| RECAPITALIZATION |
4. RECAPITALIZATION
On June 25, 2025 (the “Closing Date”),
Blue Gold Limited consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Business Combination
Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2024, and further amended on November 7, 2024, January 8, 2025, March 28, 2025, April 30, 2025, May 8,
2025 and June 10, 2025, by and among the Company, Perception, and BGHL (as amended and restated, the “BCA”). The following transactions occurred pursuant to the terms of the BCA
(collectively, the “Business Combination”):
| ● | Blue Gold Limited formed Blue Merger Sub, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Blue Merger
Sub”), for the purpose of effectuating the business combination; |
| ● | Perception merged with and into Blue Gold Limited, with Blue Gold Limited being the surviving entity (the “Perception Reorganization”); |
| ● | Blue Cayman 1, an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“BC1”), acquired the entirety of the
BGHL Shares; |
| ● | BC1 transferred the entire undertaking of BC1, including the entire share capital of BGHL to Blue Cayman 2, an exempted company incorporated
under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“BC2”). The name of Blue Cayman 2 was changed to Blue Gold (Cayman) Limited; |
| ● | Blue Merger Sub merged with and into BC2, with BC2 being the surviving entity and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Gold
Limited; |
| | ● | In connection with the Perception Reorganization, each (a) issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of Perception (“Perception Class A Ordinary Shares”) was converted on a one-for-one basis into one newly issued Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001, of Blue Gold Limited (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”) and (b) outstanding and unexercised whole warrant of Perception was converted into one warrant of Blue Gold Limited (each, a “Warrant”) that entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share in lieu of one Perception Class A Ordinary Share and otherwise upon substantially the same terms and conditions; and |
| | ● | Blue Perception Capital LLP, a private limited partnership, delivered, on behalf of itself and the other shareholders of BC2 (collectively, the “Blue Shareholders”), all of the original certificates for BC2 common stock (the “BC2 Common Stock”) to Continental Stock Exchange, as exchange agent, and Blue Gold Limited issued and caused Continental Stock Exchange to deliver to the Blue Shareholders an aggregate of 11,450,000 Class A ordinary shares. |
Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Business Combination was
treated as the equivalent of a capital transaction in which BGHL issued stock for the net assets of PC4. The net assets of PC4 will be
stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Business Combination will be
those of BGHL.
Transaction Proceeds
Upon closing of the Business Combination, the Company received gross
proceeds of $306,895 as a result of the Business Combination, offset by total transaction costs of $293,631. The following table reconciles
the elements of the Business Combination to the consolidated statement of cash flows and the consolidated statement of changes in stockholders’
deficit for the year ended December 31, 2025:
| Cash - trust and cash, net of redemptions | |
$ | 306,895 | |
| Less: transaction costs, paid | |
| (293,631 | ) |
| Net proceeds from the Business Combination | |
| 13,264 | |
| | |
| | |
| Less: accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities combined | |
| (3,013,837 | ) |
| Less: Convertible notes payable combined | |
| (770,000 | ) |
| Less: Warrants liabilities combined | |
| (230,000 | ) |
| Reverse recapitalization, net | |
$ | (4,000,573 | ) |
The number of Class A ordinary shares issued immediately following
the consummation of the Business Combination were:
| PC4 Class A common stock, outstanding prior to the Business Combination | |
| 9,057,927 | |
| Less: Redemption of PC4 Class A common stock | |
| (307,742 | ) |
| Class A common stock of PC4 | |
| 8,750,185 | |
| PC4 Class B common stock, outstanding prior to the Business Combination | |
| 1 | |
| Business Combination Class A ordinary shares | |
| 8,750,186 | |
| Issuance of shares related to preference shares conversion | |
| 12,185,000 | |
| Issuance of shares related to working capital agreements | |
| 432,891 | |
| BC2 Shares | |
| 11,450,000 | |
| Class A ordinary shares immediately after the Business Combination | |
| 32,818,077 | |
The number of BC2 shares was determined as follows:
| | |
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BC2’s shares
after | |
| | |
BC2 Shares | | |
conversion
ratio | |
| Class A ordinary shares issued to existing BC2 Shareholders | |
| 127,361,990 | | |
| 11,450,000 | |
| | |
| 127,361,990 | | |
| 11,450,000 | |
Public warrants
The 11,500,000 Public Warrants issued at the time of PC4s initial public
offering remained outstanding and became warrants for the Company.
Redemption
Prior to the closing of the Business Combination, certain PC4 public
shareholders exercised their right to redeem certain of their outstanding shares for cash, resulting in the redemption of 307,742 shares
of PC4 Class A common stock for an aggregate payment of $3.66 million.
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