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Description of Organization and Business Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Description of Organization and Business Operations [Abstract]  
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted corporation on November 27, 2024. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had two wholly owned subsidiaries, Catalyst Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, incorporated on November 6, 2025 (“Merger Sub”), and Catalyst Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, incorporated on November 6, 2025 (“Merger Sub II”, and together with Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), which were formed solely in contemplation of the proposed Teamshares Business Combination (as defined and described below). The Merger Subs have not commenced any operations and have only nominal assets and no liabilities or contingent liabilities, nor any outstanding commitments other than in connection with the Teamshares Business Combination.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from November 27, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (as defined below), and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for and consummating a Business Combination, including the Teamshares 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 on the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s Sponsor is Live Oak Sponsor V LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The Registration Statement on Form
S-1
for the Initial Public Offering, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 10, 2025, as amended (File
No. 333-284207),
was declared effective on February 27, 2025 (the “IPO Registration Statement”). On March 3, 2025, the Company consummated the initial public offering of
 23,000,000 
units of the Company at $
10.00
per unit (the “Units”), which included the full exercise by the several underwriters of the Initial Public Offering (the “Underwriters”) of their over-allotment option (the “Over-Allotment Option”) in the amount of
 
3,000,000
 
Units (the “Option Units”), at $
10.00
per Option Unit, generating gross proceeds of $
230,000,000
(the “Initial Public Offering”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $
0.0001
per share, of the Company (the “Class A Ordinary Shares” and with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units, the “Public Shares”) and
one-half
of one redeemable warrant of the Company (the “Public Warrants”).
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 4,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants,” and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, in a private placement to the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $4,500,000 (the “Private Placement”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $
11.50
 per share.
The Company’s management (“Management”) has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination (less the Deferred Fee (as defined in Note 6) and taxes payable, if any).
Transaction costs amounted to $7,723,148, consisting of $250,000 of cash underwriting fee, the Deferred Fee of $6,900,000 and $573,148 of other offering costs.
 
 
The Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least
80
% of the net balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of Deferred Fee held and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account, if any) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination 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 of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on March 3, 2025, an amount of $231,150,000 ($
10.05
 per Unit) from the net proceeds of Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) acting as trustee and are initially held in cash, including in demand deposit accounts at a bank, or invested in U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) obligations with a maturity of
185 
days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule
2a-7
under the Investment Company Act, that invest only in direct Treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended Business Combination. To mitigate the risk that the Company might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that the Company holds investments in the Trust Account, the Company may, at any time (based on Management’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the potential status of the Company under the Investment Company Act), instruct Continental to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank. Interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account may only be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, and any such withdrawals can only be made from interest and not from the principal held in the Trust Account.
The proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination by March 3, 2027 (since the Company has executed a definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination by December 3, 2026), as may be extended by shareholder approval to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Articles”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination) or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) may approve (the “Combination Period”)), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Articles to modify (x) the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem
 
100
% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (y) any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or
pre-initial
Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”).
The Company will provide the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public
 
 
Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares at a
per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable, if any), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations of applicable law and the Amended and Restated Articles. As of December 31, 2025, the amount of the Trust Account was $
10.39
per Public Share.
The Ordinary Shares (as defined in Note 5) subject to redemption were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity at the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”.
The Company has only the duration of the Combination Period to complete the initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a
per-share
price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable, if any, and up to $
100,000
of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the Public Shares and completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
The Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, dated February 27, 2025 (the “Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and Public Shares in connection with (x) the completion of the initial Business Combination or an earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to consummate the initial Business Combination if the Company determines it is desirable to facilitate the completion of the initial Business Combination and (y) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles to modify (1) the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (2) any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or
pre-initial
Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any Founder Shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination (except that any Public Shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of
Rule 14e-5
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), would not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination transaction).
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent public accountants) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent,
 
 
confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $
10.05
per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $
10.05
per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account assets, less income taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent public accountants) or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations, and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, there can be no assurance that the Sponsor will be able to satisfy those obligations.
Teamshares Merger Agreement
On November 14, 2025, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Teamshares Merger Agreement”), with (i) the Merger Subs, (iii) Teamshares Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Teamshares”), (iv) the Sponsor, from and after the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by the Teamshares Merger Agreement (collectively, the “Teamshares Business Combination”), solely in its capacity as representative for the Company’s shareholders (other than the Teamshares security holders and their respective successors and assigns) for the limited purposes set forth in the Teamshares Merger Agreement and (v) Brian Gaebe, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Closing of the Earnout Participants (as defined in the Teamshares Merger Agreement) and their respective successors and assignees in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement. Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of high-quality businesses, intending to be a permanent home for businesses. Part holding company, part financial technology, Teamshares programmatically acquires companies with $0.5 to $5 million of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization from retiring owners, integrates them with the Teamshares platform, and helps employees earn company stock. Founded in 2019, Teamshares operates subsidiaries with consolidated revenue of over $400 million across over 40 industries and 30 states.
Pursuant to the Teamshares Merger Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) prior to the Closing, the Company will continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware and domesticate as a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”), (ii) at the Closing, Merger Sub will merge with and into Teamshares (the “First Merger”) with Teamshares surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Surviving Corporation”) and (iii) immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, the Surviving Corporation will merge with and into Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”) and as a result of which (a) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Teamshares as of immediately prior to the First Merger shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, in exchange for the right of each Teamshares stockholder to receive its pro rata share of the Stockholder Merger Consideration (as defined below) and each Earnout Participant to receive their Earnout Shares (as defined in the Teamshares Merger Agreement)and (b) the
in-the-money
Teamshares options shall be assumed (with equitable adjustments to the number and exercise price of such Teamshares options) and replaced with options exercisable into shares of the Company’s common stock, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Teamshares Merger Agreement and in accordance with applicable law.
 
 
The Teamshares Merger Agreement provides that the total consideration received by the Teamshares security holders from the Company at the Closing will be a number of shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate value equal to the sum of (i) Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($525,000,000) plus (ii) the Interim Period Financing (as defined in the Teamshares Merger Agreement), if any, that has converted into Teamshares common stock, (the “Merger Consideration”), with each share of the Company’s common stock valued at $10.00 (with the total portion of the Merger Consideration amount payable to all Teamshares stockholders in accordance with the Teamshares Merger Agreement, the “Stockholder Merger Consideration”). All Teamshares warrants, convertible debt, underwater options and other convertible securities outstanding and not exercised or converted prior to the Closing will be terminated as of the Closing.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1,329,433. The Company uses the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination, including the Teamshares Business Combination.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of December 31, 2025, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from the Sponsor or its officers, directors or their affiliates, However, 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, the Company has until March 3, 2027 (since the Company has executed a definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination by December 3, 2026) to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain whether the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to consummate a Business Combination prior to March 3, 2027 (since the Company has executed a definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination by December 3, 2026). No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the end of the Combination Period.