Organization and Plan of Business Operations |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | |
| Organization and Plan of Business Operations [Abstract] | |
| ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
GP-Act III Acquisition Corp. (formerly known as GP Investments Acquisition Corp. II) (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on November 23, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (“business combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of completing 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.
As of June 30, 2026, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from November 23, 2020 (inception) through June 30, 2026 relates to the Company’s formation, and since the Initial Public Offering (as defined below), and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company and negotiating the terms of a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a 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 registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on May 8, 2024. On May 13, 2024, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 28,750,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option in the amount of 3,750,000, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $287,500,000, which is discussed in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 7,000,000 private placement warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant to GP-Act III Sponsor LLC (“Sponsor HoldCo”) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), see Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $20,269,166 consisting of $5,000,000 of cash underwriting fees, $13,687,500 of deferred underwriting fees (see additional discussion in Note 6), and $1,581,666 of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing a business combination. The Company must complete its initial business combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a business combination. The Company will only complete a business combination if the post-business combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business 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 May 13, 2024, an amount of $287,500,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the trust account (“Trust Account”) and will be invested or held either (i) in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, (ii) as uninvested cash, or (iii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
The Company will provide its shareholders 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 general meeting called to approve the business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of a business combination, including any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a business combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Class A ordinary shares were recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity at the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a business combination, it receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a business combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who vote at a general meeting of the Company. If a shareholder vote is not required under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a business combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a business combination, Sponsor HoldCo has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased in or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a business combination and to waive its redemption rights with respect to any such shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a business combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem its Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed business combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a business combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder 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 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
Sponsor HoldCo has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a business combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a business combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment and (iii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a business combination.
The Company will have until November 13, 2026 (the “Combination Period”) to complete a business combination. If the Company is unable to complete a business combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding 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 (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Sponsor HoldCo has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a business combination within the Combination Period. However, if Sponsor HoldCo acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a business combination within the Combination Period. The underwriter has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting commission (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 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 assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
Sponsor HoldCo 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 by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (1) $10.00 per Public Share or (2) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account 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”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, Sponsor HoldCo will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that Sponsor HoldCo will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
On April 29, 2026, the Company convened an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) at which shareholders were asked to vote on, among other things, (i) a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from May 13, 2026 to November 13, 2026 (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), and (ii) a proposal to amend the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated May 8, 2024, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, to extend the date on which the trustee must liquidate the trust account from May 13, 2026 to November 13, 2026 (the “Trust Amendment Proposal”). At the Extraordinary General Meeting, the only proposal submitted for a vote was the approval of the adjournment of the meeting to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”). The Adjournment Proposal was approved, and the Extraordinary General Meeting was adjourned to May 6, 2026.
On May 1, 2026, Sponsor and the three independent directors of GP-Act III Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), holding all of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class B ordinary shares”, also referred to as the “Founder Shares”), elected to convert all of their Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A ordinary shares”), on a one-for-one basis, in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “Conversion”). As a result, 7,187,500 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares were cancelled, and 7,187,500 Class A ordinary shares were issued to the Sponsor and the three independent directors.
On May 6, 2026, the Company reconvened the Extraordinary General Meeting. The only proposal submitted for a vote was the Adjournment Proposal, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders. The Extraordinary General Meeting was adjourned to May 12, 2026, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal.
On May 12, 2026, the Company reconvened the Extraordinary General Meeting, at which holders of 30,864,730 of the Company’s ordinary shares, representing approximately 85.88% of the ordinary shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, were represented in person or by proxy. The Company’s shareholders approved the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal, with each proposal receiving 23,799,592 votes in favor, 7,065,138 votes against and no abstentions. In connection with the vote to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal, holders of 19,776,272 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.89 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $215,421,832, leaving approximately $97,750,320 in the Trust Account. In connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and Sponsor HoldCo entered into certain Non-Redemption Agreements with certain investors pursuant to which such investors agreed not to redeem, and to vote in favor of, the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal at the Extraordinary General Meeting with respect to an aggregate of 8,074,387 Class A ordinary shares, in exchange for Sponsor HoldCo’s agreement to transfer an aggregate of 403,720 Class A ordinary shares to such investors promptly following the closing of the Company’s initial business combination.
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of June 30, 2026, the Company had $10,586 in its operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $2,261,875.
The Company has until November 13, 2026 to consummate the initial business combination (assume no extensions). If the Company does not complete a business combination, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. Notwithstanding management’s belief that the Company will have sufficient funds to execute its business strategy, there remains uncertainty regarding the timing of the consummation of the Business Combination, which may not occur until November 13, 2026.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Going Concern”, as of June 30, 2026, the Company may 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 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.
Management plans to address this uncertainty through a business combination. If a business combination is not consummated by the end of the Combination Period, currently November 13, 2026, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, the date of mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raise 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 the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete the initial Business Combination before the end of the Combination Period. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period.
Risks and Uncertainties
The United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas conflict and the military conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, including the joint U.S.-Israel military operation against Iran in February 2026 and subsequent retaliatory strikes. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the Israel-Hamas conflict and the military conflict involving Iran and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns and increased risks of disruption to global energy supply that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, including oil prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
Any of the above mentioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict, the military conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran and subsequent sanctions or related actions, could adversely affect the Company’s search for an initial business combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial business combination. |