warrants | (2,328,750 | ) | ||
Less: Public Shares issuance costs | (8,146,273 | ) | ||
Add: Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value | 11,337,523 |
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Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of May 2, 2025 | $ | 173,362,500 |
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
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NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 17,250,000 Units (including underwriters’ over-allotment exercise of 2,250,000 Units) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $172,500,000 to the Company which was placed in the Trust Account. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The underwriters have exercised their over-allotment option on consummation of the Initial Public offering to purchase 2,250,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments.
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 555,893 units including 56,250 additional private placement units as the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor, at a price of $10.00 per unit for the first 67,500 Private Placement Units purchased and at a price of $7.00 per unit for the remaining 488,393 Private Placement Units purchased, generating total proceeds of $4,093,750. Each Private Placement Unit entitles the holder thereof to one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“Private Placement Warrant”) to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share.
Each Private Placement Unit is identical to the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that it is not redeemable, transferable, assignable or salable by the Sponsor until 30 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination, except (a) in each case, to any members of the Sponsor, officers or directors of the Company or the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s members, any affiliates or family members of any of officers or directors of the Company or the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s members, any members or partners of the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s members or any affiliates of the Sponsor or the Sponsor’s members or the Sponsor’s partner including any employees of such affiliates; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) in the case of a trust, by distribution to one or more permissible beneficiaries of such trust; (f) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement, in connection with an extension of the completion window or in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (g) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of the initial Business Combination; (h) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of its initial Business Combination; (i) by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware, the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement, upon dissolution of the Sponsor; or (j) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (f) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreement.
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On December 3, 2024, the Sponsor purchased 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share. The Sponsors collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Public Shares and Founder Shares after the Initial Public Offering.
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The Founder Shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that:
● | the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions; |
● | the Founder Shares holders have the exclusive right to vote, prior to the initial Business Combination, on the appointment or removal of the members of the board of directors; and |
● | the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights. |
The initial shareholders, Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and public shares they hold in connection with the completion of an initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and public shares they hold in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the completion window or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within the completion window.
The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in this offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, 25% of the sum of (i) the Founder Shares and public shares issued and outstanding upon the completion of this offering (including any public shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the Initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any private placement-equivalent units issued to the Sponsor or any of its affiliates or to officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans and extension loans made) minus (iii) any Class A ordinary shares redeemed by public shareholders in connection with an initial Business Combination and any Class A ordinary shares redeemed by public shareholders in connection with any amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association made prior to the consummation of an initial Business Combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it does not complete an initial Business Combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares or pre-Business Combination activity; provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. The foregoing is subject to adjustment (unless otherwise provided in the definitive agreement for the initial Business Combination) for share subdivisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided in the prospectus.
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With certain limited exceptions, the Founder Shares are not transferable, assignable or saleable (except to officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with the Sponsor, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until the earlier of (i) 180 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination; or (ii) subsequent to the initial Business Combination (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 90 days after the initial Business Combination or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Related Party Loans
On December 3, 2024, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $700,000. On April 18, 2025, the Promissory Note was amended and restated, resulting in a reduction of the maximum aggregate principal amount to $525,000. The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2025, or (ii) the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. As of May 2, 2025, $251,803 was outstanding under the Promissory Note, to be repaid out of the offering proceeds not held in the Trust Account. The value of the Sponsor’s interest in the loans corresponds to the principal amount outstanding under any such loans.
The Sponsor paid certain deferred offering costs on behalf of the Company. These amounts are due on demand and non-interest bearing. During the period from November 26, 2024 (inception) through May 2, 2025, the Sponsor paid $276,803 on behalf of the Company, of which $25,000 was paid in exchange for the issuance of Founder Shares and $251,803 was transferred into the Promissory Note. As of May 2, 2025, the amount due to the related party was $0.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion (“Working Capital Loans”). In addition, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain officers and directors may loan the Company funds of up to $3,450,000 (assuming no public shares have been redeemed at the time of each extension) to cover the cost of extension options to allow additional time to complete an initial Business Combination (“Extension Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans and Extension Loans may be convertible into units at a price of $7.00 per unit at the option of the lender at the time of the Business Combination. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Units and include one-half of one private warrant (each a “Working Capital Warrant” or “Extension Warrant”, respectively). If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination, the Working Capital Loans and Extension Loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. The terms of such Working Capital Loans and Extension Loans by the Sponsor or its affiliates, or officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of May 2, 2025, no Working Capital Loans or Extension Loans were outstanding.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Units and units that may be issued upon conversion of loans made by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain officers and directors, and their permitted transferees, will have registration rights to require to register a sale of any of securities held by them (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A ordinary shares) pursuant to a registration rights agreement that was signed prior to the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, to register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders will have “piggyback” registration rights to include such securities in other registration statements filed by the Company and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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Underwriting Agreement
On May 2, 2025, the Company exercised its over-allotment option in full to purchase 2,250,000 additional Units at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.15 per Unit, or $2,587,500 in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.30 per Unit, or $5,175,000 in the aggregate. The deferred underwriting fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Additionally, the Company issued 172,500 Class A ordinary shares to the underwriters, for no cash consideration at the closing of the Initial Public Offering as representative shares (the “Representative Shares”). The Representative Shares are deemed to be underwriters’ compensation by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110. In addition, the underwriters have agreed to (i) not transfer, assign or sell any such shares without the Company’s written consent until the completion of Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) to waive their redemption rights (or right to participate in any tender offer) with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, and (iii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.
NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 1,500,000 preference shares, $0.0001 par value per share, 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 May 2, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 150,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. As of May 2, 2025, there were 728,393 Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding, excluding 17,250,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 15,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. As of May 2, 2025, an aggregate of 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares were issued and outstanding.
Prior to the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the election of directors. Holders of the Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on the election of directors during such time. These provisions of the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with class rights may not be amended without a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and the amended and restated articles of association, being a resolution passed by a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) (or such higher approval threshold as specified in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the Company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given, or a resolution approved in writing by all of the holders of the issued shares entitled to vote on such matter. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of its shareholders, including any vote in connection with the initial Business Combination, except as required by law, holders of the Founder Shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of the initial Business Combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
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Warrants
“Warrants”, which consist of Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, Working Capital Warrants and Extension Warrants, may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Warrants. The Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination and will expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
No Warrant shall be exercisable and the Company shall not be obligated to issue Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of a Warrant unless the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon such Warrant exercise have been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt from registration or qualification under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of the Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise.
The Company agrees that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) Business Days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a new registration statement registering, under the Securities Act, the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment or registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. If any such post-effective or registration statement has not been declared effective by the ninetieth (90th) Business Day following the closing of the initial Business Combination, holders of the Warrants shall have the right, during the period beginning on the ninety-first (91st) Business Day after the closing of the initial Business Combination and ending upon such post-effective amendment or registration statement being declared effective by the Commission, and during any other period when the Company shall fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by exchanging the Warrants (in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act), and (i) in the event the Company so elects, the Company shall not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary or (ii) if the Company does not so file or maintain such registration statement, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify for sale the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under the blue sky laws of the state of residence of the exercising Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available.
Once the Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Warrants:
● | in whole and not in part; |
● | at a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption given after the warrants become exercisable to each warrant holder; and |
● | if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 90 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given. |
If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
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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. The exercise price and number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash to settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Completion Window and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
The Private Placement Warrants, Working Capital Warrants and Extension Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.
The Company assessed the Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, Working Capital Warrants and Extension Warrants to determine whether they should be classified as equity or liability instruments. This assessment was based on an evaluation of the specific terms of each instrument and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”), and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the instrument is a freestanding financial instrument pursuant to ASC 480 and meets the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the instrument meets all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the instrument is indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other conditions for equity classification. Pursuant to such evaluation, the Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, Working Capital Warrants and Extension Warrants will be classified in shareholders’ deficit.
NOTE 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statement was issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement.
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