ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2026 | |
| ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS [Abstract] | |
| ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Artius II Acquisition Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on July 25, 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 “initial business combination” or “Business Combination”).
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 25, 2024 (inception) through March 31, 2026 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and, subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an initial 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 from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s sponsor is Artius II Acquisition Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 12, 2025. On February 14, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 22,000,000 units (the “Units”), which included the partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 2,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $220,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (a “Class A Share,” and each Class A Share offered in connection with the Initial Public Offering as part of a Unit, a “Public Share”), one right entitling the holder thereof to receive (1/10) of one Class A Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination (a “Public Right”) and one contingent right (a “Contingent Right”) to receive a pro rata share of 1,100,000 Class A Shares (the “Distributable Shares”). The distribution of the Distributable Shares will occur substantially concurrently with the closing of an initial business combination upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in the relevant initial business combination merger agreement under certain circumstances, concurrently with the forfeiture by Sponsor of an equal number of Class B ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Shares,” and as held by Sponsor, the “Founder Shares”).
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 175,000 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $1,750,000. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A Share (each, a “Private Placement Share”) and one right entitling the holder thereof to receive (1/10) of one Class A Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination (each, a “Private Placement Right”).
Transaction costs related to the Initial Public Offering amounted to $7,537,261, consisting of $250,000 of cash underwriting fee, $6,600,000 of deferred underwriting fee and $687,261 of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating an initial business combination (less deferred underwriting commissions).
The Company’s initial 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 underwriting discounts held, the advisory fee (as defined in Note 6), and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into an initial business combination. The board of directors will make the determination as to the fair market value of the initial business combination. If the board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the initial business combination, the Company will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect an initial business combination.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 14, 2025, an amount of $220,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units, and a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and will initially be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act that invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended initial 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 the management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the Company’s potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 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. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units deposited in the Trust Account will not be released therefrom until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial business combination by (i) August 14, 2026 (or February 14, 2027 if the Company has executed a definitive agreement for an initial business combination by August 14, 2026) (the “Completion Window”) or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s board of directors may approve, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s memorandum and articles of association (as amended from time to time, the “Articles”) to (A) modify 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 Company’s Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of 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 its 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 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 an initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations.
The ordinary shares subject to redemption were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon 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 will have only the duration of the Completion Window to complete the initial business combination. However, if the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within the Completion Window, 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 and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and 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.
Our Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial business combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Articles; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares if the Company fails to complete the initial business combination within the Completion Window, 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 Completion Window and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions, aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which would not be voted in favor of approving the initial business combination) in favor of the initial business combination.
Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party 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 initial business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 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 $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party 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 underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had operating cash of $20,298 and a working capital deficit of $3,007,591. The Company intends to use 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 an initial business combination.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Going Concern,” as of March 31, 2026, the Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from Sponsor, shareholders, the Company’s officers and directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and 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.
Additionally, if an initial business combination is not consummated by the end of the Completion Window, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the Completion Window. The Company’s liquidity condition and mandatory liquidation within one year of the issuance of these unaudited condensed financial statements raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this uncertainty through an initial business combination. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any initial business combination by the end of the Completion Window.
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