Description of Organization and Business Operations |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | |
| Description of Organization and Business Operations [Abstract] | |
| DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
ClimateRock (the “Company”) is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated as a blank check company on December 6, 2021. 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”). Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, the Company focuses on opportunities in climate change, environment, renewable energy and emerging, clean technologies.
In order to effect a Business Combination, the Company owns subsidiary ClimateRock Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Holdings” or “Pubco”), and its subsidiary ClimateRock Merger Sub Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”).
As of June 30, 2026, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity through June 30, 2026 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and post-offering activities in search for a target to consummate a Business Combination. 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 April 27, 2022. On May 2, 2022, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 7,875,000 units (“Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit, including 375,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option, generating gross proceeds of $78,750,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 3,762,500 warrants (“Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per warrant to the Company’s sponsor, U.N. SDG Support LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $3,762,500 (See Note 4).
Offering costs amounted to $5,093,930, consisting of $1,181,250 of underwriting fees, $2,362,500 of deferred underwriting commissions payable (which are held in the Trust Account as defined below), $946,169 of Representative Shares (See Note 6), and $604,011 of other offering costs. As described in Note 6, the $2,362,500 of deferred underwriting commissions payable is contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, $79,931,250 of the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and was invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or 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 selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
At June 30, 2026, the Company had $5,070 in cash held outside of the Trust Account. The Company’s management (the “Management”) has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Initial Public Offering and Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting discount held in trust) at the time the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction 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 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act.
The Company will provide holders of its Public Shares (the “Public 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 shareholder 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, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (approximately $13.26 per share as of June 30, 2026, plus 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). The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6).
The Company initially had until 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate an initial Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipated that it may not be able to consummate the initial Business Combination within 12 months, it may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by two additional 3-month periods (for a total of up to 18 months) without submitting proposed extensions to its shareholders for approval or offering its Public Shareholders redemption rights in connection therewith. The Company’s Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, would have been required to deposit into the Trust Account $787,500 ($0.10 per share) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline for each additional three month period. In connection with the Company’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on April 27, 2023 (the “2023 EGM”), the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association was amended to remove this requirement. Instead, the Sponsor has agreed to contribute to the Company as a loan of $75,000 for each calendar month (commencing on May 2, 2023 and ending on the 1st day of each subsequent month), or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete an initial Business Combination from May 2, 2023 until May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion).
On April 27, 2023, the Company held the 2023 EGM and approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which the Company would be required to consummate a Business Combination from November 2, 2023 (assuming the Sponsor was to have effected and paid extensions as described in the definitive proxy statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 11, 2023) to May 2, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors in its sole discretion) (the “Extension Amendment”) and (ii) to permit its board of directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2024 (including prior to May 2, 2023). In connection with the 2023 EGM, shareholders holding 5,297,862 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result, $55,265,334 (approximately $10.43 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.
On April 29, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of shareholders (the “2024 EGM”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which we would be required to consummate a Business Combination from May 2, 2024 to May 2, 2025 (or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion) (“Combination Period”), and (ii) to permit our board of directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up our operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2025. In connection with the 2024 EGM, shareholders holding 111,915 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account. As a result, approximately $1.27 million (approximately $11.37 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders.
On May 1, 2025, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting in lieu of an annual general meeting of shareholders (the “2025 EGM”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the date by which the Company would be required to consummate a Business Combination from May 2, 2025 to November 2, 2025 (or such earlier date as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion) (the “2025 Extension”), and (ii) to permit the Company’s board of directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up operations on, or an earlier date than November 2, 2025. In connection with 2025 EGM, shareholders holding 2,016,792 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $24.67 million (approximately $12.23 per Public Share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such Public Shareholders.
On October 29, 2025, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “2025B EGM”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (i) extend the Combination Period from November 2, 2025 to May 2, 2026 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion) and (ii) to permit the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up its operations on, or on an earlier date than May 2, 2026. In connection with the 2025B EGM, Public Shareholders holding 436,079 Public Shares exercised their right to redeem such Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $5.54 million (approximately $12.71 per Public Share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such Public Shareholders.
On May 1, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “2026 EGM”) and approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which extended the Combination Period from May 2, 2026 to November 2, 2026 (or such earlier date as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion). In connection with the 2026 EGM, Public Shareholders holding 4,543 Public Shares exercised their right to redeem such Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $60,000 (approximately $13.19 per Public Share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such Public Shareholders.
Nasdaq Listing
On April 10, 2024, the Company received a deficiency letter from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Nasdaq Staff”) of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that its Public Shareholders were below the 400 Public Holders minimum requirement for continued inclusion on the Global Market tier of Nasdaq pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2) (the “Public Holders Requirement”). The notifications received had no immediate effect on the Company’s Nasdaq listing. The Nasdaq rules provide the Company with 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance and a compliance period of up to 180 calendar days in which to evidence compliance. The Company submitted to Nasdaq a plan to regain compliance on May 28, 2024, and the Nasdaq Staff granted the Company an extension until October 7, 2024 to comply with the Public Holders Requirement.
On October 8, 2024, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq Staff that, since the Company had not regained compliance with the Public Holders Requirement, its securities would be subject to delisting from Nasdaq, unless the Company timely requested a hearing before the Hearing Panel of Nasdaq (the “Nasdaq Panel”) by October 15, 2024. On October 15, 2024, the Company submitted a request to appeal to the Nasdaq Panel and the hearing was held on December 10, 2024.
On January 6, 2025, the Nasdaq Panel granted the Company’s request for an exception to the Public Holders Requirement until April 7, 2025, at which time the Company must demonstrate compliance with the Public Holders Requirement. On April 2, 2025, we notified the Nasdaq Panel that we would not be able to close our initial Business Combination by the Nasdaq Panel’s April 7, 2025 deadline.
On April 8, 2025, the Company received written notice from the Nasdaq Panel indicating that the Nasdaq Panel had determined to delist its securities from Nasdaq and that trading in its securities would be suspended at the open of trading on April 10, 2025, due to the Company’s failure to comply with the terms of the Nasdaq Panel’s earlier decision. Pursuant to such decision, among other things, the Company was required to complete its initial Business Combination by no later than April 7, 2025. Accordingly, the Nasdaq Panel determined to delist the company’s securities from Nasdaq. The Company’s public securities were suspended from trading on Nasdaq on April 10, 2025. On July 15, 2025, the Form 25-NSE was filed to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq.
Following the suspension of trading on Nasdaq, the Units, Public Shares, Public Warrants and Rights have been quoted on the Pink Limited tier of the OTC Markets Group Inc. under the symbols “CLRCUF,” “CLRCF,” “CLRCWF,” and “CLRCRF”, respectively.
Changes to the Board
On July 7, 2026, Niels Brix notified the Board of his resignation as a director of the Company, effective on that date.
Going concern and management’s plan
As of June 30, 2026, the Company has a cash balance of $5,070 and a working capital deficit of $8,225,948. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern one year from the issuance date of the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements. Prior to consummation of a Business Combination, the Company has the ability to secure additional funding from the Sponsor or other related parties. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful by November 2, 2026. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. |