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Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

 

The condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 was derived from the Company’s audited financial statements and the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed financial statements do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments which are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

 

The unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto for the period ended December 31, 2025, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC on March 3, 2026.

Emerging Growth Company

Emerging Growth Company

 

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company that is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments, other than those held in the Trust Account, with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $838,494 and $1,077,837 as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account

Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account

 

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, marketable securities held in the Trust Account are comprised of U.S. government treasury bills maturing within three months amounting to $178,582,603 and 177,124,457, respectively.

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company’s Class A ordinary shares that were sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. In accordance with ASC 480, conditionally redeemable Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinary shares that have redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480. Although the Company did not specify a maximum redemption threshold, its charter provides that currently the Company will only redeem its Public Shares. However, the threshold in its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association would not change the nature of the underlying shares as redeemable and thus the Public Shares are required to be presented outside of permanent equity. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value ($10.35 and $10.27 per share as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively) at the end of each reporting period. Such changes are reflected in additional paid-in capital, or in the absence of additional paid-in capital, in accumulated deficit.

 

The Class A ordinary shares reflected in the condensed balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

 

Gross proceeds   $ 172,500,000  
Less:        
Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants     (345,000 )
Issuance costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares     (10,891,881 )
Plus:        
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value     15,861,338  
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2025   $ 177,124,457  
Plus:        
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value     1,458,146  
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at March 31, 2026   $ 178,582,603  
Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

 

The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, Expenses of Offering. Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the condensed balance sheet date that are related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs directly attributable to the issuance of an equity contract to be classified in equity are recorded as a reduction in equity. Offering costs for equity contracts that are classified as assets and liabilities are expensed immediately. The Company incurred offering costs amounting to $10,931,479, consisting of $1,725,000 of cash underwriting fees, $1,725,000 of underwriting fees paid via the issuance of Private Placement Warrants, $6,900,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $581,479 of other offering costs. As such, the Company recorded $10,891,881 of offering costs as a reduction of temporary equity and $39,598 of offering costs as a reduction of permanent equity.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

 

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities.

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands, and the Company believes it is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the periods presented.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account, and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.

Net Income (Loss) per Ordinary Share

Net Income (Loss) per Ordinary Share

 

Net income (loss) per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. At March 31, 2026 the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per Class A Ordinary Share does not consider the effect of the Public Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 14,075,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, because their exercise is contingent upon future events. As a result, diluted income (loss) per Class A ordinary share is the same as basic income (loss) per Class A ordinary share. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, there were no potentially dilutive Class B ordinary shares. As a result, diluted income (loss) per Class B ordinary share is the same as basic income (loss) per Class B ordinary share for both periods.

 

The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, which are referred to as redeemable Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable shares of Class A ordinary shares is excluded from income (loss) per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value.

 

The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:

 

    For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2026
    For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2025
 
    Class A     Class B     Class B(1)  
Numerator:                  
Net income (loss)   $ 913,720     $ 304,574     $ (52,849 )
Denominator:                        
Weighted average ordinary shares     17,250,000       5,750,000       5,000,000  
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share   $ 0.05     $ 0.05     $ (0.01 )

 

(1) Excludes up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the Underwriters (see Note 6). On April 30, 2025, the Underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised in full simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering, and the 750,000 Class B ordinary shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Warrants

Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, whether the warrants meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815. This evaluation includes, but is not limited to, assessing whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares. The Company also evaluates whether there are any provisions that could require net cash settlement, settlement in a variable number of shares, or settlement outside the control of the Company, including upon the occurrence of contingent events such as a change in control or tender offer, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each condensed balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss in the condensed statements of operations.

 

The Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants are not precluded from equity classification and are accounted for as equity on the date of issuance.

Share-Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

 

The Company records share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation-Share Compensation (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 defines a fair value-based method of accounting for an employee share option or similar equity instrument. The Company recognizes all forms of share-based payments at their fair value on the grant date, which are based on the estimated number of awards that are ultimately expected to vest. Share-based payments are valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Grants of share-based payment awards issued to non-employees for services rendered have been recorded at the fair value of the share-based payment, which is the more readily determinable value. The grants are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods, which is generally the vesting period. If an award is granted, but vesting does not occur, any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed in the period related to the termination of service. Share-based compensation expenses are included in costs and operating expenses depending on the nature of the services provided in the condensed statements of operations.