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Description of Organization and Business Operations and Liquidity | Note 1 – Description of Organization and Business Operations and Liquidity
Globalink Investment Inc. (the “Company” or “Globalink”) was incorporated in Delaware on March 24, 2021. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
On July 27, 2022, Globalink Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed. Globalink Merger Sub, Inc. had not commenced any operations as of March 31, 2025.
On April 3, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman), was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman) had not commenced any operations as of March 31, 2025. On December 31, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman) was deregistered.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and Initial Public Offering (“IPO”), which is described below and, since the offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination and negotiation for the Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income earned on investments from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on December 6, 2021. On December 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 100,000,000, which is discussed in Note 4. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. units (“Units”) at $ per Unit generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 5,175,000, which is described in Note 5. units (“Private Placement Units”) at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian private limited company and a related party of the Company, generating gross proceeds of $
Additionally with the closing of the IPO, the Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 15,000,000. Units to cover over-allotment. On December 13, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the option and purchased additional Units (the “Over-allotment Units”), generating additional gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the exercise of the over-allotment, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 525,000. Since the underwriters’ over-allotment was exercised in full, the sponsor did not forfeit any Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6). Private Placement Units to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit, generating additional gross proceeds of $
Offering costs for the IPO and the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option amounted to $6,887,896, consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting fees, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in the Trust Account (defined below)) and $562,896 of other costs. As described in Note 7, the $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fee payable is contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Following the closing of the IPO, $116,725,000 ($ per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the Private Placement Units were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and were 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 180 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 paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.
To mitigate the risk of being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), in July 2023, the Company instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee of the Trust Account (the “Trustee” or “Continental”), to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) until the earlier of consummation of our Business Combination or liquidation. Furthermore, such cash is held in bank accounts, which exceed federally insured limits as guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”).
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 Placement 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 must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account at the time of the agreement to enter into the 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 it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
The Company will provide the holders (the “Public Stockholders”) of the outstanding shares of common stock included in the Units, or the Public Shares with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Stockholders 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). There will be no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants.
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 stockholder 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 (as amended and restated and may be further amended and restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require the Public Shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants and rights), the initial carrying value of common stock classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The Public 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.
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 stockholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder 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, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder 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 % or more of the shares of common stock sold in the IPO, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Initial Stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Stockholders should acquire any Public Shares in or after the IPO, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to deferred underwriting discounts (see Note 7) 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 residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $ per share held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a vendor 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. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, 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 endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Extension and Redemptions
The Company originally had until March 9, 2023, 15 months from the closing of the IPO to complete a Business Combination. On March 6, 2023, the Company held a special meeting (the “March 2023 Special Meeting”), during which the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certified articles of incorporation which included extending the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) and a proposal to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of December 6, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”). The Company had the option of two (2) three-months extensions, followed by three (3) one-month extensions, or until December 9, 2023, if all extensions are exercised. The Company exercised the option for two three-month extensions and as a result the Company has deposited a total of $780,000, or $390,000 for each three-month extension, into the Trust Account and had until September 9, 2023 to complete its Business Combination, which was funded by a promissory note with Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. which has a current balance of $4,507,595. On September 9, 2023, October 4, 2023, and October 31, 2023, the Company deposited $130,000 each time into the Trust Account, representing $ per public share, which further extended the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination to December 9, 2023 (“Combination Period”). The September 9, 2023, October 9, 2023 and November 1, 2023 payments were funded by the advance of $390,000 provided by an affiliate of GL Sponsor, LLC, the Company’s sponsor (the “sponsor”).
On March 6, 2023, in connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the March 2023 Special Meeting which extended the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination, holders of 69.92 million. of the Company’s shares of common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
On November 28, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “November 2023 Special Meeting”). At the November 2023 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, changing the structure and cost of the Company’s right to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that closed on December 9, 2021, which was December 9, 2023 at the time of the November 2023 Special Meeting unless extended. The charter amendment allows the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to twelve (12) monthly extensions, to December 9, 2024 (each of which is referred to as an “Extension”, and such later date, the “Extended Deadline”). To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to such Extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension; approved the proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that was consummated on December 9, 2021, from December 9, 2023 to, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”), pursuant to which the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental be amended to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination under the Trust Agreement from (x) December 9, 2023, to (y) up to December 9, 2024, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, by depositing into the Trust Account $60,000 for each one-month Extension from December 9, 2023 to December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; and approved the proposal to re-elect Kian Huat Lai as Class I director of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or until his successor is appointed and qualified.
On November 28, 2023, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, allowing the Company to the Extended Deadline from December 9, 2023 to up to December 9, 2024 through monthly Extensions. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to such Extension, $60,000 for each Extension. On November 28, 2023, the stockholders of the Company also approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Trust Agreement (as defined above), by and between the Company and Continental. In connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the special meeting held on November 28, 2023, holders of shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $23.60 million.
From November 2023 to November 2024, the Company has extended the Termination Date twelve times under its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (or seventeen times since the IPO), and has until December 9, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.
On December 3, 2024, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “December 2024 Special Meeting”). At the December 2024 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, allowing the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to six (6) monthly Extensions, to June 9, 2025. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to the extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension. In connection with the meeting, Hui Liang Wong and Hong Shien Beh were elected as Class II directors of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2027 or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
In connection with the votes at the December 2024 Special Meeting, holders of 26.89 million. Following the payment of the redemptions, the Trust Account had a balance of approximately $3.27 million. shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
From December 2024 to May 2025, the Company deposited six tranches of $360,000 into the Trust Account, extending the Termination Date to June 9, 2025. , for an aggregated of $
Nasdaq Notice
On December 10, 2024, the Company, received a notice (the “Delisting Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires a special purpose acquisition company to complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement. Since the Company failed to complete its initial business combination by December 6, 2024, the Company did not comply with IM-5101-2, which triggered the issuance of a delisting determination from Nasdaq to delist the Company’s securities. According to the Delisting Notice, the Company’s common stock, warrants, rights and units would be suspended at the opening of business on December 17, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE would be filed with the SEC, which would remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq. The Company did not appeal this ruling.
On April 30, 2025, the Nasdaq announced that it would delist the Company’s common stock, warrants, rights, and units. The Company’s securities were suspended from trading on December 17, 2024, and have not traded on Nasdaq since that time. Since December 17, 2024, the Company’s securities, including common stock, warrants, rights and units, have been quoted on the OTC Pink under the same ticker symbols following the delisting of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq. Nasdaq filed a Form 25 with the SEC on May 9, 2025, to complete the delisting. The delisting became effective on May 19, 2025, ten days after the Form 25 was filed. Following the effectiveness of the Form 25, The Company’s securities, including common stock, warrants, rights and units, continued to be quoted on the OTC Pink under the same ticker symbols.
Despite the delisting of its securities, the Company expects to continue proceeding with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
Business Combination
On January 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (as amended and restated on May 20, 2024, March 6, 2025, April 18, 2025 and as may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among GL Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the representative from and after the effective time of the Acquisition Merger (as defined below) (the “Effective Time”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Parent Representative” or the “Sponsor”), Alps Global Holding Pubco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“PubCo”), Alps Biosciences Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), Alps Life Sciences Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Alps Holdco”) and Dr. Tham Seng Kong, an individual, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time for the shareholders of Alps Holdco as of immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Seller Representative”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination between Globalink and Alps Holdco will be effected in two steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, the Company will be merged with and into PubCo, with PubCo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity and (ii) Merger Sub will merge with and into Alps Holdco, resulting in Alps Holdco remaining as the surviving entity and being a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
On March 6, 2025, Globalink, Alps Holdco, Parent Representative and Seller Representative, entered into a First Amendment to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, parties agreed to:
On April 18, 2025, Globalink, Alps Holdco, Parent Representative and Seller Representative entered into a Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement. pursuant to which, parties agreed to:
PIPE Investments
On June 4, June 5 and August 27, 2024, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into subscription agreements with three investors on substantially same terms, pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the investors, and the investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo (“PIPE Shares”) at a purchase price of $40,200,000, in a private placement. On March 25, 2025 and March 26, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo executed the termination agreements with two investors who entered into the subscription agreements to purchase $40 million worth of PIPE Shares, dated June 4, 2024 and June 5, 2024, respectively, and the parties agreed that, upon the execution of the termination agreements, the subscription agreements shall be deemed null and void, and neither party shall have any further rights, obligations, or liabilities under the subscription agreements. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
Subsequent to December 31, 2024, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into additional subscription agreements (together with previous executed subscription agreement on August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with several investors on substantially same terms (together with previous investor who entered into a subscription agreement dated August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, and the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo at a purchase price of $3,279,911, in a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”). As of the date of this report, the PIPE Investors have subscribed for an aggregate of $3,479,911 (excluding the $40 million subscription that was terminated). Up to the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, PIPE Investment of $1,124,361 was received by PubCo’s escrow agent, and held in an escrow account on behalf of PubCo. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
The purpose of the PIPE Investment is to raise additional capital for use by PubCo following the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”). The PIPE Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of each of the Company, Alps Holdco, PubCo and the PIPE Investors, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the Business Combination. Under the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, PubCo is obligated to file a registration statement to register for the resale of all the PIPE Shares within 60 days of the Closing (the “Filing Deadline”), and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after the filing there of.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company continues to evaluate the impact of increases in inflation and rising interest rates, financial market instability, including the recent bank failures, the potential government shutdown, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and certain geopolitical events, including the wars in Ukraine and the surrounding region and between Israel and Hamas. The Company has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the risks and uncertainties related to or resulting from these events could have a negative effect on its financial position, results of operations and/or ability to complete an initial Business Combination, the Company cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s business and its ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally % of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.
During the second quarter of 2024, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations with respect to the timing and payment of the Excise Tax. These regulations provided that the filing and payment deadline for any liability incurred during the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 would be October 31, 2024.
The Company is currently evaluating its options with respect to this obligation. Any amount of such Excise Tax not paid in full, will be subject to additional interest and penalties which are currently estimated at 10% interest per annum and a 5% underpayment penalty per month or portion of a month up to 25% of the total liability for any amount that is unpaid from November 1, 2024 until paid in full. A detailed discussion of exercise tax was disclosed in Note 3.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $3,468 of cash available to meet working capital needs and a working capital deficit of approximately $6.8 million.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and the sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing.
If the Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and its sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company currently has until June 9, 2025 to consummate a business combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a business combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution as well as liquidity condition noted above raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after June 9, 2025. The Company intends to complete a business combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
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Note 1 – Description of Organization and Business Operations and Liquidity
Globalink Investment Inc. (the “Company” or “Globalink”) was incorporated in Delaware on March 24, 2021. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with emerging growth companies.
On July 27, 2022, Globalink Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed. Globalink Merger Sub, Inc. had not commenced any operations as of June 30, 2025.
On April 3, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman), was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. On December 31, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman) was deregistered.
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through June 30, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and Initial Public Offering (the “IPO”), which is described below and, since the offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination and negotiation for the Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income earned on investments from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on December 6, 2021. On December 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 100,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. units (collectively, the “Units” and each, a “Unit”) at $ per Unit generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 5,175,000, which is described in Note 4. units (collectively, the “Private Placement Units” and each, a “Private Placement Unit”) at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian private limited company and a related party of the Company, generating gross proceeds of $
Additionally with the closing of the IPO, the Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 15,000,000. Units to cover over-allotment. On December 13, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the option and purchased additional Units (the “Over-allotment Units”), generating additional gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 525,000. Since the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full, the sponsor did not forfeit any Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5). Private Placement Units to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit, generating additional gross proceeds of $
Offering costs for the IPO and the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option amounted to $6,887,896, consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting fees, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in the Trust Account (as defined below)) and $562,896 of other costs. As described in Note 6, the $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fee payable is contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Following the closing of the IPO, $116,725,000 ($ per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the Private Placement Units were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and, prior to July 2023, were 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 180 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 paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.
To mitigate the risk of being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), in July 2023, the Company instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee of the Trust Account (the “Trustee” or “Continental”), to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) until the earlier of consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or liquidation. Furthermore, such cash is held in bank accounts, which exceeds federally insured limits as guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”).
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 Placement 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 must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account at the time of entering into the agreement to complete the 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 it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
The Company will provide the holders (the “Public Stockholders”) of the outstanding shares of common stock included in the Units, or the Public Shares, with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Stockholders 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). There will be no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants.
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 stockholder 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 (as amended and restated and may be further amended and restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require the Public Shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants and rights), the initial carrying value of common stock classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The Public 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.
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 stockholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder 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 IPO in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder 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, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder 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 % or more of the shares of common stock sold in the IPO, without the prior consent of the Company.
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The Initial Stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below). However, if the Initial Stockholders should acquire any Public Shares in or after the IPO, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to deferred underwriting discounts (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 residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $ per share held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a vendor 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. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, 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 endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Extension and Redemptions
The Company originally had until March 9, 2023, 15 months from the closing of the IPO to complete a Business Combination. On March 6, 2023, the Company held a special meeting (the “March 2023 Special Meeting”), during which the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certified articles of incorporation (“Amendment No.1 of Charter”) which included extending the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) and a proposal to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of December 6, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”). The Company had the option of two (2) three-months extensions, followed by three (3) one-month extensions, or until December 9, 2023, if all extensions are exercised. The Company exercised the option for two three-month extensions and as a result the Company had deposited a total of $780,000, or $390,000 for each three-month extension, into the Trust Account and had until September 9, 2023 to complete its Business Combination, which was funded by a promissory note with Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. which has a current balance of $4,570,422. On September 9, 2023, October 4, 2023, and October 31, 2023, the Company deposited $130,000 each time into the Trust Account, representing $ per public share, which further extended the period of time it had to consummate its initial business combination to December 9, 2023 (“Combination Period”). The September 9, 2023, October 9, 2023 and November 1, 2023 payments were funded by the advance of $390,000 provided by an affiliate of GL Sponsor, LLC, the Company’s sponsor (the “sponsor”).
On March 6, 2023, in connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the March 2023 Special Meeting, which extended the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination, holders of 69.92 million. of the Company’s shares of common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
On November 28, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “November 2023 Special Meeting”). At the November 2023 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (“Amendment No.2 of Charter”), changing the structure and cost of the Company’s right to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that closed on December 9, 2021, which was December 9, 2023 at the time of the November 2023 Special Meeting unless extended. The charter amendment allows the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to twelve (12) monthly extensions, to December 9, 2024 (each of which is referred to as an “Extension”, and such later date, the “Extended Deadline”). To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to such Extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension; approved the proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that was consummated on December 9, 2021, from December 9, 2023 to, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”), pursuant to which the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental be amended to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination under the Trust Agreement from (x) December 9, 2023, to (y) up to December 9, 2024, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, by depositing into the Trust Account $60,000 for each one-month Extension from December 9, 2023 to December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; and approved the proposal to re-elect Kian Huat Lai as Class I director of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or until his successor is appointed and qualified.
In connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the special meeting held on November 28, 2023, holders of 23.60 million. shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
From November 2023 to November 2024, the Company extended the Termination Date twelve times under its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (or seventeen times since the IPO), and had until December 9, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.
On December 3, 2024, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “December 2024 Special Meeting”). At the December 2024 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (“Amendment No.3 of Charter”), allowing the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to six (6) monthly Extensions, to June 9, 2025. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to the extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension. In connection with the meeting, Hui Liang Wong and Hong Shien Beh were elected as Class II directors of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2027 or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
In connection with the votes at the December 2024 Special Meeting, holders (“December 2024 Extension Redeeming Stockholders”) of 26.89 million (the “December 2024 Payment”). It was later determined that the Company did not withdraw all of the interest from the Trust Account that it was allowed to withdraw to cover income and franchise taxes and, therefore, the December 2024 Payment should have been approximately $ per share. This meant that the December 2024 Extension Redeeming Stockholders were overpaid in the amount of $563,108, approximately $ per share (the “December 2024 Extension Overpayment Amount”). shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
The December 2024 Extension Redeeming Stockholders are in the process of being notified of this situation and are being instructed to return the December 2024 Extension Overpayment Amount to Continental. As of this filing, the Company has recovered $397,214.
From December 2024 to May 2025, the Company deposited six tranches of $360,000 into the Trust Account, extending the Termination Date to June 9, 2025. , for an aggregate amount of $
On June 4, 2025, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “June 2025 Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (“Amendment No.4 of Charter”), allowing the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to six (6) monthly Extensions, to December 9, 2025. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to the extension $ per public share for each monthly Extension.
In connection with the votes at the June 2025 Special Meeting, holders of 2.6 million, leaving Public Shares outstanding. As of June 30, 2025, the redemption payments remained unpaid and were recorded as redeemed stock payable to stockholders on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet. On July 25, 2025, in connection with the June 2025 Special Meeting, the Company paid redeeming shareholders $ , approximately $ per share. During a subsequent re-calculation of the price paid to redeeming shareholders, it was determined that the redeeming shareholders should have been paid $2,594,214, approximately $ per share. The Company will make efforts recover the $23,067, $ per share overpayment, however there are no assurances of recovery. shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
From June 2025 to August 2025, the Company deposited three tranches of $32,670 into the Trust Account, extending the Termination Date to September 9, 2025. , for an aggregate amount of $
Nasdaq Notice
On December 10, 2024, the Company, received a notice (the “Delisting Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires a special purpose acquisition company to complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement. Since the Company failed to complete its initial business combination by December 6, 2024, the Company did not comply with IM-5101-2, which triggered the issuance of a delisting determination from Nasdaq to delist the Company’s securities. According to the Delisting Notice, the Company’s common stock, warrants, rights and units would be suspended at the opening of business on December 17, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE would be filed with the SEC, which would remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq. The Company did not appeal this ruling.
On April 30, 2025, the Nasdaq announced that it would delist the Company’s common stock, warrants, rights, and units. The Company’s securities were suspended from trading on December 17, 2024, and have not traded on Nasdaq since that time. Since December 17, 2024, the Company’s securities, including common stock, warrants, rights and units, have been quoted on the OTC Pink under the same ticker symbols following the delisting of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq. Nasdaq filed a Form 25 with the SEC on May 9, 2025, to complete the delisting. The delisting became effective on May 19, 2025, ten days after the Form 25 was filed. Following the effectiveness of the Form 25, The Company’s securities, including common stock, warrants, rights and units, continued to be quoted on the OTC Pink under the same ticker symbols.
Despite the delisting of its securities, the Company expects to continue proceeding with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
Business Combination
On January 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (as amended and restated on May 20, 2024, further amended on March 6, 2025 and April 18, 2025, and as may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the sponsor, in the capacity as the representative from and after the effective time of the Acquisition Merger (as defined below) (the “Effective Time”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Parent Representative”), Alps Global Holding Pubco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“PubCo”), Alps Biosciences Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), Alps Life Sciences Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Alps Holdco”) and Dr. Tham Seng Kong, an individual, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time for the shareholders of Alps Holdco as of immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Seller Representative”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination between Globalink and Alps Holdco will be effected in two steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, the Company will be merged with and into PubCo, with PubCo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity and (ii) Merger Sub will merge with and into Alps Holdco, resulting in Alps Holdco remaining as the surviving entity and being a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
On March 6, 2025, Globalink, Alps Holdco, Parent Representative and Seller Representative, entered into a First Amendment to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, parties agreed to:
On April 18, 2025, Globalink, Alps Holdco, Parent Representative and Seller Representative entered into a Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement. pursuant to which, parties agreed to:
PIPE Investment
On June 4, 2024, June 5, 2024, and August 27, 2024, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into subscription agreements with three investors on substantially same terms, pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the investors, and the investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo (“PIPE Shares”) at a purchase price of $40,200,000, in a private placement. On March 25, 2025 and March 26, 2025, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo executed the termination agreements with two investors who entered into the subscription agreements to purchase $40 million worth of PIPE Shares, dated June 4, 2024 and June 5, 2024, respectively, and the parties agreed that, upon the execution of the termination agreements, the subscription agreements shall be deemed null and void, and neither party shall have any further rights, obligations, or liabilities under the subscription agreements. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
From January 2025 to March 2025, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into additional subscription agreements (together with previous executed subscription agreement on August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with several investors on substantially same terms (together with previous investor who entered into a subscription agreement dated August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, and the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo at a purchase price of $3,279,911, in a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”). As of June 30, 2025, the PIPE Investors have subscribed for an aggregate of $3,479,911 (excluding the $40 million subscription that was terminated). Up to the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, PIPE Investment of $1,124,361 was received by PubCo’s escrow agent and held in an escrow account on behalf of PubCo. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
The purpose of the PIPE Investment is to raise additional capital for use by PubCo following the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”). The PIPE Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of each of the Company, Alps Holdco, PubCo and the PIPE Investors, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the Business Combination. Under the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, PubCo is obligated to file a registration statement to register for the resale of all the PIPE Shares within 60 days of the Closing (the “Filing Deadline”), and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after the filing there of.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company continues to evaluate the impact of increases in inflation and rising interest rates, financial market instability, including the recent bank failures, the potential government shutdown, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and certain geopolitical events, including the wars in Ukraine and the surrounding region and between Israel and Hamas. The Company has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the risks and uncertainties related to or resulting from these events could have a negative effect on its financial position, results of operations and/or ability to complete an initial Business Combination, the Company cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s business and its ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally % of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.
During the second quarter of 2024, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations with respect to the timing and payment of the excise tax. These regulations provided that the filing and payment deadline for any liability incurred during the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 would be October 31, 2024.
The Company is currently evaluating its options with respect to this obligation. Any amount of such excise tax not paid in full will be subject to additional interest and penalties which are currently estimated at 10% interest per annum and a 5% underpayment penalty per month or portion of a month up to 25% of the total liability for any amount that is unpaid from November 1, 2024 until paid in full. A detailed discussion of exercise tax was disclosed in Note 2.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $22,170 of cash available to meet working capital needs and a working capital deficit of approximately $7.9 million.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and the sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing.
If the Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and its sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company currently has until September 9, 2025, or up to December 9, 2025 if the time to complete the initial business combination is extended as described herein, to consummate a business combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a business combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution as well as liquidity condition noted above raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after September 9, 2025, or up to December 9, 2025 if the time to complete the initial business combination is extended as described herein. The Company intends to complete a business combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
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Note 1 – Description of Organization and Business Operations and Liquidity
Globalink Investment Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on March 24, 2021. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region 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 July 27, 2022, Globalink Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed. Globalink Merger Sub, Inc. had not commenced any operations as of December 31, 2024.
On April 3, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman), was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman) had not commenced any operations as of December 31, 2024. On December 31, 2024, Globalink Merger Sub (Cayman) was deregistered.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through December 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and Initial Public Offering (“IPO”), which is described below and, since the offering, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination and negotiation for the Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income earned on investments from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on December 6, 2021. On December 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 100,000,000, which is discussed in Note 4. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. units (“Units”) at $ per Unit generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 5,175,000, which is described in Note 5. units (“Private Placement Units”) at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian private limited company and a related party of the Company, generating gross proceeds of $
Additionally with the closing of the IPO, the Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 15,000,000. Units to cover over-allotment. On December 13, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the option and purchased additional Units (the “Over-allotment Units”), generating additional gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the exercise of the over-allotment, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 525,000. Since the underwriters’ over-allotment was exercised in full, the sponsor did not forfeit any Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6). Private Placement Units to Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit, generating additional gross proceeds of $
Offering costs for the IPO and the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option amounted to $6,887,896, consisting of $2,300,000 of underwriting fees, $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in the Trust Account (defined below)) and $562,896 of other costs. As described in Note 7, the $4,025,000 of deferred underwriting fee payable is contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Following the closing of the IPO, $116,725,000 ($ per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the Private Placement Units were placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and were 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 180 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 paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act.
To mitigate the risk of being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), in July 2023, the Company instructed Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee of the Trust Account (the “Trustee” or “Continental”), to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) until the earlier of consummation of our Business Combination or liquidation. Furthermore, such cash is held in bank accounts, which exceed federally insured limits as guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”).
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 Placement 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 must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account at the time of the agreement to enter into the 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 it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
The Company will provide the holders (the “Public Stockholders”) of the outstanding shares of common stock included in the Units, or the Public Shares with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Stockholders 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). There will be no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants.
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 stockholder 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 (as amended and restated and may be further amended and restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require the Public Shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants and rights), the initial carrying value of common stock classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The Public 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.
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 stockholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder 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, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder 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 % or more of the shares of common stock sold in the IPO, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Initial Stockholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Stockholders should acquire any Public Shares in or after the IPO, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to deferred underwriting discounts (see Note 7) 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 residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $ per share held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a vendor 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. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, 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 endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Extension and Redemptions
The Company originally had until March 9, 2023, 15 months from the closing of the IPO to complete a Business Combination. On March 6, 2023, the Company held a special meeting (the “March 2023 Special Meeting”), during which the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated certified articles of incorporation which included extending the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) and a proposal to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of December 6, 2021 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”). The Company had the option of two (2) three-months extensions, followed by three (3) one-month extensions, or until December 9, 2023, if all extensions are exercised. The Company exercised the option for two three-month extensions and as a result the Company has deposited a total of $780,000, or $390,000 for each three-month extension, into the Trust Account and had until September 9, 2023 to complete its Business Combination, which was funded by a promissory note with Public Gold Marketing Sdn. Bhd. which has a current balance of $4,445,458. On September 9, 2023, October 4, 2023, and October 31, 2023, the Company deposited $130,000 each time into the Trust Account, representing $ per public share, which further extended the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination to December 9, 2023 (“Combination Period”). The September 9, 2023, October 9, 2023 and November 1, 2023 payments were funded by the advance of $390,000 provided by an affiliate of GL Sponsor, LLC, the Company’s sponsor (the “sponsor”).
On March 6, 2023, in connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the March 2023 Special Meeting which extended the time in which the Company must complete a Business Combination, holders of 69.92 million. of the Company’s shares of common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
On November 28, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “November 2023 Special Meeting”). At the November 2023 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment No. 1”), changing the structure and cost of the Company’s right to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that closed on December 9, 2021, which was December 9, 2023 at the time of the November 2023 Special Meeting unless extended. The Charter Amendment allows the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to twelve (12) monthly extensions, to December 9, 2024 (each of which is referred to as an “Extension”, and such later date, the “Extended Deadline”). To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to such Extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension; approved the proposal (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to extend the date by which the Company must (i) consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100% of the Company’s outstanding public shares of common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s IPO that was consummated on December 9, 2021, from December 9, 2023 to, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”), pursuant to which the Company’s Trust Agreement with Continental be amended to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial business combination under the Trust Agreement from (x) December 9, 2023, to (y) up to December 9, 2024, if the Company elects to extend the date to consummate a business combination, for up to twelve monthly Extensions, by depositing into the Trust Account $60,000 for each one-month Extension from December 9, 2023 to December 9, 2024, unless the closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred; and approved the proposal to re-elect Kian Huat Lai as Class I director of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or until his successor is appointed and qualified.
On November 28, 2023, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, allowing the Company to the Extended Deadline from December 9, 2023 to up to December 9, 2024 through monthly Extensions. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to such Extension, $60,000 for each Extension. On November 28, 2023, the stockholders of the Company also approved a proposal to amend the Company’s Trust Agreement (as defined above), by and between the Company and Continental. In connection with the approval of the proposals presented at the special meeting held on November 28, 2023, holders of shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $23.60 million.
From November 2023 to November 2024, the Company has extended the Termination Date twelve times under its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (or seventeen times since the IPO), and has until December 9, 2024 to complete its initial business combination.
On December 3, 2024, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “December 2024 Special Meeting”). At the December 2024 Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Amendment No.2”), allowing the Company to extend the Termination Date by up to six (6) monthly Extensions, to June 9, 2025. To obtain each Extension, the Company, its sponsor or any of their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Company’s Trust Account with Continental by the deadline applicable prior to the extension $60,000 for each monthly Extension. In connection with the meeting, Hui Liang Wong and Hong Shien Beh were elected as Class II directors of the Company, until the annual meeting of the Company to be held in 2027 or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
In connection with the votes at December 2024 Special Meeting, holders of 26.89 million. Following the payment of the redemptions, the Trust Account had a balance of approximately $3.27 million. shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share, for an aggregate of approximately $
On each of December 5, 2024, January 4, 2025, February 5, 2025 and March 6, 2025, the Company deposited four tranches of $ , for an aggregated of $ into the Trust Account, extending the Termination Date to April 9, 2025.
Nasdaq Notice
On October 16, 2023, the Company received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2), which requires the Company to maintain at least 400 total holders for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market (the “Minimum Total Holders Rule”). The Notice is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Global Market. The Notice stated that the Company had 45 calendar days, or until November 30, 2023, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Total Holders Rule. On January 29, 2024, the Company submitted an application to phase-down from The Nasdaq Global Market to The Nasdaq Capital Market. On March 6, 2024, the Company received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications staff granting the Company’s request for transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company’s securities were transferred to The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on March 12, 2024. In connection with the approval of the phase-down application, the staff indicated that the Company’s deficiency with the Minimum Total Holders Rule was cured and the matter was closed.
On December 10, 2024, the Company, received a notice (the “Delisting Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires a special purpose acquisition company to complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement. Since the Company failed to complete its initial business combination by December 6, 2024, the Company did not comply with IM-5101-2, which triggered the issuance of a delisting determination from Nasdaq to delist the Company’s securities. According to the Delisting Notice, the Company’s common stock, warrants, rights and units would be suspended at the opening of business on December 17, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE would be filed with the SEC, which would remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq. The Company did not appeal this ruling. The Company transferred its securities, including common stock, warrants, rights and units, to OTC Pink for quotation under the same ticker symbols following the delisting of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq. Despite the delisting of its securities, the Company expects to continue proceeding with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
Business Combination
On January 30, 2024, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (as amended and restated on May 20, 2024 and as may be further amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among GL Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in the capacity as the representative from and after the effective time of the Acquisition Merger (as defined below) (the “Effective Time”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Parent Representative” or the “Sponsor”), Alps Global Holding Pubco, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“PubCo”), Alps Biosciences Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), Alps Life Sciences Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Alps Holdco”) and Dr. Tham Seng Kong, an individual, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time for the shareholders of Alps Holdco as of immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (the “Seller Representative”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Business Combination between Globalink and Alps Holdco will be effected in two steps: (i) subject to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, the Company will be merged with and into PubCo, with PubCo remaining as the surviving publicly traded entity and (ii) Merger Sub will merge with and into Alps Holdco, resulting in Alps Holdco remaining as the surviving entity and being a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Acquisition Merger”).
On March 6, 2025, Globalink, Alps Holdco, Parent Representative and Seller Representative, entered into a First Amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which, parties agreed to:
On June 4, June 5 and August 27, 2024, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into subscription agreements with three investors on substantially same terms, pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the investors, and the investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo (“PIPE Shares”) at a purchase price of $40,200,000, in a private placement. As of the date of this report, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo are negotiating termination agreements with two investors who entered into the subscription agreements to purchase $40 million worth of PIPE Shares, dated June 4, 2024 and June 5, 2024, respectively, and the parties expect to enter into such termination agreement prior to the closing of the initial Business Combination. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
Subsequent to December 31, 2024, the Company, Alps Holdco and PubCo entered into additional subscription agreements (together with previous executed subscription agreement on August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”) with several investors on substantially same terms (together with previous investor who entered into a subscription agreement dated August 27, 2024, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo has agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, and the PIPE Investors have agreed to subscribe for and purchase certain number of ordinary shares of PubCo at a purchase price of $3,279,911, in a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”). As of the date of this report, the PIPE Investors have subscribed for an aggregate of $3,479,911 (excluding the $40 million subscription expected to be terminated). Up to the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, PIPE Investment of $879,911 was received by PubCo’s escrow agent, and held in an escrow account on behalf of PubCo. per share for an aggregate purchase price of $
The purpose of the PIPE Investment is to raise additional capital for use by PubCo following the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”). The PIPE Subscription Agreements contain customary representations and warranties of each of the Company, Alps Holdco, PubCo and the PIPE Investors, and customary conditions to closing, including the consummation of the Business Combination. Under the terms of the PIPE Subscription Agreements, PubCo is obligated to file a registration statement to register for the resale of all the PIPE Shares within 60 days of the Closing (the “Filing Deadline”), and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after the filing there of.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company continues to evaluate the impact of increases in inflation and rising interest rates, financial market instability, including the recent bank failures, the potential government shutdown, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and certain geopolitical events, including the wars in Ukraine and the surrounding region and between Israel and Hamas. The Company has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the risks and uncertainties related to or resulting from these events could have a negative effect on its financial position, results of operations and/or ability to complete an initial Business Combination, the Company cannot at this time fully predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s business and its ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its stockholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally % of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax.
Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.
During the second quarter of 2024, the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations with respect to the timing and payment of the Excise Tax. These regulations provided that the filing and payment deadline for any liability incurred during the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 would be October 31, 2024.
The Company is currently evaluating its options with respect to this obligation. Any amount of such Excise Tax not paid in full, will be subject to additional interest and penalties which are currently estimated at 10% interest per annum and a 5% underpayment penalty per month or portion of a month up to 25% of the total liability for any amount that is unpaid from November 1, 2024 until paid in full.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had $253,507 of cash available to meet working capital needs and a working capital deficit of approximately $6.8 million.
Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and the sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing.
If the Business Combination is not consummated, the Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and its sponsor 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, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASU 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company currently has until April 9, 2025 to consummate a business combination, or up to June 9, 2025 if the time to complete the initial business combination is extended as described herein. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a business combination by this time. If a business combination is not consummated by this date and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution as well as liquidity condition noted above raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after April 9, 2025 (or up to June 9, 2025 if the time to complete the initial business combination is extended as described herein). The Company intends to complete a business combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
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