DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
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DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Kairous Acquisition Corp. Limited (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on March 24, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. 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.
On October 5, 2022, the Company set up KAC Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On October 5, 2022, KAC Merger Sub 1 set up KAC Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of KAC Merger Sub 1.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 24, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and negotiation and consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion an initial 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. The Company has selected June 30 as its fiscal year end.
As discussed below and in Note 8, the Company is in the process of liquidating the Trust Account and redeeming the Public Shares. See Note 8 for additional information about this process, including the Board of Directors’ intention to remove the obligation to liquidate and dissolve the Company.
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on December 13, 2021. On December 16, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 75,000,000, which is described in Note 3. The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of Initial Public Offering to purchase up to additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option by purchasing additional units, generating $3,000,000. The underwriter has further indicated that they will not exercise the remaining over-allotment option, hence the remaining 825,000 units were forfeited. units (“Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 3,481,430. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the option at which time the Sponsor purchased additional units, generating $90,000. Units (the “Private Placement Units”) to Kairous Asia Limited (the “Sponsor”) at a purchase price of $ per Private Placement Units, generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $
As of December 16, 2021, transaction costs amounted to $4,843,252 consisting of $1,559,900 of underwriting fees, $2,730,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”) and $553,352 of other offering costs related to the Initial Public Offering. Cash of $857,408 was held outside of the Trust Account on December 16, 2021 and was available for working capital purposes. As described in Note 6, the $2,730,000 deferred underwriting fees are contingent upon the consummation of the Business Combination within 36 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company is in the process of liquidating the Trust Account and redeeming the Public Shares. The deferred underwriting fee will be not reversed until the Trust Account is liquidated.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on December 16, 2021, an amount of $78,780,000 ($ per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in the Trust Account which may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The stock exchange listing rules require that the Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account). The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that $ per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, will be held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $ per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
All of the Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial carrying value of the ordinary shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The ordinary shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99. 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 Public Shares are redeemable and will be classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event takes place. Redemptions of the Company’s Public Shares may be subject to the satisfaction of conditions, including minimum cash conditions, pursuant to an agreement relating to the Company’s Business Combination.
If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a Business Combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of % of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem % of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment.
If the Company has not completed a Business Combination within 12 months (or up to 36 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination) from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem % of 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Shareholders as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Public Shareholders and its Board of Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
On December 14, 2022 and March 10, 2023, the Company issued two unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $360,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until June 16, 2023. From June 9, 2023 through November 10, 2023, the Company entered into six unsecured promissory note arrangements with the Sponsor, each in an amount of $120,000, in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until December 16, 2023. The Sponsor deposited such amount into the Company’s trust account.
On December 14, 2023, the shareholders approved the amendment to the investment management trust agreement, pursuant to which the Company has the right to extend the time to complete a business combination twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from December 16, 2023 to December 16, 2024 by depositing into the trust account $50,000 for each one-month extension. On December 15, 2023 through November 16, 2024, the Company issued 12 unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $50,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until December 16, 2024.
On December 6, 2024, the shareholders approved the second amendment to the investment management trust agreement, pursuant to which the Company has the right to extend the time to complete a business combination six (6) times for an additional one (1) month each time from December 16, 2024 to June 16, 2025 by depositing into the trust account $50,000 for each one-month extension. On December 16, 2024 through April 16, 2025, the Company issued 5 unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $50,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until May 16, 2025. On May 16, 2025, the Company failed to properly extend the business combination period to June 16, 2025, as it did not deposit $50,000 to the trust account in order to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination (the “Termination Date”) to beyond May 16, 2025. Under the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Charter”), if the Company does not consummate an initial business combination by the Termination Date, the Company is required to (i) immediately commence a wind down of operations, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, liquidate the Trust Account and redeem all of the outstanding public ordinary shares (“Public Shares”) that were included in the units issued in its initial public offering, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining members and the directors, liquidate and dissolve.
The Company is in process of liquidating the trust account and redeeming the Public Shares. The proceeds of the trust account are now held in a trust operating account at Citibank, N.A, for the purpose of disbursement to the holders of the Public Shares. Record holders will receive their pro rata portion of the proceeds of the trust account by delivering their Public Shares to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent.
The board of directors of the Company intends to seek to amend the Charter to remove the obligation to liquidate and dissolve the Company, such that the Company may remain listed on the OTC Markets and allow it to seek alternative opportunities, including potentially a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
These unsecured promissory notes were collectively known as Extension Loans. The Extension Loans were amended on May 10, 2023 to provide that the Extension Loans will be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into ordinary shares at a price of $ per share.
The Sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares it will receive if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor or any of its respective affiliates acquire Public Shares, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($ ).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $ per Public Share and (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $ per Public Share, due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavouring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
On September 30, 2023, the Company executed that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company, KAC Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Purchaser”), KAC Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited, company formed under the laws of Thailand (“NRF” or the “Shareholder”), and Bamboo Mart Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Bamboo”).
On March 29, 2024, the Parties entered into an amendment no. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Under the Amendment, (i) the original provision of fairness opinion issuance date under section 4.2(a) was amended to no later than May 31, 2024; (ii) under section 4.2(b), the delivery date of the Parent Parties’ written due diligence request list to the Company was amended to no later than May 1, 2024 and the Company delivery date of the due diligence items based on the written due diligence request list was amended to no later than May 15, 2024; and (iii) the definition of “Outside Date” under section 12(d)(i) was amended to November 15, 2024.
On July 18, 2024, the parties agreed to amend the merger consideration to $188,000,000 with two portions of earn out payments.
In addition to the merger consideration of $188,000,000 to be received in connection with the Acquisition Merger, the Bamboo Shareholders have the right to receive “Earnout Consideration” (as defined in the A&R Merger Agreement) of up to shares of the Purchaser Ordinary Shares. See Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies – Business Combination Agreement.
On September 25, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement I”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”). Following the Proposed Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company. The closing of the Proposed Business Combination shall occur no later than March 31, 2025.
On December 14, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement II”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”). Following the Proposed Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company. The closing of the Proposed Business Combination shall occur no later than June 16, 2025.
On May 9, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement III”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”).
On May 16, 2025, the Company failed to properly extend the business combination period to June 16, 2025, as it did not deposit $50,000 to the trust account in order to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination (the “Termination Date”) to beyond May 16, 2025. The Company is in process of liquidating the trust account and redeeming the Public Shares and the Business Combination is terminated.
Going Concern Considerations, Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had insufficient liquidity to meet its future obligations. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had working capital deficit of $4,358,737. The Company has an accumulated deficit and has not generated cash from operations to support its ongoing business plan. On May 16, 2025, the Company failed to properly extend the business combination period to June 16, 2025, as it did not deposit $50,000 to the trust account in order to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination to beyond May 16, 2025. The Company is in process of liquidating the trust account and redeeming the Public Shares and the Business Combination is terminated. The Company expects to incur significant costs in connection with the liquidation of trust account. The board of directors of the Company intends to seek to amend the Charter to remove the obligation to liquidate and dissolve the Company, such that the Company may remain listed on the OTC Markets and allow it to seek alternative opportunities, including potentially a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that its history of losses and insufficient liquidity raise substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. In addition to if the Company does not close the Business Combination by September 30, 2025, (as extended pursuant to A&R Merger Agreement dated May 9, 2025, 2025), the Company is required to cease all operations, redeem the public shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve. The board of directors of the Company intends to seek to amend the Charter to remove the obligation to liquidate and dissolve the Company The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Risks and Uncertainties
The military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, and a series of terror attacks commenced in October 2023 by Hamas militants and members of other terrorist organizations infiltrating Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and the ensuing war between the State of Israel and Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement) or “Hamas,” could trigger global geopolitical, trade, political, or sanctions risks, as well as the risk of regional or international expansion of the conflict, including isolated conflicts or terrorist attacks outside of the immediate conflict area, as a result of which 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 related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable.
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